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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
I'm still on RC8 so not sure if it is relevant to the discussion any longer.

So far I am still getting about 50 hours out of the active with my normal useage patterns.

This does not involve a massive amount of screen-on time (average about 3.5 hours) and is HEAVILY dependent on mobile coverage. I work in the forest and I notice on work days my battery gets sapped pretty heavily just searching for signal, even when the phone hasn't been used.

I would say it is about on par with 7.0 for battery life comparing release candidate 8 version only.

Recently I had the opportunity to use a Galaxy S6 Active that came factory installed with Android 6.1; I have to say this was ridiculously impressive in terms of both speed and battery life. I can't shake the feeling that 6.1 really is the best tradeoff of modern features VS longevity for both of these devices; I almost wish I had never upgraded.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] mojebada.cz:
As I said, battery life on 6.x was much better than on 7.0. 5 hours SOT was not problem. Now 4 hours are maximum.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I explored the main S7 ATT forums last night and saw that they are working with newer Oreo betas than the CRC8 that are discussed above. That reminded me to looks at versions with an updated bootloader (U or S 3 instead of U or S 2). With that in mind, looks like some new Oreo trials are available. U3CRD1 and U3CRD4. These require the U2BRB5 version to update from.

I installed S2BRC1 and that might have been a mistake. But, again, if someone can confirm what comes in OTA from ATT, that would be great. Someone in another thread noted an OTA from U2BRB5 last night and I'd love to know if it was just the new security patch to BRC1.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
I'm sure you already know this, but the latest official update is supposed to show on this page:

https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...tep_KM1136420?make=Samsung&model=SamsungG891A
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dctrbnsttr:
That page, unfortunately, is often behind the times......

Today's ota update was indeed march security update to brc1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Just a theory but if rc1 nougat is going to be the latest then if upgrade path is going by letters the rc7 and rc8 are dead end betas for Oreo.

However, the two new files that cropped up under Oreo ota

Rd1 or rd4, respectfully, might be the green lit updates. ( at least one of them might be).

This is a theory.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Possibly. My theory is that, because RD1 and RD4 are updated off of RB5 and because it's been confirmed that RC1 is the official April update I think that there will be an BRC1 to CRDX or BRC1 to CREX update where the X is some unknown number. I'd be surprised if either of the RD1 or RD4 updates become official. I think I recall seeing in the main S7 forums that one of those updates doesn't have Bixby. Unfortunately, that means that the final version will, and hopefully that doesn't mean they are taking over the active key!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
I wouldn't put it past them. I just updated to rd4.

Notification light works

Can't see any issues yet.

This one seems likely to be official but I can't verify it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zsolti256:
Check if banking app works, or try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scottyab.safetynet.sample&hl=en_GB
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Why ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] trungctu:
I'm in N.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
Folllow steps on this post to revert S7 Active to stock MM. Or if you just want to unroot/remove mods and have a clean device again.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70810443&postcount=561

And in case you want to update firmware to Stock Nougat PL4 (yet unreleased), check out the thread for this post. Steps are related to post above ^. Using it on my device with no issues. Better UI and performance imo. But, no root for this yet.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70838357&postcount=586

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jordan2333:
No mater what i do i can not update to N.When i go into recovery and flash the update.The phone reboots and i get the little android guy with a red rectangle.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
Oh I forgot to mention last week, a new build is available online, QA7. The download link will be https://xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agents/48838/1488/SS-G891AUCS2APL1-to-U2BQA7-UP. I suppose it just fixes some bugs and will have the January security patch.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
Getting an "Error 403 Forbidden - You don't have permission to access the file on this server" for that link? :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
mee too! i think you have to be in the US and on the AT&T network using the smartphone
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] berniesteven:
I got an 404 file not found error. USA att network.

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ItsDon:
Same here, ATT customer in the US. It's simply not a valid link.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] berniesteven:
[MENTION=5155987]jimd1050[/MENTION] Nice game!

