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Debrand s7 edge

Hello
Can anyone tell me how to debrand my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
I bought it from Korea and I want it without the settings of their carrier OLLEH.

Do you also mean boot logo?

What does boot logo mean?

I have the Korean Olleh service provider settings and apps and I want to have it like without these configuration

Get whatever firmware you want from Sammobile and debrand away.

Genebaby said:
Get whatever firmware you want from Sammobile and debrand away.
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sorry you can't debrand it if you wanna stay on official by installing a firmware
but you can try to remove carrier apps by rooting your phone and you also can remove olleh logo from power on screen by updating csc

Yes you can, I did it to mine.
I have official Samsung firmware with no carrier software or settings.
I get updates OTA as they are released.

Which one?
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

I have the Verizon S7e and iI was able to flash the 935U firmware without any issues. I think as long as it's official, and uses the same CPU it should work. Sorry if I'm wrong about this but maybe someone else can correct me if I am.

Because he uses a korean variant of the S7 Edge, there is no unbranded os for that s7e

SM-G935P
Hey there! I have a question. Can i debrand an s7 edge of sprint by installing any g935f firmware? Best regards

cadcamaro said:
I have the Verizon S7e and iI was able to flash the 935U firmware without any issues. I think as long as it's official, and uses the same CPU it should work. Sorry if I'm wrong about this but maybe someone else can correct me if I am.
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I just get Verizon galaxy s7 (935V), and i want to flash 935U, can you recommend any? My phone is on Nugat

dublinz said:
I just get Verizon galaxy s7 (935V), and i want to flash 935U, can you recommend any? My phone is on Nugat
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http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=190247262C6F11E7963AFA163EE8F90B

Can someone please give a link to any tutorial for debranding....I have a s7 edge from germany 1&1...and I want to use it in India..

Have a SM-G930V. Want to flash but have no idea what to do.

Hey there, hope y'all are doing well.
I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930V, Nougat 7.0 (note: I live in europe, and it's an unlocked phone). I want to get rid of Verizon logo while booting and all the unnecessary apps connected with Verizon. Plus, as you know Verizon locks some functions like the device maintenance, turning off the backlight of the capacitive buttons, etc, etc.
So, I'd like to have a clean/untouched samsung firmware without any useless apps.
Is androidfilehost.com trustworthy? what about updato.com? (the latter had slow dl speed, and I stumbled upon the first alternative)
PS. by the way, mine reads G930VVRS4BQI1, so one thing that confused me was while loking up for files to download; should I get the G930VVRS4BQI1 which may be the only compatible file for my phone, or do I already have G930VVRS4BQI1, so downloading it would be useless?
Since I wouldn't like to tinker often with the phone system, what do you suggest, flashing or rooting?
Is there any guide for my case for flashing?
I noticed these two on the front page:
---[Rom] [Ufirm_QD2_Hybrid_Nougat_Rom_FlashFire_Install][Status Official For VZW S7FLAT]Last edited by CVertigo1; 25th September 2017
---[Rom] [Verizon_TMO_Hybrid_Nougat_Rom_FlashFire_Install][Status Official] [S7flat]Last edited by CVertigo1; 26th May 2017 at 03:13 PM.
which should I pick?
and since the posts were last edited in may and september, where can I find the latest firmware?
and after doing all this, will everything work well, will I get OTA updates?
I would really appreciate someone helping me out, whenever you're free.
Thanks in advance

You can actually cross flash any Qualcomm s7 firmware between all carrier handsets. With your case being in Europe I would recommend the sm-G930U firmware. Which is the carrier unlocked variant of the S7 stateside that has all bands unlocked that the modem is capable of. You will recieve OTA's. It's Odin files are on Updato and SamMobile. AndroidHost is trustworthy.
In your case of not wanting to tinker or have a "need to have" rooted feature on the new device, I would flash the the 930U firmware and enjoy your new non branded system.

