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Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update guide

Everything you need to know on the Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

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1) What is Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update?
2) List of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update guides
3) Why I haven’t received the Android Nougat update for my Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge?

Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update guideWhat is Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update?

Android Nougat is the latest version of Android released in August 22, 2016.  There are lots of new features and improvements in Android Nougat (both Android 7.0 and Android 7.1).

Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge was released with previous version of Android (Android Marshmallow). Samsung invited beta testers for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update in November 2016 to try the unofficial firmware in selected regions.

The beta program stopped by the end of 2016. Now, Samsung is ready to roll out the Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 globally.

Since January 2017, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge will start to receive the Android Nougat (Android 7.0) udpate gradually. It is expected that by the end of Q1 2017, majority of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge devices will get the Android Nougat update.

List of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update guides

Because Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update is a major software udpate, the change is significant.

New features in Android Nougat (Android 7.0) were introduced in the udpate. At the same time, Samsung also tweaked the UI for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. The new UI is similar to that of the recalled Galaxy Note 7.

Many owners of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge may find it is hard to use the phone after applying Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update.

Therefore, a series of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update guides has been prepared and released gradually.

Why I haven’t received the Android Nougat update for my Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge?

There are several factors affecting the availability of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge Android Nougat update.

First,  like other vendors, Samsung rolled out update in a controlled steps. If there are some issues in the Android Nougat udpate, they have enough time and resources to handle them.

This is the reason why the Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge will be initially rolled out in selected regions only.

Second, all firmware update requires approval from carriers (if the devices are sold through carriers). Some carriers may be slower than others to test and approve the update.

Thirdly, the updating server may be overloaded sometimes. In this case, you may find you cannot get the update.  But this should last only a couple of days.

Anyway, you can check update in Settings– About device. You can enable Download updates automatically so that the phone can automatically download the Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge in the background.

Do you have any questions on Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge?

If you have any questions or encounter any issues on Android Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, please let us know in the comment box below.

The community will try to help you.

You can get the official Samsung Galaxy S7 user manual (user guide) in your local language here, and Galaxy S7 edge user manual (user guide) in your local language here.

For other guides on using Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, please check Galaxy S7 online manual page.

For detailed Galaxy S7 how-to guides, please check Galaxy S7 how-to guides page.

For more Galaxy S7 camera guides, please check Galaxy S7 camera guide page.

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  1. Ginny says

    After the latest update to my S7 when I am on a call and need to check my schedule I cannot get back to the call.

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  3. Bakar says

    After the nougat update in my Samsung galaxy s7 edge I m unable to find the feature of sim change alert. Please guide on this

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  6. John Tydings says

    I have lost the status bar and notification bar on my home screen. Every other screen still has it. How do I retrieve this for my home screen where I need it the most? I have tried refreshing the cache in recovery mode and I have booted it up in safe mode but the same problem remains. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.

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  7. Durrell Jones says

    Why take out a feature that was unique to the phone? I updated today and it looks so far good besides the edge color feature. The whole thing. Thats what made the edge the edge. There is still the little blip on the side but even without the color. Nothing pops up from my edge contacts. Beyond dumb. If I could uninstall I would just to have that feature back

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  8. Red02 says

    Whenever I click on one of my notifications, the screen turns blurry and it says “Swipe screen to open”.
    How do you disable this?? This didn’t used to happen! I have a Galaxy s7, please tell me how to disable this!

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  9. Nirjan says

    My experience with the Nougat upgade is really pathetic.
    I can’t go to the home screen by clicking the home button one time now.
    It’s showing google assistant, even if I press long, same result.
    How can I go to the home screen, i don’t want to use the back button multiple times for the same result.
    Please give me a solution.

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  10. Sylvia says

    I downloaded this update a couple months ago and ever since then, my edge lighting no longer works nor am I able to use people edge with any assigned colors. My phone no longer gives any color options either. Is anyone else having this problem or know what to do to fix it? ..wish I had never downloaded it.

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  11. Anonymous says

    Peole edge is terrible now, bringing back the colour options, the whole update is bland, top tip find better beta testers next time, can’t believe I moved from iPhone to this craps

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  12. Justin says

    I can’t seem to find the option to disable fast charging after the update. Does anyone know if it’s somewhere in the settings I might have missed

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  13. Mike says

    I used to be able to swipe down on my notifications on the lock screen to see the entire notification, and then if I had already swiped down, I’d just need to click it once and it’d unlock the screen and go to that app.

