November update and December update - Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers

I had to format the phone because of November update problems..now it ask again to download it and j can't see December update....should I download Nov update..will it cause any more problem..such as freezing of Google,Google Assistant,clock...i suffered from these once

Nobody can give you the right answer for that since there are few people who had issues and there are people who never had issues(I never had any issue, not on october, not on november and not on this update)
Google and gooogle assistant have general issue on all phones in recent updates of those apk-s(as you can see in users comments in google play), that's not the issue of mi a1 OS.
Noone knows if your unit will work properly or not.
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Swaraj sonu said:
I had to format the phone because of November update problems..now it ask again to download it and j can't see December update....should I download Nov update..will it cause any more problem..such as freezing of Google,Google Assistant,clock...i suffered from these once
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Me too. I get the occasional freezes and have to force a reboot. I didn't get the December update yet and can't find an answer if it fixes these problems or not.
And, by the way, shouldn't we be getting the Oreo update by now?
Cheers

x1 !
I had december update, but i messed up my phone by installing twrp. So i reflashed everything, and now december is gone. lol,. its funnny actually. Now OTA gives me november only (which i won't install), so from december i'm back to October.
Only God knows when they will give me another chance to install December patch...

A doubt
sale 83 said:
Nobody can give you the right answer for that since there are few people who had issues and there are people who never had issues(I never had any issue, not on october, not on november and not on this update)
Google and gooogle assistant have general issue on all phones in recent updates of those apk-s(as you can see in users comments in google play), that's not the issue of mi a1 OS.
Noone knows if your unit will work properly or not.
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If everyone receive same update how it cause problems to only some users?

Swaraj sonu said:
If everyone receive same update how it cause problems to only some users?
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That's a great question

Swaraj sonu said:
If everyone receive same update how it cause problems to only some users?
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Because some users mess badly with their phones and don't say this. There is one example from today, read from this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/help/december-patch-update-failed-t3717646/post74808498

_jis_ said:
Because some users mess badly with their phones and don't say this. There is one example from today, read from this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/help/december-patch-update-failed-t3717646/post74808498
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Not true. I, and most people with issues, didn't mess with my phone at all and there's 2 big issues affecting many users here in my country: freezes and the slow internet, even in 4g (vodafone carrier users only, but not everyone, which is even stranger)

What??
_jis_ said:
Because some users mess badly with their phones and don't say this. There is one example from today, read from this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/help/december-patch-update-failed-t3717646/post74808498
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I don't mess with my phone because I love it so much...
After 4 months of wat Hing new phones I selected this...I will never mess with this....true!!!!!
Why should I not say if I have done so...
Pls then y is this?? Pls tell me should I install November update once more??

Badelhas said:
Not true. I, and most people with issues, didn't mess with my phone at all
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Ok, but my example was a true story.
And I didn't say every user, I said some users...

Swaraj sonu said:
If everyone receive same update how it cause problems to only some users?
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Bugs...hardware issues..different network...different signal, user doing something the system..errors caused by using...it's a software, could be anything. Majority have no problems, but there are cases that do.
example:latest win10 1709 update is working fine on one machine and on the other it's cracking, on the third it's freezing, some apps are not working properly, pointer issues, somewhere there is a high cpu usage, random restarts..all that with the same hardware.
Even though most of users don't have issues, some report that their units are not working.
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sale 83 said:
Bugs...hardware issues..different network...different signal, user doing something the system..errors caused by using...it's a software, could be anything. Majority have no problems, but there are cases that do.
example:latest win10 1709 update is working fine on one machine and on the other it's cracking, on the third it's freezing, some apps are not working properly, pointer issues, somewhere there is a high cpu usage, random restarts..all that with the same hardware.
Even though most of users don't have issues, some report that their units are not working.
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If I install Nov update again will it affect again??
Hardware issues mean my device is faulty?

only problem for me... it's when release new update, i need to cancel google framework data, and i see new update.
whit update november my problem whit ambient display gone..

