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Samsung Pulls Plug on Galaxy S7 Updates Four Years Later

Kellen April 6, 2020

Right around the time that Samsung released the Galaxy S20 and the price tag of it forced many to get really, super duper sad about the two years of Android version updates the company was delivering, we told you about the other side of Samsung updates. We...

Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge Drop From Quarterly to “Regular” Security Updates

Kellen June 21, 2019

Samsung's phones fall into three different categories of updates. The newest phones (are supposed to) get monthly security updates, others get quarterly updates, and the oldest that Samsung still supports fall into a "regular" security updates group. The...

T-Mobile Galaxy Note 8 Pie, One UI Update is Here

Kellen April 5, 2019

You've been waiting (and complaining a lot), T-Mobile Galaxy Note 8 owners, and your time has come. The Android 9 "Pie" and One UI update is here, officially making you last to the party following updates to Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon models over the past...

Verizon Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S9, and S9+ Receive March Security Patch

Tim April 2, 2019

Verizon is shipping out March's security patch to the Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S9, and S9+ this week. Once updated, S7 owners will see software version R16NW.G930VVRS9CSC1, S7 Edge will see R16NW.G935VVRS9CSC1, S9 will have PPR1.180610.011.G960USQU4CSC7,...

Galaxy S7 is Old, so It’ll Now Only Get Quarterly Security Updates

Kellen April 1, 2019

The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are a full three years old at this point, if you can believe that. Today, Samsung has deemed that the age where neither phone is entitled to monthly security patches any longer. On Samsung's "Android Security Updates" support...

T-Mobile Galaxy Note 9, Note 8 Get RCS Universal Profile 1.0 Support

Kellen January 4, 2019

T-Mobile updated its Advanced Messaging support page today, the same page that lists out details for RCS Universal Profile 1.0, the messaging standard that may one day be the future of messaging on your phone. In the update, they provided a list of supported...

Lots of Galaxy Phones on T-Mobile are Getting Security Patch Updates

Tim December 21, 2018

T-Mobile's lineup of Samsung Galaxy devices are getting security patches, most with December, but a couple are receiving November's patch. For software versions following the update, it should look like this. Galaxy S9: G960USQS3BRK2 (December patch) Galaxy S9...

Verizon Updates Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, LG V30

Kellen December 19, 2018

Verizon is pushing a batch of pre-Xmas updates to some of its not-so-new phones. The Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, and LG V30 are all getting new software as I type this. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are only getting the November Android security patch, so...