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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] arnes_king:
Heyy, just for info, i just got the update from BHT (Bosnia) from APD1/APD1/APD1 -> APF2/APE1/APEQ

I wanted to ask if there now is a need to flash the firmware from post number 2 because i wanted earlier to flash it just because of battery issues on APD1. Is the APF2/APE1/APEQ up to date with other regions and is it stable and OK with battery?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Version in post #2 is the same, so you won't have to update anymore (you've the latest version now)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] shiner66:
Since I can't find any real info, how is the battery life on the new APF2 vs the APC8?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] skivnit:
Just try them urself
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] shiner66:
I like your spirit, if I wanted to try by myself I would've tried it don't you think? Please do not post if you don't have anything useful to say. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gyoung:
You will find something more useful if you post in a relevant forum post.

To save ur time, I will answer ur question with my experience with this fw. Since the APE fw, battery life has improved significantly. 5-6h SOT
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] BoyMonsteR:
tr y to back read so you will know the performance of the two.

and actually depends on how you use your phone, some people say APF2 works for them others still using the APC8 because of there experience, so better try them both.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Ausboy 2011:
Apc8 better

Sent from my Exynos S7 Edge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
You also said this already on June 8th in this thread... :eek:

You don't have to repeat yourself... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Ausboy 2011:
So lol people are asking again so i repeat again ?

Sent from my Exynos S7 Edge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
The question was already answered by [MENTION=2958689]gyoung[/MENTION] :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67365305&postcount=1484

There was mentioned a link to this thread:

Post your Battery life!!!

There you gave your opinion about APC8 also several times... ;)

Keep this thread clean with obsolete posts
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ManDone.vRs:
Any link for APC8 ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] biustech:
here
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Search on the well known sites (in this thread there are only links of the most recent firmware)...

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] krishman:
I am a complete idiot and did not see the numerous warnings to set a pin before flashing. My password is coming up as incorrect, what do I do now? Please help
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Try "default_password" without the quotes
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] monsjungs:
do you have firmware APEQ Region THL Link???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67375103&postcount=1492
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] krishman:
Thank you for the suggestion but I ended up going to recovery and wiping so everything is working fine now
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] kingrion88:
I noticed that the APC8 firmware is not available for SouthEast Asian Region, any recommended APC8 firmware for other countries that may apply for SEA region?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] belloni:
Thanks for this but the download is incredibly slow, any other links available? I can't login to SamMobile even after resetting password.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] enigmatyq:
For me APF2 has a better battery life .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] cavags5:
Sorry to be off topic just want to know what APF2 do you have,? Country? And if you did factory reset after.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] enigmatyq:
I have the rom from main topic , csc DBT , installed without factory reset .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Pianoman144:
I dont receive OTA for DBT.. I have APF2 from topic installed, but the CSC from newest DBT is APE2 not the APC5 I have.. But I dont receive any OTA. Anyone with this problem? Phone INFO app show me that there is a never Version too but I dont receive if I check manually in settings.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] acale:
SM-G935FD update and region change

I'm new to this so please go easy on me :)

I have a SM-G935FD (Duo) bought from a reseller in Germany. The specs (from PhoneInfo) are:

Product code: SM-G935FZSUECT

Name of firmware CSC: ECT

CSC country: Nigeria

PDA: G935FXXU1APD1

CSC: G935F0JV1APD1

I would like to install the latest official firmware and also change the region to France (XEF). The reason that I would like to change region is that I think I will get faster OTA updates and VOLTE, please feel free to correct this if I am wrong. There is also an issue with the data connectivity dropping out on my Duo which someone has said that G935FXXU1APF2 will fix.

I have downloaded:

G935FXXU1APF2 with CSC G935FOXA1APEQ for XEF (1st June build date)

from sammobile dot com, I saw on the forums that we should not mention links to these download sites but I don’t know why. Is it because they are untrusted or commercial?

I know that I should install with ODIN but am not sure of the exact parameters, taking into account the CSC change. I don't want to trip Knox and do not want to root my phone. From what I have read it will factory reset (erase everything), because of the fact that I want to change CSC (:confused:), I’m happy with that.

Does the above all sound ok, and if so could you please tell me the exact parameters to use in ODIN?

Thanks a lot for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
SM-G935FD update and region change

[MENTION=1140388]acale[/MENTION]

For all info, and settings Odin:

See Message #1

KNOX won't be triggered, you don't need ROOT.