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
Nope! Just tried it and got the same darned error... I am in the US and on AT&T?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
Just like the other updates, they have to be downloaded using an user-agent, as AT&T blocked us from downloading it through a browser. I will upload it to Google Drive tonight.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
that's very kind, but afayk the update isn't for Nougat is it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
The update is Nougat, it is just a newer revision. Some bug fixes and optimization I think.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ItsDon:
Looking forward to the update whenever you have time to upload Jimmyvb98, thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
THANKS, what you mean by "have to be downloaded using an user-agent" is something we can do?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
It is, please take a look at https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70672250&postcount=40. After you installed and set up this extension, you will be able to download the file.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] fegato:
It worked! shame is now I have to rollback to PL1 to update
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ItsDon:
Agreed. I successfully downloaded it as well but looks Like I need to be on PL1 instead of PL4 I'm currently on. Not sure I want to do that, would be nice if there is a way to just install the update over PL4.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jimd1050:
Damned! Ditto on "Not sure I want to do that, would be nice if there is a way to just install the update over PL4." I think I'm staying with PL4 too - too much work to go backwards to go forward! :)

Thank you to "Jimmyvb98" for the attempt though!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Jimmyvb98:
There isn't, as this are unreleased builds. But going back to PL1 isn't really a bother in my opinion, your phone will factory reset anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zsolti256:
Because If it is beta release , those apps don't work
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] troublesome:
I update to RD4 but stuck in bootloop issues, I try to use ODIN to flash back to RA7, but always fail in BL part

any one have OREO firmware for S7 active or any way to downgrade to android 7.0? thanx a lot
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Flash older nougat with Odin. You should not be having issues

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Go back to older full firmware use Odin. Then you can adb sideload or use recovery to install the updates one by one

It's the first one:

QD4 -> QF2 -> QG1 -> QH1 -> QJ4 -> QK4 -> QL6 -> RA7 -> RB5
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Want to know

Did you try the app to verify if it run and determine if the firmware is beta or official (RD4) ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] troublesome:
I even flash back to Marshmallow and and Nougat (QD4 /QB2), still fail in BL part, I dunno why, but if only flash AP/CP/CSC part can pass.

but after that still suffer bootloop issue... any way out? really need help, thanx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
It is not possible to downgrade Bootloader due to security reasons. You can try Nougat with BL 3.

There is RA7 Odin image on my cloud: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/firmwares/Nougat/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] troublesome:
Thanx , I tried RA7 already, still fail in BL part, before updating to Oreo, my original phone version is RB5 , Maybe I need Oreo firmware to try, any one have Oreo firmware for S7 active? thanx again
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
Help me ? I need firmware level 3 . I lost recovery on RD4 8.0 . I need rom stock to odin my phone .my phone was brick :crying::crying::crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
Is this your first time flashing on an S7 Active?

Are you using the correct modified ODIN version?

Did you check the firmware integrity first before flashing? On rare occassions, it gets corrupted after downloading so you always have to check.

Full firmwares have been available for the longest time on the repository links here and on related threads. Read, and don't rush things.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zsolti256:
Try a different USB Cable, and a different USB port . Some USB cables don't like odin
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] berniesteven:
Same thing happened to me. Took it to att. New phone in transit. The clerk said not an isolated issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
Fisrt, i odin to RA7 (7.0 ) stock .After,I flash to RB5 => RD4.I want to downgrade android 7.0. i odin to RA7 but it's fail .SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot] Fused 3 > Binary 2. I see youtube.They say don't tick file BL on 4 file of rom stock. I did this. Box saying " PASS'' but i lost recovery .my phone was brick. I need rom stock firmware 3 as rom RD4(8.0).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
So do I. can you fix ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] troublesome:
I don't live in USA. What I can do? May I ship the phone to ATT? thanx

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No, I also try adb to recovery, doesn't work. I guess to flash OREO firmware is only way out. Who can make OREO firmware for now? thanx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
You should be able to flash the old firmware via Odin. It's very weird that you managed to brick your phone you must be impatient and hasty when you were doing something. Just remain calm. Wait for someone with more knowledge to give you advice. Sorry I can't help you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
When flashing any firmware, always use the best usb cable.--The *shortest* one is better as it has lower resistance. And DO NOT move your device during flashing. It is possible that your devixe got disconnexted while you were flashing. Let it sit and do its thing. It is slow and will take some time.

