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I've been waiting for Chainfire's auto-root to be able to work on my Sprint S6 (SM-G920P), but I came across this: http://www.oneclickroot.com/root/samsung-sm-g920p-lrx22g-g920pvpu1aocf-5-0-2/
Has anyone used this? Is this reliable stuff?
flu13 said:
I've been waiting for Chainfire's auto-root to be able to work on my Sprint S6 (SM-G920P), but I came across this: http://www.oneclickroot.com/root/samsung-sm-g920p-lrx22g-g920pvpu1aocf-5-0-2/
Has anyone used this? Is this reliable stuff?
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I'd stay away. I'm pretty weary about having to pay for any service regarding my phone. It looks like a total scam. If it doesn't come from this community I wouldn't trust it.
I don't believe it's actually something you pay for. I could be wrong, but if so, it's not obvious.
Ohhhh, wait. There it is. Yeah, you're right. The "free" app just tells whether or not it CAN root your device. Asinine.
I used the Tmobile root on my Sprint phone and haven't had any issues with it thus far. Just use Odin and you ought to be savy ?
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Ohhhh, wait. There it is. Yeah, you're right. The "free" app just tells whether or not it CAN root your device. Asinine.
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See and that's how they get you.
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reesedizan said:
I used the Tmobile root on my Sprint phone and haven't had any issues with it thus far. Just use Odin and you ought to be savy
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I too rooted my Sprint Galaxy S6 (SM-G920P) with the T mobile CF auto root in Odin. I gained root access and started deleting bloatware. I must have deleted something I shouldnt have or something with the wrong version of the root is making the battery drain really fast. I tried to used the clean up for Unroot option inside the Super User app and the phone hangs. I also downloaded and flashed the correct firmware using Odin for my model from Samoblie.com. Odin said phone was RESET! but according to the Root Checker App I still have Root Access and the SU app is still usable on my phone. Can anyone help me with getting my phone unrooted and back to Stock?
BJ, you might be best to start a new thread for your issue.
Bjsweet said:
I too rooted my Sprint Galaxy S6 (SM-G920P) with the T mobile CF auto root in Odin. I gained root access and started deleting bloatware. I must have deleted something I shouldnt have or something with the wrong version of the root is making the battery drain really fast. I tried to used the clean up for Unroot option inside the Super User app and the phone hangs. I also downloaded and flashed the correct firmware using Odin for my model from Samoblie.com. Odin said phone was RESET! but according to the Root Checker App I still have Root Access and the SU app is still usable on my phone. Can anyone help me with getting my phone unrooted and back to Stock?
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From what I saw on QBKing77 video, people who have battery drain problems after rooting their Galaxy S6 should boot into stock recovery, then wipe cache, reboot system, and that should help with your battery drain. Also you may have to wait till Chainfire comes up with a auto root tool with a sprint tar file to unroot your phone, check his google plus page for info or help.
Bjsweet said:
I too rooted my Sprint Galaxy S6 (SM-G920P) with the T mobile CF auto root in Odin. I gained root access and started deleting bloatware. I must have deleted something I shouldnt have or something with the wrong version of the root is making the battery drain really fast. I tried to used the clean up for Unroot option inside the Super User app and the phone hangs. I also downloaded and flashed the correct firmware using Odin for my model from Samoblie.com. Odin said phone was RESET! but according to the Root Checker App I still have Root Access and the SU app is still usable on my phone. Can anyone help me with getting my phone unrooted and back to Stock?
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wipe the cache and the dalvik cache and re-install the stock firmware from sammobile.com thru odin and you should b fine..
robbnice said:
From what I saw on QBKing77 video, people who have battery drain problems after rooting their Galaxy S6 should boot into stock recovery, then wipe cache, reboot system, and that should help with your battery drain. Also you may have to wait till Chainfire comes up with a auto root tool with a sprint tar file to unroot your phone, check his google plus page for info or help.
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How do you boot into stock recovery after your device is rooted with twrp installed on your device.Is stock recovery the something as twrp or cwm? Thanks!!!