Use the NORMAL CSC provided in your downloaded package: Put AP BL CP & CSC in the designated slots in Odin 3.11.1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] acale:
Thanks. I read in another post that if the CSC is changed the partition size changes. Does this mean that I need to choose to 'Re-partition' in the 'Options' window in ODIN or is this done automatically?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Default options, will be done automatically ?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] acale:
Thanks again! Will give this a go when the firmware download completes :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Flash-User:
right, same issue here.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] acale:
One last question! Once I have done this update (for region CSC change), if I then subsequently follow post #1 (future update) and then continue to use the XEF (France) version of the CSC, will it keep my data or factory reset again?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Then you must use the HOME_CSC and follow the instructions in msg #2

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] acale:
Thanks very much for your patience and sorry to be a bit dumb! I've just downloaded the archive and there are two CSC files inside, one CSC_... and the other HOME_CSC_OXA....

Am I right in thinking that I must use the CSC_... in the first instance (because I'm changing region and it will factory reset), and then subsequently HOME_CSC_.... which will then keep my data?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gyoung:
You all are already on the latest firmware, APE2. This is the reason why OTA check isnt showing any new OTA update.

PhoneInfo is showing otherwise because of the different CSC version that you are on, APC.

Solution: ignore it coz you are already on the latest baseband.

Or

Download the latest DBT fw and flash as directed using home_csc.

---------- Post added at 02:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:40 PM ----------

Yes. Changing region. U néed to use CSC. Not home_csc.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] 5star02707:
PC8 but this is for BTU

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995304364
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Further discussions about older firmware PC8 with [MENTION=5301084]belloni[/MENTION] via PM, NOT in this thread!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] BoyMonsteR:
what i did for me when im not receiving any updates i flashed complete stock including csc (all data was erased), after flashing, the update showed up.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ovid1u:
[MENTION=1586120]henklbr[/MENTION] after I wrote this firmware also receive OTA update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] masterv1:
Did someone noticed that on sammobile a new Germany ROM appeared with the CSC OXJ it's the first ROM with this CSC.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
OXJ=Multi-CSC

This is used for DBT (Germany Un-branded); previous DBT had Multi-CSC OXA
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] betto_tm:
Then it would not be necessary to do anything?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] cdneto:
CSC ZTO Brazil received today by OTA fw APF8 ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Tks; downloading now, will update msg #2 ASAP ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MickyMax:
Same changelist number so near the same than F2.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Dobromirr:
Yup but do not mind changelist, that does not matter much
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brotuck:
Kernel is compiled on june 15

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MickyMax:
But if it's the same changelist, it could be compiled today, it would be the same! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Dobromirr:
stop strolling, stop bothering about the changelist. educate yourself.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brotuck:
Then it would be version number G935FXXU1APF2, but it is not, so something should be changed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MickyMax:
OK, so let's see if the android os drain is present in this NEW rom! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dacalfer:
the archive AP is diferent,,,,system is new
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
G935FXXU1APF8 (Netherlands - PHN)

WARNING WARNING WARNING -> Before flashing, ACTIVATE PIN in "Secure startup" (You'll be asked for it AFTER flashing!)

WARNING WARNING WARNING -> Before flashing, ACTIVATE PIN in "Secure startup" (You'll be asked for it AFTER flashing!)

This ROM is based on the latest ROM for Brazil released 22 jun 16 and made it compatible for the UN-Branded Netherlands (PHN) S7Edge.

This is official Samsung ROM, so KNOX won't be triggered!

Your data will stay intact, but it's always best to make a back-up!

What's new:

* June security patches (Samsung Android Security Updates)

* Stability Improvements

Model	SM-G935F

Model name	Galaxy S7 edge

Country	Netherlands

Version	Android 6.0.1

Changelist	8252943

Build date	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:48:17 +0000

Product code	PHN

PDA	G935FXXU1APF8

CSC	G935FPHN1APE2

Download for install with Odin 3.11.1: MegaNZ

UN-RAR the archive and place the files in the designated slots in Odin 3.11.1

For Germany Un-branded DBT, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_DBT

For United Kingdom Un-branded BTU, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_BTU

For United Kingdom/Ireland Un-branded XEU, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_XEU

For NorDic Un-branded NEE, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_NEE

For Spain Un-branded PHE, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_PHE

For South East Europe SEE, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_SEE

For Italy Un-branded ITV, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_ITV

For Saudi Arabia KSA, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_KSA

For France Un-branded XEF, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_XEF

For Luxembourg Un-branded LUX, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_LUX

For Brazil Un-branded ZTO, replace HOME_CSC with:

HOME_CSC_ZTO
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Simone:
Hi,

Please provide feedback on the new firmware. Thanks! ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
I'm getting tired about always the same discussion every time, after a firmware-update: Android OS drain!

