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[Firmware] G935UUEU4API3 Odin Files & Modded Odin

I know there's another thread for this but it's an absolute cluster F*** to make heads or tails of. I wanted to simplify things.
Simply download files, download modded Odin and put files in proper slots in Odin.
This is will give you stock U firmware with the latest PK1 modem. Root isn't what it used to be so I don't bother with it, please don't ask me for root files and instructions of this firmware.
BL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xxd5WoIhEwVm9Jc09JM3FZdTg/view?usp=sharing
AP: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xxd5WoIhEwaUFKWlVIZWlPeG8/view?usp=sharing
CP (PK1 Modem):https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xxd5WoIhEwT2p4VVdwdkttdkE/view?usp=sharing
CSC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xxd5WoIhEwUWUwczg3WmREdzA/view?usp=sharing
Here's the modded Odin that I used. This is from the root thread and never once failed to flash anything on any device I've thrown at it: http://d-h.st/gsDA

Thank you for simplifying this process.

You're welcome. I'm here to help.... The other thread was too much of a mess!

Thanks joe3681, for all of your efforts.
Where online can I find a list of updates or a version history for the Samsung S7 Edge (T-mobile)?

so this will work with the latest update from November? and also what are the benefits of U firmware? I haven't been able to find any good info anywhere. i have rooted and flashed before lol i just haven't been in the game for a while

U firmware seems smoother, it's bloat free. Only real downside is no advanced messaging.

serendipityguy said:
Thanks joe3681, for all of your efforts.
Where online can I find a list of updates or a version history for the Samsung S7 Edge (T-mobile)?
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http://dl.pars-hamrah.com/index.php.../G Series/G935T - T-Mobile Galaxy S7 Firmware

ivananaya1 said:
so this will work with the latest update from November? and also what are the benefits of U firmware? I haven't been able to find any good info anywhere. i have rooted and flashed before lol i just haven't been in the game for a while
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No, the U firmware is still the September security patch level. It's so much smoother/faster though. Especially rooted.

Thank you so much, this was obviously 100x easier to follow than the other thread.

DOMF said:
No, the U firmware is still the September security patch level. It's so much smoother/faster though. Especially rooted.
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Not so sure about that.. Seems laggy still compared to stock and gets hot easier even after cpu fixes

nitroevo said:
Not so sure about that.. Seems laggy still compared to stock and gets hot easier even after cpu fixes
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I followed the O.P. in the post root issues thread, doing nothing more and nothing less than what they said to do. No lag, normal temperature.

Thank you
OP thank you for the easy to follow instructions. I just bought my SM-G935T from ebay. I noticed some lag with the S7 Edge and of course all the Samsung and T-Mobile bloatware.
I flashed all of the files then did a system cache wipe. I have not noticed lag so far and now have 20 GB of the 32 GB free.
One question though. Where will the phone check for updates? Will it get updates from Samsung or T-Mobile?

TWRP help
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I just got my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge and have been doing a lot of reading here on XDA about this device. I have had all the galaxy's since Galaxy II.
I have rooted / custom recovery / custom ROM all of them. I know there basically is not much out yet as far as ROMS go for the S7e, but I would like to instal
TWRP and root the phone. I can not seem to get a straight answer as to how to do this exactly. Each "How-To" that I run into are a little bit different and scares
me a bit. If you could help me with any answers or links to my question(s) I would sure appreciate it.
1) I would like to odin into the phone the latest TWRP but I am not 100% sure which file to flash.
2) I would like to ROOT the phone if it is fairly safe at this point in development, but again I have heard of at least 2 different methods to do this.
3) Please advise on which file to use and/or method. My phone DOES connect up with my PC just fine via USB and I have ADB working also.​
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Current Phone
[*]T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
[*]Device Status
[*]Official
[*]Model Number
[*]SM-G935T
[*]Android Version
[*]6.0.1
[*]Security Patch Level
[*]November 1st, 2016
[*]BaseBand Version
[*]G935TUVU4APK1
[*]Build Number
[*]MMB29M.G935TUVU4APK1
[*]OEM Unlock
[*]ON
[*]USB Debugging
[*]ON

