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Warning about root

if you root this phone and trip knox fuse counter. you will NEVER EVER be able to use the great feature of MST through samsung pay.
My thoughts . since we have a non root hotspot and all bloatware (which isnt that much) can be disabled
the phone has so much customization incl uded i am not rooting the phone. the battery lasts 2 days easy with medium
use. no bugs at all i can find. what more can you ask for.
Remember Root no MST (mst is the ability to use the old card swipers at any location with the phone. it sends card you addeds magnetic strip info to the swiper )
UNLESS you can root without tripping the know counter. its unreversalble
carry on

First phone I've owned that I dont see myself rooting. I really like the Samsung Pay.

Yea I'm coming from the S6 and couldn't use it but enjoying Samsung Pay now

You don't have to worry about that. All US versions are locked down. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3327399

After 8 generations of HTC phones, I decided to try Samsung this year as M10 rumors were they were ditching Boomsound my favorite feature of the M phones. I felt edge was far superior this year at least based on the rumors which getting this close to launch are usually spot on. I was well aware that I was going to have to decide to trip knox or not if I wanted root. While there is more customization and control with Android 6 it still doesn't compare to having everything wide open, especially if you are use to S-OFF.
Is the trade off worth it? Well I think so at least right now, this device is superior to pretty much anything out at the moment. I'm already missing Xposed, Titanium Backup & AdAway. The lock down on these devices is just getting so bad, while I understand they shouldn't come rooted out of the box but give us a choice. We may not even have the option of tripping Knox at this point. Part of the reason I stayed with Sprint for so long is they were more friendly with unlocking phones then big red but everything seems to be going the wrong direction.
Even if root is granted, it will just be patched and it's only going to get more secure and difficult each generation. I guess we just might have to start accepting that this is just how it is. Kinda sad, I'm just so use to having it even back in the Windows Mobile days I was running custom roms.

v8dreaming said:
You don't have to worry about that. All US versions are locked down. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3327399
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No they are already rooted with custom kernels and roms deodexed and odexed

These boys dont.play

Yess of course

I'm fine removing Samsung Pay if I get the benefits of rooting.

Robalboa said:
Works on our phones http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3335727
ROM stock firmware Samsung Galaxy S7 EDGE SM-G935P ROOT TWRP Drivers
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I thought the bootloader was locked on all the carriers this year?

Someone give it a shot and let us know ?

Sim-X said:
I thought the bootloader was locked on all the carriers this year?
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It still has the unlock bootloader button in developer options just like the S6 had

Soooperstar said:
It still has the unlock bootloader button in developer options just like the S6 had
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Interesting, I'm not gonna go first I still haven't decided if I wanna trip knox or not if the bootloader is in fact able to be unlocked.

Robalboa said:
Works on our phones http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3335727
ROM stock firmware Samsung Galaxy S7 EDGE SM-G935P ROOT TWRP Drivers
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This link only shows 935F -- not 935P. Am I missing something?

nastypup said:
This link only shows 935F -- not 935P. Am I missing something?
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as stated above there a option to
unlock the bootloader in Dev options. im not sure all the details because i see no benefit to root right now but
they do have the phone rooted and they are modding kernels and system as wee speak. also custom recovery.
TWRP will inject root upon install and start up to reboot.
This is just a warning about root to anyone so they know the Deal with Samsung pay and MST
I do see it says 900f but theres numerous reports of it working on the 900P
you know these guys are flashaholics lol

Robalboa said:
as stated above there a option to
unlock the bootloader in Dev options. im not sure all the details because i see no benefit to root right now but
they do have the phone rooted and they are modding kernels and system as wee speak. also custom recovery.
TWRP will inject root upon install and start up to reboot.
This is just a warning about root to anyone so they know the Deal with Samsung pay and MST
I do see it says 900f but theres numerous reports of it working on the 900P
you know these guys are flashaholics lol
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Thanks for the tip! I'm a huge fan of custom roms and the prospect of xposed so I'm very much looking forward to rooting. I'll wait a little though for a more concrete path and at least a rom to flash.

