New changes with Verizon GS7 with Oreo

[railfan-eric]

I was looking for a list of changes and discussing the changes with the Verizon GS7 on Oreo. I have yet to find youtube videos reviewing the Verizon version. One website talks about how to use the new features but the Verizon version has a different setup menu then the others. As a matter of fact I was lost looking for the Bluetooth settings at first. It's combined with the Wifi and connection settings. I also noticed when using bluetooth on my car stereo the volume is way louder now. Is the volume louder on the phone with Oreo? Another change I'm happy about is being able to download more AOD's in the Samsung Theme store. I downloaded one with a Siamese cat. I love cats.

 

[railfan-eric]

anyone else notice changes with Oreo on GS7?

 

[waingro808]

https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-review-two-years-oreo

The author has the Verizon variant.

 

[djh816]

I've noticed a bunch of bluetooth settings added in developer options (seems only picking some of them make a difference though and might reset on reboot?) and I personally really hated the picture in picture so have disabled that. A great way to do so if anyone else feels the need is to go to Applications, click cog in upper right and go to Special Access, pick Picture-in-Picture and enable/disable per app as you desire. My other gripe right now is figuring out how to disable the ugly rounded rectangle effect icons get. I understand I can theme them but I just want the normal ones without rounded edges For now I'm just theming all of them to circular in Nova. There are also some new always on display and lockscreen clocks/widgets. That's all that stood out to me

 

[Hemidrosis]

I've noticed a bunch of bluetooth settings added in developer options (seems only picking some of them make a difference though and might reset on reboot?) and I personally really hated the picture in picture so have disabled that. A great way to do so if anyone else feels the need is to go to Applications, click cog in upper right and go to Special Access, pick Picture-in-Picture and enable/disable per app as you desire. My other gripe right now is figuring out how to disable the ugly rounded rectangle effect icons get. I understand I can theme them but I just want the normal ones without rounded edges For now I'm just theming all of them to circular in Nova. There are also some new always on display and lockscreen clocks/widgets. That's all that stood out to me

To remove the white background frame, go to display > Icon frames.... But!

Samsung updated a lot (not all) Google's apps icon to fit their icon frame design at system level. So they will be there permanently.

 

[railfan-eric]

I noticed since the Oreo update whenever my phone reconnects to my cars bluetooth adapter the volume is reset and i have to turn it back up. doesn't do it on my bluetooth speakers or headphones. Not sure if it's the alpha version of the Poweramp that's the problem or Oreo. But it's sure annoying. and another issue i discovered when at the Lonestar concert is i can't turn the ringtone and notification volume to silent with the volume controls. i have to bring up the full controls and adjust each slider the hard way. I had several notifications throughout a song and couldn't silence my phone in between taking pictures and videos.

 

[andretropical]

Upgrading GS7 from Nougat to Oreo

Guys I spent 5 days working on my Edge S7, after an upgrade to Oreo that went wrong. Most videos tell you to upload only the AP file and for me it didn't work. I then saw a video about Odin and learned the meaning of it's buttons. If you are using a Verizon S7 Edge with Nougat and you want to upgrade it, you need to upload 3 of the 4 files, the BL, AP & CP. On my first attempt I uploaded the 4 files, including the CSW one and the Verizon setup would not allow me to ADD AN ACCESS POINT, so I could use data with another carrier. The I decided to root(in a different way suggested on the below video and went wrong. My phone went into boot loop. I tried resetting but nothing happened. I then remembered that the file to be uploaded on the button CSW was for the carrier. I then uploaded the other 3 files this time and VOILÁ!!! The option Mobile Networks was detached from CONNECTIONS and when I clicked on Mobile Networks it asked for the SIM. After putting the SIM card I could add a CARRIER and do the rest of the settings