T-Mobile variant updates

[droidman401]

I feel T-Mobile should be at least halfway behind with the updates.. 9.0.1 is cool but OP already running 9.0.11 lol or is this just me *

 

[Theot]

I feel T-Mobile should be at least halfway behind with the updates.. 9.0.1 is cool but OP already running 9.0.11 lol or is this just me *

I check every couple days and while I want an update idk why. My phone runs great so I would rather wait and hope they don't screw it up. At the same time, I hope we get the January security update by the end of the month or early next month.

 

[Bob61]

I check every couple days and while I want an update idk why. My phone runs great so I would rather wait and hope they don't screw it up. At the same time, I hope we get the January security update by the end of the month or early next month.

Good point, mine is running fine, not sure why I would want or expect an update.

 

[Theot]

Good point, mine is running fine, not sure why I would want or expect an update.

Yeah I had a pixel 2 and idk it just seemed like the updates broke stuff sometimes so I'm ok with like four a year especially when my phone is running phenomenally. Monthly updates just soured me on needing them. I think I have a better appreciation now for slower updates and making sure stuff works. Now that said I'd still like quarterly ones.

 

[Lepa79]

I feel T-Mobile should be at least halfway behind with the updates.. 9.0.1 is cool but OP already running 9.0.11 lol or is this just me *

Version numbering between TMobile variant and global one are NOT the same. I read somewhere that TMobile 9.0.1 is probably more close to 9.0.6 or something.

 

[Ryano89]

Version numbering between TMobile variant and global one are NOT the same. I read somewhere that TMobile 9.0.1 is probably more close to 9.0.6 or something.

This^. According to Oxygen updater app the T-Mobile version is running the equivalent of international version 9.0.5

 

[I800C0LLECT]

This^. According to Oxygen updater app the T-Mobile version is running the equivalent of international version 9.0.5

Here's a shot of it...

 

[ironass]

Here's a shot of it...
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Yeah! OxygenOS 9.0.5 seems about right for the last T-Mobile (USA) update, 9.0.1, to be largely based on.

Below are a couple of replies and a prediction that I posted on the OnePlus forum and may shed some light on the T-Mobile (USA) update process...

"The T-Mobile (USA) carrier minority variant will not receive this, OOS 9.0.11, release, per se but rather, as we have seen in the other 2 T-Mobile (USA) updates, a hybrid version that may contain elements from 9.0.6, 9.0.7 and, possibly, 9.0.10, 9.0.11 and will have to go through T-Mobile (USA) certification process first"


"The only 2 updates from T-Mobile (USA) each took about 2-3 weeks for their certification process after OnePlus had deemed the global firmware to be stable and then adapted it to T-Mobile (USA) spec's, i.e. removing dual SIM, Quick Launch, OnePlus Laboratory, Smart Boost, etc; etc; and then adapting the user interface for T-Mobile (USA).

The last T-Mobile (USA) update, 9.0.1, was about the 11th December last year and depending on which stock OnePlus update the next T-Mobile (USA) update is based on, I would guess sometime in the next 10 days so as to include the January 2019 Android Security patch as they are still on the old Nov: 2018 patch.

BOTTOM LINE: There was no reason on earth for T-Mobile (USA) to issue their own ersatz firmware other than to control it."

 

[droidman401]

This^. According to Oxygen updater app the T-Mobile version is running the equivalent of international version 9.0.5

Ok, thanks