yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] o_01uk:
You have taken the wrong upgrade path. You will need to flash the full odin stock rom then follow the official upgrade path on the AT&T website
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
You need to full flash https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/g..._QB17619845_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.7z
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gukuhn:
but I have an unlock S7 active outside US, do you think I'm gonna lock my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
someone tell me how can i update my devices with https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/

????
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] r3d10tu5:
Download the right OTA update file (according to your current baseband version, BRC1 or BRD1) then using adb sideload or installing via SD card in recovery mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
thanks.

another way with ODIN? i can't find SM-G891A on Sammobile firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gukuhn:
Should I flash this one?

SM-G891A_G891AUCS2BRA7_USA_ATT_v7.0.7z
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Godmonkey80:
It is still running to final. And done. I download direct the OTA update file from ATT server. Try find the guide to download from att server in this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
So we should proceed update using latest update file available on Russian site ? That update would enable us to apply security patches ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
Yep, AT&T built this OTA update on the 30th of May, and since that time they have been testing it.

It is standard development lifecycle of any software product - QA before release.

This update is not "dead-end", so you can apply future OTA updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
you update with SD card by recovery mode?

can your device reboot?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Godmonkey80:
I wait around 10 min and update successful. Now, my phone is running smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
congratulations!

What to do to fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Godmonkey80:
Waiting...waiting...after 10 min, phone will reboot to final setup. Don't worry :).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] DrVladson:
G891AUCU3CRE7

Release date: June 19, 2018

https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...tep_KM1136420?make=Samsung&model=SamsungG891A
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] DickVanPaiton:
Hmm, I updated from BRD1 using the update.zip from SD card function but it looks like the update process is stuck on "patching system files" since about 20 minutes already :(

ANY IDEA what I could or should do now? :-/

UPDATE:

"patching system files" took about 30 minutes but then everything went well. Just had panic because nothing was happening for such a long time. The OS is really smooth now. Cannot say anything about the battery life etc. so far.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Isilder:
editting ...

Well that is latest bootloader 2 full rom image .

You could use any older full rom, but then you'd have more incremental patches, from the "OTA" system (auto updates via settings, software updates .. or the OS saying "An update is available , install it ? " ), to install.

Its also a safe choice, because its using boot loader 2 as in 2BRA7.. 2 for boot loader 2. If you install boot loader 3, you can't revert to bootloader 2

You might avoid going to bootloader 3 if you are going to mess with the bootloader, as there will be far less chance of getting it fixed by USB or SDHC card.

From 2BRA7 you can install the zip to get to 2BRB5 . No choice there.

From 2BRB5, you have a few choices

1. <edit, delete this>

2. Install 2BRC1 , which is a beta version, and the next step from THERE is only some version with bootloader 3, whether you for 3BRD* or 3CRE* (the letter B for android 7, C for android 8)... * means there's some versions, but 3BRD1 and 3CRE7 are the official versions released to the public... See att's help on the S7 active

3.. Go to Oreo with bootloader 2, which is a dead end in terms up upgrade path, as bootloader 2 is NOT a feature of any official OREO release

4. Go to bootloader 3 ... either from 2BRC1 or from 3BRD1 ... which are the stepping stones of official releases to get to the latest, very recent, official release 3CRE7
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
There is a full official bootloader 3 ROM available here (BRD1):

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

From there you can update to official Oreo with CRE7:

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/SS-G891AUCS3BRD1-to-U3CRE7-UP.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] tyklink:
This is how I did it. Can confirm this is de way.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
Thanks. Your observation was spot on. It was exactly the same built.

Update done in about 50 mins.

Battery timing seems to have improved a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Isilder:
Carefully, as that collection has some beta versions, that dead end. You need to be sure there is a path to your end goal.

All I mean is that there are no updates there to get from a beta Oreo to AT&T released Oreo, and that fits with the FIRST official AT&T publishing of OREO being version 3CRE7.

Any lesser , therefore beta, Oreo version is presumably a dead end,right ?

So "ODIN" in the 3BRD1 rom, (unzip the rom file, point odin at the 4 files in the rom file, with the phone in bootloader download mode , option 2 on the recovery menu ) and then SD card or sideload the OTA zip to get to 3CRE7, with the phone waiting after having clicked the matching option in the recovery menu.

