OFFICIAL Nougat out for A310F (with instructions how to update) - Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General

It's out in DBT (Germany) region via OTA!
Instructions to get it if you have a different CSC:
1. Download this DBT MM firmware: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=51E8D27819B311E7963AFA163EE8F90B
2. Flash with ODIN 3.10.7 (restart phone in download mode, put fw file in AP, leave default settings)
3. Go to settings -> about phone -> manual update (Nougat update will download and install)
Proof:
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You forgot one important step :
Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
@LE : I confirm that is working

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At which point I have to do the reboot?
Thanks.

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Really

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Stefan662 said:
At which point I have to do the reboot?
Thanks.
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You have to Reboot Phone in Download Mode before flashing with Odin.

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Easy peasy... working 100%... Thanx

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Can someone report that sending SMS is working? Mine is not working

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Everything works fine

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Gycone said:
Can someone report that sending SMS is working? Mine is not working
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SMS working. Tried it couple of times.
I have been checking the phone all day and everything seems to be in order except there is no way to go split screen in recent apps.
On S7 nougat split screen mode is changed a bit from vanilla Nougat. There is a dedicated button for split screen on every tab when you enter recent apps.
On A3 nougat however there is no such button. Anyone figured it out yet?
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Apparently multi window view is disabled on A3 2016 Nougat release. I have searched a bit and found that A5 2016 has this feature under Advanced Features-Multi Window but A3 doesn't... What a load of **** since it is Nougat native feature

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six37 said:
SMS working. Tried it couple of times.
I have been checking the phone all day and everything seems to be in order except there is no way to go split screen in recent apps.
On S7 nougat split screen mode is changed a bit from vanilla Nougat. There is a dedicated button for split screen on every tab when you enter recent apps.
On A3 nougat however there is no such button. Anyone figured it out yet?
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Apparently multi window view is disabled on A3 2016 Nougat release. I have searched a bit and found that A5 2016 has this feature under Advanced Features-Multi Window but A3 doesn't... What a load of **** since it is Nougat native feature
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We could sign a petition for it but it's too much of a hassle for the dev team to make a change just for this one thing. Then again it is something native to nougat which makes the experience half of what it should be. We also didn't get night mode and controlling flash sensitivity. I understand not having features for an ID button but these are the small things which make the experience feel halved. Honestly the update is nice and I'm hoping these features get on with a small update. And even if they don't I'll still wait till this phone dies on me.

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Did anyone tried to flash this German MM (DBT region) firmware with having different CSC?
It seems that the original package with this MM is multi-csc and it is defaulting me to XEO and without root (I don't want to root this phone) I am unable to change it (the solution of breaking reflash via Odin to go into recovery to apply different CSC did not work but maybe I did something wrong although followed one guide couple of times). Anyway... anyone has some more experience in flashing this DBT with success?

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I had XEH rom, then just flashed this DBT and it worked instantly (even without wipe)

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Dodo55555 said:
I had XEH rom, then just flashed this DBT and it worked instantly (even without wipe)
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Well... I have to say - it "works" fine - I mean - after flashing via Odin the phone boots up correctly without touching the data,etc. Everything works just fine. But it still defaults to XEO anyway.

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Prostokuche said:
We could sign a petition for it but it's too much of a hassle for the dev team to make a change just for this one thing. Then again it is something native to nougat which makes the experience half of what it should be. We also didn't get night mode and controlling flash sensitivity. I understand not having features for an ID button but these are the small things which make the experience feel halved. Honestly the update is nice and I'm hoping these features get on with a small update. And even if they don't I'll still wait till this phone dies on me.
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If you're rooted, try installing Root Essentials, it can be found in the Playstore. In the "Interface" tab is an option to "Enable Freeform window mode - Nougat". It might work.
For Splitscreen mode, edit build.prop and edit/add the line:
ro.build.type
Value = Userdebug
The default is set to "user". Changing this to "userdebug" and rebooting will reveal a new option in "Developer Options" to "Enable MultiWindow Mode".
* Edit: There is an app, also available on Playstore, called Taskbar. This will allow you to use Freeform MultiWindow mode through Taskbar settings, if the above doesn't work. I'm using it for now, on LineageOS as there is no Freeform window support in the current LineageOS build for A310f. It works very well and actually has more configurable options for MW than Samsung's defaults.
** You can use Taskbar without root. Otherwise, root, enable "userdebug", check the switch in Dev'Options, then unroot. The option will still be available.

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I found a bug... When you use third party keyboard (SwiftKey in my case) and use default sms app try to click on emoticons button. It instantly tries to switch to Samsung Keyboard for emoticons and it displays that keyboard is not working. Then you must go to Language and Input settings to reactivate what ever keyboard since the selection goes blank... Annoying...

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Do i need to root my phone before doing this procedure? Or i can follow this steps without root?

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Works perfect!

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robi2109 said:
Do i need to root my phone before doing this procedure? Or i can follow this steps without root?
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No root needed... Just follow steps and dont forget to go to download mode

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No need to be rooted? Just follow this few steps and we can install nougat on any a3 2016 model? Can somebody post video how to do That? Or one more time please write exact steps how to Flash nougat over our marshmallow version?

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Deadlyblonde said:
Works perfect!
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It seems that the Android 7.0 for DBT region has been made available for download:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-A310F
Galaxy A3 2016 (SM-A310F) SM-A310F DBT A310FXXU3CQE6 Android 7.0 23.05.2017 11350514 Download File
Additionally - I've just checked with SamFirm and it is downloadable directly from Samsung servers (see the screenshot) And I recommend going with the second way of obtaining the firmware (Samsung servers directly).
Firmware upgraded with Odin and working fine (Upgraded directly from XEO based MM to DBT based Nougat (without installation of DBT MM which did not work for me).\
BTW: I can also confirm the bug with external keyboard and emoticon button (causes crash of Samsung keyboard when clicked ;/