yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
I've already answered that in the message you sent me. For public notice, this TWRP is an unofficial build & those features were trimmed away to make room. Otherwise, TWRP would be too large to fit the partition. So long as you have a portable SD Card & make a backup, you're golden. You don't really need those features. Sure they may come in handy but when it comes down to it, you only really use TWRP for backups & restorations. The rest you can do elsewhere
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] homeslice976:
I must be daft.. currently running J737PVPS3ASC2 stock/no root. I extracted boot.img.lz4 from the stock firmware package you provided on the last page and decompressed to boot.img using the .lz4 tool. Magisk Manager is installed, but I have no option to switch output to .img.tar in Settings, so when I patch boot.img all I get is magisk_patched.img as an output. What am I missing?!?!

Edit: Nevermind.. it was the version of Magisk Manager. As soon as I reinstalled to 7.0.0 the Setting was there. Updated to 7.2.0 and the Setting was gone. Moving on..

Edit 2: Not moving on. When I tap Install beside Magisk to Select and Patch my boot.img, it forces me to update to 7.2.0 first which removes the setting to change the output format. Meh.. I'll just use 7zip to compress it to .tar and hope that works. If not I'll just go back to stock and wait to hear from you.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Ima take a wild guess & say you either didnt disable auto updates or you updated M. Manager to v19.0+ before patching the boot.img.

Zip files & Tar files work the same way - you use a compression method. If you can zip a file you can tar an img.

If you dont have the option to change the output in the Settings, download any file manager in the Play Store capable of using .tar compression. I prefer zArchiver Pro personally (click link below to download) Open the app & compress your newly patched boot.img. The outcome, for you, should read magisk_patched.img.tar. Take that & flash it in patched Odin, placed in the AP tab. If this is your first time you will boot to a screen stating you have verification failure & need to wipe you phone. Proceed with the wipe & continue following the guide.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Rodgers is:
Brother I need your help more than ever. My Samsung Galaxy j7 refine SM-J737P has me completely locked out. I was going to go to Boost Mobile and replace it under warranty. It's under warranty but I was told $50 last time it was only$20 and one click root won't $59 to Root my phone again. Please help me
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
You aren't under warranty any longer since you attempted to modify (ie. Root) your device. Samsung warranty voids the second your device build registers as custom. Boost won't be able to help you either, for the same reason.

If you are around a laptop tonight, we can try it again but ensure your internet connection is relatively good &/or you have enough available RAM; last time the connection was very weak. If you are ready, shoot me an email or a PM on here. Preferably email
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
Im new to rooting and have a question

Hey, so i am new to this rooting stuff and i was wondering how do i get a patched boot image for my version of the j7 refine for boost mobile my software version is J737PVPS3ASC2
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
You are going to grab the stock boot.img for your software version & go inside the Magisk Manager app. The top selection should say "Magisk is not installed". Select that & it will give you an option to patch the stock image. Select your stock boot.img & it will patch it for you. The patched image will then appear in the Downloads directory of your Internal Storage. If it is not compressed into .tar format then you will need to manually compress it. Once it is in the .tar format, flash that in the AP tab of the patched Odin program. Once your phone reboots, it will say Verification Failure & you will have to select reset at the bottom. It will reset your device but that will affirm that root was successfull. Continue setting up your device. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] arotau:
I can't seem to get the patched_boot.img.tar to flash. I patched my own using the J737PVPS3ASC2 stock images in the Mega link above. Extracted it, had Magisk patch it, renamed it to boot.img and compressed it to .tar in 7zip on my PC. I flash the stock files, then reboot quickly to download mode again and load up the patched Odin, load up the patched_boot.img.tar into the AP spot and it fails ("Complete(Write) operation failed."), on my phone it says "Custom Binary (BOOT) Blocked by FRP Lock". I'm pretty sure I'm following the directions exactly but I can't get it to flash. Maybe I'm not fast enough? As soon as it finished I held the button combination to go back to download mode.

I'm using the Boost Mobile variant if that matters.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
That's because the device is FRP Locked. It means it was Factory Reset while still logged into a Google Account. You will need to log back into the phone with the original Google Account & factory reset through the settings before attempting to root it. I'm guessing you logged into your Google Account before you tried to root. You need to ensure you are not logged into any accounts before rooting
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
Didn't Work

Hi I did exactly as you said but it didn't reset my phone or say Verification Failure any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Grab the stock firmware & flash it. I've uploaded it to MEGA - check my previous comments for the link. Flash the Home CSC as well as it will wipe the user data. Dont log into any of your accounts if you decide to follow the guide from this point on.

