03-16-2016
06:20 PM
- last edited on
06-01-2016
06:09 PM
by
dru
Very professionally done. You should really remove this page and put 'updates to come to Android phones one day, we're not really sure when.' I think I will be switching phones to the nexus devices to actually get updates faster than this half a snail's pace. The Telus experience is not one I'm impressed with. Makes me consider switching providers.
03-21-2017 03:17 AM
so far the only issue i have had is it will NOT stay connected to my WIFI but i haven't tried to make any calls with it as of yet but there were a few features added that i need to get used to but over all seems easy on the battery
03-21-2017 09:07 PM - edited 03-21-2017 09:08 PM
Well, I installed the update last night. No problem with the installation. (Still glad I backed up my phone).
Seems to be working pretty good. No connection problems. Wi-fi and Network and Knox mode are problem free. Calls seem to be going through faster too.
Only issue so far, is a couple of times the phone froze up and restarted itself. I'll be watching for that.
Battery is draining faster than I'd like, but it was starting to act up before the update. I'll be watching that. I've seen some complaints, online, about battery draining issues.
I noticed that Telus has NOT updated https://forum.telus.com/t5/Mobility/Software-Update-Schedule/ta-p/53566 yet. The update schedule info is over a week old. Such a shame that Telus is not keeping this accurate.
03-24-2017 03:49 PM
Yeah the phone seems to be about the same except for the battery drain issue after charging it i unplug it and within about 30 minutes i am down to 85% without even touching it, i tried to factory reset it and still does the same thing, i am thinking about trading it in for the iphone 7 plus i just don't want anything to do with apple on my computer at home but thats another story
03-25-2017 04:11 AM
I have to ask. The S7 update to Android N isn't on the Updates Page? Why is it not updated?
03-25-2017 12:00 PM - edited 03-25-2017 12:02 PM
03-26-2017 04:40 AM
I see the schedule was updated now. Hope to see the S6 next for Android N, usually it follows the 7 about a month later.
Fingers Crossed
03-30-2017 08:30 AM - edited 03-30-2017 09:01 AM
Off topic to begin: Why can't I post a comment in a thread without replying? Am I missing something? I won't be surprised if I am.
On topic: I took the Nougat update yesterday. Battery drain is an issue, though I purposely left enabled the "battery optimization" when asked. I'll turn it off today and see if the battery drain stops. My Gmail app has gone British, with the "trash" label replaced by "bin," and other annoyances. It takes more touches to reach some often used settings, and panels are vague, not good for the visually impaired, such as I am. The notification panel is particular hideous for me, much smaller and hard to see to pull down, and then so vague. Can I increase the size of that somehow? The default keyboard is so undefined now it's trash, or bin, whatever. The blue light filter is the only good thing about this update for the visually impaired. I'm not impressed overall.
03-30-2017 12:09 PM
@Lola wrote:Off topic to begin: Why can't I post a comment in a thread without replying? Am I missing something? I won't be surprised if I am.
Not sure what else you might call the action you take! Other than being the first post, presumably you are replying to some part of the content, else you should be starting a new thread! Choosing a particular post to reply allows you to quote the content, which is why there are reply buttons everywhere.
03-30-2017 12:31 PM - edited 03-30-2017 12:31 PM
On a long thread, a person may want to remark the thread topic without replying to anyone specific. It's bad internet etiquette to reply to someone if you're not answering them at all, but rather making a remark on the thread topic that has nothing to do with what they said. Comment and reply have different meanings on social media. I've never seen a comment section without the ability to comment without hitting the reply on someone else.
03-16-2017 12:42 PM - edited 03-16-2017 12:52 PM
03-16-2017 04:36 PM - edited 03-16-2017 04:37 PM
Again Telus has updated their Software Update Schedule page and still no mention of 7.0 for the S7 and S7 Edge. Most other Canadian carriers, including 2 of the Big 3, have already released the update (Bell/Virgin, SaskTel, Freedom, Eastlink) or have provided a target release date (Rogers). Come on Telus, at least tell us something. I'd prefer to get the update straight from Telus but may just cave and flash firmware from one of the other carriers or change my CSC to force an update like some users have. Thanks for the wonderful customer service Telus...
03-16-2017 04:46 PM
03-16-2017 11:03 PM
03-17-2017 06:25 AM
Telus representative said over the phone that they didn't get the Nougat from Samsung because they don't want it. They said it's full of bugs on Pixel and Nexus 6 phones so they will not launch the update on GS7/GS7 Edge.
So we have only 3 options to get the long expected update
1. Flash it with Odin
2. Change the CSC and force the update from another carriers or
3. Change the carrier (Telus)
Looks like Telus is skipping the Nougat update.
03-17-2017 10:52 AM
03-09-2017 04:34 PM
03-09-2017 04:42 PM
04-03-2017 08:08 PM
I see no mention of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 getting the Nougat update. Please tell me that Telus and Samsung didn't jointly decide to exclude Note 5 users in Canada on Telus handsets from getting this update.
04-03-2017 10:27 PM
The Note 5 was released in late summer 2015. Samsung has, in the past delayed, or ignored phones of similar age from updates. At the moment we don't know, but a number of enthusiast sites suggest a March release for US carriers, and it is usually a while after that for Canadian release.
04-04-2017 12:47 PM
@NFtoBC I realize that updates would be available for newer handsets first but the Galaxy S6 is an older device than the Note 5. I have one of those in the house too. 1 S7 that has the update already. And 2 Note 5's that I hope will be getting the update. A couple of years ago the rest of the world got the Lollipop update on the LG G2 but LG/Telus did not update their customers to Lollipop. Given this tendency and the fact that it's not listed yet, I have an uneasy feeling that the same thing is about to happen.
04-05-2017 11:22 AM