Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
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- 12 Dec 2019
J7 16 user from 2017, 23 Nov 2019I am from India. I have also got 284 mb update notification... moreJust update ur phone u will get better battery backup
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- Shalika
- IWS
- 30 Nov 2019
Is this j7 neo 🙄
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- Anonymous
- pU7
- 24 Nov 2019
J7 User, 23 Nov 2019is this model support dual 4G/3G active? Be careful, there is the model "J7 (2016)" and the model "J7 Duos (2016)".
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- Anonymous
- IWT
- 24 Nov 2019
J7 User, 23 Nov 2019is this model support dual 4G/3G active? Only dual 3g , not dual 4g
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- J7 User
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- 23 Nov 2019
is this model support dual 4G/3G active?
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- Anonymous
- pU7
- 23 Nov 2019
J7 16 user from 2017, 23 Nov 2019I am from India. I have also got 284 mb update notification... moreAs mentioned here
https://security.samsungmobile.com/workScope.smsb
our phones get security updates on a regular schedule, but worse than quarterly.
This might be a security update, maybe the last one we get.
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- otnaaa2
- 0uy
- 23 Nov 2019
Urstruly babu, 22 Nov 2019My phone is already in oreo.. with samsung experince 9.5 bt... moreThat's probably security and improvement update. It doesn't change OS just making it more secure and give some minor function changes
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- J7 16 user from 2017
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- 23 Nov 2019
Urstruly babu, 22 Nov 2019My phone is already in oreo.. with samsung experince 9.5 bt... moreI am from India. I have also got 284 mb update notification. It says new update will Improve many things. But I have not updated it till now. Waiting for other people's Review.
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- Urstruly babu
- y2x
- 22 Nov 2019
My phone is already in oreo.. with samsung experince 9.5 bt 10 days i have got update of 284mb whose says androud oreo with samsung experince 9.5 hows it possible.. i have already got the oreo
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- otnaaa2
- 0uy
- 21 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 21 Nov 2019Pie update..?No, unfortunately there wouldn't be any official update for J7 2016 after OREO.
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- Anonymous
- mdJ
- 21 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 21 Nov 2019Pie update..?Android 10 update!
Some sources say, that there will be Lineage OS 17 for our devices, which is a free version of Android 10.
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- Anonymous
- D0d
- 21 Nov 2019
Pie update..?
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- otnaaa2
- 0uy
- 19 Nov 2019
Claudesp33d, 18 Nov 2019After 1 year of usage, battery life is cut in half and the ... moreOn my phone after 2 years of use battery is still good. It can handle to 2 days and i can say it has better battery quality then a lot of devices with unremovable batteries.
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- Claudesp33d
- NjC
- 18 Nov 2019
After 1 year of usage, battery life is cut in half and the screen on time is barely 6 hours.
When the phone was new, it was 12~13 hours
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- Anonymous
- teq
- 12 Nov 2019
mn, 06 Nov 2019DATE :06/11/2019 just now i got a security patch level: 1o... moreWhat is the model no plz
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- Anonymous
- pU2
- 11 Nov 2019
otnaaa2, 09 Nov 2019Yes, Original android exists on Google phones (Pixel and so... moreYou can find this "original android", that exists on Google phones, at AOSP an all vendors take this code from AOSP and put it on their phones, some with more and some with less modifications, like One UI. The Lineage team takes the code from AOSP and creates Lineage OS, but with no modification except adaption for the phone.
So there is no better android, it is just android from the AOSP, either compiled by the google team or by the samsung team or by the Lineage team.
As of 2020, our J7-2016 will not get any security-patches, so it is better to risk a new operating system instead of risking that the phone becomes unsafe.
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- otnaaa2
- 0uy
- 09 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 09 Nov 2019You cannot get "original android" because it does not exist... moreYes, Original android exists on Google phones (Pixel and some Nexus models). Samsung use android and change UI and add some of their apps and Galaxy store. Android is OS , AOSP is code which android works and OS based on android. Well that phone is old almost 4 years so it is pretty good that we had at least security updates for that time. Samsung will give us support until our warrancy is not expired(hardware) but it will help you with some software problems. Updates will not come in the future because of new models and new softwares.
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- Anonymous
- pU2
- 09 Nov 2019
otnaaa2, 09 Nov 2019Lineage OS is not original android, it is just based on and... moreYou cannot get "original android" because it does not exist. All OEMs take this AOSP code an modify it for their needs.
As our Android 8.1.0 is getting older and older, as there are no security updates for our phones in 2020, we will soon be able to install Lineage OS 17 to fix all this. We will get LineageOS, but not from XDA, we will get it directly from lineageos.org!
So everybody can choose: Stay with Android 8.1.0 or install Android 10. And this is no question of support: Samsung won't give us support because this phone expires in 2020. Therefore we will get support from the LineageOS community ...
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- otnaaa2
- 0uy
- 09 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 09 Nov 2019"The AOSP code can be found without modification on select ... moreLineage OS is not original android, it is just based on android. It doesn't have to be safe , you have to root your phone and do every step correctly. After that there is chance that something won't work. On XDA it is always mentioned what might not work. Our phone is getting older, in hardware we can't do anything but in software we can install 3rd side OS which may work partly good. In this time , every day we can find new phones with lot of specifications, maybe it is time to buy a new phone or use the old till we can. For example S5 is using Marshmallow as a stock rom, it is really old but almost everything what we need is compatible(Instagram, snapchat, whatsapp, facebook etc...). The original os that came on the phone (in this case J7 2016) is Oreo( when you update) and for me it works great. I really want to have PIE OR Android 10 on phone and i can find Lineage OS and risk because it is not so easy to install and even with old OS(Oreo is not that old, still functioning very great) my phone works great like the first day. Why would i risk something and screw up and people in Samsung won't give me support because it is not their OS. I believe that Samsung create most stable OS for their phones , and some other people who built Lineage platform could create a pretty good OS with some new features but they mention that something might not work. We can't use this device forever but everyone should do all process with phones on their own.
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- Anonymous
- pU2
- 09 Nov 2019
"The AOSP code can be found without modification on select devices, mainly the Nexus and Pixel series of devices. The source code is, in turn, customized and adapted by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to run on their hardware." - says Wikipedia!
So AOSP is 100% Android and there is no other Android! While OEMs customize the AOSP code for their needs, Lineage OS remains at 100%. Having Lineage OS installed, you can choose which "bloatware" you want to install next, facebook app, whatsapp etc or you can stay free of all that stuff.
Tho only difference is: Android for Nexus was compiled by the Nexus team and Lineage OS was compiled by the Lineage OS team. What is the difference, when your compile a source code two times? There is no difference.
Remember, that we will not get any security updates in 2020, so our phone well become unsafe. The only option to get a modern and secure system after 2020 is to self-install a new system and Lineage OS is one.