Help determining if I can root my S7 - Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers

I have a S7 from US Cellular Model SM-930R4 Android version 7 Build# NRD90M.G930R4TYU4BQE1 Hardware version REV0.6. From what I have researched in here I am thinking I cannot root it but I wanted to make sure of that before I give up. Since Samsung pushed the latest update a couple weeks ago the phone has been lagging really bad so I wanted to try another version. Any help would be appreciated.

garzaglass said:
I have a S7 from US Cellular Model SM-930R4 Android version 7 Build# NRD90M.G930R4TYU4BQE1 Hardware version REV0.6. From what I have researched in here I am thinking I cannot root it but I wanted to make sure of that before I give up. Since Samsung pushed the latest update a couple weeks ago the phone has been lagging really bad so I wanted to try another version. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi mate
All snapdragon S7 can be rooted , there are several guides , this is one of them:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
But better ask there to make sure , this is the Exynos S7 forum

MAX 404 said:
Hi mate
All snapdragon S7 can be rooted , there are several guides , this is one of them:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039
But better ask there to make sure , this is the Exynos S7 forum
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Awesome! Thanks for your help.

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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.

New user, got a few questions

Just moved to this phone on Sprint from the Galaxy S6, this device is fully updated and I was wanting to root it. Is there a root available for Oreo for the Sprint variant? And what are some of the better Oreo ROMs? Thank you!
Check your bootloader version. If it's under 4 which I haven't seen yet, you can root but it won't be oreo. Check out PartyCyborg rom. Works up to bootloader v3 but you'll end up flashing to Nougat and can only charge to 80%
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Just moved to this phone on Sprint from the Galaxy S6, this device is fully updated and I was wanting to root it. Is there a root available for Oreo for the Sprint variant? And what are some of the better Oreo ROMs? Thank you!
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He is correct if you need any other kind of help let me know Im pretty fluent with this root and such

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

Rooting

Hi everyone!
I recently got my hands on a s8+ (G955f) and i'm trying to root it buy i'm really lost.
I did try to root it one time, twrp+no verity+magisk while on Oreo, then i installed magisk manager and both things seemed ok (at least to my knowledge) but the second i take my eyes off the phone, "only official released binaries...".
After that i installed Pie stock firmware since i couldn't use Oreo.
I'd like to try again but theres a lot of info (new and out of date) and i don't even know whats good and what isn't.
TL;DR: Want to root the phone but i don't know what to do, can someone kindly point me out on what to do/share me a link?
Thank you.
micrace said:
Hi everyone!
I recently got my hands on a s8+ (G955f) and i'm trying to root it buy i'm really lost.
I did try to root it one time, twrp+no verity+magisk while on Oreo, then i installed magisk manager and both things seemed ok (at least to my knowledge) but the second i take my eyes off the phone, "only official released binaries...".
After that i installed Pie stock firmware since i couldn't use Oreo.
I'd like to try again but theres a lot of info (new and out of date) and i don't even know whats good and what isn't.
TL;DR: Want to root the phone but i don't know what to do, can someone kindly point me out on what to do/share me a link?
Thank you.
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Maybe this guide will help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...ide-root-install-twrp-samsung-t3747535/page69
spawnlives said:
Maybe this guide will help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...ide-root-install-twrp-samsung-t3747535/page69
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I did look at that but some latest comments saying they got some errors made me wait and ask here, before doing it wrong again but maybe i should just try it.
Anyways, thank you!

How to updare international firmware for FOLD2

I want to install the international rom for my FOLD2 machine, the model number is SM-F916N (korea). I want to wipe the Korean carrier apps like an international version. Please guide me. Thank you . I will donate if can help me .
Hope I didn't get your hopes up with this reply. Only want to say that I too am in this situation, except mine is from China. I'm hoping there's a way to flash or mod it so somehow get the normal international version (or US), as the galaxy store is locked to China, which cripples the phone. Here's hoping someone has figured this out...
Download the Samsung firmware for the Galazy Z Fold 2 from https://www.sammobile.com.
And flash your device using Odin
sudheeshts said:
Download the Samsung firmware for the Galazy Z Fold 2 from https://www.sammobile.com.
And flash your device using Odin
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Have you actually done this or know anyone who has, or are you simply assuming it's that easy?
I have done several times for many of my devices like Note 9, A50, J7...
It is easy. You have to keep minimum 60% battery to do this
Spixe1 said:
Have you actually done this or know anyone who has, or are you simply assuming it's that easy?
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I have done several times for many of my devices like Note 9, A50, J7...
It is easy. You have to keep minimum 60% battery to do this

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