What am i downloading oreo for? - Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Questions & Answe

My sm-a520w is receiving the oreo update on June 25th.
Call me crazy, but i don't feel right about this upgrade.
The A5 has a great battery and with less features, less bixby etc. running it can only improve performance.
Where does Samsung post exactly what the upgrade consists of? Can you find it? I can't.
So i called Samsung and they couldn't tell me. They told me to call Google. In Samsung Members the moderator clearly stated that the OTA comes directly from Samsung. So why is it not possible to get this information? I want it from Samsung. Not a customer, not android central or google. It is modified by Samsung and they just expect us to download their planned murder of a mid-range device that performed far too well. And we will. Please tell me i can get this information directly from Samsung.

I have upgraded (A720F) and can confirm that the performance and battery is at least the same, if not better. So it shouldn't create you any problems, I believe.
You won't notice any dramatic change but it's nice to have new android versions.

Ok. I do find it frustrating to not at least be given a general idea from Samsung. I heard a couple negative results and tweaked
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mindlery said:
Ok. I do find it frustrating to not at least be given a general idea from Samsung. I heard a couple negative results and tweaked [emoji14]
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Do NOT Update, as after the update you'll have a drastic battery drain due to 'Cell Standby'. Just google it once and you'll have the idea.
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Bharat_chaudhary said:
Do NOT Update, as after the update you'll have a drastic battery drain due to 'Cell Standby'. Just google it once and you'll have the idea.
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thats a csc related bug it happens only if you changed csc on your device and only when 4g is enabled

nekos95 said:
thats a csc related bug it happens only if you changed csc on your device and only when 4g is enabled
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Well i didn't change any of the system stuff in any manner, period! And about the 4g yeah i use it all the time and it never bothered me in nougat unlike in oreo so yeah go ahead and give it a shot and you'll know yourself.
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mindlery said:
My sm-a520w is receiving the oreo update on June 25th.
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Did you get the update?

mik.32 said:
Did you get the update?
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No it was pushed back to July 9th.

Kinda late but...
Got the update. Bloat replaces bloat you could say.
Only good thing was being able to install good lock...
But! Get this.. is it me or do all sm-a520w users not see it in the galaxy store? So i got badlock
Routines? Seriously? What a load of junk. i like to use my phone and i am more than able to decide all of that
I hate automations and this app is... It's actually an accessibility add-on and great for people that need it, or your buddy with an S-9 that runs like an ace 2x with more viruses than a subway rat complete with 5 anti virus apps and a lockscreen a corpse could hack.
Task changer... Neato. Lock star... i get 5-10 really REALLY solid seconds of enjoyment/usage from that sucker every week. If Samsung wanted to really impress me they would have applied that to their boot movie. That flashing logo is the king of useless screens so many stare at during the first failed twrp attempt. If you get close, it giggles.
Clockface... check my lockstar review. Similar love.
Got twrp, rooted and debloated until i crashed it. Recovery, wipe... Spazzed on debloat and buggered it again. Where the @##! did all these apps come from? NHL stuff? Huh? 3rd time just took out the big guys that could be disabled and then came... BATTERY DRAIN!
Cell standby in 6 hours chewed about 2350 (yes almost two thousand five hundred mAh)
Woah... Started clearing caches and stopping apps and turned off volte and cleared cache force stop... Reset network settings and when the OCD relaxed i booted to twrp and wiped davlik (sounds like an eastern european youtube star) and the cache and...
It runs good now. Got all the apps removed that were obviously not needed and quite a few others that i researched. Turn off all security features first. Do not uninstall user dictionary, just dictionary.
Don't do more than one at a time... Ok you can but i did a bunch once. .....and after about 7 system failures i can deal with RAM never dropping below 1.2 gigs as opposed to 500 mb. I suspected my phone was a bit bloated. I had no idea i was supposed to use it and stab it with a knife for the entirety if its wasted life.
Waiting for hades to be compatible. Done with samsung ruining amazing computers.
Oreo? Ok but not corporate Oreo. Garbage.

