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[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
@Devolix:

Aurora works fine for me here. It is version v4.1.1(41).

How do you use Aurora? With a Google account, or without? I have a Google account, and with this I use the Aurora, and it works good, updates are running fine, and when I search for an app, it finds it. But I avoid Google Play Store more and more, because it is fullfilled with 99% crap apps, no one needs this sh*it.

And yes, in Fdroid there is not all the mess, what is in Google Play Store. But it looks like, that you are a gamer and a youtube and music fan. I am all that not. So it is difficult to give you suggestion.

DHL app is a crap app. Instead I use the app "Sendungsverfolgung" (Parcel Tracker), wich works perfectly for my needs, and works fine with all parcel services here in Germany.

Whatsapp, for example, is also updated perfectly by Aurora store. Also all other main apps, I use.

You mention banking with the smartphone. I dont do that. Never! Smartphones or tablets, all mobile units are totally unsafe to do money matters with. My online banking and also all my mail order I only do with a Linux PC, because only this is safe enough.

✌️
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
You mean for you it does not show apps in the store? On my side it does, but it need a bit of time, its loading very slowly, Not sure if its relate to that I'm using VPN. Firefox is much faster in loading websites. With "kill the app" you mean, app-info -> forcing to stop? That does not change anything for me sadly. - BUT - Right now I tried again to use the search. Working. For now.

Ahh okay thanks for this information. Did not know.

Which one working?

1. https://auroraoss.com/AuroraStore/Stable/

2. https://files.auroraoss.com/AuroraStore/Stable/

For me, 1. Working, but 2. which is linked in the xda-thread does not.

Weird is: The search now worked while this message was still appearing. Used VPN, searched for Shazam. (As example)

Yea I want to avoid that. Google Account requiring phone number, and I do not have much SIM-Cards for that. (I never use cards what is related to my real identity for several reasons).

Mhhh I will download the apk for this version as well and testing if the newer one again refuse to work. Thanks.

Without.

Does it support use of account? I use the DHL app for provide the QR code I need to get my packages from package-station (like Amazon etc). Also I interest in using it for letters either. But yea, maybe I could just use web-form on Desktop computer and print out the code or something like that. I would prefer this anyway if possible..

Oh yea I said wrong, sorry, I did not mean Banking in general. I meant the PhotoTAN app, I need for use Banking on Web/Desktop. Sorry for confusing I will correct that in post above. - Sadly I'm forced to use this app for even login into.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
@Devolix:

Well, its a little difficult, to give you hints ;)

First of all get away from the *Gapps, believe me, your Samsung S7 will work much better without. Do a clean install of LOS 20 without any *Gapps, and you are free from the GSF (Google Systems Framework), because THIS is really spying you.

Then use Aurora app to get files from Google, and do that with a Google account, then it works fine. And yes, you need a phone number for that Google account. Why not? Do you really believe, that Google cares for your phone number as one phone number between billions of numbers? Believe me, they dont do, they cannot.

I got Aurora from Fdroid store. That works fine. See

F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

F-Droid ist ein installierbarer Katalog mit FOSS-Apps (Free and Open Source Software) für Android. Der Client vereinfacht die Suche und Installation von Apps und behält den Überblick über Aktualisierungen.

f-droid.org

Install Fdroid app first and be patient with it, it needs a time to organize itself and to load the catalogues with the apps informations. Then take Aurora app from there.

Fdroid store is furthermore the better app store, because there they have solid and not tracking or spying apps.

99% of the apps in Google Play Store are a real damn crap, full of trackers and other spyware, and Google supports that, because they leave these dirty apps in their store. I use Google Play Store via Aurora just for installing some main apps, f.e. Whatsapp. But for nothing more. Go in Google Play Store and check yourself, what a lot of real nasty bullsh*t is in there, its a real mess, especially all that games...

Rethink. Free yourself from Google by not installing *Gapps anymore. You dont need *Gapps to use Google Play Store with Aurora. I did so on all my mobile units, and its great, no battery drain, and the units work much faster.

You mentioned, you want to be anonymous, but then you want to use the DHL app, what spys you?

Use that damn DHL app for their crazy Paketstations, but for nothing more. As I mentioned, I use the app "Sendungsverfolgung" (Parcel tracker), wich switches to the regular internet pages of the parcel services, and that works properly. One app for all those parcel services. Check it out. But I do not use Paketstation, so I dont know, if "Sendungsverfolgung" can handle these. Check it yourself.

Myself I do not do anything with money on my smartphones or on the tablet. No online banking, no phototan, no online orders, nothing with money, because THIS is really dangerous, because ALL mobile units are unsafe units.