mano90 said:
only problem for me... it's when release new update, i need to cancel google framework data, and i see new update.
whit update november my problem whit ambient display gone..
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Manufacturers will usually not release an update for all devices at once. They usually start out at a very low percantage of devices (~1-5%) and wait for reports regarding any issues or failed updates. They then will increase the number of devices over the coming 1 to 2 weeks.
What you delete the google framework data you're esentially telling the google server that you're device has been factory reset which will usually cause you to receive any updates available but this might cause issues with system stability.
See this post from 2013:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...to-never-clear-google-service-framework-data/
conclusion: you can wipe your framework data if you want (i.e. we can't stop you), but you shouldn't. It is recommended to wait until your device is scheduled for the update.

Localhorst86 said:
Manufacturers will usually not release an update for all devices at once. They usually start out at a very low percantage of devices (~1-5%) and wait for reports regarding any issues or failed updates. They then will increase the number of devices over the coming 1 to 2 weeks.
What you delete the google framework data you're esentially telling the google server that you're device has been factory reset which will usually cause you to receive any updates available but this might cause issues with system stability.
See this post from 2013:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...to-never-clear-google-service-framework-data/
conclusion: you can wipe your framework data if you want (i.e. we can't stop you), but you shouldn't. It is recommended to wait until your device is scheduled for the update.
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thank you for the explanation.. I've been wondering why my MiA1 hasn't receive any december patch (yet), I'll wait patiently then :silly:

amithiel said:
x1 !
I had december update, but i messed up my phone by installing twrp. So i reflashed everything, and now december is gone. lol,. its funnny actually. Now OTA gives me november only (which i won't install), so from december i'm back to October.
Only God knows when they will give me another chance to install December patch...
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you cant install dec ota untill you are on nov ota as far as i guess..
Its like saying to study 12th before you cleared 10th!

ashjas said:
you cant install dec ota untill you are on nov ota as far as i guess..
Its like saying to study 12th before you cleared 10th!
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In fact it's possible to skip one or more months and update directly to the latest version. There is incremental OTA between two versions (e.g. November -> December), between several versions (e.g. October -> December) and full OTA (e.g. July -> December).

_mysiak_ said:
In fact it's possible to skip one or more months and update directly to the latest version. There is incremental OTA between two versions (e.g. November -> December), between several versions (e.g. October -> December) and full OTA (e.g. July -> December).
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Ic. I didn't know that.
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I can't download the updates
I get "couldn't download update" error every single time I try
I'm sure my network is ok and I've even tried many different vpns but that doesn't work neither
I live in Iran, maybe it has something to do with google restrictions against Iranian users

Removed truecaller and everything is fine
Swaraj sonu said:
I had to format the phone because of November update problems..now it ask again to download it and j can't see December update....should I download Nov update..will it cause any more problem..such as freezing of Google,Google Assistant,clock...i suffered from these once
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Even I had these problems after the November update and from Memory management I found that Truecaller is using more memory. I've uninstalled it and everything started working fine and smooth

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G935AUCU4APJ4 with Oct. 1 2016 security update