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Samsung Galaxy S is...

....Lagging a lot....
Hello guys,
I've been lurking around the forum learning things on my own. I bought a Galaxy S 8GB 4 days back on a contract from O2.
the phone is awesome, and all.. but after installing few games and apps, I have come to see that the phone lags a lot. It became unresponsive and I had to soft reset the phone many times to get it working properly.
I then hard reset the phone on day 3 (yesterday) and now the phone's running a bit better. I installed a few apps and Fancy Widget, and the phone became very slow again. I uninstalled Fancy Widget and the phone became a bit fast, but still lags at times.
I feel like throwing the phone at wall.
Why is this lag happening and what do I do to minimise/eliminate this lag?
cheers!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725194
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724251
is the best solution today
JG5 + root + AutoKiller(Strict setting+) gave me great results.
Memory card fix isnt much faster. Im not sure about the quadrant benchmark, I had 1600~ but the phone felt the same.
personally im waiting for samsung to release an official firmware. i can't backup my original firmware and the rom is released nowhere, so my only choice is to wait until i can flash an official firmware to keep my warranty.
im not sure how these unofficial firmwares are created/named/released but the naming structure would suggest leaked beta firmwares from samsung themselves. the phones not that bad for me at the moment hopefully froyo fixes the little issues going around.
correct me if im wrong.
OrionTC said:
personally im waiting for samsung to release an official firmware. i can't backup my original firmware and the rom is released nowhere, so my only choice is to wait until i can flash an official firmware to keep my warranty.
im not sure how these unofficial firmwares are created/named/released but the naming structure would suggest leaked beta firmwares from samsung themselves. the phones not that bad for me at the moment hopefully froyo fixes the little issues going around.
correct me if im wrong.
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The official firmware can be found:
http://www.samsung-firmware.webs.com/
lenrek said:
The official firmware can be found:
http://www.samsung-firmware.webs.com/
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Im one of the users with the I9000XXJF3 firmware and currently i can't find a backup for this. i see JF1 JF2 and JF7 on that site.
i know im not alone with this and a few people have asked if its possible to create a backup of their firmware but as far as i know none of the threads have been fully answered.
OrionTC said:
Im one of the users with the I9000XXJF3 firmware and currently i can't find a backup for this. i see JF1 JF2 and JF7 on that site.
i know im not alone with this and a few people have asked if its possible to create a backup of their firmware but as far as i know none of the threads have been fully answered.
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If I read the version correctly, according to the description found here.
You are using:
I9000XXJF3
XX - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
J - 2010
F - June
3 - Version 3
So, the I9000XXJF7 should be the latest official firmware version for your phone.
I forgot...
Why not try the suggestion here:
[TUT] How To Create DUMP out of Stock Rom
EDIT: Did not read the content of the thread, after read it, maybe is not what you are looking for.
Hmm, im just a little cautious, call me paranoid but surely official firmwares would be released via OTA/samsung website/Kias(whatever its called).
and yes i posted in that thread hoping it was what i was looking for but no lol.
i do agree with you that I9000XXJF7 is "my" latest firmware, but i dont think its officially from samsung.
id be happy if someone can prove me wrong so i can finally flash to JG5
the samsung-firmwares.com site is not an official one, but everyone gets their FW's from there. just flash a custom rom and you should be fine.
DocRambone said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725194
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724251
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thanks for the prompt reply. but I dont want to do any damage to my phone; and I dont have a memory card yet :/
bushrat said:
JG5 + root + AutoKiller(Strict setting+) gave me great results.
Memory card fix isnt much faster. Im not sure about the quadrant benchmark, I had 1600~ but the phone felt the same.