Thibor69 said:
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I just got my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge and have been doing a lot of reading here on XDA about this device. I have had all the galaxy's since Galaxy II.
I have rooted / custom recovery / custom ROM all of them. I know there basically is not much out yet as far as ROMS go for the S7e, but I would like to instal
TWRP and root the phone. I can not seem to get a straight answer as to how to do this exactly. Each "How-To" that I run into are a little bit different and scares
me a bit. If you could help me with any answers or links to my question(s) I would sure appreciate it.
1) I would like to odin into the phone the latest TWRP but I am not 100% sure which file to flash.
2) I would like to ROOT the phone if it is fairly safe at this point in development, but again I have heard of at least 2 different methods to do this.
3) Please advise on which file to use and/or method. My phone DOES connect up with my PC just fine via USB and I have ADB working also.​
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Current Phone
[*]T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
[*]Device Status
[*]Official
[*]Model Number
[*]SM-G935T
[*]Android Version
[*]6.0.1
[*]Security Patch Level
[*]November 1st, 2016
[*]BaseBand Version
[*]G935TUVU4APK1
[*]Build Number
[*]MMB29M.G935TUVU4APK1
[*]OEM Unlock
[*]ON
[*]USB Debugging
[*]ON
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Spend more time reading around the forums before you try anything, but to answer your questions:
1) TWRP not possible on TMobile S7/S7E
2) Root is possible, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/how-to-root-s7-edge-t3410470
make sure to read the entire thread and note the issues you may run into
3) See #2 above, has all that info in the thread

fl_gator_dad said:
OP thank you for the easy to follow instructions. I just bought my SM-G935T from ebay. I noticed some lag with the S7 Edge and of course all the Samsung and T-Mobile bloatware.
I flashed all of the files then did a system cache wipe. I have not noticed lag so far and now have 20 GB of the 32 GB free.
One question though. Where will the phone check for updates? Will it get updates from Samsung or T-Mobile?
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@fl_gator_dad, it will check with Samsung. Mind you they dont update this as often as carrier versions release their incremental updates

snpalavan said:
Spend more time reading around the forums before you try anything, but to answer your questions:
1) TWRP not possible on TMobile S7/S7E
2) Root is possible, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/how-to-root-s7-edge-t3410470
make sure to read the entire thread and note the issues you may run into
3) See #2 above, has all that info in the thread
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Hello,
thank you for replying. I have been using TWRP on my past 6 phones. Is there some reason why
it wont work on this one ? I did a little more reading and found this
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys7edge.html
Support Status: Current
Maintainer: jcadduono
Code Name: hero2lte
Also ... if TWRP isn't working then what custom recovery are you and all using ? Clockwork ...?
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Thank you

Thibor69 said:
Hello,
thank you for replying. I have been using TWRP on my past 6 phones. Is there some reason why
it wont work on this one ? I did a little more reading and found this
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys7edge.html
Support Status: Current
Maintainer: jcadduono
Code Name: hero2lte
Also ... if TWRP isn't working then what custom recovery are you and all using ? Clockwork ...?
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Thank you
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Well if you continue searching and reading some more, you will see that twrp only works on non locked bootloaders. Any carrier driven Samsung device has a locked bootloader and twrp will not work. We have the snapdragon and not the exynos. If you need to have twrp then you need to get an S7 edge Exynos version. There is no working custom recovery for the snapdragon version phones as of yet.

galaxyuser88 said:
Well if you continue searching and reading some more, you will see that twrp only works on non locked bootloaders. Any carrier driven Samsung device has a locked bootloader and twrp will not work. We have the snapdragon and not the exynos. If you need to have twrp then you need to get an S7 edge Exynos version. There is no working custom recovery for the snapdragon version phones as of yet.
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Wow I see, Ok thank you for your time.
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joe3681 said:
@fl_gator_dad, it will check with Samsung. Mind you they dont update this as often as carrier versions release their incremental updates
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Thank you. That is a shame. I would think, incorrectly, that the unlocked GS7 firmware would be the baseline to build the carrier firmware.

fl_gator_dad said:
Thank you. That is a shame. I would think, incorrectly, that the unlocked GS7 firmware would be the baseline to build the carrier firmware.
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Yeah, you'd think! The international is the one that gets everything first.
The unlocked firmware favors T-Mobile though offering T-Mobile customers features that other users don't get.

