I manually ran the update in the Google Play Store, now the connection to the server keeps timing out, the game keeps crashing, and then I'll get stuck on the splash screen, requiring a total force close of the app and it's process in order to proceed. Other apps on my phone are working/connecting just fine. It appears to only be SWGOH. And when this happens, my entire phone slows to a crawl until SWGOH is force closed. Everything was working fine this morning before running the update.
In the rare instance when I can actually get into the game, any segment I go to requires an update, but the download freezes every time. I can't do anything in-game.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935T)
OS: Android 7.0 (patch level 11.01.2017)