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I dont want to root my phone (as its brand new) and I dont know what effect does it do on warranty and stuff.
OrionTC said:
personally im waiting for samsung to release an official firmware. i can't backup my original firmware and the rom is released nowhere, so my only choice is to wait until i can flash an official firmware to keep my warranty
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my exact problem and my thoughts
OrionTC said:
Im one of the users with the I9000XXJF3 firmware and currently i can't find a backup for this. i see JF1 JF2 and JF7 on that site.
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mine is the same too
so I have to root the phone to make it faster.
this doesnt answer why the phone is slow in the first place? I have read about NAND and stuff which I dont understand. what do they mean? Can someone explain in plain english?
thanks
It's slow because for some reason, the Galaxy doesn't auto kill apps once the memory reaches low levels. So you can do two things. Install the autokiller app which should keep enough memory free for smooth operation, or you can install advanced task killer app, and kill all the apps yourself once the phone feels sluggish.
hi,
are you have a task killer like app installed ?
all apps running in background when you start them onetime..with task killer you can close all. i have 170mb ram..
after few hours of playing with my sgs its slowing down, then i look in task killer just 40mb ram.
when i kill all apps i have again 170mb and anything is fine ;-))
test it..
or check fastreboot its faster then a softreset with the power button
sorry for my bad english guys
navmanyeah said:
It's slow because for some reason, the Galaxy doesn't auto kill apps once the memory reaches low levels. So you can do two things. Install the autokiller app which should keep enough memory free for smooth operation, or you can install advanced task killer app, and kill all the apps yourself once the phone feels sluggish.
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I have tried the autokiller app but it stopped me from using it because it said it could harm my phone.
also what kind of idiotic developer wouldnt put a proper memory management module in it?
I would love to root the phone and muck with it if I could only be assured I wouldn't lose my warranty. Until someone tells me all is good, all I can do is nail apps as best I can.
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Will a factory reset undo the root? If so rooting and autokiller is a no brainer.
emclondon said:
I have tried the autokiller app but it stopped me from using it because it said it could harm my phone.
also what kind of idiotic developer wouldnt put a proper memory management module in it?
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If such a statement stops you, than you really shouldn't touch any setting on the phone =) Or buy IPhone.
Its protection against idiots
dupel said:
If such a statement stops you, than you really shouldn't touch any setting on the phone =) Or buy IPhone.
Its protection against idiots
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lol bit harsh but true.If you really do want to be cautious just wait for the official firmware update from samsung-it will be fixed(has been fixed already in jg5).It looks like samsung wanted to get the phone to market as quick as possible so firmware suffered.Judging by sales it looks like they made a good choice from a business point of view
<insert thread title here> ... an object of ridicule..
ive tried autokiller and advanced task manager, autokiller made my phone even sluggish.
still have the phone in stock condition.
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this happened to me like 5-6 times till now.
Mate: "oh you got a new mobile?"
Me: "yeah"
*shows him*
Mate: "oh you got the new iPhone?, thats cool!"
Me: :/
*facepalm*
I cant even show them my phone because people think it of as it looks like iPhone is a clone of iPhone.
and when I try to show them, my phone becomes hell lot of slow, and I get to hear things like "i got a crap phone" and "nokia 3310 is faster than yours" and stuff
Lag fix time maybe? Its super easy to do and makes massive difference.
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Think you need to stop caring what people think
Nah, I admit, it's nice showing off your phone's though. Not sure what kind of friends you have, but I've found the ability to actually do whatever I want with my phone has left most iPhone friends annoyed and somewhat jealous. Something simple as transfering regular files to your phone could be enough

