Will the CAT S41 get Oreo?

[anon(10181084)]

I am wondering whether my S41 will get Oreo. I doubt it, considering that my father's S60 never got upgraded from Marshmallow (it only gets security updates). Not getting Oreo on the S41 (powered by the very decent Helio P20) is inexcusable considering that low-end devices with the MT6737 and MT6737T are coming pre-loaded with Oreo.

 

[djrakowski]

I'd be surprised if anyone knew the answer to that question. You might have some luck in contacting CAT for support (or maybe your mobile carrier, provided you purchased it from them).

 

[Tsepz_GP]

I'd be surprised if anyone knew the answer to that question. You might have some luck in contacting CAT for support (or maybe your mobile carrier, provided you purchased it from them).

Exactly this.

And TBH, I would be surprised if it does get an OS update at all, it seems to be still on 7.0,not even 7.1.

People who buy these phones are usually doing it for the ruggedness of the device and outdoor business uses. I have seen a lot of Security Guards at office parks with the S61 in particular to capture information of entrants. These things are not bought for the software.

It's not about the SoC at all.

 

[anon(10181084)]

I got it because I needed a water proof phone that could also run both in hot sun and in extreme negative temperatures without issues. I guess I will contact CAT support. The S61 has Oreo and they promised P as well. Nougat is still an excellent OS, but newer systems are more secure and the adaptive icon stuff sounds cool.

 

[anon(10181084)]

I guess I am stuck on Nougat for good...

 

[Hamed_Ale]

CAT S41.

 

[dobrin]

I've updated to Oreo.

 

[anon(10181084)]

Will download when I got time and will report back!

 

[anon(10181084)]

Update:
I installed it an hour ago and it works great, aside form a 10k point decrease on Quadrant, but that just Oreo being itself. Oreo is even letting me run some stuff I though could only run on my Oreo tablet! Bootup is at least 5-7x faster than Nougat. Nougat is like "snaildroid" compared to Oreo.

 

[Tonatiuh Aguirre]

Updated 5 days ago, and android auto not working anymore, any suggestions?

Keep rebooting when conected to android auto...

 

[Tsepz_GP]

Update:
I installed it an hour ago and it works great, aside form a 10k point decrease on Quadrant, but that just Oreo being itself. Oreo is even letting me run some stuff I though could only run on my Oreo tablet! Bootup is at least 5-7x faster than Nougat. Nougat is like "snaildroid" compared to Oreo.

Why would you use Quadrant when it's not even fully optimized for the latest devices and SoCs?

 

[anon(10181084)]

Why would you use Quadrant when it's not even fully optimized for the latest devices and SoCs?

For nostalgia. I use AnTuTu and Geekbench for normal benchmarking. I just noticed that Oreo DECREASES Quadrant scores and found that interesting.

 

[Tsepz_GP]

For nostalgia. I use AnTuTu and Geekbench for normal benchmarking. I just noticed that Oreo DECREASES Quadrant scores and found that interesting.

The score may decrease due to driver updates and the way Oreo may deal with SoCs.

 

[Brice QUILLERIE]

Same problem for me in my car ...

I've tried lot of things but AA is still not working ; any idea ?

 

[lacz_hu]

Hi there! I've got this update too, but after installing OREO I've got an annoying problem. Durung calling when it is "connect" right before the partner pick it up it vibrates very agressively (as it is normai by this phone) I can not find any option or setting to turn it off. Has anybody solution for it to kill? It is absolutely stock, not rooted, under warranty. I've tried to turn off notificatons - vibratons by telephone app in settings/applications and alerts but not helped Thanks

 

[dobrin]

Did you try Phone > the three dots at top right > Settings > Sounds and vibration > remove the mark for 'Also vibrate for calls'?

 

[lacz_hu]

yep, it is not checked, but I think it is related to vibration when ringtone is on. So no effect for my problem.

 

[lacz_hu]

Android Auto is also affected... it crashes and the phone reboots as the car try to connect.
Is there an easy way to roll back to nougat where everything was normal and useable?

 

[dobrin]

Well, 'Also vibrate for calls' is exactly for that - to make a vibration when the other side pick up. I use my phone with a mark for 'Also vibrate for calls' and that is why I haven't noticed any difference after the Oreo update. I think this should be considered as a bug. My advice is to write to CAT support and to describe to them that 'Also vibrate for calls' does not work as expected.

About Android Auto I cannot tell any thing because I don't use it. As other people have the same problem, it also may be considered as a bug. And you may write to CAT support for that problem, too.

CAT released a fix for the problem with SD card formatted with exFAT which appeared with one of the previous updates. If more people write to them I suppose they will release fixes for these new problems, too.

 

[lacz_hu]

Thanks for your reply - I wrote them on they site
https://www.catphones.com/en-us/help-support/contact/