Downgrade from 7.0 to 6.1.1 ? (G930 T)

Hi, someone can give me a tutorial to downgrade to marshmallow? I'm just getting back to android from iphone and I bought a second hand T-mobile galaxy s7 and I want to downgrade to 6.1.1

AngelxCasas said:
Hi, someone can give me a tutorial to downgrade to marshmallow? I'm just getting back to android from iphone and I bought a second hand T-mobile galaxy s7 and I want to downgrade to 6.1.1
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US GS7-s have locked bootloaders, which means we're unable to downgrade until bootloader keys are leaked or T-Mobile unlocks it for us, which probably will never happen.

installerrev said:
US GS7-s have locked bootloaders, which means we're unable to downgrade until bootloader keys are leaked or T-Mobile unlocks it for us, which probably will never happen.
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I just downloaded the 6.0.1 image for g930T and flash it with ODIN and that's it, I'm on 6.0.1 again :d

Ya I have downgraded from 7.0 to 6.0.1 several times already with no problems. My issue is that Nougat rooted is very laggy so I been trying all sort of fixes like govtuner etc but it is still laggy
anyway, here is attached screenshot of how I downgrade quickly and easily on sm-g930t

suddene said:
Ya I have downgraded from 7.0 to 6.0.1 several times already with no problems. My issue is that Nougat rooted is very laggy so I been trying all sort of fixes like govtuner etc but it is still laggy
anyway, here is attached screenshot of how I downgrade quickly and easily on sm-g930t
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I'm running on stock nougat and the phone is speedy, gets ok battery life and I'm really not missing root because I've found ways to make it do what I want. The only thing I miss is TB.

Root for Canadian S8+ SM-G955W variants (Working Root Method)

So there's quite a bite of confusion for the canadian SM-G955W variant . Was wondering if anyone can clear some stuff up for me.
Is there a Root method, for the SM-G955W S8+ ... ??
and can u link it if there is...
None of the CF Auto root **** seems to be working . any info would help.
sorry for being a noob...
*UPDATE* , ok so , Threw some research on here and on youtube i have managed to Root the s8+ sm-g955w canadian Rogers variant (rwc)
For all My fellow Canadians , follow this video to a T and it will be easy. ->
Also, Head over to sam mobile. i have linked the SM-G955W S8+ firmware for u , This is your back up , just to be safe, (nothing happend to me all i needed from this firmware package was the CSC an the systme image from the AP file) - >
[url]https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G955W/[/URL]
Be sure to Follow EVERYTHING this guy does, Honestly took me 2 hours , to pause every 30 seconds to just make sure over an over that everything was correct, So , with that said, If i need to show proof on my phone that this works here yah go
Root proof SM-G955W canadian variant https://imgur.com/gallery/Tgz4o
Admins please lemme kno if im not supposed to link anything i.e. youtube videos, please delete it, i apologize ahead of time,
with that said, Theres no more confusion , the SM-G955U root method works for SM-G955W (ROGERS)(RWC) carriers, havent tried with bell or not even sure if it matters tbh, .
Cons so far :
1.The phone will not show charging nor charge when it reaches 80 % battery life, (SMALL ISSUE TO ME)
2.And im not sure if the CSC file is whats making my bixby Fudge up. But im going to try to flash the CSC file from (XAC) variant from sammobile. an see if that fixes it, or if someone knows that Bixby is done when you root , please comment so i can include that in the cons, lol
I tried messin around a little. After a few apps. One of them read this
Root https://imgur.com/gallery/ScXsQ
Im going to assume this is the reason bixby wont work either. ??
Thanks XDA staff an devs, for all the support an help when i asked. Fu*kin bangin job on this community