Better late than never. It's 252.87 MB. No documentation of it yet on AT&T's software-update page, but that should be coming soon.
Gary02468 said:
Better late than never. It's 252.87 MB. No documentation of it yet on AT&T's software-update page, but that should be coming soon.
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Thanks! I was wondering when this was going to be released, especially when I saw that Google just released the November update for Nexus devices. Like you said, better late than never...
PJ4 update
New update. I downloaded last night. It adds something called Fullscreen? Any one else got any news on what changed? Says security patch level is October 1, 2016. Was about 250MB
Trying to figure that out to. Cant find any Changlog for this
Turned on the advanced messaging again for me. I turned it off since it wasn't working properly. Maybe it's fixed now.
evilvoice said:
New update. I downloaded last night. It adds something called Fullscreen? Any one else got any news on what changed? Says security patch level is October 1, 2016, so it isn't that. Was about 250MB
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Where did you find a "Fullscreen" option and what would that be for? HMMMM
iteam said:
Where did you find a "Fullscreen" option and what would that be for? HMMMM
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On this update they added a Fullscreen app which is pretty much pointless. Heres some photos of it:
I agree pointless
marcusva79 said:
On this update they added a Fullscreen app which is pretty much pointless. Heres some photos of it:
I agree pointless
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LOL LMFAO!!! What 'da hell is that crap lol:silly:
Great another useless app baked in that takes up space and needs to be DISABLED IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
Any change to the modem/better signal strength? PI2 has been crap
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New update. I downloaded last night.
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Yes, a thread was started here yesterday afternoon about the update.
Here is the current update: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
The details
Release date: November 8, 2016
Android version: 6.0.1
Security patch level (SPL): October 1, 2016
Baseband version: G935AUCU4APJ4
Kernel version: 3.18.20-9439621
Build number: MMB29M. G935AUCS4APJ4
File size: 285MB
The updates
What's new: Full Screen – Mobile Video Service and Android device security enhancements
What's changing: Improved volume for Enhanced Push To Talk (ePTT) and fix for calls failing to go to Voice Mail when calling non LTE devices
What's going: Milk Music
Via AT&T
I just recently switched to the T-Mobile FW and shoot the service has been tons better. Its only been 5 hrs but damn. Also there secuirty patch is in Nov already. Bad thing is Wifi Calling doesnt work. Says invalid SIM
Yep
Hello, could, or anyone uploaded this firmware in this page, because I can not update by OTA, only for odin,
thanks.
English sponsored by the Google translator. :good:
Can we still root if we are on PJ4?
***YES WE CAN!!***
I wish AT&T would give us the performance updates that Samsung released a couple months ago. We just keep getting security updates and more crap software.
dragunbayne said:
I wish AT&T would give us the performance updates that Samsung released a couple months ago. We just keep getting security updates and more crap software.
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Performance update? Where did you see this?
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rbedell said:
Performance update? Where did you see this?
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You know what? I'm not sure now. I could've sworn I read an article saying there was, now the only reference I find is for T-Mobile S7's getting a performance update.
I was on rooted stock PI2 and accidentally said OK to the OTA and it sent my phone into bootloop. Had to start from scratch.
Is the current root stable enough to use as a daily driver?
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Essential Service update available

Just for info
New update to Essential Services on playstore now, 2nd October.
Anybody know what the Services are for?
Edit: Says Bug and performance fixes. Maybe firmware related?
I just got my essential phone off of swappa and it's running build "NMI75B test-keys". For some reason I am unable to update any system apps via the play store while on this build. Camera, Essential Resources, and Essential Services are all showing updates available, but every time I've tried to download them I get error code 505. I think there is something with this test build firmware that is preventing me from updating system apps via the play store. Every other app (150+) that I have installed has worked flawlessly.
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I just got my essential phone off of swappa and it's running build "NMI75B test-keys". For some reason I am unable to update any system apps via the play store while on this build. Camera, Essential Resources, and Essential Services are all showing updates available, but every time I've tried to download them I get error code 505. I think there is something with this test build firmware that is preventing me from updating system apps via the play store. Every other app (150+) that I have installed has worked flawlessly.
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NM164C is current official build I think. At least on mine.
Found this in a Reddit post:
u/marcus-essential
Sep 27, 2017, 2:59 PM
Build NMI75B is not an official build from Essential. The device in reference from the XDA link is using incremental beta SW in test - 64C is the official release build at this time but we will be releasing another public SW update within the next few weeks. Stay tuned.
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NM164C is current official build I think. At least on mine.
Found this in a Reddit post:
u/marcus-essential
Sep 27, 2017, 2:59 PM
Build NMI75B is not an official build from Essential. The device in reference from the XDA link is using incremental beta SW in test - 64C is the official release build at this time but we will be releasing another public SW update within the next few weeks. Stay tuned.
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Yeah I saw that thread. It doesn't explain why some phone inexplicably updated to this test keys build tho. I'm waiting to hear back from support on the matter. I just want to make sure I'm able to receive all future updates.
Anyone noticing better viewing angles on the display after this update?
dnmorenof said:
Anyone noticing better viewing angles on the display after this update?
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Are u joking?
dnmorenof said:
Anyone noticing better viewing angles on the display after this update?
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Not quite, but the back seems be more scratch resistant now.
johnny8910 said:
Just for info
New update to Essential Services on playstore now, 2nd October.
Anybody know what the Services are for?
Edit: Says Bug and performance fixes. Maybe firmware related?
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This should answer your question
https://www.reddit.com/r/essential/..._with_essential_team_wednesday_121pm/dnwqgp2/
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Not quite, but the back seems be more scratch resistant now.
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It may be just me, but the screen also seems larger now.
I have build number NMI30E. Is this the current build?
networx2002 said:
I have build number NMI30E. Is this the current build?
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NMI81C is current.
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Just received Google March Security Patch for my Mate 9

