since receiving the June security update a few days ago i am noticing significant improvement in battery life. At the end of my 8 hour shift I am at 70%. Anybody else noticing this?
What does the June security update consist of? I haven't updated yet in case we get root soon and requires to be on an older version. If it's not that important I'd rather not update.
still haven't received the June security patch. When did you get it?
still waiting on this for my s7 Active...cmon ATT
jerseyboy51 said:
since receiving the June security update a few days ago i am noticing significant improvement in battery life. At the end of my 8 hour shift I am at 70%. Anybody else noticing this?
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Are you still seeing great battery life or has it tailed off?
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Hi guys!
Just wanted a few suggestions. I have a SM-G935FD and currently running G935FXXU1BPH firmware. Some time ago I had received the OTA update for BPIO. Am still wondering if one should update the phone or not. I am happy with my current setup and battery life, and historically whenever I have updated samsung phones they have led to some or the other bugs and poorer battery life. The only compelling reason is the security patches. What is the view of people out here? Can one continue to use his phone as stock always if he is happy with the performance or should you always do the OTA updates?
I think, if you happy with current version and the next version doesn't has useful features(read update change log) then you should keep it.
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The update changelog usually don't say anything. It is just a "standard" text to inform you that the update MAY contain security updates, fixes or new features. You never don't know exactly what is changed or added...not from that log anyways. Best thing is to check over the Internet by the update code to find a detailed changelog but that's also hard to find.
I would advice to update tho, regardless of your past experiences. Most of the time updates contain bug fixes and/or security patches and they are also incremental. That means that, even if you don't update now, at some point, when a big update will come containing new features for ex, you'll want to upgrade. And that update will contain also previously skipped updates. Nobody tries to ruin your end user experience, especially on a high end phone like this and for sure they have a high quality control in place. But as everyone knows, there are bugs and flaws that could cause issues in some specific cases.
On S6 Edge and my current S7 Edge I had several updates and none brought me an issue...so go ahead.
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Perosnally I don't understand why you wouldn't update.
I'm on 1BPH and no updates available at the moment.. Haven't had an update since I've had the phone
Received mine several days ago,haven't had an update.
Rapier said:
The update changelog usually don't say anything. You never don't know exactly what is changed or added...not from that log anyways. Best thing is to check over the Internet by the update code to find a detailed changelog but that's also hard to find.
I would advice to update tho, regardless of your past experiences. .
On S6 Edge and my current S7 Edge I had several updates and none brought me an issue...so go ahead.
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Perosnally I don't understand why you wouldn't update.
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Well the only reason I don't feel like updating is that I have the mortal fear of bugs and bad battery life. In all previous experiences with android, updates mostly gave issues (mostly used Samsung and LG). Also its so difficult to know what are the changes being made.
We have no way to know that companies are actually injecting bugs to reduce battery or performance once their next flagship phones are out! So that customers are compelled to upgrade! Infact so many of friends and family have given this opinion that android phones don't last. After a year or too it becomes buggy or slow. Whereas look at apple my Ipad 2 still gets updates and battery is phenomenal!
I know most of what I am saying may be more of hunch but that's the reason I was wondering what others think about it...
Smith 001 said:
Received mine several days ago,haven't had an update.
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As long as it runs good don't worry. You may have got an already updated phone
alok_dhawal said:
As long as it runs good don't worry. You may have got an already updated phone
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Simply put, it is a gamble. Ask anyone who had the phone in March, then updated to April and got Android System drain and 6-7 hour SOT down to 4-5 lol. There is a 200+ page thread and the only known thing in there is that Samsung update on the S7 series have made battery life dog poop (compared to what it used to be).
Even those who claim great battery life, would have more if they flashed March firmware again. I flashed the most recent update and it was OK. Nothing special. Went back to March though, battery took a massive hit. I'd say stay where you are if things are running smoothly. I ain't updating till Nougat or till they fix Android System burning through 20-30% of the battery.
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Simply put, it is a gamble. Ask anyone who had the phone in March, then updated to April and got Android System drain and 6-7 hour SOT down to 4-5 lol. There is a 200+ page thread and the only known thing in there is that Samsung update on the S7 series have made battery life dog poop (compared to what it used to be).
Even those who claim great battery life, would have more if they flashed March firmware again. I flashed the most recent update and it was OK. Nothing special. Went back to March though, battery took a massive hit. I'd say stay where you are if things are running smoothly. I ain't updating till Nougat or till they fix Android System burning through 20-30% of the battery.
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Exactly!!!
Galactus said:
Simply put, it is a gamble. Ask anyone who had the phone in March, then updated to April and got Android System drain and 6-7 hour SOT down to 4-5 lol. There is a 200+ page thread and the only known thing in there is that Samsung update on the S7 series have made battery life dog poop (compared to what it used to be).