If you want NEW functions, stay up-to-date with the latest security patches -> update to the latest build

Otherwise: stay on APC8, miss the new functions and/or security patches

There's a big thread about "Android OS drain", so there you can complain about it!

This thread is about "Firmware-updates"...

One other thing: despite the changelog-nr is the same, there can be "other" changes in the firmware!

Same "changelog nr" doesn't say anything!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ianmacd:
What kind of changes occur outside of the changelog? How can a user tell if there are any?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Leejay1953:
I have never seen a changelog from Samsung! As far as I know there are only changelists, the higher the number, the more changes have been done. But you will never know what exactly has been changed/improved. You have to try it out yourself.

Besides, what changes do you still want? The ROM/firmware, as far as I am concerned, is close to perfection. I did not notice any improvements even when I moved from PD1 to PF2. Speed is brilliant, battery life is brilliant, the phone is a dream! But that's only me....LJ
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Dobromirr:
please find yourself another place/thread to post such comments. it has zero info in it, pure trolling.

---------- Post added at 12:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 PM ----------

changelog varies from correcting typos, fixing system apps, adding functionalities to adding new kernel build like in this one. you can check it by decompiling the system partition apps and comparing the app code or just comparing file sizes to determine at least which ones were modified.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MickyMax:
Do you know a way to achieve that? It could be a way to know what's new or modified between country variants (F2 vs F8).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] zyborg:
Libya release

PF2 just released for Libya... Happy hunting! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ianmacd:
I meant change lists, not change logs.

I was just looking for some evidence to support the claim of the OP that two firmware releases with the same change list number can still be different.

In source control systems, change lists are authoritative. If two builds refer to the same change list, they are, by definition, identical in terms of their source code. They might be compiled using different optimisations, but even those will typically be governed by files checked into a source control system.

It's hard to imagine that Samsung don't follow the same practices, but it is repeatedly claimed here that they don't. So far, that seems to be based on nothing more than intuition and the date-based firmware codes that Samsung use, but those actually don't prove anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] :
This is not the thread to be discusiing this and there is a dedicated thread fro android os drain as has been linked to you. Please keep your posts on topic to this thread thanks

Regards

Moderation Team
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brotuck:
It would be nice to mention them on the first post.

That way we know if it is worth to upgrade or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
You want to know how I know this?

I noticed that on my Note 4 -> there was an update -> same changelist -> Smart Manager was added to the firmware!

But the changelist didn't change, but the build was newer!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ianmacd:
Interesting. That makes me think that the change list probably relates only to the actual AP, and in your case a flag was set in the CSC to turn on Smart Manager for your country/region/whatever. Just a guess, of course, but otherwise it doesn't make sense.

It's mildly annoying that there are so few details on what has changed between different releases of the firmware. This is one of the reasons that I don't like to blend my own mixes of AP, CSC and CP. There could well be very good technical reasons why Samsung hold off on releasing the very latest files in certain countries, so you never quite know what you're getting when you flash combinations that have never officially been offered.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] biustech:
[MENTION=1586120]henklbr[/MENTION], this new APF8 from Brazil still have the APEQ baseband? I've downloaded your package, not the official, so just wondering.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Yeps: it still has the APEQ baseband (CP) ;)

[MENTION=7187684]ianmacd[/MENTION] : the BL & AP are for all countries the same, only the CP (radio) could be different

The CSC / HOME_CSC is different
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ianmacd:
Yes, that's what I'm saying.

I think the change list number that accompanies Samsung firmware relates only to the AP, and that if you see differences between two ROMs with the same change list number, this is most probably caused by a difference in the CSC that triggers conditional behaviour in the firmware.