Doing money matters with a smartphone or an iphone is as same crazy like doing that with W*ndows. On my desktop PCs and my notebooks I use only Linux, here LinuxMint 21.2 with Mate surface, and Opensuse Tumbletweed with KDE surface. No W*ndows. I have enough problems, dont need more by using this mess...

Have fun! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] basti_b24:
Regarding the rate limit:

I encountered the same issue where the search did not work but app updates did. If you find the app through a website that has a google play link to the play store, you can open that link with aurora and still download the app even though it says rate limited .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well... am I right, that you use Aurora without a Google account?

Because that is the known reason for rate limitation.

And: myself I never open a link on a website, just because this claims to go to Google Play Store.

Such behavior helps to spread malware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
@netra3441

I guess you misread parts of my posts or we just talked past each other. :)

Yea. As mentioned sites ago: I did exactly that:

Right now I use Ivans LOS20 Build from here, with just Magisk and a few apps. - Without any GApps flashed.

That worked out good, as said. Thanks again. (y)

What you mean?

Anyway, there is much trouble left now since the searched periodically working again. On the Auroa Thread someone mentioned, it will work so longer the install is ago/frequently used. I will check that out. I also will try to save the .apks separately so I will not even need the search anymore. It is really just a couple of.

- Google and phone number is a bigger topic: Its relate to locate/de-anonymizing, what I don't like.

- I just do need a few (popular/common known) apps from the store, the rest crap I do not care, but from these few apps I'm missing some in FDroid that is why I prefer to use Aurora, everything I need is there.

- The DHL App, I just use for having the QR ready (for scanning) only.

This is how it works: I see on Amazon/Email I got my package (from ordering or something). So I turning on WiFi on my phone, login in the App into my DHL-Account, clicking on receives packages, it shows me the QR-Code. I turning off WiFi, go to the station, tip on "receive packages" show the QR-Code to scanner, and it opens the box.

So I do not need to interact in any kind with the Station-System (what never really worked out, tracking numbers are different and I hate to tip on this disgusting touchscreen anyway). Also I do not need to login separately into the DHL-Account from web-ui or something.

However: Yes. I don't like to have that on my phone anyway (because exactly that: Privacy), so I will check if I can do it in different way, like make a photo of the QR with my phone from the web-ui of DHL. Need to check out soon. "Sendungsverfolgung" probably does the exactly same thing as the website for it does. So I use that for this job.

- Yea. I hate that too, that I need my phone to login into my bank account, but regarding to an employee its forced (2FA) for all customer without the option to deactivate. Here same, some day soon I will check out again If i can do it in different way. I do not store much money on my own real physical bank accounts. So I do not need that stuff anyway. I store money in different (more secure) ways.

I read about that too from the other Thread, but how this actual works?

When I open the store in a browser, and then go on some apps, it just shows me the site of the app, and it request me to login to a Google account, Aurora does nothing. In Auroa I have no option for "open links". I only can open apps from a file, so the system will ask me what to use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
@Devolix

Welcome to the NGA club. No Google Anymore... ;)(y)

The secret with the app stores is: use them both.

I take Aurora for getting the few main apps, I use, out of Google Play Store. For all the rest I use Fdroid. They have very nice apps in Fdroid, friendly contacts to the coders for payment (and no Google Pay sh*t), but it needs time to find the apps in Fdroid, I had to sit down a few hours and read there to find, what I need.

Regarding that banking thing: if you tell your bank, that you have a smartphone, then they want to force you to do the photo tan stuff or anything else with the smartphone for that 2FA thing. My bank does not know, that I have a smartphone, and I never will tell them. So, I have that screen reader for online banking on my linux PC, and thats all.

Mobile units are too unsafe to do money matters with. I also do not order ware with a smartphone.

DHL Paketstation... one time in my life I used that mess. Never more. I get my parcels delivered to my apartment door, and thats ok.

Those, who tap on a link on a website to install an app on that way, are idiots (sorry, but I am just honest), because you never know, what really is hidden in such a link. This is the same in Android and in Windows... in Germany we say "sie klicken auf alles, was nicht bei drei auf den Bäumen ist" (they click on anything that isn't on the trees by three) and its an inexterminable bad behavior, no one can get that out of some people.

Especially under Windows this user behavior helps to spread viruses every day... and nearly the same in Android.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Sakare14:
Installing worked fine, but i cant seem to install Gapps, they won't respond and crash. So that i have to reiinstall the OS.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ex novo:
What version of gapps are you using? You need to install the ROM and gapps in sequence. Can't install rom, reboot and install gapps.

