Galaxy Note 8 Oreo update seems to be rolling out at last

[bassplayrguy]

An official source? Or just some guy at the fb page?

Several ppl on the page with Verizon and sprint.

 

[wrich2005]

I forced it on to my note 8 last night and my battery life is amazing

how were you able to force it?

 

[jeetu4444]

yeah even I wanna know how to force it

 

[KingTongue]

Nothing from Tmobile yet. Ugh.

 

[BillfnBragg]

Go to YouTube and type in note 8 Oreo and it will walk you through it

 

[j_hansen]

they launched it same day as S9..... just wait a few days and you will have it OTA

 

[Ryano89]

how were you able to force it?

Flash with Odin

 

[bassjo]

Flash with Odin

That's not forcing the update, that's flashing a new stock rom... Two completely different things. It's best to wait until the official release and not have the burden of completely restoring your phone twice. We're not gaining that much out of the update to warrant all the trouble.

 

[j_hansen]

That's not forcing the update, that's flashing a new stock rom... Two completely different things. It's best to wait until the official release and not have the burden of completely restoring your phone twice. We're not gaining that much out of the update to warrant all the trouble.

exactly... if you already waited this long then why trouble the trouble for the sake of a few days

 

[Ryano89]

That's not forcing the update, that's flashing a new stock rom... Two completely different things. It's best to wait until the official release and not have the burden of completely restoring your phone twice. We're not gaining that much out of the update to warrant all the trouble.

I agree that it may not be worth it to most, but for what it's worth, I didn't have to restore my phone. Flashing with Odin did not erase my phone, and I am having zero bugs with the Oreo firmware I have been running for over a week now.

 

[Ryano89]

exactly... if you already waited this long then why trouble the trouble for the sake of a few days

Don't know if it's "a few days" the update has not been released for the note 8 anywhere but France to the best of my knowledge.

 

[TabGuy]

That's not forcing the update, that's flashing a new stock rom... Two completely different things. It's best to wait until the official release and not have the burden of completely restoring your phone twice. We're not gaining that much out of the update to warrant all the trouble.

I believe you gave some mis-information. I flashed that ROM about 2 weeks ago. I did NOT restore my phone, just installed it right over what I had. Has worked perfectly for two weeks.

 

[bassjo]

I believe you gave some mis-information. I flashed that ROM about 2 weeks ago. I did NOT restore my phone, just installed it right over what I had. Has worked perfectly for two weeks.

Not attempting to give misinformation but even large updates using the same rom it has been suggested on this very forum to at the very least wipe the cache partition and others recommend doing a factory reset to prevent bugs.

 

[Ryano89]

Not attempting to give misinformation but even large updates using the same rom it has been suggested on this very forum to at the very least wipe the cache partition and others recommend doing a factory reset to prevent bugs.

I did wipe cache partition, but no factory reset. I've heard it's a good idea, but stock firmware on top of stock firmware should not usually require it

 

[Dooki]

I did wipe cache partition, but no factory reset. I've heard it's a good idea, but stock firmware on top of stock firmware should not usually require it

Android has historically proven that to not be true.

 

[Almeuit]

exactly... if you already waited this long then why trouble the trouble for the sake of a few days

For some it isn't trouble .

 

[j_hansen]

For some it isn't trouble .

well that's true I guess but there will be people who can't wait and will end up in trouble because they don't fully understand the whole flashing process and don't read the manual

 

[Almeuit]

well that's true I guess but there will be people who can't wait and will end up in trouble because they don't fully understand the whole flashing process and don't read the manual

That is on them then -- If someone willingly does something without knowing that is kind of.. well .. their fault.

 

[anon(7901790)]

Don't know if it's "a few days" the update has not been released for the note 8 anywhere but France to the best of my knowledge.

There are people in Canada getting the update for their Note 8s.

 

[Ryano89]

There are people in Canada getting the update for their Note 8s.

Awesome! I can tell you that since I installed it, my phone is noticably snappier(it was already lag free), and the notifications, long pressing on apps, and list view on the recent apps screen are my favorite features.