T-Mobile Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Receive Minor Software Update

Late February at Mobile World Congress, the folks at Samsung introduced us to their latest and greatest flagship smartphones, the highly-anticipated Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Naturally, most US operators had announced plans to carry the two new smartphones from Samsung, most of them debuting the pre-orders the next day after the launch. S7 and S7 Edge were supposed to become available on March 11, but the majority of carriers shipped them to the customers who pre-ordered a few days earlier.

Now that the two new flagships are available for everyone and many users already have them in their pocked, T-Mobile announced a software update is rolling out for both the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. As you might have already guessed, it’s just a minor update.

According to the T-Mobile support pages for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge the new firmware comes with security updates and nothing more. The new firmware for Galaxy S7 G930T has software version G930TUVS2APB8, while the one for Galaxy S7 Edge G935T has software version G935TUVS2APB8 and are sized 41.27 MB and 39.71 MB respectively.

Like all software updates, the new security update for Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge is pushed to the T-Mobile customers gradually, meaning would take a few days until it spreads to everyone. When the servers push the OTA update to your phone a message should appear in the notifications panel. All you need to do is tap on it and follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. In case you haven’t received the notification, you can check for it manually under Settings > About Device > Software update > Check for updates. Don’t forget to connect your phone to a WiFi network to avoid unwanted data charges or to make sure that you have enough battery left so it won’t turn off during the installation.

Already, both Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge run Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out of the box, of course, customized with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz interface. Even though the Marshmallow update wasn’t as major as the previous Android version, Android 6.0 arrived with quite a few notable changes and improvements. It has a new app permissions system which enables apps to ask for permissions only when they need to access a certain feature of your phone, Google Now On Tap which scans the content currently on the screen of your device and pulls out relevant information, and Doze Mode which improves your phone’s standby battery life by putting apps in a deep sleep state. Asides all these, Marshmallow also brought native support for fingerprint readers, Chrome custom tabs, Deep Linking, Direct Share, automatic app data backup, the ability to turn off heads up notifications system wide or on a per-app basis, even more detailed battery stats, a RAM manager, and many more.

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How To Install TWRP 3.0 On Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge Without Stress

Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) v3.0 is now available for the Exynos 8890-powered Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Well, if you don't what TWRP is already, it's a custom recovery with which you can do a whole lot of things which your stock recovery cannot do. Like flashing custom roms, making backups of your current device firmware which can be restored when needed, flashing custom kernels, etc.

Follow the links provided below to learn how to install this recovery on your device.

Samsung Galaxy S7 - Click here

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge - Click here

How To Install TWRP 3.0 On Samsung Galaxy S7

TWRP 3.0 has recently been made available for Samsung Galaxy S7. Besides the many other features of a custom recovery, Galaxy S7 users will now be able to flash custom roms (which will obviously be available soon) on their devices. Read the guide provided here carefully to install this recovery on your device with ease.

NOTE: Don't attempt using this guide to flash TWRP on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Use the guide meant specifically for Galaxy S7 Edge here.

Before using this guide to flash TWRP on your device, make sure it falls under one of the following supported models: SM-G930F, SM-G930FD, SM-G930X, SM-G930W8. 

INSTALLING TWRP ON GALAXY S7

To make installation of TWRP on your device easier and more convenient, two installation methods will be provided for rooted and non-rooted devices. So, read and follow each method carefully.

Method #1 (For Rooted Devices)

Step One: Make sure that your device falls within the supported devices list.

Step Two: Download twrp-3.0.0-0-herolte.img

Step Three: Copy the downloaded twrp-3.0.0-0-herolte.img file to the root of your sdcard (that is, /sdcard/), and rename to twrp.img.

Step Four: Download and install any Terminal Emulator app, then run the follow commands.

su

Now grant root access, and run this last command

dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/platform/155a0000.ufs/by-name/RECOVERY

If you want to flash via adb on your PC, connect the device via USB cable and launch adb in Command prompt. Then key in these commands:

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/platform/155a0000.ufs/by-name/RECOVERY

Step Five: Done, and that's all.

Alternatively, you can download and install TWRP Manager app from Play Store then flash TWRP recovery from the app.


Method #2 (Non-Rooted Devices)

Step One: Download Odin, and twrp-3.0.0-0-herolte.img.tar

Step Two: Power off device and boot into download mode (press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power buttons at the same time. Once Warning alert displays, press Volume Up to load download mode)

Step Three: Extract and run Odin.