If you wanna cut corners, after you flash the stock firmware along with the correct CSC & let the phone reboot then reboot back to Download Mode & flash the patched_boot.img.tar you already have. That should give you the Verification Failure screen on your device (I've tested & can attest to this method) but as with most things, cutting corners isn't a good move unless you know what you're doing. Even then it's not a good move though lol
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
I have done that about three times now and it passes and reboots but it doesn't reset my phone it just boots back up like how i left it and i am using the firmware you provided in the mega link and I tried downloading the firmware from another website but it does the same thing. Am I doing something wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Hard to tell right now but we'll keep troubleshooting. How did you extract the boot.img from the firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
I renamed the Stock Ap file. I deleted the ".md5" part so that it can become a .rar file. I then double clicked the file and extracted the boot.img file copied it to my phones internal storage and had magisk patch it. I compressed the ".img" file into a ".tar" file using ZArchiver.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Did the boot.img have .lz4 after it?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
Ah yes i forgot to mention that before i patched the file i used 7zip to extract the ".lz4" file so it can become a ".img" file
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
What is the final size of the boot.img? Your issue could be how you extracted it. I used a specific program for the boot.img extraction & am unsure if 7zip does the job right
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
21.3 MB
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Extract this zip file, then flash the stock in regular odin. Reboot then reboot to Download Mode & flash this in AP tab of patched odin.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
Ok will do.

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Ok i got the Verification Failed this time and i reset the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KingJDM91:
Hey, i was finally able to root and install twrp on my device. Thanks you were very helpful
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Kireej:
Loss of storage

Hello I have used the methods provided and successfully rooted and installed twrp on my sm-j737p boost mobile. however afterwards now my phone thinks its only a 16gb phone when its really a 32gb. can anyone help me with this issue? please pm me or email bbwbwar@live.com
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] odanyaelo:
I have the same problem as Kerik, but I've also got an issue with my phone reaching fully charged and freezing entirely... I have to boot to recovery then to system... it just freezes while asleep and tapping the power/lock key nothing happens..
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pauljulian:
I've had the same issue, but I thought it was Apps2SD that was causing it... Every morning, I basically have to boot to Download mode, then exit from that to the system.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] odanyaelo:
Yea same, but I use my phone as an alarm so I just charge it and keep it active while I'm awake then unplug it... I dont have apps2sd, but I've been using app manager III, and cleaner since my phone thinks it only 16gb now.... I'm not sure what is causing the lost of data storage space, or the odd power bug... I hope someone checks up on this thread soon...
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pauljulian:
Indeed... I as well... since it is happening to you, without that app, at least I know it's not that... (great app, and developer is a really smart lady... and that I paid for the pro version, that's a relief)

Maybe someone will take a look at it, when they have the time.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
What're you looking for, a root method?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
What carrier do you have? Nevermind. I see you said Straight Talk. Do you have the stock firmware for your device?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
You absolutely need access to a laptop in order to obtain root. As far as your firmware version, is yours J737PVPS3ASC2 released on April 1, 2019?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Is yours exynos or qualcomm?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Droidriven:
S767vl J7 Crown has Exynos 7880

737p Refine has Exynos 7885

Not compatible without major porting, if it is even possible.

If you're looking for a shortcut to root this device using another device's software, I highly doubt you'll find one. Even if you do find a cross-compatible device, our bootloader will probably not allow it.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Droidriven:
I know, it frustrates us all, lol. We've all chased that fox a time or two. I'm not saying that there isn't a way to root this device, I'm just saying that locked bootloader severely limits the options.

Magisk may actually work, I haven't tried it because this is my daily driver and I can't afford bricking it. In theory, flashing a Magisk modified boot.img via Odin then completing the process with magisk framework and modules "should" work, provided that the Odin flash is correctly successful and the boot.img actually passes first boot(considering the locked bootloader).
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Beat me to it lol
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Affirmative. Straight Talk runs through Verizon, so it's safe to assume they lock their bootloader as well
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
You should dabble around with Ubuntu when you get a laptop. That's where your development & hacking journey can begin
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Droidriven:
All of the TracFone carrier variants even remove bootloader mode and fastboot functionality from their fastboot compatible devices, even stock recovery is removed, they basically only have a "hard reset" feature. The only Tracfone devices I've seen that have stock recovery are Samsung devices, their Samsung devices also still have download mode. It's strange that don't try to remove these things from the Samsung devices like they do on their other devices.