I use the Nickgapps "core" version from here with no problems:

NikGapps - Browse /Releases/NikGapps-T/16-Jul-2023 at SourceForge.net

A Custom Google Apps Package that Suits Everyone Needs!

sourceforge.net

If you prefer to strictly follow LineageOS instructions for installing gapps you can use this guide:

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Sakare14:
I did install gapps right after the rom without reboot. I used the newest version all the time crash, tried the core, now twrp stuck at logo, guess i have to flash the firmware again.

Edit: Now it works. Did the same as before.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ex novo:
Are you using the latest version of TWRP?

Before installing ROM and Gapps format the data with TWRP (FORMAT, not wipe) because if the data partition is encrypted it can only be decrypted by format and you might be getting this error due to data partition encryption.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] basti_b24:
Yes, I do not have a G account. Well, i actually wouldn't click on any random link on the internet but if I know I need an app but can not search it because of the aurora rate limitation, I just go to the official playstore website, click on the download link and choose to open it with aurora. Somewhere in the default app settings you can select aurora for google play links.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
I have activated that in the App Settings of Aurora. Still, when I click on the download link it simply ask me to login into Google Account. Nothing else. What I need to setup else for that this is really working? I don't understand...

Update:

Weird, now it suddenly worked, system asked me to open an app, chose Auroa and... yea.. "failed fetching".. eh yea.. Whatever. But the rate-limited thingy seems gone now and also related to VPN. Tested in free-wifi without and worked.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ScanX:
Hello @Ivan_Meler

Just FYI. In latest build 20230809 the FP* problem is back.

* fingerprint staying active with screen off
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] haumich_blau:
The Rom is stable and I happily use it as my daily driver. There are only two issues. I am not sure if they are Lineage related, or Android:

1. When I use a System profile that deactivates the lock screen when I am at home, the home button doesn't work. When I return to the home screen, it still doesn't do anything. If I change the profile to something else, it works again.

2. Sometimes, I don't know what triggers it, the lock screen only shows a black screen and a very small clock, instead of the usual one. It cannot be unlocked, but the buttons trigger stuff. I can feel the vibration when I long press the off button that means the off menu opened. But I cannot see it and I cannot unlock. After some time (less than 1h), it returns to normal
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
Hey everyone i guess you are wondering where the LineageOS 20 update is, well im on vacation, ota build is out but... something related to August asb broke behavior of fingerprint sensor which is again always on (it works but stays on)

Since im on vacation i didnt look into this too much but ill try to see whats going on in a next few days

Thanks to everyone who supported this project, new builds will be out soon.

Hope you all are staying safe and having fun during summer
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ScanX:
You too Ivan. Enjoy your vacation!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] woheller69:
I sometimes have the issue with the small clock as well. I think the launcher has crashed in this case. I always forced a reboot. Never waited if it would return. While this clock is visible I e.g. heard notification sounds for received emails. I think it is caused in areas with bad GSM reception
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] System23:
I have to say THX to the Developer works Fine and is a choice!!!! THX 4 Ya work
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Gragagrogog:
It's a false positive detection of a magnet on "Smart Cover" hall sensor in the bottom left corner of the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] woheller69:
indeed, if I place a magnet at the bottom left of the screen it shows that behaviour and does not react on any button or swipe to unlock until I remove the magnet.

Any idea how that false positive detection can be fixed? A setting to deactivate that "Smart Cover" feature?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Gragagrogog:
Ah, I've seen a developer option in other firmwares to disable it, but it is not in here, you'd have to ask Ivan to add it.

... so I've spent a few minutes looking into it, a part of it is handled by org.lineageos.flipflap app, but just deleting it (So i.e. running a "su -c pm uninstall -k --user 0 org.lineageos.flipflap" in a terminal emulator.) only disables the input blocking when it's falsely detected, it will still lock/unlock your display when it is going to/from a false detection. (It doesn't lock you out of the device at this point, but I have no idea if this survives a firmware update...)

The rest of the handling is done here somewhere, maybe there's like a global variable that'd disable it(?), I'm not very familiar with android... https://github.com/8890q/android_ke...2fcf84abf13b099db7efc5b8/drivers/input/hall.c
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Gragagrogog:
Anyway, so I also found running this:

su -c settings put global lid_behavior 0

seems to disable triggering it with the screen on, but still with the quirk here that when the display is off, removing a magnet from there turns the display on on lockscreen.

(Doing this once should survive firmware update afaik...)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] CubeFun:
How many hours does the battery last if charged to a 100%?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] quanqngbk:
I'm using G930S and use stock rom 8.0 . Can i flash this ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] CubeFun:
Sorry no you can only use the G930F model
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] AnyMelz:
@Ivan_Meler I hope you are still enjoying your holiday in the best summer weather!

