Seamless Updates

[donebrasko]

I read that the A55 week have seamless updating. Do you think this is something that can be added to current devices?

 

[rvbfan]

I read that the A55 week have seamless updating. Do you think this is something that can be added to current devices?

I don't believe so. Same as when it changed on pixel's, only started with preceding models.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

I don't believe so. Same as when it changed on pixel's, only started with preceding models.

That's a choice, not a requirement. Google didn't do it because the next device featuring A/B was already in testing.

If am OEM wanted to, it could be back ported but is highly unlikely on anything lower than the last 1 or 2 flagships. For oversimplification purposes, A/B is really nothing more than a temporary mirror partition with some scripting that clears the other partion once it's verified bootable.

As for my personal opinion, you don't want A/B as a Samsung user. Our phones literally take 3 minutes for a normal security patch and at most 10 mins for a full upgrade. It's unknown if A/B will kill ODIN or if Samsung will even do an A/B according to Google spec. They could just do their own version that meets the requirement to slip by.

 

[donebrasko]

That's a choice, not a requirement. Google didn't do it because the next device featuring A/B was already in testing.

If am OEM wanted to, it could be back ported but is highly unlikely on anything lower than the last 1 or 2 flagships. For oversimplification purposes, A/B is really nothing more than a temporary mirror partition with some scripting that clears the other partion once it's verified bootable.

As for my personal opinion, you don't want A/B as a Samsung user. Our phones literally take 3 minutes for a normal security patch and at most 10 mins for a full upgrade. It's unknown if A/B will kill ODIN or if Samsung will even do an A/B according to Google spec. They could just do their own version that meets the requirement to slip by.

Maybe that's why they are trying it on a lower end model. I didn't think about the issues with Odin.