New OTA just pushed out

I just received a OTA push from AT&T. I'll update firmware version once my Note5 reboots.
Ends in OAH5
anyone know what it does?
Samsung pay?
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ekerbuddyeker said:
Ends in OAH5
anyone know what it does?
Samsung pay?
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Actually, it's AOH5, but I haven't figured out the changes yet.
Not sure if it's the fact that my phone was rebooted during the update, but it's very smooth after the update.
Same here. Anyone knows the changelog?? :\
54 packages updated. I didn't get a chance to pull the update. Probably just the stagefright stuff, samsung fixes, and at&t making their preloads more annoying. I don't see anything new popping up at me.
New APK: /system/priv-app/AmazonInstaller_ATT/AmazonInstaller_ATT.apk (this is in addition to the previous amazon shopping apk.)
Mine is rebooting now. ..
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Actually, it's AOH5, but I haven't figured out the changes yet.
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Mine's installing now....it just said performance and security enhancements. If that's actually true, I won't mind....Couldn't find it anywhere on the ATT website either. Anyone have any luck finding any background info on this?
quordandis said:
Mine's installing now....it just said performance and security enhancements. If that's actually true, I won't mind....Couldn't find it anywhere on the ATT website either. Anyone have any luck finding any background info on this?
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I'm believing the performance part. I can't put my finger on it, but the phone is running nicely post update.
Mine's been having issues connecting to and keeping connected to LTE, maybe this fixes it?
Or maybe Carrier Aggregation??? Hey i can dream
Great update. Phone faster, smoother, more responsive with all bugs fixed AND it's solved the world famine problem.
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so update now? or hold off for the tiny chance of rooting pre-update software...damn it
maximus96 said:
so update now? or hold off for the tiny chance of rooting pre-update software...damn it
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I would just Update my friend!
This is going to sound really strange...but can anyone who has updated their phone -and- has a Samsung wireless charging pad that has been unreliable with maintaining a charging status see if it works better now?
I have read others who have Note 5s say that a software update helped fix the problems they were having with their Samsung wireless charging pads so I was wondering if this update helped ATT Note owners.
I'm trying to induce a flashing blue error in my pad right now, but so far I've re-positioned my phone about four times and it's stayed solid blue each time. Kind of frustrating because I just processed a refund for it via Amazon.
May just be my imagination but it seems that my fingerprint reader is a lot quicker and more accurate. I had been having issues since installing a tempered glass screen protector, but now works the first time every time.
Mr Orthoclase said:
This is going to sound really strange...but can anyone who has updated their phone -and- has a Samsung wireless charging pad that has been unreliable with maintaining a charging status see if it works better now?
I have read others who have Note 5s say that a software update helped fix the problems they were having with their Samsung wireless charging pads so I was wondering if this update helped ATT Note owners.
I'm trying to induce a flashing blue error in my pad right now, but so far I've re-positioned my phone about four times and it's stayed solid blue each time. Kind of frustrating because I just processed a refund for it via Amazon.
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You know, now that you mention it, my Koolpad is working much better where before the update was very specific on where the phone sat. Weird...
czechpunk said:
You know, now that you mention it, my Koolpad is working much better where before the update was very specific on where the phone sat. Weird...
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Not only that but hit dialer a few times look how fast it pop-up.
Running On Samsung Galaxy Note 5 N920A
Wonder if it fixes this.
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...ives-attackers-full-access-to-locked-devices/
czechpunk said:
You know, now that you mention it, my Koolpad is working much better where before the update was very specific on where the phone sat. Weird...
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Yeah, It's like a complete reversal now. Before I had to struggle to find a position that kept the wireless charger blue (charging) but now I can't seem to get it to switch to flashing blue (not or minimal charging). Very strange. I mean, it's awesome...but I'm still hoping to get some more feedback before I cancel my Amazon refund.
I'm still waiting on a miracle root. I'm gonna hold off for a little bit. Lol
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6.0 and 6.0.1 coming in March / April

