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[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well...

Samsung Galaxy S7 is not Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

Furthermore for me (!) data encryption is totally unimportant, because I never ever use a mobile unit for sensible matters, so f.e. I never do online banking or online orders or eMail with a mobile phone, because mobil units all (!) are totally unsafe, because mobile OSs all are unsafe. So, IMHO data encryption is useless on a mobile unit.

The battery drain in using LineageOS cannot be solved with using battery saver, because the drain is caused only by those *Gapps... without *Gapps and so without any Google Systems Framework there is no battery drain in LineageOS.

The u.m. is my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] pusher2308:
Thanks for the information. I like the idea of not using Google Services, but at the moment I'm using Family Link, which most likely will not work without.

What about Apps I bought in Play Store, e.g. Bubbleupnp? Is there a way of getting the licence installed on devices without Google Services? I tried with Aurora but wasn't successfull.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] pusher2308:
I recognized that the notification LED is not working on my phone.

Is that something that's not working in this ROM in general or do I have to start searching which app is causing this issue....I can't remember if it was working before I started installing different apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well... "Family Link" is a Google app. Why do you used such a thing? (I dont wanted to write something harder...) ;) Why do you not use Whatsapp for you family stuff? "Family Link" makes no sense, since Whatsapp is available...

There are several Google apps, wich run without the GSF (Google Systems Framework). And if not, find something similar - but go away from Google. If Google would be able to suck the life out of you, they would do... For example: I had used GMail for those Google messages regarding my apps, I bought there. But it does not run without GSF. But it runs within FaireMail, so I use now this in one of my mobile units...

All the apps I had bought in the time, I had used the Google Play Store, work also after installing them with Aurora.

The trick is: you must log in via Aurora with the login name, you had used to buy these apps. Because Aurora is not a store by its own, it is an alternative app for the usage of Google Play Store.

So, when you log in via Aurora, you do not log in into Aurora, you login into Google Play Store.

It is a change of mind to get away from GSF (Google Systems Framework), it is a learning process.

Myself I own my daily Samsung Galaxy S7 since 2016, and a year ago I bought another one used for cheap money to have an identical testing unit. So I was able to use my daily S7, but had the same one to test and learn all about LineageOS, I was able to understand with my small chicken brain... ;)

So, if you want to use LineageOS for longer, maybe this would be a good solution for you too to learn about LOS and get practice.

I am sure, that in your country there are resellers of refurbished smartphones, my second S7 was about 90 Euros, much money for an old and wheelie pensionist, but this was worth each cent...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
About 6 years ago I purchased solid explorer file manager after trying a few others, It's worked perfectly on any custom rom I have tried since I usually install the playstore. Family library enables me to share this purchased app with four others.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] easylivin:
LEDs are working flawlessly here on 2 S7.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
So, this is a app copy software? o_O

But for what need?

Apps are, in the regular, very cheap.

Myself I pay for the apps, I use, and I dont have much money indeed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
If the paid app supports the family feature, others can use it without buying the app two or three times.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] wadila:
Reboot device.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] pusher2308:
Thanks, I did and it worked!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] promeneur:
lineage-19.1-20230412-UNOFFICIAL-herolte

this version is unable to connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Shiningb:
Hello

I've been going through a problem in which it is a hanging and lag in everything in the system that happens mostly when I'm watching many Instagram Stories that are videos or any type of videos in sequence across different social networks.

It's been a pain or so to watch Stories with the fear of your phone hanging lots

It normally starts with audio stutters and then everything crashes afterwards

If Logcats can help, I would be happy to provide as that is my only issue with Lineage OS 19...

Anyone else faced anything similar?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Yes, have that here too, but I run Master Ivan's LOS 20.

The video lags in Instagram are a problem within Instagram itsself, it is not a problem of LOS.

Instagram is from Meta, as same as Facebook.

The guys there are known to knit their apps only with very hot needles, so that these apps always have lags...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Shiningb:
I agree with you, because I had this occuring only in Meta stuff...

But once I had in YouTube and that was when I got concerned!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
As prommised yesterday, here are builds with new BSP source backported to 19.1 Here is a brief changelog:

- Switched to more source built components from new Exynos 850/Linaro BSP

hwcomposer

memtrack

libion_exynos

libGrallocWrapper

gralloc

libcsc

libexynosscaler

libexynosgscaler

libhwjpeg

Whole OMX stack (libOMX.Exynos.*) and stagefrighthw

- Performance, stability and battery life improvements

- Synced with LineageOS source

This changes quite a lot of under the hood stuff and gets rid of a lot of proprietary blobs by replacing them with much more up to date source built components, if you are compiling on your own dont forget to update roomservice.xml as always all of the source has been pushed to https://github.com/8890q , This has been in works since middle of 2022 but i never got around to finishing it and fixing few remaining bugs that came from bsp until this week, so i really hope you all enjoy it.

