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Hello all. I am new to the world of android and would like some assistance with a topic - flashing stock firmware.
I bought an AT&T S6 Edge+ outright and absolutely love the phone. Except that it's filled with all sorts of AT&T apps and certain functionalities of the phone is disabled. I researched the topic of flashing the firmware to another region/carrier's stock firmware and it seems that this is a possible route to "debranding" the phone. However I also learned that AT&T locks the boot loader. Will this have any impact on me flashing the ROM with another firmware for this model?
Thanks for all the advice and patience!:good:
miss_oui said:
Hello all. I am new to the world of android and would like some assistance with a topic - flashing stock firmware.
I bought an AT&T S6 Edge+ outright and absolutely love the phone. Except that it's filled with all sorts of AT&T apps and certain functionalities of the phone is disabled. I researched the topic of flashing the firmware to another region/carrier's stock firmware and it seems that this is a possible route to "debranding" the phone. However I also learned that AT&T locks the boot loader. Will this have any impact on me flashing the ROM with another firmware for this model?
Thanks for all the advice and patience!:good:
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same prob.
miss_oui said:
Hello all. I am new to the world of android and would like some assistance with a topic - flashing stock firmware.
I bought an AT&T S6 Edge+ outright and absolutely love the phone. Except that it's filled with all sorts of AT&T apps and certain functionalities of the phone is disabled. I researched the topic of flashing the firmware to another region/carrier's stock firmware and it seems that this is a possible route to "debranding" the phone. However I also learned that AT&T locks the boot loader. Will this have any impact on me flashing the ROM with another firmware for this model?
Thanks for all the advice and patience!:good:
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Anyone who can help? Same issue here, can't stand this **** by at&t
Not possible
Device specific firmware is on carrier devices so if you try to put kor or T-Mobile or whatever on one the american s6 or edge then I believe its the bricks for you...I also believe if you have a clean imei the carrier will unlock it for you don't hurt to try ..the story is you may have to be on their network activated and also if you purchased through the payment option after its paid off it can be unlocked ..debranded whatever
miss_oui said:
Hello all. I am new to the world of android and would like some assistance with a topic - flashing stock firmware.
I bought an AT&T S6 Edge+ outright and absolutely love the phone. Except that it's filled with all sorts of AT&T apps and certain functionalities of the phone is disabled. I researched the topic of flashing the firmware to another region/carrier's stock firmware and it seems that this is a possible route to "debranding" the phone. However I also learned that AT&T locks the boot loader. Will this have any impact on me flashing the ROM with another firmware for this model?
Thanks for all the advice and patience!:good:
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There is no way to "de-brand" the phones.......
Crossfader971 said:
same prob.
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thelittleleto said:
Anyone who can help? Same issue here, can't stand this **** by at&t
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Do what I done, Sell the phone on Swappa, Ebay, Amazon or Craigslist & purchase
an international version of the S6 Edge+ or any other Samsung International phone.
They all come factory unlocked and very easy to root.
The only feature the T-Mobile users will no longer have
is the wifi calling. Being rooted is an excellent trade-off
for the wifi calling feature unless you live in the middle
of no-where. LOL
All the other features work just as good in all the
international phones as with the branded phones.
Good luck and have a great evening!
Hello guys..
I bought an unlocked AT&T S8 SM-G950U and the biggest problem i am facing now is with software update, my device is unable to fetch any updates from at&t.
I contacted At&t support and they in order to receive updates you got to have a at&t connection or else you'll not receive any updates. No manually dowloadable updates are also not avilable. They suggest to contact samsung service center.
My bootloader is also locked as its an Snapdragon US variant, please can anyone tell me that i can flash samsung stock rom on my s8 or not?? and how to do it? Or any other say to download at&t update?
parkarintl said:
Hello guys..
I bought an unlocked AT&T S8 SM-G950U and the biggest problem i am facing now is with software update, my device is unable to fetch any updates from at&t.
I contacted At&t support and they in order to receive updates you got to have a at&t connection or else you'll not receive any updates. No manually dowloadable updates are also not avilable. They suggest to contact samsung service center.