Even those who claim great battery life, would have more if they flashed March firmware again. I flashed the most recent update and it was OK. Nothing special. Went back to March though, battery took a massive hit. I'd say stay where you are if things are running smoothly. I ain't updating till Nougat or till they fix Android System burning through 20-30% of the battery.
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one day one charge,always on display with a pic,mostly use it at noon and evening,battery life is not so poor.
Maybe the firmware on my phone is March firmware.lol:laugh:
Galactus said:
Simply put, it is a gamble. Ask anyone who had the phone in March, then updated to April and got Android System drain and 6-7 hour SOT down to 4-5 lol. There is a 200+ page thread and the only known thing in there is that Samsung update on the S7 series have made battery life dog poop (compared to what it used to be).
Even those who claim great battery life, would have more if they flashed March firmware again. I flashed the most recent update and it was OK. Nothing special. Went back to March though, battery took a massive hit. I'd say stay where you are if things are running smoothly. I ain't updating till Nougat or till they fix Android System burning through 20-30% of the battery.
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Exactly my point. When you buy the phone you know what you are buying and what is expected. However once you update that control goes back to the supplier who may ruin or improve you experience!!
Which firmware are you referring to? Please share the link.
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Exactly my point. When you buy the phone you know what you are buying and what is expected. However once you update that control goes back to the supplier who may ruin or improve you experience!!
Which firmware are you referring to? Please share the link.
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/67697/G935FXXU1APC8_G935FBTU1APB2_BTU/
This is what I use for my UK s7 edge
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It's been rolled out for 2 days now, i still haven't gotten a notification and when i check it says i am up to date. just wondering if anyone has gotten it yet.
Not I. I thought only beta people get it till the 17th.
I have not unfortunately. Hopefully it'll be here by Wednesday.
I received an update this morning for build number G930PVPU4APL6 and was around 400mb. Unfortunately it's another marshmallow update, December security patch. It said something about improved LTE, sorry for no screenshot of update log. It's probably just preparing for nougat
I'm on the beta and haven't got the update yet. Which sucks because the Beta 5 has made my phone so slow it's almost unusable and the battery life is the worst I've ever had.
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I'm on the beta and haven't got the update yet. Which sucks because the Beta 5 has made my phone so slow it's almost unusable and the battery life is the worst I've ever had.
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I'm on the beta 5 as well and also have not gotten the update. I haven't had any issues with battery life or speed. However I did disable a lot of stuff. Maybe try that or a factory reset.
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Seems they are only pushing Exynos chipsets at the moment
I hope this update isn't crap. I plugged my SM-T813 into SmartSwitch to do a backup, and it said there was an update available. It is version T813XXS2BRB1/T813XAR2BRB1. It is only 60MB, so clearly not a major android version change. I'd put up a screen shot of the What's New, but it is utterly useless. It only gives a completely generic "A software update can include..." statement. January 1, 2018 security patch level, which is good.
Other than the expected extra long reboot, I don't notice any difference. Except for the rainbows shooting out of the top of the tablet, and the fresh spring scent it's emitting. That's new.
Yep, I got the same one yesterday.
It's just the quarterly security update - boosts you to the January security date. I haven't noticed any other changes so far.
Got this update today March 5 2018. I have a tab s2 t810. My update was over 300mb. I was thinking I was getting the Oreo update but I was wrong.
Downloading new update right now... 378.85 MB
Version T813XXU2BRB2
the only change i seen from this update was a different updated splash screen. i cant beleve it took till March to get a security update from January. i really wish google still made affordable nexus and pixel tablets
Went through many news and YT videos, they are claiming that we will get Oreo 8.0 update till the end of this month i.e., May'18.
Can anyone verify this more accurately?
By the way I don't oreo update from Motorola/Lenovo since when we have XDA.
Using AEX ( Thanks @ishubhamsingh for the awesome work) from a long time.
While commenting mention your ROM too.
Anything other than official updates should be ignored. Other sources usually have no proof and are pretty much just clickbait.
Still waiting
Got the May OTA security update via TMO today. Still no Oreo.
I am inclined to believe that our phones will not be getting Oreo, ever. Motorola's strategy seems to be to kick the can down the road until they can say our phones are "no longer supported." They've left us at the side of the road for dead.
Eventually, when I get a replacement for this phone, it will not be a Motorola.
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Got the May OTA security update via TMO today. Still no Oreo.
I am inclined to believe that our phones will not be getting Oreo, ever. Motorola's strategy seems to be to kick the can down the road until they can say our phones are "no longer supported." They've left us at the side of the road for dead.
Eventually, when I get a replacement for this phone, it will not be a Motorola.
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May update? What device are you on? So far I've seen people on either March or April update plus some rare cases where some haven't received even earlier OTAs
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May update? What device are you on? So far I've seen people on either March or April update plus some rare cases where some haven't received even earlier OTAs
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Moto G5 Plus/potter. I just got a security update today, is that not the May security update?
