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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Mike_1996:
Tried earlier this week and failed in the end. Used modified Odin provided in the mail.ru Cloud folder from the OP with a repackaged CSC (PIT removed by myself, but not the binary). I initially flashed without CSC at all only to find that CSC did not match that was required by the OTA package from QB2 to QC2, and that's why I tried it. Flashing wasn't the problem, but after that I wanted to do the OTA ASAP and booted into the stock recovery. For the first time, the recovery recognized a script and started to erase stuff (while doing the obligatory CSC installation, since the CSC package was just a disk image which got flashed into the cache partition, so the result didn't really surprise me). Since then the regular OTAs had worked as expected.

So basically you'd have to do a backup before doing Odin and downgrading to QB2. Theoretically there's a method lying around to avoid wiping after flashing CSC but at the end of the day, I didn't have to rely on my data from an unstable QC4 (an alpha-stage ROM according to 4PDA). And then you're good to go for OTAs.

So again for future problems, do read the update info on 4PDA and avoid anything that's marked unstable or at least supposedly unstable.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dogmatism:
I have finally myself updated (my wife's) S7 Active to Nougat via Odin. By far, this is the smoothest procedure. Yes data (internal storage) was fully wiped, no problems with Network unlock status.

Updated OP with this note and reference.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] erickofonsghana:
This is good news for all of us... Can we have the process pls...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Mike_1996:
It's just as same as any Odin flashing procedure, since it involves directly writing into the partitions in download mode, and by that even modified devices could go back to stock as long as the NAND is healthy (Odin/warranty flags are another question that has nothing to do with returning to stock firmware). Basically you download the 4-part firmware and get an Odin new enough for current devices (such as https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/ODIN-modified.zip), drag each part onto the respective field and wait up to 10 minutes for the MD5 check, plug in the phone in Download mode (be sure to have the driver installed!) and press start. It's nothing more than that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] txtofl:
I updated to QD4 four days ago and noticed poor battery life. I was on OA7 since its release and the battery could last me up to 2 days. Does anyone know any tweaks to make battery life better, or I will have to go back to OA7.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I'm in the same boat although it's only been 24 hours and I know there's typically a lot of background processing going on in a new system (I think? Or is that just mumbo jumbo?). Anyhow, I'm going to give it a few days and see how it fares. As an example of battery decrease, I left the phone on in airplane mode and display off overnight starting with about 40% battery when I went to sleep and it died after I snoozed my alarm about 6 hours later. I left my old phone on as a backup because of my suspicions and, as usual (runnung Lineage 14.1 moto x play) it lost a few percent over night. Charging fully now and will monitor the discharge from a full state today to see how things pan out.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
I'm running QD4 and have been for quite a while (got the actual AT&T OTA) - I run "MID" power saving mode and always have. Have never noticed any kind of performance hit using that mode! I charge up before heading to bed at night then throw it on the night stand at around 11:30 PM - when I get up at 8:00 AM, it shows around 97 - 98% battery after being in standby overnight, every night without fail. During the day, I use between 10 - 25%, depending on how much I do with it. I didn't do any tweaks either, for what it's worth! ???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] txtofl:
Just received new update QE1. Anyone know if its just security patches? Hope this helps battery life. Thankfully I have not had the audio issue lately.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] 78c10:
I just got it, too. No release notes to be found, yet. I guess we'll see how it goes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] CFoote:
It appears to be a fairly big update, at least my S7 Active is chugging away on this one.

Hopefully AT&T posts what has changed soon - I wonder if our updates will be as periodic with the S8 Active rolling out. Still up in the air about the new design.

Chris
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Hisma:
I have an awful problem and hope I can get some help. I can't get a consistent data connection after updating to nougat using the flashing method you guys use here. I use t-mobile as my carrier, and when I reboot my phone I will randomly lose my data connection and it will take hours (even days) to come back. It just happened again today and I am at my wits end. This never happened until I flashed nougat here. Everything else works just fine, but without a consistent data connection the phone feels pretty ****ty.

Any ideas? I've tried everything. Playing with different apn settings, using network operator to auto or manual search (which doesn't work, by the way). The whole time, I show a 3G/4G connection, but it's as though t-mobile is just refusing my connection.

