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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
This is a VERIZON forum. Just sayin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] blane3298:
i know..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] xdathekilljoy:
Is it bad or weird I was holding out with PE1 still rather than try this?

I really wanted to, but it doesnt support VR, big red a hats left us at beta 2, and I didn't want to get stuck on the next bootloader and then find out someone found a vulnerability.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kehres83:
Can anyone tell me how to downgrade from pi3 to ph1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

Just follow the downgrade link in the OP. It will work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bassman418:
So all of us on the Beta 2, when the official Nougat is released over the air what do we have to do? Will we be able to receive it or will we have to downgrade to be able to receive it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aznsensazn29:
Anyone else have the issue where the stock gallery app doesn't show any individual pictures? There are three tabs at the top, pictures, albums, and stories, but I can't see any of my pictures in the pictures tab. I can only view my pictures after going to the gallery tab and clicking on each specific album. This didn't pose an issue until now, when I want to use the Picture Frame widget. I can't select any single picture from my albums, but it's also a pain to create an entirely new album with only one picture. Any advice? This issue has persisted through a factory reset, and it doesn't matter if the pictures are on my sd card or internal storage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zimgir124:
Should receive it as an OTA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zimgir124:
Sorry, I haven't had this issue personally.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
Samsung is releasing galaxy 8 in april any bets on wether vetizon s7 receives official nougat before s8 is released. My bet is no
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jskolm:
My bet is no also. I was actually a little pissed when I saw that. Knowing how Verizon operates, and with the issues with the unenrolling from the Beta program, I get update notifications and get updated to Beta 2 automatically, even though I have deregistered, and rolled back to MM. Samsung says.... 'we know'. So now I am stuck like this until After April probably, and BETA 2 has too many wifi issues for me, even after clean installs of it. Stupid Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
Well we will see how this pans out.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theandroidsoul.com/psa-galaxy-s7-nougat-release-january-17-news/amp/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
[MENTION=5064021]aznsensazn29[/MENTION]

Think he means this [MENTION=757157]this[/MENTION]zimgir124 ....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aznsensazn29:
Sorry, but that's also not what I'm talking about. Instead of being able to see anything in my Pictures tab, I can only access my photos through the Album tab and selecting an album.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jab476:
I disagree. I bet Verizon S7s receive official nougat before end of January
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] JAChristian14:
Nougat Released

Idk how soon it will be for Verizon users, but they have released the official version of nougat for the s7/s7edge today. First it is rolling out for the beta users, then it will roll out everyone else.

Check 9to5google for verification bc I cannot post links since I am a new user.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Averix:
It isn't consistent across all apps. I have a tumblr app that everything it saves shows the ! graphic. Open them in Google Photos and they're just fine. Not sure what the cause is, but it is annoying. Not all apps do it. The tumblr one is the only one I have that seems to suffer this problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] GigaSPX:
never mind, delete post
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] keenum23:
Anyone else getting a cannot read 'update.zip' when trying to sideload using adb? The first update.zip doesn't work. The 2nd update.zip doesn't give me any problems, other than I'm not on the right version when it tries to apply because the 1st one didn't install properly.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm on PH1, OFFICIAL / OFFICIAL. I just need to get that 1st update.zip to load :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] keenum23:
What USB driver are you guys using? I'm trying with SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface over adb, and it will not install.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
Why are you trying to install it through adb. Just follow the instructions. It couldn't be any more simpler than that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] keenum23:
I stopped being cheap. I got a 32gb sd card from wall-greens for $11, works great. Thanks everyone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
Looks like more delays for us to get Nougat.

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/galaxy-s7-nougat-halted-beta-program-on/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kuyajai23:
Question

So does the first download link update the pi3 firmware to ph1?

