Android O - Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion

These Galaxys will get Android 8.0
Galaxy S8 – Android ‘O’ will be the first major OS upgrade
Galaxy S8+ – Android ‘O’ will be the first major OS upgrade
Galaxy Note 8 – Android ‘O’ will be the first major OS upgrade
Galaxy S7 – Android ‘O’ will be the second major OS upgrade
Galaxy S7 edge – Android ‘O’ will be the second major OS upgrade
Galaxy S7 Active – Android ‘O’ will be the second major OS upgrade

Probably next February at the earliest.

Lel. Probably in a year from now lol

The Galaxy S8 and S8+ will get Android O about the release time for Android P.

And then TMO will take an additional 6 months to release to their customers
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On a lighter note Samsung S9 will come with a 7.5 inch screen, a Quantum Qualcomm chip,Gorilla Glass 10,Waterproof to six miles depth and the ability to make a slice of toast in the mornings.

Forget about Android O for now, We have not got Android 7.1 yet. We will get Android O probably in 2018 Q1.

Or will be jumping directly from 7.0 to O

Th3PorTuGa said:
Or will be jumping directly from 7.0 to O
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Yes I can bet my 50 cents that S8+ will never get Android 7.1.

who cares about 7.1, all it added was a couple of Pixel specific things anyway, it's hardly much of an upgrade.

RiverCity.45 said:
And then TMO will take an additional 6 months to release to their customers
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With the recent record of TMobile releasing monthly updates (the July security patch just came out earlier this week), it could actually be TMobile will be first out the door with Android 'O'.

just leave it alone..phone runs great ..please dont screw things up...next thing you know we will have the..
"how do i roll back to 7.0?" thread...major updates should come out with new phones.
just my 2 cents..

tallman43 said:
On a lighter note Samsung S9 will come with a 7.5 inch screen, a Quantum Qualcomm chip,Gorilla Glass 10,Waterproof to six miles depth and the ability to make a slice of toast in the mornings.
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And still have a headphone jack?

Zulfigar said:
With the recent record of TMobile releasing monthly updates (the July security patch just came out earlier this week), it could actually be TMobile will be first out the door with Android 'O'.
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Here's hoping that you are correct. Paint me skeptical.

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Is android 5.1.1 the only option for my S6 Edge+?

is there any other software options for a S6Edge+ right now? can i flash something? are there different ones out there?
if so where/how?
cnile said:
is there any other software options for a S6Edge+ right now? can i flash something? are there different ones out there?
if so where/how?
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I think 6.0 will be second option in a mount
You can't go under the 5.1.1 neither upper 6.0 because it's still not release yet. Maybe Febuary or March .... I really hate Samsung right now
My fear is that they promise android 6 in December /January, but they don't release until the s7 is out because they don't want to lose sales, and they know people want the best and the latest so only upgrade after the s7 ??
marcochapita said:
My fear is that they promise android 6 in December /January, but they don't release until the s7 is out because they don't want to lose sales, and they know people want the best and the latest so only upgrade after the s7
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this is true for the S6 and S6 edge which was released in Q1 of 2015 , however, the plus was released mid august 2015, so my guess (yes, guess as i don't work for samsung) is that they will only release the S7 (and maybe S7 edge) but i doubt they will launch/release the plus version this soon. I think samsung is being samsung, and are just slow as usual...

Android 7.0 Nougat testing has begun at Samsung !!

