A few months ago, Samsung announced that it was ending software support for popular phones Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. But now something happened that no one expected. Both models unexpectedly receive another system update, even though almost five years have passed since their launch.
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On former flagships of the South Korean technology giant Galaxy S7 to Galaxy The S7 Edge has started getting notifications for the new security update, at least in Canada and the UK, but other countries are sure to follow. The September update is less than 70 MB, and in addition to device security, it would also include stability improvements, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
It is definitely a pleasant surprise that the South Korean company decided to update such "old" phones, despite the previous end of support for these models. The only logical explanation why Samsung took this step is that there must have been a serious threat from which the South Korean technology giant wants to protect its customers.
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If the update is not offered to you by itself, you can check its availability in Settings > Software Update > Download and Install.
Regarding system updates Android, for a long time Samsung only guaranteed system updates for its phones for two years, until this year, probably under pressure from customers, it changed its habit and will offer three versions of the operating system for its flagships Android.
He also surprised with yesterday's update to the S6 and S6 Edge
I'm surprised that anyone still has an S6 🙂
I also have an S6 and just got the update. I take it more like a small miracle 😃
It's old iron, but it's enough for me (I don't play mobile games). I bought it new as soon as it was released. And believe it or not, the phone doesn't crash and still runs without any issues.
The only downside is that the battery drains quickly, which is understandable for an old phone.
S7 approx. 350MB update - secured 1.9.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX
I was offered an update on the S7 edge yesterday, it started in the evening and since then my phone is not working. The only thing I can get into is odin mode. I tried to find the firmware and via odin and failed. I need to save data.
After several updates it ended with an error. Samsung S7. So they didn't succeed.