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Almost any Llinux distro will do the job. But Ubuntu and Mint(mate) seem to be the most popular for new users though.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Ubuntu has always been my favorite lol

UPDATE

: SM-J737P HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ANDROID PIE. With the upgrade you can now enable dark theme on your device in the Display tab of your Settings. The update is 1.1GB & SELinux is enforced as of June 28, 2019
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] skoopster:
Well i have a PIE updated SM-J737P, is it possible to TWRP + ROOT ?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Haven't personally done it [yet] but could always use some testers. Just ensure you have stock available
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] skoopster:
Feeling very tempted, hhow do we do this

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Feeling very tempted, how do we do this
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
First you'll wanna grab your boot.img from the stock firmware & patch it with Magisk. Use the guide I've created if you dont know how. After patching, continue to use the guide to attempt rooting. The method shouldn't change even though we run a different OS now.

Try using the provided twrp.img & see if it flashes. If it doesnt then it will have to be ported again.

If you test this method, you run the risk of bricking . Ensure you have the stock PIE firmware handy just in case
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] skoopster:
Im on it, but wont be able to finish today, ill post results as soon as i have them, thanks
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] chrisw05:
I was able to get everything to work on us celluar j737r4 Android pie just fine took a couple tries and I think there was an error itching my boot.img or something got curry or during transfers but it does work both root and twrp. Are there specific rims we should look for?

If I want to make a backup with twrp now that I have everything updated and re-rooted would I just backup and then reflash that image in the future
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Droidriven:
Yes, if you create a nandroid backup using TWRP, that backup can restore at any time and you'll be back to exactly what you had at the time the backup was created.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] strubedo:
I got my phone rooted with pie but I can't sign into my Samsung account it says processing failed someone help please.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Droidriven:
You have to use something to hide root, something like Root Cloak or Xposed with a module created to hide root or a Magisk module created to hide root.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] chrisw05:
What bloatwate can we get rid of safely I can’t find roms.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Adding on to what Droid previously stated, you can do that or this...

Since you've already rooted, reflash back to the stock firmware & then sign into your Samsung Account. After you've signed in, go into the patched Odin & reflash the patched boot.img only. It shouldn't give you the Verification Failure like the first time you rooted but instead will re-root your phone without having to do the storage wipe. Thus, allowing you to stay signed into your Account. I'm not sure this method will work for Pie but I can attest it works with Oreo as I've encountered this issue before. Gotta love backdoors lol
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
You will have to use the Magisk mod that debloats the system [systemless-ly]. Any modification to the system partition, without modifying it systemless-ly, will result in a bootloop. You have to be careful what you tweak & ensure you have a backup of some sort, else you find yourself up sh¡t creek without a paddle.

That includes, but not limited to, modifying the build.prop & editing system files with a high power root app like Root Explorer.

Keep in mind you can tweak SOME things without doing it systemless-ly but majority of the time you will need to modify the actual partition & flash it in order to make it stick. For example, if you want to edit your build.prop to include various performance boosting tweaks or to remove/disable SELinux, you will need to modify their respective partitions on a laptop. Yes build.props can be tweaked on this device without a laptop but it's better to be safe than having to start way the f*ck back at the beginning. I can explain further if needbe.

I have only found 1 ROM that can be ported to this device & I have yet to make it stable because it reverts the changes back upon restarting the device. In case you're wondering what the ROM does, it disables SELinux on our device. Haven't been able to get it to stick [yet]
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Prophetless:
I'm sorry, but I'm a noob at this. I have the updated Galaxy J7 Refine for Boost Mobile and have updated to Android 9.0 Pie. I want to revert back to Oreo, but know nothing about rooting or flashing. Is there a simplified walkthrough or video on how to do this? I don't understand anything from the process from the OP :confused: :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
It's a rather simple & painless process. You will need a laptop, the stock firmware, & Odin v3.13 or above.

