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Hi friends,
Will Huawei Mediapad M3 receive an OREO update in the future? (And Huawei mediapad m3 lite 10"?)
I think i will buy this tablet.. But only in Cyber Monday because i want to save money.
some sites that you recommend to keep an eye out for the cyber monday?
willybar said:
Hi friends,
Will Huawei Mediapad M3 receive an OREO update in the future? (And Huawei mediapad m3 lite 10"?)
I think i will buy this tablet.. But only in Cyber Monday because i want to save money.
some sites that you recommend to keep an eye out for the cyber monday?
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No!
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No!
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Thanks.
I.don't know wich is better to buy!
ASUS ZenPad 3S 10 or Huawei Mediapad M3 ?
willybar said:
Thanks.
I.don't know wich is better to buy!
ASUS ZenPad 3S 10 or Huawei Mediapad M3 ?
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Iwas in same situation as you.. Mediapad or ZenPad.. ZenPad has a little bigger screen but mediapad has much better performance better sound quality, battery life and the ui looks much better on mediapad.. Asus ui is damn ugly
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I'm not expecting an Oreo update from Huawei. And I'm starting to think we won't be getting it through a custom rom neither...
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I'm not expecting an Oreo update from Huawei. And I'm starting to think we won't be getting it through a custom rom neither...
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We bekomme no real custom Rom like cm or something for this tab because the kirin soc...Maybe kangvip make an Rom based on stock it's all... For oreo an Employee from Huawei sad on Mate 10 Präsentation that only Mate 9 and P 10 will become an oreo update...
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Guys thank you.
Huawei Mediapad M3 would be great, but it has a small screen ... Otherwise there is the 10 "Lite" version.
Maybe you know some alternatives? Under 400€
My opinion is that monthly security patches are more important than Firmware updates. The security patch on the M3 8.4 LTE is from May 2017. Obviously not a priority for Huawei in fixing e.g. the KRACK or Blueborne vulnerabilities on Tablets. My P9 just got a Patch last week.
Update: I made a similar post on Huaweiblog.de sometime last week and just noticed that they deleted my post ... WTF?!
Maybe, because now we know that the Honor 8 will be getting it's Andoid 8 update and the mediapad M3 use the same kirin 950.
According to tech support m3 won't receive Oreo.
it doesnt need Oreo, since that OS doesnt add anything useful that 7.0 doesnt already have
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My opinion is that monthly security patches are more important than Firmware updates. The security patch on the M3 8.4 LTE is from May 2017. Obviously not a priority for Huawei in fixing e.g. the KRACK or Blueborne vulnerabilities on Tablets. My P9 just got a Patch last week.
Update: I made a similar post on Huaweiblog.de sometime last week and just noticed that they deleted my post ... WTF?!
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The latest security patch for M3 is November 2017 patch
It's has been rolled out over OTA but still not found on Huawei firmware finder app
evilhomura89 said:
The latest security patch for M3 is November 2017 patch
It's has been rolled out over OTA but still not found on Huawei firmware finder app
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Can you please specify, for which M3 variant exactly?
Can someone with the wifi version download the b303 package again and share it? Thx
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The latest security patch for M3 is November 2017 patch
It's has been rolled out over OTA but still not found on Huawei firmware finder app
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That's good to hear as Huawei CS told me there were no further update plans when I asked them about the security patch level.
Thank you for contacting Huawei Ireland Customer Care Team.
Regarding your query, we understand your concern for the security matters, but we can assure you that cyber security and privacy protection are at the core of Huawei’s interest. At the moment there are no updates plan for the device, but you can keep an eye on http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt for security queries.
We trust the above information is of assistance to you. However, should you have any further queries, Please do not hesitate to get back in touch.
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jkissane said:
That's good to hear as Huawei CS told me there were no further update plans when I asked them about the security patch level.
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I dont get why they are so quick to throw the device under the bus so to speak, its one of best tablets out there.
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Can you please specify, for which M3 variant exactly?
