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use tmobile service/rom on verizon vs980

I was wondering if someone can layout the steps needed in order to get t mobile service to work on a verizon g2. I currently am at android 4.4.2 (24a update) with CWM custom recovery installed. I have a Tmob sim and lookin to use my vs980 with tmobile preferablly on kit kat as well.
thanks for the help

Just put T-Mobile Sim in and enter in proper apns and if you're lucky even LTE will work it works well my g2 is a backup for my nexus 5 wanted a just as powerful backup and Verizon variants are cheaper online I'm on 24a as well PS if you reflash stock ROM you will have to reenter apns an aosp ROM will automaticly detect you carrier and enter appropriate APN settings
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spinninbsod said:
Just put T-Mobile Sim in and enter in proper apns and if you're lucky even LTE will work it works well my g2 is a backup for my nexus 5 wanted a just as powerful backup and Verizon variants are cheaper online I'm on 24a as well PS if you reflash stock ROM you will have to reenter apns an aosp ROM will automaticly detect you carrier and enter appropriate APN settings
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okoay so how do i enter APNS and where cann i find them?

ddarvish said:
okoay so how do i enter APNS and where cann i find them?
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If you are on stock tethering and hotspot mobile network APN aka access point names if you are on cm go to settings click on the word mobile networks and you should see access point names
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spinninbsod said:
If you are on stock tethering and hotspot mobile network APN aka access point names if you are on cm go to settings click on the word mobile networks and you should see access point names
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I am on Malladus 2.0.2. can you please be more specific on what to do in a step by step starting from switching vzw sim to tmobile sim.
i went to apn settings witht the tmobile sim and added a new apn and got the settings from the tmobile website but had no luck...... by the way voice works fine

You switch the sim card like its any old gsm phone what do youean you mean you didn't have any luck could you not get data/MMS to work or did have no signal at all
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spinninbsod said:
Just put T-Mobile Sim in and enter in proper apns and if you're lucky even LTE will work it works well my g2 is a backup for my nexus 5 wanted a just as powerful backup and Verizon variants are cheaper online I'm on 24a as well PS if you reflash stock ROM you will have to reenter apns an aosp ROM will automaticly detect you carrier and enter appropriate APN settings
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Sorry to reply to such an old thread but my Verizon G2 is coming in the mail and I am looking to activate on T-Mobile. From my understanding each Cloudy rom (CloudyG3, CloudyStock etc), T-Mobile stock roms, and ParanoidAndroid seem to work (data and all) as long as the APN settings are configured correctly. I however would love to try other roms (spirit rom and lollipop when they eventually come out). Will these roms work with the APN settings correctly configured?

It should work fine haha this is a really old thread I don't even have a g2 anymore
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No Signal with NAE, APN settings Grayed out

I recently flashed NAE modem from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338919&highlight=signal And now I have literally no signal. The only APN listed now is LTE - SPRINT OTA otasn and it is grayed out so I can not add a new one. Does anyone have or know of any fixes for this? I tried flashing back to MJA modem but all of them on that thread only have this one APN and they are all grayed out. I have been searching all over and can't really find a good fix for this so any help would be GREATLY appreciated. My GS4 is rooted and have Philz and Negalite WondeROM if that helps at all. I assume it is an APN issue since I do not have the one I see most people talking about...however I can not add new ones since it is gray....i suck lol. Thanks again for any help at all.

I'm on stock unrooted NAE and have them greyed out so that means that's "normal"
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Play around with the mobile network settings... and do profile and prl updates... see how that goes

daniel4653 said:
I'm on stock unrooted NAE and have them greyed out so that means that's "normal"
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What APNs show up in your list on the stock unrooted NAE?
elmont14 said:
Play around with the mobile network settings... and do profile and prl updates... see how that goes
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Tried PRL updates. but I have literally no data service now, the signal I get now is 1x.

