Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

lewis · 13-07-2017 07:06PM

I've my S7 now for about 2 weeks , I came from S3 so big jump.

In my S3 days I was a big flasher, of Roms, I'm feeling the urge to flash something in my s7.

I'm after, performance, stability, speed, best camera, lots of options in it, any recommendations?

Skippy along · 13-07-2017 07:15PM

lewis wrote: »

I've my S7 now for about 2 weeks , I came from S3 so big jump.

In my S3 days I was a big flasher, of Roms, I'm feeling the urge to flash something in my s7.

I'm after, performance, stability, speed, best camera, lots of options in it, any recommendations?

Had this one on my s7 excellent rom very popular https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/rom-gelios-v1-0-android-7-0-tw-zkp4-t3499504
Moved on to S8 plus had it a week fed up with touch wiz so stuck a custom rom on it

polaris68 · 13-07-2017 07:16PM

lewis wrote: »

I've my S7 now for about 2 weeks , I came from S3 so big jump.

In my S3 days I was a big flasher, of Roms, I'm feeling the urge to flash something in my s7.

I'm after, performance, stability, speed, best camera, lots of options in it, any recommendations?

I've been on the Superman ROM the past few months and find it excellent. The Dev hasn't updated it recently but he is promising to do so once he has finished a S8 port. He has just released this (Batman ROM) which might also be worth checking out.

Skippy along · 13-07-2017 07:17PM

Skippy along wrote: »

Had this one on my s7 excellent rom very popular https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/rom-gelios-v1-0-android-7-0-tw-zkp4-t3499504
Moved on to S8 plus had it a week fed up with touch wiz so stuck a custom rom on it

@polaris68I see yours is a S7!!!! carefull I think the above is for the edge have a look anyway

Testament1 · 13-07-2017 07:43PM

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Yup Anker, have the single port version of this for nearly a year and love it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Charger-Adapter-PowerDrive-Samsung/dp/B00VH84L5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499898253&sr=8-1&keywords=anker+car+charger

Their customer service is A1 too, I had to get a 6ft usb cable replaced and they sent a new 1 out to me within 2 days.

Another vote for Anker here. I use this one and am very happy with it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01K9MQ8WW?psc=1

Picked up a 6 pack of cables to go with it. Was sick of buying cables in petrol stations etc when stuck for one and then they'd stop working a few weeks later. No problems yet with the Anker cables.

lewis · 13-07-2017 09:09PM

Skippy along wrote: »

@polaris68I see yours is a S7!!!! carefull I think the above is for the edge have a look anyway

Yeah, looks like it's for the edge.

It's been a long time since I've flashed any rom, it's the method, first flash twrp, then rom?

jayo26 · 13-07-2017 09:24PM

jayo26 wrote: »

It-fix they always advertise on adverts.. To be honest I donno if they were aware it looks like someone got it as bil phone and sold it on? It wouldn't show up as been bared until the network had sent loads of letters and cancelled the account. It probably never was stolen.

Can I just update on this the shop rang me today out of the blue to ask when would I be up in Dublin to collect a new phone... Credit where its due they are on the ball.

JackieChang · 15-07-2017 09:03AM

lewis wrote: »

I've my S7 now for about 2 weeks , I came from S3 so big jump.

In my S3 days I was a big flasher, of Roms, I'm feeling the urge to flash something in my s7.

I'm after, performance, stability, speed, best camera, lots of options in it, any recommendations?

Why do you want to root the phone exactly? The Galaxy S7 already has stability, speed, great camera and a lot more options than stock Android. In fact some of the options are root like. Such as the use of Knox with Adhell and Package Disabler apps.

You will void your warranty when you root, your banking apps will stop working and if you don't use the stock camera app your picture quality will suffer too.

I would say give touchwiz a chance for a while and see how you get on. There are a lot of features under the hood. Flashing a stock Android rom would be a downgrade.

OldMrBrennan83 · 15-07-2017 09:21AM

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JackieChang · 15-07-2017 01:04PM

Also Touchwiz's built in Greenify/App Killer/Whatever you want to call it is really good. It was updated recently which allows you to put appls to sleep permanently (until you open them up again).

This hasn't been rolled out to the S7 in an official OTA yet, but it's on the S8 and the apk works great with the S7. You can download it here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/device-maintenance/device-maintenance-1-0-26-2-release/device-maintenance-1-0-26-2-android-apk-download/

Version 1.0.26.2 works with the S7. The latest one 1.0.26.5 is for the Note7 apparently.