Flashing a full firmware should fix your device. That's what odin is for. Take a step back and look at what else could be wrong on your setup: the cable, the ODIN version, your usb port, corrupted firmware download..etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] berniesteven:
I don't know. Mine was replace by insurance.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Anyone test the Oreo RD4 to find if it is beta or official

Like someone say to download and app from playstore to test if the RD4 Oreo firmware run this app to find if it is just another beta or is a official one, does anyone do that??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
The cloud site with the downloads is down

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Nevermind it is still up!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
The upgrade path has gone BRA7 -> BRB5 -> BRC1

Samsung announced that the normal S7 variants are getting Oreo in mid-May, so I would think that it will be a CRE* build with one more security update (S2BRD*) coming out soon before the May Oreo release.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
But on AT&T page last official update is BRB5, BRC1 not show, so they have to announce first BRC1 then the BRD* you say :rolleyes:

PD: Official AT&T page just put BRC1 as last firmware, we are closer
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Check again. The ATT page has been updated to reflect BRC1 as the current official. However, they do sometimes allow upgrade from two different versions. So you may be able to upgrade from BRB5 and BRC1 if Oreo is the next release. it's not impossible that RD4 is the official. Just as the RC1 release is official in April for a version created in March, the May release may be created in April as an CRD* release. It's possible. I'm speculating and maybe just confusing the matter.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
You are right it could be, and yes i saw AT&T update today to BRC1, maybe RD4 not official because if i upgrade now to BRC1, cant install Oreo because for now we just can install from BRB5 to RD4. I'm speculating too ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
I need rom (.tar.md5)what upgrade 8.0( beta or offical) by odin . Please ? My phone was brick.I need it !

Example : U3CRD4.tar.md5

I flash SS-G891AUCU2BRB5-to-U3CRD4-UP.zip .After, my phone was brick . Cause need rom U3CRD4.tar.md5 What I can odin by my PC. Please help me !

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I need rom (.tar.md5)what upgrade 8.0( beta or offical) by odin . Please ? My phone was brick.I need it !

Example : U3CRD4.tar.md5

I flash SS-G891AUCU2BRB5-to-U3CRD4-UP.zip .After, my phone was brick . Cause need rom U3CRD4.tar.md5 What I can odin by my PC. Please help me !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
I'm using RD4 I can confirm my banking apps are functioning as in I can log in etc. However I have not tried nfc payment method android pay etc
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] YAARRR:
try to flash a full image and check repartition
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
i need rom stock firmware 3 . you have it ? please help me !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] YAARRR:
no I'm sorry, I think you have to wait until someone make public a full Oreo image
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Either you figure out how to flash the latest nougat firmware or hang right and get a temporary phone until an Oreo full firmware is released. Good luck !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] miniminus:
people trying out Oero, use the U2CRC7 or U2CRC8 these will be MUCH safer

using U3CRD1 , or U3CRD4 you need to be REALLY careful, as you are updating the bootloader too,

which if you get into a bootloop for whatever reason, you then cannot use ODIN to get out of it as they are all bootloader v2 .. and thus you will be stuck untill one becomes available !

(which is what all the people from the last page or so is now at)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
I'm on RD4 so does that mean I can't downgrade? Or it's simply dangerous for me to downgrade at this point ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I think it means you can't downgrade. If RD4 proves to be the official, then you have no worries. If not, you'll have to wait for an Oreo ROM to surface with the version 3 bootloader and that's on the upgradable path. Seems to happen a few times a year...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Lol oh well. If I brick it it's an excuse to get a s8 active haha.

So far it's stable. Just the activity zone main menu never displays the steps I walked for Samsung health. That's the only bug I always tend to see with the betas
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
On android Oreo, your devices has "Face unlock", doesn't it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
SS-G891AUCS2BRC1-to-U3CRD6-UP is up...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Where ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
ATT servers. See earlier posts in this thread about using command line tools to download. Eventually it will get loaded up onto the mail.ru cloud site made available by XDA user khaliullov who figured out how to download these updates from ATT.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
you have information for rom stock 8.0 or rom firmware 3 ? share me . Tks you !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Thanks for being more specific.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] troublesome:
any one can make Oreo firmware? or need to wait ATT release ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
https://xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agents/48838/1488/SS-G891AUCS2BRC1-to-U3CRD6-UP
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zsolti256:
there is a new official update, but unfortunately still nougat :(( SS-G891AUCU2BRB5-to-S2BRC1-UP.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Going to stay in rd4 until a full firmware for Oreo is out. Battery life is questionable. Either my phone is just aging or this beta is just not optimized.

