Samsung stops supporting Galaxy S7 active and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016)

It’s the end of the road for the Samsung Galaxy S7 active and the old Galaxy Tab A 10.1 – at least if you want to continue receiving security updates. Still, both devices were released in 2016, which means they’ve received support for 4 years.
Samsung Galaxy S7 active • Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016)
Those are not the only changes to Samsung’s update schedule, several devices were bumped down from the Quarterly Update list to “Other Regular Security Updates”. Here’s the list:
- Galaxy S8 Lite
- Galaxy A6+ (2018)
- Galaxy J7 Top
- Galaxy J6
- Galaxy J4
- Galaxy J3 Top
These were demoted to quarterly updates back in April 2019. At the time the S7 Active was still getting monthly security updates while the Tab A 10.1 was already in the “Other” column.
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- gloriascott.gs
- 27 Aug 2022
- kEa
I would like to reset my tablet with manufacturing but can I get to that on this tablet I have the 9. Login which I don't remember the dot sequence trying to reset the manufacturer will not let me get there
- Anonymous
- 27 Aug 2022
- kEa
Can this 2000 512 2016 Samsung tablet be rebooted to manufacturer because I do not have the dotted code to get back into my tablet I have the nine dots so I don't know which move I did to set a swipe screen to unlock can't reset to manufact...
- Barbara
- 18 Sep 2021
- Ycx
Can’t get sound??