Unless bootloader 2 is important to you, and then the dead end betas are the only option
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] slimshouki:
I have successfully updated to Oreo through manual recovery. However, performance and battery consumption is much better than nougat but what really annoys me contact name and phone number size is very big compared to nougat for incoming and outgoing calls regardless of font or screen zoom set in display options
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
I update to Oreo from SD and phone at end of update because i stop it from delete the data began to reboot from Samsung logo in a bucle, them i odin S3br1 and delete all data and them i update again from SD to Oreo and boot ok. Battery maybe better cant say for now, but notification from whatsapp still lost sometimes, and found a bug from alarm, i put it to read the alarm time when alarm comes and the 90% of the time it say another hour that is not the right one. Thats all by the moment
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
Important note to Nougat users looking to upgrade to Oreo CRE7 via the OTA file from the russian repo using sideload method (ExtSD method)

You MUST allow Recovery Mode setup to complete its run sequence. Avoid using the "power+home+volup+voldown" workaround in Recovery Mode in the hopes of avoiding to erase your data--DON'T! It will mess up your phone and make an infinite bootloop, Recovery will NOT load afterwards if you do this workaround.

It is better to upgrade to Oreo with a clean phone/InternalSD. So backup your data/stuff first before doing so. Samsung backup does this just fine.

If ever you find yourself in a bootloop because of not following the above instruction, just flash the latest FULL Nougat ROM (with bootloader 3) (see posts above) and you should be ok from there. Data is gone but your phone is back in shape.

Btw, Oreo CRE7 from the Russian site is ok. I'm using it now (via CLEAN install from full Nougat ROM) App notifications are much more configurable and controllable at very fine level. Particularly the space they acquire on the notification panel. You can even *selectively hide* annoying "permanent" Native and 3rd party notifications, and much more. It's just awesome. Battery usage seems good as well.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gukuhn:
Thank you!

Another question, when do you think they will put the FULL Oreo ROM on the Russian website? I think will be easy to upgrade to Oreo right?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
Oreo fullflash G891AUCU3CRE7

Just bought on Pakistan site for $13. G891AUCU3CRE7_CL13639069_QB18343712_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.7z.

If it works/helps - donate me :D

P.S. Odin v.3.13.1 is required
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gukuhn:
Man it worked perfectly!

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] mojebada.cz:
How can I go from QG1 Nougat to this full version of Oreo? Use Odin v.3.13.1 and this package directly?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
Yes. It is a FULL Firmware for use with ODIN. The files BL, AP, CSC, etc required by ODIN setup should be included in the archive.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] gukuhn:
I've done it and worked!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nhannnnnn:
my device have "Secure folder" on android 8.0 Oreo.

i log in SS account, it have Error :"contact your IT admin to reset your Knox lock type"

and " private mode" can't change Passwords.

i can't fix its

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1s4fS_Z_ojCbMNLOLPvzMXOn_g4ywwTLV
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
If you are using your phone for work: using corporate email and network access, you give your IT Department automatic rights to enforce on your device the security measure to automatically wipe out all your phone+extSD contents if you or someone happens to input incorrect pin/password on your lockscreen for N times. Lockscreen password is mandatory for ALL corporate devices.

I am using my device for personal use only and also has the Secure Folder activated. No issues. Did you do a clean install? If you are using it for work, contact your IT Department.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Isilder:
Now look, if you delete the user, the users account, or otherwise reset KNOX or secure strorage, you may well have deleted the keys to decrypt the SS.

Short of brute force encryption cracking, which takes massive CPU power, eg employ NSA's entire CPU for a few weeks, well you can't guess the decryption keys.

Entering a password or fingerprint is not creating the keys, its allowing the use of the keys...

So... what happened to your phone between it working, and not working ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Zijan08:
G891A - Flash to Stock?

Hey guys,

A family member bought an S7 Active from eBay. Many of the features including WiFi calling (grayed out) & software updates (button is missing) are not working. We suspect the phone has been flashed with custom firmware. I thought, no problem, I can flash this back to a stock firmware for them. However, I cannot find stock firmware for S7 Active.

Has anyone seen these problems before and can they confirm its a CFW issue?

Any suggestions how to get this phone back to ATT stock firmware? They already called ATT but they do not seem able to help the situation.

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Are you connected to the ATT network inside US?

Latest full stock firmware is this Oreo version:

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/g..._QB18343712_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.7z
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Zijan08:
Flash to Stock

Thanks for the reply. We are in the US on the ATT network. These phones are supposedly new and unlocked. Regarding this stock firmware, my understanding is it won't have ATT's bloatware. Will lack of ATT bloatware stop software updates or the WiFi calling feature?

