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S5 mini Lollipop 5.1.1

Good news guys! Galaxy S5 mini 5.1.1 Lollipop is coming!!!
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I Do not believe it will be launched soon. usually there are leaks from samsung..it is not the case..
anyone have more precise info?

samsung just announced that the newly arrived e5 and e7 won't be getting lollipop even though lollipop was promised and some e5 already run it (weird stuff). my point being, i'm not optimistic that the s5 mini will get android 5.0. if you remember samsung promised 4.4 kitkat for the international s3 mini and never gave the update, despite it being one of the top 10 selling devices across the globe. the s5 mini was going to get 5.0 between early may and late june and since no leaks have been found the chances are slim. hope i'm wrong, of course.

What a joke. At least release the S6 mini so we can upgrade.........

fatjoez said:
What a joke. At least release the S6 mini so we can upgrade.........
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And that in itself is a joke. I just bought my S5 mini only a few months ago. I'm not going to just go buy a new S6 because Samsung thinks that I need to do that, when I have a perfectly fine S5 mini that they can upgrade, as they said it would be.
I will never EVER buy a Samsung product again with how they have handled this.

you need to stay away from samsung phones unless they are a galaxy s or a note, or at least an alpha (minis excluded). after my post above i searched the web and found that i was wrong (at least theoritically) because samsung uk officially stated the s5 mini will get lollipop, if i'm not wrong the uk version is the exynos one (international). but i don't trust them till i see the update myself.

Amodin said:
And that in itself is a joke. I just bought my S5 mini only a few months ago. I'm not going to just go buy a new S6 because Samsung thinks that I need to do that, when I have a perfectly fine S5 mini that they can upgrade, as they said it would be.
I will never EVER buy a Samsung product again with how they have handled this.
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Me too. Except S Note series... But if they break Note series, THAT'S IT. I'M OUT OF SAMSUNG COMMUNITY.

The 5.0.1 update was promised in the late Q2 2015, but -I reaaaaally hope- was cancelled because Sam is cooking the 5.1.1 update (as samsung.youmobile.org says). In this case we'll have to wait a couple of months to see if Sam says something about.
I think my next smartphone will be the next Nexus 5 after the upcoming 2015 revision (if Google release another Nexus 5 in 2016) or maybe a Nokia smartphone if they really come to Android...

DaNxMaKiNa said:
The 5.0.1 update was promised in the late Q2 2015, but -I reaaaaally hope- was cancelled because Sam is cooking the 5.1.1 update (as samsung.youmobile.org says). In this case we'll have to wait a couple of months to see if Sam says something about.
I think my next smartphone will be the next Nexus 5 after the upcoming 2015 revision (if Google release another Nexus 5 in 2016) or maybe a Nokia smartphone if they really come to Android...
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The idiotic response to that by Samsung. Just more ways to totally irk your consumer-base:
https://twitter.com/PurposeDevoid/status/636890536318775297
People are already so pissed that they don't have Lollipop, let's keep more secrets and things from them to make them hate Samsung more! Dumbfounding.

"Our lips are sealed", ROFLMAO
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I think we will never have lollipop on the s5 mini ...

ohtna said:
I think we will never have lollipop on the s5 mini ...
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I think so...
NgeH vo' SM-G800F Tapatalk yllo'

Maybe anyone ported from other device? Is it possible?
s3 QS

No dev support, no lollipop.

Good news for gs5 mini users! The Update is in Testing mode now. It's confirmed 100% that we will get Lollipop. Source

Has been just released for USA version:
Model SM-G800R4
Model name GALAXY S5 mini
Country USA
Version Android 5.1.1
Changelist 5720691
Build date Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:24:15 +0000
Product code USC
PDA G800R4VXU1BOI1
CSC G800R4USC1BOI1

Hope soon for the european also!!
s3 QS

jonnie77 said:
Hope soon for the european also!!
s3 QS
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Yep.... But I think Its gonna take a long long time.... As everything @ Samsung

Is there any posibility to install the us version on g800f?
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No, you can't. The main US version mounts an Snapdragon SoC, the european an Exynos SoC. Both versions are technically different, although they share specs the SoC isn't the same. Two SoCs, two different ROMs...
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Android 7.0 Nougat.....