Just received Google March Security Patch for my Mate 9. Live in SF. Impressive that update came so fast. Hopefully, Hauwaei realizes how important it is to continue to fix bugs, add security.
Phone is impressive, especially battery power. Never had a phone, being power user, that goes all day and still 50% at night. Beautiful screen, fast, storage.
Got the update about a week ago, nice to see updates still coming. Located in Canada.
Got it on the 12th. Hope the updates continue.
I had the update waiting for a few days, but due to having TWRP, I couldn't install it. Flashed the stock recovery yesterday and updated. The April update is already on FF so hopefully Huawei will continue to push out updates in a timely fashion
Okiera29 said:
I had the update waiting for a few days, but due to having TWRP, I couldn't install it. Flashed the stock recovery yesterday and updated. The April update is already on FF so hopefully Huawei will continue to push out updates in a timely fashion
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Hope you're right. Continuous updates would give US customers confidence in brand & counter negative publicity by right wingers, who are only concerned with protecting US commerce, not security.
Nice to know April is in FF, and as you said hopefully be pushed out OTA to us.
Can you tell what was the size of update?
Astra1 said:
Can you tell what was the size of update?
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I believe it is 286K.
Astra1 said:
Can you tell what was the size of update?
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On the firmware database it shows b367 as 2.3 GB
Here is the update I got
yeah, that is the OTA update they are pushing out, but the next update is already on the TeamMT website. It is listed as 8.0.0.367
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=mha-l29c567&firmware_page=0
Okiera29 said:
yeah, that is the OTA update they are pushing out, but the next update is already on the TeamMT website. It is listed as 8.0.0.367
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=mha-l29c567&firmware_page=0
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Anyone know what's in the 367 release?
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Anyone know what's in the 367 release?
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"Integrates Google security patches released in Apr 2018 for improved system security."
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If the April patch (USA version) works like the March version, I'm guessing early May to be approved.
FF shows it, but not available, EMUI update shows no updates, so I'd guess it will be a few more weeks
for most people unless you want to jack with the phone a bit.
Buggy
I updated my Mate 9 to the March Security Update a few weeks ago, and ever since then, a few apps have been crashing on startup. Google keep, Gmail, etc. It doesn't say anything after when crashing. And it's annoying as hell.
Got April tonight
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September System Update for XZP - 47.1.A.16.20

