Easy Guidelines On How To Root And Install Recovery On Any Samsung Galaxy S7

Its been a while now since Samsung officially released its new Galaxy S7, and they've been issues posing up pertaining installation of a recovery on it so TeamWin Recovery Partition (twrp) has provided answers to that question and it comes with the latest released TWRP 3.0 recovery which is compatible with the phone. The shiny new flagship from Samsung has some of the greatest hardware in the world now pertaining to smartphone technology. However, in this post, we will focus solely on how you can install the TWRP 3.0 custom recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S7. This guide will give y'all the best guide you'll need to flash the TWRP custom recovery on Samsung Galaxy S7, this new TWRP custom recovery brings new changes like a much more material design inspired User interface along with full support for Android 6.0 Marshmallow. As Galaxy S7 international model doesn’t have a locked bootloader, this guide can work on its own given that you have the correct model.

As you continue reading further, we will guide you through the entire process of how to update Galaxy S7 with TWRP 3.0.0 Recovery using ODIN. A custom recovery like TWRP 3.0.0 allows you to install custom ROMs, root Galaxy S7, create system backups or restore your phone and most of all, you can easily install additional system tweaks as well. Make sure to keep backed up files before trying out this tutorial below because we don’t want you to lose any data, and anything could go wrong unexpectedly. The following tips are important as they will help the installation procedure to go smooth without any issues. Let’s continue with the tutorial now.

Before installing the recovery you'll need to download the following files:

⊙ Odin.

⊙ Samsung Drivers.

⊙ TWRP Recovery.

⊙ Root Checker.

How to root:

Please check for the exact Samsung Galaxy S7 phone model that you have. You will be required to download the root package later in the post which would be different for every variant of the Samsung Galaxy S7, depending on your region of purchase. How to check phone model? Follow the quick easy steps given below.

● Go to Settings on your phone
● Scroll down till you see “About device” or “About phone” and tap there
● Note down what is written under “Model number”

This is the exact model number of your Samsung Galaxy S7.

For those who are not sure about CF-Root, please read the following information given below for a brief intro to the root package

Note: This root method tutorial is only for Galaxy S7. Please make sure you only download the root package for your own model number, Make sure you backup all your data in your phone before proceeding as a precaution, This root method works with Android 6.0.1 firmwares and all future Android updates as well, Your Galaxy S7 should be on an official firmware by Samsung, not a custom ROM.

Complete Step-By-Step Instructions:

Step 1. Download CF-Auto-Root Package for Samsung Galaxy S7 to your computer and extract the zip file. Download the appropriate file depending on your phone model number: CF-Auto-Root for SM-G930F

Step 2. Download ODIN v3.09 which will help you to root Android 6.0.1 on Samsung Samsung Galaxy S7.

Step 3. Switch OFF your phone. Now press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons together, and then press the Power button till you see a warning screen (as shown below). Press Volume Up to confirm and proceed to the Download Mode.

Step 4. Make sure you have your Samsung Galaxy S7 USB drivers installed on your computer.

Step 5. Open ODIN on your computer. Connect your phone to your computer while your phone is in the Download Mode.

Step 6. If your phone is connected successfully, one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number. This step might take some time.

Step 7. Now select the file that you have to flash/install on your phone. This file will be found from the extracted file in Step 1.

○ Click on ‘PDA’ and select the extracted file.

Step 8. In ODIN, check the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options, if not already.

Step 9. Now click on the Start button in ODIN. Installation process will start and would take a few minutes to complete.

Step 10. After the installation is completed, your phone will reboot into Recovery Mode automatically and install the root package / files. Your ID:COM box will also turn green.

Step 11. After you see the home screen, unplug your phone from the computer.

NOTE: Sometimes the device does NOT boot into Recovery Mode automatically (as given in Step 10) and root your device. If that happens, do the entire procedure again.

OPTIONAL: If you din't get your phone rooted please kindly perform the entire tutorial, but make sure in ODIN, the “Auto Reboot” option is NOT checked. Then after installation (Step 10), do the following:

Step 11 – Pull out the battery to turn OFF the phone forcefully.

Step 12 – Now boot (turn ON your phone) with Volume Up + Home + Power buttons to go directly into Recovery Mode manually. This will start the install process of rooting your phone.

That’s it! Your Samsung Galaxy S7 has now been rooted on Android 6.0.1 official software update. Check for the SuperSU app in your apps list to verify.

To make sure you have correctly installed the above root method and it’s working, verify with Root Checker as given in the link.

How to install the TWRP recovery

Complete Step-By-Step Instructions:

Step 1. Download TWRP 3.0.0 Recovery package for Samsung Galaxy S7 and extract this file anywhere in your computer:

Samsung Galaxy S7: twrp3.img.tar

NOTE: Make sure you select the appropriate file above for your Galaxy S7 model.

Step 2. Download ODIN v3.09 which will help you to install CWM Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S7 .

Step 3. Switch OFF your phone. Now go to Download Mode. How? Press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons together, and then press the Power button till you see the construction Android robot and a triangle. Press Power again to confirm to enter into Download Mode.

Step 4. Make sure you have your Samsung Galaxy S7 USB drivers installed on your computer.

Step 5. Open ODIN on your computer. Connect your phone to your computer while your phone is in the Download Mode.

Step 6. If your phone is connected successfully, one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number. This step might take some time.

Step 7. Now select the following file that you have to flash/install on your phone. This file will be found from the extracted file in Step 1.

Click on ‘PDA’ / ‘AP’ and select the CWM package file you downloaded in step 1 for your phone.

Step 8. In ODIN, uncheck the Auto Reboot and check F. Reset Time options, if not already.

Step 9. Now click on the Start button in ODIN. Installation process will start and would take a few minutes to complete.

Step 10. After the installation is completed, you should hold your Power Button, Volume Button andHome Button until the screen turns black.

Step 11. Once it does, you need to let go of the Volume Down button and hold the Volume Up button while still pressing the other listed buttons. This will boot the phone into Recovery mode and you should now see TWRP 3.0 custom recovery interface.

Step 12. You can now reboot your phone by touching the reboot option in TWRP.

That’s it! Your Samsung Galaxy S7 has now been flashed with TWRP 3.0.0. To enter Recovery Mode, shut down phone and then hold down the Home + Volume Up buttons and press the Power button for about 5 seconds to enter Recovery Mode.