Samsung Galaxy S8

coach22

tdonegan1990 wrote: »

Did you get it OTA? Im still waiting.

still waiting on vodafone ireland too

Rattlehead_ie

Yeah just picked up a work S8 today, nice phone, but wondering when the rollout will happen.
Asked 3 and they told me PIE was released last yr in July :facepalm:
Ill just keep refreshing the OTA page then so, haha.

tdonegan1990

coach22 wrote: »

still waiting on vodafone ireland too

Im with VF also. My device is unlocked tho so I thought the update would be there waiting to be installed but no sign yet.
From what I'm reading about it, I'm in two minds about installing it!

Reati

ShaneU wrote: »

Thank you, had to scrape out the back of the port and i'm back to fast charging again

Had the same problem on my plus and the misuses 8. Once the dirt was out it was sorted.

juice1304

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Yes, I'm on eir but the phone came from Germany (if it makes any difference)

Haha my phone is a german contract phone ironically enough too.

coach22

Finally got it this morning on vodafone. It's a big change all right. Will take a bit of getting used to

morritty

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G950F/

Only Vodafone have it. Released yesterday so they should get it today.

tommycahir

vintagecosmos wrote: »

Not sure about the s8 but fast charge on my old one plus 3 needed both a fast cable and power block.

Had to get a new cable and clear out the charging port again with a needle and a rocker blower to get it going with fast charge again. Thanks for the tip

B_ecke_r

ShaneU wrote: »

Thank you, had to scrape out the back of the port and i'm back to fast charging again

this is a common problem it seems,

same issue here with 8+

I will do the same

Royale with Cheese

They've messed was the nav bar for no good reason. I used the new gestures for a day before giving up as they just wouldn't work for me consistently. Now I've gone back to the nav bar which works fine but they've removed the option to hide it by default and swipe up to have it shown. So every single app now has less screen real estate, no idea why they've done this.

Rattlehead_ie

morritty wrote: »

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G950F/
Only Vodafone have it. Released yesterday so they should get it today.

See there is a generic UK/Ireland code up there now. Wondering if that means 3 / Eir and others will have this

morritty

Rattlehead_ie wrote: »

See there is a generic UK/Ireland code up there now. Wondering if that means 3 / Eir and others will have this

Thats XEU firmware, Pie is rolled out to unlocked phones purchased direct from samsung UK/IRE.

Rattlehead_ie

morritty wrote: »

Thats XEU firmware, Pie is rolled out to unlocked phones purchased direct from samsung UK/IRE.

Pardon the ignorance, but would this then be the build that 3/Eir use to compile their own locked version of the code?

EDIT : Confirmation from 3. Pie should rollout next week and is under testing.

morritty

I would assume that is the case. but Android won't allow you to easily update to an unlocked non carrier firmware.

It can be done by flashing the firmware and you would get OTA updates when Samsung UK/IRE releases it. I haven't done that myself.

What I can say is, I got the Eir update for my s9+ 2 weeks after the unlocked version came out. 3 and Vodafone came a little bit earlier than that.

Krombopulos Michael

Just update to Pie.

The notification drag down from the top is bigger and im not fond of the icon pack. I may change those.

I do like the dark mode though

eeeee

Can you change the icons? Back to something a little less childlike? It feels like they were designed for children.

jones

Still waiting on pie update with one UI with three hopefully be in the next few days I literally check it every day ha

morritty

nee wrote: »

Can you change the icons? Back to something a little less childlike? It feels like they were designed for children.

Yep, grab a launcher like nova launcher, download an icon pack you like and open it up and apply to nova.

Krombopulos Michael

I had a bixby button remapper prior to Pie that worked fine. Doesnt work anymore so need to figure a way to disable.

morritty

Krombopulos Michael wrote: »

I had a bixby button remapper prior to Pie that worked fine. Doesnt work anymore so need to figure a way to disable.

You cant disable it, You can change to double click to activate bixby, or if you update bixby you can now remap it to an app you have.

Krombopulos Michael

nee wrote: »

Can you change the icons? Back to something a little less childlike? It feels like they were designed for children.

Should also be able to select the Oreo Icon pack through the Theme store for free, if you wish to keep the rest of the Samsung Launcher experience.

Mango Joe

Selling an immaculate Black S8+, 64GB, unlocked to all networks with a Spigen case if anyone's interested..... PM me.

Must stick it up on Adverts soon.

Krombopulos Michael

morritty wrote: »

You cant disable it, You can change to double click to activate bixby, or if you update bixby you can now remap it to an app you have.

I'll have to wait for someone to create a new remapper then.

Cotts72

Ive updated to pie there with 3,checked software updates and it was there

jones

Cotts72 wrote:

Ive updated to pie there with 3,checked software updates and it was there

Is it definitely a three phone? G955F3IE4CRL3 is what I'm on. 3IE being the three version

Rattlehead_ie

jones wrote: »

Is it definitely a three phone? G955F3IE4CRL3 is what I'm on. 3IE being the three version

3IRL will have the update out next week. It's in testing at the moment according to them.

Krombopulos Michael

Notice my Google Assistant doesn't work all the time since the update, so may try clearing the cache.

One of my biggest grips, is they moved the clock to the left side of the notification bar, apparently this is to benefit phones with notches. However, I am use to seeing notifications on the left side, so this is distracting for me.