My bootloader is also locked as its an Snapdragon US variant, please can anyone tell me that i can flash samsung stock rom on my s8 or not?? and how to do it? Or any other say to download at&t update?
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If you have an unlocked S8, then update will come from Samsung directly and not AT&T. Do you really need AT&T's updates?
1) When you check for update, what do you get?
2) Also what is the build # that your phone has at the moment?
Go to the at&t S8 forums. Firmwares and instructions are posted there. I even linked to the latest Odin firmware if you search my posts.
Charkatak said:
If you have an unlocked S8, then update will come from Samsung directly and not AT&T. Do you really need AT&T's updates?
1) When you check for update, what do you get?
2) Also what is the build # that your phone has at the moment?
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No i dont want AT&T updates but i received it with AT&T firmware. Everytime i do update it stucks and after a while it shows that your software is up to date and dont check for uodates for next 24 hours.
Please check attached screenshot.
parkarintl said:
No i dont want AT&T updates but i received it with AT&T firmware. Everytime i do update it stucks and after a while it shows that your software is up to date and dont check for uodates for next 24 hours.
Please check attached screenshot.
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Yes, you are able to flash unlocked Samsung firmware on your device. Read this and ask questions on that tread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/snap-guide-flashing-standard-fw-carrier-t3625817
I believe you should be fine by doing flashing from section 1: Standard flashing.
joe3681 said:
Go to the at&t S8 forums. Firmwares and instructions are posted there. I even linked to the latest Odin firmware if you search my posts.
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I was using iphone from last 4 years and i just bought S8 because its really beautiful so u can take me as a newbie. It all really confusing.
It would be really kind of you if you'll just point me out which one to flash as i only need stock firmware on my S8 and all support from samsung.
parkarintl said:
I was using iphone from last 4 years and i just bought S8 because its really beautiful so u can take me as a newbie. It all really confusing.
It would be really kind of you if you'll just point me out which one to flash as i only need stock firmware on my S8 and all support from samsung.
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All firmwares for G950U are here. Some are branded some are unlocked. Choose the unlocked one. Do you need full steps?
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All firmwares for G950U are here. Some are branded some are unlocked. Choose the unlocked one. Do you need full steps?
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Thanks for replying.
Yeah sure it'll be really helpful. If ull guide me out.
Facing the same problem, did you find a solution parkarintl?
Download the G950U1 firmware and install it. Should have all the features, no bloat, and faster updates.
Go to Updato.com and search for firmware for G950U1. Download the fw for the XAA variant. Extract all the files, remove .md5 off the end of all the files, flash them with modded Odin. You'll be on fully unlocked firmware and you'll receive future carrier free unlocked updates.
Latest fw: (QH3)
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=315444A78DDE11E7963AFA163EE8F90B
Modded Odin:
http://d-h.st/gsDA
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parkarintl said:
I was using iphone from last 4 years and i just bought S8 because its really beautiful so u can take me as a newbie. It all really confusing.
It would be really kind of you if you'll just point me out which one to flash as i only need stock firmware on my S8 and all support from samsung.
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I got you. Look above
You still on qc9, it wont update unles you use Odin to update manually. I had one s8 like this before..
fred_yo said:
You still on qc9, it wont update unles you use Odin to update manually. I had one s8 like this before..
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It won't update. He's not on ATT, not an att sim.
Hello Everyone, Friends, Geautgrurs, Super Moderator
I'm from India
my question is a little bit same as many asked but I didn't get proper answers so I'm creating this thread if I place it wrong please correct me
I recently buy Samsung s7 from Ali express it shows unlocked G930v version
I used phone info application it shows details I uploaded here ...
