yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well... today have done a second test with my testing Samsung Galaxy S7.

Mobile formating of the SDcard works also with an 64GB Sandisk.

But the formating as internal space, wich had worked fine in LineageOS 19.1, does not work in LineageOS 20.0, the internal formating starts, but stops after seconds, and then the SDcard is not read by the system properly anymore. Formatting it again as mobile with the S7 does not work too.

So, I formatted it as exfat within Linux, and after this the SDcard was read in LineageOS 20.0 as mobile properly again.

So, please @Ivan_Meler could you find that bug with that formating sdcard as internal in LOS 20.0 and please fix that?

Samsung Galaxy S7 just has 32GB regular internal space. This is not much, and having a good and fast SDcard formatted as additional internal space helps a lot to use the S7 furthermore.

Your LineageOS 19.1 shows, that this works, so please, @Ivan_Meler make that working in LineageOS 20.0 too.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ScanX:
As far as I know this is not a mistake but intentional. Using external cards as internal memory often leads to problems. Therefore the support in LOS was removed with version 20.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well... this cannot be, because the function to format SDcard als internal memory is active in LOS 20.0.

It only does not work properly, because there are some bugs inside, wich need to be fixed.

And taking that function out of LOS makes really no sense. Today there are smartphones with large internal memory, but LOS is also made for the elder ones, wich have only 32 GB or less memory. For those it is essential, to keep the formatting of SDcards as internal memory, especially when messengers are used, like Twitter oder Whatsapp, wich themselves or their content cannot be moved to a mobile formatted SDcard.

The difficulties with SDcards using als internal memory are only, when slow SDcards are used.

I only use the fastest SDcards I can get, (reading 200 MB/s, writing minimum 120 MB/s, or faster) and this works, formatted as internal memory, absolutely fine without any problems in LOS 19.1 within my both Samsung Galaxy S7.

So, there is no reason not to offer formatting internal in LOS 20.0.

It would be a real pity, when formatting SDcards as internal memory would be taken out of LOS.

Put in a notice inside LOS, that the folks should use only very fast SDcards, when want to format them as internal memory...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
Hey @Ivan_Meler

What exactly changed? I just noticed the problem I mentioned got even worse now..

The Graining-Noise is now noticeable without any zoom.

The Camera is useless for me with that build.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
Yea, I thinking about to change back to even stock rom. There are only problems with LOS or even customs and they never get fixed or like in my case, even getting worse. Weeks ago I tried an "official" LOS build and it not even booted up. I'm complete frustrated now. It was much better years ago...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well... for me LOS 19.1 fullfills my needs, and I hope, that LOS 20.0 will do that too, when some more bugfixing will be done by @Ivan_Meler

I have read about your problems, @Devolix with the camera. Its because of the drivers for it, manufacturer Samsung does not give them to LOS, so the S7 camera works not so good in LOS than in Stock ROM.

Myself I do not make so much photography, so I do not worry about.

But for you going back to Stock ROM makes no sense, @Devolix

Android 8 is too old, unsafe. My suggestion for you: buy a new smartphone with Android 13, and then you can use it well for everything, also good photography.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
Yea, I forgot about to answer, sorry. I tried some of your tips, sadly it not helped with the quality. Only OpenCamera-App makes slightly better photos than the stock-app. Where I stuck to for now, but its still messy in compared to stock.

What I dont understand is, why not just copy the drivers from the stock-rom to the custom? It should be not affected by any license-problems or whatever, since there are customs out there, they are based on stock, and everything is out for free anyway.

There should be a way to make that possible.

Yea, was thinking about to use Samsung Galaxy A13 with stock, but I can not befriend myself with full-Google...

Also Ive read that the performance is worse than S7, that worries me, was used to use stuff like Dolphin.

Thing was, I even bought another small phone (old but cheap), what I wanted to use for making photos only, beside of the S7, flashed a custom rom for it, and has the same audio-echo-issue and bad photo quality. Then I tried official LOS from the homepage, (4 different builds), no any of it even booted fully without problems (I dont get that, why customs even working better than official LOS?), in the end I flashed back to stock and sent it back to amazon.

Now I was using the update-function, and was excited about the camera improvement I read in the change-log and see its even worse now. Flashing back, probably even breaks stuff. So you can imagine my frustration...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] arpcpro:
Can you please clarify what are those reasons?

I am getting desperate with the 32Gb internal memory on my exynos S7. I just need a ROM to enable adoptable storage. Everything else about the stock ROM works fine. So far all the apps work on Nougat 8.0, banking apps work, VoLTE, no echo, no bugs and samsung pay also. I miss the call recording that worked on android 7.0 and stopped working on nougat 8.0 but that is all.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well, I am just a normal user, not a technician or developer. I cannot give you answers to your questions.