Cina

Krombopulos Michael wrote: »

Notice my Google Assistant doesn't work all the time since the update, so may try clearing the cache.

One of my biggest grips, is they moved the clock to the left side of the notification bar, apparently this is to benefit phones with notches. However, I am use to seeing notifications on the left side, so this is distracting for me.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that annoys!

Thank god you can bring back showing notifications on the lock screen instead of those stupid icons, too.

dougm1970

Rattlehead_ie wrote: »

3IRL will have the update out next week. It's in testing at the moment according to them.

thanks for that info....did you contact them to find out ??....i presume, so, that the previous poster who is on 3 and got the update is on a phone he bought independently from the carrier ?

jones

dougm1970 wrote:

thanks for that info....did you contact them to find out ??....i presume, so, that the previous poster who is on 3 and got the update is on a phone he bought independently from the carrier ?

That's what I was thinking too on sammobile the three release isn't out yet so I'm assuming the other poster just has a three sim in a different CSC phone

Cotts72

jones wrote: »

Is it definitely a three phone? G955F3IE4CRL3 is what I'm on. 3IE being the three version

Apologies, yeah I got the phone sim free, think it may have been prev locked to vodafone

dougm1970

whats the current story with ports of google camera from the pixel 3 working on the s8 on oreo ?

ibFoxer

dougm1970 wrote: »

whats the current story with ports of google camera from the pixel 3 working on the s8 on oreo ?

None of them are terrific for Exynos. Snapdragon seems to be a much easier port.

ShaneU

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

They've messed was the nav bar for no good reason. I used the new gestures for a day before giving up as they just wouldn't work for me consistently. Now I've gone back to the nav bar which works fine but they've removed the option to hide it by default and swipe up to have it shown. So every single app now has less screen real estate, no idea why they've done this.

I'm using the swipe gestures now but preferred hard pressing the screen like before, I don't understand why they changed it.

jones

Rattlehead_ie wrote:

3IRL will have the update out next week. It's in testing at the moment according to them.

Hopefully Monday as I've resisted the urge to update the phone firmware manually... So far ðŸ˜

Rattlehead_ie

jones wrote: »

Hopefully Monday as I've resisted the urge to update the phone firmware manually... So far ðŸ˜

I refuse to do it as then Samsung Health won't work. Hooefully early but if by end of the week sure I can wait.

dougm1970

vodafone updated s8 to pie on march 4th...wonder how much longer for three.

skodacb

The new good lock is available, which makes the phone so much better IMO. You can either use a VPN and connect to the UK, then clear the data of the Galaxy Store and download that way, takes all of 5 minutes. Or download all the sperate APK files and download Bad Lock from XDA to make them run.

dougm1970

skodacb wrote: »

The new good lock is available, which makes the phone so much better IMO. You can either use a VPN and connect to the UK, then clear the data of the Galaxy Store and download that way, takes all of 5 minutes. Or download all the sperate APK files and download Bad Lock from XDA to make them run.

i did that only yesterday...but couldnt get navstar (to change navigation bar) working....maybe thats android pie only ?

jones

dougm1970 wrote:

vodafone updated s8 to pie on march 4th...wonder how much longer for three.

This week according to another poster above. Waiting "patiently" myself

vintagecosmos

Im on three and got the update 3-4 days ago. My s8 was replaced on insurance 6 weeks ago if that makes any difference.

CrowdedHouse

TBH I don't know what all the fuss is about. I like the new swipe navigation keys and handier to close apps but other than that? I imagine perhaps that mine is a bit harder on the juice.

Rattlehead_ie

jones wrote: »

This week according to another poster above. Waiting "patiently" myself

I've asked to make sure the testing of s/w passed and if there is an expected day. I see a few H3G versions up on SamMobile so hopefully not too long.

UPDATE: Just getting a very standard response of everything is the same. So least we know it's on track.

dougm1970

Rattlehead_ie wrote: »

I've asked to make sure the testing of s/w passed and if there is an expected day. I see a few H3G versions up on SamMobile so hopefully not too long.

UPDATE: Just getting a very standard response of everything is the same. So least we know it's on track.

no H3G UK version though yet, right ?

jones

From three

"I can confirm this update is currently in testing so we are very close to release but I don't have an exact date on it but keep your eyes peeled 👀"

Rattlehead_ie

Getting into the realm of loony now.
However pressed the check for update and I'm getting a server connection error....Yes rest of my browsing is fine.....could be down while they upload the new s/w.

dougm1970

Rattlehead_ie wrote: »

Getting into the realm of loony now.
However pressed the check for update and I'm getting a server connection error....Yes rest of my browsing is fine.....could be down while they upload the new s/w.

i had that this morning earlier...but now its back to i'm on latest update.

dougm1970

vodafone s8's had their update on the 4th....got time this week to play with the new update too..if i had it.

Buford T. Justice XIX

dougm1970 wrote: »

vodafone s8's had their update on the 4th....got time this week to play with the new update too..if i had it.

I had it yesterday. Finding it a bit confusing, new icons and different colours from the old but liking i do far.

Rattlehead_ie

Downloading it now on my 3 Ireland locked phone.

EDIT: Feels and looks good. Liking the night mode. 2 issues I have.

1. I can't remove the time from Navigation Bar Natively.
2. The white edges around some icons are back and you can't remove them....nightly annoying.