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what is the "network unlock status" you are referring to? I wonder if it is related to the awful network problems I am having with my phone. I am currently on QC4, updated manually via flashing in recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] txtofl:
I noticed my keyboard stays open when I lock the screen and when I go to unlock phone it's in the way. Could have done without that upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] MJMatt91:
Hey so I've been on the PL4 firmware since I found it back in around February. I've suddenly noticed that I've been not getting any OTA updates, as if AT&T is punishing me for getting my hands dirty and flashing all the updates before they were offical. Now I sit here on PL4 with the December 2016 security patch. Can I find the latest firmware and just manually update it from here?

Is QA7 the latest firmware?

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Wondering the same thing been stuck on PL4....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Hisma:
Well I fixed my problem, but doesn't explain why it is happening, and I'm not entirely sure if it was coincidence or what I did was really what fixed it. For over an entire day, my phone was showing that it was connected to the t-mobile network, with 4G signal strength and everything. But no data was able to be transferred. Was not an APN or network issue. I had to disable mobile data, reboot the phone with data disabled, let the phone boot back up, and then re-enable data. Somehow, that got it working. I disabled/enabled mobile data many times before that, but the key the last time was that I did a reboot with data disabled.

Not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but if you are, try what I did. Still frustrating this is even happening bc prior to the update I never had this problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] KGB7:
I manually updated via sideloading (used a SD card), from QC2 to QD4. And a few days ago ATT pushed OTA to QE1. No issues here of any kind at this time. Battery life is great, way better than my Galaxy S5, even though ATT sent me 2 new batteries for S5.

Ive used Odin in the Past phones to do manual updates and had no issues either. I did have one time issue on S5 when OTA update had failed several times. So I went to Best Buy and Samsung representative updated my S5 from his laptop. Afterwards, all newer OTA updates never failed again.

So if you want the latest update or having issues with your phone, go to Best Buy and ask Samsung Rep to update your phone or try to resolve an issue. They have all the firmware's on their work laptops that they carry with them.

Call ahead to make sure that Samy Rep is at the store so you don't waste a trip.

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] prakashkashyap:
Can anyone send me the Download link of QD4 to QE1...THANKS
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
I think he meant AT&T pushed the next update over the air... File may not be available yet but once it is, it's probably going to be from the same Russian forum post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
Russian link https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCS2BQD4-to-S2BQE1-UP.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] prakashkashyap:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
I'm too lazy to backport to an upgradeable firmware. Going to wait on qc4 until someone releases and update from there lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Mike_1996:
It's not about laziness but haste. It was the reason why I wrote earlier about being more patient before deciding to flash a firmware that was marked “(alpha?)” since it turned out to be an alpha indeed. I also made this big mistake and had to do all the backup and restore work (luckily I hadn't yet migrated all the data from my current daily driver but kept the S7A as a gaming device).

If you're still unclear about what I'm saying - to put the thing simple: there will not be an OTA package from QC4, as not even the beta builds right after it were based on it (all of which were over 100 MB in size and had the U2B infix for “(feature) update” while the finalized QD4 was merely a “security update” (S2B, ~35 MB)). To get back on track, one must flash via Odin, which would result in a wipe (maybe you could avoid it if you manage to fetch a HOME_CSC for our model, but in general the binary in the CSC package would trigger a factory reset upon booting to stock recovery).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
It's not a daily driver for me so I'm fine with it as is for now, alpha or otherwise. To be honest, I haven't experienced any issues since I've updated to qc4. Used it for about a week or so and everything was fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] monocle503:
So as to an update, I'm now unable to send texts. It's been one problem after another with this Pile of S*** phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
Is this your first time flashing a firmware?

Can you describe the steps you did so people can understand your situation?

I do not encounter any issue with this device at all..even after the updates. This is by far the best performing Samsung device i ever had since my Galaxy S2 and Note line up: responsiveness, performance, operating temperature, multitasking, signal reception and battery. I've been flashing custom ROMs since the early days of the legendary HTC HD2.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] monocle503:
Very experienced, flashed it through Odin as you normally would. And that's wonderful, I'm stuck paying for this useless paperweight.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
When you flashed, did you use the "Modified ODIN" modified specifically for S7 Active?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] monocle503:
I used Odin3_v3.11.2 which is newer, should that matter? The file flashed was AP_G891AUCU2BQB2_CL10651105_QB12578871_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.tar.md5 from the G891AUCU2BQB2_7.0_ALL.7z file you specified to use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] LHK924:
After updating to G891AUCU2BPL4 Bluelightfilter is missing. And now I can't flash my phone to BQB2 (it stuck at file analysis) nor downgrade to the previous version to update. Is there any way to get blue light filter back on my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
The ODIN was modified *specifically for the S7 Active* for a reason. Newer ODIN doesn't mean it's fully compatible.

