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[Uncle spedi]

Does the AC community know of the latest SPL for an unlocked, Wi-Fi only tab S3? I'm @ April level, thanks for any help.

 

[SpookDroid]

Sounds about right. The October patch, however, seems to be rolling out (at least in the UK) since last week, so maybe you'll get that soon.

 

[Uncle spedi]

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated

 

[ganguy]

I'm fairly inxperienced with my Tab S3. How do you go about updates? Do they automatically appear?

 

[SpookDroid]

I'm fairly inxperienced with my Tab S3. How do you go about updates? Do they automatically appear?

Unless you disabled the option, yes. Usually when you're on WiFi (if you have a mobile data unit) if there's an update available, the tablet will notify you and you can choose to download/install or delay.

 

[ganguy]

Thanks , the option was enabled, so it looks like i'm OK. Nothing downloaded since August.

 

[SpookDroid]

Yeah, don't expect updates often from Samsung, especially on a nearly-2 year old device, unfortunately.

 

[ganguy]

Wrll, at the price I paid for it, it will be with me a long time!

 

[hallux]

October 1, 2018 patch level update released in the last couple days. It installed automatically on my mom's Tab S3 overnight, I just tapped install on mine (I'm not doing automatic updates on mine, hers is set to). 400+ MB download (405 or 450, can't recall).

 

[unclefunbuckets]

Good to know they still support it somewhat.

 

[anon(10181084)]

Yeah, don't expect updates often from Samsung, especially on a nearly-2 year old device, unfortunately.

Yeah right... And they just now decided to stupidly update the 2.5 year old SM-P580 Tab A 10.1 (it came with MARSHMALLOW) to Android 8.1 and Samsung Experience 9.5 recently! What is WRONG with Samsung putting a 2.5 year old tab from 2016 in front on the Tab S3 which cost me 105990 Serbian dinars (exactly €855 at the time, which translates to about $1050 when I last checked in fall 2017). The said Tab A only costs (according to GSMArena) €220! Such a shame that such a BEAST like Tab S3 doesn't get at least 8.1, while they updated an old device that is far far less powerful than my relatively decent Mediatek P20 powered phone!!

 

[hallux]

It won't get 8.1 because it's probably getting 9 next year.

 

[chemgeek]

December 1 patch is now available as of Jan 2019.

 

[BerryBubbles]

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December 1 patch is now available as of Jan 2019.

I was hoping we might regain some of our reserved memory that was lost in the October patch, but mine is still only 376 mgs. My Husband hasn't installed October yet & his reserved memory sits at 704 mgs. On the bright side, the December patch was smooth. Thanks @chemgeek for the heads up!

 

[ganguy]

I am fairly pleased with the performance of my tab S3, but I'm reading various threads that the latest update slows down the performance. To this point I have not installed the latest update, and judging from what I've heard it's best not to, comments?