http://www.mobipicker.com/galaxy-s6-s6-edge-s6-edge-s5-note5-note-4-android-marshmallow-update/
First semi reliable info! Let the countdown begin!
This is when the international versions will begin to receive the update. Look for AT&T (and the other carriers) to hold that update at least 3 to 6 months extra to add their bloat.
Demodave said:
This is when the international versions will begin to receive the update. Look for AT&T (and the other carriers) to hold that update at least 3 to 6 months extra to add their bloat.
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Exactly. So we can seriously expect a release date sometime this summer to late summer. That is, IF ATT decides to release the update at all.
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Ill be long gone from this miserable POS before ATT gets off of their collective rear ends...
Iove my note 4 (just came back from the LG v10) but my biggest mistake was buying the AT&T version.
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MO3iusONE said:
Iove my note 4 (just came back from the LG v10) but my biggest mistake was buying the AT&T version.
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Me too!
I'm happy with mine, too. I got so obsessed with flashing Roms on my first 3 galaxies that I finally got burnt out on it. Sure, root would be nice, but I'm fine with the device as is. But I also don't have some of the issues I see other have. I've got no camera problems and I regularly get about 6 hours of screen on time. So, I'm good.
MO3iusONE said:
Iove my note 4 (just came back from the LG v10) but my biggest mistake was buying the AT&T version.
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Why?
jack man said:
I'm happy with mine, too. I got so obsessed with flashing Roms on my first 3 galaxies that I finally got burnt out on it. Sure, root would be nice, but I'm fine with the device as is. But I also don't have some of the issues I see other have. I've got no camera problems and I regularly get about 6 hours of screen on time. So, I'm good.
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6 HRS how? What is your setup?
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6 HRS how? What is your setup?
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That's quite a broad question but I'll try to give you details. I've disabled anything I don't use or that I know cause battery drain. There are several apps in the app manager that aren't "useable" apps, and they aren't in the app drawer, but cause significant battery drain - disabled without negative results. I switch between touchwiz and Nova Prime launchers (and have noticed no difference in battery drain). I keep things like wifi and Bluetooth disabled if I'm not using them. Auto brightness turned off. I keep location on but only on power saving mode unless I'm traveling out if town.
That's generally it, I guess...
APPS
jack man said:
That's quite a broad question but I'll try to give you details. I've disabled anything I don't use or that I know cause battery drain. There are several apps in the app manager that aren't "useable" apps, and they aren't in the app drawer, but cause significant battery drain - disabled without negative results. I switch between touchwiz and Nova Prime launchers (and have noticed no difference in battery drain). I keep things like wifi and Bluetooth disabled if I'm not using them. Auto brightness turned off. I keep location on but only on power saving mode unless I'm traveling out if town.
That's generally it, I guess...
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Which apps did you disable if you don't mind me asking?
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Which apps did you disable if you don't mind me asking?