In general this will help s7 live a bit longer as we have way more control over most of the hals on device

This will eventually make its way to LineageOS 18.1 builds too

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project as their donations help cover build server cost and cover coffee spent while debugging some of weirder stuff

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
I tried that in Instagram, on Meta and in Youtube yesterday.

Here all three apps actually run without lags. I use Facebook Lite, Instagram, both from Google Play Store, and for Youtube I use Libretube from Fdroid.

Do you update your apps regularly?

Another monitoring is, that my Samsung S7 Smartphones and my Samsung S6 tablet all three run much better, more stable and faster WITHOUT Google Systems Framework (GSF), means: without any GApps.

I just use clean LineageOS 20 (Ivan Meler's ROM) and get my apps from Aurora (alternative to Google Play Store) and from Fdroid.

They all work fine, fast and really stable, and there are no lags, and also the battery usage is lowest.

Maybe you also have to get away from the Google stuff, from the GApps. Do a clean new install of LOS, take the 20, and then use it without the GSF.

Have fun, like I have it ;)(y)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Shiningb:
I get where you are coming from and I bet performance improves a lot without these Google Services in the background

The thing is that I simply can't let go of Google

I need it's services as I have become dependent ever since I started using the account services in Android 2.0, so it would be a huge leap for me

But I'm not worried about the battery draining anymore as I went to another ROM to test it's battery life (which was bad) and I'm more than satisfied with LOS19.1 results

After this latest update things have been faster and more reliable (or is this placebo?)

Anyway, the recurrent problems I'm having are:

- Music playback stuttering/lagging for a bit when multitasking (which can get pretty annoying when browsing through apps rapidly)

- Aforementioned Instagram stories system hang (which could be in Meta's end, even though I just came back from a One UI Rom that didn't display any of these symptoms)

- YouTube videos are hanging and desynchronized from audio when played via Bluetooth (again I tested this in my old J5 2015 with rooted Stock and it's playing the way it should)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well...

going away from the Google System Framework by nevermore installing Gapps is just a a question of rethinking.

I also thought long time, that I need that Google stuff. But in fact, I dont need it. I get some few apps from there now via the Aurora app (alternative app for the Google Play Store), and for all others I use Fdroid.

It is also a question of uncoupling from some apps, wich dont work without that damn Google Systems Framework, and find others as surrogate.

Believe me: when you did that rethinking, and you have installed the ROM you use without that Google stuff, you feel better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Shiningb:
Does anyone have an idea which service could this process belong to?

It seems to be my main idle battery drainer, maybe this is related to the Gapps drain?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] 91pro2k11:
LineageOS 19.1 version: 2023.04.24 (Clean install)

ViPER4Android-FX:

Message: No driver found/OK

Error: No such file or directory

Magisk version:26.1 (26100)

Installed modules: Shamiko, Universal SafetyNet Fix

How to fix ViPER4Android-FX?

--------------------------------------

I found an updated version that works:

GitHub - programminghoch10/ViPER4AndroidRepackaged: A refined ViPER4Android installer.

A refined ViPER4Android installer. Contribute to programminghoch10/ViPER4AndroidRepackaged development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ScanX:
Can confirm this. Solution, roll back to magisk 25.2, and every thing is fine again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] 91pro2k11:
Thank You!

ViPER4AndroidRepackaged (https://github.com/programminghoch10/ViPER4AndroidRepackaged) works Magisk 26.1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] pusher2308:
Does anyone have experience with Seedvault?

I tried it but it always got stuck at ~32% backup, so I deleted the saving folder as well as the cache and app settings.

But now every day I get a message, about a Seedvault saving error, something like that: Backup couldn't be done.