With StockROM Android 8.01 SDcards also could had been formatted as internal memory.

But Android 8.0 is totally outdated, unsafe, especially when you want to do banking apps with it. Myself I do not do banking on mobile phones, because these all are too unsafe for such sensible matters.

For your needs it would be better if you buy a new smartphone with actual Android 13

I stay with my S7 smartphones, because I do not have the money to buy a new one.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] arpcpro:
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I do not confirm the statement that the stock rom 8.0 allows the SD card formatted as internal memory. Only the early stock ROMs allowed that. I've done a lot of research and could not do it. And I could also not downgrade the bootloader to downgrade the stock ROM. I do not want to buy a new phone when this one is performant enough for my needs.

Like you said, I hope the lawmakers force the manufacturers to be more ethical and direct the smartphones to be more like PCs in terms of updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well, it looks like, that formatting SDcard as internal also depends on, what hardware Samsung had built into the S7s, that is not always the same.

This, because with my first S7 (daily use) in StockROM (Android 8.01 Oreo) I had formatted my 128 GB SDcard as internal.

I changed (upgraded) from StockROM to LineageOS via TWRP, because I wanted to have newer Android.

LineageOS 19.1 is much more faster than StockROM Android 8, and all the Samsung bloatware is away now.

I will not go back to StockROM, because LOS 19.1 works fine for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
For first, thank you for your words.

Yea, its true, but in the modern capitalism world, we can forget that sadly.

Every little step for freedom needs time and sacrifices...

That is the thing. They are still not original, so what is the difference? They are just tolerated maybe?

Another idea, developer could offer an addon for flashing the drivers into the rom by own.

That should fix the general problems? Or maybe its just against xda tos? idk about..

You can get every App exist in Play totally legal via Auroa, btw can highly recommend. :)

Aurora OSS / AuroraStore · GitLab

An unofficial FOSS client to Google Play.

gitlab.com

The open Google alternatives has nothing to do with Google itself, they just offer the same functionality via the same APIs. Only the original google apps like the story comes from google afaik. A fully "open-googled" LOS is still much different from original Android.

It has nothing to do with the forum here, so I will make it in a very short: information can be used by > everyone.

Yea, that I wanted to avoid, more (expensive) devices, same time. When I go out, and plan to make photos, so I would need to have the S7 AND the compact-camera with me. I was on way to explain that more in my previous post but cut it out because its not topic of the thread. I'm new to xda, so I don't know how far we can go with off-topic talk...

Same here, but after that, photo quality comes next.

(Well basic communication like calls and sms comes first of everything but that is basic, every stuff like audio quality etc is not really matter for me, as long people can hear me, and I can receive SMS, all is fine)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] edong23:
guys, any solution why my banking app detected my phone to be rooted even though I didn't install magisk?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] sansei:
Android reports a custom ROM installed, not really a rooted a device. I may be wrong, but I think people install Magisk to hide it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
This is, because the manufacturers of such bankings apps integrate technique to recognize, wich OS is installed on the smartphone.

That does not make those banking apps more safe, but banks and their software producers believe, that only such OS, wich are not open source, are safe... ;)

But myself I never would do online banking on a smartphone, because all mobile phones or tablets are too unsafe to do sensible actions with them. Myself I do online banking only on a PC or notebook with Linux - and only using a LAN connection, never WiFi or mobile.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
February builds are out, here is a brief changelog:

- Merged February 2023. Security update

- Improved UI performance

- Misc stability improvements

- Fixed race condition in rotation that would rarely prevent screen from waking up

- Synced with LineageOS source

19.1, 18.1 and 17.1 builds will be out in a few days if everything goes as planed.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project thru the years, helped cover the build server cost and got me coffee, This project wouldnt be possible without your support.

note: github caching seems to be broken and otas wont show up till cached files on github end update, it will hapen eventually and unfortunately i have no control over it.

You can manually download zip from google drive or mega and flash it in the meantime, Thanks for understanding.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Thugscub:
Hi Guys

When I download files there is no down load progress indicator.

Where do I find the download progress on this ROM?

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Hello Forum,

is there available a good information guide how to install Magisk in its newest version on my Samsung Galaxy S7 (herolte) running LineageOS 20.0? And also a link where to download Magisk?