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xda23 said:
How do you boot into stock recovery after your device is rooted with twrp installed on your device.Is stock recovery the something as twrp or cwm? Thanks!!!
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You cant boot into stock recovery wen you have twrp installed.. Use twrp.. Or calibrate your battery
Galaxy s6 on sprint network
Do anyone know how to unlock a galaxy s6 on sprint network, I'm new here so I really don't know what I'm doing.
Got my galaxy S6 yesterday and I have already rooted using ping pong root and installed Flashfire. I flashed some zips and now it shows the word "custom" with a "unlocked lock" picture when booting up. So I wanted to check if Knox was tripped. Previous Samsung Galaxy phones I owned showed if it was tripped in the download mode or odin mode. Booted my S6 into download mode or odin mode, but don't I see any knox. Any ideas? Sorry if this was asked in other thread. I tried google search and came up with nothing.
Search knox checker in play store
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Ah Thank you. That worked.
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Ah Thank you. That worked.
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So was it tripped? With news of PingPong root I'm about to pull the trigger and upgrade. Curious about knox tripping myself, though. Thanks.
Turns out that it was not tripped. But it shows system is modified in download mode. I guess it was one of the mods I flashed that changed it to modified.
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Turns out that it was not tripped. But it shows system is modified in download mode. I guess it was one of the mods I flashed that changed it to modified.
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Using PingPong(or anything) to root will make it say 'Custom' in Download Mode because of the changes made to the System partition.
pjs312 said:
Using PingPong(or anything) to root will make it say 'Custom' in Download Mode because of the changes made to the System partition.
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However I will add that flashing the stock tar with Odin will set everything back to normal. After flashing it will still say custom until it fully boots to OS and is restarted.
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So was it tripped? With news of PingPong root I'm about to pull the trigger and upgrade. Curious about knox tripping myself, though. Thanks.
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Just letting you know that I just rooted with PingPong and Knox was not tripped. I've got an S6, International Version. But nothing got modified.
I had to run in 3 times to get it working, but it went OK.
920FD (Dual Sim) International/Unbranded had to run it twice, got a reset the 1st time, then the 2nd time went as expected. Only WLD (wake lock detector) does not recognise it, so far all other root apps do.
So i rooted my s6 thinking that it would be like a jailbreak and i was wrong.. can someone give me a link to a video or some info on how to unroot it. Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3096000
Might be a place to start.
Normally this is something you look at before rooting you device so you know how to if you run into problems
Go into super su app and choose full unroot
I second what krelvinaz said, head over to that thread and start back to stock and start fresh
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Go into super su app and choose full unroot
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I was going to use the SuperSu to do the Full unroot. If I did that, then installed the current Verizon OTA, could I then re-root using pingpong? Or does this OTA disable the ability to root again? I've read so many posts and articles from various sources, some say yes, some say no. The more I dig the more conflicting info I find.
The only reason I rooted in the first place was to swap out the mixer_paths.xml file. I'm curious if the OTA will wipe that moded file out. But that's probably another discussion.
Thanks
I rooted first and a day later took ota. After ota pingpong root just needed to "download data" or whatever then root worked fine.
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jboogie555 said:
I rooted first and a day later took ota. After ota pingpong root just needed to "download data" or whatever then root worked fine.
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Really? Bummer, mine isn't taking the update. I've tried several times and it just fails after the download and after the reboot to install. Nothing bad happens after that, it just boots up like normal. Then it harasses me again and again to do the update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61279830
Easy process
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Really? Bummer, mine isn't taking the update. I've tried several times and it just fails after the download and after the reboot to install. Nothing bad happens after that, it just boots up like normal. Then it harasses me again and again to do the update.
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I think what you are talking about is you were rooted and tried to take the Ota and it wouldn't install correct? If that's the case, yeah you have to unroot or Odin the new version then reboot.
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Use the verizon upgrade utility that is on your phone when it's plugged in as an installer. Make sure your battery is charged all the way too.
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I think what you are talking about is you were rooted and tried to take the Ota and it wouldn't install correct? If that's the case, yeah you have to unroot or Odin the new version then reboot.