Semptember update 47.1.A.16.20
https://xpericheck.com/device/G8142
https://xpericheck.com/device/G8141
What is new?
nothing new.
no need to update
Security Patch for september as usual
karrouma said:
nothing new.
no need to update
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according to my knowledge this update not only the security patch update. there are some fixes with update, thats why number goes 47.1.A.12.xxx to 47.1.A.16.20 normally if there is major update they change it as 47.2.X.X.XXX or 47.3.X.X.XX like that. but if there is a normal minor updates they change it with this time update. only with the security patch they change only the final numbers.
i think there may be some fixes.
Can anyone tell me if the "Downloading..." in the playstore has fixed (takes a long time to ACTUALLY download)
And also if 3D games (Asphalt 9 etc.) don't have graphical glitches
Kanchuka said:
according to my knowledge this update not only the security patch update. there are some fixes with update, thats why number goes 47.1.A.12.xxx to 47.1.A.16.20 normally if there is major update they change it as 47.2.X.X.XXX or 47.3.X.X.XX like that. but if there is a normal minor updates they change it with this time update. only with the security patch they change only the final numbers.
i think there may be some fixes.
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Wait till november or december maybe you got to android 9
karrouma said:
Wait till november or december maybe you got to android 9
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i dont know about that. i think it will reached on October or November. i told about the update. this update has some bug fixes more than the security patch update
Kanchuka said:
i dont know about that. i think it will reached on October or November. i told about the update. this update has some bug fixes more than the security patch update
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Better firmware is .179 till now in speed and other things
karrouma said:
Better firmware is .179 till now in speed and other things
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I think they fixed wi-fi bug. No more wi-fi problems after update for me.
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I think they fixed wi-fi bug. No more wi-fi problems after update for me.
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Has the 3d graphical glitches been fixed?
The wifi icon has stop shifting place
edit: sorry, icons are still moving left and right

Google Play System Update-Now Showing December '20

Howdy XDA Army,
A short while ago, I checked-out the google play system update under settings》biometrics》etc., and witnessed an update to this unsolved mystery of mine. My handset, even after the 11 stable build OTA, was still "stuck like chuck" on Sept '20. Maybe like you, I've never given this setting much thought nor shared any dialog (until today)! I was fine with and accepted the fact this setting will always run a good fiscal quarter behind the pack..well, that was then, and this is now! After the download & required restart, with the realization I'm still in a "shock & awe" state of mind, I'm eager to report this update I found to be somewhat anticlimatic.
(thnx 4 playing)
Weird. Mine has been DEC for a week or so I believe.
mine was stuck in October. updated, for what's worth
Mine is still on September.
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Mine is still on September.
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I googled it a while back, and sure there's a description of why it exists, what's it's proposed function is, etc.. Then, if any of it were true, why hasn't it "caught up" since it's birth sometime during Android 10? Finally, it makes you wonder why no push notification or play store pop-up..."a newer version of blah, blah, blah blah blah?" And this one's all google's, that's my understanding of it.
So today I tried again. This time it searched for an update but failed to install. Pretty weird.
enjoylife1788 said:
So today I tried again. This time it searched for an update but failed to install. Pretty weird.
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Same here
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Weird. Mine has been DEC for a week or so I believe.
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Same here. It showed December 2020 when I checked and then after tapping it asked me to restart phone which I did. It's still on December update my phone has Jan 2021 security patch.
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Weird. Mine has been DEC for a week or so I believe.
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Think the geography(where you live, etc)comes into play? A friend of mine from the Army just got his google play system update..b-4 that his was showing July '20!
He's December now too.
evnStevn said:
Think the geography(where you live, etc)comes into play? A friend of mine from the Army just got his google play system update..b-4 that his was showing July '20!
He's December now too.
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Ahhh, google and their "phased rollouts". ha
evnStevn said:
Howdy XDA Army,
A short while ago, I checked-out the google play system update under settings》biometrics》etc., and witnessed an update to this unsolved mystery of mine. My handset, even after the 11 stable build OTA, was still "stuck like chuck" on Sept '20. Maybe like you, I've never given this setting much thought nor shared any dialog (until today)! I was fine with and accepted the fact this setting will always run a good fiscal quarter behind the pack..well, that was then, and this is now! After the download & required restart, with the realization I'm still in a "shock & awe" state of mind, I'm eager to report this update I found to be somewhat anticlimatic.
(thnx 4 playing)
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UPDATE: GOOGLE PLAY SYSTEM UPDATE IS SHOWING JANUARY '21 Now, after the February Security Patch Update landed...what month is yours showing?
evnStevn said:
UPDATE: GOOGLE PLAY SYSTEM UPDATE IS SHOWING JANUARY '21 Now, after the February Security Patch Update landed...what month is yours showing?
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Mine is showing the same after the Feb security update.

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