How can I deactivate seedvault backup, or as a another option make it work?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
May builds are up, here is a brief changelog:

- Merged May 2023. Security update

- Misc performance and stability improvements

- Synced with LineageOS source

Lineageos 18.1 will get updated later this week or next week.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this porject, donations towards this project help cover the build server cost and get me coffee for time spent working on new features/releases.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] wadila:
Hello everyone, do you have split screen mode working? I am getting an error launcher trying to split the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] xVincentx:
Hey Ivan, I have a request regarding the CPU clocks along with the CPU governor choice in the kernel: Please, let the out-of-box clocks be the FACTORY defaults! I'm glad the OC tables are there for those who want it, but for some such as myself, whose Galaxy S7s barely meet spec in terms of performance, we can't take advantage of the higher clocks the kernel forces onto the CPU by default; the phone will just crash and force a reboot when it gets too hot. If it's done via a separate boot.img, or just setting the default max frequencies to factory maximums doesn't matter to me, but I need to have the peace of mind that the phone won't try to overclock right out of the box after installing this ROM. Mine is barely able to handle the 2.3GHz factory clocks, going all the way to 2.6GHz will cause issues for me especially if the CPU gets too stressed and too hot. I'm talking the CPU could hit around 70C (read: not the 95C TJMax) if I'm lucky before it crashes and reboots at that speed. At 2.3GHz, it is stable, but even then it feels iffy. I also feel like the interactive CPU governor is a bit conservative in speeding up when it needs to, but it does help power draw somewhat; would it be possible to include the modern schedutil governor found in other ARMv8 silicon, or does that kernel governor just take advantage of the CPU's own governor logic?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
June builds are up, Nothing major in them just security updates and some lineageos updates

Lineageos 20 and 18.1 builds will be out in coming days. 20 builds will take a bit longer as Pixel feature drop is being merged too.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project with donations and helped cover the build server cost.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] marolar:
Thank you for your great work! Stuck in a bootloop with the newest OTA update.

Setup:

SM-G930F

Magisk 26.1

Encrypted

twrp 3.7.0

Reflash and downgrade didn't help. Will try a clean flash.

Clean flash worked
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
As prommised here are jully 2023 security update builds, You can grab them from thread or via ota updates from phone

Huge thanks to everyone who helped cover the build server cost with donations, this project wouldnt be possible without their support.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Baoprohp91:
This is my experience with this rom (please note that I am inexperienced, I install custom rom just to experience, not research anything about it, even the most basic things):

- The interface is pretty and smooth.

- Didnt see "OEM unlock" in developer settings

- "Battery saver" mode can't be turned on (It says it's not available)

- This rom drains the battery quite badly, when I play the game even the battery is drained backwards (other roms i've tried don't have this problem, so it's probably not the battery)

Edit:

I didn't make it clear, this meant, when I'm charging and playing games at the same time, it's not just the batteries that aren't being charged, they're still draining.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
Did you install gapps with the ROM some, people claim it solves the battery problem by not installing gapps and using aurora store instead.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Baoprohp91:
Yes, I have installed FlameGApps.

Thanks for the suggestion, i will try aurora next time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well my friend... you maybe did not understood that.

Using *Gapps is not neccessary to use the Google Play Store.

When you avoid installing any *Gapps, you do not install the GSF (Google Systems Framework), and so you do not install all the mess what comes, when via the *Gapps the GSF and so all the Google bunch is installed.

I use my Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones (two) without any *Gapps and so without the Google Systems Framework. I can install apps from Google Play Store by using the Aurora store app.

There are apps in the Google Play Store, wich need the GSF - these I do not use.There are enough alternatives.

Beside Google Play Store via Aurora store app I use a lot apps from Fdroid store, and they all work properly.

And the very best at the end: when you install without *Gapps, there is no battery drain anymore.

My suggestion for you: make a complete clean install of your Samsnung Galaxy S7 with this ROM - but without instlaling the *Gapps. Then install Aurora store app and Fdroid store app, and you have all you need.

But you mentioned, that you play games on the smartphone. This is the exeption, I do not know anything about it, because I do not play games either on smartphones, nor on other computers at all. So, maybe that for playing these games (and paying the in-app-buying), you may need the GSF and so to install a *Gapps...

Myself I am happy beeing away from the Google bunch, because without that the S7s run much better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Baoprohp91:
thank you my friend :love:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
I thought you would be along soon :D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
You are welcome 👍🏼
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
When I can help, I try to do.

There is really nothing, what could bring me back to the GSF.

My S7s run properly without the Google mess.

The only thing I brood about actually, is maybe switching back from LOS20 to LOS19, because in 19 I can format my SDcard as internal memory, and in 20 this is not possible anymore.

We will see...

