Inexperienced user needs help whether to use custom ROM or stock android? - Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers

Dear all i have a internationl S7 ( germany)
As it seems, i need to use the device for a little longer than i anticipated. I also use the device for mobile banking and some work related stuff.
Is it possible and advisable for a user with little experience ( i only rooted and installed a custom rom on a HTC m7 once)
to root and install a custom oreo rom on the galaxy s7?
If it is easy to do what is the most stable simple oreo rom, that has everything working just fine ( camera is important)?
If not, can i:
- root the device and still get OTA updates?
- install a free ad blocker that also works in apps without root?
- de-bloat the device without root?( there are so many apps installed i will never use)
thank you in advance

Norrin_Radd said:
Dear all i have a internationl S7 ( germany)
As it seems, i need to use the device for a little longer than i anticipated. I also use the device for mobile banking and some work related stuff.
Is it possible and advisable for a user with little experience ( i only rooted and installed a custom rom on a HTC m7 once)
to root and install a custom oreo rom on the galaxy s7?
If it is easy to do what is the most stable simple oreo rom, that has everything working just fine ( camera is important)?
If not, can i:
- root the device and still get OTA updates?
- install a free ad blocker that also works in apps without root?
- de-bloat the device without root?( there are so many apps installed i will never use)
thank you in advance
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You can use all banking apps just make sure to install Magisk. Keep in mind KNOX stuff like S Pay won't ever work again after you root.
You can flash a Rom like TGP easily and it has an installer to guide you through all the options.
You will not get OTA updates on a rooted device even if you stay with the stock Rom. I am not sure about ad blocker but I think that also requires root and you can also not debloat system apps without root.

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How far can I get without root on my phone?

Specifically I want to know how much I can do to my phone by rooting it and then unrooting it. My job has a BYOP (bring your own phone) program for company phones, the restrictions being:
1. It can't be rooted
2. I have to install Airwatch on the phone to use it with work
I was thinking about picking up a phone (16GB Nexus 4 maybe?) and doing the following:
Root
Swap out the ROM (AOKP)
Install XPosed
Install XPrivacy and a few other XPosed modules
Unroot
This should work fine, right? It's my understanding that you just need root to install XPosed, but once you've done that you can remove root and still install modules. Anything I'm possibly missing out on?

ROM without root (NOT how to install ROM without rooting phone)

So, this is a slightly different question that what these forums are for.
I'm looking to install a ROM on my Z5, so I can have the latest version of Android and hopefully squash some bugs (especially random Bluetooth turning off). This is all well documented in the forums, but all these ROMs usually come with root included and here's where my problem starts.
There are many apps on my phone that won't work with root, like bank apps, Android Pay and Netflix just to name a few. So, I'd like to have a costume ROM that doesn't have root included. Xposed used to have a module for temporarily disabling root but from my memory, it was never reliable; and there's no Xposed for Nougat yet.
I know many of you install ROM in order to customize your phone as much as possible, my goal is not customization. My goal is to have the latest code, with the latest security fixes and with as many bugs fixed.
So, is there a ROM that I can install that comes without root? OR if there's a way to remove root from any ROM?
I do understand that my bootloader has to be unlocked, that's a given (just in case you were about to mention it). Also, rooting as an initial/intermediate step is also very acceptable, just not the final product.
You want custom rom and bypass netflix or bank apps, android pay etc. Custom rom is the meaning of BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED device, so there is no way to bypass these apps without Root on custom roms. Magisk or some Xposed modules do that, but not guaranteed.
Flash STOCK FTF on my thread (steps 1-14) and then flash your TA BACKUP. This will lock your bootloader..
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/general/ftf-e6603-33-53-83-google-drive-patched-t3581463

Rooted stock ROM

Hi,
Is it safe to root a S7 and stay on the stock ROM ? As Samsung doesn't publish regularly the updates (still on 7.0 ...), I heard that their phones are vulnerable to malwares. Is it easy to avoid it when rooted ? Or should I install a custom ROM to use my rooted S7 properly ?

Can i install xpose without root ?

Can i install xpose without root ?
NO
rohit0711 said:
Can i install xposed without root ?
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Rooting and having Xposed are not related. You just need an unlocked bootloader with custom recovery for installing Xposed. Doesn't matter whether you are rooted or not. Though most of the modules might need you to root your device for full functionality of the modules, but I have tried many without even rooting the device.
However you have to forget about both rooting and installing Xposed in Realme 2 model, as this device is just for kids. It doesn't have fastboot binaries in the first place. Currently the only way to root this device is via Miracle Box which is again a paid software with a hardware. Therefore I wouldn't recommend this phone at all to anyone. Apart from rooting and all, it doesn't even have native theme store unlike older Oppo branded phones. This is the worst android phone I have ever used.
A good hardware and asthetics ruined by bad OS.
Not going to buy color os based phones again .

Debloaded rom for SM-G930F without trigering KNOX?? Is it possible?

Is there a debloated rom for the SM-930F that can be installed on the device without triggering KNOX? I don't care about warranty but I use an application that depends on the device not knowing it has been tampered with.
Please, if there is such rom, I'd like to know the name of it. If it has updates enabled and is based on the latest stock samsung rom, that would be awesome!
Of course I could use app disabler pro, but I feel the cleanest way would be to get rid of the unwanted software alltogether.

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