Samsung released a GPS update for the Galaxy J7 model, which it launched 7 years ago, last week. With the new update, the technology giant made a small improvement on the phone, and recently 2016 and 2017 flagship phones; It also released a similar update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S8. It has been announced that these GPS-focused updates will not cause any changes in the interface or technical structure of the phones.
Samsung hasn’t revealed the exact reason behind this wave of new software updates for older Galaxy phones, but it’s thought the company may have discovered a security vulnerability that needs fixing. Whatever the reason, it turns out that Samsung has rolled out this new update to about 500 million old phones.
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Improved GPS of models like Galaxy S6 and Galaxy A7 (2018)
This update, which is thought to close a serious security vulnerability, came to the Galaxy Alpha, which Samsung released in 2014, Galaxy S5 Neo and Galaxy S6, which it launched in 2015, as well as the Galaxy A7, which it released in 2018. Also, according to the official statement, additional device stability improvements and fixes have been released, as well as performance updates for the Galaxy S6 series.
According to estimates, more than 500 million devices can now install these updates from the Settings section of their phones. They can also manually install the official firmware files by downloading them to their computers.
The update codes coming to the phones are as follows:
- Galaxy S5 Neo: G903FXXU2BFG3
- Galaxy S6 Series: G92xFXXU6EVG1
- Galaxy Alpha: G850FXXU2CVH9
- Galaxy A7: A750FXXU5CVG1
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