Seems like the only recovery is see in TWRP is for the edge or international versions of the model, so I'm having a hard time adding a recovery. Can anyone help??? I'd greatly appreciate it.
No...the phone just got root and the bootloader is really locked down. No one saw us getting root, so who knows what can happen.
Senior209 said:
Seems like the only recovery is see in TWRP is for the edge or international versions of the model, so I'm having a hard time adding a recovery. Can anyone help??? I'd greatly appreciate it.
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IF we get anything it will most likely be safestrap. So no AOSP.
Use FlashFire!
CVertigo1 said:
Use FlashFire!
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Are there any Roms or Custom recoveries compatible with this specific model number? Doesn't seem like it.
Illogi.xbone said:
IF we get anything it will most likely be safestrap. So no AOSP.
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That sucks.. I guess I'll just stay optimistic in the mean time. Thanks
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Are there any Roms or Custom recoveries compatible with this specific model number? Doesn't seem like it.
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FlashFire is the compatible recovery. There are two ROMs for the Verizon S7 Edge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development I have personally verified that the PlayStore ROM posted for the Edge will work on the S7 flat.
I should mention that you need to be on the U firmware prior to flashing those ROMs. The ROM also installs the G935 engineering kernel, so you need to flash the G930 boot kernel with Odin afterwards. I can make a write-up later if there is any interest.
I can even modify his ROM with the correct build.prop and kernel for the G930V.
How's the stability and finctionality?
A guide would be awesome. How do I get it up and running lol.
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I should mention that you need to be on the U firmware prior to flashing those ROMs. The ROM also installs the G935 engineering kernel, so you need to flash the G930 boot kernel with Odin afterwards. I can make a write-up later if there is any interest.
I can even modify his ROM with the correct build.prop and kernel for the G930V.
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Sounds interesting, don't know if the different firmware/kernel would run better on our Verizon variant.
deeje00 said:
A guide would be awesome. How do I get it up and running lol.
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I'll see if I can make one later this evening.
torr310 said:
Sounds interesting, don't know if the different firmware/kernel would run better on our Verizon variant.
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If you intend to root it, then you still need to use the same engineering kernel. I will say that before I rooted the U-firmware, the phone was much smoother and faster in stock form than the stock Verizon firmware.
CVertigo1 said:
I'll see if I can make one later this evening.
If you intend to root it, then you still need to use the same engineering kernel. I will say that before I rooted the U-firmware, the phone was much smoother and faster in stock form than the stock Verizon firmware.
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Does flashing the engineering kernel unlock more LTE bands by chance? Band 12 to be specific..
MrBaltazar said:
Does flashing the engineering kernel unlock more LTE bands by chance? Band 12 to be specific..
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Not just the kernel alone. Flash the U firmware and you will be able to select any band, as long as the radio is in the phone for it.
Illogi.xbone said:
Not just the kernel alone. Flash the U firmware and you will be able to select any band, as long as the radio is in the phone for it.
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Thanks. Is it the G930U or G935U firmware that's needed? I'm guessing the Edge U firmware is what you're speaking of.. is it a simple flash? I'm running PE1 rooted at the moment.
930u for flat 935u for edge. Just flash entire image over. Shouldn't need root
Illogi.xbone said:
930u for flat 935u for edge. Just flash entire image over. Shouldn't need root
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OK I just accessed service mode on the PE1 firmware.. no Band 12 or 17 option. I'll flash the 930U firmware and attempt again to see if there's a difference at all.
Also, is rooting the 930U firmware the same as the PE1 firmware process?
Sorry for hijacking this thread.
Illogi.xbone said:
930u for flat 935u for edge. Just flash entire image over. Shouldn't need root
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I flashed the G930U firmware and was able to receive Band 17 successfully. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction with the U firmware!
Did you flash the 930U firmware on a flat S7 or edge Verizon variant device. I have a rooted Verizon device and using it on T-Mobile.