I don't want to make a mistake.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
If you want to return to ph1 you need to follow the directions in the return to ph1 link in the OP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kuyajai23:
Thanks, also in your opinion is it better to wait for the update to be rolled out or just downgrade to ph1 and install it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
I flashed back to ph1 then pi3 thinking we'd be on December security patch. After about 2 hours of missing the features in Nougat Beta I went back. Love Nougat and can't wait for the official. Whenever that may be. So yes I recommend following the OP exactly to enjoy the beta. I don't see our version being different from the official release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] StormFreak:
I am on Beta 2 (recieved OTA as a beta user), but am planning on getting a Gear VR. I know initially Gear VR did not work on Beta 2. Has that been fixed or would I need to wait for the final release. If so, I am planning on flashing back to PH1 to wait for the official OTA. My only question with that is since I was a beta member, will I get notified to OTA back to the beta if I downgrade? Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
VR is still broke. No you won't get an update. Verizon is no longer part of the Beta Program since second beta.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] StormFreak:
Thanks! But if I flash back to PH1, I will get the OTA to official Nougat when it's released, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
Yes of course ! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jskolm:
Wrong. I am a member of the BETA program also. I unregister my device through the Samsung Members App, then downgraded back to PH1. I am then prompted to update back to the BETA program. I can not check for updates because it always wants to update me to the BETA Program. I even tried to install the update after PH1 just to see if that would stop it and I get the BETA update still. And am then updated back to the BETA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
Once you unregister they can't force you to update to a program you are not registered with. It had been stated by the Beta Program that you can unregister anytime without any further involvement. So I would say you did not unregister completely or properly.

And if this is the case at hand I would just deal with what ya have till the official. Its a Beta. And TBH the Beta is neat but not the Huge ugrade we were expecting. And probably wont recieve
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] StormFreak:
This was my concern... So annoying that there is no way to just leave the beta for good. I feel like I'm stuck in limbo until the final Nougat release comes out...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
I just dont see how they can force you to be part of something that you are not registered anymore to use. I'd have to say its an unregistering issue. And I suggest using Odin to return to PH1 or PI3 and factory reset after flashing back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zimgir124:
The unregistering is something they know about.

It's just something that will need to be dealt with, however only people officially in the beta program should have this issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
Still want to make this bet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kuyajai23:
Are there any issues that bother you on daily usage?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
The swiping of notifications on lockscreen doesn't always happen on first swipe. But battery life is superb. I average 6-7 hours SOT. There is an issue with gallery not showing certain images. Will a how as exclamation point. But as a DD I love it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jskolm:
My issues with Nougat are the Wifi issues. Where wifi will disconnect and not reconnect. Usually after sleep or overnight for me. I have processes that run at night to backup my stuff and those would fail due to no connection. Not everyone has this issue, but I wipe, reset, reloaded, and always had this issue. That is a big deal to me. It's a simple fix, turn on Airplane mode, then turn it back off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kuyajai23:
Im really debating on either rooting my phone and install a custom rom through flashfire or upgrade to the nougat :0

or flash the sm-935u firmware :0 what to do
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
I've not had WiFi issues so I'm in the dark about how that is. But I'm sure it sucks

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No offense to the devs in here. I personally wouldn't root unless their were ROMs like AICP, DU, etc that we could flash. Having a locked bootloader is such a drag. Especially since I came from the Moto X Pure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] FoxyDrew:
I completely agree, to answer this guys question, I would run the latest G935U firmware that just came out a few days ago, it's been running like butter and I haven't had any issues with it.

And if you have the time/patience, try the beta out! The beta ran awesome for me most of the time, but still had inconsistencies and bugs (the WiFi problem NOT being one of them) that made me want to go back to Marshmallow. But from my understanding the beta is doing great for most people, so it's worth a shot you might love it.

Root is garbage on this phone. The devs who have made ROMs definitely have my respect because they've been able to fix a lot of the issues rooting brings, its just not my cup of tea. I'm unrooted and that's considering my last phone was a Nexus 6P.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
I am very curious as to whats the benefits of flashing the U firmware over the Verizon one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] FoxyDrew:
Well to start I suffer no loses using the U firmware (don't use VVM or any of that crap). So if they function the same (for me) might as well use the one with less bloat right?

However for some reason on the Verizon firmware, the VPN app I use to bypass my schools WiFi doesn't work. The same VPN works on the U firmware. And I use this every single day for 7 hours a day, so yeah.