I own two S7, one is my daily, the other one for testing. I would like to try Magisk on the testing S7 to see, if this i useful for me.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] chomsky55:
Release Magisk v25.2 · topjohnwu/Magisk

Maintenance release fixing various issues. [MagiskInit] Fix a potential issue when stub cpio is used [MagiskInit] Fix reboot to recovery when stub cpio is used [MagiskInit] Fix sepolicy.rules syml...

github.com

Just download the apk and rename it to zip so it becomes magisk-v25.2.zip and flash it using your custom recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
@chomsky55

Thank you very much for your quick response.

I just read the installation guide for Magisk and for Samsung.

But I dont understand the order how to install.

Actually I have installed the latest TWRP 3.7.0_9-0-herolte and LOS 20.0. LOS 20.0 runs fine.

But no problem to do a new install - but in wich order?

Where I have to put in the Magisk?

Shoud I install Magisk with TWRP before LOS 20.0 or after that?

Or can I keep everything at it is, and just install the Magisk.Zip addionally with the TWRP?

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] chomsky55:
After you installed LineageOS do a first boot and then reboot to your recovery (TWRP) and flash Magisk-v25.2.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Had worked. Thank you! (y)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Thugscub:
Found

Found it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
Here is a small update out for you all, it brings some general ui performance improvements.

Ive started working on note fe/7 support and made some general improvements to exynos8890 common code so here is a build for you all to enjoy.

As always huge thanks to everyone who supported this project so far as it wouldnt be possible to keep the project going without their help.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Minfred:
Hi,

I've been thinking for a long time about switch to a custom rom for my beloved S7. Just one question in advance: Is on any CustomRom (LOS 20, LOS 19, LOS18, ...) Wifi-Calling possible?

Because in my new flat, i have nearly no mobile data reception...

Kind regards,

Minfred
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Fredd1na:
Trying to update TWRP from 3.6.2_9-0 to 3.7.0_9-0 have twrp: size of image is larger than target device... Such a pity(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
Using twrp 3.6 flash 3.7 from here

https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-exynos-official-twrp-for-galaxy-s7-herolte.3333770/page-83
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Devolix:
I needed to Google what it is, but I'm 90% sure that it will work. There are no any requirements on the phone, it is a thing what the provider does for you. For be safety you could do a backup with TWRP before flashing the custom.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Minfred:
Hi,

Unfortunately there seems to be a "software requirement". Maybe its closed source samsung stuff like VoLTE or this microphone-echo-bug!? Thats why i'm asking.

At the original firmware, Wificalling was possible until the last Firmwareupdate in 2020... After that, the option was gone, maybe by mistake from samsung. Nevertheless, I never used it.

But now i moved in a new flat and there is no phoning or using of mobile internet inside possible.

Regards,

Minfred
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ssauger:
Echo problem during calls:

Maybe I have a hint to the echo problem. It may not be the hardware but the pitch of the voice. I have a Galaxy S7 in good condition and LOS 20 installed. Everything works perfectly. Yesterday I made a test call with my wife at our house. From my Galaxy S22 stock firmware to the LOS 20 Galaxy S7. When I put the S7 to my ear, my wife heard her echo, everything sounded normal to me. Then we swapped the phones while the call was established. When my wife spoke into the S7, neither of us had any echo and everything sounded normal. We repeated this 2 times, always with the same result. I've always stayed 2 rooms away to avoid feedback from the devices themselves.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Annunneo:
I just came off a phone call and experienced no echoing whatsoever. I have dirty flashed each time I upgraded since the initial clean installation of the rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] BananeSplendide:
Hi everyone,

I'm new to all this and I had a question : my friend wants to keep her Galaxy S7 but what's the safest between her using the 4 years old stock ROM and the custom ROMs I can find here ?

Will it be as safe (or even safer?) to use banking apps (for example) on a custom ROM than on a stock one ?

Regards !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ex novo:
LineageOS is more secure because in addition to providing a much more recent version of Android, it is also kept up to date by the developer who every month merges Google security patches. I personally use LineageOS 19 on my device with banking apps because it can be encrypted. In LineageOS 20 the encryption of user data is not working, which can be a problem in case of device theft. You will most likely have to install Magisk for the Bank apps to work.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
Hi

Go by the recommendations and since you're new to this you don't need root to install a custom rom, most common misconception. I stay away from root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] BananeSplendide:
Thank you. Do you know a good tutorial which doesn't include the rooting process?

I've found one on Droidtips talking about bootloader and TWRP recovery. If I follow this tutorial, my device won't be rooted?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Not_Rich:
You need to unlock the bootloader to start on this, then flash twrp.

I would rather follow the guides from the developers on this site.

The rom file does not come with the google play store and you will need a bitgapps file with the same android version as the rom you are installing.