Version 6.0.1 July patch.
Can you pm or reply here on how you managed thanks
G930v custom recovery pass dm verity
Can someone point me in the direction of a thread to install custom recovery on the Verizon varient S7? Say hypothetically I could pass the dm-verity check.
How would I go about implementing the pass to install a custom recovery.
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can someone send me his system ziped.
i used sm-g935w8 and i want wifi call . and flashing only the csc isnt working so i need the full rom.
thanks
Yorgo1982 said:
can someone send me his system ziped.
i used sm-g935w8 and i want wifi call . and flashing only the csc isnt working so i need the full rom.
thanks
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How would you flash it without a custom recovery?
I doubt that Flashfire would work either.
Binary100100 said:
How would you flash it without a custom recovery?
I doubt that Flashfire would work either.
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thats why im asking a rom ( system extracted ) and not the firmware, so can flash it via twrp.
i tried to extract system.img.ext4 but the extractor force close.
Yorgo1982 said:
thats why im asking a rom ( system extracted ) and not the firmware, so can flash it via twrp.
i tried to extract system.img.ext4 but the extractor force close.
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So you have TWRP installed?
Binary100100 said:
So you have TWRP installed?
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sure.
Yorgo1982 said:
sure.
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Huh. So I'm guessing that you don't have the SM-G935T version.
You'll be better off trying a different forum instead of this one because we can't install a custom recovery (TWRP) on ours due to the locked bootloader.
Binary100100 said:
Huh. So I'm guessing that you don't have the SM-G935T version.
You'll be better off trying a different forum instead of this one because we can't install a custom recovery (TWRP) on ours due to the locked bootloader.
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yeah but here isn't a question of installing custom rom. im on SM-G935W8 Canadian .
i can flash the G935F but i do not want this one since its not clear what version the wificall is enabled in the rom, i did that on my note 5 and my wifi call worked even b4 that it was supported on android at my canadian carrier by month.
now the s7 edge / s7 wifi call isnt supported yet and thats why i want the T mobile one. i cant just flash the csc : contact will force close and loose network. so better a full odexed or deodexed flashable.zip rom.
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yeah but here isn't a question of installing custom rom. im on SM-G935W8 Canadian .
i can flash the G935F but i do not want this one since its not clear what version the wificall is enabled in the rom, i did that on my note 5 and my wifi call worked even b4 that it was supported on android at my canadian carrier by month.
now the s7 edge / s7 wifi call isnt supported yet and thats why i want the T mobile one. i cant just flash the csc : contact will force close and loose network. so better a full odexed or deodexed flashable.zip rom.
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Don't you have the Exynos version? Wouldn't flashing a Qualcomm version's ROM cause all kinds of bricking?
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yeah but here isn't a question of installing custom rom. im on SM-G935W8 Canadian .
i can flash the G935F but i do not want this one since its not clear what version the wificall is enabled in the rom, i did that on my note 5 and my wifi call worked even b4 that it was supported on android at my canadian carrier by month.
now the s7 edge / s7 wifi call isnt supported yet and thats why i want the T mobile one. i cant just flash the csc : contact will force close and loose network. so better a full odexed or deodexed flashable.zip rom.
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Well we don't have ANY T-Mobile roms out. And we won't until we have the means to flash them.
Since we don't have a custom recovery and can't flash... it's probably not going to happen. Sorry.
Binary100100 said:
Well we don't have ANY T-Mobile roms out. And we won't until we have the means to flash them.
Since we don't have a custom recovery and can't flash... it's probably not going to happen. Sorry.
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thanks , im finding a way to extract the system.img.ext4 , for my side all what i care is the system dump, with the csc , and i will create the rom for the G935W8 as i do usually.
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thanks , im finding a way to extract the system.img.ext4 , for my side all what i care is the system dump, with the csc , and i will create the rom for the G935W8 as i do usually.
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Good luck.
XDA, what have you become? Why do I even bother ready up on the forums?