JediDru said:
You can actually cross flash any Qualcomm s7 firmware between all carrier handsets. With your case being in Europe I would recommend the sm-G930U firmware. Which is the carrier unlocked variant of the S7 stateside that has all bands unlocked that the modem is capable of. You will recieve OTA's. It's Odin files are on Updato and SamMobile. AndroidHost is trustworthy.
In your case of not wanting to tinker or have a "need to have" rooted feature on the new device, I would flash the the 930U firmware and enjoy your new non branded system.
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Hey JediDru,
I also just bought the S7 Verizon variant, and am planning on using it on MetroPCS. Would you recommend the 930U firmware for me as well? I wouldn't mind getting rid of the Verizon bloat before I hand it over to my wife...

jbjcurly said:
Hey JediDru,
I also just bought the S7 Verizon variant, and am planning on using it on MetroPCS. Would you recommend the 930U firmware for me as well? I wouldn't mind getting rid of the Verizon bloat before I hand it over to my wife...
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You very well could. I think there is a thread around here specifically about metropcs setup somewhere between the verizon s7 and tmobile s7 forums. I use my 930v flashed to 930U on tmobile.

JediDru said:
You can actually cross flash any Qualcomm s7 firmware between all carrier handsets. With your case being in Europe I would recommend the sm-G930U firmware. Which is the carrier unlocked variant of the S7 stateside that has all bands unlocked that the modem is capable of. You will recieve OTA's. It's Odin files are on Updato and SamMobile. AndroidHost is trustworthy.
In your case of not wanting to tinker or have a "need to have" rooted feature on the new device, I would flash the the 930U firmware and enjoy your new non branded system.
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hey there, thanks for your advice! I downloaded the latest file from here. sammobile"dot"com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930U/VZW/
In a moment I was clueless at the "pick country" since there were more than one USA options. so I went with verizon, since my phone comes from verizon.
In the link I mentioned above it reads this This is for SM-G930U from USA (Verizon) which makes no sense to me, how it can be both "U"-unlocked and verizon at the same time... but, oh well, I flashed it 4 days ago and I've encountered no problem, which is all that matters! Hope I made no mistake at picking that file.

Recently purchased galaxy S7 SMG-930V (Best buy version) from a private owner.
I am on cricket and on APN setup LTE and MMS works without issues. Only issue is that upon dialing USSD code i get 'Connection problem or Invalid MMI code' . I tried all options available mentioned in this forum still doesn't work. Which version of SM-G930U should i flash? Main reason i purchased the phone is for Samusing Pay. Don't want to brick or lose Samusing Pay option after flash.
Inputs are appreciated.

thricegreat said:
hey there, thanks for your advice! I downloaded the latest file from here. sammobile"dot"com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930U/VZW/
In a moment I was clueless at the "pick country" since there were more than one USA options. so I went with verizon, since my phone comes from verizon.
In the link I mentioned above it reads this This is for SM-G930U from USA (Verizon) which makes no sense to me, how it can be both "U"-unlocked and verizon at the same time... but, oh well, I flashed it 4 days ago and I've encountered no problem, which is all that matters! Hope I made no mistake at picking that file.
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Did it remove all the bloatware from Verizon?
Does Samsung pay works?

matrixddl said:
Did it remove all the bloatware from Verizon?
Does Samsung pay works?
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Yes Flashing the G930U firmware removes all carrier bloat.
Samsung pay comes with the U firmware.
The last time I was on the U I had bad standby drain. I read somewhere else it has to do with the U not dozing correctly. They may very well have fixed it now, I'm on the latest tmobile 4BRA firmware and it sleeps like a baby right now.