I'm facing some problems like all other facings regarding updates, and the second one is Samsung pay not working I tried many time factories reset my phone and install Samsung pay again it shows please update to new version and its new version i have no idea whats happening
i want to run Samsung pay in this phone i don't know how it possible but i know you guys are great in this field you have knowledge
i never used any other century phone it's my first time. please help me in this problem how can I get android 7 nouget and Samsung pay in this phone because i bought this phone for Samsung pay
Adnightmare said:
Hello Everyone, Friends, Geautgrurs, Super Moderator
I'm from India
my question is a little bit same as many asked but I didn't get proper answers so I'm creating this thread if I place it wrong please correct me
I recently buy Samsung s7 from Ali express it shows unlocked G930v version
I used phone info application it shows details I uploaded here ...
I'm facing some problems like all other facings regarding updates, and the second one is Samsung pay not working I tried many time factories reset my phone and install Samsung pay again it shows please update to new version and its new version i have no idea whats happening
i want to run Samsung pay in this phone i don't know how it possible but i know you guys are great in this field you have knowledge
i never used any other century phone it's my first time. please help me in this problem how can I get android 7 nougats and Samsung pay in this phone because i bought this phone for Samsung pay
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Is there some thing wrong with this post?
because im not getting any answer?
please, guys, help me if this post i wrong place let me know i will put in the right place
or if no one can solve this let me know i will stop searching for solutions
People simply might not know which is why they haven't replied. I can add my two cents but I'm not really sure.
930V is the version of the S7, a USA model. It might be that as the US model, it isn't compatible with samsung pay outside the US. It could also be that as a US model you can't get updates without being on a US carrier network.
Another possibility is that it's not an S7 at all and that it's a fake phone made to look and behave like an S7. Boot the phone into download mode, as download mode phone information can't be faked. See what it says in there.
But that's just a guess, I don't know for sure.
You can use Odin to change the firmware so long as it's a compatible stock firmware (you'd have to be looking at the Snapdragon firmware) which you can find at sammobile.com
Beanvee7 said:
People simply might not know which is why they haven't replied. I can add my two cents but I'm not really sure.
930V is the version of the S7, a USA model. It might be that as the US model, it isn't compatible with samsung pay outside the US. It could also be that as a US model you can't get updates without being on a US carrier network.
Another possibility is that it's not an S7 at all and that it's a fake phone made to look and behave like an S7. Boot the phone into download mode, as download mode phone information can't be faked. See what it says in there.
But that's just a guess, I don't know for sure.
You can use Odin to change the firmware so long as it's a compatible stock firmware (you'd have to be looking at the Snapdragon firmware) which you can find at sammobile.com
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its not face it tried g930u rom installed every thing good but little bit network problem network weak and Samsung pay is international not India version
Samsung pay may be an international service, but to work it still requires collaboration between telcos and samsung.
You have a US model phone that is not officially supported outside of the US, and is not officially supports by Indian telcos. That is probably why it won't work. Whatever Samsung and Indian telcos put in place to support Samsung pay likely doesn't include US model phones being used outside the US, with a non-US SIM.
The 930V also uses a different modem to the international 930F variant, which means you won't be connecting to all the same network bands as the 930F variant, which will affect your network speed and potentially any telco services such as VoLTE and Samsung pay.
There is a reason 930V's sell for cheaper than the international 930F variant.
so there is no solution for this phone
I have a AUS version of S7 and I can confirm that I am able to use it in India for Samsung Pay
Why dont you manually update it to Android 7. This will have latest Samsung Pay installed and you should be able to use it in India
Please head to Sammobile and search firmware for SM-G930V
Australia and India both use the international variant G930F, so I'd expect it to work.
Beanvee7 said:
Australia and India both use the international variant G930F, so I'd expect it to work.
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Hello
I installed G930U its fine Samsung pay working on SBI cards I don't know it works with other cards
only one issue is Volte I don't get volte for JIO actually I'm not using Jio but I want INS CSC
can you tell me it possible to install INS CSC
I rooted this phone and flashed INS CSC and its work :good: but when unrooted or back to stock FW INS CSC gone :crying:
so there is a way to add INS CSC in this FW CSC file because it has multiple CSC like XAA and others can we add INS CSC in these multiple stock CSC anyhow?
