[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] faslane:
ahhh I was wondering Thanks bro!! Yeah it failed on my and i thought oh ****..soft bricked or something but then simply flashed the non-home and has my "ahhhhhh thank GAWD" moment to see android setting up applications screen instead of the recovery screen again lol... +1

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---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 PM ----------

no Idea on the nougat since Its beta so I won'rt discuss it I know nothing about it and because it's beta I won't touch it. But if you used the file with "home" in it. just re flash the file without home in it instead and you'll get past the problem and it rebooting to recovery again instead of proceeding with the process...the home file I was told by the forum owner himself [MENTION=3364603]galaxyuser88[/MENTION] it's you get when you use smart switch to upgrade to the latest firmware. so most don't need in this instance...so just reload uyp the 4 files and the non home file and the flash the APK1 modem after (maybe at same time but I did mine after phone was seup, not sure if it matter but the way I did it worked so I'm just saying....should work either way but I can't confirm nor deny and it's only a modem file so no biggie either. if it fails loading with other 3 at first flash it after phone is setup, if you have APK1 after the first odin flash and setup then you're good.

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---------- Post added at 02:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:34 PM ----------

I can't think of a single CON unless you like bloat and or use video calling a ton but Tango in the play store can handle that as long as others have it you're calling. I'v never ON ever called via video I think it's kinda weird and I'm sure there'll be a workaround. Since this U firmware isn't made for any specific carrier there's ZERO bloat. and you can uninstall an if you see it except like 3 things, one being one of the Payts i believe and the other two are S-voice which you can turn off without root and one other but they're all minimal and don't hog resources anyway so if you want a bloat less phone that boots up MUCH faster get "U" and flash the APK1 (latest 4x4 mimo support for LTS bands so your LTE will be like at least 4 times faster than it was. some people are reporting a consistent 60mbps and even up to 100 which both are faster than many people's WiFi for crying in the night so if you're on an unlimited phone plan that's a GREAT thing...you get wifi speeds (YMMV) without tuning on WIFI.....I AFERAGE ABOUT 40/38 AND BEFORE THAT WAS LIKE 8/10 ON A GOOD DAY SO i CAN'T COMPLAIN....oops caps..all I can say is backup what you want to keep and flash away, you won't regret it and you'll get quicker updates since the carriers don't have to get the U firmware at all and bloat it up before releasing it to the consumer....to me it's a no brainier and I've LOVED it for 3 days without a single FC, error, connectivity issue. it's paired with everything I normally use with BT, my Gear S2 works, my VR works, everything "just works" except the video calling thing which like I said you could just use an app for that anyway. I have wifi calling and VOLTE (I'm on Tmobile so we've had wifi calling for a couple years now and ATT peeps have reported they do too now after their bars go to like 2 or less WiFi calling kicks in..can't confirm nor deny that as I'm not on Tmobile.

there you have it....backup and go for it I say but at your own risk as always....

Fas

---------- Post added at 02:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:45 PM ----------

Agreed, you'll be super happy if something should go wrong and you already have the whole setup so it won't keep you down even longer while you wait to grab the complete file. I always do that and store them all away. I have about 50 or them from various roms for various phones because peeps come to me and ask if I can root their phone and install XYZ rom and sometimes certain phones only accept a few roms like some older models so those are the ones I keep so I don't have to go searching forever to see if they still exists somewhere lol.. HUGE timesaver all around. Good advice!! +1

Fas

---------- Post added at 03:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:51 PM ----------

Who are you replying too? Hard to tell when you don' include their quote. TY.

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