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Moto G5 Plus/potter. I just got a security update today, is that not the May security update?
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The month will be mentioned in the changelog. Just tap the update notification and you'll see which month's security update you've received. Let me know
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The month will be mentioned in the changelog. Just tap the update notification and you'll see which month's security update you've received. Let me know
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Says "April 1, 2018." Silly me, I thought that I'd get a May security update in May.
it's 21/1/2019 and there is no sign for January ota update for me. anyone got anything?
at this point they'll probly just skip it and release just the feb security patch bummer... (no way they send out 2 stables within 2 weeks to catch up - there's simply not enough time to beta test it - i wouldn't even want 2 releases this close to one another because they would most likely be way too rushed out). i'd rather take a good feb release with some of the ancient bugs fixed instead!
i'd love to see how the contract/obligations between google and xiaomi works, i guess they are allowed to skip security patches in extreme cases (holidays) and taking into account that they pushed out the P update recently? they did the same in oct or nov, they simply skipped the security patch. (it's no biggie the feb patch will fix also any pending jan vulnerability)
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at this point they'll probly just skip it and release just the feb security patch bummer... (no way they send out 2 stables within 2 weeks to catch up - there's simply not enough time to beta test it - i wouldn't even want 2 releases this close to one another because they would most likely be way too rushed out). i'd rather take a good feb release with some of the ancient bugs fixed instead!
i'd love to see how the contract/obligations between google and xiaomi works, i guess they are allowed to skip security patches in extreme cases (holidays) and taking into account that they pushed out the P update recently? they did the same in oct or nov, they simply skipped the security patch. (it's no biggie the feb patch will fix also any pending jan vulnerability)
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That's too bad to hear. I waited january update and i wanted it badly. I'm running on December 5 security patch and it have many issues i wish to be solved ASAP
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That's too bad to hear. I waited january update and i wanted it badly. I'm running on December 5 security patch and it have many issues i wish to be solved ASAP
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what makes you think a security patch would fix any issues? if anything a rushed jan patch would bring more issues to the table... yes, everyone's on dec 5. (well anyone who updated to pie)
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what makes you think a security patch would fix any issues? if anything a rushed jan patch would bring more issues to the table... yes, everyone's on dec 5. (well anyone who updated to pie)
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i thought security patches fixes issues ,and bring improvements to the software. in some cases it can add functions such as 1080p 60fps and slo-mo which was not supported on oreo at the beginning.
pegaaus said:
i thought security patches fixes issues ,and bring improvements to the software. in some cases it can add functions such as 1080p 60fps and slo-mo which was not supported on oreo at the beginning.
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a security patch is just that, a security preventive measure. they update the code to preemptively fix security vulnerabilities found. in most cases this leads to issues to fix and they fix those and then test and release the new version. sure, if they have time they fix also known bugs (or include the fixes together with the security patch), but the shorter the time the more likely it is that they in fact cause more problems then they fix... of course, the most likely moment to get a bug fixed is with a security patch release (since bugs if they're not critical won't get their own release just for them and instead they will be included with the next security patch version) but in most cases they are not fixed by the security patch (unless it's some bug related to security).
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a security patch is just that, a security preventive measure. they update the code to preemptively fix security vulnerabilities found. in most cases this leads to issues to fix and they fix those and then test and release the new version. sure, if they have time they fix also known bugs (or include the fixes together with the security patch), but the shorter the time the more likely it is that they in fact cause more problems then they fix... of course, the most likely moment to get a bug fixed is with a security patch release (since bugs if they're not critical won't get their own release just for them and instead they will be included with the next security patch version) but in most cases they are not fixed by the security patch (unless it's some bug related to security).
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alright i gotcha. thanks ?
Jan update is out
Just received the update
Large files cache problem still not solved.
and ofcourse they would release it 10.0.3 is out with the jan security patch
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Large files cache problem still not solved.
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Well, that's disappointing... What about performance?
Yep, It's here
Receiving the update right now ) 110.8mb
the_bastian said:
Large files cache problem still not solved.
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It will never be solved. Get a replacement, your new unit will be ok.
Seems like Xiaomi doesn't care about fixing bugs, even the small bug of the brightness (doesn't go below 19% in auto) isn't fixed in this update. Just another security patch.
Can someone send the download link of January update? My phone doesn't seem to be getting it..
Sparker0i said:
Can someone send the download link of January update? My phone doesn't seem to be getting it..
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It was pulled out due to serious bugs, wait for the february update
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It was pulled out due to serious bugs, wait for the february update
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Glad I found that it got pulled because I was curious to know why I'm in December 9.0 still lol. Good call tho too many people reported bootloop
I received January update today, I installed the rom from december update and when I was seeing configs the january update was installed
I flashed the rom yesterday