Adnightmare said:
Hello Everyone, Friends, Geautgrurs, Super Moderator
I'm from India
my question is a little bit same as many asked but I didn't get proper answers so I'm creating this thread if I place it wrong please correct me
I recently buy Samsung s7 from Ali express it shows unlocked G930v version
I used phone info application it shows details I uploaded here ...
I'm facing some problems like all other facings regarding updates, and the second one is Samsung pay not working I tried many time factories reset my phone and install Samsung pay again it shows please update to new version and its new version i have no idea whats happening
i want to run Samsung pay in this phone i don't know how it possible but i know you guys are great in this field you have knowledge
i never used any other century phone it's my first time. please help me in this problem how can I get android 7 nouget and Samsung pay in this phone because i bought this phone for Samsung pay
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Oh well, did you hard reset it via Odin? You've to flash manually a fw, so you'll have a clean base
zSyntex said:
Oh well, did you hard reset it via Odin? You've to flash manually a fw, so you'll have a clean base
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i update my phone to G930u nougat 7 with the help of Odin and i flashed all four files BL AP C CSC now i can use Samsung Pay. not Indian Volte, actually i don't know about Clean base whats it called
Hey there, hope y'all are doing well.
I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930V, Nougat 7.0 (note: I live in europe, and it's an unlocked phone). I want to get rid of Verizon logo while booting and all the unnecessary apps connected with Verizon. Plus, as you know Verizon locks some functions like the device maintenance, turning off the backlight of the capacitive buttons, etc, etc.
So, I'd like to have a clean/untouched samsung firmware without any useless apps.
Is androidfilehost.com trustworthy? what about updato.com? (the latter had slow dl speed, and I stumbled upon the first alternative)
PS. by the way, mine reads G930VVRS4BQI1, so one thing that confused me was while loking up for files to download; should I get the G930VVRS4BQI1 which may be the only compatible file for my phone, or do I already have G930VVRS4BQI1, so downloading it would be useless?
Since I wouldn't like to tinker often with the phone system, what do you suggest, flashing or rooting?
Is there any guide for my case for flashing?
I noticed these two on the front page:
---[Rom] [Ufirm_QD2_Hybrid_Nougat_Rom_FlashFire_Install][Status Official For VZW S7FLAT]Last edited by CVertigo1; 25th September 2017
---[Rom] [Verizon_TMO_Hybrid_Nougat_Rom_FlashFire_Install][Status Official] [S7flat]Last edited by CVertigo1; 26th May 2017 at 03:13 PM.
which should I pick?
and since the posts were last edited in may and september, where can I find the latest firmware?
and after doing all this, will everything work well, will I get OTA updates?
I would really appreciate someone helping me out, whenever you're free.
Thanks in advance
You can actually cross flash any Qualcomm s7 firmware between all carrier handsets. With your case being in Europe I would recommend the sm-G930U firmware. Which is the carrier unlocked variant of the S7 stateside that has all bands unlocked that the modem is capable of. You will recieve OTA's. It's Odin files are on Updato and SamMobile. AndroidHost is trustworthy.
In your case of not wanting to tinker or have a "need to have" rooted feature on the new device, I would flash the the 930U firmware and enjoy your new non branded system.
JediDru said:
You can actually cross flash any Qualcomm s7 firmware between all carrier handsets. With your case being in Europe I would recommend the sm-G930U firmware. Which is the carrier unlocked variant of the S7 stateside that has all bands unlocked that the modem is capable of. You will recieve OTA's. It's Odin files are on Updato and SamMobile. AndroidHost is trustworthy.
In your case of not wanting to tinker or have a "need to have" rooted feature on the new device, I would flash the the 930U firmware and enjoy your new non branded system.
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Hey JediDru,
I also just bought the S7 Verizon variant, and am planning on using it on MetroPCS. Would you recommend the 930U firmware for me as well? I wouldn't mind getting rid of the Verizon bloat before I hand it over to my wife...
jbjcurly said:
Hey JediDru,
I also just bought the S7 Verizon variant, and am planning on using it on MetroPCS. Would you recommend the 930U firmware for me as well? I wouldn't mind getting rid of the Verizon bloat before I hand it over to my wife...
