yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
Forgot to check the size of the download but it updated fast so probably just a security update like someone else said
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Yep looks like a security update, coming in at 41 mb on the russian site.

Note that bootloader seems to be updated to v4 with this patch, which would mean that you can't go back to any of the earlier versions.

I think it's interesting how the two prior betas G1 and G2 were at 232 mb. Maybe they had to put fixes on hold until the next update, because they needed more time or something?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ThunderingLight:
CRG3 feels more laggy compared than CRE7 and CRG2 for some reason. I didn't even realized that the bootloader was upgraded until I completed the upgrade on my phone. Ugh, now we are stuck on Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
Yeah it does feel a little slower
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
Bro I have applied this update. But erroneously in order to avoid reset, pressed the volume keys, power key and home button. Immediately after that my phone has been blocked. Refit says please update binary.

I'm unable to boot.

TRIED FOR ODIN BUT NO FIRMWARE ACCEPTED.

PLEASE ADVISE HOW TO REVERT THIS ERROR :(

[Q1UOTE=staffeyx;77336273]Yep looks like a security update,coming in at 41 mb on the russian site.

Note that bootloader seems to be updated to v4 with this patch, which would mean that you can't go back to any of the earlier versions.

I think it's interesting how the two prior betas G1 and G2 were at 232 mb. Maybe they had to put fixes on hold until the next update, because they needed more time or something?[/QUOTE]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
You need to full flash via Odin G891AUCS4CRG3_CL13639069_QB19079719_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.7z to unbrick your device.

Odin 3.13.1 or higher is required.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
Thanks. Downloading it now. Will convey status after update
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
on CRE7 and CRG3, "private mode" can't change passwords. i begin with 8 letter PIN.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
Finally I'm back on update worked. Thanks a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zsolti256:
This happened to me aswell :( ...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] r3d10tu5:
Anyone else got issue with using active key to take a picture? It haven't work since oreo upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Yes, see the last pages in this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
G891AUCU4CRH1 was released a couple of days ago. Anyone had time to try it out? File size is 276 MB so it's more than just security.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dbuenoma:
trick to avoid factory wipe when sideloading updates

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is still working the trick to avoid factory wipe when sideloading updates with the latest updates from oreo? I will want update from RE7 to RH1 and i have updated bootloader

Thank you in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
As long as there is *no bootloader version change* between your current and the sideload OTA update version, it should work fine.

But if there is a botloader version change (either upgrade or downgrade) then by all means DO NOT do the skip-data-wipe-via-button-mash-trick. Else, you'll end up in an infinite boot loop where the only fix is to flash the full firmware completely and properly.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dbuenoma:
trick to avoid factory wipe when sideloading updates

Seems that this trick doesn't work anymore on the last bootloader version, I tried and my phone stuck on security error message. So if you don’t want to brick your phone don’t do that trick if you updated the bootloader.

Now I don’t know how to solve this situation, someone knows how to solve the security error message? The message says this "Security error. This phone has been flashed with unauthorized software & is locked. Call your mobile operator for additional support...."
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
I haven't used the no-data-wipe trick yet for a while. Last time i upgraded via sideload, i fell asleep waiting for the process log to scroll..when i woke up, i got a squeaky clean S7 Active. LOL

I have no plans yet to upgrade to latest OTA until sufficient feedback has been provided, or determined as official OTA.

Is the boot to Download Mode not working on your device? How about Boot to Recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] CFoote:
CRH1 seems to be running much better than CRG3.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
CRE7 ran bootloader 3. CRG3 and CRH1 run bootloader 4. Could that be the cause of your problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dbuenoma:
I think I was already updating the bootloader to version 4 when I updated to oreo CRE7, I update with odin with the firmware that I downloaded from the Russian server (G891AUCU3CRE7_CL13639069_QB18343712_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT). To solve the current issue I did the same but I could not flash because "Auth Fail" so I browse and I found other flashable firmware in the Russian server (G891AUCS4CRG3_CL13639069_QB19079719_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT), I tried flash with this firmware and voila! My phone get alive.

Thanks for the support
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] slimshouki:
Does anybody noticed fixed bugs or noticable changes in perfomance or battery saving regarding new H1 update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
I'm keen to hear results on this too. I'm still on RC8 which is not the most fantastic for battery life, but as far as speed goes this build has been astounding: no slowdown after all this time!

