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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] placeway:
What *are* the steps to go from CRE2 to CRE5? Or maybe the question is, what are the steps to go from CRE2 back to BRD1 so that the CRE5 update can be applied? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Look through recent posts pointing at a full firmware from the cloud site maintained on mail.ru. If you have U3CRE2 installed, it's very important that you download ONLY a firmware with the version 3 bootloader unless you want brickage. Download that full firmware for S3BRD1. Also on that site, download the modified ODIN program which allows firmware flashing on the S7 Active. From there google "S7 Firmware Flashing ODIN" and you will run into many video tutorials describing how this is done. Requires a windows computer although it would surprise me if there wasn't a Linux toolset for the same thing. Anyhow. follow the ODIN flashing instructions using the firmware you downloaded. That will put you on BRD1 from which you can go to CRE5 using the latest update. And, if CRE5 doesn't prove to be the official, you can reflash the firmware to go back to BRD1 which is the last known official firmware.

Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] placeway:
Would that be this file?

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/g..._QB17619845_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.7z

The "extra" text in the file name have me confused.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Yes, that's it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] placeway:
In appreciation of the help given, I wanted to provide this feedback. A week or more back, thanks to this thread I updated my S7 Active to Oreo U3CRE2 without any issues (other than the update process takes a freaking long time!). Earlier this week I read about the CRE5 update and wanted to try it. Again, thanks to help here I succeeded in downgrading back to AUCS3BRD1 via Odin, then upgraded to CRE5 (again, a freaking long upgrade time!).

The CRE5 upgrade prevented me from setting up Google Pay. I got an error message stating that my device was either rooted or running a custom rom and could not be certified by Google. I'm not saying that CRE5 is "custom" or "rooted". Maybe it's such a new beta that Google doesn't have record of it. Regardless, *I* couldn't get Google Pay setup again. Your mileage may vary. I did not try to setup Samsung Pay.

I've Odin'd back to BRD1 and tested - Google Pay recognizes my device as "secure" again. I'll probably re-install CRE2 as it was working well for me for the week I was running it. Unlike a previous poster, I live in the US and don't expect to be roaming in Canada (or any other country) any time soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Thanks for the great feedback and review. I'm in Canada so hadn't tried google pay as I don't think its available here yet? But I did just try setting it up (running CRE5) and can confirm the error you get regarding a rooted or modified phone. Can you confirm that Google pay works with CRE2? Anyhow, i guess this means waiting a bit longer for the official Oreo update and, for me, another round of ODIN...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] DickVanPaiton:
Hi,

Can you please let me know which way to go right now to the latest version? Right now I am on: BQG1

I am totally confused with the news about different bootloaders etc.

I am planning to go with Odin to G891AUCS3BRD1 but the downloaded file has quite a strange name:

"G891AUCS3BRD1_CL13107193_QB17619845_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT"

Then I would like to go via update.zip to CRE2 using this file:

"SS-G891AUCS3BRD1(7.0)-to-U3CRE2(8.0)-UP"

Is this all right?

Would be SO GREAT if somebody could like the download file for the latest Odin version + the DL links how to go on from there with zip updates.

Thank you very much!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Yes that would be alright. Bootloader would be upgraded to version 3, meaning that you will not be able to go back to any earlier version than BRD1. As of now, there is no confirmed official update to Oreo, so you might have to roll back to BRD1 later if you want to be able to follow the official upgrade path.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
You are on the right track. Download the ODIN that works for the S7 Active from the mail.ru site where you got the firmware. Yes, you have the correct firmware despite the long name. It seems to work fine for people. Use google to find videos on how to use ODIN to apply a new firmware. It's not hard. There's no point in me re-explaining how to do this when there's so much material out there telling you how to do it.

As for updating to CRE2, you may want to wait a few more weeks (max) for the official Oreo to come out or the indication of what the official Oreo build will be. Waiting will save you from having to re-flash the full firmware again which will involve wiping your phone and setting everything up again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
I'm on Oreo U3CRE5 and works great I can sing in for use Samsung Pay and never show a strange message, looks great. A bug on double press on the home button for fast open camera, doesn't work. Better signal reception! generally good. Oreo Stable is coming very soon :fingers-crossed:

Update: random freezes in camera.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Go into settings and then the advanced features section. Turn the double press home button off then on again in the toggle and it should work! It solved my issue .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
I tried but not works, and sometimes the camera doesn't works too (freezes, not take a picture, black screen). A found some lags and little overheats.

