Samsung Galaxy J7
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- ptJ7user
- nwX
- 01 May 2020
It would be a great phone if it wasn't crammed with unremovable samsung software.
You also get unwanted Samsung advertising notifications.
After updates, you can only use about 2GB of the 16GB storage.
Google apps and Facebook cannot be removed.
The surface buttons for back and appswitcher are too sensitive and close to the edge, just typing a sentence without pressing BACK our accidentally switching apps can be a challenge.
The whole physical and surface/touch button layout and ergonomics on this phone are just wrong and messy, the phone is barely usable without some sort of protective case IMO.
Also screen brightness has a life of its own when exposed to outside conditions (yes even with adaptive brightness turned off).
The cameras are nice however when recording video the microphone captures a lot of creaking and crackling from holding the phone as well as your own breathing sound .
With louder sound like live music the sound gets saturated.
Fingerprint sensor works great, bt, wifi and NFC all work as intended.
Some of the stock apps are really nice though, the samsung calendar app has a much better UI than google calendar. Phone, clock, calc, reminder, optical reader are also great.
the Samsung picture/video gallery is nice but quickly fills up all your internal storage with thumbnails.
For some reason the Play store starts to auto updates apps without the user's consent as soon as you plug the phone to the ac charger. This is a huge issue in a phone with such limited storage space.
It can be a great phone but needs lots of maintenance to cope with the limited storage space and all the other shortcomings.
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- Johnyyy
- I@a
- 17 Apr 2020
False info actually it stays on android lollipop
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- Akmal Hossen
- ubI
- 02 Apr 2020
I love this phone
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- Jhuztine
- ijB
- 29 Mar 2020
Is there any software updates of J700H/DS In the phillipines? I have android 5.1??
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- Alsd
- jdD
- 24 Mar 2020
i love my dual root j7 s/:~$¡¡¡
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- wahab
- wuc
- 17 Mar 2020
Afroja Noon, 02 Mar 2020The information does not match the google searches, the pag... moreyep same here last update is 6.0.1
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- HKNY
- gCF
- 06 Mar 2020
Here are some tricks for this phone
Max out every frequency in equaliser for higher audio levels while listening to music with the device's speaker
Remove any kind of protective case and put your phone on a stiff surface (like table,desk) to increase volume levels and quality
Try using mono audio mode when your wired headphones don't work well (try using left and right channels if opening mono audio mode doesn't solve the problem)
Use Samsung Game Tuner to lower screen resolution on games (This significantly improves gaming performance)
While taking a photo in challenging conditions, press and hold photo taking button until your phone successfully focuses on the scene
Using Adapt Sound rises volume levels, consider this if your headphones give low amount of sound
Use Snapseed instead of default photo editor. Lower saturation especially on greenery because J7 exaggerates saturation. Some photos get a weird white tint as well. To solve this, lower brightness and highlights.
Disable every animation from developer options (You can open developer options by clicking build number seven times from about phone>software info menu
Default e-mail app lacks features, use mymail instead of default e-mail app
If your phone freezes, press and hold volume down and power buttons to restart it
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- SM-J700H
- Dhg
- 03 Mar 2020
SM-J700H
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- Afroja Noon
- XTY
- 02 Mar 2020
The information does not match the google searches, the page says J700H/DS is upgradable to 7.1.1, but it has only received till 6.0.1. Where would I find something that matches this info? Like the updated firmware itself?
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- Anonymous
- R0K
- 03 Feb 2020
Anonymous, 23 Jul 2019My mobile phone j7 is every time switch off due to mesage o... moreU need a new battery OK
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- Anonymous
- gxn
- 16 Jan 2020
For users here are some advice to get better photos in this exact device
1- always use HDR but you have to hold still your hand while capturing
2- In most cases after taking the photo tab edit (open default image editor in gallery) and boost the color saturation alittle bit which reveals the power of this particular device
3- for selfies always use flashlight even in sunlight! You also have to hold still your hand
After yeras.. This is really a good device, of course NOT recommended in 2020 but for users.... Enjoy it
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- Anonymous
- Ejb
- 15 Jan 2020
Guri, 10 Jan 2020I have this mobile but still not get nougt update.. from ... moreI have one also but no updates for over a year, seems like they stop updating this version.
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- Anonymous
- GYt
- 14 Jan 2020
Ispan1988, 09 Jan 2020This July my J7 will be completing 5 years!! One of the be... moreyou can get a galaxy s8 for $50 more and have more than twice as good of a phone. Also the LG G4 came out the same year and is twice as good and costs about $80 refurbished. just some advice if you ever look to buy a higher quality yet low priced phone.
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- Joy
- IWR
- 11 Jan 2020
What about this phone guyes?
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- Guri
- U{Y
- 10 Jan 2020
I have this mobile but still not get nougt update.. from where i can download the update,?
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- Ispan1988
- rKY
- 09 Jan 2020
This July my J7 will be completing 5 years!!
One of the best phone from Samsung.
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- CiiVick
- PQF
- 21 Dec 2019
I want to buy a Samsung Galaxy so where will I buy the phone.
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- Blitz123
- sxr
- 12 Dec 2019
J7's camera is good its sharp but no night mode and i owned this since 2015 july and the performance,the sound is so good....this phone rocks but im running android lollipop but no updates yet... but its oo
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- Fathi
- NgZ
- 04 Dec 2019
Fh, 28 Nov 2019Same.....Very fine but I need full Android