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

[anon(123856)]

Stand-by battery overnight not so good. Going to charge before work and see how it does today. Maybe some background stuff running last night. Really smooth and fast though and no crashes this morning.

I'd say my battery life has taken a minor hit as well. It had improved on beta 3 but seems to have slipped again. I'll give it some more time.

 

[henryfool3]

Don't want to jinx anything certainly, but so far it's definitely better. I did a cache wipe before installing, and so far I haven't had any of the problems of before.

Hope it stays this way.

 

[anon(8481482)]

Looks like they finally fixed the iris scanner issues. Been running great all day.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

Special Access in Settings > Apps still shows

Install from Unknown Sources enabled by default for Messages
________

Help me understand why. Why it is there. Why enabled. Was this by design? Is there a purpose for this?
It was present in b3 also.

Security vulnerabilities like this don't make sense to me. Call me p.o. paranoid - school of unintended consequences I came up through.

To add and install untested themes and stickers or something that can't be done in a more secure manner? Should the feature exist to begin with?

Hope this does not remain when Oreo is released. But if it does, not enabled by default.

(I think of it as a wide open front door, not even a "backdoor" issue.)

 

[Sidali Sidou]

slt

 

[mary beth hale]

Special Access in Settings > Apps still shows

Install from Unknown Sources enabled by default for Messages
________

Help me understand why. Why it is there. Why enabled. Was this by design? Is there a purpose for this?
It was present in b3 also.

Security vulnerabilities like this don't make sense to me. Call me p.o. paranoid - school of unintended consequences I came up through.

To add and install untested themes and stickers or something that can't be done in a more secure manner? Should the feature exist to begin with?

Hope this does not remain when Oreo is released. But if it does, not enabled by default.

(I think of it as a wide open front door, not even a "backdoor" issue.)

That's one of the first things I checked after downloading 4 and very disappointed that "feature" is still there. Really don't understand the rationale for allowing this.

 

[mary beth hale]

Battery drain is still an issue for me with 4. Off work tomorrow and going to rollback to 7.0 then reinstall beta 4 to see if that helps. Otherwise haven't experienced issues that impact my use.

 

[gendo667]

Play Store crashed. First time experiencing that throughout this beta period. Logs sent.

 

[robfil]

My battery life is terrible with beta 4. I hope that they fix it soon.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

Felt like Play Store was not responding earlier today. Everything else was fine.

Sunday maintenance?

 

[anon(123856)]

Special Access in Settings > Apps still shows

Install from Unknown Sources enabled by default for Messages
________

Help me understand why. Why it is there. Why enabled. Was this by design? Is there a purpose for this?
It was present in b3 also.

Security vulnerabilities like this don't make sense to me. Call me p.o. paranoid - school of unintended consequences I came up through.

To add and install untested themes and stickers or something that can't be done in a more secure manner? Should the feature exist to begin with?

Hope this does not remain when Oreo is released. But if it does, not enabled by default.

(I think of it as a wide open front door, not even a "backdoor" issue.)

Thanks for posting this. I just checked it on my device and it was set to "enabled" as well. Like you, I do not understand why this would be the default setting. It feels like an accident just waiting to happen.

 

[mary beth hale]

Thanks for posting this. I just checked it on my device and it was set to "enabled" as well. Like you, I do not understand why this would be the default setting. It feels like an accident just waiting to happen.

Totally irresponsible on Samsung's part. If Gayle hadn't posted when we got 2&3 I would never had thought to check. Makes no sense.

 

[anon(123856)]

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

Yeah I checked back when she initially posted about it but totally spaced on it after install b4. I'm glad she brought it up again.

I'm going to send feedback about it.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

Puts on tinfoil hat before stepping out...

... perfect back door for a keyloogger, even if hidden from us but buried in the kernel for someone else to access.

Drive by downloads.
Send specially crafted email. Or Message.
- by default both of these downloads images and attachmwnts; Allow Messages to link to web via url.

All the worst parts of Windows XP waiting to be abused.

To say this is unacceptable isn't strong enough. To do so is to invite trouble, even send people to iOS- they're having a bad year with typo problems and worse.

I'd pay 2x as much perhaps for a hardened OS. Incombant on users to invest in security package.
I don't trust bundled suites, whether ATT or what Sammy chose though it might be convenient. Or not.

ESET looks in normal places for enabling unknown sources and alerts me if I forget to turn t back off.
Don't know if that switch in Security section of Settings "overrides" or is a master switch, or independent and separate.id hope it is a master switch to any app's special access.

Not ready to take tinfoil ha just yet. ;-<

 

[henryfool3]

So I've been having a problem with my home wifi. Not necessarily beta related although I'm not sure. Almost every time I get home it doesn't reconnect because of an authentication error. I've reset the router, I've forgotten and reconnected to the network. But to no avail. Any suggestions?

 

[mary beth hale]

Re: enable unknown apps... Feedback sent through Members app. If everyone who has concerns about it could contribute to that thread it might help.

 

[anon(123856)]

I also sent feedback about it. I can't hurt.

 

[jeffmd]

That's one of the first things I checked after downloading 4 and very disappointed that "feature" is still there. Really don't understand the rationale for allowing this.

This is because during beta, much of the software, even Google's, is not signed yet.

 

[mary beth hale]

This is because during beta, much of the software, even Google's, is not signed yet.

So it's likely the issue will be fixed?

 

[Gayle Lynn]

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.'