Robalboa said:
as stated above there a option to
unlock the bootloader in Dev options. im not sure all the details because i see no benefit to root right now but
they do have the phone rooted and they are modding kernels and system as wee speak. also custom recovery.
TWRP will inject root upon install and start up to reboot.
This is just a warning about root to anyone so they know the Deal with Samsung pay and MST
I do see it says 900f but theres numerous reports of it working on the 900P
you know these guys are flashaholics lol
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I've never used Samsung Pay but I need a rooted phone to restore a ton of data. Stock ROM is adequate for me. I played with custom ROMs years ago and they were just a time suck. I was flashing them almost daily. The stock ROM is good as long as its rooted.

nastypup said:
I've never used Samsung Pay but I need a rooted phone to restore a ton of data. Stock ROM is adequate for me. I played with custom ROMs years ago and they were just a time suck. I was flashing them almost daily. The stock ROM is good as long as its rooted.
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Samsung pay is the only way to use MST or use ur phone for old card swipers. But thats your call

Samsung pay is useless to me. And as far as I can tell that's the only benefit to not rooting. I've read there are other benefits but that's the only one I've seen posted, Other than warranty.
To me; rooting is more beneficial. Removing advertising is the biggest. Then a basic debloated rom is second. Adding apps that are not usable on non-rooted phone would be my third reason.

nickmus said:
Samsung pay is useless to me. And as far as I can tell that's the only benefit to not rooting. I've read there are other benefits but that's the only one I've seen posted, Other than warranty.
To me; rooting is more beneficial. Removing advertising is the biggest. Then a basic debloated rom is second. Adding apps that are not usable on non-rooted phone would be my third reason.
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I'm kinda feeling the same way. Can't use Samsung Pay as a total replacement anyway and I just looked they don't even support Capital One cards at least yet anyway. That was one thing google did right back in the day with wallet, you could link any card. Still looks cool but ad block is one of the main reasons I root as well. I'm giving AdGaurd a shot (I use that on my desktop) and you can side load it to Android it creates a local VPN connection to the app to filter all traffic. Kinda annoying you always have a notification saying it's running also doesn't block youtube ads which Xposed worked awesome for that. I miss TI as well. Warranty void I feel so so about. S-OFF you could at least remove a tampered flag on an HTC although HTC would still have record of you doing a dev unlock token even if reset everything.

Simple Questions of an Android Noob

Hey guys,
I'm about to get my first Android Phone (S7 Edge, or Note 7, not sure yet).
Now i'm curious how itll work out.
I want to root my device as fast as possible, but want to maintain it mostly "stock".
Just to have the opened up phone and being able to install .apks (for reasons).
Which one is the best way to go?

VIERcntHOLZ said:
Hey guys,
I'm about to get my first Android Phone (S7 Edge, or Note 7, not sure yet).
Now i'm curious how itll work out.
I want to root my device as fast as possible, but want to maintain it mostly "stock".
Just to have the opened up phone and being able to install .apks (for reasons).
Which one is the best way to go?
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You can install all apks without rooting

arnes_king said:
You can install all apks without rooting
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True, you don't need root for that.
I'd even recommend to stay away from root if you're getting such expensive devices, otherwise Samsung (most probably) won't give you warranty repairs if something fails.

VIERcntHOLZ said:
Hey guys,
I'm about to get my first Android Phone (S7 Edge, or Note 7, not sure yet).
Now i'm curious how itll work out.
I want to root my device as fast as possible, but want to maintain it mostly "stock".
Just to have the opened up phone and being able to install .apks (for reasons).
Which one is the best way to go?
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At first, welcome to XDA.
Like the guys said before, you easily can install APK's without root but i recommend you, to root your phone.
There are many advantages with root, custom roms and custom kernels. The phone is much faster and smoother
and rooting or even flashing a device is really easy nowadays, it is nearly impossible to brick a Samsung device.
MisterKanister said:
Samsung (most probably) won't give you warranty repairs if something fails.
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That's not completly true. Samsung often gives warranty on hardware issues, whether the device is rooted or not!
Only if you have a software problem and the device is rooted, samsung will not give you warranty.

Redrockzz said:
At first, welcome to XDA.
That's not completly true. Samsung often gives warranty on hardware issues, whether the device is rooted or not!
Only if you have a software problem and the device is rooted, samsung will not give you warranty.
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It is true at least in some countries, as here in Austria Samsung won't even take your phone or return it immediately if they see it's rooted, no matter what defect your phone has (SW or HW). You can trust me 100% on that, been there, done that

MisterKanister said:
It is true at least in some countries, as here in Austria Samsung won't even take your phone or return it immediately if they see it's rooted, no matter what defect your phone has (SW or HW). You can trust me 100% on that, been there, done that
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+1. Same for Pakistan.
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Worth it to root?