Anyone have a guess or idea on when 7.0 will arrive on the Pure Edition?

Decends said:
Anyone have a guess or idea on when 7.0 will arrive on the Pure Edition?
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Stock OTA? Probably in Novemberish December like Marshmallow did. Custom roms? Prob late September early October

Neez333 said:
Stock OTA? Probably in Novemberish December like Marshmallow did. Custom roms? Prob late September early October
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Do you think Motorola will really pump out the update so quickly now that Lenovo owns them instead of Google?

Decends said:
Do you think Motorola will really pump out the update so quickly now that Lenovo owns them instead of Google?
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If Lenovo is smart, it will happen on this time frame. After all, this was one of the selling points of this phone and brand. I can understand their stance on quarterly security updates vice monthly, so I don't think it is indication of any delay to be expected. Having recently acquired the Moto line, failure to meet this expectation would be bad for business. My only hope is that the level of quality fit future phones remains intact. I have had the bad luck of being burned by both a laptop and windows tablet by them. Both had mobos that quit within a few months of the year warranty being up.

It shouldn't take more than 2 months after the release for nexus which means in november ; marshmallow was released fir nexus devices in october and our moto recieved it in december! Actually I believe that it shoudn't take more than a month ! I mean the job is pretty easy for lenovo! No modding no UI changes..... It's pretty much stock android All it takes is a clean build ! It isn't that different from making an update for nexus devices!

Galaxy Tab S2 (2015&2016) - Official Android 8.0 Oreo Update News

Hey guys!
I don't know if you already heard it but the Galaxy S6 lineup will probably receive Android 8.0. Many Samsung employees confirmed that and there is already a leaked list of devices which will get the update. Today I noticed that not only the S6 was mentioned on that list... the Galaxy Tab S2 will probably receive the update as well! In my opinion it is really great to see that the first premium devices from Samsung will get another update
What do you think?

halloo13 said:
Hey guys!
I don't know if you already heard it but the Galaxy S6 lineup will probably receive Android 8.0. Many Samsung employees confirmed that and there is already a leaked list of devices which will get the update. Today I noticed that not only the S6 was mentioned on that list... the Galaxy Tab S2 will probably receive the update as well! In my opinion it is really great to see that the first premium devices from Samsung will get another update
What do you think?
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What do I think? Your post is misleading. This is nothing official...

Indeed nothing official. It's mostly rumors and leaks at the very best. BUT I wont lie, I want this to happen and that'll be awesome!

zeon22 said:
Indeed nothing official. It's mostly rumors and leaks at the very best. BUT I wont lie, I want this to happen and that'll be awesome!
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I wouldn't get too excited. That list is just devices that could potentially run Oreo. It does not mean they will actually get the update. There's a good few on there that I'm certain wont. Would you really think the Tab series would get Oreo when they didn't even get nougat or Marshmallow?

ashyx said:
I wouldn't get too excited. That list is just devices that could potentially run Oreo. It does not mean they will actually get the update. There's a good few on there that I'm certain wont. Would you really think the Tab series would get Oreo when they didn't even get nougat or Marshmallow?
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All Tabs that were listed there have Nougat

ashyx said:
I wouldn't get too excited. That list is just devices that could potentially run Oreo. It does not mean they will actually get the update. There's a good few on there that I'm certain wont. Would you really think the Tab series would get Oreo when they didn't even get nougat or Marshmallow?
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No I am not the least bit excited, but a man can dream atleast:good:
And like the previous reply said they all have nougat.

halloo13 said:
All Tabs that were listed there have Nougat
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Right, it looks like I misread the image. It seemed that the original Tab series was included. In reflection its actually the header. :silly:

ashyx said:
I wouldn't get too excited. That list is just devices that could potentially run Oreo. It does not mean they will actually get the update. There's a good few on there that I'm certain wont. Would you really think the Tab series would get Oreo when they didn't even get nougat or Marshmallow?
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ashyx said:
Right, it looks like I misread the image. It seemed that the original Tab series was included. In reflection its actually the header. :silly:
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I made the same mistake when I saw it the first time?