This is good news!!
At Geekbench, you can find as many as 7 listing showing Android 7.0 running on Galaxy S7. And even more listings for the curvy brother, S7 Edge.
See them pages here.
It's entirely possible Samsung could release the Nougat build this month, otherwise October looks a sure-shot!
Thoughts?
itskapil said:
This is good news!!
At Geekbench, you can find as many as 7 listing showing Android 7.0 running on Galaxy S7. And even more listings for the curvy brother, S7 Edge.
See them pages here.
It's entirely possible Samsung could release the Nougat build this month, otherwise October looks a sure-shot!
Thoughts?
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Finally some news about this matter...
Ehh i wouldn't get your hopes up in within a month
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I'd put my bets on Q1 2017
I hope they'll roll out soon as they're pretty late and slow releasing new iterations of Android.
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*Detection* said:
I'd put my bets on 2017
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Fixed.
Wake up, it's Samsung remember? More CSC's than phone models. 2017 is the best we can hope for.
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Fixed.
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Probably right knowing Samsung
Don't forget after Samsung is done testing it still has to go to the carriers and they do more testing. 2017 sounds right.
My guess would be for December 2017 for us USA users!!! Lol
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Any ideas if they'll finally fix the MVNO roaming issue? It stops background data on a lot of apps when it detects you as roaming, regardless it's your own network. This is not a Samsung bug, more like Android, but Samsung made it worse with the way it makes some apps behave when it detects roaming.
Greatttttttt news guys....
Grace UX nd improved AOD feature from note 7 is coming to samsung galaxy s7 via android nougat 7.0 update...
Cheers
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/09/22...y-s7-to-bring-grace-ux-and-improved-features/
Superb:good:
You won't see that before 2017.
Another good news guys....
it seems like galaxy s7 is in final stage of testing for nougat nd it will roll out pretty soon ( hoping so )
Recently samsung galaxy s7 running nougat appears on offical GFXbench
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/04/galaxy-s7-running-android-7-0-nougat-surfaces-on-gfxbench/
Hopefully Samsung will do a public beta test like they did with marshmallow on the S6/S6 Edge.
chrisjwild said:
Hopefully Samsung will do a public beta test like they did with marshmallow on the S6/S6 Edge.
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They did? How long til the final Marshmallow?
iamnotkurtcobain said:
They did? How long til the final Marshmallow?
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It started December last year and Marshmallow came out in Feb if I remember correctly.
Guys..check out this...
Beta will be roll out soon...
Nougat is around the corner
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-...-0-s7-edge-uk-beta-program-apk-t3493696/page2
nougat is ready for beta testers
http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-android-7-0-nougat-beta-726792/

Where is android 7.1.x for S8+?

The last Samsung phone I owned was a Galaxy S3, a few years later I bought the Galaxy S8+. My previous phone (the Z5 already has android 7.1 for months now). Even then people on XDA were complaining about how slow Sony updates their phones. But now I'm here, with the S8+ and I'm wondering, why does the S8+ not have android 7.1 yet? Is there any schedule available of Samsung updating this phone. There's also so little development. Back in the days the Galaxy phones had so much development going on, which I missed.
I'm happy with this phone and android 7.0, but android 8 is almost coming and were still running on 7.0.
the step from 7.0 to 7.1 is not that big...
At all but the note 8 will be first
I've been in the Motorola community for the last 3 years, but I think the lack of development has to do with Knox.
Also, is bought this phone knowing that updates were going to be slow, and I am fine with that. After years of custom roms, I am getting tired of doing workarounds just to get things to work. I am happy to have things just work.
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I've been in the Motorola community for the last 3 years, but I think the lack of development has to do with Knox.
Also, is bought this phone knowing that updates were going to be slow, and I am fine with that. After years of custom roms, I am getting tired of doing workarounds just to get things to work. I am happy to have things just work.
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I agree with this, the only reason I rooted my phone was to use AdAway and mainly to use Viper4Android. Which I'm regretting a little, since I can't use Secure Folder, but I'm hoping someone manages to make it work... With Knox tripped. Now a stock ROMs are so good that rooting isn't needed as often to require something.
Although people say the step from 7.0 to 7.1 aint big, progress is progess and in my eyes Samsung is taking a long time to update this phone.
Yeah but its a bummer seeing £500 phones come out with it (Blackbury, One+) come to mind and my £850 flagship is still running 7.0
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More likely Samsung is going to skip 7.1 and we will get upgrade to 8.0
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Why does anyone care. It's just a number. We've got the latest security patch and apart from that 7.1.x brought basically nothing new.
Better Samsung invests their time into a timely 8.0 release.
I care. Android 7.0 has a bug in its (default) TLS implementation which makes it not work with implementations / servers which offer higher ec curves than 256 (such as secp384r1 or secp521r1). If any of those curves are offered as preferred, the whole TLS connection fails (instead of just using a lower curve, if offered; or a non-EC cipher suite). This bug has real world implications. E.g. davdroid (caldav / cardav sync adapter) fails with any TLS server using such a setup. To make matters worse in nginx this can only be configured globally, i.e. for all domains served. While the config option is available in server{} statements, it doesn't have any effect. The nginx developers claim this is due to a bug in OpenSSL.
Anyways, the true issue is Android 7.0 failing. This has been fixed by Google in 7.1. Of course Samsung could backport this fix, and remain at 7.0. But they didn't even do that. Given that this bug is known for a long time and has been fixed (in 7.1) for a long time this is really bad support for a such a premium phone.
Tiges said:
More likely Samsung is going to skip 7.1 and we will get upgrade to 8.0
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domsch1988 said:
Why does anyone care. It's just a number. We've got the latest security patch and apart from that 7.1.x brought basically nothing new.
Better Samsung invests their time into a timely 8.0 release.
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yes I also think that samsung will skip 7.1 to directly go to 8.0, and as 7.1 is not that big and Samsung is not very quick even for big os upgrades
robhug said:
yes I also think that samsung will skip 7.1 to directly go to 8.0, and as 7.1 is not that big and Samsung is not very quick even for big os upgrades
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Yeah so we probably will get 8.0 in 2018
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I also own LG G5 (T-Mobile) and it has 7.0 still. I wish Samsung was faster on updates. I am waiting on Nokia 8
Charkatak said:
I also own LG G5 (T-Mobile) and it has 7.0 still. I wish Samsung was faster on updates. I am waiting on Nokia 8
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I'm really surprised to say that, but the Nokia 8 looks like a really great phone. They seem to have nailed it pretty much.

