Root achieved on Verizon Galaxy S7 with Snapdragon 820!

14 June, 2016
Many fans of the open source nature of Android’s operating system were upset to find out that there is still no root for the Galaxy S7 running the Snapdragon 820 which was basically all of the Galaxy S7s sold in North America.

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  • 18 Jun 2016

AnonD-549391, 16 Jun 2016the chinese have rooted and made a rom for the snapdragon g... moreIn the same spirit of the poster above...
The Galaxy Nexus was rooted long ago.
I had breakfast this morning.

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    • 16 Jun 2016

    the chinese have rooted and made a rom for the snapdragon g9530 months ago...but they didnt have a locked bootloader to contend with......

      AnonD-398362, 15 Jun 2016I hope they do a tap to root method like they did a while b... moreTowelroot isnt updated to support new phones?

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        • Anonymous
        • NT9
        • 15 Jun 2016

        Looks like Sprint variant, not Verizon...

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          • mTA
          • 15 Jun 2016

          Lol, 15 Jun 2016Every version of iOS has been jailbroken, what's your point?yawn.org/you

            mir, 15 Jun 2016He did not even mention iOS. So what's your point?That guy tried to say that android is insecure now? (obviosusly he means insecure compared to ios) lol

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              • Anonymous
              • km}
              • 15 Jun 2016

              mir, 15 Jun 2016He did not even mention iOS. So what's your point?I think it was quite clear

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                • t7E
                • 15 Jun 2016

                Lol, 15 Jun 2016Every version of iOS has been jailbroken, what's your point?He did not even mention iOS. So what's your point?

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                  • 15 Jun 2016

                  Anonymous, 15 Jun 2016This is why Android will remain a security joke. Every version of iOS has been jailbroken, what's your point?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8bx
                    • 15 Jun 2016

                    Looks like Sprint variant, not Verizon...

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                      • k2p
                      • 15 Jun 2016

                      I hope they do a tap to root method like they did a while back with towelroot. My note 5 needs to be rooted and I don't have a pc

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0Ck
                        • 15 Jun 2016

                        This is why Android will remain a security joke.