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It's a long list. It was easier to just screenshot them. In the bottom two you can see my battery stats. I unplugged this morning around 7:15 AM and I'm down to about 47% after 8 hours and 3.5 hours screen-on time.
Today, I've checked email several times, had several phone calls, plus I've streamed youtube to a chromecast for classes that I teach, and even played a couple games during lunch. I do have lots of other apps I use, too; about 4-5 pages worth in my app drawer. Working well for me.
jack man said:
It's a long list. It was easier to just screenshot them. In the bottom two you can see my battery stats. I unplugged this morning around 7:15 AM and I'm down to about 47% after 8 hours and 3.5 hours screen-on time.
Today, I've checked email several times, had several phone calls, plus I've streamed youtube to a chromecast for classes that I teach, and even played a couple games during lunch. I do have lots of other apps I use, too; about 4-5 pages worth in my app drawer. Working well for me.
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Thank you! Will try this, I get about 4 now, hope this helps without breaking functionality. I use pushbullet and printing.
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Hi,
Will it be possible to update my device in another country that there is no AT&T services here. Last time in forum I saw some guys telling to use Kies to update and they said there are some pages but I couldn't find them either.
Can you help me to locate one of these pages, If exists; to be able to update my device automatically ? Everytime I update my device in my country I had to backup everything and put back again which is reallly painfull!
jack man said:
It's a long list. It was easier to just screenshot them. ....
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Geez, and I thought Verizon had a lot of bloat!
I jumped ship for a Nexus, but sprint is updating its note 4 to 6.0, so the info was accurate.
In other news, water's still wet...
annttiigs said:
Hi,
Will it be possible to update my device in another country that there is no AT&T services here. Last time in forum I saw some guys telling to use Kies to update and they said there are some pages but I couldn't find them either.
Can you help me to locate one of these pages, If exists; to be able to update my device automatically ? Everytime I update my device in my country I had to backup everything and put back again which is reallly painfull!
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Kies is one way, but it sometimes takes Kies a while to get the carrier-branded firmwares. (International firmware is almost instant on the other hand).
The fastest 2 ways to get the update would be to
1) use someone's activated ATT sim in your phone. Pop it in, boot up the phone, wait a few minutes for the sim to set itself up with your phone, then check for updates. Then download, install, and then put your original sim back in.
2) Use an Odin file. The only issue with this is that you most likely will have to start from scratch with your apps and settings. Be sure to back everything up first.
You'll also have to wait for the Odin files to be released by someone, but it'll be 100x sooner than Kies.
Edit: The latest 5.1.1 Odin files are in the first post here (you'll need all 4 files in the Dropbox link):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3230993
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Seems like there´s some light at the end of the tunnel, at leat regarding Marshmallow update, let´s just hope it won´t take long for AT&T to do the same.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/spri...y-note-4-note-5-and-s6-edge-plus-502214.shtml
My web browser updated last night. Looks like what's on the 6.0+ devices.