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I've noticed it across both LTE and WiFi variant for different region
Just not sure why Huawei Firmware Finder is not having it
4PDA members in russia are already sharing the OTA and FullOTA that they've received for their c170 region
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74883119&postcount=458
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt
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nice too have a way to query security patches. we should do this every 1-2 months to get newer security patch level updates.
with actual security patches i would have no problem without oreo. but hopefully the next update will not take this long. last security patch level was may.
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I dont get why they are so quick to throw the device under the bus so to speak, its one of best tablets out there.
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Same thinking here ... Huawei is treating the M3 8.4 as if it were an unwanted child
paratox said:
nice too have a way to query security patches. we should do this every 1-2 months to get newer security patch level updates.
with actual security patches i would have no problem without oreo. but hopefully the next update will not take this long. last security patch level was may.
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Just like I said a couple of posts above, security updates are more important.
Really? Begging monthly for security patches? It could work BUT only if Huawei or their Bloggers are actively monitoring this M3 forum and if they show mercy to M3 users then maybe we'll get the security patches for our devices. :fingers-crossed:
BTW ... other makers automatically manage to ship patches monthly. My mid-class Tab A 10.1 just got one a few day ago.
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Same thinking here ... Huawei is treating the M3 8.4 as if it were an unwanted child
Just like I said a couple of posts above, security updates are more important.
Really? Begging monthly for security patches? It could work BUT only if Huawei or their Bloggers are actively monitoring this M3 forum and if they show mercy to M3 users then maybe we'll get the security patches for our devices. :fingers-crossed:
BTW ... other makers automatically manage to ship patches monthly. My mid-class Tab A 10.1 just got one a few day ago.
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one thing might try is a group effort of hitting their twitter with requests for security patches.
Hi guys.
I earlier posted an interview with Honor CEO George Zhao that the Honor 8 was confirmed to be recieveing the 8.0 Oreo update.
But since then, the Honor 8 has been removed from the devices which Zhao listed who are being updated.
What are your guys thoughts?
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Hi guys.
I earlier posted an interview with Honor CEO George Zhao that the Honor 8 was confirmed to be recieveing the 8.0 Oreo update.
But since then, the Honor 8 has been removed from the devices which Zhao listed who are being updated.
What are your guys thoughts?
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It could mean that even he isn't sure which models are actively testing Oreo or they haven't even started testing it. Until it's put through some type of early tests, they can't release any info.
Haha let's start speculation again.
You right.
I am assuming that he is very well aware of what's the Honor plan in near future. On the other hand it might be later found inconvenient for Huawei to let spread the official statement about last year Honor flagships -
Honor 8 and 8 Pro - are about to receive Oreo which might have significant impact on both Huawei and Honor new models sales (like still mentioned Honor 9 and V9). I think they will release official statement (now they surely have to) after Christmas, probably January 2018, about releasing Oreo for those phones in Q1 of 2018. Who knows Honor would then expect the release of OTA about April to May of 2018 practically.
While there is still a small chance that Huawei could even stop the release of the update if they are afraid of new models sales., I don't think they will play that card for good reason - credibility in the eyes of potential customers.
Where is that list, and where did you got this from?
Snowjack said:
I am assuming that he is very well aware of what's the Honor plan in near future. On the other hand it might be later found inconvenient for Huawei to let spread the official statement about last year Honor flagships -
Honor 8 and 8 Pro - are about to receive Oreo which might have significant impact on both Huawei and Honor new models sales (like still mentioned Honor 9 and V9). I think they will release official statement (now they surely have to) after Christmas, probably January 2018, about releasing Oreo for those phones in Q1 of 2018. Who knows Honor would then expect the release of OTA about April to May of 2018 practically.
While there is still a small chance that Huawei could even stop the release of the update if they are afraid of new models sales., I don't think they will play that card for good reason - credibility in the eyes of potential customers.
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I think that's an excellent argument, it's very possible that their reasoning is a new OS on an older phone will affect sales of a new phone. Wait a few months after the release of your new phone and then push out Oreo to the older phone. The marketing people may be in charge of this theory.
