Samsung Galaxy S7/S7Edge Announcement and Owners Thread

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#1514322 16-Mar-2016 11:38

Stu:

200GB MicroSD arrived from Amazon this morning. Should be enough room for... well, everything.

Did you buy this form the recent sale for ~100nzd ?

I ordered a sandisk 200gb card yesterday but they're only gonna ship it out on the 4 of April :(

let us know if its any good!

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#1514328 16-Mar-2016 11:50

It was US$79.95 when I ordered it. I think it came down a bit more a few days ago. Still a great price though.

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#1514394 16-Mar-2016 13:03

This morning my SGS7 began failing to automatically adjust the brightness. It was dim and hard to read. Moving it from a bright area to a dim area made no difference.

I then tried to adjust it manually...and it wouldn't change. It was 'stuck'.

Re-booting the phone saw normal behaviour resume.

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#1514760 16-Mar-2016 22:14

Another odd thing happened with my SGS7 today.

I had set up a swipe pattern as my security. This apparently created some sort of encrypted credentials stored in a private space. I then wanted to disable the swipe pattern for a while and when i turned it off i was warned that these encrypted credentials in the private space would be removed.

OK...so remove them.

Except.....now the camera won't work anymore. "Camera failed" on startup. Power off and re-boot....no go. Nothing worked. Dead camera. Google Camera app also a fail.

Hmmm.....then I remember the warning about the removal of the encrypted credentials in the private space earlier in the day....and I wonder.......

So I did a factory reset....and the camera now works again. No problem.

I'm wondering if the camera lost its access to some resource when the credentials were removed. Or something.

(Update: Come to think of it, I may have removed the swipe pattern before the auto-brightness broke. Though a re-boot did fix that.)

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#1514806 17-Mar-2016 07:57

Linuxluver:

Another odd thing happened with my SGS7 today.

My camera started but shutter would not work I launched camera from lock screen as I have it set as one of my quick launch apps. i closed and reopened and the shutter worked?? so have set volume button as shutter as well.

hoping this is a one off.

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#1514811 17-Mar-2016 08:35

Sounds like the first bunch of S7 owners are being used as beta testers. I would expect an update within a month (plus provider delays)

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#1514950 17-Mar-2016 11:54

Believe it or not Dunkin Donuts app causes the WiFi/BT debacle lol.

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#1514951 17-Mar-2016 11:55

There's an app for that? Wow

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#1516195 19-Mar-2016 21:14

What's up with the map of NZ in 'World clock'. Looks like a 5-year-old drew it lol

Great phone, love it!

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#1516817 21-Mar-2016 11:55

Stu:

200GB MicroSD arrived from Amazon this morning. Should be enough room for... well, everything.

Any issues with this card in the phone? No random SD Card pop-up notifications etc..

I'm thinking of getting one.

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#1516820 21-Mar-2016 11:59

There is a notification of you restart the phone, but other than that, no notifications. Seems to be working fine.

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#1516843 21-Mar-2016 12:24

Anyone ordering any good cases for the phone? Mine is black and looking for a black one with less bulk to it.

I am currently using a Spigen Clear Case bought for 30 from PBTech, it is adding some bulk to it.

Any good case suggestions?

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#1517340 22-Mar-2016 07:56

maxeon:

Anyone ordering any good cases for the phone? Mine is black and looking for a black one with less bulk to it.

I am currently using a Spigen Clear Case bought for 30 from PBTech, it is adding some bulk to it.

Any good case suggestions?

I need to sort a case out too. I'm leaning towards UAG at the moment. They're a bit rugged looking though, light but rigid and offer good protection.

I had a UAG on my S3 for years and it served me very well.

There's also a good case thread review on XDA. The Spigen Neo Hybrid case was the one I was keen on but the reviewer said the extra frame attachment is a bit flimsy so I think I'll pass on that one.

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#1517341 22-Mar-2016 08:03

I went with the Spigen Slim Amour, and i have to say its one of the best cases ive ever had in terms of quality and design. Ill put up some images and do a bit of a review tonight after work.

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#1517345 22-Mar-2016 08:14

Just watch your screens. Been reading a few things about the phone being pretty much impossible to repair due to to the way they're glued/held together, so if you break the screen you might be up for a new phone! Hopefully this doesn't pan out to be correct!

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