In other news, it appears we will not be receiving Galaxy S9 active at all which absolutely sucks. Now my upgrade pathway is in question and I don't know which way to go. I'd go for blackview BV9500pro but I don't know that I could go back to generic camera quality.

[IMG="Antutu score"]https://i.imgur.com/TtgGWem.jpg[/IMG]

EDIT: On second thoughts, I'm not going down that road. 10,000mah battery looks amazing but my S7 Active already doubles or triples all of these performance scores...not interested in a downgrade.

Any other manufacturers talking about a proper rugged device? Not just waterproof, I mean proper ruggedized like the Active series.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Did you consider the S8 Active? It's not a big upgrade from the S7 variant, but still worth a look I think.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] CFoote:
I agree, Samsung not releasing a S9 Active is a big bummer. Hopefully they will bring it back with the S10, but I doubt it :(

Chris
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
S7 Active specs, in my opinion, is great enough to even look for a replacement at this point in time.

I have been using smartphones since the days of Windows Mobile 5&6 (R.I.P.), and Android Froyo onwards --thus i can completely appreciate the tech improvements that both hardware and software has undergone since those ancient times.

For me, if it fulfills my daily personal and professional needs without any issues; and the battery lasting up to 2.x days or so on light use or standby, then it's good enough. I'd rather wait for the battery and display tech to mature before switching to another device. I prefer the spare funds to go straight to my house and car mods instead. But that's just me.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] r3d10tu5:
IMHO, s8 active is not really worth for upgrading unless you are into selfie/wefie and want to get rid of physical buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] txtofl:
The H1 Update made my SD card disappear. I had to save SD card contents to my PC and format the SD card in the phone for it to recognize it. :eek: PITA.

It seems the phone is slower on H1 and I would like to go back to Nougat or MM, but I don't believe I can.

Does anyone know if I Odin back to factory release MM from Oreo H1 without bricking?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
I'm afraid you can't, since the bootloader cannot be reset (as far as I know). Only Oreo G3 and H1 run bootloader 4.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Matad1974:
Is there a way to change the modem with odin to get better reception?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] punxnotdead185:
Anyone have a link to the latest RH1 ota file so I can sideload it, already on RG3 but not on AT&T
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] r3d10tu5:
You can find it here (with other otas as well): https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bobthedemon:
Hi I need the update file ph1 to pi2
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] NHT0101:
One dump question.

Now I have CRE7 on my phone, I saw we have CRH1. I want to update to CRH1.

To update I have to do:

+Down load OTA update from https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/

+ Copy to micro sd card

+ Turn off and turn on using home+volume up+ power button

+ apply update from external storage

+Reboot

==> Is this process correct ?

Do I need to back up data ? Is "this update" wipe out the data ?

Thank you for your advice.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Yes you need to backup your data, it will wipe everything. I think you got the steps right.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dohr83:
LTE network mode

hello everybody,

a few weeks ago i updated to cre7 and was impressed of speed and batterie-lasting.

but i found an issue, i cant find anything about in web.

the problem is that i got no lte connection. when it shows "4g" everything works fine and fast, but with "4g LTE"

i have no connection.

just google a bit, the fast solution could be switch network mode to "2g/3g only".

But in german version there is no network mode option.

does anyone know about this?

thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
I use an app called Network Switcher. It lets you choose freely between different network modes. Some options might not work though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dohr83:
LTE Network mode

Hey thank you for reply,

Yesterday i updated to crh1 and LTE works.

The option is still missing, so i will try your App, but hoply i dont need it.

So thank you and have a nice day
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] myriade:
Dear Friends,

I got last week my Galaxy S7 Active - it's a AT&T.

Baseband-Version. G891AUCS2 APL1

I'm in Austria and I can't find out, how to update to Nougat... and which Version of Nougat I have to use...

I'm sorry, could anyone help me? I found out, I have to use Odin. I think, I also have to install some USB-Drivers (?) and then I could try to update to Nougat?

Which Versions do I need? Has anyone links to latest Versions I need? And could tell my, how to?

Thanks!

Regards from Salzburg, Angela

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edit:

thx - I found out how to manage it.... now I have the latest Nougat on my phone, Oreo will follow.... sorry for my post, but for the last 5 years I didn't flashed anything (because I had a Galaxy S5 Active ;) )
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] spamn:
Delete.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Good job!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] deSSy2724:
Where did you found the correct official stock 7.0 firmware? I have the exact same device.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Hi could you tell me about phone battery and phone performance with CRH1 compare with CRE7? how do you feel it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Gatr:
CRC7 upgrade path

How do I update from CRC7

thanks in advance

Gatr
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cyndiaui:
Samsung SM-G891A, from G891AUCU1APE7 to Oreo.