iAmChump said:
So there's quite a bite of confusion for the canadian SM-G955W variant . Was wondering if anyone can clear some stuff up for me.
Is there a Root method, for the SM-G955W S8+ ... ??
and can u link it if there is...
None of the CF Auto root **** seems to be working . any info would help.
sorry for being a noob...
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Check this. It is not autoroot and takes some work. A lot of people have issues. Be careful and follow the directions.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...root-g955u-g955u1-snapdragon-sampwnd-t3658911

Smithfolk4 said:
Check this. It is not autoroot and takes some work. A lot of people have issues. Be careful and follow the directions.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...root-g955u-g955u1-snapdragon-sampwnd-t3658911
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Thank you .. appreciate it

iAmChump said:
Thank you .. appreciate it
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iAmChump..... Did that method work for you? I have the same variant as you on the telus network. Just wondering if it worked. Thanks!

Surrey_Joe said:
iAmChump..... Did that method work for you? I have the same variant as you on the telus network. Just wondering if it worked. Thanks!
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im not 100 percent about carriers , but the model of the phone is what matters just before you start the rooting process head over to sammobile, an make sure they have the TELUS variant, u need to match your radios, ect. youll see in the video, theres, a files you need to extract an flash to the phone with flashfire, thats the file you need for your carrier or else youll be stuck with a us variant an if that happens i think you may get hit with roaming charges , but other than the carrier bro, im positive u can do this same root method if sammobile has your correct files, btw, u may wanna start the sammobile downloads an hour before u start the root, lol , i made the mistake an the free download speed for sammobile is no more than 15mbps so even with my 1000 mbsp "gigabyte speeds" with rogers it took almost 2 hours, lol gl bro, an enjoy.. p.s folllllow the instuctions to a t bro, pause the video as much as u need, u dont want a paper weight,

Good Day Boys
Before I root Rogers S8+, has anyone fixed this 80% battery charge and Bixby
I have yet to find anything on the web Google or YouTube on my situation. I have a Rogers Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus SM G955W and I keep getting the update pop up for Oreo. I do not want to upgrade as I'm fine with nougat. I made sure before all of this in developer mode auto updates was off. One day the pop-up came up and I accidentally pressed the update button. I quickly paused it and it's at 2% but it keeps popping up to keep downloading. I have backed up my full phone but I'm looking to find out how to backup the OS so I don't have to use a computer.
I don't what to update at all.
There must be a way to delete or hide this notification.

DragFX said:
Good Day Boys
Before I root Rogers S8+, has anyone fixed this 80% battery charge and Bixby
I have yet to find anything on the web Google or YouTube on my situation. I have a Rogers Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus SM G955W and I keep getting the update pop up for Oreo. I do not want to upgrade as I'm fine with nougat. I made sure before all of this in developer mode auto updates was off. One day the pop-up came up and I accidentally pressed the update button. I quickly paused it and it's at 2% but it keeps popping up to keep downloading. I have backed up my full phone but I'm looking to find out how to backup the OS so I don't have to use a computer.
I don't what to update at all.
There must be a way to delete or hide this notification.
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No fix for the battery yet. As its a Samsung image file. So not sure when or how it will be patched.
Also Bixby is still not working. (I fu*kin hate Bixby) use ok Google lol.
Other than that. Once you root. You will not receive update notifications at all to update phone.

iAmChump said:
No fix for the battery yet. As its a Samsung image file. So not sure when or how it will be patched.
Also, Bixby is still not working. (I fu*kin hate Bixby) use ok Google lol.
Other than that. Once you root. You will not receive update notifications at all to update phone.
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Thanks Chump
Anyone root in Kanata Ottawa Canada? ( Experience ) Just got the phone lol. thanks
FIX--------------------------------------------Without Root, But big thanks to Chump for the reply -------------------------------
After a lot of searching, I found something ( Best App to help with the #NO #Update #Nougat to #Oreo ) #S8+
Big thanks to Waka Software, BK Package Disabler (Android) Amazing Customer Service
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kunkunsoft.packagedisabler&hl=en