Have you seen anybody else on this thread having issues similar as yours?--No, because they used the exact specified "Modified ODIN" version. Please use that first before jumping to conclusions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Mike_1996:
I thought the real reason behind that would be his not having flashed the other parts of the firmware, although doing so would imply a factory reset. It's somehow the only advantage of doing OTA updates to get to avoid this. :/

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If you can afford a full wipe, just flash PI2 via Odin and update to your previous version step by step via OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
After the last AT&T OTA Security/Patch Update about 10 days ago (+/-), I'm now at BQE1 - does that sound right to anyone else here?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] berniesteven:
Yup. Same here.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] KGB7:
BQE1 here as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] trungctu:
Is there any different with QD4?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] KGB7:
BQE1 brings new Security update as far as I know.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] oswaldo503xd:
lograste actualizar tu samsung s7 a android 7?

hola amigo quisiera saber si ligraste instalar android 7?

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hola tengo un samsung s7 G891A con version de banda base G891AUCS1APH1 android 6.

quiero actualizarlo a android 7, quiero saber que firmware descargar y que procedimiento debo hacer.

porfavor alguien que me responda :D saludos desde EL SALVADOR:vaquero:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] prakashkashyap:
Any New Update Available after BQE1..?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
I'm on QF2. Guess there will be new revisions by now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
OTA updates

hello, just uploaded, here it is:

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCS2BQD4-to-U2BQF2-UP.zip

or

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCS2BQE1-to-U2BQF2-UP.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Ultima99:
Thanks!

Any idea if there is an Odin image newer than QB2?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
Not unless u pay for it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ahmedelsaba1982:
How to go back to pl1 from pl4

How to go back to pl1 from pl4
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] r3d10tu5:
I've updated my device from PI2 to QF2 through sideload successfully.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Ultima99:
Anyone running on QF2 have feedback compared to QE1?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
do you want to downgrade?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I haven't really noticed anything which might be a good thing. This phone works well, so no need to mess with it. Does have the June security update.

I didn't pay close attention to changes, so maybe a more eagle eyed person out there will have noticed some changes?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
Anyone else notice improve screen on time with the latest update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] monocle503:
does anyone have the odin update package for this? I'm currently stuck on posidonlteatt still and unable to use Samsung health because of the modified bootloader thing
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] tdgillihan:
And where might that be? I've searched all over that I could think of and can't find shyte besides here mostly. I'd be willing to pay a reasonable amount for the most recent odin flashable updates. Tars seem to be pretty damn rare for this device.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
Here where I been getting mine from.

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

U might done have link tho.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] tdgillihan:
Thanks. Yeah, I know about this. Those are all links to updates from one version to another though. What I'm looking for is a .tar to flash with odin. Like what we can can get for every other Samsung device from Sammobile for example.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] tdgillihan:
Pretty sure you'll have to use this https://xdaforums.com/s7-active/how-to/g891a-android-n-offical-odin-package-t3581042 with the modified odin and then work your way up with the update package links from this thread. Be sure to back up everything before you start as odin will wipe your device. Hope this answers your question.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
Get qb2 file and unzip it. The tar file is inside.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AppALusa:
Seem to have bricked

Hello--

After reading every post in the rooting thread and this thread, I bought an S7 Active on Ebay, was working great with PK2, and I decided to try updating (unrooted, stock, all apps enabled, unlocked AT&T on MetroPCS) using the QB2 zip and instructions earlier for recovery using SD card. When I saw the "succeeded" prompt, I pressed the buttons, but nothing happened--it proceeded to wipe everything as I furiously re-pressed buttons, which didn't seem to affect the process. Maybe the volume rocker is a little wonky.

The problem is that now it's stuck in a recovery boot loop and no amount or combination of button pressing (with or without SIM tray) will do anything--just blue "RECOVERY BOOTING...." then a little glitch, then repeated. It's been about half an hour. In another thread, this was eventually acknowledged to be a total brick. I have no recourse (and no phone), so I'm hoping there's something I can do. It's at about 80 percent charge, so it will be a few days until it dies completely.