I'm new, I would like to update to Oreo my S7 Active, I'm in europe.

Should I install every firmware versions, one by one ? Or there is a way to install directly Oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
No, you just have to install last full firmware le Oreo with Odin

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You just have to install last full firmware of Oreo with Odin
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
Remember that you need to use Odin version 3.13.1 or higher to flash Oreo Roms with the latest bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
Pretty sure my S7A is on it's last legs, kept giving me charge port water ingress error message every time I'd plug it in. In the long battle to try and fix this issue (there's no water in there) I factory reset the device and flashed the latest available full Odin rom from Cloud RU site (CRJ1).

I had been deliberating for a long time because of the finality of upgrading the bootloader, I was still on one of the early Oreo betas on the old bootloader.

Well, it's done now. Nothing to loose if the phone is dying I thought. My water ingress message has disappeared for the moment and I am seriously impressed. I haven't seen standby power usage this low since the early days. Losing max of 3% overnight.

Strangely, after reflashing - phoneinfo now rates my battery health at 93.5% where before it was at about 86%. Not sure how that works, but I'll take it.

As long as that pesky error stays away I think I might squeeze another few months out of this device yet. I still haven't figured out what to replace it with; I don't really like the look of the S8 Active at current prices, doesn't feel like much of an upgrade and I'd lose the physical buttons + there are issues with the video recording if you go over 1080p and it simply doesn't look as rugged as all the previous Active devices.

The only other candidate that looks half interesting to me at present is the AGM X3 but that is a massive roll of the dice and zero image stabilisation would be a major adjustment. If they came to the party with Lineage OS support or 3rd party development takes off, I'd probably take the chance once prices drop a little bit. GCAM on SD845 would probably do the job for me.

Doesn't really seem to be anything else decent on the horizon, especially not from the major manufacturers. They've given up on rugged handsets it seems. Perhaps not enough money in it as they are generally able to last slightly longer than a standard 2 year contract.

Sort of annoying knowing what can be done, then seeing what is actually done. Is it really that hard for someone to manufacture a device with a snapdragon 845, 5500mah battery, OIS enabled camera that takes decent pics that's ruggedized in the same fashion as the original active line? Come on, I'm not asking for much :p
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
Absolutely blown away! I know this is very light usage but this is pretty much my normal pattern due to my work phone.

Not sure which CSC came with the latest full Oreo ROM on the Russian site but it is amazing for me. It actually transitions to 3G 850mhz where appropriate and maintains amazing signal.

Not once have I put this thing on airplane mode and it has been with me in my car whilst I drive through the bush every day in some really low signal areas- and I still got more battery life than I've ever had from any phone, and that's with a two year old device that I thought was about to go in the bin!

God I hope Samsung resurrect this line!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
That's good to know. Makes me confident in upgrading from CRE7.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
New OTA, possible with December security patches: SS-G891AUCS4CRK1-to-S4CRK4-UP.zip

Odin version: G891AUCS4CRK4_CL13639069_QB20825263_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
Anyone try it yet? I'm on Oreo CRC7 but I'd gladly go back to Nougat if it makes getting security updates. Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Gatr:
Yeah Me to I hope to hear of a way to get Updates...???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Gatr:
I loaded the latest full updated oreo version over my CRC7 with this via Odin and it worked just fine... now I am back to full stock.. and can get security updates etc
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] YAARRR:
Hello guys I just read about the vulnerability fixed by Google on android 7 8 9, that expose system to run malicious code from a PNG image by just open it. Do you think this security update will be implemented for us also? media framework CVE-2019-1986, CVE-2019-1987 and CVE-2019-1988

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-02-01.html
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Flasher162:
Does anyone have a stock version 3 n firmware for g891a I need G891AUCS3BRD1 thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] tyklink:
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/g..._QB17619845_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.7z

There ya go. Click the blue button that looks like a download button, extract, and flash in ODIN. Save that site, it's a lifesaver.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] landera84:
turn off the wifi when it is suspended, even if you have the option to keep it on

Hello since I updated the system a few weeks ago, I notice that the wifi is disabled even if you have the advanced option: Keep Wi-Fi activated during suspension: always, it only stays active when it is charging, someone who can help me, thanks .