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You very well could. I think there is a thread around here specifically about metropcs setup somewhere between the verizon s7 and tmobile s7 forums. I use my 930v flashed to 930U on tmobile.
JediDru said:
You can actually cross flash any Qualcomm s7 firmware between all carrier handsets. With your case being in Europe I would recommend the sm-G930U firmware. Which is the carrier unlocked variant of the S7 stateside that has all bands unlocked that the modem is capable of. You will recieve OTA's. It's Odin files are on Updato and SamMobile. AndroidHost is trustworthy.
In your case of not wanting to tinker or have a "need to have" rooted feature on the new device, I would flash the the 930U firmware and enjoy your new non branded system.
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hey there, thanks for your advice! I downloaded the latest file from here. sammobile"dot"com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930U/VZW/
In a moment I was clueless at the "pick country" since there were more than one USA options. so I went with verizon, since my phone comes from verizon.
In the link I mentioned above it reads this This is for SM-G930U from USA (Verizon) which makes no sense to me, how it can be both "U"-unlocked and verizon at the same time... but, oh well, I flashed it 4 days ago and I've encountered no problem, which is all that matters! Hope I made no mistake at picking that file.
Recently purchased galaxy S7 SMG-930V (Best buy version) from a private owner.
I am on cricket and on APN setup LTE and MMS works without issues. Only issue is that upon dialing USSD code i get 'Connection problem or Invalid MMI code' . I tried all options available mentioned in this forum still doesn't work. Which version of SM-G930U should i flash? Main reason i purchased the phone is for Samusing Pay. Don't want to brick or lose Samusing Pay option after flash.
Inputs are appreciated.
thricegreat said:
hey there, thanks for your advice! I downloaded the latest file from here. sammobile"dot"com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930U/VZW/
In a moment I was clueless at the "pick country" since there were more than one USA options. so I went with verizon, since my phone comes from verizon.
In the link I mentioned above it reads this This is for SM-G930U from USA (Verizon) which makes no sense to me, how it can be both "U"-unlocked and verizon at the same time... but, oh well, I flashed it 4 days ago and I've encountered no problem, which is all that matters! Hope I made no mistake at picking that file.
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Did it remove all the bloatware from Verizon?
Does Samsung pay works?
matrixddl said:
Did it remove all the bloatware from Verizon?
Does Samsung pay works?
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Yes Flashing the G930U firmware removes all carrier bloat.
Samsung pay comes with the U firmware.
The last time I was on the U I had bad standby drain. I read somewhere else it has to do with the U not dozing correctly. They may very well have fixed it now, I'm on the latest tmobile 4BRA firmware and it sleeps like a baby right now.
JediDru said:
Yes Flashing the G930U firmware removes all carrier bloat.
Samsung pay comes with the U firmware.
The last time I was on the U I had bad standby drain. I read somewhere else it has to do with the U not dozing correctly. They may very well have fixed it now, I'm on the latest tmobile 4BRA firmware and it sleeps like a baby right now.
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Flashed the verizon U firmware and it did remove all the bloatware. Still need to check on battery drain with Samsung Pay. All other apps are in "Always Sleeping Apps" for better battery performance.
For future reference make sure before flashing new firmware google accounts and lock screen securities are removed/disabled.
Is there a way to back up apps with user data and home screen and reuse instead of installing all over again when a new firmaware is flashed. Spoiled by the root and titanium full back. That was so easy.
matrixddl said:
Flashed the verizon U firmware and it did remove all the bloatware. Still need to check on battery drain with Samsung Pay. All other apps are in "Always Sleeping Apps" for better battery performance.
For future reference make sure before flashing new firmware google accounts and lock screen securities are removed/disabled.
Is there a way to back up apps with user data and home screen and reuse instead of installing all over again when a new firmaware is flashed. Spoiled by the root and titanium full back. That was so easy.
