yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] elesbb:
You are right but also wrong. Sprint has apps on their devices to check for eng boot. These apps can be disabled and thus allow for eng boot to work.

All you have to do is disable these apps:

Chameleon
Sprint OMADM
Sprint OMADM Phone Interface
MDMApp
SecurityLogAgent
Security Policy Updates
Security Storage

Once you disable these, you are good to go.

I do this by flashing eng boot, then running:

adb wait-for-device && adb shell stop

This stops android from booting fully, will stop at the bootanimation (which becomes static) and then you can use adb to delete/rename the files.

I do want to know if the eng v8 boot kernel has the horrendous RAM leak that the other eng boots had. I do not want to upgrade in the event that it still does. I am currently using jrkruze unroot method to have a modified device with stock kernel, but miss perm root.

Also, [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] can't they just start back at 1 because the letters preceding the bootloader number will be different? I highly doubt they "ran out" lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bodyshop:
Thanks So Much. This is all I was asking.

As far as the RAM leak, is that related to battery drain or something else? Just asking so I can check for you when I try the Root again.

Last thing: You said to flash EngBoot then run the adb (wait-for-device etc.) is this done after the device reboots or should I untick reboot device in Odin before flashing the EngBoot?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] elesbb:
Yes, the adb commands are after the device reboots. So when you see the boot animation is when the commands need to be executed, then the boot animation will freeze letting you know you're free to disable the apps.

About the RAM leak - for me, I would reboot my device, and in about 6 hours of use everything would close and get really laggy. Google Maps, for instance, uses a lot of RAM to run. When opening this app, my whole phone would freeze up and get extremely laggy until the kernel killed off enough stuff to reclaim RAM.

So basically - what to look for is extreme slow down of the device and extreme lag after about a day of solid use. Depending on your use, it may take more than a day to produce the issue. It would be awesome if this eng boot didn't consume RAM without freeing it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bodyshop:
OK, only thing i'm confused on now is how do you disable stuff if the phone is on the boot animation? I was using package disabler Pro to disable things or titanium backup, but the have to be launched from the app menu with the phone on.

Sorry for the many questions.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] elesbb:
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/56620/enable-and-disable-system-apps-via-adb

Or you can mount system as rw using adb remount and simply rename the apk for each app by appending .delete to the file name. That will completely uninstall it which I prefer and is what I do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bodyshop:
Ok. Thanks probably try it this weekend

sent from my Wicked S4/S6 hybrid
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] AkiraPerera04:
Hmmm only now seeing this. I tried rooting again, but my phone still sucks with the factory reset and cache clear etc. Is there anything new on this yet? thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] slimcyril:
U have to perform factory reset in recovery and give the phone few minutes to boot to home screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] AkiraPerera04:
Yeah I tried that. Still laggy as heck. (I'm doing this right now). Not even sure what to do. Any other recommendations? Thanks

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What did you mean by use all the root fixes first? thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jowee23:
Root SM-G935U

Will this work on my S7 EDGE SM-G935U? I've tried flashing both G935 v8 and none v8 bootloader but they both failed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] clickclickpc:
Jrkruse, that is so lame for v9 bootloader. Spending so much effort to block root on a device 3 generations old... If a v9 engineering boot can be compiled, I'll give it a go. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] SeattleMatt:
Ok, i just got a 930V with bootloader v4 still on it. Should I update it to get to v8 or should I try a method that works on v4 for root?

I haven't switched it to 930U yet, but that is my next task.

My goals for root

1. free up space (ran out of space for apps on my other 930u)

2. remove bloat (looks like vz has a ton)

3. add host level ad blocking

4. add Viper4

Thanks for your advice/help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] SeattleMatt:
anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Astrogoth:
My 935U is running stock, unlocked, semi rooted Oreo 8.0. It's fairly stable, and that's about it for the Snapdragon S7 Edge. No neat recovery. No tweaked OS. No Pie.

I see no improvements coming. It's just too old.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] SeattleMatt:
Has anyone tested this on 8CSA1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jemini024:
yes on a g930p crossed over to rom USC-G930UUES8CSA1-20190128141320 and running exposed. i flashed exposed with flashfire. It's working with all compatible modules. Now I'm trying for magisk,but not too promising so far :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] SeattleMatt:
What does "crossed over to ROM" mean?