Can anyone help? Everything else I've tried here for years has always worked and this is the most expensive thing I've tried, of course. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AppALusa:
A ray of hope.

I managed to time the button presses right to boot into download. I've never used Odin and will see if it's possible to use it now. But what would I be flashing? Started with PK2 unrooted. Applied the OTA update to QB2 as mentioned above--got the message that it succeeded and was wiping when loop began. Now the screen says:

ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)

PRODUCT NAME: SM-G891A

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

FRP LOCK: ON

WARRANTY VOID: 0x0

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

RP SWREV: B2(1,1,1,1,1) K1 S2

SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE

...downloading.. do not turn off target...

So if I follow directions from somewhere--using the modified Odin package in this thread--what file would I try to flash?

I'll keep working on it in the meantime. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Ultima99:
QB2 is what we all have used. Not sure if you did something wrong before but it worked great for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AppALusa:
Thanks--I finally found the ODIN package at: https://xdaforums.com/s7-active/how-to/g891a-android-n-offical-odin-package-t3581042

At the moment, ODIN is hanging on Setup Connection, so I will have to wait until I can try a different PC tomorrow. I think I'll be able to sleep now!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
There's qb2 full restore for active. Get it unzip. Run Odin place correct file to right places, Bl, Ap, Cp, Csc. You should be good to go. Also first boot takes bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
TIP: To ensure no hiccups occur while flashing via ODIN:

1. Use a SHORT USB CABLE. The shorter the better. This lessens the cable's electrical Resistance and increases power throughput--makes data transfer more reliable.

2. If you do not have a short USB cable and instead have the standard length (or even the long one), make sure to use the USB 3.0 port of your PC when you flash. USB 3.0 port outputs more power than USB 2.0 and can easily support standard/long USB cables.

3. Make sure the cable has no flaws by testing it first.

4. Do not move the phone and the cable while flashing--you risk disconnection while flashing which could permanently brick your phone.

5. Make sure you are flashing the CORRECT and the REQUIRED NUMBER of files in the CORRECT LOCATIONS (CP, AP, BL, CSC)

6. Read flashing tutorial step by step specific to your phone model

7. Never flash if you are not sure what you are doing. Read and learn first from the forum

Gooodluck!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] AppALusa:
Success

Thanks for the responses. I was able to flash the QB2 full build using ODIN on my desktop and everything worked flawlessly this time. I've put the razor back in the closet.

I think the most likely explanation for the failure of the flash from SD is that the volume rocker on this phone is a little sticky. I had some trouble getting the buttons pressed to adjust volume before I began, but thought it had loosened up enough to do the job. When I started smashing them after the wipe started, I might have interrupted something crucial to the final setup.

Everything looks good so far. I really appreciate this forum!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] anodize type3:
Where are you going?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] miniminus:
if you wanted to get the newest qd4 only way is to pay...

like notsominigun did for us all for qb2...

they have it here, along with many others !....

http://a2phone.ir/index.php?file=/S...BQD4_USA ATT Android 7.0_4File Stock Firmware

i may get it eventually... mainly as testing my roms on newer firmware takes way to long upgrading one by one, as when you have an issue with rom, and have to start again !!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
There's a new update on the ATT website which I'm guessing is going to be the July 1 security patch.

SS-G891AUCU2BQF2-to-S2BQG1-UP

but I'm wondering if anyone knows how to tell if a given update is an alpha or beta version? There's no web-site indication from ATT that there is a new update (yet). I don't want to install a pre-release version as there's typically no upgrade path from there and I don't want to muck around with ODIN or doing a full firmware flash to get back on the line of upgradable ROMs. I guess the best way to know is through patience, but sometimes I lack that.

thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] miniminus:
which method did you use to check the site ? other than manual trial and error ??

(also now uploading full odin of QD4 .... )
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Just trial and error :). I suppose I could write a bash script to do that for me but I'm lazy.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
I don't think there will be anything updated except for the security patch level and AT&T bloatware, we're already 6 months into Nougat so I guess all Android bugs will be fixed by now. But I'm curious when they're going to roll out Android 7.1.x, as we're still on 7.0. Guess that will be the first big update after the 7.0 update.