Update S7 Edge to Android 8 Oreo: Latest official update

Users of the Samsung S7 Edge have already received Android Oreo in some countries. If you don’t want to wait for the next few days / weeks for your S7 Edge to update to Android 8, you can also do it manually right now by installing the official ROM.

Android Oreo It is the latest official version of Android that has already arrived and will continue to arrive in the form of an update to various brands and models of cell phones. This is a gradual process, where eventually all compatible cell phones or those that have the approval of the manufacturer will be updated. That is the case of the Samsung S7, that is, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge y el S7 normal.

Google finished development and published all Android Oreo 8.0 files in August 2017. Since this event, Samsung has been delayed six months to start updating their devices (a month later than expected), starting with the most modern ones. In February, the Android Oreo update began rolling out for the Galaxy S8, S8 Plus and Note 8. It can also be install manually.

Android Oreo update for S7 Edge now available

The update date Android Oreo for the S7 Edge was May 18 according to a leak, but some users in the UK have already been able to update their S7 Edge. Also people in Pakistan and India, according to reports on Reddit.

That means the update should be hitting the world in the next few days or maybe weeks. An extra delay arose due to a problem being found with the update that caused SOME Galaxy S7 to reboot or suffer a bootloop failure after updating. This defect in the update has already been fixed and the deployment continues, but those who have had this problem can try a factory reset from the recovery mode to solve it.

This will be the second and surely Latest major update the S7 Edge will receive and his younger brother. Just as Nougat was for the S6. You should keep getting security updates for another year, though.

With Oreo, the Galaxy S7 Edge will be faster?

In addition to the changes that Google made in this new system, Samsung will put a great novelty in this Android Oreo for the Galaxy S7 Edge. It is a new software called Samsung Experience, which will replace the current TouchWiz. This new software will not only have a slightly different design, but could also greatly improve the phone speed, as it already did on the Galaxy Note 8.

How to update the S7 Edge to Android 8.0 manually

If you don’t want to wait to get Android Oreo on the S7 Edge, you can descargar and manually install the update that users who have already received it have shared on the Internet.

In the XDA page You have the download links you need and the complete procedure. As a preamble, you will need to unlock your computer’s bootloader (Settings> Developer options> OEM unlock). Then you have to flash the TWRP recovery with the Odin program. Then you must put the downloaded update in the memory of the mobile. Finally you have to turn on the cell phone in said recovery mode and from there flash the update using the “Restore” option.

Android Oreo for S7 Edge Exynos

Images above (Illustrative only): S7 Edge running Android 8.0.0

The referenced tutorial applies in the same way to update the S7 Edge to Android 8.0 as the normal S7, which have an EXYNOS processor. That is, the SM-G935F and SM-G930F models respectively. You will have to choose the corresponding update files for each one.

You MUST NOT use this Android Oreo update if your S7 Edge or S7 has a Qualcomm chip. If you don’t know what CPU your phone has, use an app like Samsung Phone Info or Aida64.

WATCH OUT: If you are not sure how to update your S7 Edge to Android Oreo this way, it is better to wait for the official update.

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