I started with a 930V from verizon,

loaded 930U

ota updated to CRJ2

Went through steps in OP

Selected file: AP_SM_G930_OREO_ENG_BOOT.tar and loaded it to BL in Odin

now phone is stuck on samsung spash screen.

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I got it all fixed, reloaded all the stock files. I guess I'll try this again someday when I feel more confident.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] EvilWayz:
link to the supersu.apk on page one redirects to this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] LatinDOficial:
My device SM-G935T has the version V9 boot loader, is there any news on how to get root access to this version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] comptonhubbard:
I've tried to use this method to root my s7edge which has the version 9 bootloader and the march security patch on T-Mobile but it keeps failing can someone suggest a way to do this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] megamb11:
I think that I know the answer to this already, but I will ask anyways... using Odin, can I flash back to an older firmware version that uses the v8 BL for the G935T? Currently running v9 BL CSC2 from 3/1 update...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] miko12312:
Getting su binary needs to be updated even after it did
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
all i can suggest is reflash stock firmware again wipe data reroot with new root zip v5 in OP and see how it goes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
did you update it after you flashed the new root? or before?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] TheDevelopper:
Anyone can let me know if the fingerprint works fine or the phone stays on bootloop while rebooting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] TheDevelopper:
You have to check the Mount / system read/write option
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] TheDevelopper:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION], please what's the difference between System and Systemless root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] abyss7:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] please consider implementing unroot process. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] sylikc:
I was going to ask that question before, but from what I gather relative to what's been said so far, it appears the differences are minor.

System root modifies the system partition. This in turn will trip anything that checks the integrity of the system partition. Also, I think Magisk won't work when system partition is modified. Aka, can't pass SafetyNet, can't use * Pay, etc.

Systemless root does not modify the system partition. It uses some combination of the boot partition and the data partition to get root at startup. I believe Magisk requires systemless rooting.

I think it's the least of the problems right now. Getting all those version updates to help with the bootloops ..

The current unroot would be to just re-ODIN. I mean the hybrid ROM without root is a great thing to begin with. Using Safestrap to get system modifications without having to root... that's so awesome.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] DMon04:
I did have mount system checked lmfao. I'm tracking and reading correctly. I may just Odin back to stock,re-root,and then try flashing stuff with flashfire again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] TheDevelopper:
[MENTION=4553579]sylikc[/MENTION], thank you so much for your helpful answer :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] DMon04:
Anybody have a link for the 8.0 U firmware? I'd like to flash it and then re-root and start modding again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
If you are getting the multi reboots on the latest zip that's my fault use a file explore and in system/ su.d delete the 99 killer script I forgot to take that out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
You can follow the process on my oreo roms too leave safestrap and that will let you run stock boot.img

With no root of course
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
Systemless root the stuff is on data partition not the system partition on nougat you could run without setting kernel too permissive but that don't work on oreo. So it really doesn't matter systemless root is no longer an option for oreo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
There is none yet on updato
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] abyss7:
https://yadi.sk/d/VPjRPMsc3ZXTPz for G930

It will be there for some time. Please re-upload it somewhere else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] slimcyril:
Deleted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] slimcyril:
Stuck on this screen when typed root.bat

Edit: reconnected cables and it worked
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] JediDru:
You probably don't have ADB installed correctly. Are you trying this on a PC with a known working install of ADB? If not recheck your installation and get that working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] majikfox:
> Eng Boot

Your 【﻿ｓｈｉｔ】 is going to lag and overheat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jemini024:
Anyone used these guys before? May hold some luck for v9 https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=105540
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] robdog82:
I have an account with them, actually sim unlocked my phone using their free files, but I have not spent any money on their site, I was actually thinking about doing so because my phone took the security update this morning...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] robdog82:
Here is the v9 Eng Boot file from halabtech, I flashed it with Odin and in a reboot loop now, going to play around with it, maybe I messed something up in my first attempt...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CpNbnsPbalo3USA9xpNslwzg_ax_hlZK
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jemini024:
Which version do you have on your phone g930u? if so we should be able to do the same as before. The second option worked for me before on v8. Had to tweak bat files on first option. Thanks for posting a response!!!! You're awesome.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] comptonhubbard:
this is the 930 model can it be used on the 935 model?? where can I get the 935 mod version? If you know your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] robdog82:
I don't believe this is the file we're looking for guys, I've had no luck with it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jemini024:
I never used that website before that's why I posted before downloading. I am curious though why it still says totally downloaded 5 and visit 127 same as before I posted in here :/.... increase my doubt even more about that site
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] comptonhubbard:
we may need to get a hold of jrkruse and see his assistance with version9 BL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] CriticalComposer:
Dang, I just tried this and didn't realize I have bootloader v9. Does anyone think there is a chance that this method will get updated for v9? I noticed that it was originally relegated for v5 and now it works up to v8 so I'm hoping some progress could be made eventually.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] rmickey:
Has anyone figured out if there is a way to un-root the v12 build and also if you un-root can you reliably re-root without wiping everything?

