Android 8.0 Oreo beta for Galaxy S8 - Unlocked (UK) Sprint & T-Mobile (US) only.

[Gayle Lynn]

Storage report Device Maintenance

Apps 66GB
Free space 15GB
System / User data 48.8GB

I was setting up podcast to download when shocked to see it say 14GB FREE on internal.

I've tried MyFiles and Solid Explorer to see what is wrong before going through factory reset and wiping clean.

My other Galaxy has same setup, shows
System/user data 22GB
Available 41GB
Apps 6GB

 

[mary beth hale]

Google Play Store says Certified now.

SPECIAL ACCESS is new and installing from unknown sources is not about signing.

I have seen other users over makes running the release Oreo do have that 'feature.'

My Google Play store still says uncertified.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

It was the program Adguard.com created a massive log file using most of the internal storage!!

Does not happen on 7.0 or Note 8 7.1.1.

 

[mary beth hale]

Storage report Device Maintenance

Apps 66GB
Free space 15GB
System / User data 48.8GB

I was setting up podcast to download when shocked to see it say 14GB FREE on internal.

I've tried MyFiles and Solid Explorer to see what is wrong before going through factory reset and wiping clean.

My other Galaxy has same setup, shows
System/user data 22GB
Available 41GB
Apps 6GB


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Did you find problem/resolution?

 

[mary beth hale]

It was the program Adguard.com created a massive log file using most of the internal storage!!

Does not happen on 7.0 or Note 8 7.1.1.

LOL... Think we posted at the same time when I asked if you'd resolved issue.

 

[anon(123856)]

My Google Play store still says uncertified.

Same here.

 

[anon(123856)]

It was the program Adguard.com created a massive log file using most of the internal storage!!

Does not happen on 7.0 or Note 8 7.1.1.

Good to see you got that sorted out.

 

[pankaj981]

Does anyone of you on the beta channel see any posts in the community app about an official release time frame? Or another beta 5? Samsung just opened beta 4 in a few more countries a couple of days ago, that implies they want more people to provide test data. That also means they might not be close to a release build.

 

[tube517]

Does anyone of you on the beta channel see any posts in the community app about an official release time frame? Or another beta 5? Samsung just opened beta 4 in a few more countries a couple of days ago, that implies they want more people to provide test data. That also means they might not be close to a release build.

Nothing in the community app yet.

A couple of articles said late January but I won't believe it til I see it.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

If nothing turned up in b4 in a month, but that isn't going to happen. 8.0.0 has to be ready by the time the S9 Galaxy are ready.

Good that b4 public beta has wider audience.

 

[pankaj981]

Nothing in the community app yet.

A couple of articles said late January but I won't believe it til I see it.

Looks like late Jan it is then. What baffles me is with all this delay, Samsung could've (or should've) implemented Project Treble already at least. Not sure if Oreo will bring anything new to the table for the S8.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

If a phone ships with O it has to support PT. Putting Oreo on a phone like 8 series i sent the same. Have to start the foundation.

Android is held back and late to move beyond fat binary and then to 64-bit only.

Monitoring background apps permissions is #14 in Sammobile Series on 8.0.

https://www.sammobile.com/news/what...4-app-permission-monitor-for-background-apps/

 

[mary beth hale]

Looks like late Jan it is then. What baffles me is with all this delay, Samsung could've (or should've) implemented Project Treble already at least. Not sure if Oreo will bring anything new to the table for the S8.

Honestly, the only 2 things that are noticeable in Oreo for me during daily use are the abilities to unlock phone with OK Google from AOD and making my recents show in list view.
That's over-simplifying it but most of it seems to be under-the-hood stuff.

 

[snowboarders]

would be nic if samsung skips android 8.0 beta and gives us android 8.1 beta too test

 

[Gayle Lynn]

BGR esrd 8.1 was Google only to patch bugs they couldn't fix in 8.0 when the new Pixel 2 series shipped.

Theres no 7.1.1 for galaxy 8 series even which is nice and better optomizstions.

 

[mary beth hale]

Looks like late Jan it is then. What baffles me is with all this delay, Samsung could've (or should've) implemented Project Treble already at least. Not sure if Oreo will bring anything new to the table for the S8.

So I'm unclear about this... If they wanted to, Samsung could enable Treble for existing phones and not just new phones that ship with Oreo?

 

[Gayle Lynn]

XDA:
https://www.xda-developers.com/project-treble-custom-rom-development/

Project Treble is only supported on new devices that ship with Android, rather than devices that get upgraded to Oreo.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/androi...-makers-to-support-oreos-rollback-protection/

 

[mary beth hale]

XDA:
https://www.xda-developers.com/project-treble-custom-rom-development/

Project Treble is only supported on new devices that ship with Android, rather than devices that get upgraded to Oreo.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/androi...-makers-to-support-oreos-rollback-protection/

Thanks

 

[Dan_B1979]

Thought about updating mine, but it states the latest release doesn't have working Android Pay (IMO it's better than Samsung pay) so will do without for now

It's just updating to the latest OTA release here in the UK with the latest security patch IIRC

 

[anon(123856)]

Thought about updating mine, but it states the latest release doesn't have working Android Pay (IMO it's better than Samsung pay) so will do without for now

It's just updating to the latest OTA release here in the UK with the latest security patch IIRC

Yeah, the latest beta (four) was shipped with the Dec security patch. I'm hoping Samsung can get back to the timely security update schedule. They kind of fell off during the last few months.