Raven93rx7 said:
What APNs show up in your list on the stock unrooted NAE?
Tried PRL updates. but I have literally no data service now, the signal I get now is 1x.
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1X is data. its 2G but you are still able to load google and such. its really really slow but it is data. over WiFi try ##72786#
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APN2 LTE internet
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Lollipop Hotspot, no root or flashing needed

The only think you need ahead of time is your MSL. This isn't too hard to get from Sprint customer service. I got mine via an app called MSL Utility, which it seems now crashes every time I try to use it on Lollipop.
The steps:
Go to Dialer and enter ##DATA# (##3282#)
Press "Edit" then enter your MSL.
Click on APN Settings
For both "APN2 EHRPD internet" and "APN2 LTE internet" change APN Type from "default,mms" to "default,mms,dun"
After you enter the change, hit Menu -> Save before going to the next APN.
And that's it. That easy. It works for both Hotspot and USB tethering. Seems too easy, but that's all I had to do.
UPDATE 5/21/2015
There's been some concerns that this wouldn't work with the OE1 updated that's started rolling out. I can tell you that it works just fine. Feel free to click that update button!
UPDATE 8/03/2015
Confirmed, still works on the OG5 5.1.1 update.
UPDATE 11/06/2015
Tested, still works with OJ6 update.

This didn't work for me. It appears to work, but then it tries to sell me a tethering plan.
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did you try rebooting?

Turns out I was not on lte or ehrpd. It works now.

Confirming this works. Thanks for this.

Works great! Thanks!

Might want to turn off auto-update because sprint is bound to push an update through to patch this simple fix
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Working .. lucky i still had my msl cause the spcutility app dont work on lollipop

Wow just called sprint and said had my lte was slow and ask for my msl and they gave it to me, going to try the hotspot fix
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Worked like a champ

So calling is only way to get msl on lollipop?

MasterTentacles said:
The only think you need ahead of time is your MSL. This isn't too hard to get from Sprint customer service. I got mine via an app called MSL Utility, which it seems now crashes every time I try to use it on Lollipop.
The steps:
Go to Dialer and enter ##DATA# (##3282#)
Press "Edit" then enter your MSL.
Click on APN Settings
For both "APN2 EHRPD internet" and "APN2 LTE internet" change APN Type from "default,mms" to "default,mms,dun"
After you enter the change, hit Menu -> Save before going to the next APN.
And that's it. That easy. It works for both Hotspot and USB tethering. Seems too easy, but that's all I had to do.
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THANKS A LOT! one of the main reasons I wanted root!!

Work just perfect, now my question is, does sprint can detect when im using hotspot service this way?

Dont know

They probably know... i have used it since gs3 then note 3 and now note 4 doubt they really care too much about it

There is another ota coming in alril after the s6 drops i have a friend whos a manager for sprint in boston mass

When you do an prl update itll need to be re-inserted.

i called sprint the other day over slow LTE issue. I was on the phone with a tech who eventually had me do ##72786#. after this session i was unable to obtain hotspot through galaxy tools using method 1 or 2. Prior i had no issue.
I didnt have my MSL and had deleted my last NK2 backup so had to go through the whole process of reverting to NK2 and back to my backed up OB7.
My OB7 backup was prior to the sprint session and so hotspot is working fine. Any ideas of what sprint pushed to my device?

slickdaddy96 said:
Might want to turn off auto-update because sprint is bound to push an update through to patch this simple fix
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Prene said:
When you do an prl update itll need to be re-inserted.
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This is correct. updates will undo these edits. anyways, I just uploaded a permanent flashable solution for those who want it, You must be rooted and have a custom recovery. Check out my mods section.

tx_dbs_tx said:
This is correct. updates will undo these edits. anyways, I just uploaded a permanent flashable solution for those who want it, check out my mods section.
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You should caveat that your mod needs Root since this is a post about a way to hack it without root. I haven't rooted my phone yet and frankly the hotspot issue was the only thing I missed that and call record. Probably wait till my warranty is out before I root.
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slickdaddy96 said:
You should caveat that your mod needs Root since this is a post about a way to hack it without root. I haven't rooted my phone yet and frankly the hotspot issue was the only thing I missed that and call record. Probably wait till my warranty is out before I root.
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Youre right. Sorry i realize now that this thread was intended for non root users. Ignore my previous post unless you decide to root your phone.