Nougat Beta Completed - Official update due in January to S7 and S7 Edge

Samsung apparently has sent out a final notification to all those enrolled in the Nougat Beta that there will be no more updates and that the beta ends officially on December 30th and that they will attempt to push out the official update to everyone in January. Hope this means they were able to quash all major bugs.
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-receive-nougat-update-january
And it is officially Android 7.1.1, at least for those in the US.
Hopefully we get it soon, I would love some Nougat. At this point I prefer to not have to root my phone to get updates because it's a hassle without being able to unlock the bootloader. I was rooted for awhile and IMHO stock runs butter unless you spend hours customizing it. I love debloating but I would prefer a fully unlocked/rooted phone to a partial solution.
I don't have high hopes for when we get this updated because of verizon but we eventually will, about 2 years after everyone else
JerseyDubbin said:
Hopefully we get it soon, I would love some Nougat. At this point I prefer to not have to root my phone to get updates because it's a hassle without being able to unlock the bootloader. I was rooted for awhile and IMHO stock runs butter unless you spend hours customizing it. I love debloating but I would prefer a fully unlocked/rooted phone to a partial solution.
I don't have high hopes for when we get this updated because of verizon but we eventually will, about 2 years after everyone else
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I haven't been rooted for over a year. I was on an LG G3 before my S7 and so far, I haven't found a real need to root. Before, I rooted because I used TiBu to backup my apps, but with the G3, they had their own backup utility that worked just like TiBu, but it's only for LG devices.
But with how Google Play uploads settings now, that appears to work just fine for me as well, so at this point, I have no reason to root. Plus, I really love Samsung Pay so I don't want to lose that.
This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
JediDru said:
This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
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Agree completely. The root process works well etc but I had to go through xposed and do a lot of tweaks to get it running well for really no gain over what I had stock.
JediDru said:
This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
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I completely agree. The G3 was the first phone I ended up not rooting. I did at first because I was just in that mode of, get a new phone, root, flash a custom ROM. But as I started getting used to a lot of the features, and found that the battery life wasn't bad, coupled with running Greenify in non-root mode, I could make the battery last 1.5 days. So, over the last year of the two years I owned it, I didn't root.
With the S7, no need to root. This is smoothest phone I've had yet. The quality of the phone itself is excellent. So, this phone will not be rooted.
It appears the official Nougat OTA is being pushed out, with beta testers getting it first.
Anyone on here that has gotten the Nougat OTA notification yet? I'm holding off on accepting until I know better on how it performs, etc.
http://www.androidcentral.com/stabl...ing-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-starting-beta-users
iBolski said:
It appears the official Nougat OTA is being pushed out, with beta testers getting it first.
Anyone on here that has gotten the Nougat OTA notification yet? I'm holding off on accepting until I know better on how it performs, etc.
http://www.androidcentral.com/stabl...ing-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-starting-beta-users
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Nothing on my end yet.
Sent from my SM-G930V using XDA-Developers Legacy app
was there ever a second beta OTA sent out to Verizon testers? I didn't get into the beta but side loaded the only 7.0 beta build OTA that was floating around and my build number is NRD90M.G930VVRU4ZPK4. Was there an update to after that? Trying to figure out if the Nougate beta -> final OTA (assuming someone pulls it) will work on my phone or if I'll need to find the intermediary beta OTAs or else wipe clean and start from scratch.
sklarskyj said:
was there ever a second beta OTA sent out to Verizon testers? I didn't get into the beta but side loaded the only 7.0 beta build OTA that was floating around and my build number is NRD90M.G930VVRU4ZPK4. Was there an update to after that? Trying to figure out if the Nougate beta -> final OTA (assuming someone pulls it) will work on my phone or if I'll need to find the intermediary beta OTAs or else wipe clean and start from scratch.
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I believe there were only two betas for VZW phones and then they cancelled the beta testing for VZW-based phones. Not sure why. Kind of sucks. Probably Big Red had something to do with it.
j0hnh0lmes said:
Nothing on my end yet.
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Same here, tried rebooting and checking again a few times and still nothing.
Oh well
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
SoerenHelmer said:
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
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Of course they don't. They have to add crapware, disable a bunch of stuff and add backdoors.
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SoerenHelmer said:
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
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That's their usual response.
I've read US-Based carriers have no ETA yet. Grr.
iBolski said:
I've read US-Based carriers have no ETA yet. Grr.
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I swear searching around the interwebs for information on release dates has at least as much mis-information as looking for information on the election candidates during the election. So much trash.
But I haven't found anyone stating they heard definite dates. I'm thinking it will be late January at this point maybe early Feb before it hits our phones.
i have given up speculating anything that involves verizon. nothing would surprise me.
Take it where its coming from but it looks like some US non-beta testers are starting to see the update. "Unlocked" phones only but still....
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/19/14321980/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-android-nougat-update
I have an official unlocked US model, but nothing yet. I expect to see the update by the weekend. Crossing fingers.
lickwid said:
I have an official unlocked US model, but nothing yet. I expect to see the update by the weekend. Crossing fingers.
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I believe unlocked models should be getting it before us on Verizon. But, there was a story out that stated OTAs for some reason have stopped being pushed out and Samsung has acknowledged this and is looking into why it happened.
http://www.droidviews.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-android-nougat-problems-firmware-delivery-stops/
Whether the "bug" is in the firmware itself or with the update process that sends out the notifications is not mentioned.

