How to Flash New Firmware Samsung GALAXY A7 With ODIN v3.11.1

Flash Stock Firmware Samsung GALAXY A7. This post is Guide to Flash or Install Firmware Samsung GALAXY A7 With ODIN v3.11.1, And there are some versions of these device, A700K/A700S/A700L (Korea), A700FD (Malaysia, Pakistan), A700F (EMEA), guidebelajar recommend using Samsung’s own utilities OTA (Over-the-air) or Samsung Kies only to upgrade your Samsung GALAXY A7 firmware. Use this guide only if you understand or sure 91% about risks involved in flashing your Samsung GALAXY A7 device.

This device is released on 2015, January. Samsung GALAXY A7 is the smartphone with 5,5 Inchi Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, work on Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to v5.0.2 (Lollipop), Powered by Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - A700FD, Octa-core (4x1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & 4x1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz) - A700F CPU, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 - A700FD, Exynos 5430 Octa - A700F Chipset, Adreno 405 - A700FD, Mali-T628 MP6 - A700F GPU, combined with 2 GB of RAM and 13 MP of  Main camera and 5 MP on secondary camera. 

Pre Requisite.

Below is the following things you must do before flashing your Android Samsung Smartphone device.

1. Make sure your Samsung GALAXY A7 is fully charged. or minimum has 98% of battery capacity. It will avoid the flashing process failure.
2. Flashing process will delete or wipe all data stored in internal memory. So, don't forget to backup all data before flashing device.
3. Make sure you have installed a latest of the Samsung driver, that support with your device, If you don't have, you can download here 
4. Original USB cable driver for your Samsung GALAXY A7.
5. Download Odin V3.11.1, Here. 
6. Firmware Download. (use one of the 3 methods below to download Samsung Firmware)
• One. Download Official firmware file for the model number of your device, download it from - SamMobile, or you can visit samsung-updates.com/
• Two. Guide How to Download Official Samsung Firmware From SamMobile. Here 
• Three. Firmware Samsung GALAXY A7, you must Log In to download firmware via this link.
• SM-A700F - Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Portugal, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Iraq, South Africa, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Open Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, - Here 
• SM-A700FD - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, -Here  
• SM-A700K - Korea (KT Corporation) - Here 
• SM-A700S - Korea (SK Telecom) - Here 
• SM-A700L - Korea (LG Uplus) - Here.   

Guide To Flash Samsung GALAXY A7 

1. You must download all necessary file.(Samsung USB driver and Odin)
2. Then, install all driver to your computer or PC.
3. Extract Odin V3.11.1. file on the destination folder.
4. Switch Off your Samsung GALAXY A7 to start flashing process.
5. Then, run Odin3 v3.11.1 by right click on Odin.exe and select Run as Administrator.

   

   Flash Stock Firmware On Samsung GALAXY A7

6. When program is running, now you can click AP, and navigate to the *.tar or *.tar.md5 firmware file. 

   

   Flash Stock Firmware On Samsung GALAXY A7

7. Now your firmware file has been inserted in Odin3 

   

   Flash Stock Firmware On Samsung GALAXY A7

8. Then, Enter download mode your Samsung GALAXY A7. See this guide how to do it. 
9. On this mode, now connect your Samsung GALAXY A7 to your PC / laptop using a USB cable. 
10. After your phone connected, you will see a message appear that show your device added and there is info on the ID: COM at top left corner. Keep in mind for this COM vary depending on the PC / Laptop. Just Ignore all, in this picture you will see that your device is detected on (COM 5)

    

    Port Com Samsung GALAXY A7

11. Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
12. When everything already you can click Start Button. at the bottom left corner
13. Just wait for the process to run about 2-5 minutes, and make sure there is no interference in this process. 
14. When complete it will display a notification PASS and your smartphone Samsung GALAXY A7 will automatically restart.
15. Wait your device to boot up, it will take a while.
16. When your Samsung GALAXY A7 is ready to use, now check your firmware version. See this guide how to check it. 
17. Finish.