    Now, since 7.0, I have to swipe down to view the whole notification, then when I click it, it adds a new step where the screen blurs and says “Swipe screen to open”. Is there a way to NOT have to Swipe screen to open? I’d really like to go right from clicking the expanded notification to its relevant app…

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  14. Melinda says

    I hate not having my color coded edge notifications. That was a horrible decision to take this away it makes no sense

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  15. Gineen says

    The days in my Google monthly calendar now read, 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 1 2 2 5, etc ever since the newest update a few days ago I can’t get my calendar to reflect the proper days of the week. Anyone have way to fix it?

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  16. Vicki says

    Why would you take away the color associated with contacts on the Edge???? That’s what made the phone exceptional. This so-called update is the pits. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!

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  17. Adrienne Wysuph says

    Why did you get rid of the colors for contacts when they called or texted on the S7 edge? That was the best part of the edge! Very disappointed!

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  19. Sue says

    Galaxy S7, with the new update I now have to click on “View All” in order to read all of a text message. This is very annoying, and I want to disable it so that all of the text is shown. How do I do that?

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  20. Adeel says

    My brother got the new update on his s7 edge but i havent on my s7 edge even though we are in the same region?

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  22. Lucie says

    Does anyone know how to get the language pack back. All my previous languages on the keyboard are gone. Only have English and Chinese. Any help?

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  23. Antonio Harris says

    My color coded Edge Screen is gone. the text message screen is bright white and the letter that popped up for my text message that would identify who is texting, example: “J” for Jessica, is no more. this is the worst update I have ever got. I don’t see where it improved anywhere. can any of these features be recovered?

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  24. cheriba says

    My S7 updated earlier this week. Did the ability to look at different dates in the calendar go away with Nougat? For example, if I wanted to look at a date in the past or future, I could just tap and enter the month or year. I can’t do that now and have to scroll either way if I need to look at a past or future date. Very annoying.

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  26. Bridgette says

    I lost all of my voicemail after this update. How do I get my voice messages back? I’m so upset with this update.

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  30. Hasb says

    I’m using an s7 Edge in Pakistan and still haven’t received the Nougat update. Is there something I should be worried about, considering almost every other smartphone around me has it up and running since quote some time now?

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  31. Tilotama Bhandarkar says

    I got the update last week, after the update the video player keeps crashing. It shows an error “Cannot play the video”.
    I always have to restart my phone to use the vedio player. Also the videos do not play in other players. Even the YouTube videos show a playback error.
    Please help with this, it is very annoying to restart the phone always before playing any video.

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  32. Nandan S says

    Hi,
    Since my s7 edge was updated to Android N, i am not notified with the missed calls neither on the lock screen nor the notification bar. I have checked all the settings and unable to find a solution for this. Can anyone please tell me if this is a bug or if there is any settings that i have to change?
    Thanks,
    Nandan

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  33. Roy says

    I have a Galaxy S7 Edge but haven’t received the 7.0 update yet. My wife got one at the same time from a different supplier (both on Amazon) but she has had the update a few weeks ago. Both these phones were SIM free and unlocked. Has anyone else had this problem or know why?

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  35. Jennie says

    Why can’t I see my favorites across the top in the messages? Why did the people edge lose individuals color? I hate this update. I used my favorites and people edge all the time. Will the colors come back?

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  38. Denisaok says

    Dual SIM always on will not activate I have an EE and Virgin Sim. If am on a call with the EE sim and Someone calls the Virgin Sim the call goes to voicemail. But if am on the Virgin sim I get call waiting.

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    • simon says

      Dual sim version of Galaxy S7 and S7 edge is dual standby, not dual active. By default, when you are on a voice call or sending SMS on one sim card, the other sim card will not be reachable. Once a sim card is unreachable, the caller will be routed differently depending on your sim card settings with your carrier (not on the phone). It can be your voicemail, or unreachable tone, or diverting to other numbers deepening on your settings with your carrier (again, it has nothing to do with the phone). This is what you experienced when on a call with EE.

      The reason is that for dual standby phones, there can be only one active connection because two sim card share one set of hardware. But sim card can “listen” to their own network through time sharing. But when you are engaged in a call through 2G network, the sum card will take over the hardware and the other sim card cannot connect.

      But if you are using voice through VoLTE, which uses packet switching, the sim card will not take over the hardware. The other sim card can still “listen” to it’s network. When someone calls you on this number, you will get notified on the incoming call. In this case, you can not use hold or wait. You can ignore it. If you do anything on the incoming call, you current call will stop. This is what happened when you are engaged in calls with Virgin SIM.

      Please VoLTE works only if both networks (caller and receiver) supports it.

      Galaxy S7 and S7 edge only supports one 4G + 2G (the sim card slot doesn’t matter). This means only one sim card can use VoLTE.

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