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As far as I know, no. It's not so bad. I had gotten into the habit of taking screen shots of my app drawer and redownloading. To think now I can just redownload the configuration of apps I had before is as good as it gets. I still just redownload. I like to re-set everything back up just so I know its done.
I haven't tried this method but to backup and restore all installed apps check this Link.
matrixddl said:
I haven't tried this method but to backup and restore all installed apps check this Link.
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Actually, if all you want to do is switch carriers (same GMail address), then a firmware swap will work.
I have an ex-Verizon (blacklisted IMEI - previous owner)S7 that I was moving to Tracfone (which uses both VZW and T-Mobile towers) - naturally, VZW was a non-starter; however, the UnCarrier was fine, so I used a T-Mobile nanoSIM (Tracfone triple-punch SIM kit includes SIMs from all except Sprint) and replaced the VZW firmware with T-M firmware (Prince Comsy ODIN does the track rather neatly). As long as your IMEI is not blacklisted from the TARGET, such a swap will always work.
Hey guys, just looking for some opinions here on whether or not people think it's worth it to root the s7 Edge right now. I just picked one up and it has MM and binary 4 on it, so I figure I need to decide if I want to root it before taking any updates. Does the official oreo seem decent? Is there any way to make touchwiz feel less touchwiz-y without root? Thanks!
I would advise to not update to any build after october 2017 if you plan on switching between carriers other than sprint as sprint is the only carrier to have updated the bootloader to 5 and many seem to believe the others won't. rooting is possible either way.
Thanks, so downgrading the bootloader is not possible once it's been updated even with root? I see on sammobile that there are several 935U firmware versions for sprint that are 7.0 but have binary 4, are these viable options? I do have a gear S3 so i would like to not lose samsung pay/S-Health, that still happens when rooted right?
Photonik said:
Thanks, so downgrading the bootloader is not possible once it's been updated even with root? I see on sammobile that there are several 935U firmware versions for sprint that are 7.0 but have binary 4, are these viable options? I do have a gear S3 so i would like to not lose samsung pay/S-Health, that still happens when rooted right?
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Correct, once you update to any G935P firmware QJ3 or above you will be stuck unable to install any other firmware and unable to downgrade whatsoever, even with root...Trust me i'm stuck in this particular issue atm as I obtained this parts phone with the sprint motherboard that had QJ3 firmware with the bootloader 5 on it and now am unable to use it on my verizon account leaving me with having to obtain another motherboard. the 935U firmwares are completely viable options, they are just debloated and come without carrier modifications, If you need any assistance with anyting further i'd be glad to help, i don't proclaim to be a pro, but after months of research and trails on the G935P I've learned quite a bit on the do's and don'ts lol.
You are awesome, thank you! Are the roms posted in the general s7 edge section working for the sprint variant? The specific forum for the G935P is very dead. Im just weighing pros and cons of rooting, if there are good roms that improve performance and battery life available and magisk is working I think it'd be worth it to root for me
Photonik said:
You are awesome, thank you! Are the roms posted in the general s7 edge section working for the sprint variant? The specific forum for the G935P is very dead. Im just weighing pros and cons of rooting, if there are good roms that improve performance and battery life available and magisk is working I think it'd be worth it to root for me
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I would look more into the roms listed under verizon and at&t variants of the S7E, they are more active and most roms are made with multi-carrier support...they will say in the installation guides, but the ones listed in the general forums are mainly for the international versions if i'm not mistaken.
Also, check the forums for the S7 Flat version as they seem to be more active and most of the guides/roms apply to both variants, also confirm that in their respective guides.
I just checked for updates on my SMG930P today and it looks as if Sprint is now binary 6!? Hopefully this is a hint that the rest are moving to binary 5 for Oreo. I'm going to wait on this update just in case. G930PVPU6BRD2 is the latest update that just popped up for me.
I just wanted to verify if I flash G935UUEU4BRD1 Firmware I will still be on binary 4 which will allow me to switch carries and achieve root? Is sammobile the only reputable resource for these firmwares? Seems like they charge a bit much. Thanks guys