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Thanks a lot for your help!
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Use the verizon upgrade utility that is on your phone when it's plugged in as an installer. Make sure your battery is charged all the way too.
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That did the trick! Thanks so much. It worked just like it should have. Afterwards I did have to rerun pingpong, but that took about 2 seconds and I'm back to normal now with the update. Thanks a million!
I did that, as I usually do when I sell my phones.... It bricked it and I could reinstall stock.
Unrooting options
To summarize the unrooting options:
1. Unroot with SuperSu - By some reports this method does not work
2. Odin stock rom - Wipes the device and data, ?trips knox?
3. Use the Verizon Update Utility - Upgrades the devices to latest OTA
I am on 5.02 Stock (AOC3), rooted, Knox not tripped.
I am really not interested in wiping my device or updating to the latest OTA.
What I want to do is *temporarily* unroot to see if I can get Android Pay working again.
Has anyone had any luck with method 1 above? If android pay and your credit cards are activated/verified while unrooted, can you then re-root and still have Android Pay work?
I really miss using Android Pay... but not enough to lose root!!!
If you go into the superuser app and click the enable superuser to turn it off you can activate a card with android pay. You won't lose root this way.
I did that with my bank card and once my card was listed in Android pay I reenabled superuser and everything works fine.
I'm also using root cloaker but I don't know if it's needed.
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Awesome!!! That was too easy.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
@dobosininja
Is your android pay still working? I was able to use Android pay for only a short period ~1 day. Now I get the message "This card cannot be used right now" It doesn't matter what card I use or whether SuperSU is enabled. Maybe it is detecting SuperSU itself.
What app / procedure did you use for cloaking? Did it trip your knox?
Thanks!
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@dobosininja
Is your android pay still working? I was able to use Android pay for only a short period ~1 day. Now I get the message "This card cannot be used right now" It doesn't matter what card I use or whether SuperSU is enabled. Maybe it is detecting SuperSU itself.
What app / procedure did you use for cloaking? Did it trip your knox?
Thanks!
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Mine is still showing my card being attached, but I have not used it lately.
I am using root cloak plus, but I can't guarantee it works.
My knox is not tripped since I rooted with ping pong that didn't trip it.
sdpluth said:
@dobosininja
Is your android pay still working? I was able to use Android pay for only a short period ~1 day. Now I get the message "This card cannot be used right now" It doesn't matter what card I use or whether SuperSU is enabled. Maybe it is detecting SuperSU itself.
What app / procedure did you use for cloaking? Did it trip your knox?
Thanks!
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If I'm correct, the Token needs to refresh from time to time. It may be that that process is detecting the root.
I'd try the Root Cloak he mentioned.
So AT&T and LG released a new update to 21r two days ago. Has anyone gotten it yet, and if so, are you able to root it?
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So AT&T and LG released a new update to 21r two days ago. Has anyone gotten it yet, and if so, are you able to root it?
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I have the same question. According to the release notes for 21r, the purpose was to update security. It appears that this is the stagefright patch.
EDIT: Appears to still be rootable.
There have been a number of security issues of a magnitude that require patches. Whether rooting is a primary reason is debatable but based on the small % that root I doubt it is a major concern.
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I have the same question. According to the release notes for 21r, the purpose was to update security. I hate to think that AT&T might have intentionally worked to prevent rooting and Bump'd. Would not surprise me. AT&T has strangely been releasing a lot of updates over the last 6 months or so which is very unlike them. I have to wonder if they have not been working to prevent rooting as rooting has become harder and harder.
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That's literally the only reason why I'm still on 20f, and usually I would just update my phone right away to get the security. I just wanted to know if it's possible
autosurgeon said:
There have been a number of security issues of a magnitude that require patches. Whether rooting is a primary reason is debatable but based on the small % that root I doubt it is a major concern.
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I see your point.
21r has made. Usb debugging and usb tethering permanently greyed out. Have not been able to root. Yet.
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False alarm. McAfee had phone locked down. Got usb debug. Haven't tried rooting yet.
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The short answer is: yes, it is rootable.