JediDru said:
Yes Flashing the G930U firmware removes all carrier bloat.
Samsung pay comes with the U firmware.
The last time I was on the U I had bad standby drain. I read somewhere else it has to do with the U not dozing correctly. They may very well have fixed it now, I'm on the latest tmobile 4BRA firmware and it sleeps like a baby right now.
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Flashed the verizon U firmware and it did remove all the bloatware. Still need to check on battery drain with Samsung Pay. All other apps are in "Always Sleeping Apps" for better battery performance.
For future reference make sure before flashing new firmware google accounts and lock screen securities are removed/disabled.
Is there a way to back up apps with user data and home screen and reuse instead of installing all over again when a new firmaware is flashed. Spoiled by the root and titanium full back. That was so easy.

matrixddl said:
Flashed the verizon U firmware and it did remove all the bloatware. Still need to check on battery drain with Samsung Pay. All other apps are in "Always Sleeping Apps" for better battery performance.
For future reference make sure before flashing new firmware google accounts and lock screen securities are removed/disabled.
Is there a way to back up apps with user data and home screen and reuse instead of installing all over again when a new firmaware is flashed. Spoiled by the root and titanium full back. That was so easy.
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As far as I know, no. It's not so bad. I had gotten into the habit of taking screen shots of my app drawer and redownloading. To think now I can just redownload the configuration of apps I had before is as good as it gets. I still just redownload. I like to re-set everything back up just so I know its done.

I haven't tried this method but to backup and restore all installed apps check this Link.

matrixddl said:
I haven't tried this method but to backup and restore all installed apps check this Link.
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Actually, if all you want to do is switch carriers (same GMail address), then a firmware swap will work.
I have an ex-Verizon (blacklisted IMEI - previous owner)S7 that I was moving to Tracfone (which uses both VZW and T-Mobile towers) - naturally, VZW was a non-starter; however, the UnCarrier was fine, so I used a T-Mobile nanoSIM (Tracfone triple-punch SIM kit includes SIMs from all except Sprint) and replaced the VZW firmware with T-M firmware (Prince Comsy ODIN does the track rather neatly). As long as your IMEI is not blacklisted from the TARGET, such a swap will always work.

S7 Edge G935P issues Flashing Supposedly compatible G935U Rom

Hello Everyone I understand that this would have been better posted at the Roms and development Forum but it would not let me post because of some anti-spam thing. Anyways I was told that I could Cross flash the g935U rom on any variant of the S7 edge so I tried to install it the same way I installed the Stock Sprint G935P firmware. When I was flashing the flash stopped and locked up. The phone has a error on the screen saying SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 5 > Binary 2. Any help would be appreciated. Attached is a picture of the screen and the Odin Logs.
Filename for Verizon: G935UUES4BQL1_G935UOYM4BQL1_VZW
Filename for Sprint: G935PVPU5BQL1_G935PSPT5BQL1_SPR

Lazyryski said:
Hello Everyone I understand that this would have been better posted at the Roms and development Forum but it would not let me post because of some anti-spam thing. Anyways I was told that I could Cross flash the g935U rom on any variant of the S7 edge so I tried to install it the same way I installed the Stock Sprint G935P firmware. When I was flashing the flash stopped and locked up. The phone has a error on the screen saying SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 5 > Binary 2. Any help would be appreciated. Attached is a picture of the screen and the Odin Logs.
Filename for Verizon: G935UUES4BQL1_G935UOYM4BQL1_VZW
Filename for Sprint: G935PVPU5BQL1_G935PSPT5BQL1_SPR
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Ran into the same problem. It seems Sprint decided to switch to binary 5 on the QL1 firmware while the rest of the carriers didn't and stayed on 4. I have been looking all over for a way to root my SM-G935P on QL1 firmware and have found nothing. Looks like we're SOL for now thanks to Sprint.

So We Need To Wait For The Android Oreo Update or just wait for G930U To Update The Firmware

Brianmagoon said:
Ran into the same problem. It seems Sprint decided to switch to binary 5 on the QL1 firmware while the rest of the carriers didn't and stayed on 4. I have been looking all over for a way to root my SM-G935P on QL1 firmware and have found nothing. Looks like we're SOL for now thanks to Sprint.
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I rooted without any issues do you want a link to the tutorial I used?

alandxaled said:
So We Need To Wait For The Android Oreo Update or just wait for G930U To Update The Firmware
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But isnt the Oreo Update bot yet confirmed?