DragFX said:
Anyone root in Ottawa Canada? ( Experience ) Just got the phone lol. thanks
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. Just dont update to the new oreo. Keep it at stock. An root. I'm in Toronto . Same phone model for Canada an u.s. I have had my s8 an note 8 rooted since these dropped. There both working. Follow the video I posted ^^^ an you'll be rooted. Just be sure. U follow the video to a damn t. Make sure to smoke many many bongs. An enjoy. If you need help link me.

after i flashed the firmware with odin my phone went from g955w to g955u

Give me a "C"! ...

Is everyone here 100% on this method. This will work for ROGERS 955W8 variant ?
Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon) (dream2qlte)
Forsure ! ?

unibombz said:
Is everyone here 100% on this method. This will work for ROGERS 955W8 variant ?
Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon) (dream2qlte)
Forsure ! ?
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Sampwnd or samfail are the only 2 methods for snapdragon.

OK thanks. That's too bad north America didn't get the other variant. The root method is system root Might not end up rooting

i have a g950w bell variant ad ive been on Oreo beta1 g950u and going back to g950u 7.0 with root
ive converted from g950w to g950u and back and not tripped knox so far

I've used this method and worked fine with my g955w phone. Carriers don't matter, just the model of the device

which files do you put in oden? i keep getting fails

euteneier said:
which files do you put in oden? i keep getting fails
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Read the thread on how to do it. If it's beyond you then don't do it

Just flash this instead:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...root-partcyborgrom-aqk3-samfail-odin-t3717702
iAmChump said:
Thank you .. appreciate it
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unibombz said:
Is everyone here 100% on this method. This will work for ROGERS 955W8 variant ?
Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon) (dream2qlte)
Forsure ! ?
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PartCyborgRom absolutely will. Several g95xw users are using 8t
unibombz said:
OK thanks. That's too bad north America didn't get the other variant. The root method is system root Might not end up rooting
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Not being able to use most other roms does suck but people with exynos have asked for pcr so it seems to do ok :good:
tnap1979 said:
i have a g950w bell variant ad ive been on Oreo beta1 g950u and going back to g950u 7.0 with root
ive converted from g950w to g950u and back and not tripped knox so far
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It is a very common but completely incorrect notion that rooting will trip Knox. Root has nothing to do with phones turning 0x1. The only thing that can make that happen is flashing and booting an unsigned kernel. Since that is impossible on locked bl it's impossible to trip
euteneier said:
which files do you put in oden? i keep getting fails
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Just flash this instead
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...root-partcyborgrom-aqk3-samfail-odin-t3717702

thatsupnow said:
Read the thread on how to do it. If it's beyond you then don't do it
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I found that my issue was my computer only has usb 3.0. When I ran it through usb 2.0 it worked.

Overclock J330FN

Is there any custom kernel that can allow overclocking on the J330FN Oreo?

xda general said:
Is there any custom kernel that can allow overclocking on the J330FN Oreo?
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Nope. It is highly unlikely that a custom kernel or even rom to be made for this device as no one is developing anything on it. The device has reached end of life considering it is a budget device after all.