The other things like signal, audio, animations, battery (more or less), Always on Display and the Fingerprint works little better.

Maybe I'll come back to "N" in few days while Stable Oreo rollout.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] DickVanPaiton:
@ staffeyx and faronium

Thank you very much! Updated sucessully to BRD1 with no issues. Will wait for the "official path" to Oreo or even the next Nougat versions from now on. Still hope that we will get new Odin files.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
No problem. Glad you got where you want to be. NB: don't hold out for many more nougat versions. Maybe one more official OTA security update but I'd be really surprised if the next update wasn't official Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
U3CRE7 is up on ATT servers. I'm sure [MENTION=5947262]khaliullov[/MENTION] will have it on his cloud site soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
Thank you for information!

Just uploaded: SS-G891AUCS3BRD1-to-U3CRE7-UP.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ThunderingLight:
Anyone tried out this firmware? (CRE7)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ThunderingLight:
I just flashed this new firmware (U2CRE7) and everything seems to be running smoothly. The discrepancy between Camera quick launch in Settings > Advanced features > Quick launch Camera and Camera > (Gear Icon) > Quick Launch is still present. I prefer the Quick launch in the camera app as opposed to the Quick launch in Advanced feature because it seems slower to go home if I leave the Double click home button quick launch on.

Overall, the phone feels faster than U3BRD1 (Nougat) and I will come back and report on the battery life after using the phone tomorrow.

If anyone has anything they want me to test just let me know.

Thanks to [MENTION=5947262]khaliullov[/MENTION] for keeping the OTA and firmware files on the cloud website and [MENTION=8232669]faronium[/MENTION] for checking the files.

I want to make a separate thread for Oreo OTA and firmware files soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I'm flashing it now and will be headed to the US this weekend so will be able to see if the roaming issues are still present. The paranoid part of my brain that doesn't know how these things actually work is worried that my IMEI has been blacklisted off ATT for having unauthorized betas on my phone. But, that's probably not likely, right...? Riiiight?

--Update 1--

Flashed the new version too soon to check all the potential issues but amazing to me that the timestamp on the kernel build was yesterday afternoon Korean Time. This means that the kernel was built not too long before the update was on ATT servers.

--Update 2--

CTS Profile mismatch still causes Google Pay to not work. This may make other apps, such as those that rely on DRM, work incorrectly. Proceed with caution. I'm not sure if this kind of thing will get fixed when the firmware becomes official. Probably not? I'm also curious if using ODIN causes such issues. I regret not checking this with the BRD1 firmware a few hours ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
Thanks for the reviews/updates!

I have a question. Are everything alright if I open Samsung Pay and doesn't show any error message like "Unable to open app" or something else while I'm using a Beta Oreo? I said that because other people shows messages PD: I don't use Google Pay because my country only supports Samsung Pay Officially.

I used BRD1 and updated to CRE5, I'm back to BRD1 and opened Samsung Pay and Samsung Healthy doesn't show errors.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ThunderingLight:
I have used Samsung Pay and Samsung Health successfully on different Oreo betas (CRC7, CRD4, CRE2, CRE7) and I haven't gotten any errors whatsoever. It should be alright as long as you flash the firmwares that are on the Russian site or the ones I flashed (listed above).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
I was confused with the "root" Knox problems and problems with Beta Oreo like Google Pay errors.

All fine, thanks :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] *blackzer0:
how can go crd4 to cre2 or cre7? i am stuck on crd4 working perfect but i want to update on cre2 or cre7
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
Use Odin to flash and use following firmware and come back to BRD1.

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/firmwares/Noug

at/G891AUCS3BRD1_CL13107193_QB17619845_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.7z

THEN USE SIDELOAD TO UPGRADE
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
It seems that with the betas, Google's SafetyNet API doesn't classify the phone as unmodified in terms of something called the CTS Profile. So, Google Pay doesn't work. But, in terms of your question, Knox doesn't seem to care about those things so all things Knox related work on the betas that I've used. But, any service that relies on a clean SafetyNet search may not work. I'm going to flash my phone back to BRD1 today and then double check that SafetyNet sees the phone as valid and will report from there.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
Update: I'm having battery issues: Android System, Android OS and Inactive device consumed 45% more or less of total battery charge. First full charge gave me a 6 hours of Screen time without problems. In this second charge gave a battery drain.

