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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] woodydog:
Do you still get ota updates? And was your phone a ttt?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] whelmar:
Yes, you'll get ota's... my phone was TPA, Panama originally...same as TTT... Biggest thing you'll notice in the change is the signal display... you'll see 4G on LTE with the XSG CSC rom...

you'll want this one: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/70521/G930FXXU1APD1_G930FOJV1APD1_MRU/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hisma:
What about the 935f? I am rooted with twrp so I can flash zips if I need to.

Curious how samsung pay would work if it gets disabled if you trip Knox, which is exactly what happens when you root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] whelmar:
I'm not rooted...I flashed the samsung firmware from Sammobile using Odin... Flashing stock firmware doesn't trip knox...

Don't think samsung pay will work on a rooted phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickel Dime Bay:
Guys im on ATT on the west coast and i feel like my signal is pretty bad. Currently im stock rooted on G930FXXU1APD3, baseband is G930FXXU1APD1 its the UK BTU firmware from sammobile. Is there a different firmware that i should flash for my region?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] whelmar:
Are you comparing bars or actual radio signal strength readings? AT&T juices the bar display on their phones. When I compare actual numbers to an AT&T S7, they are the same, but the bar display on the AT&T phone is 'better' ...shows stronger. ...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickel Dime Bay:
What firmware are you on?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] whelmar:
XSG ...link to sammobile is above.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] konman795:
No issues here on AT&T sim from Straight Talk. Getting full LTE and really good speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jc95:
I sideloaded Samsung Pay & Samsung Pay Framework from APKMirror to my G935F running G935FXXU1APD1 on AT&T. Works great. Phone is stock; not rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bohn101:
Oh man, that is AWESOME news! I had to get the international S7 because I couldn't change fonts, stream to my Apple AirPlay Airport Expresses or easily access my SD card. I'm using iFont and changed the font to Vollkorn.

Can you link me to the files to sideload Samsung Pay?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jc95:
Hopefully I didn't speak too soon. It installed fine and I was able to load one of my Chase cards (complete with SMS verification) and it all appeared to work exactly as my stock AT&T-branded S6 worked. But when wife tried to use it at several stores, she couldn't get it to communicate with the POS reader. It's possible that she didn't do it properly as she has never done it before. So I haven't closed the loop and completed a transaction.

Anyway, the apks I used are here: http://www.apkmirror.com/?s=samsung+pay I dl'ed the latest SP and SP Framework (2.0.27 as of today) on the phone and installed both.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ketti101:
AT&T

Ive been using 930f on at&t for about 3 weeks LTE is fine but no samsung pay
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] whelmar:
I have only been 50% successful...got it to work at Publix and Kroger. Didn't work at a different Publix , no go at Sam's club.

Both that did work were MST transactions. So were the ones that didn't.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jc95:
Further effort gave me the following:

1) My wife's S7E G935FD (running G935FXXU1APD1 with CSC AFR as it came from the seller) works fine with Samsung Pay. Cards load properly and mag stripe transactions work fine. (I think her prior experience was user error and after some "re-training" she now uses it correctly.)

2) My daughter also has an unlocked S7E G935F (single sim only). Exactly the same software as the FD above. But cards won't load. Fails for every card (including cards that loaded correctly into wife's S7E and my S6) with a server timeout error. Further investigation shows the only difference is the CSC. Her's is EGY. So maybe that's the difference.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jc95:
Figured this out. Daughter's problem was the EGY CSC. Reflashed to VIR then to LSY (based on a suggestion elsewhere. SPay worked fine after that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] XavierAD:
Idk if I asked this before but do any of you have insurance for your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] FreddieP:
Thinking about getting a 930F for use on AT&T.

How will security and android version updates be handled?

Sent from Samsung or from AT&T?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] major_major:
Samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peekiephish:
Updates are handled by Samsung directly. I too am on AT&T and purchased the 930F. Before I rooted the phone and put on a custom recovery and ROM, I was very happy with the version of Android (6.0.1) on it, no ATT bloat, very fast and responsive. All phone functions worked on the network and didn't have a problem. The monthly security updates come from Samsung directly, and I assume any Android upgrades (to Android N) will come from Samsung directly.

The reason I rooted the phone and put the Superman ROM on it is because on my S2 and S4, I installed custom ROMs in order to avoid the ATT bloat, and to me, it's fun to install ROMs from others. Since I have done that, I don't rely on Samsung directly for updates, but its now to the discretion of the ROM developer when to update.

Rooting the phone though basicly removes the ability to use Samsung Pay, though, but that's not a big deal for me because I have no interest in using it anyhow.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] FreddieP:
Thanks guys.

Attracted to int'l ver cause I can root it. My current S6 Active (at&t) can't be rooted and is last on list of models to be updated by at&t which is slowest carrier to update.