Step Four: Click on PDA/AP tab then browse to select the downloaded twrp-3.0.0-0-herolte.img.tar file.

Step Five: Click on Start and allow the flashing processing to complete. Done!

Note: Many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, boot the device into recovery mode first before booting normally into system.

To boot into recovery mode, press and hold Volume Up, Home and Power buttons at the same time. Release the buttons once the recovery options are fully loaded on your screen.

That's all.


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How To Save Photos To MicroSD on Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge

Having the option to add more storage to a phone is an extremely important feature, and thankfully the microSD slot has returned with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. Saving photos is what a microSD slot is used most for, and I'm here to help you and nudge you in the right direction if you’re wondering how you can set the microSD card as the default storage for saving photos and videos.

It’s extremely simple, actually (as it should be). Once you’ve put in a microSD card on your Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge, opening the camera app will get you a pop-up that asks you whether you want to save photos and videos to the SD card. Selecting okay here will set the SD card as the default storage. If you don’t get this notification, simply hit the settings button on the top left of the camera app, scroll down to find the Storage location option, and set it to SD card.

As the phone will notify you, burst shots will not be saved to the microSD card. The internal storage is a faster chip than any microSD card you will find, and is, therefore, preferable for saving burst shots as they are taken in extremely quick succession (burst shots are taken by holding down the shutter button in quick succession).

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Easily Activate and Customize 'Always On' Display On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

One of the most talked about features Samsung’s flagship smartphones of 2016, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, are their Always On displays. For those unaware of this new functionality, it’s a low-energy software tweak that empowers a small part of the screen to stay on at all times in order to provide users with easy access to notifications, time, date and battery statistics without physically having to unlock their device.

Strangely, the Always On feature doesn’t come enabled straight out of the box, but thankfully, it’s super easy to activate. All you have to do is head into Settings, followed by Display, then tap Always On Display and slide the toggle from Off to On. The next time you lock your device, you will notice that the display will fade to a black background, but a small portion will remain illuminated exhibiting either a clock, calendar or image.

You do, of course, have the option to choose what’s displayed on the screen of your device. The choices are fairly restricted, though. You only have the resources to alter the clock style and background image. If you’d like to have a play around with the options, hit the button entitled Content to Show while in the Always On Display menu.

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Qualcomm QuickCharge 3.0 Support Lacks In Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge

The Exynos-powered Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge were two of the first smartphones on the market to ship with Samsung’s equivalent of Qualcomm’s QuickCharge fast-charging technology on board. That’s why it comes as a huge surprise to learn that the company hasn’t adopted the latest version of QuickCharge for its latest duo, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. Instead, both handsets will feature the same second-generation technology that came as standard on last year’s flagships.

The reasoning behind this decision is unclear, but seeing as Samsung will be launching both an Exynos 8890 and a Snapdragon 820 variant of the devices, we believe that it has decided to stick with QuickCharge 2.0 to lessen the gap between the two models. After all, the Snapdragon 820 is one of the few chipsets on the market to feature compatibility for QuickCharge 3.0, whilst the in-house Exynos CPU only supports Samsung’s version of QuickCharge 2.0.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 leaked blueprint images, video, features

Galaxy S7 Plus (image by uSwitch)

Rumors has it that Galaxy S7 is going to be available in two sizes (just like the iPhone): one with a 5.2-inch screen and one with a 5.8-inch screen to cater for hands of all sizes. Last year we did get the Samsung Galaxy Edge+ with a 5.7-inch display.

What the Galaxy S7 may look like

About a month ago, Samsung unveiled the new BRITECELL technology at the Electronics' Investors Forum, where it showed off a number of the camera's new features.

The new sensor uses an RWB filter to give better results for low light photography.

Some new 1.0 micron pixels being pushed in also means Samsung has been able to reduce the size of the sensor. It may mean the camera on the Galaxy S7 won't protrude as much as it does on the Galaxy S6.

Testing at the forum was done with a 16MP sensor camera, but it's possible the sensor could be different in the final product.

A 20MP camera sensor has been spotted in the testing process as well, so far it's not certain what it'll be on the Galaxy S7.

The Galaxy S7 is currently rumoured to be launching at the start of February. Failing that, we might end up seeing the new phone at the end of the February instead.

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