I switched from Stock to your ROM a few month ago and I'm happy that my S7 gets the latest updates again thanks to your great work! Thank you so much! 👏👍

But I have a very anoying issue since switching to your ROM concerning an echo effect. Every caller hears an echo of himself except if I use headphones. I found a possible solution @DarthNAL posted for the same problem on a S4 where two files are replaced by an older version of LOS:

S4 Echo fix by DarthNAL

(Here I found the audio fix of @sombree mentioned in the workaround.)

The fix of @DarthNAL was applied to the LOS 16 sources for the S4.

I'd like to ask you, wether you can provide a corresponding fix for your S7 ROM resp. fix this issue in future versions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] wahnd:
Ive been using this ROM for some months now and today my screen froze, bc nothing worked I pressed volume down + power + home and then it shut down, but since then I can not get it to power on again. Normally if it gets charged it will display sth, but now it doesnt. Anyone have an idea of what i can do to fix it or is it just completely broken now? Weird I tried booting today and now it works again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
Wait, does that fix the echo-problem in calls for S7? just flashing the file anytime? Can you confirm?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] AnyMelz:
This is only the fix for the echo-problem in calls for S4. I hope, this can also fix the problem for the S7 using the corresponding source files of the S7. Therefore I asked @Ivan_Meler to create this fix.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
if it was that simple, I or somebody else would already make it but this is not the s4 and this is not android 6
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Rahmsuppe:
Frindly asked: Cant find a new Version, most of the links above are dead and on github for the HeroLTE S7 is August 2023.

The weird thing with the fingerprint button is known, so far I could read in some posts before.

And sometimes the screen stays on. So this timeout is not always working,
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] mujuli:
Hi @Ivan_Meler thanks for supporting the S7 so long !!!

Just one question is VoLTE missing in section dont/wont work ? Or is a fix/source available for VoLTE for Samsung devices ?

Or am i too dumb to use it ?

Background of the question is in Germany they turnd of 3G and during a phonecall you get kicked back into 2G instead of calling with/in 4G network with much better quallity and also www accsess.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] mujuli:
i got the latest version 14.8.2023 by OTA (github) so probably there is no newer version
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ScanX:
Its coming soon:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] shanitosaure:
Hello, I am using LOS 20.0 with ota and microg from Exodusnick, ans today while checking for update I sadly discovered that he stopped brutally to work on it.

Still, BIG UP and really thank you for your work.

And now I am as a orphelan child! So if Ivan accept to help me, I would be gratefull to know the steps to merge to your version, and if possible to keep microg?. I have 13th july version. Do I have to reinstall all? All helps are welcome!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] wadila:
Hello, dear users, can you please tell me if you have a systemic Internet speed scale that is enabled in the settings? Because I think that it broke after some operation to update the ROM or restore from a backup. Now it always shows me zeros when I use the Internet.

Thank you for your answers.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Msteine1:
Hello @Ivan_Meler ,

I want to express my appreciation for your outstanding work and continued support for this phone. Your dedication is truly commendable.

I'm hoping you can assist me with an issue I've encountered. I mistakenly installed LineageOS Version 19 because my OTA updates inexplicably stopped working. Now, I'm eager to revert to Version 20, but I'm facing an obstacle due to the OTA update for Version 19 being more recent. Consequently, I'm encountering the error message: "denying ota because its spl downgrade."

Is there a solution available that would allow me to install Version 20 without having to return to the stock ROM? Your guidance and assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Vine83:
hello, is it possible to switch on 60fps video recording in camera of s7 (on stock android 8 oreo it was working with 60fps 1080) ? thank you in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Vine83:
Hello, most of apps don't send push (shops, banks) is it possible to make push working as normal? Thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Vine83:
with 2 sim cards, battery consumption is terrible (at night 7hs approx 40% out)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Vine83:
all consumption is mobile network, is it possible to decrease? thx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
Finally after some delays September builds are up, this includes fingerprint always on issue being fixed.

Android 14 release is right around the corner and i expect to make it work over coming months, all of the older builds will still stay maintained however so no need to worry about that.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project so far and helped cover the build server cost and/or got me coffee.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Speedy_Gonzalez:
Yes, sir. Thank you very much for your commitment.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
Same here usually when Ivan_Meler announces new updates they're available straight away, this time nothing showed up, maybe I didn't leave it long enough.

Dirty flashed the update and in system updater the version now reads 19th September, so all is good
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] mujuli:
The update is online in git respository but OTA is not working :/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Vine83:
Sorry, for update needed to wipe s7 and reinstall 20 19,09 instead 20 14,08, right? Thx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] tvsite:
The OTA update not working for me either. Had to download the Sept update from the download page