[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
TWRP has been successfully ported to the Galaxy J7 Refine (SM-J737p) (Oreo 8.0)

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THIS IS A TWRP PORT THAT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY:

[MENTION=5059983]Dark98[/MENTION] for compiling the TWRP.img

[MENTION=7808855]☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆[/MENTION] provided device files + porting TWRP

[MENTION=4470081]topjohnwu[/MENTION] for Magisk

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS

NOT AN ODIN FLASHABLE TWRP

. THIS IS

NOT AN OFFICIAL TWRP

. IT WAS BUILT USING FILES FROM R16NW.J737PVPU1ARG3. IT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK ON DEVICES WITH A DIFFERENT BOOTLOADER VERSION

You must have root access.

I am currently working on making an Odin-flashable .tar for TWRP devs. Hopefully it will be available soon. Until then, root your device with Magisk.

SuperSU is dead

..

There is a downside & an upside to porting TWRP. The downside is that after you flash TWRP, you will lose root. The upside is that TWRP will remain so all you need to do to regain root is flash the Magisk-v18.1.zip. It's a very delicate process & you will need to pay attention or else you will bootloop & start over. (twrp.zip posted below)

In order to flash, you need an app that will do so without booting into recovery. Flashify is the ideal choice for this procedure. View attachment 4731329 Flash TWRP in Flashify but do

not

reboot from the app. Power off your device & boot into TWRP manually.

PAY ATTENTION TO THESE NEXT FEW STEPS!!!

- Boot into TWRP for the first time

- Swipe to allow modifications

- Wipe > Format Data > type yes when prompted (this will not delete any files you have in your Internal Storage)

- Once wipe is completed, go to TWRP home screen &

Reboot > Power Off

- Once device powers off, reboot back into TWRP (yes you will boot into recovery twice)

If you fail to immediately boot back into TWRP, you will brick & have to restart.​

First boot is to clear out the /Data partition to make room for your new recovery. Second boot is to secure it.​

Now that you have secured TWRP, go ahead & make a backup of your Boot + System + Data partitions. Keep in mind that you've lost root access so the backup will be "stock" firmware with TWRP.

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Now to get root back

:cowboy:

(In TWRP)

You will now flash Magisk-v18.1. With the new security measures Samsung put in late 2017, you will need to flash 2 .zip files after to ensure that root sticks. YOU NEED TO FLASH THESE FILES IN ORDER.

DO NOT WIPE CACHE AFTER EACH FLASH

.

DO NOT REBOOT AFTER EACH FLASH

. FLASH EACH PACKAGE ONE AT A TIME. WAIT UNTIL THE 3RD FLASH IS COMPLETE & THEN REBOOT DEVICE. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES SO BE PATIENT.

In this order, flash:

- View attachment 4731319

- View attachment 4731320

- View attachment 4731321

DO NOT WIPE THE CACHE

Now reboot device normally. If you do not flash the verity & RMM zip files in order, you will fυck your sh¡t up & have to start over.

PROOF OF TWRP PORT:

View attachment 4731317 View attachment 4731316 View attachment 4731315 View attachment 4731314

When you get to your home screen, you will receive a notification to update Magisk. Update by either selecting the notification or manually through Magisk Manager. Allow Magisk to install the update, not TWRP.

Extract the twrp.img from the .zip View attachment 4731327

This is for the Galaxy J7 Refine (SM-J737P) (RUNNING OREO 8.0) (J737PVPU1ARG3)