😉🖖🏼
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
My S7 is a backup phone and does not have a sim card, therefore it doesn't get tested like a phone that gets used daily. A few months back when I started reading about this voice echo problem I put the sim card from my S9 into the S7 and took it to work for the day, fortunately the echo problem wasn't there, and I didn't notice any difference regarding the battery than stock rom. I have Lineage 19 and 20 on this phone backed up with gapps and get about 8-9 days idle time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Baoprohp91:
update: the volume of the phone, to be more precise, the media volume is reduced quite a bit, but call volume is pretty good

When I listen to music on youtube, I even have to put the speaker to my ear to hear the voice
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well, this problem is a technical one for the maintainer or some coders, I am just a user.

And: As same as I do not play any games, I also do not hear music on my smartphones, but when I open Youtube (I use for this an app called "NewPipe" from Fdroid store) all the sounds in Youtube are loud and clear.

But when you have installed the GSF (Google Systems Framework via *Gapps) than this can be one reason for the silence in Youtube.

Furthermore, when you use Youtube with installed GSF (*Gapps), then Google than sh*t you full with all kind of advertising. Without GSF (without *Gapps) there is no damn advertising inside Youtube.

Again: there are much more serious good reasons NOT to use a *Gapps and so not the GSF.

Think about that. We are humans using technique. So, we have to rethink our usage often. Do that. Rethink.

And then have more fun by using your S7... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
Did you reflash the rom without flame gapps and now get this low volume problem? I am using BiTGApps-arm64-12.1.0-v1.7_signed.zip and audio is perfect in Youtube
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] 91pro2k11:
Since the clean installation of the latest LineageOS version, it randomly freezes.

I've been installing this version for years, preferably clean installations, but I've never experienced anything like this before. Could there be a bug in the latest update or some other reason causing this?

In a few days, I will reinstall it again cleanly, along with fresh Gapps and other apps I use. I'm curious to see if the problem will disappear.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
August builds are up, Nothing major just security updates for 19.1, 18.1 builds are compiling right now and 20.0 builds will be out in few days when LineageOS changes for August ASB get to gerrit.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project and helped cover the build server cost with donations.

Without them this project wouldnt still be running few years after i started with 15.1 builds.

As im curently on vacation i might be a bit slower to respond to threads so if you need any assistance please tag me

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Baoprohp91:
- I did a bit of google and realized that, "OEM Unlock" is not present in almost all custom roms (as it is enabled by default).

- In LineageOS, I can't turn on battery saver while charging.

- Last problem, the battery is not draining fast. My guess is that LineageOS has a battery protection mechanism, when the temperature is too high the battery will stop charging, so when I play the game while charging, the battery is not charged and continues to drain.

- Well about the small volume problem, as far as I can google, this is due to the custom kernel that comes with the rom, not the rom, or the gapps package.

- Well about the small volume problem, as far as I can google, this is due to the custom kernel that comes with the rom, not the rom, or the gapps package.

- Well about the small volume problem, as far as I can google, this is due to the custom kernel that comes with the rom, not the rom, or the gapps package.

@netra3441 @Not_Rich Well i guess that you two must be from the "Fck off Google!" huh :LOL:. Anyway, thanks for your help :love:

Edit 3: Eh, I accidentally put the curse word in my comment. I fixed it back to "fck", not sure if I broke the rules. But I don't mean to swear, I just wanted to put the phrase in verbatim.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
@Baoprohp91

Yes, Sir: I had f*cked off Google, because I got convinced here by other users and also from Ivan Meler, not to use the *Gapps anymore.

Furthermore I took the time to go into Google Play Store (via Aurora) and checked, what kind of apps are in there. Believe me, 99% of the apps and games in Google Play Store are dangerous crap, full with spyware and trackers - and if you use a *Gapps and so have installed the GSF (Google Systems Framework) then

you

helped the spys to spy and track you.

So, I use Google Play Store without installed *Gapps and via Aurora app just for installing some main apps, f.e. Whatsapp, but for nothing more.

Mainly I use Fdroid store. Better apps with no tracking or spyware. See https://f-droid.org/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] aelfinn:
And where does @Ivan_Meler say that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
honest i couldnt live without google apps, all i said is (and i still stand by this) that a lot of google apps packages are either broken or break over time causing drain at random points, and google does cause issues related to their apps draining battery too sometimes
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
If I like an App I will usually buy it to remove the ads, yes I know I can use private dns to block the ads but for the sake of a couple of £, $ € I like to support the developers. Also, the family library feature of the play store is useful for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well, he told me, because I asked him about, but that was in a private message, as far as I remember, this is a year ago now.

Anyway - do not using the *Gapps and the GSF anymore makes the usage of my Samsung Galaxy S7 much more comfortable. And fast also.

There is really no need to install a *Gapps again... ;)