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I am assuming that he is very well aware of what's the Honor plan in near future. On the other hand it might be later found inconvenient for Huawei to let spread the official statement about last year Honor flagships -
Honor 8 and 8 Pro - are about to receive Oreo which might have significant impact on both Huawei and Honor new models sales (like still mentioned Honor 9 and V9). I think they will release official statement (now they surely have to) after Christmas, probably January 2018, about releasing Oreo for those phones in Q1 of 2018. Who knows Honor would then expect the release of OTA about April to May of 2018 practically.
While there is still a small chance that Huawei could even stop the release of the update if they are afraid of new models sales., I don't think they will play that card for good reason - credibility in the eyes of potential customers.
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Great post! Finally someone using logic rather than just getting butthurt and saying I'm never buying a Huawei and I'm going to sell this ****.
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Not a good sign, that's what I think of
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Rommco05 said:
Honor 8 is popular model which have many people, I think Huawei must make reputation with upgrade to Oreo. In future we can now Huawei will make 2 upgrades and this is good reason for buy this phones and new models
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I agree!
I hope they end up releasing an update for Honor 8. It's a great phone and still has lots of power!
This phone is dead.. no updates, no security patches, 3 year old moto g3 get oreo custom rom , security patches, this phone not even a single update since september... no custom roms as well.. I am blaming brand not the developers...
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This phone is dead.. no updates, no security patches, 3 year old moto g3 get oreo custom rom , security patches, this phone not even a single update since september... no custom roms as well.. I am blaming brand not the developers...
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B398 OTA for L09C432 was pushed recently, and
some Croatian users reported B399 started to appear.
B398 includes November security patch.
B399 includes December security patch.
A new one, B401 just appeared on Firmware Finder, I suppose, according to the size, that it is nougat with January security patch.
So, even if I wish there were monthly updates for security, we have security updates.
pix106 said:
B398 OTA for L09C432 was pushed recently, and
some Croatian users reported B399 started to appear.
B398 includes November security patch.
B399 includes December security patch.
A new one, B401 just appeared on Firmware Finder, I suppose, according to the size, that it is nougat with January security patch.
So, even if I wish there were monthly updates for security, we have security updates.
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Great.. then it seems like honor is ignoring Indian model... This will be my last Honor phone..
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Great.. then it seems like honor is ignoring Indian model... This will be my last Honor phone..
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They do it all the time, after this the FRD-L09 models won't see updates for a while and all the other models will recieve updates. They did this before and I'm pretty sure they'll do it again. I just don't get why Honor doesn't have one universal model number for all regions like OnePlus or Google.
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They do it all the time, after this the FRD-L09 models won't see updates for a while and all the other models will recieve updates. They did this before and I'm pretty sure they'll do it again. I just don't get why Honor doesn't have one universal model number for all regions like OnePlus or Google.
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this is why you stop supporting them. i have im just waiting to see what the new Sony phones look like but im just itching to buy a oneplus 5t. i bought 3 1+5s for my family but due to the front facing fingerprint reader i passed.
the 5t seems great aside from the lack of expandable storage so i hope the new Sony phones look good.
droidbot1337 said:
this is why you stop supporting them. i have im just waiting to see what the new Sony phones look like but im just itching to buy a oneplus 5t. i bought 3 1+5s for my family but due to the front facing fingerprint reader i passed.
the 5t seems great aside from the lack of expandable storage so i hope the new Sony phones look good.
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Yeah.. even i am thinking about it.. even if there is no stock updates atleast we get custom roms support on sony and one plus phones..
droidbot1337 said:
this is why you stop supporting them. i have im just waiting to see what the new Sony phones look like but im just itching to buy a oneplus 5t. i bought 3 1+5s for my family but due to the front facing fingerprint reader i passed.
the 5t seems great aside from the lack of expandable storage so i hope the new Sony phones look good.