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Hey all.
I have searched and cannot find a specific answer.
I am switching from AT&T to T-Mobile. I have unlocked my device, i want to be able to flash the T-Mobile stock rom on my at&t variant.
Is this possible and how?
Thanks in advance.
Ryan
The ideas I'd try is first try to directly flash the Tmo firmware through Odin or Smartswitch. The other idea would be to go from At&t to U firmware and then to Tmo if the first didn't work, but I'm not sure if there would be any complications.
Ok so dumb question but I figured I'd ask. If I use Odin do I need to root?
KD8DNS said:
Ok so dumb question but I figured I'd ask. If I use Odin do I need to root?
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No, you do not. Odin is worked through the PC to your phone which is in download mode.
so just to recap ...
no need to root.
just use odin with the stock tmobile rom, and flash it. and it essentially makes this phone a tmobile device being that i am sim unlocked??
KD8DNS said:
so just to recap ...
no need to root.
just use odin with the stock tmobile rom, and flash it. and it essentially makes this phone a tmobile device being that i am sim unlocked??
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Yeah but double check smart switch first. I'm wondering if you put in a T-Mobile SIM if it'll do the dirty work for you. With Odin you may also need a PIT file. Just double check on that as well.
The Root said:
Yeah but double check smart switch first. I'm wondering if you put in a T-Mobile SIM if it'll do the dirty work for you. With Odin you may also need a PIT file. Just double check on that as well.
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ok, so can you elaborate? i thought the Samsung smart switch was for just transferring content of the device, not carriers. not to sound like a noob but my gs7 edge is the at&t variant.
Also where can I get a PIT file.
one last question.
i downloaded the stock rom, unzipped it. will i need to flash all the respective files in the .zip through odin?
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ok, so can you elaborate? i thought the Samsung smart switch was for just transferring content of the device, not carriers. not to sound like a noob but my gs7 edge is the at&t variant.
Also where can I get a PIT file.
one last question.
i downloaded the stock rom, unzipped it. will i need to flash all the respective files in the .zip through odin?
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It does transfer content but it also can reinstall firmware. I'm not sure if it'll help carrier variant switch over, but if it does I'm sure it's better than messing with Odin if you don't have to.
Ok got ya. So do I need to flash all the files in the stock zip or just the home one if I use Odin?
Update.
I got it to work.
I had to use the prince comey Odin and flash all the files. Worked like a charm.
So you flashed t-mobile official Odin restore to the G935A? First I hear of something like this happening. Post screenshots
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There's several threads with people doing this. I have the 935a, with 935u firmware, and the T-Mobile modem. I'm only sim unlocked. No root, no unlocking, no nothing. Device is 100% better. Better battery, download speeds, reception, and no boat at all.
Z51 said:
So you flashed t-mobile official Odin restore to the G935A? First I hear of something like this happening. Post screenshots
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You can flash any US carrier s7 (edge or flat) factory image to any s7 as long as the bootloader is the same version, or if the version you are flashing is higher. You just cant flash to a lower bootloader version. Been this way since s7 released. I've been running the Verizon nougat and t mobile nougat on my ATT s7 edge and they both work wonderfully. I also found the stock t-mobile firmware ran better on my ATT phone than ATT firmware. No root required. Just research bootloader version before doing this. Right now they are all on v4 so no issues.
I know that the AT&T and T-Mobile variant of the S7E can use the custom international firmware, but can our variant do the same? Like can I use any of the SM-G935U or SM-G935F, I know this is a newbie question, but I'm asking because I had a S4 and I could load custom roms on my S4, but I'm not sure about now since I switched to iphone then switched back.
LancerEvoDrifter said:
I know that the AT&T and T-Mobile variant of the S7E can use the custom international firmware, but can our variant do the same? Like can I use any of the SM-G935U or SM-G935F, I know this is a newbie question, but I'm asking because I had a S4 and I could load custom roms on my S4, but I'm not sure about now since I switched to iphone then switched back.
