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Samsung Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge OFFICIAL DISCUSSION V7, Both available in Malaysia!

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post Jun 3 2016, 03:13 PM

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QUOTE(Carlo J @ Jun 3 2016, 01:42 PM)
Ok, thanks.

Btw, I'm experiencing slight overheating when using fast charging. Should I turn it off because I tend to charge my phone when I go to bed at night.
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The manual says it's normal for the phone to heat up during charging and there's supposedly a built-in cutoff if it overheats. However if you're going to charge it overnight then no need for fast charging then
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post Jun 5 2016, 10:50 PM

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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jun 5 2016, 10:22 PM)
I remember it is RM1150. Someone cracked theirs before.
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This. Samsung Damansara Premium SC can replace the screen within 2 hours.
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post Jun 6 2016, 01:04 PM

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QUOTE(yarusaru @ Jun 6 2016, 12:51 PM)
so swim kenot take pic? only can rendam the phone.. is it?
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The customer service lady reminded me: "This phone is water-resistant, not waterproof ok so please don't go into the swimming pool with it"
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post Jun 7 2016, 09:10 AM

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QUOTE(antt00 @ Jun 7 2016, 07:26 AM)
Yikes phone fell down. Was knock out of my hand at standing height. It flew and landed flat on the ground screen first. Lucky no damage to the screen or dents.  sweat.gif I think the way it lands make a big difference.
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Lucky you!
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post Jun 11 2016, 04:49 AM

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QUOTE(jack2001 @ Jun 10 2016, 11:28 PM)
Indeed, I was pleasantly surprised by Samsung's after sales service and is up to par or better than apple's.
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Yeah, a week and a bit after receiving my phone back from repairs they even called to follow-up. Two separate calls: one to follow-up on my email rant and a different person calling to inquire regarding work quality etc on the repaired phone.
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post Jun 17 2016, 04:48 PM

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QUOTE(romeo57 @ Jun 17 2016, 04:01 PM)
Just replaced my S7 Edge screen just now at One Utama SC.
I can say it's the best SC.  rclxms.gif
Sent at 12:05pm, and i received sms of pickup at 1:05pm.
The quality of the screen is flawless. Its like a brand new phone!  rclxm9.gif
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Good to hear that!
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post Jun 17 2016, 05:36 PM

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QUOTE(yuhhaur @ Jun 17 2016, 05:21 PM)
Not impress. Such a premium device with such "normal thing"  doh.gif
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Such is the curse of being an early adopter
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post Jun 18 2016, 10:14 AM

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QUOTE(8823 @ Jun 18 2016, 01:03 AM)
Did anyone try disabling fast charging?
Both on/off fast charging gives the same estimated charging time (And it did charged within that time)
Can anyone please tell me why????
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Can I know at what percentage you started charging? As the fast charge is adaptive, if the batt is empty it'll boost the charging speed by increasing the current. However once the batt is nearly full it'll then throttle down the current to prevent overcharging. So if your batt is nearly full you might not see much difference using normal vs fast charge.

Another thing is did you disconnect the cable between changing from normal to fast charge mode or vice-versa? Just changing the toggle isn't enough, it mentions that you need to disconnect the charging cable between modes.

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post Jun 18 2016, 10:25 AM

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QUOTE(hchng2 @ Jun 18 2016, 08:39 AM)
hi guys, just got my s7e black today.. pretty awesome phone i can say. only pain in the butt is figuring a way to transfer chat history for whatsapp. (nothing came up so far except to buy the paid version of 3rd party - unless i m missing something from the internet)
and its so hard to get a good screen protector?
casing wise i've got the samsung org flip case (the most basic ones)
anywhere in KL i could source for a wide selection of the accessories?
many thanks in advance!!
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Congratulations!

Actually transferring whatsapp chat is easy, you can google it on their website. Do you have a google account? Basically it'll tell you to backup to google drive on your current phone. Then when you install and open whatsapp on your new phone the app will ask if you've got a backup. It'll then use the google drive backup to recreate your chat history on the new phone, as well as deactivating whatsapp on the old phone (as only one phone allowed to have active whatsapp account).

Alternatively you can backup to memory card, take it out and put in new phone, then install whatsapp on new phone. The app will automatically detect the backup and restore accordingly. Good luck!
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post Jun 18 2016, 10:50 AM

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QUOTE(hchng2 @ Jun 18 2016, 10:39 AM)
Thanks #username8118 & #zororo!
Forgot to add on I m on iOS 😞😞
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Ya, backup to iCloud... then when install whatsapp on new phone you restore chat from the iCloud account...

