**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S7/Edge Thread ****
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My son got it on his S7E about 10:40am this morning .. BTU simfree
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The S7 is the best phone i've ever had. So good that its the first I'm thinking about keeping now I'm out of contract and going sim only with. The only negative is that the back is a bit smashed up where I dropped it this winter, on Ice. The battery life is still very good but I think it drains quicker than it used to but I'm sure that's because of apps.. maybe AVG or something.
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Anyone here ever bought a replacement white USB cable that plugs into the fast charger? My S7 Edge cable has started to fray around the strain relief at the micro usb end, exposing the inner wires. This also happened on my other identical fast charger that came with my S6 and I wrapped electrical tape around it. There's one on amazon by Syncwire, apparently a reputable name and comes with a lifetime warranty. It's meant to be almost unbreakable, it's much sturdier and comes with a thicker cable. Wondering what people here think of it? I believe it's fast charge capable.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Micro-USB-...keywords=samsung+fast+charger+and+cable&psc=1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Micro-USB-...keywords=samsung+fast+charger+and+cable&psc=1
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I've been using an Anker branded 6ft braided cable for the last 18 months and it does a good job with absolutely no signs of damage. Still works well to this day, and does support fast charge
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DEMTOQ6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've been using an Anker branded 6ft braided cable for the last 18 months and it does a good job with absolutely no signs of damage. Still works well to this day, and does support fast charge
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DEMTOQ6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've got couple of anker and aukey usb c cables and they are well made and last
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Yeah the Aukey ones are good, I had a couple of braided USB C cables which are built well too.
No updates yet on my XEU SIM free S7E, probably get it in a few weeks if the last update was anything to go by.
No updates yet on my XEU SIM free S7E, probably get it in a few weeks if the last update was anything to go by.
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I've been using an Anker branded 6ft braided cable for the last 18 months and it does a good job with absolutely no signs of damage. Still works well to this day, and does support fast charge
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DEMTOQ6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Awesome, thanks for that. Looks great with the red cable!
Ive been checking for the Oreo update but nothing yet, my phone tells me I have the latest updates, the G935FXX one.
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I upgraded to an S9 plus and gave my old s7 edge to my partner. She promptly dropped it and smashed the screen.
The crack doesn't look like it has damaged the LEDS. How easy is it to replace the outer screen using one of those kits off the rain forest? Has anyone tried?
The crack doesn't look like it has damaged the LEDS. How easy is it to replace the outer screen using one of those kits off the rain forest? Has anyone tried?
Do not install Vodafone OTA oreo update, Will cause a bootloop which will force you to use Odin to flash and wipe your phone.
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This is so annoying. I don't even know why I risked an update. Was fine with Nougat.
Anyone know how I can flash the official ROM without losing my files?
https://odindownloader.com/tutorials/use-odin-downloader
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This is so annoying. I don't even know why I risked an update. Was fine with Nougat.
Anyone know how I can flash the official ROM without losing my files?
https://odindownloader.com/tutorials/use-odin-downloader
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After an agonisingly slow download of the stock ROM overnight, gonna try now. Apparently as you said using HOME_CSC apparently leaves your personal data.
We shall see. The pain of losing/having to transfer my personal data is why after 2 years I didn't upgrade from the S7 in March in the first place! Phones just don't interest me anymore and the S7 is perfectly adequate.
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Still a bootloop after flashing everything + HOME_CSC. Wanted to avoid this but I'll see if I can do a factory reset. If not flash with the CSC file next.
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For downloading ROM's try this site https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model I got the Oreo in a few minutes.
Factory reset worked although the recovery mode still shows the following error (not sure if is related to problems I've had).
E: Failed to clear BCB message: failed to find /misc partition
Fortunately it appears Google has remembered all the apps I downloaded and is downloading them now. Hopefully some personal files along with them.
99% of my photos were backed up on Google Photos in original quality anyway and Whatsapp does overnight backups including media.
What I've lost are all texts (probably a good 5 years, but not bothered) but also photos taken with apps like instagram, snapchat etc.
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Annoyed no issue, phone has decided to put all my games into game launcher. I was quite fine with having them on my home screen thanks very much. They don't even appear in the apps list either! If you remove them from game launcher then you have to search for them as they still don't appear on the apps list!
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@muon, sucks to hear about the boot looping man, that's very annoying 
Anyone else had problems with the update? I might hold off updating for now, as I really cba dealing with phone issues this weekend!
Anyone else had problems with the update? I might hold off updating for now, as I really cba dealing with phone issues this weekend!
Zero issues here so far.@muon, sucks to hear about the boot looping man, that's very annoying
Anyone else had problems with the update? I might hold off updating for now, as I really cba dealing with phone issues this weekend!