Rooting is done by flashing magisk which is a separate file.

I would use Lineage 19, I think people are having more success with that one, my S7 is not a daily driver.

Charge the battery before attempting anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Hello Forum,

wich GApps work good with LineageOS 19 and 20?

I am looking for a GApps, wich does not install all the Google Apps, maybe allows to select those to be installed.

Actually I use NikGApps with LOS 19, but want to upgrade to 20, and so need a GApps, what does not install all that Google stuff, or allows to select.

Thx in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] dj3d:
NikGapps - Browse /Releases/NikGapps-T/11-Mar-2023 at SourceForge.net

A Custom Google Apps Package that Suits Everyone Needs!

sourceforge.net

oder wie auf Seite eins
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
@dj3d

Thank you very much, I found it, will take NikGapps (y)

Just a question: why did you had quoted a translated version of my request? The forum language is English.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] araujo99:
Da to format sd as internal? Pixel experience 13 does not leave!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
Hey guys sorry for delays with this months security update but google was holding it out till yesterday, they finally released source and it will be merged to lineageos during this week hopefully, so builds will be out soon for all supported versions.

Thanks for understanding and patience
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ScanX:
Not your fault Ivan. 🙂

Thanks for info.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
March update is almost ready, few lineage specific features have to be reimplemented like battery percentage indicator as google has redone parts of system related to status bar and battery indicator, but other than that seems like there is no regression.

Expect builds in few days, or as soon as this has been reimplemented into lineage
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] mago_tech:
Paypal crashe constantly at the opening on this rom
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Well... I use about 35 Apps on my Samsung Galaxy S7 with LineageOS 20, and no one crashes.

But I do not use Paypal, because, on my humbly opinion, doing payment stuff on smartphones (and/or on all kind of computers with unsecure operating systems) is not safe, so I do no online banking, and no ordering with the smartphone, these just on my secure Linux PC.

Furthermore, as far as I know from friends, this Paypal app is a very weird piece of code, also chrashes regularly on manufacturer roms also, and has a lot of other problems too.

Go into Google Play Store and read the recensions, expecially the huge amount of negative ones... you are not alone with a not working Paypal app...

Because I also do not use Paypal, I cannot tell you more about this. Better not use this, better not use Paypal at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] mago_tech:
Paypal not crashe on evolution rom or pixelexperience rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
Yes, this can be... but as I mentioned before: read in Google Play Store the recensions about the Paypal app... there are tons of negative ones, because this app is really weird coded crap, and so it is not astonishing, that it will not work with LOS 20. There are also some apps, wich worry about, if one uses LOS... its mostly a sign for not very qualified coders... maybe they had built in a system check, so that it will not run at LOS 20... but believe me: its really not a pity to not use this Paypal app at all...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
March builds are finally up, here is a brief changelog

- Merged March 2023. Security update

- Misc performance and stability improvements

- Merged QPR2

- Added aptX HD support

- Synced with LineageOS source

Im aware fp is always on, but this didnt cause battery drain and google completely broke handling of this, ill look into adding user facing toggle for this in next build.

Sorry for huge delay this time around but google was late with source release, they also made huge overhaul which took time and effort to merge and to top it all off i had major issues with build server i had to restore, But builds are finally here. Ill try to update 18.1 and 17.1 builds as soon as possible too.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project, helped cover build server cost and got me coffee.

This project wouldnt be possible without their donations.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] ScanX:
You have nothing to apologize for ivan.

Many thanks for your tireless efforts!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] master373:
Dude be happy that it runs at all on our device. If you read the OP you will see that its WIP
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] Ivan_Meler:
New builds are up with fixed double tap to wake, sorry for inconvenience
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] netra3441:
@Ivan_Meler

THANK YOU for all your efforts. Have now running successfully two Samsung Galaxy S7 with your LOS 20 rom, and I am happy with that.

I would like to donate your work, but I dont have Paypal. Please give me a private message and tell me, how I can transmit you some donation.

(y)🖖:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveri] woheller69:
Thanks for this great rom.

With the version from Feb 8 I had some issues. I used it without a SIM card and when moving around (used it for navigation) sometimes I could not unlock it anymore and the clock was looking different. I had to force a reboot when this happened.

Later I set the device to flight mode and this did not happen anymore.

The latest verion has some issues with wrong icons:

Unlock, swipe down from top. Now the symbol for wifi and flight mode is black but the symbol for battery stays white.

In dark mode the colors stay the same, wifi and flight mode almost invisible.

Unlock, swipe down from top twice.

The button for settings is white and almost invisible.