Samsung-SM-G891A

Baseband version: G891AUCS4CRK4

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] r3d10tu5:
Anyone got the newer OTAs than CS4CRK4?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dedicha:
No Otas. Only the full firmware, I don't take the risk, as the updates are only some security things.

Изпратено от моят SAMSUNG-SM-G891A с помощта на Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] butuni:
problem while updating

Hello, i am facing problem with my s7 active. it runs on 6.0 android and want to update it with 8.0... odin shows me error everytime. then i tried to updated it on 7.0 and now phone can not be started. it asks to connect smart switch, but again i cant use smartswitch too.

please help me how to solve this problem
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Flasher162:
I don't think you can go straight to oreo you will have to update it to oreo due to the modem not completely sure

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You need to find the right file to match what was on it b4 you flashed it I missed that part
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fockewulf190a10:
Just got a Ebay S7 Active on the latest update and it's a absolute dog lag city worse than my Galaxy On5. The smashed Galaxy A10 I have on 9.0 is super fast compared to this about 10x speed loading apps and even the keyboard lags on the S7. Is there a way to downgrade from 8.slow to 6.0 or 7.0?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] lohtse:
I find that odd as mine is fast and has 300+apps installed with 5 gigs of music,1400 photos and god knows what else. and no such lag issues..... May be there is something wrong woth the phone it's self!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
I actually noticed a very, very slight improvement over MM! Could have just been the forced "Factory Reset" with the OS update too? I hadn't "Cleared Cache" or anything with MM for a while before updating so who knows?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] norbarb:
I put in flag :Google and in user-agent : Googlebot (Google's spider)

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First number after S or U is bootloader number, in S7 Edge we have U4BQA6 witch red number indicate that bootloader is V4

U or S - Update Software or Security Update

4 - number after S or U Bootloader version

B - next version of Android. In example if last (6.1.1) was A next (7.0) will be B

Q - Year, A will be 01, Q- is 17

A - Month of creation of software , A-January, last one was K with was November we did not have L - December (edge users) because last security patch is from November.

Last number is version of software patch , can be multiple for same month release on different month
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
Just want be sure I could down grade if I didn't like it. Looks like u should be able too.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] norbarb:
If you are on same bootloader YES. if you on lower YES but if you on higher you cant downgrade to lower.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FtaWolf:
Yes see it still v2. Cause v2 only we still have full Odin package for. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] _LEM_:
Is it really worth it to update to Nougat? Every time I did a major OS update on a phone, it always ended up slowing down the phone as I kept using it.

It's like that version was not really meant for that phone and the phone is not powerful enough.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
I've been running it for two and a half weeks and I'm really enjoying it. It hasn't slowed anything down, it's smooth, no lag (to me anyway) and not a single error or failure (knock, knock, knock)!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
Anyone notice the an enchanted voice option missing(volte)? Call quality?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zellaMar:
TERIMA KASIH,

aku coba mulai file V3 sukses, v4 sukses, v5 sukse

S7 ACTIVE ku ,,,sudah berhasil n sukses jadi os 7,0 tanpa hambatan dengan cara manual,

bott >file zip yg disimpan di sd card. wajib bacup akun google or at&t

cuma ke lock FRP aja jadi.... tunggu proses 1x24 jam n file kembali semula , masuk dgn email akhir........ tanpa baypass dll....... sekali lagi. terima kasih .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
Not sure how I missed this but yeah, it was awesome! Sorry for the REALLY late reply! My Brother-in-Law just got my wife and I Official T-Shirts at the Patriot's Pro Shop today... Sweet!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] raze5115:
I like the fact that you can use native hotspot on pl4 without rooting but for some reason I couldn't use native hotspot on update after pl4 don't know why that is so I've kept my phone on pl4
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dan4231:
I'm on g891aucs2aqa1. None of the updates work. Any help?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gqukyo:
Sounds like you need to at least get to APE7 first. Not sure how you would do that though as I don't recall the previous build numbers.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
somebody should add PL1 to QA7 to the OP as is the latest Nougat, I can upload it somewere.

Inviato dal mio SAMSUNG-SM-G891A utilizzando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
You should send a PM to "dogmatism", the OP and ask him!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Lord Of Trolls9:
What Update to use when on Version AQA1?

I'm on build number AUCS2AQA1 Which update do i use?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] PhabianSpooner:
Does anyone have the original rom so I can flash it using ODIN? My phone won't boot