Maybe we will get Samsung Experience 9.0 with the update. It would be very great to get some S8/S9 UI feauters

If Samsung's track record holds of two major version updates per flagship device, the 2016 Tab S2 should get Oreo. The 2015 may or may not - I guess it depends on whether Sammy is feeling generous.
I'm not sure who would hope their device doesn't get the update? While it's possible Samsung could pull an Apple stunt and kill performance with an Oreo update, that generally hasn't been an issue. In reality, it will just be security patches and support for newer apps. The days of new Android versions bringing sea changes of improvements appear to be in the past.

halloo13 said:
Maybe we will get Samsung Experience 9.0 with the update. It would be very great to get some S8/S9 UI feauters
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like this? you can just install the related apk from apkmirror. the search bar can find it in the xda forum as well.

jshamlet said:
If Samsung's track record holds of two major version updates per flagship device, the 2016 Tab S2 should get Oreo. The 2015 may or may not - I guess it depends on whether Sammy is feeling generous.
I'm not sure who would hope their device doesn't get the update? While it's possible Samsung could pull an Apple stunt and kill performance with an Oreo update, that generally hasn't been an issue. In reality, it will just be security patches and support for newer apps. The days of new Android versions bringing sea changes of improvements appear to be in the past.
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I agree Samsung seem to give 2 major updates to their flagships and higher spec devices.
The S2(2) should get Oreo. I'd say unlikely the S2(1)will see it.

As a 2015 owner, all I want for the last major update is a stable build without any major bugs. From then on, I'd just like the same build with the security updates. The current Nougat is pretty solid but the screen brightness does keep going up and down on some occasions.

i would love to see something for the 819N, i mean there isn't even any custom roms for that version of the tablet, i hope at least samsung goes oreo for it.

How you get it ? What is the name of app ? @edan1979

NeWONEx said:
How you get it ? What is the name of app ? @edan1979
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compile everything i use in this files. just install the apk manually.
https://mega.nz/#!jRAzEaTA!_GL9cFaxFv2C64lAuepgCVeFbjvZ-a8c1eRFVeflUoc
all files from apkmirror and xda forum.

edan1979 said:
compile everything i use in this files. just install the apk manually.
https://mega.nz/#!jRAzEaTA!_GL9cFaxFv2C64lAuepgCVeFbjvZ-a8c1eRFVeflUoc
all files from apkmirror and xda forum.
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Thank you my friend.
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Probably 2016 model can hope for it because it has been shipped with 6.0 and also is not sure...but 2015 model should kill the idea because has been shipped with 5.0.1. Even if we could run oreo Sammy will never give a third major update to a 2015 device, even if the only difference between 2015 and 2016 is the CPU (correct me if i'm wrong)

I think it's crazy how Samsumg abandons its own products. I can understand their budget devices getting updates, but this is their only tablet line. Not to mention they were selling these for $400+ a pop (i got mine out of a pricing error for $200 though).
Just shows you that iPad should be the only tablet product to purchase from here on out... I think the last year and a couple months I've owned this it's been updated a whopping 3 times! Never again will I buy Samsung.

JoRocker said:
. I can understand their budget devices getting updates, but this is their only tablet line. .
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How do you mean their only tablet line? There's also the Tab A, Tab E, Tab pro, plus older Tab 2, 3, 4 etc.

Why didn't we get 7.1?

Why couldn't samsung simply rip out the spen junk from the note rom and release it on our phones?

