[OTA Updates] S7 Active SM-G891A (MM & N firmware update files)

CFoote · Oct 5, 2007 168 41 0

bandario said:
In other news, it appears we will not be receiving Galaxy S9 active at all which absolutely sucks. Now my upgrade pathway is in question and I don't know which way to go. I'd go for blackview BV9500pro but I don't know that I could go back to generic camera quality.

Any other manufacturers talking about a proper rugged device? Not just waterproof, I mean proper ruggedized like the Active series.

I agree, Samsung not releasing a S9 Active is a big bummer. Hopefully they will bring it back with the S10, but I doubt it

Chris

jembot · Sep 13, 2018 at 8:37 AM

bandario said:
I'm keen to hear results on this too. I'm still on RC8 which is not the most fantastic for battery life, but as far as speed goes this build has been astounding: no slowdown after all this time!

In other news, it appears we will not be receiving Galaxy S9 active at all which absolutely sucks. Now my upgrade pathway is in question and I don't know which way to go. I'd go for blackview BV9500pro but I don't know that I could go back to generic camera quality.

EDIT: On second thoughts, I'm not going down that road. 10,000mah battery looks amazing but my S7 Active already doubles or triples all of these performance scores...not interested in a downgrade.

Any other manufacturers talking about a proper rugged device? Not just waterproof, I mean proper ruggedized like the Active series.

S7 Active specs, in my opinion, is great enough to even look for a replacement at this point in time.

I have been using smartphones since the days of Windows Mobile 5&6 (R.I.P.), and Android Froyo onwards --thus i can completely appreciate the tech improvements that both hardware and software has undergone since those ancient times.

For me, if it fulfills my daily personal and professional needs without any issues; and the battery lasting up to 2.x days or so on light use or standby, then it's good enough. I'd rather wait for the battery and display tech to mature before switching to another device. I prefer the spare funds to go straight to my house and car mods instead. But that's just me.

Cheers!

r3d10tu5 · Sep 13, 2018 at 12:19 PM

staffeyx said:
Did you consider the S8 Active? It's not a big upgrade from the S7 variant, but still worth a look I think.

IMHO, s8 active is not really worth for upgrading unless you are into selfie/wefie and want to get rid of physical buttons.

txtofl · Sep 13, 2018

slimshouki said:
Does anybody noticed fixed bugs or noticable changes in perfomance or battery saving regarding new H1 update?

The H1 Update made my SD card disappear. I had to save SD card contents to my PC and format the SD card in the phone for it to recognize it.

PITA.
It seems the phone is slower on H1 and I would like to go back to Nougat or MM, but I don't believe I can.
Does anyone know if I Odin back to factory release MM from Oreo H1 without bricking?

staffeyx · Sep 13, 2018 at 10:45 PM

txtofl said:
Does anyone know if I Odin back to factory release MM from Oreo H1 without bricking?

I'm afraid you can't, since the bootloader cannot be reset (as far as I know). Only Oreo G3 and H1 run bootloader 4.

Matad1974 · Sep 20, 2018 at 10:07 PM

Is there a way to change the modem with odin to get better reception?

punxnotdead185 · Feb 15, 2012 13 3 0

Anyone have a link to the latest RH1 ota file so I can sideload it, already on RG3 but not on AT&T

r3d10tu5 · Sep 29, 2018

punxnotdead185 said:
Anyone have a link to the latest RH1 ota file so I can sideload it, already on RG3 but not on AT&T

You can find it here (with other otas as well): https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/

bobthedemon · Apr 2, 2018 7 0 0

Hi I need the update file ph1 to pi2

NHT0101 · Oct 18, 2016 4 0 0

One dump question.
Now I have CRE7 on my phone, I saw we have CRH1. I want to update to CRH1.
To update I have to do:
+Down load OTA update from https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/OTA/Oreo/
+ Copy to micro sd card
+ Turn off and turn on using home+volume up+ power button
+ apply update from external storage
+Reboot
==> Is this process correct ?

Do I need to back up data ? Is "this update" wipe out the data ?

Thank you for your advice.

staffeyx · Oct 4, 2018 at 8:19 PM

Yes you need to backup your data, it will wipe everything. I think you got the steps right.

dohr83 · Jan 19, 2011 2 1 0

LTE network mode

hello everybody,
a few weeks ago i updated to cre7 and was impressed of speed and batterie-lasting.
but i found an issue, i cant find anything about in web.
the problem is that i got no lte connection. when it shows "4g" everything works fine and fast, but with "4g LTE"
i have no connection.
just google a bit, the fast solution could be switch network mode to "2g/3g only".
But in german version there is no network mode option.

does anyone know about this?

thank you

staffeyx · Oct 5, 2018 at 1:01 PM

I use an app called Network Switcher. It lets you choose freely between different network modes. Some options might not work though.

dohr83 · Jan 19, 2011 2 1 0

LTE Network mode

Hey thank you for reply,
Yesterday i updated to crh1 and LTE works.
The option is still missing, so i will try your App, but hoply i dont need it.
So thank you and have a nice day

myriade · Oct 9, 2018

Dear Friends,
I got last week my Galaxy S7 Active - it's a AT&T.
Baseband-Version. G891AUCS2 APL1
I'm in Austria and I can't find out, how to update to Nougat... and which Version of Nougat I have to use...

I'm sorry, could anyone help me? I found out, I have to use Odin. I think, I also have to install some USB-Drivers (?) and then I could try to update to Nougat?
Which Versions do I need? Has anyone links to latest Versions I need? And could tell my, how to?

Thanks!
Regards from Salzburg, Angela

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edit:
thx - I found out how to manage it.... now I have the latest Nougat on my phone, Oreo will follow.... sorry for my post, but for the last 5 years I didn't flashed anything (because I had a Galaxy S5 Active

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spamn · Oct 8, 2018

Delete.

staffeyx · Oct 10, 2018 at 1:44 AM

myriade said:
edit:
thx - I found out how to manage it.... now I have the latest Nougat on my phone, Oreo will follow.... sorry for my post, but for the last 5 years I didn't flashed anything (because I had a Galaxy S5 Active )

Good job!

deSSy2724 · Oct 19, 2018

myriade said:
Dear Friends,
I got last week my Galaxy S7 Active - it's a AT&T.
Baseband-Version. G891AUCS2 APL1
I'm in Austria and I can't find out, how to update to Nougat... and which Version of Nougat I have to use...

I'm sorry, could anyone help me? I found out, I have to use Odin. I think, I also have to install some USB-Drivers (?) and then I could try to update to Nougat?
Which Versions do I need? Has anyone links to latest Versions I need? And could tell my, how to?

thx - I found out how to manage it.... now I have the latest Nougat on my phone, Oreo will follow.... sorry for my post, but for the last 5 years I didn't flashed anything (because I had a Galaxy S5 Active )

Where did you found the correct official stock 7.0 firmware? I have the exact same device.

bacs2000 · Oct 19, 2018 at 9:35 PM

dohr83 said:
Hey thank you for reply,
Yesterday i updated to crh1 and LTE works.
The option is still missing, so i will try your App, but hoply i dont need it.
So thank you and have a nice day

Hi could you tell me about phone battery and phone performance with CRH1 compare with CRE7? how do you feel it

Gatr · Oct 20, 2018 at 1:43 PM

CRC7 upgrade path

staffeyx said:
Yes you need to backup your data, it will wipe everything. I think you got the steps right.

How do I update from CRC7
thanks in advance
Gatr

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