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The reason I really like this phone is cause I got it on Black Friday last year with a bunch of accessories. The price I got it for was alot lesser than OnePlus at that time and honestly for me the current build is pretty stable for my usage (Teen with bunch of social media, YouTube and games).
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Yeah.. even i am thinking about it.. even if there is no stock updates atleast we get custom roms support on sony and one plus phones..
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sony is great on software in fact its the best due to its large adds a large amount of code to aosp. they use vanilla ui with optimization and if they use a skin its easy to remove thanks to rro.
all oems should follow sony's ui methods. no one likes themes that are hard coded, they just suck! what im hoping is that google bakes security updates into treble so that they can be downloaded through the playstore in the future.
About two weeks ago I sent an Email to the honor support. I asked them about their once made promise to update the honor 8 for at least two years after the release. The answer was that the two years support would only include security updates. They wouldnt give any comment on oreo. I would guess it is rather unlikely that we will get an update to oreo for our device.
The one thing holding me back from immediately ordering the 6T upon release is my experience with the 5 and Android updates. I am still waiting on the update to Pie, despite it's wide scale availability and other devices being updated already.
Does OnePlus plan on changing their software update cycles to match someone like Essential?
We would all like faster updates, but android pie is not widely avaiable yet, it doesn't even show up on statistics: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/
Not that many devices have received yet, but I agree that updates should already be faster, Essential did a good job.
You can expect 2 year software support for 6/6T is what i can say for now. Rest wait AMA/FAQ's to be shared after the launch for the precise info.
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The one thing holding me back from immediately ordering the 6T upon release is my experience with the 5 and Android updates. I am still waiting on the update to Pie, despite it's wide scale availability and other devices being updated already.
Does OnePlus plan on changing their software update cycles to match someone like Essential?
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Wich other devices from 2017 being updated on official 9.0 can you tell me?
Funk Wizard said:
You can expect 2 year software support for 6/6T is what i can say for now. Rest wait AMA/FAQ's to be shared after the launch for the precise info.
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Is it fair to say that OxygenOS can be used therefore up until November 2020 and then if you want the latest version of Android thereafter (for those who plan to use for greater than 2 years) to flash a custom rom ?
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Is it fair to say that OxygenOS can be used therefore up until November 2020 and then if you want the latest version of Android thereafter (for those who plan to use for greater than 2 years) to flash a custom rom ?
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OnePlus devices always have great developer support and the same is going to continue with the 6T. Official support and software updates will be assured till 2020. Official AMA and FAQ's after the release will confirm the same for your satisfaction.
Custom roms will be available since the beginning as soon as the sources are out and developers start getting their units within the 2-3 weeks of the launch, custom roms come in soon. Kernels would come even before infact within a week or two as the sources would be out soon after release which is generally the case when it comes to oneplus devices.
Buy with confidence, I'll see you around :good:
Funk Wizard said:
OnePlus devices always have great developer support and the same is going to continue with the 6T. Official support and software updates will be assured till 2020. Official AMA and FAQ's after the release will confirm the same for your satisfaction.
Custom roms will be available since the beginning as soon as the sources are out and developers start getting their units within the 2-3 weeks of the launch, custom roms come in soon. Kernels would come even before infact within a week or two as the sources would be out soon after release which is generally the case when it comes to oneplus devices.
Buy with confidence, I'll see you around :good:
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What are the chances of things becoming unified and cross development with what is already available in terms of roms and kernels for the OnePlus 6 ?
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What are the chances of things becoming unified and cross development with what is already available in terms of roms and kernels for the OnePlus 6 ?
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Looking at the past devices the chances are 100%
Infact someone who knows how to read the tree said the sources are already united so the development would be united soon. By bet is 2019 first quarter :good:
Funk Wizard said:
Looking at the past devices the chances are 100%
Infact someone who knows how to read the tree said the sources are already united so the development would be united soon. By bet is 2019 first quarter :good:
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Very exciting times ahead
cultofluna said:
Wich other devices from 2017 being updated on official 9.0 can you tell me?
