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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] superredbox:
My Roger's connection doest work at all now, my phone now says it can only use "Emergency call only". I got this text msg from Roger's before my text and phone connection went down, but Im not sure if it is the actual reason my phone calls and messages aren't working anymore or if its a coincidence. Did anyone else get this text message and is having the same problem?

"Service Alert: URGENT ACTION REQUIRED. Your Samsung device requires a mandatory software update to Android 7.0. If this is not installed, the outdated software will prevent you from making 911 calls on your phone following necessary enhancements to our wireless network in the coming weeks. To install the update, go to Settings > About Device > Software Update > Update Now. If you've already upgraded to Android 7.0, please disregard this notice. Protecting your safety is our top priority. For additional support, please call us at 1-888-764-3771"

Do i really need to update my s7 edge to android 7.0?

Thanks everyone
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] girn26:
Why would you not wanna upgrade
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] superredbox:
Mostly preference, I was wondering if it is a MUST upgrade to be able to use my phone again. I would rather not, but will do it if its the known cause for my Roger's SIM to not work.

Is anyone else on an Android lower than 7.0 having this problem and resolved it? Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] SaneinOne:
I believe this was in the news recently, affecting certain Samsung devices. I didn't read the article but assumed that S7 wouldn't have been included. In short, no, it's not a MUST to upgrade but generally the benefits outweigh the cost of not.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] pappcam:
Why wouldn't you upgrade??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Due to the 911 issue, you HAVE to upgrade. It basically ensures that the carrier is not liable for you not being able to call 911 in case of an emergency.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Newer baseband does seem to be better for me
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] freerider_4life:
I got an ota on virgin, didn't notice any changes either. Still on 7.0
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] bestjsg:
Hi All, not sure if this question should be posted here or not but it's kind of hard to find Canadians here. :)

Last week, both my wife and I bought a ATT S7 edge from a local dealer, I am with Rogers and wife is on Koodo. I noticed that both our cell signals are very weak at home compare to our 4 yr old Note 3, we now only get one or two bars (-105 dbm or so), is there anything we can do to improve reception ? Does it matter if the phone is not purchased from Rogers and Koodo ? Does using a cut sim card matter too ? Both phones are running stock 7.0, 4G speed test is 40mb/30mb.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
You should feel lucky with -105. My wife and I both hover around -113 or so at home in our condo in downtown Edmonton. The antenna on this phone is not great at all. Not to mention that Rogers signal sucks in a lot of areas.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] itzik_man:
You are surely right, the S7E antenna really sucks, I live in Montreal 106 Meters away from a tower and my reading is only -114, which is only 34%!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] bestjsg:
thanks, so I guess we will have to live with it, my initial guess is that the phone's antenna is not good as both Rogers and Koodo reception suck. One thing though, there was a place that we used to get no signal at all now we get the same one or two bars so I guess I should be happy.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
I also turned off VoLTE, as it has allowed my signal to be more consistent with no dropped calls any longer. Not sure if it is a S7 Edge issue or a Rogers issue, but the phone works much better with it turned off. At least mine does.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
I get -80 to -90 consistently, and live in a pretty rural place. No issues with mine! I'm not on stock rom though

I'm on rogers too, for the record
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mediumsteak:
Hey Guys!

After having suffered consistent dropping of signal every hour or so, I decided to flash different combinations of Firmware and Radios to test whether the reception could be fixed. I tried out the latest BHQ1 Nougat from Rogers, Fido and Telus. Neither of the 3 versions produced any improvements in signal strength. Then, I tried the following:

Marshmallow firmware + marshmallow radio = excellent reception.

Marshmallow firmware + nougat radio = excellent reception.

Nougat firmware + marshmallow radio = poor reception.

Nougat firmware + different carrier nougat radio = poor reception.

So far only Marshmallow based firmware, regardless of radio has been able to maintain a constant signal connection.

I wonder if the firmware itself and not the radio contains changes that manage signal differently causing my reception problems!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slayer2333:
Interesting stuff !

With Fido/Rogers pushing clients to update to Nougat to keep 911 calls and LTE i felt stuck with the bad battery life (compared to MM). But if i can keep MM and use the radio from Nougat to comply with Roger's new signal requirements it would be perfect.