Samsung's find my mobile is also much better than Android Device manager, in that it can activate location even if it's turned off. This is not available on stock android. You can also enable ultra battery saving mode, which gives you another few days to find your phone.

I could go on and on with all the handy touchwiz features. But I'd be typing for the day.

15-07-2017 01:17PM

I don't know if this an issue with the S7 per se but I've noticed it a lot since switching from an iPhone 6.

When I'm using a radio app such as TuneIn or RTE Radio Player on my mobile data while travelling, I find that the phone gets stuck on 3G and won't go back to 4G without either exiting the app or manually toggling it myself. Anyone else having this issue? I'm on Vodafone if that makes any difference.

JackieChang · 15-07-2017 01:33PM

Karsini wrote: »

I don't know if this an issue with the S7 per se but I've noticed it a lot since switching from an iPhone 6.

When I'm using a radio app such as TuneIn or RTE Radio Player on my mobile data while travelling, I find that the phone gets stuck on 3G and won't go back to 4G without either exiting the app or manually toggling it myself. Anyone else having this issue? I'm on Vodafone if that makes any difference.

Whereabouts are you traveling? I find reception on the M8 motorway desperate.

15-07-2017 01:38PM

I could just be on a bus from Swords to Dublin city and notice it (as is the case now). Been stuck on 3G since around Applewood even though it'll go to 4G if I exit the app, toggle flight mode or manually change the network type.

15-07-2017 02:49PM

JackieChang wrote: »

Why do you want to root the phone exactly? The Galaxy S7 already has stability, speed, great camera and a lot more options than stock Android. In fact some of the options are root like. Such as the use of Knox with Adhell and Package Disabler apps.

You will void your warranty when you root, your banking apps will stop working and if you don't use the stock camera app your picture quality will suffer too.

I would say give touchwiz a chance for a while and see how you get on. There are a lot of features under the hood. Flashing a stock Android rom would be a downgrade.

Samsung must have changed. Why does flashing a ROM mean losing TouchWiz? I used to always flash TouchWiz based ROMs on my Samsung devices which had all the features of Samsung, with extra bells and whistles.

JackieChang · 16-07-2017 12:45AM

Basil3 wrote: »

Samsung must have changed. Why does flashing a ROM mean losing TouchWiz? I used to always flash TouchWiz based ROMs on my Samsung devices which had all the features of Samsung, with extra bells and whistles.

Oh. If it's a touchwiz based rom then you still have the features. But you're still rooting. What extra bells and whistles are you rooting the phone for?

OldMrBrennan83 · 16-07-2017 04:41AM

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16-07-2017 07:01AM

JackieChang wrote: »

Oh. If it's a touchwiz based rom then you still have the features. But you're still rooting. What extra bells and whistles are you rooting the phone for?

On a Sammy? I wouldn't know these days, too out of the loop. Samsung aren't very developer friendly, so personally I would probably run stock. I can understand why some people do, though.

On an HTC, I run a ROM with hundreds of tweaks that you can pick and choose as you like. It has no impact on my warranty status, and doesn't affect android pay or my banking app, so why not.

rizzee · 16-07-2017 08:59AM

JackieChang wrote: »

Also Touchwiz's built in Greenify/App Killer/Whatever you want to call it is really good. It was updated recently which allows you to put appls to sleep permanently (until you open them up again).

This hasn't been rolled out to the S7 in an official OTA yet, but it's on the S8 and the apk works great with the S7. You can download it here: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/device-maintenance/device-maintenance-1-0-26-5-release/device-maintenance-1-0-26-5-android-apk-download/

Version 1.0.26.2 works with the S7. The latest one 1.0.26.5 is for the Note7 apparently.

Samsung's find my mobile is also much better than Android Device manager, in that it can activate location even if it's turned off. This is not available on stock android. You can also enable ultra battery saving mode, which gives you another few days to find your phone.

I could go on and on with all the handy touchwiz features. But I'd be typing for the day.

Says download not installed - conflicts with app of the same name.

S7 edge.

jayo26 · 16-07-2017 09:28AM

I'm like basil I just love trying new roms and had my s7 flashed after two weeks.

You are limited to what you can do tho unfortunately because aosp roms are crap on s7 they are full of bugs so you are looking at keeping it Sammy based. I really enjoyed the s8 based roms and one big thing that ypu can get is multi user access I'm sure you already follow the xda forums there are some nice ports on that.