I've rooted & rom'd phones in the past but newer phones I'm happy to be stock rooted and use xposed.

If stock rooted (no ROMing) will Samsung updates still come OTA?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] major_major:
If rooted, need to flash updates via Odin
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] cj1171:
I'm on Straight Talk with Samsung Pay using the XSG (UAE) firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] graymatic:
Do you know which csc you can flash to get US t-mobile working??? (Perhaps one of the European t-mobile csc)?

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I am in the same boat as you. I would love to get band 12 support as it is rolling out in Columbus and the 700Mhz should offer tremendous building penetration.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] speckledpig:
I have the 935F on ATT grandfathered unlimited data (no LTE). Works great. Haven't rooted it yet; don't see an immediate need to. I can tether, so I don't even need xposed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lost_:
T-Mobile US CSC from SnapDragon won't normally work on Exynos variants, but TEKHD has included a hybrid TMO CSC (and AT&T) in his TEKXnesis HYBRID S7E ROM. It enables certain features like the LTE icon (which XTouchWiz could do also). He said he'll work on enabling US VoLTE when he finds the time.

Donate to his cause and maybe he'll find the time and motivation

:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] graymatic:
I know the CSC could be modified on Galaxy S6.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge...-hidden-features-t3087506/page32#post67322154

I realize that the G930F uses an Exynos processor while the G930T (T-mobile) uses a Qualcomm processor but am unsure exactly how that would affect CSC modification with the S7.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] woodydog:
If I flash the pf1 firmware for xsg with Odin from Sam mobile on my unlocked Exynos s7 will it fully convert it to xsg with ota's? Phone is a TTT right now using on at&t US
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobgodd:
Can anyone comment on the warranty situation? I know I keep reading that there is no warranty for use in the US, but there has to be some kind of buyer protection if you buy something and it's defective right?

Also, in reading questions on the Amazon listing for the international GS7 variant, one answer said something to the effect of: Samsung will honor a warranty if the phone's IMEI is registered as being used in the US, with a US carrier. Can anyone comment on the validity of that statement?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobgodd:
Contacted Samsung rep via Chat from their support website and what I was told is that the hardware differs between country and they can only warranty the hardware for the country in which it was manufactured for. He did say, however, that if the phone doesn't work it could always be returned to the place of purchase.

So no 1 year warranty - though I guess most knew this already.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] accentaudio:
Can anyone please help me? I just got my S7 unlocked international version from eBay. I am with ATT and initially I couldn't get any data at all. I could send and receive calls and texts (no pics), but no data, nothing... So I called ATT and spent all day on the phone with them. They said the phone was not recognized by their system. We checked APN settings etc. etc. still nothing. So I finally got a tech that was able to plug in some generic IMEI to at least get my data up and running, but now it is only 4G and very very slow 4G at that. It will not switch to LTE. I am really bummed out because this seller said it would work, and apparently some of you are getting LTE on ATT with the unlocked international version of the S7 G930F. This is the exact phone that I have. Please help!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickel Dime Bay:
4G is the same thing as LTE, you are getting LTE but the icon is just 4G. I am running on ATT also on the 930F and i have good 4G speeds, i went to an ATT store and they gave me a new sim no problems.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobgodd:
Did anyone else's S7 come with the IMEI sticker right on the back of the body of the phone???!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDurrr:
To anybody who is having trouble getting LTE speeds on their S7 through AT&T and are stuck on HSPA+ should read this on how I fixed my issue (skip to the second paragraph if you don't want to hear the background story.)

So I got an international edition of the S7 and initially had it on T-Mobile and everything worked well. Unfortunately, T-Mobile doesn't get good coverage where I'm at (Wisconsin), so I was forced to switch to AT&T even though I hate them. When I got a sim card, activation went smoothly, but I could only get HSPA+ speeds at maximum. I talked to various AT&T CSRs and they all gave me the same crap about how the phone isn't compatible, even though we all know that this phone is more than capable of getting LTE since it's compatible with all of AT&T's bands. I tried numerous other things like switching CSCs, restoring the phone to stock, etc, and none of them worked, and finally I figured out the problem.

Basically what it was is that since I gave them the IMEI of the S7, which they deemed incompatible, they were only sending through HSPA+ speeds because that's all they thought my phone could handle. So what I did was I switched the IMEI of my account to my old Nexus 5, which AT&T recognized as compatible, and BOOM! I now have LTE on my s7.