So you are saying that we can flash MM and use the CP from Nougat without problems ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] vojopd:
VODAFONE ITALY is THE WORST PROVIDER ON WORLD. Beware when signing with them. They are one of three countries where s7 edge is stuck on MAY patch. Other two are Romania and Albania ( haha ). So blueborne, and other malwares, welcome to my phone. Long live blueborn and pink line of death on my s7 edge !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mediumsteak:
Not sure if you can call 911 using Marshmallow firmware, and thus I didn't keep it.

As of right now my S7 edge is virtually unusable as it drops connection every 5 minutes :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slayer2333:
Weird, i did it myself and installed Superman MM Rom and i kept the modem from our latest nougat (also installed CSC from nougat as well just in case). So far so good, i have LTE and 911 seems to work (just tried to call 911 now, hoping they won't call me back haha).

What are you using right now (rom, baseband, CSC, etc.)?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mediumsteak:
I'm using a OnePlus 3T haha!

Does Samsung/Android Pay work on Superman ROM?

I was going to wait it out till Oreo OTA to see if the radio is fixed. If not, then I might have to resort to a custom ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Florad77:
Android pay yes with magisk hide. Samsung pay will never work once you have rooted your phone and tripped knox. Not on any rom, even if you unroot and go back to stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
Fido/Rogers released November security patch yesterday.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slightlyevil:
According to the Telus Software Update schedule page, the new firmware fixes both KRACK and blueborne also
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] pappcam:
Bell is sure dragging their ass on this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jproy12:
Looks like the Bell Mobility OTA is available
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] digitaljeff:
Anyone else on Rogers noticing higher than normal battery drain since this last sec update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CrEdge:
After getting Google Assistant a while back, now I have Android and Samsung Pay automatically installed! Just need Bixby LOL.

But what I actually give a damn about is the Oreo upgrade...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] palphonso82:
I have the exact same issue after flashing Rogers RWC firmware. No LTE, only 4G.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Looks like Rogers has posted the January update coming Feb 2, 2018. Includes security updates, Meltdown and Spectre patches.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
I am updating my phone on Freedom. Just a security patch of 24.78MB.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Well, what a surprise...Rogers did not send out the update yesterday and nothing today either. These carriers are so slow. When you are slower than Samsung, well, you're slow.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
Rogers update was available since February 1.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Reading the last few pages of this thread is making me wonder if places have the GS7 Edge in stock or not. I saw some mentioning pre-orders haven't shipped yet.

Anyone know if someone can just walk into a Best Buy or similar and buy one? I'm with Koodo
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jproy12:
From what I've seen, it's hit or miss, where I bought mine, at Costco, it seems as if they received a couple, and have some in stock, plus the preordered ones.

Maybe check your local Costco?

On a separate note, should be picking mine up tomorrow, and going to Best Buy to put on the Clear Plex right after!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Zer0_:
Ignore this post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Clear plex? Is that a screen protector they have?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jproy12:
Yep, they cut it right on the spot and apply it, lifetime warranty. When I was in store the other day I asked them, and it seemed like a nice product.

More info here:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/clearplex.aspx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] le10017:
Friend has it on his phone and it looks pretty good. I'm leaning towards this as well. To add, it's got a very light tackiness to it, which i like.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Zer0_:
Do you have any pictures of the screen protector?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Got it done too. Cost me 30$ but it was so convenient. Drop it off, shop, pick it up. Lifetime guarantee. Profit!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Garrett1972:
The Smart Switch emergency firmware recovery will get you back to stock. Follow the directions from the PC app and it will walk you through the process. It asks for the serial number and/or IMIE number so you need to have that handy.

I've rooted and flashed many Android devices. But not my S7 Edge yet!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Pics or it didn't happen!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Listen here peachpuff, lol. Jk. Just love your name by the way. What picture would you like, the phone, the receipt or me shaking hands with the geek squad guy?