The long answer: It took me many hours to wipe and update my phone. I had to try the factory reset a few times for it to finally work (I got stuck at "stage 2"), it was almost two hours waiting for the updates to download, and then I had to try the one-click root script a few times, but finally I have 21R with SuperSU on my phone. Yay. Also, the Zimperium stagefright detector says that my phone is no longer vulnerable. Yay.
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The short answer is: yes, it is rootable.
The long answer: It took me many hours to wipe and update my phone. I had to try the factory reset a few times for it to finally work (I got stuck at "stage 2"), it was almost two hours waiting for the updates to download, and then I had to try the one-click root script a few times, but finally I have 21R with SuperSU on my phone. Yay. Also, the Zimperium stagefright detector says that my phone is no longer vulnerable. Yay.
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Hopefully it works for me, cause people said root worked for them on 21q, but it never worked for me
pigrew said:
The short answer is: yes, it is rootable.
The long answer: It took me many hours to wipe and update my phone. I had to try the factory reset a few times for it to finally work (I got stuck at "stage 2"), it was almost two hours waiting for the updates to download, and then I had to try the one-click root script a few times, but finally I have 21R with SuperSU on my phone. Yay. Also, the Zimperium stagefright detector says that my phone is no longer vulnerable. Yay.
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Looks like I will go through the long process of unrooting now. Been avoiding the OTAs since lollipop update because of the hassle of having to unroot. I am glad to see that AT&T actually worked quickly with LG on patching stagefright. Being able to root again was a main concern.
UPDATE: Thus far, after backing up all my data and apps (I use both LGs backup and TiBu to do batch backups), I have downgraded to stock unroot, and it took 3 OTAs (21f, 21q, and 21r) to get to where I am at. The unroot method only took about 10 minutes but I already had everything set up from my previous upgrade to Lollipop. The OTA updates were painful as they took a while to download and install (700+mB, 205mB, and 23mB respectively so about 1gig of wifi data) along with the optimization of apps each time. I have now successfully rooted.
Hey everyone 21r is rootable. I was on 21q and rooted i went back to stock went through all the updates, and then used this method here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3129197
and I cant stresss this enough, YOU HAVE TO USE METHOD 2 WHERE TO TYPE OUT THE COMMANDS.
I used that first time with no issues
Firebourne said:
Hey everyone 21r is rootable. I was on 21q and rooted i went back to stock went through all the updates, and then used this method here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3129197
and I cant stresss this enough, YOU HAVE TO USE METHOD 2 WHERE TO TYPE OUT THE COMMANDS.
I used that first time with no issues
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Thanks for the confirmation of root as well as the the exact method that worked for you. I will be giving this a shot this afternoon. I want to take advantage of the stagefright patch while keeping root.
UPDATE: This root method worked. Had to do it twice but got it working.
Mjengles said:
21r has made. Usb debugging and usb tethering permanently greyed out. Have not been able to root. Yet.
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False alarm. McAfee had phone locked down. Got usb debug. Haven't tried rooting yet.
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I noticed that USB Debugging is greyed out when connected to USB. However upon disconnecting it was able to be checked. On my second go round to root, I had to disconnect, uncheck USB debugging, reenable then plug in.
It still refuses to work for me. I didn't change the diag port from when I restored back to stock, and I've tried it a few times just now, all to no effect.
Edit: the thing finally worked for me! I just closed the command prompt after the "send_command" part didn't work for me, and just did that part over, and it worked!!
CAUTION!!!!
To anyone who has succesfully rooted 21r, don't flash TWRP! After I used AutoRec to flash it, went to TWRP, and flashed the Xposed framework, I went to reboot, and my phone wouldn't boot up! It kept giving the LG logo, with security error under it! I am currently in the process of flashing back to do it all over smh
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To anyone who has succesfully rooted 21r, don't flash TWRP! After I used AutoRec to flash it, went to TWRP, and flashed the Xposed framework, I went to reboot, and my phone wouldn't boot up! It kept giving the LG logo, with security error under it! I am currently in the process of flashing back to do it all over smh
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if you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/orig-development/bump-unlock-lg-g3-twrp-t2900569 and download the bump'd twrp and flash it through flashify on the phone it will work and then you can use flashify to download and flash the newest twrp the new update doesnt have to be bump'd as long as the first flash is. I did this after getting that stupid error multiple times lol
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To anyone who has succesfully rooted 21r, don't flash TWRP! After I used AutoRec to flash it, went to TWRP, and flashed the Xposed framework, I went to reboot, and my phone wouldn't boot up! It kept giving the LG logo, with security error under it! I am currently in the process of flashing back to do it all over smh
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You don't need to start all over. Just install the Gabriel kernel in twrp and you are good.