I recently got this 6P, commingled from a rooted, unlocked, cm13 HTC one m9, would it be worth it to still root? I loved tweaking my m9, unfortunately it was an att version. So it was really hard to find Roms and tweaks that worked for it. I love my 6P so far and it performs wonderfully, just lacks that extra bit of tweaking.

Etheralrealm said:
I recently got this 6P, commingled from a rooted, unlocked, cm13 HTC one m9, would it be worth it to still root? I loved tweaking my m9, unfortunately it was an att version. So it was really hard to find Roms and tweaks that worked for it. I love my 6P so far and it performs wonderfully, just lacks that extra bit of tweaking.
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There are a lot of Roms, mods and kernels available for the 6P. If you like customizing your phone then you should go for it.

jhs39 said:
There are a lot of Roms, mods and kernels available for the 6P. If you like customizing your phone then you should go for it.
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Oh yea, i know you can install custom kernals to overclock, do you know of any good ones?

Etheralrealm said:
Oh yea, i know you can install custom kernals to overclock, do you know of any good ones?
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I don't think it's necessary to overclock the 6P. The most popular kernels are probably Franco's if battery life is your main concern or Elemental if you want more control over performance than you get with the stock kernel. I increased my battery life a bit by switching to Elemental but I didn't use any settings that would negatively affect performance, which is more important to me than battery life. Pure Nexus is a very popular Rom, although I didn't personally have a good experience with that one. I'm happy with Cortex. Some people prefer Megapixel. There's lots of custom ROMs depending on what you are looking for. Just browse through the development threads on XDA.

jhs39 said:
I don't think it's necessary to overclock the 6P. The most popular kernels are probably Franco's if battery life is your main concern or Elemental if you want more control over performance than you get with the stock kernel. I increased my battery life a bit by switching to Elemental but I didn't use any settings that would negatively affect performance, which is more important to me than battery life. Pure Nexus is a very popular Rom, although I didn't personally have a good experience with that one. I'm happy with Cortex. Some people prefer Megapixel. There's lots of custom ROMs depending on what you are looking for. Just browse through the development threads on XDA.
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Ive been thinking about it for a while now, had everything downloaded. thanks, just installed Lineage OS.

It was not worth to root, actually, until Nougat was released. I remember getting very quick updates, that were actually improving user experience. I was actually a very pro-stock person, but recently i rooted my phone and installed Pure Nexus. Not going to stock anytime soon

IMO there is plenty to keep your tweaking urge satisfied even if you choose to just run the stock rom, rooted with a good kernel. Monthly updates, great root apps and rock solid. Regardless, you'll definitely want to unlock the bootloader and enable USB debugging. Don't worry about the persistent boot nag screen about locking the bootloader- It's normal. Best of luck.

Hi Guys, I've unlocked the phone and rooted as well. Running megapixel ROM now and I'm very pleased with the pixel experience.
Only thing that bothers my OCD is the warning screen when I turn on the phone that says phone cannot be checked for corrupted software or something. It says to lock the bootloader. I have seen some posts over here on XDA saying that even if I restore back to stock completely using the the factory images, that message won't go away. I wonder what will happen when I sell it...

Rooting back in the day (CM6 era) provided usefulness in providing features that were not available from factory.
Nowadays, OEM software has implemented many of those features to their devices which eliminates the need to root for a lot of people. Now that updates are once a month, it makes it an inconvenience to having to update properly. Safetynet doesn't pass without configurations and may fail in the future when the new exploits are patched. You'll also have to factory reset during version updates which make it a hassle.
IMO, rooting nowadays causes more of an inconvenience than purpose. I prefer getting updates quickly and easily without having to fiddle around and everything works as it should.
The main question is, what is the REAL reason why you're wanting to root? If it's solely for the purpose of feeling like you modified something your phone, then I would say keep it unrooted unless your willing to lose all your data when a major version comes out.
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If you want to use your phone outdoor with a decent screen brightness, you'll have to root.