Galaxy S6 Official Oreo Update

I am making this thread because i see that quite a bit of people are wondering if 3 year old flagship from Samsung is going to receive Oreo.
Yes it is. No release date yet. It was confirmed to me by Samsung here are some screenshots
Wow I hope thats true. I think we annoyed Samsung so much with that question that they considered just to make that update
FINALLY!
zinou111 said:
FINALLY!
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still no date but at least we know that we are getting the latest and greatest on this beast device
blondeeagle said:
still no date but at least we know that we are getting the latest and greatest on this beast device
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yuuup!.. that's wat i was waiting for!.. a confirmation from SAMSUNG
zinou111 said:
yuuup!.. that's wat i was waiting for!.. a confirmation from SAMSUNG
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Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Note 5 already got an update its really great update it brings resolution change as well as performance mode but stays on android 7 (also security updates) i wish samsung brings always on display on S6 Oreo
blondeeagle said:
Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Note 5 already got an update its really great update it brings resolution change as well as performance mode but stays on android 7 (also security updates) i wish samsung brings always on display on S6 Oreo
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i hope they just release Oreo & include all new features on it without minor 7 updates..
Galaxy S6 Android Oreo Update
Galaxy S6 Android Oreo Update
Samsung still isn’t saying much about its future plans for Android Oreo so we can’t tell you anything with one hundred percent certainty. That said, we can tell you a little bit about Samsung’s history.
The company typically keeps its Galaxy devices upgraded with major Android software updates for two years before killing off support. The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge started on Android Lollipop and they’ve been upgraded to Android Marshmallow and Android Nougat.
The Galaxy S6 celebrated its third birthday in April which means there’s a very good chance it’ll stay put on Android Nougat. After all, Samsung Turkey and Samsung Canada have both left the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge off lists outlining upcoming Android Oreo updates.
The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge also have disappeared from Samsung’s list of quarterly and monthly security updates. This all but confirms bad news for those of you holding out hope for Oreo. The Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy S6 Active both remain on the list.
There’s also a chance Samsung decides to push a third major update to the Galaxy S6 series.
The company still hasn’t released an official list of devices getting upgraded Android 8.0 Oreo, but we’ve seen unofficial lists appear on Weibo and XDA-Developers.
The list from Weibo includes the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Active while the list from XDA-Developers, which is based on data pulled from the Galaxy Note 8 Oreo update, doesn’t.
T-Mobile’s also seemingly confirmed Android Oreo updates for the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy Note 5, but nothing is official until Samsung itself confirms the development.
According to multiple Samsung customer service reps, the Galaxy S6 will be getting Android Oreo. The information comes from threads on Reddit and XDA-Forums where posters state they were told that the company is currently working on a Galaxy S6 Android Oreo update behind the scenes.
One customer rep went as far as to say the Galaxy S6 Android 8.0 Oreo update is set to arrive sometime in January or February. That obviously didn’t happen.
Customer service representatives have been known to push bogus information to those asking questions over the phone and online so take this information with an immense grain of salt.
If Samsung does update the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Active with Android Oreo it will inch the company’s software support closer to Apple’s support for the iPhone. Apple typically keeps iPhones updated for four (five now that the iPhone 5s is getting iOS 12) years before kicking them to the curb.
At this point though, Galaxy S6 users shouldn’t be holding their breath.
Galaxy S6 Oreo Release Date
If Samsung decides to release Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S6, and that’s a huge if, it probably won’t release the software in June.
With the Android Oreo update just now hitting the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, we’re likely months away from a roll out. If there is one.
Samsung Canada’s confirmed Android Oreo support for the Galaxy Xcover4, Galaxy A8, Galaxy J3 Prime, Tab A8 and Tab A10.1. The regional arm says those updates will arrive later in 2018.
It makes no mention of the Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge.
Having launched more than two years before than Android Oreo’s release, the Galaxy S6 is not eligible for the Android 8.0 update.
soo wait and see fellaazzz!!!
The S6 never get Oreo officially
In that way, the port of A8 2016 with Oreo is under development.
iTzPr0o117 said:
The S6 never get Oreo officially
In that way, the port of A8 2016 with Oreo is under development.
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Great!!!!!
iTzPr0o117 said:
The S6 never get Oreo officially
In that way, the port of A8 2016 with Oreo is under development.
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When we can test it? And any release date?
iTzPr0o117 said:
In that way, the port of A8 2016 with Oreo is under development.
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Do you need testers (G920F)?
And G925F too!!!
G928f too.
G928T too
G920v too. Still no unlocked bootloader but I have workaround for rom
And also g920i
Can you just stop posting like every S6 series variants... When developers will need testers they will ask for.
So will be an official android oreo for s6 or not ?
Anyone have another news ?
Thanks for your answer
iDroid27210 said:
Can you just stop posting like every S6 series variants... When developers will need testers they will ask for.
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Not. :silly:

