Galaxy S7 Nougat - To Update or Not

[JAKEZ_15]

Wonderful... I'm really bummed to read your post. This happened to my HTCM7 years ago as it was the hottest phone on the market and the OS update blew the phone up. I've been extremely cautious and skeptical ever since. What I dont quite understand is why they dont pull the update and fix the major flaws. Although the update may have worked for many, the vast majority of users bricked their phones by updating the OS one of the hottest phone out there. 

[vzw_customer_support]

LynnPerley, updates should be fun enhancements to your user experience, not slow your phone down and cause frustration. Let's figure this out, and get your phone running in tip top shape once again. Since the update, have you gone in and updated all of your apps? Until they have been updated, there may be some compatibility issues with old app versions and the new update. You can go into Play Store>Menu>My Apps to update them. Also, can you go to Settings>Storage and share how much memory is available on the device? This information can help us determine what is causing your phone to run more slowly.

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[BADMD308]

After I updated my S7, it caused the battery to heat up, everything slowed down and the battery drained rapidly.

I was forced to get a new phone and start from scratch without the update. MUCH happier.

[BADMD308]

I spoke to Verizon and Samsung after the update to complain about rapid battery loss with minimal applications running.

THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FROM VZ AND SAMSUNG.

This may or may not have been fixed with a patch roll-out last week. I got a new phone and AM NOT GOING TOO UPDATE - EVER.

[BADMD308]

Wish I had known this prior to update. Due to multiple other phone issues had to get a new phone from VZ and have not installed updated.

[jrh4054]

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!!!

[jrh4054]

According to several posts, the recent update didn't fix the wifi or other issues for all users.

[Scrondar]

Amen. As soon as N started rolling out, Verizon customers screamed bloody murder about not getting it quickly enough, why does everyone else get it first, blah blah. Finally it shows up, everybody updates, and BANG! "My wifi stopped working!" "My phone won't hold a charge" "I hate the notifications!" and on and on. So, when it showed up for my 7 Edge, I politely said "No thanks" and have done so every day since then. Clearly Verizon did not pressure test this release before unleashing it on an over-eager, under-informed customer base, and now just read all the posts complaining how much they hate it. Me? I'm sticking with 6.01 as long as I can; perhaps Verizon will issue a 7.1.1 that fixes everything they broke, but until then, I'm staying where I am.  Folks, newer is not necessarily better. Note that Google has already announced "O", probably knowing that N was a mistake and they should have skipped right over it.

[jrh4054]

I'm with KellyArens.  I will delay the Nougat install as long as I can.  I did it with KitKat on my S4 for months and months.

[JAKEZ_15]

Have any additional patches or security updates been released since the last post?

My Father-In-Law updated his Note 5 the minute it was released contrary to my suggestion and thus far his experience has been great.... I am not quite sure how the Note 5 seems to be having a great experience with the update and a more recent (release date and specs) phone is still really struggling with Nougat...

Any updated experiences from the users in this forum to share?