Jules Winnfield said:
If you want to use your phone outdoor with a decent screen brightness, you'll have to root.
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Unfortunately, this will cause screen burn-in earlier.
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ceo.mtcl said:
Hi Guys, I've unlocked the phone and rooted as well. Running megapixel ROM now and I'm very pleased with the pixel experience.
Only thing that bothers my OCD is the warning screen when I turn on the phone that says phone cannot be checked for corrupted software or something. It says to lock the bootloader. I have seen some posts over here on XDA saying that even if I restore back to stock completely using the the factory images, that message won't go away. I wonder what will happen when I sell it...
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The message will go away if you restore fully to stock and then relock the bootloader.

jhs39 said:
The message will go away if you restore fully to stock and then relock the bootloader.
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Thank you for confirming. I really hope that it goes away after full restore to factory settings. Is there any zip file available, flashing which will make it go away while I am on custom ROM? Or does it always stay on all custom ROMs?

ceo.mtcl said:
Only thing that bothers my OCD is the warning screen when I turn on the phone that says phone cannot be checked for corrupted software or something. It says to lock the bootloader. I have seen some posts over here on XDA saying that even if I restore back to stock completely using the the factory images, that message won't go away. I wonder what will happen when I sell it...
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Don't worry about it. The nag warning is only present when your bootloader is unlocked, and you should leave your bootloader permanently unlocked. Eventually you won't even notice or care. If/when you return to stock, re-lock the bootloader and it will be gone.

richii0207 said:
Rooting back in the day (CM6 era) provided usefulness in providing features that were not available from factory.
Nowadays, OEM software has implemented many of those features to their devices which eliminates the need to root for a lot of people. Now that updates are once a month, it makes it an inconvenience to having to update properly. Safetynet doesn't pass without configurations and may fail in the future when the new exploits are patched. You'll also have to factory reset during version updates which make it a hassle.
IMO, rooting nowadays causes more of an inconvenience than purpose. I prefer getting updates quickly and easily without having to fiddle around and everything works as it should.
The main question is, what is the REAL reason why you're wanting to root? If it's solely for the purpose of feeling like you modified something your phone, then I would say keep it unrooted unless your willing to lose all your data when a major version comes out.
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Some people prefer custom ROMs that give you features not included in stock Android. ROMs with Pixel features for instance are popular on the 6P and its unlikely most of those features will come to stock.

New to s7 edge

Hi just wondering if it is worth rooting this phone at all or should i stay on stock nougat.i still have 2 years warranty on it.know it's an oldish phone now but seems excellent so far

bodomfan said:
Hi just wondering if it is worth rooting this phone at all or should i stay on stock nougat.i still have 2 years warranty on it.know it's an oldish phone now but seems excellent so far
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if you have time for it
when you root you can experience and install lots of mods and module to change systemUI and maybe boost performance & etc
and that means finding good mods, module & etc and read all instruction and if got any error time to troubleshooting.
it s fun but if you have time
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Geeks Empire said:
if you have time for it
when you root you can experience and install lots of mods and module to change systemUI and maybe boost performance & etc
and that means finding good mods, module & etc and read all instruction and if got any error time to troubleshooting.
it s fun but if you have time
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Battery seems ok on stock was expecting a bit better though considering the battery size
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bodomfan said:
Battery seems ok on stock was expecting a bit better though considering the battery size
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About battery, many factors become influences. Some sources say stocks are better in terms of battery. In other cases, if we are right in managing rom and kernel we can get better than stock.

mashardpro said:
About battery, many factors become influences. Some sources say stocks are better in terms of battery. In other cases, if we are right in managing rom and kernel we can get better than stock.
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Don't know what to do may stay on stock are these easy to root used to have the galaxy s5 but went to sony for a while with the z3.really enjoyed that phone now back to Samsung again.i actually like the new Xperia xz premium but this was cheaper

