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[dsmendiola]

I was looking throught reddit and stumbled upon user "BoxerguyT89" Post which you can find here https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/4bpk5l/working_samsung_browser_for_verizon_s7/

Also for the blocking capabilities to work you must download adblock plus from playstore.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adblockplus.adblockplussbrowser&hl=en

 

[Averix]

Just be careful. No one has stepped up and vouched for that APK being a Samsung official one. Not quite sure what it's origins are.

 

[Protibus]

I installed the apk from the below thread on my VZW S7 and all is good in the world.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3342018

 

[jayochs]

i didn't install the APK bc nobody could confirm where it came from, and there was some line in it people didn't know what it was.

however, as noted, it's available in play store for most of us now

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.sbrowser&hl=en

try it.

 

[cadcamaro]

i didn't install the APK bc nobody could confirm where it came from, and there was some line in it people didn't know what it was.

however, as noted, it's available in play store for most of us now

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.sbrowser&hl=en

try it.

I mean... I would... but...

 

[blueb0x]

Weird, I've been using the 10-51 apk that was on the xda forum and it was saying device not compatible for a while now. Now the application links and play store recognizes it

 

[Tada10]

Weird, I've been using the 10-51 apk that was on the xda forum and it was saying device not compatible for a while now. Now the application links and play store recognizes it

Because Verizon are assholes. They blocked it at first.

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[_Dennis_]

Because Verizon are assholes. They blocked it at first.

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Well, verizon can't block it, only Google (as the store managers) or samsung (ad the developer) could block it. Verizon May have asked samsung to block it, but they couldn't do it on their own.

More to the point, verizon removed it from their software, and samsumg didn't update their play store entries to allow the Verizon version, so it's both the companies fails, not just verizon. I'm guessing the ad block or some other component stopped some verizon tracking or ad network from working.

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[96cobra]

I was using the apk that someone uploaded because I kept getting the "not compatible" message. Yesterday the "not compatible" message went away in the play store and I could download it. I'm guessing that everyone will be able to get it from Play soon.

 

[PGHammer]

Well, verizon can't block it, only Google (as the store managers) or samsung (ad the developer) could block it. Verizon May have asked samsung to block it, but they couldn't do it on their own.

More to the point, verizon removed it from their software, and samsumg didn't update their play store entries to allow the Verizon version, so it's both the companies fails, not just verizon. I'm guessing the ad block or some other component stopped some verizon tracking or ad network from working.

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While they may have blocked it from THEIR firmware, it's not blocked from the MVNO firmware that is usable on the same phone. I have the BQE2 U-firmware (it's a multi-CSC firmware for multiple carriers; among them are VZW and Tracfone, a dual-carrier MVNO - the other carrier is T-Mobile), the Samsung browser showed up as an update). The phone itself is the gold S7 (not S7edge) that is a unique-to-VZW model. The phone is not on ANY network currently - I went with the Tracfone firmware because that is where I will be taking the phone.

 

[_Dennis_]

While they may have blocked it from THEIR firmware, it's not blocked from the MVNO firmware that is usable on the same phone. I have the BQE2 U-firmware (it's a multi-CSC firmware for multiple carriers; among them are VZW and Tracfone, a dual-carrier MVNO - the other carrier is T-Mobile), the Samsung browser showed up as an update). The phone itself is the gold S7 (not S7edge) that is a unique-to-VZW model. The phone is not on ANY network currently - I went with the Tracfone firmware because that is where I will be taking the phone.

Cool.....you realize this thread is over a year old right?

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[PGHammer]

Cool.....you realize this thread is over a year old right?

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I have had the phone a grand total of a week - that alone can cause a necroed thread to return to life (late arrivals - to the phone and the subject).