Because they're working on Oreo

crixley said:
Because they're working on Oreo
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That's not a valid excuse, 7.1 came out in oct 2016, 7 months later the s8 was released with an os that came out in august 2016.
These are not midrange phones, we deserve better.

peachpuff said:
That's not a valid excuse, 7.1 came out in oct 2016, 7 months later the s8 was released with an os that came out in august 2016.
These are not midrange phones, we deserve better.
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So what is your complaint exactly? You're angry about the fact that we didn't get a rom then, even though we're getting the latest version now? You knew about it, bought it, then came here to complain about it 7 months or so afterwards?
What was so important that changed from 7.0 to 7.1? I have a feeling you're just looking to whine about anything possible

My complaint is pretty clear, not sure why you can't see it.

When Android 7.1 was released, it was seen as a Nexus/Pixel exclusive with pixel-only exclusives. It's more surprising that the Note 8 did come with Android 7.1 than the S8 not getting an update. Most skinned manufacturers decided early on to skip 7.1 in favor of 8.0

Why didn't we get 6.1?
Samsung releases the major builds and frequent updates. We don't need stuff that's more suited for a pixel. If you're that concerned, buy a pixel.

joe3681 said:
Why didn't we get 6.1?
Samsung releases the major builds and frequent updates. We don't need stuff that's more suited for a pixel. If you're that concerned, buy a pixel.
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Except Samsung did get the 6.0.1 update for devices.

Augustin.2 said:
Except Samsung did get the 6.0.1 update for devices.
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I had the S6 Edge +, that was long ago but I don't recall getting it for that device. Either way, obviously wasn't a big deal update

crixley said:
So what is your complaint exactly? You're angry about the fact that we didn't get a rom then, even though we're getting the latest version now? You knew about it, bought it, then came here to complain about it 7 months or so afterwards?
What was so important that changed from 7.0 to 7.1? I have a feeling you're just looking to whine about anything possible
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Do we get 8.1 ?

Samsung only focus on main releases, 7.0 of samsung has all the stuff of the pure 7.1 with it's own UI

Pastorelli's said:
Do we get 8.1 ?
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What's in the 8.1 that you'll be sorely missing?
If you expect every point update, get a Pixel.

crixley said:
What's in the 8.1 that you'll be sorely missing?
If you expect every point update, get a Pixel.
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It was a only question because as you mentioned earlier that the latest version we will get. I do not miss anything

Pastorelli's said:
It was a only question because as you mentioned earlier that the latest version we will get. I do not miss anything
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Sorry I should have been more clear and misunderstood. By the time that 8.1 was out development on 8 would have already started.

Short answer. Do you seriously expect them to complile thousands of packages all over again for a version that changes basically nothing, only to do it all over again 2 months later for a major release?

thenessus said:
Short answer. Do you seriously expect them to complile thousands of packages all over again for a version that changes basically nothing, only to do it all over again 2 months later for a major release?
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Yes, that's their job, they dont get to take a year off after compiling one version of android. If they can release x.1 updates on the note they can do the same on the s8.

peachpuff said:
Why couldn't samsung simply rip out the spen junk from the note rom and release it on our phones?
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I had the S7 Edge, that was long ago but I don't recall getting it for that device. Either way, obviously wasn't a big deal update

Samsung OneUI [Exynos version]

Hi people,
Can anyone tell me if there is an Exynos version for the Samsung S8 OneUI? Can't find it anywhere.
Why can't I just install the Snapdragon version? Whats the diffrence between those two?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78488268&postcount=9

Snapdragon and Exynos are 2 different chipsets, they have different architecture that's why you cant flash the software ment for one over the other one.

xDrAcHeNx said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78488268&postcount=9
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Fota G950FXXU4DRL6 see software.Coming soon pie exynos ?

Android Pie for S8,S8 plus and Note 8 is announce for March 2019, so it's really close, just wait little bit ?

I Just saw the will release it in Febuari
Ker21 said:
Android Pie for S8,S8 plus and Note 8 is announce for March 2019, so it's really close, just wait little bit
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Please, change the title of this post. It is completely misleading