galaxy s7 edge

CyanogenMod vowed years ago that they would not support any devices with an Exynos processor. Exynos processors just aren't user friendly. Samsung is slow to release source code for the Exynos lineup of processors. When code is released it is often far from workable. This has driven Cyanogen...

The good news is that the US variants of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are now rooted! The bad news is that this is one of the sloppiest roots ever. The root method utilizes an Engineering Bootloader. The EngBoot leaked from Samsung is made specifically for testing and firmware bring up. It...

For most of us Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge users especially those of us with the Verizon variant, Root was just a vague memory from fun times of devices past. Verizon and AT&T have locked down all their devices making them nearly impossible to root and rom over the past few years. This has been...

When the Galaxy S7 released here in the US we were all pretty happy to see that the device came loaded with a Snapdragon 820 chip. Qualcomm processors have always been pretty well received by the development community. Then we found out that no US variant would come with an unlockable...

In the coming days Verizon will be releasing a new OTA update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. The update includes the normal monthly security patch, as well as other tweaks and performance enhancements. One new feature that most S7 and S7 Edge users probably won't be too fond of is the...

One of the reasons you may have decided to jump on the Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge early was to obtain a free Gear VR or Gear S2. Verizon was offering these products for those that preordered one of the devices. It looks like you are going to be in for quite the wait. Today Samsung released a...

One of the coolest accessories for the Galaxy S7 has finally arrived. We all know that one of the only things lacking from the S7 is a replaceable battery. This is not as big of a deal on the S7 since battery life is pretty great and you do have fast charging, but if you happen to be out and are...

Finally Samsung has released a fairly durable device in the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. While the glass may not survive a huge drop over concrete or asphalt it may actually be able to stand up to many other forms of torture. As soon as a hot new phone is released of course youtubers will test...

The hybrid micro SD card and sim card slot tray on the Galaxy S7 is only intended to house 1 sim card and one sdcard, but with a little hackery you can actually use 2 sims and 1 micro SD card! Before you consider attempting this mod know that it could damage both your phone and your sims and...

The Galaxy S7's touchwiz UI includes huge icons and large UI elements. You just can't fit much on this huge screen. On your homescreen you'd be lucky to get a widget and 8 app icons to fit. With DPI scaling you can make UI features smaller which means you can fit much more on your screen. This...

My earlier Galaxy S7 Edge camera observations were unmerited according to DxOMark who has named the Galaxy S7 Edge camera the best Smartphone camera ever! I took some shots in low light settings last week. The shots I took had much more grain than I would have liked to see. Shots were very good...

One great feature of the new Samsung devices is the inclusion of a native theme store and theme engine. In the past you would need to root your device and install a custom rom in order to use a custom theme. Samsung has done a pretty great job of keeping their theme selections fresh. They have...

The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge include a nifty feature called Wi-Fi sharing. I know you may be asking yourself, "Why do I need to share my wifi signal? Coulcn't I just log onto wifi with the other device?" In most cases the answer to this question would be yes. If you are in the same room with...

It is common knowledge that the longer an electronic device runs without a reboot the slower it tends to get. This can also be said for smartphones. Back in the day when blackberries were popular I can remember always needing to pull my battery to get a fresh start. You won't be able to pull...

Yesterday we learned that all US Snapdragon 820 variants of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were bootloader locked. The bootloaders are locked with in a way in which they need an OEM key to be unlocked. This is pretty frustrating for power users who bought the phones with hopes they would be able to...

This serves as a PSA for the many of you who have been asking me FoxFi does work on the Verizon Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. I say it works on Verizon because I have not tested it on any other carriers. I also know that some carriers are able to block FoxFi so your usage may vary. Now that carriers...

The fact that Samsung decided to only offer the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge through carriers in the US is kind of annoying. This means that not only are our bootloaders locked, but we also have to deal with the huge amounts of bloatware that come preinstalled. Some of the apps are carrier specific...

While the US variants of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are totally locked down it seems that Exynos versions are not locked down at all. In fact TWRP is already available for the G935F, FD, X, and X8 variants! This means that you will be able to root the devices pretty easily by flashing SuperSU in...

In case you missed it all US variants of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge have locked bootloaders. This is a huge blow for those of us with high hopes of running AOSP on a Snapdragon processor. It was several years ago that CyanogenMod announced that they would not officially support phones with Exynos...

In the above video above the Galaxy S7 camera is tested against the Canon EOS 70D. The guy who put this together may look a bit silly, I mean try not to laugh, but this is actually a pretty great way to demonstrate the GS7's AF capabilities. Unsurprisingly the Galaxy S7 holds its own against one...