t-mobile note 8 on the testing block for (android Pie).

t-mobile note 8 on the testing block for (android Pie).
https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates
bigpappapuff said:
t-mobile note 8 on the testing block for (android Pie).
https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates
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Any idea how long it usually stays in testing? Just curious.
sdrewh said:
Any idea how long it usually stays in testing? Just curious.[/
they dont know yet i guess their making sure theirs no bugs.
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sdrewh said:
Any idea how long it usually stays in testing? Just curious.
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2 weeks to a month usually. Provided that everything is ok and they dont need to rework the software.
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Android Q is out for testing and we still don't have official Pie. This is the sad reality of. Samsung's flagship phones!
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Eudeferrer said:
Android Q is out for testing and we still don't have official Pie. This is the sad reality of. Samsung's flagship phones!
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This isn't the reason at all, Pie is out for the note 8/9. Problem is T-mobile needs to do testing with their software before it gets out to T-mobile customers.
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This isn't the reason at all, Pie is out for the note 8/9. Problem is T-mobile needs to do testing with their software before it gets out to T-mobile customers.
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This IS the point. Regardless of who is doing the testing, the freaking phone doesn't get the update. The Note 7 FE version got it already and we are still waiting. The Note 8 was a flagship a year ago. Updates should come in a month or two, not a year's time regardless of who is testing it. Both TMO and Samsung need to respond faster. Not a problem on my Pixel 3Xl since TMO doesn't need to "test it".
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PIE is out for Sprint
Its been three weeks on the testing block and still no update. Its a shame tmobile lacking to update the note 8 knowing this was a flagship phone when it came out two years ago.
It'll be here in days.
Looks like ATT is rolling out as of now. Let's hope T-Mo has it together enough to be in the same ballpark as Sprint and ATT, at least.
T-Mobile begins to rollout Android 9.0 Pie for Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8 phones
First Sprint, second AT&T and now T-Mobile is sending Android Pie for Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8 phones that are running on Android 8.0 Oreo.
The latest software update bring Android version 9.0 Pie and Samsung's One UI interface along with new features. Also, the update contains March 2019 security patch including bug fixes and system improvements.
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https://tinyurl.com/yyaqbtlf
Garbage article. That's the S8 update.
Ya according to this site and others https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950U/ That is the Sprint version.
https://www.droid-life.com/2019/03/...-mobile-galaxy-note-8-and-s8-phones-are-here/
It's not out for the T-Mobile Note 8 yet. While ATT and T-Mobile have both pushed the S8 and S8+ updates, only ATT (and earlier Sprint) has pushed the Note 8 Pie update.
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Again, that says only At&T note 8. Not for the T-mobile note 8.
What happened to firmware science? Nothing shows anymore
ultimatepump said:
What happened to firmware science? Nothing shows anymore
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Site works fine for me.
scoder said:
Garbage article. That's the S8 update.
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They backtracked. LOL
https://tinyurl.com/yyaqbtlf

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