TL;DR: If you're only getting HSPA+ speeds, switch the IMEI on your account to a "compatible" LTE phone, like an old one you may have laying around, and it should give you LTE speeds. You may have to update your APN as well. I had to switch mine from the default "att nxtgenphone" one to the default "att phone" APN for it to finalize, but I'm not sure if that was just coincidence or what.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] eqbirvin:
You think this would work to get volte working on at&t??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] graymatic:
Very interesting. I have a G900T and G900A (both broken). I use my G930F with straight talk T-Mobile service. I am wondering if this method could improve my service also.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] UltraNSC:
Hello

Im new here, and my English is not the best. So Sorry for my English! Maybe it´s the wrong Thread for my post, but i just want to show also an Issue with an S7

I had the problem, that the Camera was making some strange noise as i started the Camera app. I could ear the Camera it self making some noise, i now know, that all S7/EDGE does this noise as you start the Camera app, but my Camera was really loud! I tryed it also with a Factory Reset, but it dosent help.

The Sound Recording was also really bad, always some noise in the background... I have also flash other FW´s like from DBT, Telekom and Vodafone, but the Problem was still there. First i thought, the bad Sound recording could be because the Microphone, because thei are Water Protected, so i did a small Moddification, but it did not really Help.

So i bet it was a Factory Damage, have really tested all, now i got an other one, and all is fine like it should be.

You can find more about this issue on my YouTube Channel: UltraNSC

Video: Samsung Galaxy S7/EDGE IMPORTANT INFO By:NSC

Can´t post here outside links because im New here, just after 10 Posts...

Best Regards

NSC
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] omnichronos:
Slow Data

I too, have the SM-G935F on AT&T but I noticed my data is extremely slow everywhere. Whether I'm in Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, or any of the rural pathways in between, my data is slow (.1 Megabits/sec), even photos load line by line. I had an AT&T tech look at my phone in Baltimore and he said I should have had much stronger network signal strength then what I was getting and that it was causing my slow speed. He recommended replacing my phone, but of course it only had a 30 day return policy from Amazon. I'm currently at -107 dBm here in Pontiac MI, a suburb of Detroit. My question is, are there any settings that can improve this for this unlocked, international phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] UltraNSC:
I would try to Flash an other Firmware, the best is a Firmware without Branding, thei work mostly a bit faster, and you dont lose Warranty if you just Flash a other Firmware.

Otherwise to to Wipe and Factory Reset your Phone.

Best Regards

NSC
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] condonagon:
SM-G935FD on AT&T

Hello all, first post here.

Recently I purchased an unlocked G935FD to be used on AT&T in the US. The phone is sick, but for some reason I cant get 4G/LTE. I called at&t and they said since it wasnt an "at&t" phone, that I couldn't get 4G coverage. I told them that was bull**** and I was gonna switch carriers, and they still didnt care. I know from reading through this whole thread that some of you have the same phone, on the same carrier and are getting 4G. How are you doing this? What should I do? What information do you need from me to help me?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrNiceGuy:
I had the same issue so I called up the customer service and asked them to activate LTE service on my phone. I was also told the same bull**** but in the end the rep understood and activated the LTE service.. Hope that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] condonagon:
I took your advice and called them back. To my surprise, I got a customer service rep that didn't absolutely fail me. It took a long time, and some troubleshooting, but we finally figured it out, and now I have LTE service on my SM-G935FD on AT&T. I think what she said was that since the phone was foreign, that their system didn't recognize the IMEI number or something, so she had to put all the info in by hand. After they did that, I did a reboot and it works flawlessly now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrNiceGuy:
Glad that helped you:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChristopherXDA:
Did anyone notice that the CSC for AT&T USA is available now as posted here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-30-t3392949/ ?

I don't want to lose SPay by rooting my device, but it appears if that can be extracted and flashed via ODIN...and then i guess you'd get wifi calling and volte on ATT?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] johnnyutah22:
I am rooted and I applied the at&t csc, personally I don't care for it. I'm switching back when I figure out the stock csc for the superman rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] biopig:
I tried the att & tmo sim card on unlocked international G930FD, neither of them shows LTE, instead they show "4G". but according to speed test, they ARE of LTE speed bcuz they are 60Mbps which exceed the limit of H+.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattwood2000:
Hey guys,

for those of you on AT&T, if you have 4G LTE service and you are on a phone call and also doing something on the internet, does your phone drop down to H+ since VoLTE is not supported by AT&T on non-branded device? I just want to make sure that the phone will negotiate down to support simultaneous data and voice when necessary. That is the one piece I need to confirm before getting one from Amazon and switching to AT&T.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hisma:
Yes it will negotiate down. If you root your phone, you can flash the att csc and gain volte capabilities.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jay_d_:
What don't you like about it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattwood2000:
Appreciate the confirmation. Will order my new phone today!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattjewell:
Thanks for confirming this as well. Just ordered the international Note 7 (SM-N930F) and have been doing research on which rooting process will work. Am I correct in saying that Chainfires CF-Auto-Root is the best option?

Also, any walk throughs on flashing the att csc? Would love to gain the VoLTE feature.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mattwood2000:
I've read some posts about folks on AT&T who change the IMEI number on their account to an older AT&T branded phone or an iPhone and then call up customer service and have them enable 4G and VoLTE.

