Samsung Galaxy S7 active
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- Maree
- Ava
- 20 Nov 2024
Best phone I ever used. Sad it got discontinued.
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- rsjbac1020
- q$t
- 29 Jul 2024
This phone is horrible!!
As a person who loves Samsung, this is the worst Samsung Phone I've ever used. Its terribly slow, and I understand it's outdated, but this phone is slower than my normal Galaxy S7, and the S7 is also running Android 12 (LineageOS) It takes forever to charge, and even though it is technically an S7, it doesn't perform or feel like an S7. And also it could start having purple lines in the screen by itself. If you were ever thinking of buying this phone, don't. I would suggest something like the Galaxy XCover or a normal S7 with a case.
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- OCouch91
- XS%
- 02 Jul 2024
This was the best phone I've ever had.
All I want in a new phone is an S7 Active with updated internals. And maybe the FLIR camera from the CAT S60.
Extremely durable, good sized battery, plenty of storage snappy performance (at the time), and a customisable button. Physical buttons on the bottom, a nice flat screen with protective edge bezel, and comfortable size. Great audio, good clear screen.
I could go on! I get why the new Xcovers are down on performance as the target market is businesses, but I really wish they still did a proper Active model like this one.
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- Anonymous
- pYS
- 31 Jul 2022
Such a great phone in terms of durability. Performance is okay for daily tasks but can be slow at times, but definitely still beats many modern mid range smartphones. Unfortunately, my unit is defective as recently it developed a fault where it keeps crashing and boot looping and now it's at a point where it won't even boot to the OS after a system reflash. A shame really because this phone is great but so uncommon and now I can't find a motherboard for it anywhere, and is technically bricked.
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- DavidG
- MkL
- 16 Jun 2022
Dem, 31 May 2022Its 2022 and still it. My S8+ died due to flood but not my ... moreIncredible durability. I got a used S7 Active from a relative to use for emergency when my phone stopped working. I thought it would be temporary for a week or so until buying a new device but now have been using it for over a year and no plan to change in the near future. Dropped occasionally indoors and outdoors and the original case protects it well. It does heat up when too many apps open, but the original battery still lasts for almost a day.
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- Dem
- sxr
- 31 May 2022
Its 2022 and still it. My S8+ died due to flood but not my S7active, I think its more durable and reliable...only issue is that it heat up when multitasking but on regular lite use you can barely feel it but I guess it heats up because its quite hot in our area esp. during summer. S7active best phone I ever had! Wish Samsung would make an S22 active
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- Anonymous
- v%b
- 14 Feb 2022
I have the galaxy s 7 active. What an amazing brilliant durable phone, I've had it 5 years and its been dropped numerous times no damage. The puppy (jack russell) got it found it out in the yard. Thought its done but nope still working no problems. One tooth mark in case. This phone is strong and reliable.
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- Haplo
- 42r
- 14 Nov 2021
Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021the s7 active is better than the s7 and im not sure what th... moreI have the active version and my wife had the regular version. The active is more durable and water / dust resistant than the regular however nowadays thats all built in. I had the pink line show up last year and I understand it's an end of life sign. It does go away if you press on the top bezel. I always kept mine in an Otterbox defender so it was well protected. This is a very reliable phone. we had to go back to them recently as a back up and they still held up well
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- Anonymous
- 3xX
- 12 Aug 2021
the s7 active is better than the s7 and im not sure what the water residence diffrence is between them
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- Johnny tbone
- rRU
- 09 Jun 2021
I hear everyone crying about water problems. I was drunk or would not of did this but i literally threw it in my pool 4got i did it 3 hours later got it out worked fine. Hands down best phone ive ever had most my phone last 6 months ive had this 5 years its a beast
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- nimblehuman
- j9N
- 29 Mar 2021
Anonymous, 06 Jan 2021Did yours have a pink line on screen can u tell me what to doYou can try putting pressure on the bezel just past the top end of the pink line and the line will go away for a while, but will ultimately return. I think mine started doing this because I carried it in my back pocked a lot even when driving, and probably warped the edge of the display, causing the line to appear. No such issue with my current S8 + Supcase.
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- Dano
- gP1
- 23 Jan 2021
Anonymous, 06 Jan 2021Did yours have a pink line on screen can u tell me what to doOh yeah they all get the pink lines. Mine from july 2016 has many pink lines and even green lines. Unfortunately there is no fix time to get new phone after 4 and a half years this phone has lost its buttons, cracked screen, back of phone burst open, still kinda works
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- Lily
- 7RR
- 19 Jan 2021
Element, 27 Sep 2020This phone has supposedly the largest battery capacity I�... moreHi, I have this phone model. I figured out if you go into the app store you can disable Facebook. :P
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- Anonymous
- rRU
- 06 Jan 2021
Tomatillo, 27 Jun 2020On Aug 1/19 I bought a new Samsung Galaxy S7 Active SM-G981... moreDid yours have a pink line on screen can u tell me what to do
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- Dannyboy
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- 07 Dec 2020
Hi
Could you please to tell me how to switch 2G to 4G on my Samsung Galaxy S7 active, am so tired to do this but still on 2g, anyone can help me to fix it?
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- Anonymous
- KgV
- 01 Dec 2020
Mark_S, 27 Apr 2020Still have mine going strong after 4 years. Android Oreo O... moreHow did you upgrade to oreo?
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- Element
- vxM
- 27 Sep 2020
This phone has supposedly the largest battery capacity I've had at 4000mAh claimed. However, this phone also has by far the shortest battery life in day to day use compared to any android phone I've had. Can only leave it for a day on idle (not even opening up to check messages) and it's down to 40% consistently. This happens even when the phone has been freshly reset to factory settings.
Other makes including Huawei, Sony, Xiaomi can last 4-5 days under light usage conditions (occasionally checking and responding to any messages) with a smaller 2200mAh battery. The reported battery use statistics on the S7 Active are clearly bogus with usage meter only showing up 2 items... 5% phone idle and 3% Android System throughout the observation period, yet the phone has managed to discharge from 100% to 40%. Which process(es) were using the other 52%?
Samsung batteries at least up to S7 also seem to have a real tendency to deteriorate quickly (lose battery capacity/health), much more quickly than other phone makes.
That aside, this phone has a camera image quality that far exceeds even many dedicated point and shoot cameras. This is probably the biggest plus point of this phone, together with the water resistance.
Phone performance is passable, however really struggles with the likes of Google Maps. Unusably slow.
Also unhappy with being unable to remove Facebook spyware from my phone. How much did Facebook pay to make this a system app? I'm surprised that this arrangement is even deemed legal.
Overall, phone is OK. Camera is the best thing about this phone along with it's water resistance. Other aspects pretty mediocre.