Just want to know what I'm getting into if I can Un-Root so my Concur expense app will work (detects root since I'm on the Eng kernel).

Thx!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jemini024:
you can run unroot by by removing everything with adb... i have a bat file if you want me to share as for putting stock kernel back on the phone that is the difficult part. :( yes my bat will make you pass safetynet if thats what you need.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] El Amigo LD:
Hello:

If I do this well does it mean that I can install TWRP and install a custom ROM?

Thank you.

Pdt: I have a G930P with the January 2019 patch. With this method will it work for me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] slimcyril:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] [MENTION=4168602]klabit87[/MENTION] where are thou, V9 bootloader users have need of thee, why have you forsaken us!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jemini024:
Twrp is not possible with bl v8 even v4 was limited but you can root and flashfire with v8
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] El Amigo LD:
But does it work? I can do it with this security patch? I have bl v9.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bigworm82:
g930p android 8.0.0

I just can't get it. I've looked for all failed solutions and still nothing. I'm sure I'm missing something somewhere. It will start going across for installing and then about 2/3 done it says fail but the bar fills all the way up.

WTF am I doing wrong. I've never had issues with rooting except for this silly S7. Need to root and install custom rom too because even factory reset it's getting slow AF.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jash2o2:
T-Mobile Galaxy S7 SMG-930T

I tried so many different rooting solutions but none of them worked. Different auto-root apps and programs, adb console commands, and of course Odin flashing. So far the only thing that has worked at all is flashing SMG-930U firmware with no other results. Still can't root or flash any custom roms.

I too have bootloader v9.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zfk110:
root for V9 is available here

https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=105550

but you have to have account with them to download it, I believe [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] already have account with them so he can download it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
Its not the right boot image its just the boot image from the v9 combo firmware not the unsecure eng boot image needed for root

Sent using some kind of device I modified
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kindman24:
The question is, ¿One day we're going to get root on bootloader V9? :eek:

I hope that we can get it early. My s7 on oreo drains battery too fast, I've disabled a lot of things but always is draining battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] comptonhubbard:
is there any way to get root on v9 and if so can you assist with that?

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mine too....I feel ya
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] huynhhungvnr:
I'd like to root my Sprint S7 bootloader V8. But I heard after root Secure Folder no longer work.

I can use a third-party alternative, but I'd like to ask: Is this permanent? Can I rollback to stock ROM and it'll work again, or rooting would permanently tripping Knox and all Knox-required feature will be unusable from here on out?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zfk110:
As long your are on or below U8 bootloader you can test these for yourself, with flashing stock rom and then trying it, I dont know if someone really mess with Secure Folder to know about it here, if you flash U9 then you can downgrade nor root as far as today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] huynhhungvnr:
Well i won't be rooting the phone if it'd ended up broke Secure Folder permanently; so I'd rather not test it myself. It'd be better if someone already rooted and gonna flash Stock rom can confirm it.

Also my current firmware is G930UUES8CSA1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Jemini024:
im running G930UUES8CSA1 on my sprint version with no issues.. rooted using straight talk service on At&t sim in some areas others Verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] hedgehogbrown:
i just registered and tried to download. in what sense are these files free?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bluemonstr:
Hello - I just did this (rooted my S7 from Virgin Mobile) I have run into the issue of not having LTE - data or whatever you want to call it. I ssee back around post 140 or so - mentions of changing or removing files. My problem is those files are not the same for my phone. I'm also not 100% on stopping the booting process and finding them. I've went in and tried to find them using System App Safe Remover and cannot find the files. :( Also, I then had the thought...if I download the original firmware - can I just install the modem or CP file to get my radio/or APN or whatever the setting is, back? Without screwing up my root...of which I am happy with. lol I've never had a root be so difficult and I know that this is probably going to get worse as here in the good ol' USA they don't believe in freedom unless it costs you money.

