What an interesting app. My dear old S6 was born in Vietnam on 2015.03.30, 859 discharge cycles and battery health 89.84% !!!

amanzi:

 

tanivula: I just got a pleasant notification of a software update which came with the July security patches. I was going to say, what the, a security patch the same month, then realised it was August. But for Samsung, that's pretty good, especially for a 2 yr old device eh.

 

Interesting - my S7 is still on the April security update. I'm on the Vodafone Oreo firmware.

 

I'm on BTU (UK unlocked CSC) though it originally was a Vodafone NZ sourced S7 in the beginning. As mentioned several times in this thread BTU and XSA seem to be get updates faster (XSA not so much these days).

tanivula:

 

amanzi:

 

tanivula: I just got a pleasant notification of a software update which came with the July security patches. I was going to say, what the, a security patch the same month, then realised it was August. But for Samsung, that's pretty good, especially for a 2 yr old device eh.

 

Interesting - my S7 is still on the April security update. I'm on the Vodafone Oreo firmware.

 

 

I'm on BTU (UK unlocked CSC) though it originally was a Vodafone NZ sourced S7 in the beginning. As mentioned several times in this thread BTU and XSA seem to be get updates faster (XSA not so much these days).

 

I got a Galaxy S7 which was parallel imported, it's CSC is PHN (i think that's a dutch one?). It already has the Oreo update, is there any benefit (or negatives) to me flashing BTU or an NZ firmware? Less battery drain potentially? Any drawbacks? 

Thrad:

 

I got a Galaxy S7 which was parallel imported, it's CSC is PHN (i think that's a dutch one?). It already has the Oreo update, is there any benefit (or negatives) to me flashing BTU or an NZ firmware? Less battery drain potentially? Any drawbacks? 

 

There can be advantages of having the CSC that aligns with your operator because:

• has been tested by them
• unlocks features (best example is 2degrees wifi calling)
• may have lower standby drain (cell standby - cant remember the right terminology but there was something voda vs spark which is different)
• may/should perform better in general

The only possible drawback is slower updates

Thrad:

 

tanivula:

 

amanzi:

 

tanivula: I just got a pleasant notification of a software update which came with the July security patches. I was going to say, what the, a security patch the same month, then realised it was August. But for Samsung, that's pretty good, especially for a 2 yr old device eh.

 

Interesting - my S7 is still on the April security update. I'm on the Vodafone Oreo firmware.

 

 

I'm on BTU (UK unlocked CSC) though it originally was a Vodafone NZ sourced S7 in the beginning. As mentioned several times in this thread BTU and XSA seem to be get updates faster (XSA not so much these days).

 

 

 

 

I got a Galaxy S7 which was parallel imported, it's CSC is PHN (i think that's a dutch one?). It already has the Oreo update, is there any benefit (or negatives) to me flashing BTU or an NZ firmware? Less battery drain potentially? Any drawbacks? 

 

@Thrad What carrier are you on?

John

tanivula:

Thrad:

I got a Galaxy S7 which was parallel imported, it's CSC is PHN (i think that's a dutch one?). It already has the Oreo update, is there any benefit (or negatives) to me flashing BTU or an NZ firmware? Less battery drain potentially? Any drawbacks? 

There can be advantages of having the CSC that aligns with your operator because:

• has been tested by them


• unlocks features (best example is 2degrees wifi calling)


• may have lower standby drain (cell standby - cant remember the right terminology but there was something voda vs spark which is different)


• may/should perform better in general

The only possible drawback is slower updates

Linux:

Thrad:

tanivula:

amanzi:

tanivula: I just got a pleasant notification of a software update which came with the July security patches. I was going to say, what the, a security patch the same month, then realised it was August. But for Samsung, that's pretty good, especially for a 2 yr old device eh.

Interesting - my S7 is still on the April security update. I'm on the Vodafone Oreo firmware.

I'm on BTU (UK unlocked CSC) though it originally was a Vodafone NZ sourced S7 in the beginning. As mentioned several times in this thread BTU and XSA seem to be get updates faster (XSA not so much these days).

 

I got a Galaxy S7 which was parallel imported, it's CSC is PHN (i think that's a dutch one?). It already has the Oreo update, is there any benefit (or negatives) to me flashing BTU or an NZ firmware? Less battery drain potentially? Any drawbacks? 

@Thrad What carrier are you on?

John

That can't be a new phone

" new phone showing a "discharge cycle count" of 463 out of the box and a battery health of 80% "

John

Linux:

That can't be a new phone

" new phone showing a "discharge cycle count" of 463 out of the box and a battery health of 80% "

John

Interesting, I just got an update to take my S7 to 1 July 2018 Security Update...

Surprised you have august? maybe on the Edge?

mentalinc:

Interesting, I just got an update to take my S7 to 1 July 2018 Security Update...

Surprised you have august? maybe on the Edge?