If the phone is used battery life goes down quicker than I would like. When i don't use it, it holds the charge better. Nougat held the charge way better fyi
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I have the same battery issues in BRC1 or perceived issues. I tested yesterday and got 26 hours out of the battery in a pretty normal day with a few hours of SOT and bluetooth audio streaming and hotspotting. The battery drains really fast in use, but the phone seems to doze well when left alone. Having radios on seems to lead to faster-than-it-should-be drainage too.

I'm really tempted to install the latest Oreo. There are several indications that the update will come officially in May which would line up with how updates arrive on the servers at the end of a month only to be made official during the following month. i.e. BRC1 came out on servers a month ago and was only made official a week ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Wow 26 hours is good, im on Nougat BRB5 and in normal use i cant get more than 15 to 16 hours, before update from BQB2 when i got 24 to 26 hours. Now im scare to update to Oreo if you tell that it drain even more!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Should be longer. Remember our phones have a 4000mah battery. Bigger than almost all similar sized phones. I used to be able to heavily use the phone and still have 40 percent left over the next day.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
Has anyone got gear fit 2 working on Oreo? No dice here. Claims my phone is incompatible.

Seems that using unofficial build will not allow gear devices to connect. Fantastic.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Which build/baseband are you using? So far, none of the Oreo build are official so it sounds like you've run into a bug in a beta build. It would help us to know which build that is so others may avoid it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
RC8.

I found a workaround.

I had to download "Samsung Accessory Service" latest version APK from APK Mirror as well as "GearFit2 Plugin" apk from same and install them manually because the device itself is not recognised as official samsung phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Yes i know but i dont understand why my phone battery is draining so fast, i just use whatsapp, outlook, facebook, facebook messenger. I not use automatic updates, or gmail push, i use screen on FHD, procesor limit to 70, screen bright minimun, gps on battery save. :(:(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Anybody tried rc1 to rd6 update yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
It's smooth for the most part but the device health app keeps crashing for me. Battery life seems to drain a little faster. Probably still a beta.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
Beta
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
hey guys,

you have rom what bootloader 3? my phone was brick.i need it what odin my phone .tks bro

sorry for bad english !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] troublesome:
He used OTA to upgrade. No one have firmware for now, you need to get backup phone first. I guess no Oreo firmware in the near future.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
My phone was on RD4 (bootloader 3).It was error.Recovery booting.Lost recovey but it has download mode.I can't odin what fix problem .Can you help me ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Thanks for testing and reporting back to us. Bummer that it's not stable so likely not the official update.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Hi i have a quetion if im right now on Nougat RC1 i can downgrade with a full firmware trough odin to BRA7 with no risk of damage my phone??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bandario:
Related question; is there a way to downgrade to Android 6.1 safely?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
you have information of rom bootloader 3 ? Rom what i odin my phone .My phone was brick in rom RD4(8.0).Tks bro ! sorry my bad english!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
There is no full ROM with bootloader 3 available right now. You've requested it numerous times and the answer is the same, there's nothing that can be done. Please watch the thread silently. When a new ROM with bootloader 3 arrives someone will post where to get it and then you can proceed. Until then, please stop asking about it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
Sorry, nobody at the moment could help you to restore your phone, because Oreo was not officially released for our phones. The only advice for you is to wait official release of Oreo (I hope this month it will be released). Odin images will be available only after release.

Also, you may try to flash all existing Odin images, including Marshmallow ones. My be some of them will work with Bootloader 3.

Be patient.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] dothanhanloc:
My fault.I asked it very much.sorry.tks you supported me !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
Have you been reading and understanding the thread? Your question was already answered in detail pages back.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] harbnger:
Just wanted to let everyone know RD4 is not allowing me to use my nfc Google pay as Google detects it as being a non official Rom/ unlocked bootloader etc.