But it does feel faster (possibly just in my head), has WAY less bloat (especially that DTIgnite garbage, even if I use package disabler right after a clean flash of the VZW firmware, I always get like 3 or 4 random apps installed), and like I said, has no drawbacks, so it's the obvious choice for me. On top of that I'm assuming the U variant will probably get Nougat before us so that will be another reason.

Edit: Oh yeah plus the U firmware just got an update a few days ago, meaning it's on the January security patch. API3 is still on November.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
Actually Verizons PI3 is stuck on Octobers

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So I am trying flash back to PH1 from PI3. Im using the latest Odin but when I try to load the AP file its freezing Odin. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Snakehn:
Cleaner, faster software, battery life is awesome with the U firmware, night and day difference.

Also few small but very handy features like automatic business lookup from contacts app powered by yelp, automatic caller ID lookup powered by white pages built-in right into the dialer and few other stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] FoxyDrew:
Sorry if this is a stupid question but I have to ask, have you ever used Odin to flash a firmware on your S7 before? The AP file, if you look, is over 5GB. Which is pretty large. Odin should freeze, and say "Not Responding" at the top, for 5-10 minutes (possibly longer depending on your PC) while it loads in the AP file. I usually load up the AP file last, and wait a while for it to respond.

Of course assuming you know of all this, have you tried a different version of Odin? I use PrinceComsy 3.12 and it's worked with every firmware I've put in it. Or possibly your PI3 download is corrupted in some way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
I am fairly new to Odin. But thank you that worked being patient.... LOL

I am debating on flashing the U Firmware till official Nougat just to try something new
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kuyajai23:
I made the right choice in going to beta im in love with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
Aw well tried waiting for the official update and still no go so it looks like I'll be on the beta I'm very savvy when it comes to instructions so I can install it no problem. I don't really to much care for vr at the moment. Just confirmation. Will I still be able to update to official firm when it comes out while in beta?

some users reported the beta running with zero issues if that's the case I'm all game.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zimgir124:
Unconfirmed, but I don't see a reason why you shouldn't be able to update via OTA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
Well I take it since it's native samsung firmware for the Verizon s7 edge I'll trust it. Very well jumping on the beta immediately. I'll be awaiting the Ota.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aabraham:
anybody here ran the stang5litre rom previously? i just setup my phone with that rom after installing all this kernel auditor, Lspeed, greenify etc. now watching videos of the beta and people here raving about battery and stuff i'm confused whether i should install the beta. it does look good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jab476:
Well now that they've stopped the roll out because of bugs.. Probably not. Not Verizons fault though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6106:
credit goes to jrkruze for this wonderful guide!!

just installed 7.0 nougate beta on my verizon s7 edge and everything works perfectly on update 1 no bugs no FC's everything works as it should. No need to update to beta 2 when everythings is resolved in beta 1. How i achieved this is i formated everything did a clean install of ph1 no touchwiz no tweaks no updates no root no modifications no custom themes to ph1 dont install anything leave it as is "Barebones".

Then follow Jrkruze's awesome guide to install 7.0 beta.

this will resolve all problems. Everything should work out of the box

facebook works perfectly it never closes, bluetooth works wifi works the edge panel works with zero bugs on accessing panels. and everything else works perfectly out the box.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] tu3218:
Any issues with getting an update notification to install the latest security update? When I flashed beta 1 and 2, I was getting that notification. Annoyed the hell out of me and just went back to MM. Were you originally one IP3, flashed PH1, than flashed the Nougat betas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
I was originally on the u firmware before I went to ph1 and from there I went to 7.0 I was also unregistered for the beta. So I read other people comments about bugs with update 1 and simply tried the barebones method and that pretty much solved all the bugs and fc issues. Update 1 is all you need no need for update 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] ROB281:
Read a story yesterday that AT&T won't have the nougat update ready for another two months. If Verizon follows suit your looking at March/April before it comes.... Close to the release of the 8, like always.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] revampster:
Thanks to the op for taking the time to formulate a guide and provide all the necessary tools and images to update to the inaccessible beta. I will say this runs very smooth and after some initial hiccups it has seemed to really excel. I choose to update do to needing a factory reset from the irreparable issue of youtube video freezing but audio continuing. Very well worth the time!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] conrad2123:
Does VR work??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
I don't currently own vr hardware but I'm quite sure it will work as long as the software is natively installed correctly it should work. 7.0 should recognize vr hardware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] ronschuck:
VR doesnt work per the FIRST post.. look at the very bottom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
Has anybody tried vr off of a fresh install are there any error messages or perhaps a message log? The s7 is built for vr after all it could perhaps be an script that has vr disable by default. And with this being an updated os from mm is kinda hard to believe that the function is not available with then the software. So this rules this out being a bug. This has to be a simple software issue. We have to find a way to gain root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] FoxyDrew:
I have, it's one of the reasons I stay on MM, I love my Gear VR. It's not an error or a software issue, VR just isn't baked into the beta. Also, there isn't and most likely never will be a way to root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
Now as root there several methods to root the hard thing is finding that way to root 7.0. Android is a linux base os. So its very possible.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] FoxyDrew:
I encourage you to try if you think it's so easy and possible.