The general YouTube run down would be:

Download stock firmware

Download latest version of Odin

Enter recovery mode on phone

Once downloading screen appears on phone, attach cable from PC and start Odin program with stock files

Done

Now the phone should be able to update via OTA up to Oreo aka Android-v8 over OTA?

I haven't done any of this stuff in several years so I appreciate any commentary.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Yes download full stock firmware from the post above, download odin 3.13.1, put the phone in recovery mode, once in recovery connect phone to pc, uncompress the zip file you download with stock rom, open odin and put each file you extract from zip file in correct path and hit Start on odin to began flashing the phone. Remember first to have at least 60% to 80% of charge on phone before began this process. Remember too that the process take some time and dont unplug the phone during it.

If it works/helps - donate me :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Really?

OnT: Have you first tried resetting the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
The full ROMs that are available are factory meaning that they will have all the bloat. There isn't much in the way of ROM development for these phones because of their locked-down nature. However, you can carefully go through the app list and disable a whole heck of a lot and thereby hide much of the bloat. Make sure you look at all apps including system apps. There's a couple of facebook apps that you can only see in the system app view. Sneaky bastards! Disable everything that can be disabled (within reason), and you will be all set and pretty clean. The Oreo Samsung launcher/experience is pretty nice in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] u07av8:
Ok, so I flashed the OTA verion of CRE7 via SD Card from Nougat, it was a CLEAN install as has been suggested previously on this thread, NOT using the vol + and - buttons with power and home buttons to stop the install, meaning I lost everything as I let the install wipe the phone this time.

Regarding the Oreo CRE7 OS, I can't recommend it enough, people GET IT INSTALLED ASAP, it is night and day in butter smoothness compared to Nougat, telling you night and day, battery life is the same or even better on stand by, and performance in games like PUBG has improved considerably. For me the biggest thing was loading time of apps and scrawling around ,etc. It simply doesn't have frustrating hickups and slow performance anymore. Can't recommend the update enough!!Get it installed!!

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Zijan08:
S7 Active Fixed on 3 phones

Hey Staffeyx,

I really appreciate the help on this problem. I flashed the phones my father in law bought for the family and they are all working now. It took him a few days of frustration before willing to risk bricking the phone to give it a shot but with all the warnings online I can understand that point of view. Took me about 10min per phone and all went well. He and the family are happy campers.

Oh, adding this because I missed the question you posted. Yes, he did try doing a basic factory reset on the phone but it just reload the same way they were when they arrived. No software update available and WiFi calling nonfunctional.

Thanks again,

Zijan08
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Good to hear!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] patzyalex:
Active key stopped taking photos in the stock Camera app

I updated to Oreo with "G891AUCU3CRE7_CL13639069_QB18343712_REV02_user_low _ship_MULTI_CERT.7z" using Odin. Everything works fine and smooth. Nevertheless, the Active key is not taking photos and/or do anything in the stock Camera app. I've seen this issue reported by another user on a Reddit thread. Do any of you who updated to Oreo have this issue? Were you able to find some sort of workaround? Please share your thoughts, thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] u07av8:
You're absolutely right, they must have forgotten about the action button on the camera app shutter function, what a bunch of idiots these programmers...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Let's hope it gets fixed in a future update. I guess it's not easy to release a 100,00% functional software on a new version of an operating system, even if it gets tried and tested beforehand.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] bacs2000:
Wow i dont notice that bug, i usually use voice command to take pictures, like Smile, Shoot, etc jejeje:D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] o_01uk:
The volume keys seem to work to take snaps
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Mohib:
can someone please upload the oreo rom to mega? i have made multiple attempts but download fails at 86 or 88%...... :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
SS-G891AUCU3CRE7-to-U3CRG1-UP and SS-G891AUCU3CRE7-to-U3CRG2-UP are up on ATT servers. Haven't installed either for fear of a beta trap, but they exist. [MENTION=5947262]khaliullov[/MENTION] will probably put them up on the mail.ru site soon. Read the forum to find that site or to check how to download these from ATT yourself.

EDIT: files come in at 233MB and are a U, so this might be a bugfix update on top of the security patch.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
Thank you, for information!