All jokes aside it's a decent job. There's a sliver of a lift on the side due to the curved edge but it's barely noticeable. When you consider the lifetime warranty and the fact that you don't have to bust your a$$ putting in on, coupled with the fact that that it's only 30$ I think it's worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Pics of how much of the screen is covered by the film, hows the clarity of it? Is the flim as smooth as glass or a bit tacky?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
Just for anyone planning to pick up the phone at a Samsung Experience Store,

http://pages.samsung.com/ca/promotions/English/

$125 off when you trade in any old phone, I hope it means my old flip phones lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Zer0_:
Just got it done. I'll try to take pics later tonight if no one posted anything. The feel is quite nice , VERY soft though, almost has a rubbery feel, but still good.

However if you're looking for a glass kind of feel, then you won't have that here..

It doesn't cover the entire screen, but it does cover the essential parts. So maybe ~95% of the screen. The best part about it is you have life time warranty so you can keep get a new screen protector if you want too.

It's very clear so far. Seems like a finger print magnet, but I can live with it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mendy7511:
Anyone have luck getting VoLTE working on Fido?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jproy12:
Finally got mine! Like everyone else its the Exynos and Sony rear camera.

However, can anyone try this: *#0*# and check under Sensor (middle of the screen) and under Magnetic Sensor, what color the line is in the black circle, and this after a fresh reboot?

I'm asking since this was a common problem on the S6 Edge I had, and was hoping it would be fixed on the S7 Edge, not a big deal, but still!

Here's a thread I posted about it:

http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/help/magnetic-sensor-compass-problem-t3339976

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This is definitely the case, I picked mine up today, and I didn't install my SIM Card just yet, and I don't have any "Bell Mobility" bloatware on the phone. Wondering if it'll stay unlocked if I do all updates? Not much updates to be done honestly, it's running the latest ROM , maybe apps?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] sc2ascend:
What colour did you get? Black right?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] theJSN:
I got my koodo phone on launch day along with GearVR, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the 6 free games that come with it? Anyone else figure it out. I went to a link on the samsung site, entered my IMEI and it said invalid.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] erapmicks:
hi canadian peeps, i just wanna know where is your S7E manufactured from??? and is yours unlocked?? thank you!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
The S7 phones in Canada are all technically "unlocked" in the box, but once you put a SIM card in, it locks to that carrier. Unlock codes are provided for Phones bought outright at Samsung Experience stores.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slightlyevil:
According to Rogers' software update page it says that part of the current security update is for both spectre and meltdown
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Well, not here in Alberta. I've been checking manually all week long as well as all weekend and still no OTA for my phone or my wife's phone.

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Uh huh...which is what I posted 3 posts before yours.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Update finally came through this morning. Guess Rogers was staggering the update across the country from east to west.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Vap0rX:
Seems like new update will hit our devices soon as SAMMOBILE confirms February 2018 Security patch is rolled out to S7 and S7 Edge in US and other parts of the world. https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s7-unlocked-us-galaxy-note-8-get-february-2018-security-patch/

Checked our Canadian release, Eastlink and Videotron already released it. ROBELUS will follow soon.

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7-edge/SM-G935W8/

UPDATE is live for all the carriers. Enjoy !!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ReevnaT:
Hello folks,

I have updated my s7 edge thru Odin to nougat 7 but getting unregistered sim error. I am sure the phone in unlocked phone.

I can see my imei number so I ruled out corrupted imei issue.

Any help/ suggestion is appreciated :svetius:

Rt
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CrEdge:
The "unlocked" model I bought from the Samsung store locked to the first carrier I used. Then when I switched, I had to call the for an unlock code.

Even if you didn't switch, maybe you flashed the wrong CSC or something. Try contacting Samsung, if that fails change CSC I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ReevnaT:
Let me try to flash home_csc, even though I think all Canadian carriers gm have same CSC. I am with Koodo atm.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] BitPlease:
Can we use the canadian versions in Asia as well?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
It depends. Yes in some areas for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CrEdge:
Sorry for late reply (not following XDA). I don't really know myself, just thought it's probably CSC or network lock issues.

Anyways, I got an update with my Bell CSC phone: G35W8VLU3BRB2
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ReevnaT:
I am on same G35W8VLU3BRB2, got Feb security update but issue I am facing is unregistered sim.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CrEdge:
Did you call Samsung (the store you bought it from)?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ReevnaT:
It was Rogers phone which I bought from my friend
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CrEdge:
You'll probably need to contact Samsung or Rogers to unlock it. Preferably with your friend's ID or whatever information he/she registered with.