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Do you have the U phone? If it's the U firmware you have then you can flash major US carrier firmware onto the phone and vice versa.
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Do you have the U phone? If it's the U firmware you have then you can flash major US carrier firmware onto the phone and vice versa.
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I have the SM-G935V (Which is the US Verizon with the Snapdragon 820) so I'm not sure if I can flash the firmware in the first place
LancerEvoDrifter said:
I have the SM-G935V (Which is the US Verizon with the Snapdragon 820) so I'm not sure if I can flash the firmware in the first place
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Then yes, you can flash the US's international U firmware onto your phone.
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Then yes, you can flash the US's international U firmware onto your phone.
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So I'm guessing that the SM-G935F firmware is something I can't install on my SM-G935V, since its using different hardware than my phone? (Kinda wanted to ask because theres more selection on the F firmware than the U firmware
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So I'm guessing that the SM-G935F firmware is something I can't install on my SM-G935V, since its using different hardware than my phone? (Kinda wanted to ask because theres more selection on the F firmware than the U firmware
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You're right. The F cannot be installed unless someone finds a way to port it over but the U firmware can be flashed without a problem.
Outbreak444 said:
You're right. The F cannot be installed unless someone finds a way to port it over but the U firmware can be flashed without a problem.
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And other carriers firmware (T-Mobile,AT&T,Sprint) can be flashed on the verizon phone, is that correct?
LancerEvoDrifter said:
And other carriers firmware (T-Mobile,AT&T,Sprint) can be flashed on the verizon phone, is that correct?
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From what I've seen that is correct. There are different roms available for each carrier as well if you plan on swapping a lot.
Okay so I have a rooted s7 edge G935A on QC2 with android 7.0.
Now my question is, is there a way to flash a custom rom with flashfire and maybe flash a kernal or something with Odin. Or how would that all work out? If you could tell me or link me to a guide for this that would be appreciated.
Thank you.
loeffler23 said:
Okay so I have a rooted s7 edge G935A on QC2 with android 7.0.
Now my question is, is there a way to flash a custom rom with flashfire and maybe flash a kernal or something with Odin. Or how would that all work out? If you could tell me or link me to a guide for this that would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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As far as I know the custom rom can only be in flash via twrp. And it looks like your bootloader is locked. So there is no twrp for that type (for now)
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As far as I know the custom rom can only be in flash via twrp. And it looks like your bootloader is locked. So there is no twrp for that type (for now)
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Do you think anyone could make a custom ROM for the G935A and make it so we could flash it with flashfire? I know there is the echoed rom but that is only for marshmallow and I'm on 7.0. Is there any developers I should talk to about making a nougat rom, or should I just wait.
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Do you think anyone could make a custom ROM for the G935A and make it so we could flash it with flashfire? I know there is the echoed rom but that is only for marshmallow and I'm on 7.0. Is there any developers I should talk to about making a nougat rom, or should I just wait.
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Hope THIS help you. Dwyor
mashardpro said:
Hope THIS help you. Dwyor
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I'm already rooted but the ROM that is shared in that post is for T-Mobile, I'm on AT&T wouldn't that cause problems? I'm also on QC2 not QC1... Also thank you for fast replies bro.
loeffler23 said:
I'm already rooted but the ROM that is shared in that post is for T-Mobile, I'm on AT&T wouldn't that cause problems? I'm also on QC2 not QC1... Also thank you for fast replies bro.
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Well i'm not sure since i have exynos version. Better follow the tread and ask some questions there
Successfully flashed from G955USQU1AQEF to G955U1UEU1AQE3 using this method.
1. Backup your data. I found out the hard way that the ENG_BOOT.tar will reset the phone (I know... noob mistake).
2. Reboot into download mode and use the modified Odin to flash ENG_BOOT_G955U.tar under BL.
(I rebooted after this and went through the setup... Im not sure if you have to, but I know it will work if you do)
3. Reboot back into download mode and flash the G955U1UEU1AQE3 files in their appropriate fields.
(I didn't use the HOME_CSC, and everything seems to work great!)
