Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

errlloyd

Patww79 wrote: »

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I blasted it with a hairdryer for about 3 minutes and it was fine.

markc1184

Hi. I had something strange happen my phone this morning while it was charging. It was fast charging and going up as normal, then when it got to 97% it started draining the battery. As it drained the phone froze and then the screen went snowy. I have attached a pic. Has anyone seen this happen on their S7E before or have an explanation for it. Thanks.

flangemeistro

Hey guys been offered to swap my S7 edge for a pixel XL first Gen.

Anyone with any experience of both phones could advise me please.

I'm a bit reluctant mainly because of the non expandable 32gb but my last three phones have been Samsung's so really looking for a change.

Mr E

Oreo coming at the start of 2018 to Samsung devices. Devices TBC.

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-android-8-0-oreo-update-schedule-809910/

WexIan

Downloaded Oreo to my Nexus 9 tablet yesterday and my wife got it on her Nexus 5X phone, dont see much difference yet, havent had time to play around with it yet.

refusetolose

just got a sofware update for the s7 edge,450 mb or thereabouts

Mc Love

Anyone notice the battery not lasting as long as before the update? I used to be able to get to 15 hours before it would even hit 30% now it's more like 12 hours and its in the teens.

guil

Have you tried this?
https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/771014-nougat-battery-drain-awful-need-help.html
Worked for me when nougat was released.

Mc Love

Going to try that and see if it helps! Thanks!

testicles

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Mc Love

testicles wrote: »

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Not a chance!

Mc Love

guil wrote: »

Have you tried this?
https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/771014-nougat-battery-drain-awful-need-help.html
Worked for me when nougat was released.

That worked, I'm 16hrs and have 19% left

micawber

Try turn on using recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up and Home keys - While pressing these, hold the Power key too.
Navigate to clear cache, clear it and sorted problem for me.

ixoy

The Samsung S7 Edge seems to be on sale currently and I need a new phone.

I'd be coming from a Nexus 5 which is a plain-vanilla Android install. Would I likely notice or be annoyed by Samsung bloatware or has it gotten better over the years?

Mr E

I use Nova so I just hide it all. Doesn't bother me because I don't see it.

OldMrBrennan83

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ixoy

I've reserved an Edge in Argos as it's on sale. Does the curved screen work better or worse than a standard flat screen? I've seen people complain about glare so wondering if any here have had issues.

frozenfrozen

I did that clear cache thing.. holy fook the phone is flying again, everyone.. do the cache thing!

Speckydodge

frozenfrozen wrote:

I did that clear cache thing.. holy fook the phone is flying again, everyone.. do the cache thing!

Me too. Exact same from mine.

guil

My head was wrecked after I updated to nougat. Spent ages looking before I found that post lol.

kala85

Any opinions on the pros and cons of the samsung s7 edge and the samsung s8

Should I get an s7 edge or s8

krustydoyle

Folks.. Something really odd is happening my S7.. Since the last update the phone doesn't beep for notifications for any apps such as viber/whatsapp

Any idea how to fix that??

eamondunphy

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I did that clear cache thing.. holy fook the phone is flying again, everyone.. do the cache thing!

have you instructions to what you did please?

frozenfrozen

eamondunphy wrote: »

have you instructions to what you did please?

Turn phone off. Hold home button and volume up button while then turning the phone on with the lock button. It will boot into a mad looking menu. Use the volume down button to click through the list until you're on clear cache partition and then press the lock button on the right of the phone to select that option, then after that's done click the option to reboot the phone

eamondunphy

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Turn phone off. Hold home button and volume up button while then turning the phone on with the lock button. It will boot into a mad looking menu. Use the volume down button to click through the list until you're on clear cache partition and then press the lock button on the right of the phone to select that option, then after that's done click the option to reboot the phone

great, thanks, have done that now, will see how it works out

princemuzzy

lads anybody point me in the right direction to root and install a custom rom on a macbook

long_b

Getting a prompt for a large software update on Eir. Anyone know what it is?

WexIan

I got the October security patch a few days ago from 3

lewis

princemuzzy wrote: »

lads anybody point me in the right direction to root and install a custom rom on a macbook

XDA... I had my S7 for about 2 weeks before I rooted it and flashed a ROM into it.

Best one out there for me I think is Superman ROM,gives you loads of options to select before you flash.

ixoy

long_b wrote: »

Getting a prompt for a large software update on Eir. Anyone know what it is?