thepcwiz101 said:
Nope. It is highly unlikely that a custom kernel or even rom to be made for this device as no one is developing anything on it. The device has reached end of life considering it is a budget device after all.
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Ok thank you and there is actually one persom he goes by the name of ashynx he made it able to get root and twrp on oreo for this device he also made some custom roms for the nougat version of this device

xda general said:
Ok thank you and there is actually one person he goes by the name of ashynx he made it able to get root and twrp on oreo for this device he also made some custom roms for the nougat version of this device
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No problem and i am aware since she helped make sampwned32 for the sm-j327t and sm-j327t1 I found the root method that was used on the s8 variant with a locked bootloader and brought it up and even tested the root method on the device and it worked. But a month later samsung released a new update that patched it. If it wasn't for ashyx converting the files from ARM64 to ARM this method would have never worked. Also after samsung patched the root method they only released one more security update and ended up cancelling the android oreo update for metropcs and tmobile after we was told our device would get it. Oh boy i was pretty pissed. Like come on samsung you could atleast unlock the device's bootloader and allow us to make our own custom roms which would be alot better and would be oreo based. It is sad how samsung forgot about us and didn't even bother to release a new phone to the metropcs and tmobile market in the budget area. The mid range J7 Prime got more love than this device did fr.

thepcwiz101 said:
No problem and i am aware since she helped make sampwned32 for the sm-j327t and sm-j327t1 I found the root method that was used on the s8 variant with a locked bootloader and brought it up and even tested the root method on the device and it worked. But a month later samsung released a new update that patched it. If it wasn't for ashyx converting the files from ARM64 to ARM this method would have never worked. Also after samsung patched the root method they only released one more security update and ended up cancelling the android oreo update for metropcs and tmobile after we was told our device would get it. Oh boy i was pretty pissed. Like come on samsung you could atleast unlock the device's bootloader and allow us to make our own custom roms which would be alot better and would be oreo based. It is sad how samsung forgot about us and didn't even bother to release a new phone to the metropcs and tmobile market in the budget area. The mid range J7 Prime got more love than this device did fr.
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Yes it certainly did

Looking to buy a S7 on bootloader version 6

Hey family I'm looking for a S7FD DUAL SIM that I can buy that's still on version 6 Marshmallow rom I've bought 2 from Ebay that claimed they were brand new and on Marshmallow but unfortunately they're not on the bootloader version of 6 and I NEED it to be on version 6 so if any of you guys/ladies happen to have one you're willing to sell me please either reply here or private message me thanks!!

MrMike2182 said:
Hey family I'm looking for a S7FD DUAL SIM that I can buy that's still on version 6 Marshmallow rom I've bought 2 from Ebay that claimed they were brand new and on Marshmallow but unfortunately they're not on the bootloader version of 6 and I NEED it to be on version 6 so if any of you guys/ladies happen to have one you're willing to sell me please either reply here or private message me thanks!!
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You need that for the custom rom your interested in using
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PoochyX said:
You need that for the custom rom your interested in using
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That's correct. I have a rom that I want to use that's on Marshmallow and since I know I can't downgrade from bootloader version 5 I'm sending this phone back that just got to my house today.
Edit: I know I said bootloader version 6 but I meant the first bootloader version with Android Marshmallow.

MrMike2182 said:
That's correct. I have a rom that I want to use that's on Marshmallow and since I know I can't downgrade from bootloader version 5 I'm sending this phone back that just got to my house today.
Edit: I know I said bootloader version 6 but I meant the first bootloader version with Android Marshmallow.
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Damn good luck in your search I'm still on marshmallow myself cause these newer android versions have difficulty with mods like viperFX and more importantly xposed can't leave home without that.. [emoji817]
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PoochyX said:
Damn good luck in your search I'm still on marshmallow myself cause these newer android versions have difficulty with mods like viperFX and more importantly xposed can't leave home without that.. [emoji817]
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Yeah it sucks and everyone on Ebay and Amazon is claiming it is and it gets here on bootloader version 5 no where near Marshmallow! I figured I'd try here for a change since I know there's got to be some people like me that deal with phones every day and probably have one in a drawer somewhere! Hopefully anyway! Thanks though!

You might do some more research. I have heard that while Odin won't let you downgrade a bootloader, TWRP will. The "lock" isn't in the phone; it is in Odin. I haven't tried it (or needed to), so I'm not certain that it works. This means, of course, that you need to find a ROM (w/ bootloader) or standalone bootloader in TWRP zip format.