I take no credit for the existence of these files.
Enjoy!
Modified Odin:
https://mega.nz/#!g54EVQgC!bs7VznLXu2GOR_jrmF-pKlDZstOYUoSYR4oK0ZtOh7c
ENG_BOOT.tar:
https://mega.nz/#!h94S3DTa!QAZiNVFhvlAHkrTK7UNZvThWhUC5yFnIdsZ69WvsEKM
G955U1UEU1AQE3:
https://mega.nz/#!Agp0BboA!0V4L0WXDh_l936FoF0vEITep5iRon3G-dv6x-r_svaQ
@Jaysonvstel - Links both bad
hazmad said:
@Jaysonvstel - Links both bad
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Should be all good now. Thanks for letting me know.
Jaysonvstel said:
Should be all good now. Thanks for letting me know.
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Which supersu do we flash?
Lmax579 said:
Which supersu do we flash?
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Do you have unlocked bootloader?
Lmax579 said:
Which supersu do we flash?
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I think this is just a Engboot. Not a root method with Engboot. Just Engboot.
@Lmax579 @hazmad
There is no root or bootloader unlock, it's just the engineering bootloader. The only useful thing that I have found is that it allows you to flash the G955U1 firmware. It may allow for downgrading, but just attempting what I already did was enough risk for now... Maybe I'll try it at one point.
hazmad said:
Do you have unlocked bootloader?
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No, I have a snapdragon
Lmax579 said:
No, I have a snapdragon
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Right, we don't have the ability to flash zips until BL unlock is achieved.
hazmad said:
Right, we don't have the ability to flash zips until BL unlock is achieved.
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Which may happen never
Jaysonvstel said:
@Lmax579 @hazmad
There is no root or bootloader unlock, it's just the engineering bootloader. The only useful thing that I have found is that it allows you to flash the G955U1 firmware. It may allow for downgrading, but just attempting what I already did was enough risk for now... Maybe I'll try it at one point.
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Yup, I'm taking the progress. Thanks though
So do you have to use the Engineering Kernel to switch firmware versions now?
I thought you could just flash the U1 firmware using the modified Odin if you wanted to.
ShrekOpher said:
So do you have to use the Engineering Kernel to switch firmware versions now?
I thought you could just flash the U1 firmware using the modified Odin if you wanted to.
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So what makes this firmware better?
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So do you have to use the Engineering Kernel to switch firmware versions now?
I thought you could just flash the U1 firmware using the modified Odin if you wanted to.
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I couldn't flash anything but my same firmware without it.
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So what makes this firmware better?
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It doesn't have carrier bloatware, and enables tethering for other carriers. Possibly quicker updates, because there would be no wait for the carrier to release it, not positive on that tho.
Jaysonvstel said:
It doesn't have carrier bloatware, and enables tethering for other carriers. Possibly quicker updates, because there would be no wait for the carrier to release it, not positive on that tho.
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But do you have to use ENGBOOT to flash the Unlocked firmware?
Before the last update you just had to use modified Odin from the other thread.
ShrekOpher said:
But do you have to use ENGBOOT to flash the Unlocked firmware?
Before the last update you just had to use modified Odin from the other thread.
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If i remember right you can flash u1 without engboot
After I flashed the firmware, i no longer had the hurricane symbol but do I still have the features of the engkernel?
Lmax579 said:
Which may happen never
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OMG lol Can we at least be positive I be wishing everyday when i get on here someone discovers ! Never say never !
Raz12 said:
OMG lol Can we at least be positive I be wishing everyday when i get on here someone discovers ! Never say never !
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Ok I'll be positive, i won't say never; i doubt it will ever happen
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I see this firmware doesn't have bixby voice so once it's available,will we get an ota update?