Guess I should include this...system is G930P virgin mobile Bootloader 8...again - root works...phone works...just no LTE / Data connection. :(

Thanks for ANY help/ideas anyone may have.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] hammad139:
help me my phone is on bootloop

i did all the steps . now my phone is on a bootloop. do i need to do anything else after those steps or install some custom rom please help me . i have s7edge sm95w8. if not just tell me how to go back to stock . you help is much appricicated. yes i am noob in rooting
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bodyshop:
I'd just flash the stock image back to your phone. You're not going to get much help as the root works for some and not for others. Virgin mobile is a Sprint company so thought run into the same issue I had. No data etc. I doubt believe it's worked for anyone on Sprint/Boat/virgin mobile. If it has, they are no longer watching the thread or not assisting. There was a post to me about disabling certain files before rooting, but I was unable to disable those without booting the phone first. So I went back to stock.

sent from my Wicked S4/S6 hybrid
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bodyshop:
Here is a shot of the reply and the file names. Good luck.

sent from my Wicked S4/S6 hybrid
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bluemonstr:
Thanks Bodyshop - I actually did revert back to non-root using the OEM 'U" image instead of "P". However, I also - re-activated my old phone while I mess around with this one (S7). I'm going to try updating the APN from this one and see if that activates correctly...if so I will let others know...on this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] ian1444:
I have a S7 AT&T, G930U, 8.0 version Stock. I'm not get doing root in my phone. Is anyone here with a phone as me that got it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Plastic8:
root for V9 will ever be available? Any hope is greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Abdelrazak Alkharbi:
Did it work for Galaxy Samsung S7 Oreo 8.0.0 {baseband : R16NW.G930VVRS8CRK2}???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bluemonstr:
Root works...I am just having issues getting my data to work with it. there are still a couple things I want to try...just waiting for the time to work on it. I absolutely love the phone but I need to be able to root it to do what I want with it. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bruce the boss:
Hello,

last week my Phone suddenly wasn't rooted anymore and also TWRP wasn't working.

I didn't change anything or updated anything so this is strange for me.

I installed the latest TWRP version again and also rooted my phone according this tread.

I checked and I could see that my phone is rooted but SuperSU isn't working (I used the one from this site).

I get the message: SuperSU binary occupied.

I also saw this remark: Installing the above zip requires a data wipe unless you have already installed it or you are coming from my non rooted roms

How could I solve this and do I have to do a factory reset?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kjaved8:
Any possibility to Network unlock, root or downgrade for the latest G930PVPS9CSD1 Sprint Oreo March 1, 2019 security patch?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] hotnickels:
I have that same version unable to be get root. What did you do differently?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] samiej927:
any news on getting the BL9 to work cause that would be awesome
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] robdog82:
Finally, a working eng-root for U9, running with jrkruse v12 root
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bruce the boss:
I still need your help as my phone isn't rooted at the moment.

I installed the ROM LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8.1.0) for S7 herolte build 50 30.04.2019 and downloaded the S7_Oreo_Nougat_Adb_Advanced_Root_V12.zip

* I put my phone in the download mode

* Connect the phone to Odin

* And then I select the file AP_SM_G930_Oreo_eng_boot but is that the correct file. Or should I select the file AP_SM_G930_Oreo_eng_boot _V8-bl ?

* After Odin is ready I reboot the phone but the problem is that the phone keeps rebooting

* I start the phone into TWRP and install the above ROM again

* Then the phone starts up correctly and the phone is rooted (I checked)

* I connect the phone to the computer and start cmd-here.exe but the phone is not recognized so I can't do the last step

What am I doing wrong and how could I solve this?

Thanks a lot for your help in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] billa:
You must enable ADB from Settings > Developer Options

AND

from the dialer keypad select DM+Modem+ADB by one of these codes:

*#0808#

OR

##3424#

OR

##366633#

The problem you're gonna have is that the custom firmware will probably not work with those codes.

Give it a try, otherwise you will need to flash back to full stock and then do those codes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bruce the boss:
Thanks a lot for your help and you are correct as both codes are not working.

But what is the problem with my above method?

On the way I did it my phone was rooted only the SuperSU app isn't working or do I miss more things on my phone than?