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Essential Phone, which was released in May 2017
Negotiator50 said:
Essential Phone, which was released in May 2017
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Any from 2016 which are going to?
they already announced that they'll give 2years of android update to their devices. besides we have project treble now. in case you haven't noticed after treble many phones got pie update one way or other.
Isn't this an android one device which was supposed to get regular updates? My phone is still on the FEBRUARY SECURITY update..
What kind of jerks are working in ASUS???
1st. We are not on android one zone
2nd. There is March 2019 security update
Not that I'm not annoyed at the lack of updates - Pie still isn't pushed to Taiwan and not even Oreo is updated now - but it takes a jerk to call someone a jerk, huh?
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2nd. There is March 2019 security update
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Really? I'm on the latest oreo, build .340, and have february 2019 patch. The Pie rom are not for global for now. Do you received an update after .340, that is not the beta pie or the first pie released (.050) only for india?
really?are u still believe it??its first time u use asus phone?this not first time they lie to us.
honestly speaking, am i the only one who thinks developers on xda are better than asus developers ? oh yes ofc xda devs are better undoubtedly.
coming to updates part you see its a stock android and still it is taking so long for asus to fix it and update properly and on the other hand we have color and miui os which inspite of being completely custom already are updated to pie and that too with no major bugs whatsoever. not to ignore the fact that miui and color os both are very heavily modified.
Also the fact that nokia, motorola, realme, redmi have already updated almost all their eligible (promised) devices to pie months back if i am correct so where is asus in all of this no where near.
tbh asus is kicking of itself and if all you wanted to do was push the beta as stable after a month then should have done that the same day inspite of making a fake promise coz a fake promise hurts more than a bitter and sad truth
EDIT: i know its not an android one device but come on afterall its completely stock not like miui or color os to take time. instead if redmi and realme goes onto this kind of delay its understandable but not when it comes to stock. i still remember motorola before lenevo took it was always the first to update their devices to new android after google why ? simple coz motorola was using stock android
May be, being irregular is regular for Asus.
Android pie os full of bugs , Câmera APP dosent work some time Nerf to close and Open again to take pictures.... ONLY solution for now is Google câmera...
mab71 said:
Isn't this an android one device which was supposed to get regular updates? My phone is still on the FEBRUARY SECURITY update..
What kind of jerks are working in ASUS???
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First, the Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 is not the part of Android One Program. And second, there is a Stable Pie version made available by Asus and with much latest Security Patch Level.
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First, the Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 is not the part of Android One Program. And second, there is a Stable Pie version made available by Asus and with much latest Security Patch Level.
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Where can I get that pie update?
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First, the Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 is not the part of Android One Program. And second, there is a Stable Pie version made available by Asus and with much latest Security Patch Level.
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The pie update is full of bugs and what's the point of applying a update if it will hamper your user experience.
Asus sucks and they don't even give any information of further updates now.
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Where can I get that pie update?
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It is made available on Asus' website.
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The pie update is full of bugs and what's the point of applying a update if it will hamper your user experience.
Asus sucks and they don't even give any information of further updates now.
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Yes, it has bugs and it is not up to the mark. But at least they have made available the Pie
Asus is a JOKE and its developers are JERKS!!
Nuff said!!
update 3rd Nov: Asus rolling out updates for Zenfone 6
https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-6-android-10-update/
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Received update 59. Just security fixes. Does anyone know till how long we will receive updates?
I remember reading way back that we will receive two major Android updates so Android 10 also?
If not wanted to know anyone has used lineage os or another rom for this device and their experiences.
We are supposed to receive Android 10. There's no ETA on it. My device came with 8.1, 340 update and subsequently I received regular updates (056 to 059) and I think it'll be a while till we keep getting them. Asus has been regular on doing this. Apart from battery issues and drops, there aren't any issues to these.
Yup. I too remember the 2 year sw upgrade. I tweeted to asus. They said that they are reviewing whether they are going to push the update 10 update to m1 or not. Apparently they care too much about "stability and experience". They said the list of devices is gonna be out very soon on their official website. This was 4-5days back.