More AOSP rom options

If anyone is interested in using AOSP, I recommend checking out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=68115024.
Please read the entire first 3 posts.
Depending on which rom you decide to try, you may need to edit the updater-script to be able to flash it to your device. @TheBr0ken has made a change, so any build after 8-28 will be flashable for us with no updater-script edit.
My setup:
N910V (retail converted to dev)
TWRP 3.0.2-0
CPD1 bootloader
CPF3 modem
T-mobile BrokenRom(8/29 build) on Verizon network
OpenGapps - Nano

Hey, I have a question. I'm running Broken Rom. on N910V. But it shows that I have bars, but I cant make calls or use SMS. Any tips?

DaOthaGodfather said:
Hey, I have a question. I'm running Broken Rom. on N910V. But it shows that I have bars, but I cant make calls or use SMS. Any tips?
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I'm not sure, I just flashed it and everything worked. The thing I'd check would be the APN settings. I attached what mine are (That's what it defaulted to)
Also check to see what your preferred network is set to. It should be on Global or CDMA LTE/Evdo.
Edit: What bootloader/modem you on?

Ummmm so youjust had to manually re-enter Verizon's APN? T-Mobile ROM already have it? The only APN on my note4 was Verizon's but it's not SIM LOCKED cricket postedthere APN on there website I manually entered it and worked fine. What APN's came on the tmobile (just curious having recently played with network settings. )
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I'm not sure, I just flashed it and everything worked. The thing I'd check would be the APN settings. I attached what mine are (That's what it defaulted to)
Also check to see what your preferred network is set to. It should be on Global or CDMA LTE/Evdo.
Edit: What bootloader/modem you on?
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Omg why the fuk do you have VZW listed like 10 times in APN selection? Did yours come like that ? I had 1 lol

mojoswagger1980 said:
Ummmm so youjust had to manually re-enter Verizon's APN? T-Mobile ROM already have it? The only APN on my note4 was Verizon's but it's not SIM LOCKED cricket postedthere APN on there website I manually entered it and worked fine. What APN's came on the tmobile (just curious having recently played with network settings. )
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Omg why the fuk do you have VZW listed like 10 times in APN selection? Did yours come like that ? I had 1 lol
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Ever heard of testing? As this rom wasn't built for the N910V

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Ever heard of testing? As this rom wasn't built for the N910V
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Yeah. That was assumed when u said t mobile ROM . I wantedto know what u had to set to get your mobile data to work and if your APN settings included all those VZW gateways or if u entered them and if so why ?

mojoswagger1980 said:
Yeah. That was assumed when u said t mobile ROM . I wantedto know what u had to set to get your mobile data to work and if your APN settings included all those VZW gateways or if u entered them and if so why ?
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Everything worked as it should from first boot. I added the others for testing purposes.

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Everything worked as it should from first boot. I added the others for testing purposes.
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Even the stock MMS ? Mine didn't . Had to get third party app (Textra)

mojoswagger1980 said:
Ummmm so youjust had to manually re-enter Verizon's APN? T-Mobile ROM already have it? The only APN on my note4 was Verizon's but it's not SIM LOCKED cricket postedthere APN on there website I manually entered it and worked fine. What APN's came on the tmobile (just curious having recently played with network settings. )
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Omg why the fuk do you have VZW listed like 10 times in APN selection? Did yours come like that ? I had 1 lol
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ASOP roms contain apn settings for as many carriers as there is info for, thats 100's. They are based initially on mmc/mnc set within the SIM. There are multiple apns for the same mmc/mnc for Verizon. Same with T-Mo. I currently have 22 APN listings in my APN settings that use the same mmc/mnc as T-Mo. Generally the best match is found to get registered within the network. At that point the default APN selected can either remain the same or change automatically to a better suited match. If you don't have any APN's then the system failed to acquire a best match. If you only entered one, then you'll only show one. If I deleted the 21 listed APNs that are not used but share the same mmc/mnc then I would also only show one. Honestly you can have 50 listed but as long as the correct one is selected then the rest can be ignored.