I think it depends on what you want to do with the phone, and how much you are willing to tolerate its stock appearance and system apps.
I have rooted or JB'ed every device I've owned to this point (5 or 6 in total I think).
From personal experience, the S7 Edge so far for me has been unrooted for 7 months and counting. Personal reasons for this are:
1) I wanted to try Samsung Pay (it came to Canada a few months ago and is not worth the hassle for me personally, so this reason is now dead, but it stopped me in the beginning)
2) Hardly any carrier crap-ware. Huge, and this is down to luck. I have a Rogers phone in Canada and it has no carrier crapware of note. If it did, much higher chance I root to get rid of it.
3) Notifications and app disabling. I cannot stand system apps sending me notifications I don't want. I've turned off the default Samsung ones and it has listened to me, which is great. The only two I have left are if the facebook or instagram system apps update and it tells me so. A few times a year, I can deal with that despite me being OCD.
4) Much better stock customization options. We can probably thank custom ROM developers for things like custom notifications, better lockscreen functionality etc. Now they're stock, I've got (just about) enough flexibility to leave it alone.
5) Good customization options, icon packs, launchers, that don't require root.
6) Performance is rapid and battery life is great.
So, YMMV, but that's my 2 cents. For me it's not worth the time or hassle to see if I can eke out a few more percentage points of performance when I'll have to back up my data and spend time trying out different ROMS to find the one I like.
Of course maybe I'm just getting older, but I did spend last Saturday morning JB'ing my iPad!

davey6693 said:
I think it depends on what you want to do with the phone, and how much you are willing to tolerate its stock appearance and system apps.
I have rooted or JB'ed every device I've owned to this point (5 or 6 in total I think).
From personal experience, the S7 Edge so far for me has been unrooted for 7 months and counting. Personal reasons for this are:
1) I wanted to try Samsung Pay (it came to Canada a few months ago and is not worth the hassle for me personally, so this reason is now dead, but it stopped me in the beginning)
2) Hardly any carrier crap-ware. Huge, and this is down to luck. I have a Rogers phone in Canada and it has no carrier crapware of note. If it did, much higher chance I root to get rid of it.
3) Notifications and app disabling. I cannot stand system apps sending me notifications I don't want. I've turned off the default Samsung ones and it has listened to me, which is great. The only two I have left are if the facebook or instagram system apps update and it tells me so. A few times a year, I can deal with that despite me being OCD.
4) Much better stock customization options. We can probably thank custom ROM developers for things like custom notifications, better lockscreen functionality etc. Now they're stock, I've got (just about) enough flexibility to leave it alone.
5) Good customization options, icon packs, launchers, that don't require root.
6) Performance is rapid and battery life is great.
So, YMMV, but that's my 2 cents. For me it's not worth the time or hassle to see if I can eke out a few more percentage points of performance when I'll have to back up my data and spend time trying out different ROMS to find the one I like.
Of course maybe I'm just getting older, but I did spend last Saturday morning JB'ing my iPad!
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What are you using a custom Rom?

bodomfan said:
Don't know what to do may stay on stock are these easy to root used to have the galaxy s5 but went to sony for a while with the z3.really enjoyed that phone now back to Samsung again.i actually like the new Xperia xz premium but this was cheaper
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It seems you are better in stock first because it is still in the warranty period. There are some places that reject the warranty for root

mashardpro said:
It seems you are better in stock first because it is still in the warranty period. There are some places that reject the warranty for root
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The phone itself is only 4 months old bought it second hand in mint condition

bodomfan said:
What are you using a custom Rom?
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I'm still stock.

Hi I just want to know whether I can flash just the CSC from other country's firmware without completely changing it? Is it possible? Flashing CSC alone using odin?

davey6693 said:
I'm still stock.
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Same as me then.stock is pretty good actually

Christy Paul said:
Besides the Knox will be Invalid after you flash a ROM.
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I already know that I had a galaxy s5 before and rooted that
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Root question

Hi guys just got the s8 plus after returning the favour premium and what a phone amazing just a couple of questions
I'm looking to root is they any problems with unlocking bootloader ect like looking apps as the Sony phones loose drm keys ect
Also is they any common problems with the s8 plus that I should check over before I trip knox like display problems ect if not then I'll start flashing
Thanks again

brockyneo said:
Hi guys just got the s8 plus after returning the favour premium and what a phone amazing just a couple of questions
I'm looking to root is they any problems with unlocking bootloader ect like looking apps as the Sony phones loose drm keys ect
Also is they any common problems with the s8 plus that I should check over before I trip knox like display problems ect if not then I'll start flashing
Thanks again
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What model S8+ do you have? The international Exynos versions have root, custom recovery, ROM's, custom kernels, etc.... The US/Canadian Snapdragon models up until today had none of this. It looks like that as of today devs have achieved root for the Snapdragon S8+ after a long, hard battle, but the method still has to be packaged and released.
If you do end up flashing custom recovery/ROMS?etc, you will trip Knox.