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Yup. I too remember the 2 year sw upgrade. I tweeted to asus. They said that they are reviewing whether they are going to push the update 10 update to m1 or not. Apparently they care too much about "stability and experience". They said the list of devices is gonna be out very soon on their official website. This was 4-5days back.
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Stability? If they push it for Max Pro M2, it's going to be a big bluff and nothing else. There's not major difference between M1 & M2 hardwares and if M2 can manage it, so can M1.
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Yup. I too remember the 2 year sw upgrade. ... They said the list of devices is gonna be out very soon on their official website. This was 4-5days back.
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We have list from other manufactures hope so Asus releases soon.
https://fossbytes.com/android-q-smartphone-list/
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Stability? If they push it for Max Pro M2, it's going to be a big bluff and nothing else. There's not major difference between M1 & M2 hardwares and if M2 can manage it, so can M1.
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Is not the m2 a 660 chipset and m1 is 636?
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Is not the m2 a 660 chipset and m1 is 636?
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Yes but in real world condition it wouldn't matter there's not much difference in day to day tasks. Updating M2 would just be an excuse to give to people to buy the new model instead of the year old M1.
Detailed Comparo: https://www.guidingtech.com/snapdragon-636-vs-660-comparison/
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Yes but in real world condition it wouldn't matter there's not much difference in day to day tasks. Updating M2 would just be an excuse to give to people to buy the new model instead of the year old M1.
Detailed Comparo: https://www.guidingtech.com/snapdragon-636-vs-660-comparison/
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both 660 and 636 uses same motherboard what so ever so they both are just same cpus with just little different internals
Update for Zenfone 6 begins
https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-6-android-10-update/
no official list released yet.
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https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-6-android-10-update/
no official list released yet.
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I'm counting on Asus to release a list soon. M2 Pro will get the first update in the series I assume. Rest will follow.
Sadly, I've never seen a phone improve with new versions of Android, and the same goes for M1: only problems and battery drain after Pie update.
Why don't vendors keep the native version of Android on every phone and just provide security fixes?
Is it not possible because of Android's development strategy?
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Lulodroid said:
Sadly, I've never seen a phone improve with new versions of Android, and the same goes for M1: only problems and battery drain after Pie update.
Why don't vendors keep the native version of Android on every phone and just provide security fixes?
Is it not possible because of Android's development strategy?
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well the answer is ofcourse money. so that they can churn new phones every year. contrast this with something like the Essential phone which released with Android 7 in August 2017 and still got Android 10 recently.
It's perfectly possible to have a phone that can last as long as computers. projects like librem from purism plan to do just that.
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well the answer is ofcourse money. so that they can churn new phones every year. contrast this with something like the Essential phone which released with Android 7 in August 2017 and still got Android 10 recently.
It's perfectly possible to have a phone that can last as long as computers. projects like librem from purism plan to do just that.
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That's not what other person said. He meant an android should keep its original android version (the android on which it is launched) and just receive security updates.
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That's not what other person said. He meant an android should keep its original android version (the android on which it is launched) and just receive security updates.
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oh I misunderstood native to mean a pure Android experience.
Then yes the Android update system does have some technical challenges well documented on various websites.
To summarize I'd say the first blocker is that Google stops supporting older Android versions after some time. Iirc they support the latest two versions of Android. So maybe they will drop support for oreo this December?
The second is Android is not based off of the mainline Linux kernel so it's harder to backport kernel security changes. Google and others worked with the kernel developers to have a long term release branch to receive security updates for longer (at least 2 years).
A third would be if OEMs like Asus have a limited contact with chip vendors like Qualcomm to provide blob updates for x years. usually the support warranty of the device.
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That's not what other person said. He meant an android should keep its original android version (the android on which it is launched) and just receive security updates.
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What he wants should be fairly possible on all devices that have run Android 8 (native) ever since Project Treble has started.