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

[mrk]

£100 more when referring to a £300 phone isn't as substantial a difference as £100 when spending £600 on one. There is a big difference.

 

[Pezzy]

Samsung wont honor the warranty, especially when you get 2 years with them.

I get free phone insurance through my bank so I guess it's not a problem for me.

 

[malachi]

I get free phone insurance through my bank so I guess it's not a problem for me.

You need to watch out for that, I would check your T&C with the insurance. My friend got caught out buying a phone and when it packed up he when straight to his insurance but it was invalid because it wasn't purchased from a verified seller. Sites such as eBay. Gumtree or even Amazon etc are not verified sellers.

I suppose because its easy to sell stolen phones there.

 

[GMac11]

Same can be said for any phone, like the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 P. You pay the extra for the bigger screen when the hardware is more or less the same.

Not just a bigger screen. There's the HDR display, 64gb on board storage compared to 32gb, iris scanner (whether you find that useful is up to you but still an extra feature) and I haven't even mentioned the S Pen yet.

 

[Pezzy]

You need to watch out for that, I would check your T&C with the insurance. My friend got caught out buying a phone and when it packed up he when straight to his insurance but it was invalid because it wasn't purchased from a verified seller. Sites such as eBay. Gumtree or even Amazon etc are not verified sellers.

I suppose because its easy to sell stolen phones there.

I've had numerous phones repaired/replaced by my bank insurance. They've never asked any questions before!

 

[Rimsy]

I've had numerous phones repaired/replaced by my bank insurance. They've never asked any questions before!

Who do you bank with?

 

[Cyclone]

BTU September update on ota.

Ive rooted my phone so I dont get ota, but am I right in saying I can just download the latest btu firmware from Sammobile and flash it??

 

[kona786]

Samsung SmartSwitch for Android and pc, then initiate the full backup.

Alternatively you can just run it on the phone and create a backup on the sd card of its big enough.

Regarding smartswitch backup to usb OTG, does it have to be a blank drive or is a populated one ok?

 

[Woden]

Is there a working ad blocker for the Samsung browser?

 

[lmfy2k]

Anyone know when the damn Samsung chat is open ?

https://e-contactus.samsung.com/uk/m/webchat/

I've tried all day and all get is the chat is available between these hours and the hours bit is blank!

 

[kitch9]

Mediaserver bug back.

Bye Chrome.

 

[Pezzy]

Who do you bank with?

Barclays

 

[xb8browney]

I've had no issues with battery life but last night I lost about 20% battery in a few mins, Mediaserver seemed to be the issue.

 

[mrk]

Regarding smartswitch backup to usb OTG, does it have to be a blank drive or is a populated one ok?

It just puts the backup in a SmartSwitch folder on the sd card, so should be the same on otg.

 

[B&W]

Was thinking of buying s7 edge is there any difference between one selling for £490 and £560?

Seen few on the bay and rainforest. Are there two different versions.

What's the difference between g930f and g935f?

 

[FishLicker]

http://www.techwalls.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-model-numbers-differences/

According to that the 930 is the S7 and the 935 S7Edge

 

[fadetoblack]

Hi sorry if it's been asked before but where do I find decent wallpaper for my edge?

 

[fadetoblack]

Wallpaper

Sorry double post

 

[Captain]

Is it just me or does the screen scroll down slightly when writing on the Samsung browser?

 

[kona786]

I know it's been mentioned before but I just did the Nova DPI condensed trick on the S7E - Oh its so much better now


http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-dpi-scaling-setting-680736/.

This setting is baked into the settings on the Note 7.