stmims1124 said:
What model S8+ do you have? The international Exynos versions have root, custom recovery, ROM's, custom kernels, etc.... The US/Canadian Snapdragon models up until today had none of this. It looks like that as of today devs have achieved root for the Snapdragon S8+ after a long, hard battle, but the method still has to be packaged and released.
If you do end up flashing custom recovery/ROMS?etc, you will trip Knox.
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I'm not sure on the box I have the sm-g955f version not sure if that's the exynos version?
What does tripping knox brake as on the Xperia unlocking bootloader brakes all sorts from the camera to image enhancements
Thanks

brockyneo said:
I'm not sure on the box I have the sm-g955f version not sure if that's the exynos version?
What does tripping knox brake as on the Xperia unlocking bootloader brakes all sorts from the camera to image enhancements
Thanks
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You do have the international Exynos model S8+ (with Samsung's UFS 2.1 storage, you lucky bastard!), so root shouldn't be an issue. You will however loose the ability to use Samsung Pay, Samsung Pass, Secure Folder, and anything else that uses Samsung Knox/Pay.
I believe there are a few threads in the Guides section here to walk you through the root process. I have a US Snapdragon model (w/ the slower Toshiba UFS 2.0), so I cannot attest to how these methods work, if they're reliable,etc., but I imagine you shouldn't have too much of an issue.

stmims1124 said:
You do have the international Exynos model S8+ (with Samsung's UFS 2.1 storage, you lucky bastard!), so root shouldn't be an issue. You will however loose the ability to use Samsung Pay, Samsung Pass, Secure Folder, and anything else that uses Samsung Knox/Pay.
I believe there are a few threads in the Guides section here to walk you through the root process. I have a US Snapdragon model (w/ the slower Toshiba UFS 2.0), so I cannot attest to how these methods work, if they're reliable,etc., but I imagine you shouldn't have too much of an issue.
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Ah right thanks haha is they any known faults with the s8 plus that I should check over before I trip knox?
And I cannot see me using Samsung pay ect so should be ok just didn't want it messing any image inhancement ect as the display is amazing so was the xz premium but I couldn't live without root lol
Thanks again

brockyneo said:
Ah right thanks haha is they any known faults with the s8 plus that I should check over before I trip knox?
And I cannot see me using Samsung pay ect so should be ok just didn't want it messing any image inhancement ect as the display is amazing so was the xz premium but I couldn't live without root lol
Thanks again
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No problem. You shouldn't have any issues with the camera or photography or anything like that...as long as it's not security/payment related you are golden.
As far as known problems go, I don't have that particular model so I couldn't really comment on any issues intelligently. You may want to check out the Q&A section for you model to see what other people have to say. Of course, Samsung makes a s**t ton of these things, so you're always going to be able to find people online that have like some major glaring issue, but you may not be affected by it at all.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help
EDIT: Do not forget, tripping Knox does void your warranty, and there's no undoing it...It's permanent. For what that's worth...

stmims1124 said:
No problem. You shouldn't have any issues with the camera or photography or anything like that...as long as it's not security/payment related you are golden.
As far as known problems go, I don't have that particular model so I couldn't really comment on any issues intelligently. You may want to check out the Q&A section for you model to see what other people have to say. Of course, Samsung makes a s**t ton of these things, so you're always going to be able to find people online that have like some major glaring issue, but you may not be affected by it at all.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/help
EDIT: Do not forget, tripping Knox does void your warranty, and there's no undoing it...It's permanent. For what that's worth...
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great thanks for your help i didnt know the s8 plus had its own section lol
might be a strange question but does the s8 come pre loaded with pics and vids as my phone was sealed but doesnt have and preloaded media like the ones on the shop display
thanks

brockyneo said:
great thanks for your help i didnt know the s8 plus had its own section lol
might be a strange question but does the s8 come pre loaded with pics and vids as my phone was sealed but doesnt have and preloaded media like the ones on the shop display
thanks
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It could vary depending on region, but not that I know of...at least not on my US T-Mobile model. It had like 1 audio file though, which I deleted IMMEDIATELY.