Again, this is just a guess, but it would explain why two identical ROMs might still exhibit run-time differences.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] D!3G0 #1:
thanks for every update thread [MENTION=1586120]henklbr[/MENTION] feel better, I recommend this version feels softer ..

greetings!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] suljo94:
The csc doesn't touch the runtime it adds and deletes apps and changes region specific stuff (eg wifi channels s)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ianmacd:
It wouldn't have to touch the run-time to do what I'm suggesting. I'm suggesting that the run-time could be configured to either do or not do something, based on a value in the CSC.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] livinstyle:
Massive battery drain

Hey guys,

so after installing this update, the battery drain is CRAZY! anyone else experiencing this?

Any help is much appreciated...

So far, the top items are Android System, Facebook, Messenger, and Page Manager...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] P0tato:
the latest firmware APF8 doesnt require secure pin before startup :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dajumper:
I don't have that problem with this update do you have done full wipe?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] biustech:
I had this on my last update, but only with Facebook, try to clear cache from those apps, and from the system in recovery
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
I'd the same with "Android System" & "Google Play Services"

I went to recovery (VolUP - Home - Power), performed a "Clear Cache", and everything went back to "normal"!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Simone:
So, what can you say about the new firmware? ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Instead of asking everytime the same question after an update:

Why don't you install it for yourself and you can see how the new firmware performs? :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
Hi there...

The OP of threads on XDA has control over certain aspects of them, off-topic levels and tolerance for silly questions among them. If you don't like it then you're more than welcome to go to another forum. What isn't tolerated is the posting of silly, inappropriate and useless posts such as yours. Kindly keep your remarks to yourself in future.

Jonny
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Simone:
Hi, henklbr.

I did not know it was against your thread to ask such a thing. For the reason being, my data is volume based and I asked for feedback to see if it will be a worthy download provided it will cost me more to download it. Anyway, thanks for clarifying! [emoji108]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] kylothow:
Maybe because I want to keep my warranty as long as possible, but I forgot we still have a basic recovery [emoji23]

I'll try too [emoji106]

-- kylothow --
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ManDone.vRs:
is very good , only 9 hours of SOT and gaming yuhuuuu :cowboy::cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] masterv1:
For me it's the same.

First I had a draining problem, but after formating cache and dalvik, they battery is superb. Thanks to op for this information.

Last night (6h) it needed only 2% with LTE on. Now it is at 58% and almost 4h display on time until now.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] shiner66:
Did you only do the cache wipe from the Recovery?

Inviato dal mio SM-G935F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] masterv1:
Yes, no factory reset before or after update. Just the recovery cache wipe.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
[MENTION=1439036]masterv1[/MENTION] [MENTION=4939026]HelloMiggy[/MENTION] [MENTION=4128352]ASHLEY117[/MENTION] [MENTION=5028635]Leejay1953[/MENTION]

Further discussions about device not be added in Odin 3.11.1 in following thread please:

Odin3 v3.11.1

Thank you and good luck :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thread cleaned by OP request.

Please stay on topic in this thread.

Thanks :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Gentei:
omg why were the posts deleted....??

I needed that link to download the driver for my phone!!!

At least move the posts to the appropriate discussion but not delete them....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
You have a P.M.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] BoyMonsteR:
For the new update, superb during stand by, only - 2% over night. But when you start using it it sucks up too much battery per minute. Same experience with the APF2.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] subfire91:
in the main instruction it says :

If you have another CSC, i.e. SEB (Baltic):

1. download the MAIN-file and extract AP BL & CP

2. download the latest firmware for your country, and extract the HOME_CSC of your country

3. Place the extracted files (including YOUR HOME_CSC in the designated slots of Odin)

is step 1 really necessary if i want to change only csc ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] muhammadshais:
Nope just flash the required CSC but backup as it will wipe everything even ur inernal SD
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
YES: for a stable system, you'll have to flash ALL 4 files!

If you want to change the CSC, you have to flash the CSC instead of the HOME_CSC; this will reset your device!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Joao Oliveira:
Does anyone have HOME_CSC for TPH?

thanks.

J.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Dobromirr:
PF9 for TUR is live
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] cdneto:
July security patch?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Dobromirr:
still downloading, maybe.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mauriicio21:
info:

http://live.samsung-updates.com/details/70433/Galaxy_S7_Edge/SM-G935F/TUR/G935FXXU1APF9.html

Android security patch level: 01.06.2016