Frst and foremost you will need to enable developer options in the settings menu. Go into your settings, go to about phone, and tap the build number seven times to enable developer options. Go back to the settings menu & select developer options, enable USB Debugging & OEM Unlock. both of those options need to be enabled in order for you to continue but keep in mind that OEM unlock will erase your device's data so ensure that you've backed it up.

After you've done the above, you will need to Download Odin 3.13 to your laptop & grab the Oreo firmware. Searching Google will get you the proper Odin version & there are multiple links to different Oreo versions posted here in the comments. Grab one & download it to the laptop as well.

While you're waiting for the large firmware file to download, turn your phone completely off & then boot to Download Mode. Google how to do it - gotta learn yourself some things. Once in Download Mode, connect to the laptop with your USB & allow the proper device drivers to install.

Once the drivers are installed & firmware is downloaded, navigate to where you downloaded the firmware file to. Normally it is zipped so you'll have to unzip it to access the full firmware. Depending on what file you download from wherever, the correct one after unzipping will reveal 4-5 files, BL - AP - CP - CSC - HOME CSC. Those are the files you need to revert back to Oreo.

When you have those files, open Odin on your laptop & connect your phone as well. The progress bar on the top left in Odin will read comm:#: when your device is connected correctly. When it is, load the firmware files to Odin on the right side of the screen. You will see 5 different tabs, match up the corresponding tabs with the files. BL loads to BL, AP loads to AP, etc..

Once everything is in place, proceed to flash the firmware. Once it's finished, & if done correctly, you will have gone back to Oreo 8.0.

Thank the 3 cups of coffee I had, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten such a detailed response
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Prophetless:
I do thank your very generous 3 cups of coffee. I've been looking up this stuff since 3 AM EST and thought I had a broad idea, which your post confirms I war right, so thank you for easing my uncertainty. The only issue I'm having is finding a Oreo firmware download for the J7 Refine for Boost Mobile. No matter what I google search, no matter the keywords, I can't seem to find the firmware for my specific phone and/or carrier. I keep hitting deadends. Is there anyway you or anyone can help me find it? Then I'll be out everyone's hair. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
You're welcome. I dont mind answering questions, I just prefer to ball bust lol

I've posted the most recent Oreo firmware to my MEGA account. Read my most previous comments on this post as I've given the link publicly. It may be a few pages back so just keep an eye open. You wont freely find the firmware unless its leaked. It will cost you a couple bucks to get the firmware you want off certain sites & even then you could get scammed so the source has to be credible before you purchase. I have uploaded it for free for public use.

It was more than a couple pages back. Here's the link so you don't have to search all 8 pages https://mega.nz/#!F10zgajK!UYDqAzUNR3MYtbhkewodx5uV71CSmYlUDv6t0xCeyx8
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Prophetless:
I thank you once again for your kind help! I hate this Pie up.ate. It drains my battery and causes some undesired things to happen. Will be happy to once again have my old phone back
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
I'm digging the Pie update, especially for the Night Mode option now available, but to each his own lol If you have any more questions, feel free to ask
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Droidriven:
Once you upgrade the stock firmware on Samsung devices with a locked bootloader, you may not be able to downgrade to go back to what you had before the update. But, it is sometimes possible.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Prophetless:
Well, I'm going to at least try. If I can't, I'll find out how to unlock the bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
The bootloader isn't locked for this device bro
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
Unlocking the bootloader isn't something an average user can do. It requires a lot of technological know-how along with certain programs &/or utensils. You shouldn't have any issue downgrading but I'm not saying its 100% guaranteed. I've been wrong before & will admit it if I am this time
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Prophetless:
Isn't this the same as rooting the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ☆KØŁØЯΛĐØ☆:
No no no. Rooting & unlocking the bootloader are 2 completely different things young padawan
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Droidriven:
If the bootloader isn't locked then no worries. I didn't know whether their bootloader was locked or not, I was just saying that downgrading doesn't work on most Samsung devices that do have a locked bootloader. Whether or not that applies to their device was up to them to establish their bootloader status.

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Not the same thing, the details are tricky to grasp at first. It can kinda run in circles if you don't pay attention.

Some rooting methods require unlocking the bootloader first, then using some kind of method to flash a modified or custom .img that allows the device to be rooted.

Some rooting methods do not require unlocking the bootloader, but even after rooting, nothing can be flashed if the bootloader is still locked.