Nord N10 5g android 11 available for download on TMobile and metro

It's finally happened!
Judging from this, we can load gsi or some approximation
Can someone do a full dump of the Update with MSM read back?
OTA. Just got it myself. Interface is hideous! Color scheme change, not cooperating with Nova Launcher, re-enabled all the junk I disabled. Not a fan! Was just getting happy with my setup to, felt snappy. Anybody else having overheating issues?
Hot mess!
Try dexopt job, Android needs to rebuild dex after every update and will cause bad battery/heat for a day or 2
TheGuysGuysGuy said:
OTA. Just got it myself. Interface is hideous! Color scheme change, not cooperating with Nova Launcher, re-enabled all the junk I disabled. Not a fan! Was just getting happy with my setup to, felt snappy. Anybody else having overheating issues?
Hot mess!
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Interface is pretty trash, but you can get it pretty close to 10.
For the standard OnePlus launcher being an aggressive piece of work. Clear data and cache for the launcher (use an app the freeze it, since you can't outright disable it) reset Nova launcher as your home launcher.
For the overheating, I'd recommend wiping your cache phone wide. (Which is damn near impossible since OnePlus recovery is absolute butt cheeks) so your next best bet is a system format after moving your files.
ieatgravity said:
Can someone do a full dump of the Update with MSM read back?
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I'm waiting for the OnePlus updater to carry the regional 11 ota.
Update isn't out for the unlocked variant. At least not for me.
MetaruSonikkuX said:
Update isn't out for the unlocked variant. At least not for me.
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Yeah, it's a regional update sadly.
Four days later and battery life has finally stabilized.
Largest villain when it comes to usage is chrome and chromium, the update just made them even more aggressive.
ninjasinabag said:
It's finally happened!
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Thanks and my apologies for creating dupe thread, don't know how I missed this one!
ieatgravity said:
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Dam, I just deleted it... was running out of storage- and was overheating. Between all that plus launcher and signal issues I just did a total cleanup.
Before cleaning out I was getting all the above-mentioned issues: Nova, heat \ batt life....
Plus slow data, dropped signal & calls...
Later today will be the acid test on the road.
Scratch the data part- there was a widespread internet outage yesterday.
Although today, play store continues to be slow as molasses
horsecharles said:
Scratch the data part- there was a widespread internet outage yesterday.
Although today, play store continues to be slow as molasses
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We experienced that here yesterday as well. Internet/VOIP phones out and all cellphones at my office.
Couple of days fixes heat issues. I think everything back to normal.
"Adaptive battery "
"Optimize app power consumption"
Disturbingly, I found one or both of above disabled "BUT Sleep Standby Optimation" self-enabled- you put down phone for a long time, system thinks you're sleeping and blocks calls, messages and what not.
Enabling the second one has really helped.
My limited knowledge makes me suspect update made system relearn from scratch app \ battery optimizing.
ieatgravity said:
We experienced that here yesterday as well. Internet/VOIP phones out and all cellphones at my office.
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Yeah, something w\ Akamai... Worldwide effect...
Sorry what you went through, guess I was very lucky in comparison.
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Yeah, something w\ Akamai... Worldwide effect...
Sorry what you went through, guess I was very lucky in comparison.
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Weird, locally they were saying a fiber line on at&t backbone got cut and caused the outages. Our main ISP is Windstream that uses at&t fiber backbone, our secondary ISP Carolina connect fiber was unaffected though. All cellphones (TMobile, MetroPCS, at&t and Verizon (lte/5g)) did not have any service either. Thought it was a local thing, did not know it was worldwide.
99% of businesses in our town were only accepting cash because of the outages. However most of them stopped accepting cash during the pandemic last year so no one really carries cash like that. ATMs didn't work because of the outages. So it really goes to show how fragile and how quickly our system can go to a grinding halt.
horsecharles said:
Couple of days fixes heat issues. I think everything back to normal.
"Adaptive battery "
"Optimize app power consumption"
Disturbingly, I found one or both of above disabled "BUT Sleep Standby Optimation" self-enabled- you put down phone for a long time, system thinks you're sleeping and blocks calls, messages and what not.
Enabling the second one has really helped.
My limited knowledge makes me suspect update made system relearn from scratch app \ battery optimizing.
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Sleep standby is an absolute mess.
It doesn't prioritize at all, so you've gotta sit there and enable each notification wake.
It doesn't even save enough battery power to be considered worth the inclusion.
One minor and one major change/addition to the system.
If anyone is looking to hide their camera, the option to add a black bar above the notification bar is now in your advanced display options.
A new option in developer options that relates to Bluetooth is the Gabeldorsch stack. All I can say is give it a shot. (Skullcandy refuses to provide codec support, so this is a boon)

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