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Even the stock MMS ? Mine didn't . Had to get third party app (Textra)
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Yes, even stock MMS.

TheBr0ken said:
ASOP roms contain apn settings for as many carriers as there is info for, thats 100's. They are based initially on mmc/mnc set within the SIM. There are multiple apns for the same mmc/mnc for Verizon. Same with T-Mo. I currently have 22 APN listings in my APN settings that use the same mmc/mnc as T-Mo. Generally the best match is found to get registered within the network. At that point the default APN selected can either remain the same or change automatically to a better suited match. If you don't have any APN's then the system failed to acquire a best match. If you only entered one, then you'll only show one. If I deleted the 21 listed APNs that are not used but share the same mmc/mnc then I would also only show one. Honestly you can have 50 listed but as long as the correct one is selected then the rest can be ignored.
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Really ? Must be unlucky then in selection . I run emotion currently but have run cm and lineage and didn't get any . I was starting to think they must be loaded apart from ROM inititially. Where would I look (in the ROM zip to see the APN settings ? Honestly never thought of this but if your right which sounds feasible they would need to be in there....somewhere in the radio? Ty for your reply btw

AT&T & T-mobile now have the same bootloader version

*I originally posted this in the AT&T S7 forums unintentionally so posting here as well*
For those of you curious about running the T-mobile firmware on the AT&T version of the edge, it is now possible since they are now using the same bootloader version.
I have an AT&T S7 edge (SM-935A) and recently switched to T-mobile as my carrier. I had to unlock it first so I used the service from unlockunit. It took almost a day for the code but I was then able to pop my T-mobile SIM and sure enough, it worked. Surprisingly, WIFI calling even worked!
At this point, I really wanted to switch to the 935U firmware as I heard it has great battery life as all the carrier bloat is removed. Unfortunately, just before I switched, the recent September update from AT&T raised the bootloader to v4. I learned after the fact you have to disable the update service as it eventually will force you to update. Now I was stuck with the damn AT&T firmware!
I wanted to flash the 935U firmware but the bootloader was still at v2 and T-mobile, so I thought, was at v3. It might be helpful to have a sticky on this forum with the current bootloader versions as it took some time for me to research the following:
AT&T - v4
T-mobile - v4
Verison - v4
Sprint - v2?
Universal - v2
Yes, you read that right, T-mobile just released a new firmware (PIA) which raised their bootloader to v4! You can grab it here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935T/
It's the one with the date of 2016-09-27. I used the prince odin version referenced in this thread for flashing as others failed and gave sha1 errors. http://forum.xda-developers.com/veri...g930v-t3411015
If you plan to do this please research how to flash with odin and remember to back everything up! Samsung Smart Switch is a great resource for this.
I've been running on the new T-mobile firmware for just a day but already like it better than AT&T's. I didn't even know AT&T disabled some features of the S7 edge that other carriers kept. Typical for the Deathstar. Can you sense my disdain for AT&T?
For example, with the T-mobile firmware, you can control Download booster (the ability to leverage wifi and LTE simultaneously!) This option was removed from the AT&T firmware. In addition, you can set a preference to WiFi calling. With the AT&T firmware, you have no control and it will only flip to WiFI when in a weak area. It just so happens where I live the AT&T signal is weak so I was always jumping back and forth between the two and it was frustrating not being able to control it. The only way to force WiFi calling is turn on airplane mode when in a fringe area and turn WiFI back on. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.
I'm including some screenshots which show the current firmware running on my SM-935A.
Hopefully we'll see an update to the 935U bootloader to v4 which will allow a switch to that firmware.

Thanks for the info.
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Benefit of T-Mobile firmware besides the ones stated. I am on the U firmware. Should I stay or switch to t-MObile.

How did you get to send mms on the u firmware i havent been able to.
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Benefit of T-Mobile firmware besides the ones stated. I am on the U firmware. Should I stay or switch to t-MObile.
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did you get the send mms working on u firmware?