Canada has free unlocking now so that may help (not sure how exactly TBH). Might as well flash Koodo CSC for possible future WiFi Calling support as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Wow, Rogers has March security updates for the S7 Edge actually coming in the month of March. First time I've seen that. Their site says March 21st for the March security updates. Maybe Samsung is getting better at updates?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
I don't know why Samsung is not focusing on Android 8.0 instead.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Because it's not quite ready and security updates are still very important?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] michael.koch03:
Anyone having any issues with youtube lately? I can't watch a video. Just hangs on the opening screen. Any suggestions on how to fix?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
Mine works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slightlyevil:
The previously mentioned March update is now on telus OTA
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Still no sign of it on Rogers even though they stated today. Seems the East gets it first and us out West see it the next day or the day after that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] crutzulee:
Disable your add blocker...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Rogers OTA on the update today.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] pappcam:
March update doesn't fix the top padding issue that the February update screwed up. I hope Oreo fixes it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
I received OTA on Freedom tonight.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Rogers confirming on their update page that Oreo is "coming soon" for the S7 Edge. Just updated today.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Take this with a grain of salt, but I have heard all carriers releasing Oreo in Canada for S7 and S7 Edge on May 22nd.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] GuySmiles:
Isn't there a way for us to update to Oreo without waiting for the carriers? Can anyone point me to that? Non-root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
Has anyone received OTA? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Don't think it is out yet. It should have been by the 22nd as I stated above, but then the delay happened with the rollout.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Octane70:
FYI

https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/05/31/samsung-galaxy-s7-a5-oreo-june-11-canada/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Rogers still has not updated their upgrade page though...wonder if they will release on the 11th or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] HockeyNinja:
From the Official Samsung notice post:

"Due to popular demand and interest and in an effort to minimize the confusion and frustration around software releases, we are working to provide the Samsung Members Community increased transparency and more direct visibility into timelines related to upgrades. We hope in doing so to minimize the number of repeated posts around software release schedules and reduce the number of posts the administrator removes. Please note that the release schedules include all Carrier versions sold in Canada. The software is release by Samsung and not by the Carriers contrary to some messages that have been posted and when it is released it is done so in batches across all carriers at the same time."

Samsung rolls out the updates. The carriers just validate the update to ensure their networks and applications will work. Once they signoff on the release, Sammy will send it. Rogers is just slacking on updating their page. It will be here Monday. Don't worry!

https://community.samsungmembers.co...=oldest&commentPage=12&commentCountPerPage=10
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Yeah, Rogers just updated the page to the 11th as of today. Still don't think we will all get it on the 11th though. Guess we'll see.

I do think that I am going to get a Pixel 3 XL next time though. It's more than a year after the release of Android Oreo and we are JUST getting it now. Sick of waiting. Android P will be out soon and we are just getting an update to the last OS. Of course we won't see Android P on the S7 Edge anyway so time to move on after this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CrEdge:
I'm wondering whether I should flash the Koodo CSC and update once Oreo comes out... They have VoLTE and WiFi Calling for S7 Edge by now right?

On Odin, do I flash everything or just CSC and AP? Thanks.

*Although a good idea on paper (may help battery life as well), I'm afraid of losing Samsung Pay... What are the likelihoods of that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Kuro Miku:
Just got the update!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slightlyevil:
I just got the update (Telus) it did not go 100% problem free for me, however.

Initially I kept receiving "SecVideoEngineService has stopped." Over and over and over...

Happily, after a subsequent restart the problem went away.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ma678:
I got OTA on my XAS this morning. Everything seems good so far.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slightlyevil:
Okay, new wrinkle fix: if your emoji button in the keyboard is greyed out, follow the accessibility toggle fix here https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/GalaxyS/thread-id/24260/page/2
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheIgster:
Got the update late last night on Rogers. Everything seems good so far. They kind of tucked away the AOD settings and removed what I had (clock with a nice colour backgroud). Found the clock again, but can't seem to find a way to add the colour to the background again. Also, I have noticed that the theme store has crashed a few times. Think it might have something to do with older themes that were already on the device. Other than that, seems smooth and a lot faster overall. Time will tell I guess.

You were right [MENTION=4764636]HockeyNinja[/MENTION], the update even came a little early.