Update of Update: PowerAmp causes the drain battery issues. Uninstalled.

System works great.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] NHT0101:
update patch

Hi guys,

Could anyone help me know the update patch for my S7 active? Right now my phone's version is BQB2 and when to use odin, when to use sideload.

Thanks you guys

:o:o
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Odin firmware BRD1 is the latest official update. See link above.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] NHT0101:
Appreciated your help. But Could you please tell me more how to update my phone from BQB2 to BRD1? I look at the https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/"]https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/ but only saw file to update from BRD1 to newer version. Not from BQB2 to BRD1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
In that cloud, you can look at the firmware folder and download S3BRD1.

You can update directly to S3BRD1 using Odin modified without problems.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Update -- I just re-ran the CTS Profile and SafetyNet checks on my phone with U3CRE7 and it now passes. A week ago it didn't. Innnnnnteresting.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
It mean that CRE7 will be office rom from att?

OMG
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] slimshouki:
Is there something can be done to spoof ATT sim card in order to get ota updates through the phone without rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zelendel:
Even with Rooting you are not doing that. You would have to connect to their network. And a sim from another carrier is not gonna allow you to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
about OTA updates via Wi-Fi not from AT&T sim

As far as I know, you could receive OTA updates even if you not on AT&T network via Wi-Fi without any problems if your phone was properly unlocked, i.e. via AT&T support. So, if your phone fully paid and you asked AT&T team for unlock code (not via "special" sites for quick unlock), after entering it AT&T update servers will accept request via Wi-Fi.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
My phone was unlocked by a unlock key send from at&t and it never get OTA updates, im with a sim from another network, so personally i can tell that dont work.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zelendel:
No you need an ATT sim card for the connection to ATT servers. Without their sim card there is no way to connect to the server. The wifi connection only happens after the sim authenticates on the network.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ^se7eΠ×:
You can update through SD card without sim.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] slimshouki:
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] YAARRR:
Any fresh news about oreo? On the AT&T site , just checked, nougat still official

https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...tep_KM1136420?make=Samsung&model=SamsungG891A
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
Few weeks for Oreo.

https://www.sammobile.com/2018/06/14/galaxy-s7-active-may-receive-the-android-oreo-updat
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Already on at&t page S7 and S7 Edge officially have Oreo, so our S7 Active comes next, few more days!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Tenderglow:
Got it this afternoon at 4pm pacific time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] muneebrocks:
oreo on s7 active?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Godmonkey80:
What is the baseband version?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
According to a poster in the other thread, it's CRE7:

https://xdaforums.com/s7-active/help/s7-active-att-oreo-t3781809/page4
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] o_01uk:
Is anyone able to download it off the AT&T servers?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
I agree, and I did it ;) the entire process took me around 20 minutes from PL4 to OA7... look quite same, maybe there are fix I still can't find, just one thing i don't remember: the blue light filter was in PL7 already? otherwise is now in OA7
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
How do people even find these links for the updates? Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] berniesteven:
I don't see blue light filter in pl4. Must be new. Cool.

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
Actually with the filter on is not cool, is warm :D

---------- Post added at 03:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:46 PM ----------

just look in OP, there's a link: "source"

Inviato dal mio SAMSUNG-SM-G891A utilizzando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
Yes I saw the source, I'm wondering how THEY find the links. Didn't ask how the OP found it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
Once you know how the URL's are tied together, it's just a matter of trying until you find a valid link. That's how I found all those updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Pulverizer:
Just found new firmware information of G891A on the ATT OFFICIAL website.

But i have doubt why firmware file name indicate G928A and still Android version is 6.0...lol

It seems just security patch.

G928AUCS4CQA1

Edit : i think this firmware version is today released security patch included version with Android 6.0

Correct firmware name will be below.

G891AUCS2AQA1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
How's qa7 working out fellows?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
I use Firefox as my browser jimmy, I don't have or use Google Chrome... any other options I can use?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] raze5115:
You have to use free downloader to download it

---------- Post added at 03:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:48 PM ----------

The instructions for setting up extension are not very helpful at all. I can't figure out what to put in the user agent string, group, and flag part of it. I use chrome.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] itzik-g:
Successfully updated !

