**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S7/Edge Thread ****

2StepSteve said:
I've had the device for a few days now and there really is only one main criticism that I can say about it. It's something I noticed right after I powered it up for the first time.

The display is using pulse width modulation (PWM) to control the brightness level of the display, my eyes can see it most noticeably when the keyboard is present and the screen brightness is set anywhere below 70ish%. If you take a photograph of the screen with a high enough shutter speed, you'll also see evidence within the photo.

PWM pulses the display on and off rather than directly controlling the power to the display to control the brightness, it's a more efficient method of controlling brightness and saves battery power, but it's not great for the eyes. If the number of cycles per second is high enough, it can become pretty much invisible to the eye, not the case here though. Appears that the S6 had a PWM frequency of 240hz, if I could find my homemade PWM measuring tool, I'd run a few tests to see how it compares.

It's not bugging me too much but it's still a bit annoying, this is the first time I've ever noticed this with a phone before.
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I had this issue with the Moto X Force, bothered me so much I had to sell the phone, I too have never had this issue with no other phone before.
 
I'm absolutely loving my S7 Edge but I'm having an issue sending long text messages. When they get to a certain length the app says 'converting to MMS'. Sometimes it will send but other times it just hangs there. I have a message from 14.00 today that still hasn't sent!

I read something on the Vodafone site that said you need to have Wi-Fi turned off in order for these kinds of messages to work. Is that correct?
 
kissenger said:
I'm absolutely loving my S7 Edge but I'm having an issue sending long text messages. When they get to a certain length the app says 'converting to MMS'. Sometimes it will send but other times it just hangs there. I have a message from 14.00 today that still hasn't sent!

I read something on the Vodafone site that said you need to have Wi-Fi turned off in order for these kinds of messages to work. Is that correct?
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Not sure about you plan but I've always been charged for MMS.
 
kissenger said:
I read something on the Vodafone site that said you need to have Wi-Fi turned off in order for these kinds of messages to work. Is that correct?
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An MMS is a bit of a cheat, it's sort of like an E-mail sent to a server/gateway (e.g. mms.vodafone.co.uk) over an internet connection which can be either wifi > your home internet connection or via the Radio Access Network (RAN) e.g. the stuff over the air to towers. You don't need Wi-Fi on but it will be quicker.

SMS convert to MMS is a Samsung trait iirc, quickest fix is usually to not use their SMS app :/
 
SMS convert to MMS is a Samsung trait iirc, quickest fix is usually to not use their SMS app :/

I use Handcent for SMS and have done for many years rather than the Samsung app, sure Handcent has a setting about not changing to MMS after 160 characters.

Just checked my options and it says convert to MMS when message length exceeds 3 messages
 
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chaparral said:
I can't believe am completely sober and I have just spend £104 on buying the new Samsung wireless charger and two more cases for my S7 edge....:eek:
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My new toys for my S7 edge turned up today...;)

The Angled wireless stand is much smaller then I expected...:) But disappointed is no wall charger that comes with it when a few places says it comes with the wall charger


The Angled wireless stand is much smaller then I expected...:) :cool::)
But am disappointed that there was no wall charger included with it after seeing a few places saying that the wall charger is included..:(

One place for example is Handtec
What's in the Package:
•Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge Fast Wireless Charging Stand - Black
•Fast Charge Wall Charger

•User Manual

http://www.handtec.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-fast-wireless-charging-stand.html
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Myshra said:
An MMS is a bit of a cheat, it's sort of like an E-mail sent to a server/gateway (e.g. mms.vodafone.co.uk) over an internet connection which can be either wifi > your home internet connection or via the Radio Access Network (RAN) e.g. the stuff over the air to towers. You don't need Wi-Fi on but it will be quicker.

SMS convert to MMS is a Samsung trait iirc, quickest fix is usually to not use their SMS app :/
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But I guess the issue is that long MMS messages won't send when I'm using Wi-Fi, and the Vodafone site says you need to turn Wi-Fi off for them to work. Which is absolutely mystifying to me. Can't think of one good reason for that.
 
Am not impressed that you can't keep the time or battery charge level displayed all the time with the led cover or the clear view cover

Plus the Led cover only shows a charging display when you first plug in a wired charger and shows nothing at all when being charged by wireless.
 
Got the zagg wet install protector. First time I've had one and doesn't look too bad but it's effectively unusable with a spigen bumper cover as it causes the corners to come away.

Might leave it on to see the final result but it needs to be a touch smaller
 
2StepSteve said:
My Spigen F300W wireless charger arrived today.

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Looks smart and works well through the Spigen Neo Hybrid case. At its current rate of charge, I estimate it would take around 3.5 hours to complete a charge from empty.
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I also bought on of theses chargers & while very nice & it does the job, it is very slow wireless charging.

I have a fast wireless charger & its show this device up as a slow charger.

Have you found the same?
 
My order from Mobiles.co.uk is being held by dpd and wasnt delivered today as expected, although others received theirs. Apparently this is a normal security measure since more than one handset is on route to my address, that's what happens when you get greedy folks!

Been trying to sort it out today, got a call in the end from the security team from cpw and the handsets should be here tomorrow! Fingers crossed.
 
kitkat2015 said:
I also bought on of theses chargers & while very nice & it does the job, it is very slow wireless charging.

I have a fast wireless charger & its show this device up as a slow charger.

Have you found the same?
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I have not conducted a full test of it, however I estimated it to take around 3.5 hours to fully charge from empty. Seems about right when you factor in the efficiency of the wireless charger, it is delivering a charge of roughly 1amp to the battery.

I'll try and run it a full test, it's difficult as there is never really a good time to do so.

It won't be long until these phone accessory manufactures will be knocking out 15W wireless chargers for 10 a penny.
 
2StepSteve said:
I have not conducted a full test of it, however I estimated it to take around 3.5 hours to fully charge from empty. Seems about right when you factor in the efficiency of the wireless charger, it is delivering a charge of roughly 1amp to the battery.

I'll try and run it a full test, it's difficult as there is never really a good time to do so.

It won't be long until these phone accessory manufactures will be knocking out 15W wireless chargers for 10 a penny.
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I have this too & it charges the S7 Edge way way faster.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Ch...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
 
Samsung fast wireless charging stand arrived today. been out most of the evening so not had a proper run with it yet but I can confirm now why it costs so much. It comes with an official adaptive fast charging plug and USB cable whereas last year's pad version did not.

Initial impressions after monitoring the current draw and features is that it offers the exact same charging performance as the old one, just this time round it's a sleeker design and can stand your phone.

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Thats a nice looking stand.

mrk said:
Samsung fast wireless charging stand arrived today. been out most of the evening so not had a proper run with it yet but I can confirm now why it costs so much. It comes with an official adaptive fast charging plug and USB cable whereas last year's pad version did not.
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Last years model was just as expensive, it did drop pretty sharpish after a few months though.

I can wait :p
 
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