JackieChang · 16-07-2017 10:59AM

rizzee wrote: »

Says download not installed - conflicts with app of the same name.

S7 edge.

I mentioned in the post that Version 1.0.26.2 works with the S7. Try it again. Works perfectly. You were probably trying the latest version which is apparently for the re released Note7. Check the comments under each version.

Sorry I also noticed that I linked to the Note7 one instead of the S7 one! This one will work perfectly with the S7.

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/device-maintenance/device-maintenance-1-0-26-2-release/device-maintenance-1-0-26-2-android-apk-download/

rizzee · 16-07-2017 01:24PM

Thanks a mil! :-)

WexIan · 16-07-2017 03:00PM

I downloaded it yesterday and all ok. Thanks for the link.

lewis · 17-07-2017 12:27AM

JackieChang wrote: »

Why do you want to root the phone exactly? The Galaxy S7 already has stability, speed, great camera and a lot more options than stock Android. In fact some of the options are root like. Such as the use of Knox with Adhell and Package Disabler apps.

You will void your warranty when you root, your banking apps will stop working and if you don't use the stock camera app your picture quality will suffer too.

I would say give touchwiz a chance for a while and see how you get on. There are a lot of features under the hood. Flashing a stock Android rom would be a downgrade.

For many reasons, to get rid of the bloatware, more tweaks for system UI, options to use other system options, from the likes of S8 camera, or S8 side panel, with full root I've complete control over All my phone, not just what you see when u rooted, also I can back up EVERYTHING with either TV, or TWRP, I still use both.

I could go on and on.

What would you use Knoxs for, that you couldn't get similar in the playstore?

Warranty, never bothered me with Samsung phones, you can't mess them up, even tough I have in the past, but there's always a way to revive them, right back to my S1 which I still have, that phone got a beating with Rom flashing.

I don't do banking on my phone.

In the aroma installer, you get the choice to keep stock camera, amongst MANY other options.

It's based on stock ROM, modded to perform and look like stock, but runs a hell of a lot better.

Touchwiz has come a long way, but I don't like the look of it, I'm up for something different than the norm, the likes of theamer (rip), now I'm using Buzz Launcher, fairly customisable.

I flashed Superman rom into it, it's very good so far, I'm a bit rusty at the flash process, it's been a while since I've done it, but I managed to do it and I'm happy I did.

The finger print scanner is definitely faster at recognising my finger.

lewis · 17-07-2017 12:30AM

JackieChang wrote: »

Samsung's find my mobile is also much better than Android Device manager, in that it can activate location even if it's turned off. This is not available on stock android. You can also enable ultra battery saving mode, which gives you another few days to find your phone.

I could go on and on with all the handy touchwiz features. But I'd be typing for the day.

I use Cerberus, have been for years, it does the job, but when you've root access along with Cerberus, you get more control and options over the phone.

smileyj1987 · 17-07-2017 10:36PM

Need to get both sides of my phone repaired the glass is badly cracked on each side, anyone know of the best place to get this done and would also prefer to send and recieve it by courier or post because i live in cavan

_Kaiser_ · 18-07-2017 04:36PM

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Need to get both sides of my phone repaired the glass is badly cracked on each side, anyone know of the best place to get this done and would also prefer to send and recieve it by courier or post because i live in cavan

Prices for one side can be €200-250. If both sides are badly damaged, it may be more cost-effective to get a new (second-hand) phone from the likes of Adverts or eBay.

flangemeistro · 18-07-2017 06:29PM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Prices for one side can be €200-250. If both sides are badly damaged, it may be more cost-effective to get a new (second-hand) phone from the likes of Adverts or eBay.

I'll sell you mind if you're interested. Replacement phone Should be arriving from Aviva next week because the screen on my current one is smashed and I just want a change because I'm sick of the curve screen.
So I'm looking to get a V20 or G6 for roughly the same price.
I have the Gear VR and two cases going with it.

RonnieL · 18-07-2017 08:43PM

Hi folks,

Over the last few days I've been getting a weird pop-up on my Galaxy S7. Anyone know why, and how I can disable it (see attached for screenshot).

THanks!

lenan · 18-07-2017 08:44PM

Apologies as I'm sure its being posted before. Ive just ordered a s7 & I'm looking for a strong case hopefully not too ugly (I drop my phone regularly) also can anyone recommend a screen protector as well.

WexIan · 18-07-2017 10:18PM

I use a Spigen Tough Armor case and a Spigen Curved Crystel Screen Protector. My second Spigen case and no complaints.

Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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