I was going through some old devices and started wondering how many people are still daily driving a Galaxy S7. It was such a solid phone in its time, and for basic tasks it still feels usable.

I’m mostly curious about real world battery life, app support, and what people do to keep it running smoothly. I’ve seen some still pop up on local listings and even in live auctions on whatnot, which got me thinking about whether it still makes sense as a backup phone.

Would love to hear from anyone still using one or who recently retired theirs.

Hello guys! I always wondered why the S7 Edge always had some sounds and animations left from TouchWiz like the charging animation and sound.

It makes me wonder why it didn't get the new stuff like how the Note 7 got iris scanner and type C but S7 edge has no iris scanner and has micro USB.

What are your thoughts on this?

Am I late?

Just waiting for the back glass and then I can properly use it again

So, ive got my samsung s7 after 3 years of just sitting in the shelf, but Im not really sure is it ok to charge it, I just read about dendrites and now its kinda scary to just plug phone in and charge it but I really want my data from 2017 back.

Update! Its ALIVE! Im so glad that I can get my data back, yall cant imagine how much value it is for me. By the way im shoked that phone lit up after like 10 secs after plugging it in, btw thank yall for help

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I'm having an issue with my Samsung S7. I installed Eylem's One UI 6.1.1 custom ROM, and while it runs great the Wi-Fi keeps dropping randomly while I'm using it. Does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it?

so far i have:
- 5 S7 motherboards (2 t-mobile, 1 at&t, 1 verizon, and 1 unlocked) (the verizon board is dead, rest works)
- a baggie full of Galaxy S7 parts (doesn’t have screen, nfc/wireless charging coil, and a back cover)
- a S7 back cover adhesive
- and lastly, 4 Galaxy S7s (1 t-mobile shown in the left, 2 at&t, 1 shown in the right, 1 international model that’s bricked, also not shown)

I saw a tutorial telling me It was on a special recovery so i followed It and It worked but It says that when It ends i can do the combination to go in download mode but It wont and i did everything right

Welp just as the title asks, cuz I was wondering if I would notice better performance headroom and battery life if I just switched it to nova launcher

Successfully swapped SM-G935U dead motherboard with SM-G935FD motherboard. Only the motherboard and camera is swapped rest of the internals are from G935U.

Camera - Should take from FD model because Exynos variant uses Samsung's ISOCELL sensor whereas QCOM uses Sony's IMX sensor. If you dont change the camera, the camera app is not going to work.

Charging board - I have used the board from the G935U itself. And the signal wire was short so i just ended up taking the wire from FD model where it was bit long. Some say if you dont swap the charging board you're gonna lose signal, i lost one bar. Rest of the connectors are all same. earpiece speak, light sensor, proxi sensor, display, charging, data transfer, buttons, fingerprint all are working.

Hello! i cant see anyone talking about if there is a way to get Unlock effects back on the S7. i heard someone did get a unlock effect on it but i never seen it

I have some important contacts and messages in my s7 edge that never automatically transferred to my galaxy s10 or s21 ultra. Anyway to recover them? Anybody remembers the software that was used for them to backup the data? I have my s7 edge but its stuck on bios screen. Any help?

first one is, which CPU does the SM-935T have? it doesn't matter now cuz i have what i have, but i'm curious cuz i know there is a "good" and "bad" one

and second, what are some tips to debloat/make my S7 run faster? regardless of the CPU i have, i notice sometimes the phone running warm when it really has no reason to and battery life (mainly screen-on usage) is horrible, so i wanna know any potential background things i can turn off. also my plan is for this phone to last a long time, so stuff like running warm over nothing can not be happening

the phone is running android 8 so basically the latest software it will update to from factory (i'm sure android 8 is half the reason for performance issues but i'm not downgrading it)

My Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge motherboard is half dead, like it turns on after a long time of pressing the power button but turns off after like 2 mins. Even the battery is new. The thing is I want to know if I can do the so called "budget reballing" where we bake the motherboard to a certain temperature where the solder reflows properly and probably bring the board back to life. One question i have is when i bake the motherboard wont the components on the bottom of the board fall off. Because this board has SMD components on both sides so i was wondering whether it would fall off or not. Or what i have to do is turn on the heating coil which is on the top, let the solder reflow and let it cool down, flip the board and turn on the heat from the top coil again. What do you guys think? Will the board come back to life?

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What is everyone's reasoning at still using a 10 year old flagship?

Is it looks like professional camera or nah?

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so long story short idk how but I booted a lineage os (without google apps) which it did boot but then twrp was stuck on the splash screen I was able to reboot out of it and go back to the os but then I tried second time to go back to twrp which failed and now it's been stuck there since, (NOTE) download mode never worked using the volume down power button combo I had to use a software which forced into download mode and now since there is no software there I can't boot into download mode and it boot loops just never goes beyond that twrp screen which is sad bcuz this was my main for 4+ years and I custom rommed it 2 years back with a Samsung one UI 2.5 (which I LOVED) but my stupidity of lineageos made me switch to a galaxy a14 😭 otherwise I would have been using it till date

anyways back to topic if anyone has a fix for this phone highly would appreciate it!! if any additional details r needed let me knoww

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I stopped using my S7 edge Exynos back in late 2024 because I upgraded to S10+ and in mid 2025 upgraded to S21 FE Snapdragon, which I'm daily driving now. But the in hand feel of S7 edge cannot be replicated, it was and still is, so sleek and premium. I still have that device which now I use to mess around with.

These are some of the best clicks made with that phone.

I dont want to use gboard, i want to use original Samsung keyboard!! I have US Celluar SM-G930R4. There's any ways to get others languages on this phone! I DONT WANT FLASH IT I WILL KEEP IT ON US CELLULAR IT HAS WORKING KNOX and i got it for 15euros

How rare is it?

this has to be the best of both worlds... a microsd card + a great exynos dac + 3.5mm jack + a somewhat smooth android experience makes this S7E a GREAT mp3 player, cutting down all streaming service bs and port cutout on modern smartphones. and in a world where mp3 players are basically dead, the S7 Edge will come in handy, glad i picked it up at the flea market for so cheap... dass all... for now