Works great !

i followed the instructions as is and its simple:

simply copied the upgrade files into the device SD card

Booted to recovery

Applied from recovery the update from SD

Choose the update file according to correct upgrade order

upgraded once, then the next , and then to Nougat

All went smooth with no issues

a big Thanks for putting this up and it works !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
You could've read the instructions on how to use the extension. Right clicking on the icon and click options.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] PhabianSpooner:
is it possible to change the ota update server for the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] txtofl:
Anyone notice poor signal with Nougat?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
I do, it gets a little better with OA7 but network still drops sometimes
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] raze5115:
I did read the instructions for setting up the extension. what do I put for the user-agent string, group and for the flag part? I'm still new to the part of setting up user-agents but not a complete idiot cause I do know how to root my phone and how to install the os files once downloaded. I just don't know how to set up user-agent strings.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
I said instructions on how to use the extension and I just told you. Right click on the user agent icon on the top right of chrome then select options and you'll see where you enter in the details.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] raze5115:
I got that part. What the hell do I enter for USER-AGENT STRING, GROUP, AND FLAG PART? The stupid instructions don't cover that part all it tells you is to enter the user-agent name but you have to have all 4 for the stupid extension to accept it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
Group just helps your organize all the didn't user agents (type of browser) and flag part doesn't matter what you put it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
Which bootloader does qa7 have?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Should be this one right?

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/SS-G891AUCS3BRD1-to-U3CRE7-UP.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] o_01uk:
I'm not sure the date of that file is quite old
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
"мая" means May, not March (had to google it myself).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
No it's not. Still no Oreo on official servers.

https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...tep_KM1136420?make=Samsung&model=SamsungG891A
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
There is often a delay between roll-out and when it shows up on that page.

Edit:

Now it's official! CRE7 is the current update and it's Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
I'm using that OTA because that update was on this Cloud a month ago hahaha

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/SS-G891AUCS3BRD1-to-U3CRE7-UP.zip

Thanks for the uploader.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Have you found any negatives so far with the update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I've been using CRE7 for a while now and don't see too many drawbacks, if any. There are lots of minor changes for the good, battery life is about the same or maybe slightly better. The only major issue I have been having is with roaming from Canada to the US. My phone hasn't been able to register on any US networks but this may not be an issue with the firmware so much as my phone. I'll be able to test it again this weekend and see if the official release has improved anything.

I'll start looking for the next security update. Our phone's may be rolling into quarterly updates now as they are two years old. But, if it's monthly, the next update is due any time now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] o_01uk:
Could you just confirm the build number of the Russian site is exactly the same? I am very worried about updating to a dead end rom
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AryM10:
Maybe few things, but battery life is better like nougat, better notifications, better signal reception.

Bloatware and camera complete view s*cks because replace HDR button
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
how can i update without ADB sideload?

my device is in BRD1.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Tenderglow:
Same feeling: battery life is better, especially when not using the phone.

I also noticed a better signal. Sounds is better on my car's Bluetooth.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
Now we need to wait for fresh file upload at Russian site or should download and use previously uploaded update ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Godmonkey80:
i had met the problem "failed to mount /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system at/system: Permission denied" when i tried to install form SD card. Please tell me the solution to fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
I think that ROM did not changed since last build.

According to HTTP response headers:

< Last-Modified: Wed, 30 May 2018 16:59:47 GMT

< Accept-Ranges: bytes

< ETag: "0-5e3f319d-56d6f473a130b"

< Age: 1544
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] vjblackxs:
Odin android Oreo firmware S7 Active

i bricked my s7 active after trying to downgrade from CRE2 Oreo to nougat. i tried all the firmwares available and some people say that it's bricked due to a different bootloader version of Android 8. someone can help me our please!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gukuhn:
G891aucu2bqa7

Last year I followed this sequence to update my S7 active:

1. G891AUCU1APE7 > G891AUCU1APG7

2. G891AUCU1APG7 > G891AUCS1APH1

3. G891AUCS1APH1 > G891AUCS2API2

4. G891AUCS2API2 > G891AUCU2APK2

5. G891AUCU2APK2 > G891AUCS2APL1

6. G891AUCS2APL1 > G891AUCU2BQA7 Nougat

It worked perfectly, but now I can't find the recent security updates for G891AUCU2BQA7 it seems like nobody has this firmware.

What should I do to get those updates?

Thanks