Just uploaded them to the cloud:

SS-G891AUCU3CRE7-to-U3CRG1-UP.zip

SS-G891AUCU3CRE7-to-U3CRG2-UP.zip

2all: please note that they may be beta versions and dead-end of update branch.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] u07av8:
How will we know if they are Beta's? I see them on the Russian site
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] khaliullov:
only after AT&T will publish update on their site or somebody informs us that he/she received new OTA update.

before that all found OTA updates via bruteforce should be considered as betas.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
The person just before your post is the one who uploaded it on the Russian site you are referring to.

TIME, PATIENCE and monitoring this thread is what you need to find out if it is a dead-end-beta-update or not.

Please read the thread several posts back to be informed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zelendel:
Just a heads up. Most Russian sites and links are banned on xda. Make sure the site follows all of our rules before posting links.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
If it helps, I could post the hashes for the files I download directly from ATT and then a second user could post what they see from mail.ru and we can confirm that they agree so that at least the files are legit. [MENTION=5947262]khaliullov[/MENTION] is trustworthy AFAIAC.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ThunderingLight:
Has anyone tried out the new CRG1 and/or CRG2 firmwares yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I have CRG2 running. Still April 1 security update. I don't see any changes so far... But, it also seems to run fine...?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ThunderingLight:
Does the Active button work to take photos? and is the battery life or speed improved at all compared to CRE7 Oreo? That's very strange that It's CRGx and it's still running the April security patch. Hopefully Samsung/Att can update it to the June or July patch.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
I don't think you could ever use the active key to take photos. You can launch apps with it, but a cursory google search doesn't reveal anything. Even the official Samsung page which seems to point at a Nougat OS doesn't indicate you can.

I can't tell if the battery is better. I was already pretty happy with CRE7

I can't tell if speed is better. Again, I was pretty happy with the performance.

The only question I have is if this makes my phone able to roam again. but, that issue might not be software on my phone as much as an IMEI registration issue.

My verdict is that you aren't missing out on anything, so it's best to wait until you know what is official. CRG2 is nothing special so far although I'm sure there must be a lot of bug fixes that I'm not seeing. It was 233MB after all!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
I can confirm that in Nougat, you can use the Active button to take photos while Camera is open. Didn't know before, but I tried it myself and it works (in Nougat, that is).

I tried to attach a screenshot of the button description from settings, but anyway it says "Use the Active key to take pictures while Camera is open".
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jembot:
Confirming the ActiveKey as a HW camera button option on Nougat as well. I use it almost all the time when taking photos.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] faronium:
Sorry about that. Now I finallyI see it in the active key settings under Settings > Advanced Features > Active Key. I thought it was a toggle, but it's just described there and is apparently always supposed to work.

Unfortunately, I can confirm that it doesn't seem to work on the 3CRG2 build.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] u07av8:
I can confirm this too, it is actually meant to be a feature of the S7 Active to take photos underwater where the touchscreen doesn't work...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] YAARRR:
Just use the volume button....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Unless you use that for zoom :p
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Matad1974:
I have the CRD6 version on my phone, which version should I put to update to the last beta, my phone is unlocked, it will remain unlocked after the update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] staffeyx:
Flash full CRE7 from russian site with Odin, it's the official Oreo version. There is also CRG2 on top of that - unconfirmed update via SD-card. Your phone will remain operator unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] slimshouki:
Orea bugs (build number G891AUCU3CRE7):

1) Active key not taking shots while inside camera which was working before in nougat.

2) last letters in contact name disappears if contact name is long during a phone call

3) when portrait mode is switched to landscape mode whether manual or automatic in any video player even stock player, phone freezes for 5 seconds (even not responding to hw buttons) then show landscape although sound is working.

Update: This problem seems to be widely spread over all samsung devices that got oreo update. However, some claimed that remapping apps like button mapper for screenshot use might be the culprit which I actually have. I am going to disable it and restarts and see what happens.

If anyone found a solution or a walk around for the a/m problems or found additional bug, please advise.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FatalONEM8:
You forgot to include the build number
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] slimshouki:
Done
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] FatalONEM8:
Oh I see it's the official update, I was expecting you to be on a straggler old beta build from 2004 xD, jokes aside, good report but it won't reach Samsung/AT&T from here lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] slimshouki:
See my update
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] u07av8:
Any news on the CRG2 OTA update? Is it official?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] cheema23:
Not yet Official
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] rxil:
New official update
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Matad1974:
for download?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] CFoote:
Yes OTA update just downloaded to me today... I am assuming just security updates
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Matad1974:
Does anyone know how to upgrade from CRD6 to CRG3?