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Firebourne said:
if you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/orig-development/bump-unlock-lg-g3-twrp-t2900569 and download the bump'd twrp and flash it through flashify on the phone it will work and then you can use flashify to download and flash the newest twrp the new update doesnt have to be bump'd as long as the first flash is. I did this after getting that stupid error multiple times lol
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That only refers to secure boot errors booting twrp not booting the phone.
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Link please? I searched the development threads, but didn't find the kernel you mentioned
shxrm_ said:
Link please? I searched the development threads, but didn't find the kernel you mentioned
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/lollipopstockkernelgabriel5-d855-t3120893
aybarrap1 said:
I noticed that USB Debugging is greyed out when connected to USB. However upon disconnecting it was able to be checked. On my second go round to root, I had to disconnect, uncheck USB debugging, reenable then plug in.
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Second method of rooting worked for me. Hello control.....goodbye warranty
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Is there a bootable zip of the lastest stock Att ROM? Thanks.
Just today around 5am pst I got a software update for my s7 has anyone else got it? Should I update or avoid it? I attached two screenshots of what It says!
After updating, you will not be able to downgrade to the old software because of updates to the security policy.
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"No take-backsies! -T-Mobile/Samsung"
I would only do it if you want the patch and your phone is not rooted.
ruapotato said:
I would only do it if you want the patch and your phone is not rooted.
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But then again I do want root so I don't want to risk it
Mine just got something too
That's a sizeable update at 216mb !
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Mine just got something too
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I got this too, let's hope it's fixes battery drain
How do you root when bootloader is not even available?
I just update. The SD reminder thing is still there after a cold boot.
chong67 said:
How do you root when bootloader is not even available?
I just update. The SD reminder thing is still there after a cold boot.
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I don't think we will ever see that fixed the right way. I'm 99% convinced it's a hardware issue.
My update is running now. Agree the update is pretty big. If this fixes battery drain, no need for root for me.... Between package disabler pro + runtime permissions, not much is needed anymore for root. The only thing is some are saying if you use package disabler pro, there can be more battery issues than not because the OS tries to reference those disabled packages. I'm not sure how that would be any different though if you froze them with titanium backup or something
sent from my bootloader locked $700 SM-G930T.
kurplop said:
sent from my bootloader locked $700 SM-G930T.
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I seen that too not sure what it means if that's a bootloader menu then not sure how to access it
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I installed the update. My phone rebooted and after I log in it goes to a black screen that says "Installing applications" with a progress bar that never shows any progress. Not sure what is going on and how to get back to my launcher. When I select the recent apps button I can see my recent apps and interact with them. It is just the launcher and pull down notification shade that are not running so I can't launch anything else.
Any ideas how to fix it?
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Never mind. I just needed to be patient
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So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?
seanvree said:
So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?
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If you link me to the file I'll try
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seanvree said:
So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?
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Same error secure boot recovery failed
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seanvree said:
So has anyone tried to flash TWRP with ODIN since this update?
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Twrp was avail for the s7?
THORMUNZ said:
Twrp was avail for the s7?
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Yes it's in the international s7 thread qcom twrp and our device is listed
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The last paragraph says it all. If someone is working on an exploit to unlock the bootloader in it's current state, and you take the update, * After updating , you will not be able to downgrade to the old software because of updates to the security policy. * Then you would need to wait for the next exploit to come out to get past the new security updates.
Whatever, the phone is great stock with package disabler. Only thing I might want root for is unlimited tethering.