I frequent the Samsung official forums and the feedback there is pretty bad. People blaming the Nougat update for all their woes, but when you ask them to try wiping cache, or worse yet, factor resetting (after using Smart Switch to backup their phone), they say it's not worth it and they'll just get a new, non-Samsung phone. Isn't that the same as resetting? At least with Smart Switch, you can back up what you have.
In any case, I myself have found little issues with both the main OTA to Nougat, and the recent point release. Over all, the phone has been running excellent for me, and battery life is the same as it was before, which is I can get a full day's use before having to re-charge (unless I'm playing a lot of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land). My only issue (which is a minor issue) is with switching between keyboards. There is no easy way to do it in the Language & Input section like there used to be. Some keyboards, like Swiftkey, can sense it's not the main app and then ask if you wish to switch by popping up a toast message with a set of radio buttons to select which keyboard you want to be the main one. Others, like G-Board, only seem to do that when you install it. Once installed, if you switch to another one (such as Swiftkey), G-Board doesn't seem to sense this if you select it in the Language & Input->Virtual Keyboards section nor from the Virtual Keyboards->Manage Keyboards section. There used to be a way to select the default keyboard under Marshmallow, but that is missing in Samsung's version of Nougat. I have to go to the Manage Keyboards section and keep the keyboard I want to switch to enabled, and disable all the other keyboards. Then it will switch. But that's not a major issue for me.
How has it been for you? I don't seem to see as many negative responses here as I do in the Samsung forums. Probably because those that post there are the ones that are having issues, but those like myself, don't.
In any case, I myself have found little issues with both the main OTA to Nougat, and the recent point release. Over all, the phone has been running excellent for me, and battery life is the same as it was before, which is I can get a full day's use before having to re-charge (unless I'm playing a lot of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land). My only issue (which is a minor issue) is with switching between keyboards. There is no easy way to do it in the Language & Input section like there used to be. Some keyboards, like Swiftkey, can sense it's not the main app and then ask if you wish to switch by popping up a toast message with a set of radio buttons to select which keyboard you want to be the main one. Others, like G-Board, only seem to do that when you install it. Once installed, if you switch to another one (such as Swiftkey), G-Board doesn't seem to sense this if you select it in the Language & Input->Virtual Keyboards section nor from the Virtual Keyboards->Manage Keyboards section. There used to be a way to select the default keyboard under Marshmallow, but that is missing in Samsung's version of Nougat. I have to go to the Manage Keyboards section and keep the keyboard I want to switch to enabled, and disable all the other keyboards. Then it will switch. But that's not a major issue for me.
How has it been for you? I don't seem to see as many negative responses here as I do in the Samsung forums. Probably because those that post there are the ones that are having issues, but those like myself, don't.
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