I am planning to buy Tab S6 Lite LTE Version with Snapdragon in India. Kindly help me whether the same can be rooted or not. Will Snapdragon be better or should i go with Exynos for rooting purposes. Any guide will be appreciated.
I have the snapdragon variant and followed the same guide to root as the Exynos. As far as rom support and recoveries, there isn’t hardly any support for the snapdragon variant….yet hopefully
Thanks!
theclev said:
I have the snapdragon variant and followed the same guide to root as the Exynos. As far as rom support and recoveries, there isn’t hardly any support for the snapdragon variant….yet hopefully
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Howdy XDA peeps.. I would like to get an S7 Edge and see that there are a lot of different models out there. Some with Snapdragon, Dual SIM, Exynos (sp), etc.
I have the T-Mobile branded Sony Xperia Z3 right now, love the phone, but hate that the bootloader is locked! I am stuck on Lollipop with no Marshmallow in sight.
Which S7 Edge is best for:
- Band 12 LTE and VoLTE access
- Unlocked bootloader
I know the AT&T version has unlocked bootloader, but does it have Band 12 access?
Should I get the International version?
If I go International and it has the Exynos (sp) processor I pretty much won't have access to ROMs... Is that correct?
Thanks!
No North American Qualcomm SOC-equipped S7 has an unlocked bootloader. If you want to root, you'll need the international version (or the Chinese Qualcomm version, but that likely brings other issues).
Thank you very much, I appreciate it!
meyerweb said:
No North American Qualcomm SOC-equipped S7 has an unlocked bootloader. If you want to root, you'll need the international version (or the Chinese Qualcomm version, but that likely brings other issues).
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The SM-G9350 is an unlocked bootloader Snapdragon Chinese phone, and it's true. However, I really want to use the SupermanROM. Apparently, there is no official support for it, but can anybody explain what could happen if I used an Exynos 8890 ROM on a Snapdragon 820 (unlocked) phone?
So far I know all Exynos devices are BL unlocked and most roms and kernels here are for Exynos devices.
I recently learned there are 2 versions of the dual sim international s7 edge. One Qualcomm and one Exynos
1) Are they both bootloader unlocked?
2) Do Exynos roms work on Qualcomm devices (Kernels dont obviously)
3) Do you think Exynos (Better support right now) is better or Qualcomm(little support now but possibility of much better support later in terms of AOSP and CM) is better
Hey all, I currently have Note 4 N910T. I was looking at s7e, my son just got att version. Really nice phone.
But my question being because i like rooting and dev stuff. Which version is best for these things. I was looking at the 935U. Which is most open romable? Snapdragon or Exynos?
Thanks for your responses!
I can buy the U version for about same $ maybe cheaper than F version. Plus it still has warranty
You cannot root or rom if you have the S7 Edge snapdragon version.
Only the Exynos version can have root.
Good luck.. Have a great day.
Plus, if you will root or change ROMs, you'll loose your warranty anyway (because of knox).
If you live in the US or China, the Snapdragon variant is better because of the 4G bands. If you live elsewhere, get the Exynos version (also because what the friend said above).
Regards
Hello
I have been looking for confirmation regarding the Canadian variant of the S8 and S8+ (if they are indeed the Snapdragon or Exynos chipset).
I see a lot of old posts and rumor that bootloaders are locked and unlocked, but which is it ?
Do canadian carries (Rogers) sell the:
Samsung Galaxy S8 (Exynos) (dreamlte) or Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Exynos) (dream2lte)
Has anyone confirmed if the:
SM-G955W variants
have unlocked bootloaders?
trying to confirm this so I know I have root+recovery, if anyone could assist with this.
Thanks
EDIT: I suppose this is my confirmation?
https://www.androidinfotech.com/2017/05/root-samsung-galaxy-s8-plus-canada-sm-g955w-nougat.html
The Canadian variant is snapdragon, there is root but you cannot unlock the bootloader at this moment in time, this means no custom recovery and therefore no proper roms and no kernels.
For future reference on other phones, GSMArena lets you choose which variant you want to see the pecs for on their site- https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8-8161.php#g950w
If you want an unlockable snapdragon you need the G9500
sofir786 said:
The Canadian variant is snapdragon, there is root but you cannot unlock the bootloader at this moment in time, this means no custom recovery and therefore no proper roms and no kernels.
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Ouch. That REALLY sucks. Canada usually always has unlocked bootloaders. That's a shame. Guess I will have to look for the international variant
kekistaneerefugee said:
For future reference on other phones, GSMArena lets you choose which variant you want to see the pecs for on their site- https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8-8161.php#g950w
If you want an unlockable snapdragon you need the G9500
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I don't need snapdragon, I rather just have unlocked bootloader. Thank you for the heads up !
I suppose I will need to look for
SM-G950F, SM-G950FD
as they have unlocked bootloaders