So would it be possible to use the t-mobile firmware and still be on ATT or no?
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burna said:
How did you get to send mms on the u firmware i havent been able to.
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did you get the send mms working on u firmware?
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Looks fine here. I'll do it again
Edit: Sent myself to another MMS and it works fine.
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Looks fine here. I'll do it again
Edit: Sent myself to another MMS and it works fine.
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yes question is how or what you do to be able to send mms. Thanks

Press the pin icon in messenge app and attach the picture and send away.
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marcusva79 said:
Press the pin icon in messenge app and attach the picture and send away.
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no sorry im not clear on what im asking lol. im on (U)firmware but i cant send mms and my ims is not registered. if i go back to (A)firmware everything works fine. so the question is first do you have an origianl att phone? and second if so when you flashed the u firm ware did your mms work or did you alter something to get mms working.

My question is if i remain on att and run the tmobile firmware will the wifi calling work?
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Also, is the root method the same and does it still work with new v4 bootloader?

burna said:
no sorry im not clear on what im asking lol. im on (U)firmware but i cant send mms and my ims is not registered. if i go back to (A)firmware everything works fine. so the question is first do you have an origianl att phone? and second if so when you flashed the u firm ware did your mms work or did you alter something to get mms working.
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I didnt do anything it work right out of the box. I am on the ATT variant of S7 edge and mms works fine. I havent rooted and will never root this phone. Only thing not working is VOLte, Wifi Calling, and visual voicemail. lve been a nexus user so im used no biggie on them. Have you alter anything? Using any other messaging apk?

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I didnt do anything it work right out of the box. I am on the ATT variant of S7 edge and mms works fine. I havent rooted and will never root this phone. Only thing not working is VOLte, Wifi Calling, and visual voicemail. lve been a nexus user so im used no biggie on them. Have you alter anything? Using any other messaging apk?
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oh ok you arent rooted thats the big missing link lol , im rooted on att variant but have u firmware. sorry thought you were rooted and on u firmware.

So, it sounds like you're saying we can use ATT WIFI Calling after flashing the G930T firmware? Is there anything you lose from G930T? HD Calling for example? Anything else?
Edit: I said 930 because I followed a link here from the 930 forums - I assume it would be the same for the 935, but I'd like to know how it worked on the 935 too.

What are the benefits with the TMOBILE firmware?
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So anybody try t-mobile firmware on att? And does WiFi calling, and volte work ?
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waiting on the same question
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So anybody try t-mobile firmware on att? And does WiFi calling, and volte work ?
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It has been written elsewhere that AT&T requires 1) proprietary code [read: ATT ROM] and 2) AT&T-branded phones (IMEI they recognize, also includes some non-ATT such as iPhone/HTC) for advanced calling features to work.
I would bet that VoLTE, WiFi calling, video calling, advanced messaging, etc. do not work with the T-Mo ROM.
On the other hand T-Mo uses more standard VoLTE protocols, etc., so phones like Nexus 6P, 5X, etc. work with VoLTE and WiFi calling just fine on T-Mo.
A bit of history: Even people who got ATT-branded Nexus 6 do not get VoLTE because Google later standardized the N6 ROM therefore without ATT's evil code (and bloat).
ATT has quickly surpassed VZ as the new Evil Empire.

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I used the prince odin version referenced in this thread for flashing as others failed and gave sha1 errors. http://forum.xda-developers.com/veri...g930v-t3411015
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I'm getting a dead link, can anybody let me know which prince odin version he was referring to?
EDIT: Nvm got it!

theoddjosh said:
I'm getting a dead link, can anybody let me know which prince odin version he was referring to?
EDIT: Nvm got it!
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Where did you find the solution, I've tried a couple different versions of odin and no luck. Also, should I be using the "CSC" or "HOME_CSC" in the CSC box?
EDIT: Also figured it out. search for "Verizon S7 / S7 Edge [Root Guide] SM-G930V SM-G935V [NO KNOX TRIP]" in xda to find the correct ODIN version for this.
and the correct file to use in the CSC field is "CSC" even though ODIN says to use the "HOME_CSC"

Do I need to enable OEM unlock?