Has anyone who bought their S7 from Kogan gotten the Nougat update yet? The screen I'm seeing when I press check for manual updates has these letters G930FXXU1BPLB/G930FOJV1BPK2/G930FXXU1BPJJ. I tried to look each of them up on the Samsung Australia website but I couldn't find anything.
Anyone else's Kogan S7 having this?
Wait, but the generic model number is SM-G930F which I thought was the Europe version.
So is my only option to install it like this or will it eventually be coming as an official update?
Brother's got an Aussie S7 and got the update 3 weeks ago.
You should connect your S7 to a Windows computer.
Install all the Samsung USB drivers.
Install Kies, and try to push an update through Kies (if available).
Otherwise, you could see if sammobile (firmware section) might be helpful to you:
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/120575/G930FXXU…
…or you know, get a Band 28 Nexus Pixel/OnePlus in the future.
Hmm, so it looks like there isn't even a Nougat version that exists on sammobile for this particular model. Well that's upsetting.
@Vyrocious:
Yeah, its a (slow) geographical rollout and not a simple/one-moment/international update like iOS updates.
But you should be able to turn your phone off, turn back on, enter Recovery mode.
Connect phone to PC.
(Have the correct Samsung USB Drivers installed, and Windows to recognise the connection)
(Make sure you've backed up your Contacts, Files, Photos, Songs, Videos prior)
(Good idea to backup your EFS/rom just in case)
(Download a compatible Nougat firmware from a identical variant)
Then use Odin.
Drag the official Samsung Nougat firmware to Odin.
Wait for Odin to verify the ROM and Connection.
Hit Start.
Phone will reboot, and you will have to go through the whole Start Up Tutorial.
Now, restore all your Apps…. and then your Contacts, Files, Photos, Songs, Videos…
Now, you will receive OTA updates for that new variant/firmware you flashed.
Now your Grey Import can become a Local Unit, and possibly supported by Samsung Australia.
I've done this successfully on a Grey Market Galaxy Note 2, and claimed warranty on it by Samsung Australia, who fixed the touchscreen (hardware) that became unresponsive/janky.
Everything do at your own risk.
Quick tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SK3IMprKVQ&spfreload=10
I've done a bit of reading and I wanted to know if I should be going for a carrier variant or an unlocked one. Also, are there any performance differences between doing it like this or having an official update?
And just to clarify, if I do this, say I use an Optus variant, I will receive updates the same as other Optus S7's?
@Vyrocious:
Yeah, you will get updates when they're available to Optus.
You should look into the >> Dates << when the updates began rolling.
Because if Samsung started rolling out, let's say Marshmallow update, first to Israel then Germany, Finland, etc etc… they're very likely to do the same order for rollout for Nougat update. Starting in Israel, then Germany, then Finland etc etc.
It's not fool-proof, but its the best method I know.
So if Samsung Australia (unlocked/sim free) made the update available first, followed by Vodafone Australia, then Optus, then Telstra, then Virgin…. well, you would be better off flashing the Unlocked variant. Just an example, Samsung are notorious for being slow to update their OWN devices, carrier branded variants usually get updated first.
Each firmware is slightly different to each other.
Firmware Code, OTA, Language, Settings, Bloat, Apps, etc etc.
You can root to help relieve some of those Apps and Bloat problems… but it might void your warranty.
….or you know, vote with your wallet, instead get a Band 28 Nexus Pixel/OnePlus/iPhone in the future.
Thank you so much for your help! I haven't watched the video yet but will this process restore my phone to factory settings or can I keep everything the way it is, just changing the firmware?
If you vote with your wallet, iPhone and pixel would be the last two phones to get.
If you want band 28, Oneplus phones don't have it.
When you say restore my apps, then contacts etc., is there a way to do this without doing it manually? Or do I have to literally go search every app that I need that was on the old firmware and redownload them?
Also have been reading around about the EFS partition. Is there a way to do it without rooting my device?
@Vyrocious:
All good, sorry was tied down.
EFS is basically the repository that stores your IMEI and other stuff.
You can't backup unless you're rooted, or if you're Samsung.
Apps can be restored from Play Store, but their state will be lost unless you use something like TitaniumBackup (requires root). There's Apps that don't require root to backup your Contacts, and other stuff like Photos/Files/Media.
I hope everything is running fine for you, best of luck.
Kogan S7 Edge here. Update came through yesterday. So far so good!
Still got nothing here.
That's because that firmware isn't for Australia, its for the Middle East and South Africa, probably where Kogan sourced those phones.
And that isn't Nougat, it Android 6.0.1
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/120575/G930FXXU…