Android isn't the problem, Android 7.0 has been rooted countless times on many other devices. That's not the issue, the issue is our very locked down bootloader, on top of Knox, on top of Snapdragons DM-Verity checks, on top of Samsungs stubborness, on top of Verizons stubborness.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] sunny777:
Where can i find this method plzz point towards the links thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
If you have any modifications done on ph1 firmware for example themes or you've gain root , xsposed framework app that alters the system in anyway. Your going run into problems in 7.0. That means any small updates such as the edge panel will cause problems in 7.0. When you install ph1 leave everything as is then install 7.0 you should have a native installation and everything will work perfectly without any errors.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] chimchimvega:
By modifications would that also include adopted storage? I'm about to go through the process and I am wondering if my SD card will be formatted when I Odin back to PH1? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
Your sd card will be untouched only your internal storage will be formatted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6106:
I'm a strong believer of xda. nothing is impossible when we have the best programmers/hacker's on this forum from all over the world. we are xda. Put it this way it's samsung number of hackers and verizons number of software writers vs the world we xda is that group of people that will crush any security and locked bootloaders. so that users like us will have the freedom to do positive things with are devices that we have invested are dollars in. its very unfair that multibillion dollar company's wants to strip us of those rights to our devices by putting by limit on our devices by limiting us on how far we can use are devices ,once again the s7 edge is valued at 829 us dollar even after a whole year of its release we should be able to do as we please with our devices.. I believe its very possible to unlock the bootloader. perhaps the answer is under our noses.

"sorry for going off topic guys"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zimgir124:
This is one of the best ways I've actually heard it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] zimgir124:
I want to believe that we will get a BL unlock, but I doubt we will get one personally. That also goes with root on Nougat.

Verizons reason for BL lock is, and according to them: You'll get better customer service if they stay that way. And I think that's true. Verizon tech's can't help you if you don't have their software installed.

And while they are our devices, it is not our network.

I don't agree with what they do, but there's nothing we can do about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
You know what is really strang that the S5 has received more updates since november than the S7 has. Samsung is really dropping the ball on the S7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] FoxyDrew:
ok cool
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] tu3218:
It's not Samung. It's Verizon. As usual, dropping the ball.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kenshin6105:
I'm kinda scared to to take the final ota for nougat knowing verizon there stripping nougat of its features. Verizon only thinks about verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] aaronpw0621:
If we could've taken the odds in Vegas on this I could be retiring. This time it was Samsung that dropped the ball. There hasnt been any details from them as to what the bug was and why the halted the rollout. So will we see it by end of February ? Who knows anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Bsober:
We may see it after the release of the S8. Maybe. Cant be denied, android sucks for updates. So many manufactures, so many phones. Then you have the carriers in the way. Sometimes Apple looks like a good change. They're system is optimized and runs better than any android could think of, and they get updates for life. All of them
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] EchoX860:
Is it still cool to be on Beta 2 now that it's over, or should I revert back to Marshmallow?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] hatchetwarrior92882:
Hello guys! first let me apologize if this has already been answered, There is over 100 pages! I was going to put 7.0 on my s7 edge last night, but i get the errors for the sd card, I went in to check and my sd cards are not encrypted, Whats going on?