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Love, Hate, or undecided about S7

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rmustafa11

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Jul 9, 2014
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So guys anyone having issues with their phone? List them and if anyone can help resolve it then reply! My list would be:

-Weak wifi signal (even when I am in the room right next to it)
-Weak signal for data
-Phone gets randomly hot
These could possibly be software bugs but thought I list them anyways
 

Th3Bill

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Feb 6, 2012
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So far, I've only noticed that when I go with the Material Black theme, Messaging app randomly will go all black save for contact name at the top with no keyboard. Have to close out the app and re-open. Doesn't happen with my current theme (Vanilla) or stock theme. One other user had this issue as well....however this seems to be something in the theme rather than the phone itself.
Has only gotten relatively hot only once when Amazon Photo decided to back up all my sdcard to the cloud (60+GB of pics n vids which had never backed up from my G4 I took it out of). Took over an hour and phone got pretty warm.
Neither are really an issue for me, as I don't use the Material Black theme any longer, and the photos are already uploaded so no more mass uploads.
Overall loving the phone. Last charge went 30+ hours with good amount of calls & music streaming thru Bluetooth and about 3hr screen on time.
 

MacTheRipperr

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Mar 17, 2012
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Denver
I took it off the charger one day and it got really hot. I left it alone and came back to it and it was too hot to hold. I reset the phone and it fixed whatever the problem was. Other than that I've had no issues so far.

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
 

rmustafa11

Senior Member
Jul 9, 2014
64
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North Lauderdale
I took it off the charger one day and it got really hot. I left it alone and came back to it and it was too hot to hold. I reset the phone and it fixed whatever the problem was. Other than that I've had no issues so far.

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
That's probably because of the fact you used the quick charger. Since it's rapidly charging the battery, the battery can be warm to the touch.
 

grmcrkrs

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Oct 28, 2013
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Waco TX
Samsung Pay doesn't work, I've tried it over 10 different times.
Phone gets really hot.
The service signal fluctuates from full bars of signal with no internet, to 1 bar of signal with 4G internet that's unusable. (This happens in low signal areas).
 

milesk182

Member
Aug 2, 2011
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Samsung Pay doesn't work, I've tried it over 10 different times.
Phone gets really hot.
The service signal fluctuates from full bars of signal with no internet, to 1 bar of signal with 4G internet that's unusable. (This happens in low signal areas).
I get this issue every single day! Usually a no cellular network available but it shows 4g with 2 bars?
 
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thompsd

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Mar 3, 2006
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I've a long house and have access points at each end. The phone stubbornly sticks with one (Asus RT-AC66U) regardless of signal strength. The other is an older TP-Link AP, even when I'm almost on top of it I have to manually switch. Any clues on how to get it to pick the strongest signal? It's a small nit, otherwise this is one of the nicest devices I've ever used, I'm coming off a Nexus 6.
 

TehKing

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Apr 17, 2009
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Having a problem with notifications while connected to wifi, as in, I get none.

Once I disconnect, my phone is flooded with all the notifications I've missed.

I've tried changing channels in my router, renaming, switching between 2.4/5GHz, etc, but nothing. Problem persists.

Ideas?
 
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pottyvick

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Jan 14, 2011
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Having a problem with notifications while connected to wifi, as in, I get none.

Once I disconnect, my phone is flooded with all the notifications I've missed.

I've tried changing channels in my router, renaming, switching between 2.4/5GHz, etc, but nothing. Problem persists.

Ideas?
I had this issue on a different phone when using wifi calling... turned it off and it worked.... not sure if that will help
 

Th3Bill

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Feb 6, 2012
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Mine keeps dropping connection and losing 4g also my sd unmounts every 20 minutes im getting ready to throw the thing at the wall.
Which brand SD you using? I know that there seems to be some sort of issue with Samsung cards with this device.
Also, is the tray exactly in correctly? I'm not being condescending, but if you're not careful, it can go in slightly cockeyed(noticeable as the "door" to the sdcard/sim tray will not be flush), which can cause it to not make good connection.
Throwing it at the wall will provide 0.25seconds of "Yes! Take that!" followed by "Um....insurance or replacement is expensive as $h*t" LOL
If you DO choose the "throw it at the wall" option, please video tape it so that we can see the "wall impact resistance" of the device :)
 

nappent

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Sep 17, 2010
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Get really warm for me as well and LTE download is about 50% slower than my previous S6 Edge. I didn't used the new sim card that came with the phone so maybe that's the problem.

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
 

combatmedic870

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Nov 18, 2011
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I'm getting alot of stuttering when surfing the Web on chrome. Alot of lag (5+ seconds) when browsing pictures in the gallery and in other places. It just stops responding for a couple of seconds. It's getting a little irritating.
 

scottjb

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Sep 11, 2010
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Samsung Pay doesn't work, I've tried it over 10 different times...
Did you download an update for Samsung Pay when you first set it up? You might have to do that before it will work. You should have version 1.7.04.

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My problem is that the browser doesnt have the web blocking content for adblocking!
It does not come with ad blocking, you have to install it from the Play Store. Someone else mentioned Crystal, I'm using Adblock Fast.