Samsung Galaxy S7

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Guys on Sammobile which is the best firmware for the S7 flat ? Nougat?


Thanks

Yes. Nougat, British BTU.

 

[marine1]

Yes. Nougat, British BTU.

Thanks a mil.
Downloading the UK one now
Thanks

Is it really much better than 6.01?

 

[marine1]

This one:

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

This one:

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I have an aversion to red, so try not to flash anything Voda, just in case.
I would have flashed the one from the 6 Feb. But then again, the one you mentioned is the latest, and if you don't like it you can always use Smart-Switch and flash back to our South African firmware (or flash another UK firmware using Odin).

 

[marine1]

Thanks will download that now appreciate your help.

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Make absolutely certain that the firmware that you download is for your phone. I have the Edge (G935F). If you have the flat is is not going to be this, it will be the G930F (I think).
Make certain, and double check before flashing!

 

[marine1]

I have the flat screen. Which I one is correct?
Nevermind its definitely the G930F
Thanks

 

[marine1]

Any advice?
Cant get it to load, stuck on the Samsung screen

 

[marine1]

Ok, wiped cache again and it seems to be starting up

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Any advice?
Cant get it to load, stuck on the Samsung screen

Hmm, that has never happened to me. Well, it has, and the firmware finally loaded after about 20 minutes, but that was back in my S5 days.
I have added a link to someone's helpful guide for your reference:
https://androidmtk.com/flash-samsung-stock-rom-using-odin

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Ok, wiped cache again and it seems to be starting up

Oh good! Let me know how it goes.

 

[marine1]

Thanks guys
Weird thing when signing into my Google account:
As typing the e mail address, I typed the first letter then the second which deleted the first.
Weird but had to type first letter then space bar then delete and then the second letter. For the whole mail address

Seems to be working

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Thanks guys
Weird thing when signing into my Google account:
As typing the e mail address, I typed the first letter then the second which deleted the first.
Weird but had to type first letter then space bar then delete and then the second letter. For the whole mail address

Seems to be working

How weird. Obvious question - you tried rebooting the phone?

 

[Tsepz_GP]

Thanks guys
Weird thing when signing into my Google account:
As typing the e mail address, I typed the first letter then the second which deleted the first.
Weird but had to type first letter then space bar then delete and then the second letter. For the whole mail address

Seems to be working

That is weird.

Tell me, do you have double options of some settings in Settings? As in that case you need to do a reset.

 

[Tsepz_GP]

It seems there continues to be this misconception that WQHD Display phones can't last as long as HD1080P phones, I'm seeing it in a lot of the Huawei, OnePlus and iPhone forums, that a higher resolution will mean bad battery life.

Yet here I am hammering my S7 Edge, and getting +7hours SOT easily

Very few phones can achieve that with battery life to spare.

I think if I had the time, considering how slowly this battery drains, I could get it to like 9hours SOT, but I think that would be showing off

Man this phone is just beastly

No Power Saving Activated, I'm pretty sure it would be in double digits if there was.


PS:

Ihave honestly tried to live with setting my S7E to HD1080P, but my word is it awful, just can't fit as much content in and as I use tiny fonts, I find that they get all blocky in that resolution.

No point in owning a phone with such an incredible Display and running it like a mid end phone in 1080P mode, but that's my opinion. Throughout the week I tried running at 1080Pnand within minutes of opening WhatsApp or a Web page I'd go back and set it to WQHD, lol.

 

[marine1]

One thing that isnt working now is S Health, says :
Your device has been compromised. S Health versions 5.0 and above are not available on compromised devices

I tried to install Knox too and it says:
it cant be installed because unathourised software has been installed on the device
Says the phone is rooted.
Any ideas?
I only added the AP file not the other 4 in the package.
So I didnt do the CSC, CP and BL files in ODIN

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

One thing that isnt working now is S Health, says :
Your device has been compromised. S Health versions 5.0 and above are not available on compromised devices

I tried to install Knox too and it says:
it cant be installed because unathourised software has been installed on the device
Says the phone is rooted.
Any ideas?
I only added the AP file not the other 4 in the package.
So I didnt do the CSC, CP and BL files in ODIN

I would check to see of you tripped Knox. You shouldn't have, if you installed the official firmware from Sammobile and used Odin, but then again I never just installed the AP, I installed them all. Installing all does wipe all data, but then again I get OTA updates etc, so its worth it in the end.

Turn off the device. While device is off, Press the Power button, Volume Down, and Home buttons and hold until you see a Warning screen, press Volume Up (continue). At the top left of the screen you'll see "Knox Warranty Void: X (0x000X)" where X is the number of times Knox has been tripped.

If you need more help, speak to Fanie through this thread:

https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showth...rs-Guide-1-Flashing-Official-Samsung-Firmware

 

[marine1]

I installed the other files via Odin and started from scratch seems to be working now but not updating s health

 

[marioat1]

I installed the other files via Odin and started from scratch seems to be working now but not updating s health

You had to install to have full functionality. Did you do a full wipe after this latest instal?

 

[marine1]

You had to install to have full functionality. Did you do a full wipe after this latest instal?

No when I installed the additional files it wiped it for me so had to start all over again