As zororo said you need to do a fresh install of whatsapp on new phone. Thus if you already have whatsapp installed on the S7e, will need to delete it unfortunately.
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post Jun 18 2016, 06:53 PM

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QUOTE(ck.chunkeat @ Jun 18 2016, 06:10 PM)
Is it possible to restore whatsapp chat from icloud on android?
I searched the internet and nobody mentioned about that. Only method to transfer chat from whatsapp in iphone to android is through 3rd party app.
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Ha ha yeah... I thought you'd be able to connect to iCloud on your Android whatsapp, then download the backup but apparently that's not the case. Seems like 3rd party software is the suggested way to go. Any sifus out there who can help out?
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post Jun 20 2016, 03:55 PM

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QUOTE(sniper on the roof @ Jun 20 2016, 09:40 AM)
Finally gotten off my lazy arse to play with the S7's raw files.

user posted image20160619_193105 by vmwt, on Flickr

user posted image20160619_224116 by vmwt, on Flickr
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Nice...
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post Jun 25 2016, 06:26 PM

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QUOTE(mastering89 @ Jun 25 2016, 05:47 PM)
Really impressed with the S7E camera
this is as auto as it can be and dynamic range is superb.
havent tried the pro mode + RAW yet  biggrin.gif

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Amazing...
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post Jun 26 2016, 06:10 PM

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QUOTE(benny0908 @ Jun 26 2016, 06:02 PM)
Where can I extend Samsung warranty? Only in Samsung service centre?
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Well I extended mine at the SC. Apart from giving me an extended warranty certificate they even emailed me a soft copy as well! This was at the Damansara centre BTW.
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post Jun 27 2016, 05:36 AM

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QUOTE(remix2040 @ Jun 27 2016, 01:38 AM)
As much as I like seeing texts creeping out of the edge and the wow factor from friends, I f*cking hate the edges.

This my 18 hour first impressions on this phone

1. Unintentional touches on the edges. I probably accidentally touched the home button in chrome a few times while typing this.

2. Introduces glare on both sides. The purple/pink tint on the glare made me think that I had a defective screen.

3. With the extended edges, screen to body ratio increased by 4 or 6 percent,  this is both a curse and a blessing.
(a) 1 being a bigger screen and
(b) I have less metal and glass to hold on to.

4. Battery life is surprisingly good with 6 hours SOT. Did 80% LTE and 20% WiFi with two SIMS. One local number and one number on Roaming.

5. Camera has noticeably lower DR compared to the Nexus 6P. Not sure it's the ISOCELL issue or just Samsung's slightly poorer implementation this year.

6. I feel that this phone gets hot faster than the Nexus 6P as this is a glass sandwich. As we all know, glass isn't exactly known to be a great heat radiator, unlike metal phones which act as a giant heatsink.

Anything else I miss out? AMA
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Do you use a phone case? Issues 1, 3b & 6 can be improved if you were to use one. I use a Spigen slim case, doesn't affect the phone styling that much but definitely better holdability especially at the edges. You can get a much thicker case if you want more grip and protection for your phone.
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post Jun 27 2016, 08:27 AM

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QUOTE(remix2040 @ Jun 27 2016, 08:14 AM)
Generally I'm not a fan of cases. And I bought a skin for the phone. So I'll be using a skin on the phone. But I did buy a case and screen protector from Sakurazz while waiting for my skins.

Also, I doubt putting on a case can improve its cooling.
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The heat part I meant that the warmth is less noticeable if you use a case...
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post Jun 27 2016, 01:33 PM

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QUOTE(remix2040 @ Jun 27 2016, 09:40 AM)
But then you're containing the heat but not actually radiating it out. Hahaha it's okay lah. I'm just nitpicking. Doubt I'll stay long on this phone too. Unless I have to.
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Ha ha no worries!
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post Jun 27 2016, 11:23 PM

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Saw some comments a few pages back on how laggy TouchWiz is as compared to iOS. A couple of months ago when the S7e came out there was this YouTube video showing how to enable "Beast Mode" on the phone. Basically it showed how to access developer mode and switch off all transition animations and effects etc

Haven't done that myself but maybe someone can comment if this is a decent option to make the S7e less laggy?
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post Jun 28 2016, 05:33 AM

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QUOTE(maiself @ Jun 28 2016, 12:53 AM)
damn.. my S7e shows few horizontal stripes on the screen less than 2 months..!!

I guess its a faulty screen.. gonna send it to Samsung Service Center this weekend. hope the honour me the warranty.. Never drop the phone.. just happened out of the blue..  doh.gif
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This one recognised issue... many times mentioned oredi. Claim screen replacement under warranty lah
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post Jun 28 2016, 05:41 AM

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QUOTE(squall_kay @ Jun 27 2016, 11:35 PM)
Not sure about others who claim the phone is laggy, but for me (have 2 s7e at home), I would say only lag/stutter right after boot up/reboot. Once stabilize like after 1 minute, I do not feel any lag or slow down at all.  Perhaps depends on what kind of apps installed in the phone.got a person in xperia X forum claimed his friends phone only left with 500mb after reboot which is really2x funny and unbelievable.
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QUOTE(Andrewtst @ Jun 27 2016, 11:45 PM)
That person is iFans and regret buy the batman edition. Haha!

I won't said it is 100% free lag because even iPhone 6s plus now also won't 100% free lag.

The most obvious lag S7 Edge is when you press and hold the screen to access below. Samsung oh Samsung when you gonna fix this part.

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Yep for me it only stutters during initial few minutes after boot up, then when it sort of stabilises it runs fine

Do you have the Briefing page switched on? I turned it off as I don't use it and felt that it was causing some lag

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