Has anyone done this specifically for the S7? Also, would it make more sense as I will be a brand new customer porting a number to AT&T to go into a store with an old iPhone or branded phone and setup the account on that, and then just swap the SIM and edit the account on line to change the IMEI and keep the 4G?

Thoughts?

Just ordered a G935FD! Can't wait to get that puppy fired up!

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Also, what is the best CSC to use on the G935F or G935FD here in the US with AT&T? I understand that the F CSC can be flashed on an FD without any issues.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hisma:
I rooted my phone months ago. Back when I did it the process was fairly complex and required a full wipe. I think it's easier now though...

http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-easy-to-update-rooted-phone-t3342896

as for csc, just flash it from TWRP and choose ATT

http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-30-t3392957
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the_OZONE:
So does this mean there is no way to get AT&T volte and Samsung pay working at the same time? Also I was wondering, does the same method work for the g935w8?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hisma:
once you root you will lose samsung pay, sorry. If you absolutely must have samsung pay, you will need to buy a US-based snapdragon model. That version has a locked bootloader and to this day still cannot be rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
1) With the ATT SIM in my Nexus 6P, there is no VoLTE/HD Voice as expected. My Account shows unknown device.

2) When I put the same SIM into my ATT-branded S7, I immediately get VoLTE.

3) Then, I put the same SIM back into the 6P, no VoLTE. My Account still shows S7 (from #2) after a day, but still no VoLTE.

Clearly, my SIM and account are provisioned and support VoLTE. #2 proves it. My readings suggest that VoLTE is restricted to ATT-branded devices and ATT's proprietary code is baked into those phones. The fact that the 6P shows no VoLTE on ATT supports this idea (no ATT code). Based on the forgoing, I would say that the idea of calling ATT to "enable VoLTE using an ATT phone" is false. It will not work.

Onto the discussion of flashing the ATT CSC on International versions to get VoLTE: Has someone proved that this works, is consistent, and sticks? Please confirm here if someone has this working. I am skeptical because I thought that it's more than the CSC that makes ATT's unique VoLTE work.

To complete the picture, T-Mo's VoLTE implementation is more standardized. We know this because the Nexus 6, 6P, and 5x all support VoLTE when a T-Mo SIM is used. I have even read that Verizon's VoLTE works. It is only ATT (and by their choice) that prevents VoLTE from working on non-branded phones.

Again, if someone flashed an ATT CSC on a "F" or "FD" Exynos variant and is seeing VoLTE with ATT consistently, please do confirm.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hisma:
Well, I believe you are right. VoLTE wouldn't work for me. I tested it, and confirmed that even with VoLTE ticked in the settings, data would still drop down to HSPA+/3G when on a call. On top of that, you lose the ability to tether.

For me I don't think it's that important to me, as HSPA+ is perfectly acceptable for those times you need data while on a voice call. I did a speed test and I still got 10+Mbps while on HSPA+ on a call. Your call if it's worth it to you or not. I wouldn't waste your time using the ATT csc. Better off with a UK csc.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] snovvman:
Thanks for your reply. The importance of VoLTE is not simply with the ability to stay in LTE during a call. VoLTE bears other/future features and implications. And although HSPA can be fast, some tests show that a 60+ Mbps LTE can drop to <5 Mbps HSPA during a call. The worst part of it is the latency, which can really affect performance.

It is true that we talk a lot less these days, but there will be situations where those of us who do not have a phone deemed worthy by ATT will receive inferior service/coverage. Also, if you happen to be root tethering, having to take a call and dropping down to H can seriously affect speed.

I found the following thread and replied today (under the same name). Take a look--there are many people complaining about AT&T's policy.

https://forums.att.com/t5/Device-Features/HD-voice-and-and-VoLTE-on-Android/m-p/4891299

My replies started here:

https://forums.att.com/t5/Device-Features/HD-voice-and-and-VoLTE-on-Android/m-p/4891249#M10786
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the_OZONE:
Your posts are very informative, thank you. You mention VoLTE vs LTE speeds. But is VoLTE call quality much better than LTE call in terms of audio quality?

Also I assume AT&T is filtering for phones through IMEI, and since you confirm that both tethering and VoLTE don't work, I assume their newer features such as wifi calling and advanced messaging won't work either. I agree that it's probably not even worth rooting and using that ATT csc, considering that would trip knox and then there would be no chance of even getting Samsung Pay to work....

I really don't understand AT&T's stinginess when it comes to using non AT&T phones on their network, even if the phones have the right cellular bands. Seems like they want to punish customers who don't buy AT&T phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aergern:
You couldn't flash the AT&T version of the S7 rom on the International version anyway .. different SoC. It's not a Qualcomm 820.