Lazyryski said:
I rooted without any issues do you want a link to the tutorial I used?
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You rooted SM-G935P on G935PVPU5BQL1 firmware? If so ...... Yes please show me the way. Been trying to figure it out for quite sometime.

can you downgrade to the previous versions of marshmallow and them rom over to 935u?
you will have to find the previous boot loader file and flash all 4 together for it to work.
just a guess. ill do some research.

Brianmagoon said:
Ran into the same problem. It seems Sprint decided to switch to binary 5 on the QL1 firmware while the rest of the carriers didn't and stayed on 4. I have been looking all over for a way to root my SM-G935P on QL1 firmware and have found nothing. Looks like we're SOL for now thanks to Sprint.
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Was going to do the same thing after getting a good deal on a pre-owned s7edge from BoostMobile. I had no problem getting the sim unlocked for MintSim(MVNO-Tmobile), and it seemingly works fine after setting APN settings. I'd prefer to not have the g935p firmware. I'm assuming if I can somehow switch to g935u I'll be able to use it more comfortably for both verizon pre pay and MintSim? If there is a way to downgrade to the binary 4, I'd like to know as well. As far as I know I'm still able to use Samsung Pay, so I'd like to keep that option open.

Only thing we can hope for as of right now is that the oreo update is binary 5 on the U firmware. But I dont see that happening. Think thats a new exclusive for sprint to keep people tied down. Hopefully im wrong....

On a more positive note, the bootloader binary has been updated across carriers with every major os upgrade.

Brianmagoon said:
Only thing we can hope for as of right now is that the oreo update is binary 5 on the U firmware. But I dont see that happening. Think thats a new exclusive for sprint to keep people tied down. Hopefully im wrong....
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I think the same. Sellers were selling S7 and S7 Edge models with U firmware for international use, no sprint apps, logo or restrictions and maybe sprint was losing customers and they decided to update the binary to avoid this situation. Really I prefer the U firmware instead Sprint or Verizon stock rom

lvpre said:
On a more positive note, the bootloader binary has been updated across carriers with every major os upgrade.
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On the Oreo update? I havent even checked.

Hasn't been released yet, but it has happened from MM to Nougat. Just speculating that it will happen when Oreo drops.

[Samsung Galaxy S8 G950U] Switched Carrier From Verizon to T-mobile, No One UI.

Hi Folks,
I recently switched carriers from Verizon to being a T-mobile user. I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 G950U Version. At the time of switching, the Android 9 Pie/One UI update was not available for the S8 yet. After 1 month of switching to Tmobile, my friends and families began to get the S8 One UI update, by the end of February but not mine.
I check for manual updates every day but it is still on the January Patch Update. How can I update the S8? Please help and ask me if you need more info.
Thank you.
Galaxy S8 User.

farhantahmid007 said:
Hi Folks,
I recently switched carriers from Verizon to being a T-mobile user. I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 G950U Version. At the time of switching, the Android 9 Pie/One UI update was not available for the S8 yet. After 1 month of switching to Tmobile, my friends and families began to get the S8 One UI update, by the end of February but not mine.
I check for manual updates every day but it is still on the January Patch Update. How can I update the S8? Please help and ask me if you need more info.
Thank you.
Galaxy S8 User.
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Is your S8 Rooted
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Is your S8 Rooted
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Thank you very much for the quick update. No, it is not rooted. I purchased the phone from Verizon Store and then switched to T-mobile by changing the sim card.

farhantahmid007 said:
Thank you very much for the quick update. No, it is not rooted. I purchased the phone from Verizon Store and then switched to T-mobile by changing the sim card.
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Go to Sam mobile and put in your model number and download the latest firmware for your device
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Odin?
PoochyX said:
Go to Sam mobile and put in your model number and download the latest firmware for your device
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I do not have to worry about losing data if I update using Odin, do I?
Oh, and does it matter if it's the Verizon or Tmobile version since I originally purchased it from Verizon?
Thank you for your time. :good:

farhantahmid007 said:
I do not have to worry about losing data if I update using Odin, do I?
Oh, and does it matter if it's the Verizon or Tmobile version since I originally purchased it from Verizon?
Thank you for your time. :good:
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Since it's originally from Verizon and your model number is for Verizon you flash latest Verizon now when you download the firmware and put it in Odin you more then likely will see 2 CSC files fladh the home CSC to keep your data and if you want to wipe your data for a clean install you flash the other CSC
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No Android 9 Firmware Available
PoochyX said:
Since it's originally from Verizon and your model number is for Verizon you flash latest Verizon now when you download the firmware and put it in Odin you more then likely will see 2 CSC files flash the home CSC to keep your data and if you want to wipe your data for a clean install you flash the other CSC
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Right now, I could not find the Android 9 Firmware on Sam Mobile for the VZW Verizon Version. But for TMB Tmobile, there is an Android 9 firmware. What should I do? I know for a fact that my friends from VZW got the Pie update on their S8.

farhantahmid007 said:
Right now, I could not find the Android 9 Firmware on Sam Mobile for the VZW Verizon Version. But for TMB Tmobile, there is an Android 9 firmware. What should I do? I know for a fact that my friends from VZW got the Pie update on their S8.
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That won't flash on your phone the signatures don't match.
Your phone might be network unlocked and will take the service doesn't meant you can put another oem on your phone I could be wrong and you can download it and try to flash it however I doubt it would flash and you just be wasting bandwidth
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PoochyX said:
That won't flash on your phone the signatures don't match.
Your phone might be network unlocked and will take the service doesn't meant you can put another oem on your phone I could be wrong and you can download it and try to flash it however I doubt it would flash and you just be wasting bandwidth
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Right! So how should I proceed? I understand that the OEM would not work from a Tmobile. But is there any other solution now that Sam mobile does not have the android 9 firmware listed?

farhantahmid007 said:
Right! So how should I proceed? I understand that the OEM would not work from a Tmobile. But is there any other solution now that Sam mobile does not have the android 9 firmware listed?
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None I could think of if you had a custom recovery you could see if thier was a custom android 9 One U.I rom for your device but due to the fact your phone is a snapdragon US galaxy your bootloader is locked so there is no twrp for your device so what I suggest is that since you know for a fact your phone has that Verizon maybe Sam mobile doesn't have it yet and you could search the web particular xda to see if that firmware is being hosted somewhere.... Good luck [emoji1696]
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How to make my unbranded Samsung Galaxy S8 work on ATT again. Pls help!

Amin, Rajan - GCIB NY​
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I have an unlocked/unbranded Galaxy S8 (SM-G950U1; Baseband is G950U1UE8DUG4). I was using it on ATT but now it doesn’t work after ATT 3G upgrade. I have read that I can flash G950U firmware to my U1 phone and it will work on ATT.
Is it any G950U firmware or do I need a specific version for ATT and my region? Can you show me where to find the needed firmware?
Can someone walk me through steps on how to install the firmware (including where to find Odin and any other downloads I need).
If this will wipe my phone, is there anyway to back up my phone so that I can get all my contacts, text history, whatsapps history, apps back on the phone after flashing it? Can you also walk me through how to do this?
Will this actually work even though my IMEI is staying the same – ie even if I change the firmware, wont ATT know that the phone was not originally an ATT branded phone and thus it wont work no matter what I do?
Lastly, the only reason I am doing this is bc I really like my Galaxy s8. But the S8 only goes up to Android 9. What are some of the issues I could get using phone that only goes to Android 9? (For example, could it be that I wont be able to download new apps if they are programed for Android 10 and above)?
Im a total newbie to this. I hadn’t even heard of Odin until yesterday so please make the explanations for someone is not a tech person.

The U variant should work. That's screwed up...

blackhawk said:
The U variant should work. That's screwed up...
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Yep I have sene this list. I dont have a U variant. I have a U1 variant - can you help me with my questions above?

AdamAds said:
Yep I have sene this list. I dont have a U variant. I have a U1 variant - can you help me with my questions above?
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At selected Best Buys the Samsung Experience center can flash it for you.
I don't flash my Notes... as I don't wish to potentially contribute to the bricked phone threads here.
At least not yet.