Myself too. Was it the security patch? The phone is new so I thought originally it was an Android update and have been holding off but it's on 7.0 - that's the latest on Samsung now, right until Oreo next year?

long_b

ixoy wrote: »

Myself too. Was it the security patch? The phone is new so I thought originally it was an Android update and have been holding off but it's on 7.0 - that's the latest on Samsung now, right until Oreo next year?

Think it might have been the security update alright but it was very chunky - about 440MB

ixoy

long_b wrote: »

Think it might have been the security update alright but it was very chunky - about 440MB

Yeah, which is why I thought "Ohh Nougat update!" before I saw I had it. I've just come from a Nexus 5 and the security patches were generally about 60mb (at least until I stopped getting them).
Did you install it and see any difference?

Mooooo

Anyone get an S7 screen fixed recently? What cost did it come to?

Mc Love

Just received an update dated 30th Nov, does anyone know when we're due to get the update to next android version

OldMrBrennan83

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canihave

Would anyone have any idea why each time I press the home key from an app I have to choose between home apps “touchwiz home” or “touchwiz easy home”? It is driving me nuts.

brianregan09

Anyone ever come across an S7 Edge unable to access the play store , Took it in to pair in the crescent and they reckoned it was an enterprise phone from Samsung UK and nothing could be done with it, Like I can download all the apps I need from the apptoide store I'm just worried I'll run into problems down the line with updates and such

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kilianmanning

Anybody here notice poor coverage on galaxy s7? It's fine in good areas, but poor in weaker areas. Phone either doesn't ring or nobody can ever hear me when they ring. I have been using an iPhone 6 the last few days & the coverage has been much better in my known weakspots.

OldMrBrennan83

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brianregan09

brianregan09 wrote: »

Anyone ever come across an S7 Edge unable to access the play store , Took it in to pair in the crescent and they reckoned it was an enterprise phone from Samsung UK and nothing could be done with it, Like I can download all the apps I need from the apptoide store I'm just worried I'll run into problems down the line with updates and such

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This is with any Google account you try to use on the play store? It could just be that the Google account you're using is linked to a college or something, and they have it disabled.

kala85

How do people find the battery on the s7 edge phone

jayo26

kala85 wrote: »

How do people find the battery on the s7 edge phone

Was terrible after six months same as my s6 went.

jayo26

jayo26 wrote: »

Was terrible after six months same as my s6 went.

You could probably link it to the Nougat update. There's no way the battery would significantly degrade after 6 months, so it has to come from software.

kala85

Basil3 wrote: »

You could probably link it to the Nougat update. There's no way the battery would significantly degrade after 6 months, so it has to come from software.

Might getting an s7 edge of these but having a good battery would be a necessity

jayo26

Basil3 wrote: »

You could probably link it to the Nougat update. There's no way the battery would significantly degrade after 6 months, so it has to come from software.

Could indeed but I rooted my phone afterwards and tried just about everything the battery was just bad.

skerry

Have the S7 since November now and got it on foot of the great reviews in regards the camera but I've had a terrible experience with it so far. The slightest bit of movement and the picture comes out really blurry. I have a toddler and its complete waste of time trying to get a nice picture of her with it.

Does anyone know if there is a setting that needs to be disabled or enabled for the camera to be useable cos it's not much good to me if the subject has to be 100% completely statuesque to take a picture thats not just a big blur.

frozenfrozen

skerry wrote: »

Have the S7 since November now and got it on foot of the great reviews in regards the camera but I've had a terrible experience with it so far. The slightest bit of movement and the picture comes out really blurry. I have a toddler and its complete waste of time trying to get a nice picture of her with it.

Does anyone know if there is a setting that needs to be disabled or enabled for the camera to be useable cos it's not much good to me if the subject has to be 100% completely statuesque to take a picture thats not just a big blur.

If it's dark and you don't use the flash it will be blurry and turn hdr off or to auto it's an option at the top when you're in the camera

skerry

frozenfrozen wrote: »

If it's dark and you don't use the flash it will be blurry and turn hdr off or to auto it's an option at the top when you're in the camera

Thanks, just checked there and HDR is off. Usually have flash set to auto, should I have this set to always 'on' so?

Mc Love

my flash is hardly ever on - try it without the flash.

skerry

Mc Love wrote: »

my flash is hardly ever on - try it without the flash.

I've noticed with auto on that the flash doesn't come on even if its dull. Pictures very blurry at the littlest movement with flash off anyway.