Galaxy S8+ G955F stuck on Oreo July's patch - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

Hi, thanks for reading. My S8+ G955F stopped finding updates after 2018 July's security patch, when I try to search for updates manually it says that the device is up to date already (its 2019 April's 20th today).
I never flashed a custom ROM, it's 100% stock and Knox is intact.
I wonder if there is a way to just update with Samsung official tooling or just flash with TWRP the OneUI Pie official ROM without having to go through every update to date manually (there must be dozens of them).
I attached my current build and firmware below.
Thanks for reading and have a great day.

xRaevyn said:
Hi, thanks for reading. My S8+ G955F stopped finding updates after 2018 July's security patch, when I try to search for updates manually it says that the device is up to date already (its 2019 April's 20th today).
I never flashed a custom ROM, it's 100% stock and Knox is intact.
I wonder if there is a way to just update with Samsung official tooling or just flash with TWRP the OneUI Pie official ROM without having to go through every update to date manually (there must be dozens of them).
I attached my current build and firmware below.
Thanks for reading and have a great day.
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You could try first Samsung's Smart Switch to see if that will update your phone.
If not the other way would be to download your firmware and flash with Odin.

spawnlives said:
You could try first Samsung's Smart Switch to see if that will update your phone.
If not the other way would be to download your firmware and flash with Odin.
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having the same issue . do you need to go update by update if you decide to install by odin? or can you just pick the last version and install it?

zoiden said:
having the same issue . do you need to go update by update if you decide to install by odin? or can you just pick the last version and install it?
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No you don't need to do incremental updates
Just update to the version you want

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New stock firmware available (24.221.8)

Hi all.
I just noticed there's new firmware. Has anyone updated yet? In using an XT1572.
I'm rooted etc... So I can't quite simply update.
Should I be flashing the last stock firmware i have and then update? The last fastboot I have is the February patch, but my phone is on the May patch. Whatever firmware i flashed gives me another language in the update notification screen...lol.
Any guidance would be appreciated. Otherwise, I'll just do my thing blindly.
d.casper.b said:
Hi all.
I just noticed there's new firmware. Has anyone updated yet? In using an XT1572.
I'm rooted etc... So I can't quite simply update.
Should I be flashing the last stock firmware i have and then update? The last fastboot I have is the February patch, but my phone is on the May patch. Whatever firmware i flashed gives me another language in the update notification screen...lol.
Any guidance would be appreciated. Otherwise, I'll just do my thing blindly.
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After your post, I rechecked the update service on my phone (xt1572 also). I got also new update here, but right now I cant do update (rooted + xposed). WIll try later, but I suppose that there is just new security patch. Strange that I got another version..
EDIT:
fount out Motowebpage
it look like the only improvements are - September security patch there.
Is the update for India dual sim xt1572?
I've installed the update today. The download size was about 40 MB, so seems to be a small patch indeed. I can confirm that it contains the september security patch, haven't noticed anything else yet.
I do think it's a shame that Moto is lacking so much in the update department lately. This is a security patch of two months ago... Also I would have expected them to have news on Nougat by now, at least for their Moto Z family...
6.0.1 ? at the time of 7.0?
BooBzi said:
After your post, I rechecked the update service on my phone (xt1572 also). I got also new update here, but right now I cant do update (rooted + xposed). WIll try later, but I suppose that there is just new security patch. Strange that I got another version..
EDIT:
fount out Motowebpage
it look like the only improvements are - September security patch there.
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makarand1881 said:
6.0.1 ? at the time of 7.0?
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it's not 6.0.1 update it's only security patch, we already had 6.0.1 in eu for a while
Has someone already tried the update with Flashfire? Im Rooted, on Frankenclark and Xposed. Does anyone know if we can get a flashable zip to flash in TWRP? To much work to go back to Stock, update and install everything again. Is the patch it worth?
Sent from my XT1572 using XDA-Developers mobile app
can someone upload full firmware for retasia? thx
We have to wait for Moto to release/leak the firmware image, the OTA zip won't do any good... This usually takes 2-4 weeks, sometimes more, to get the factory image. Be patient.
BTW, it is nothing special, all it does is patch to the Sept 1, 2016, security update, including Dirty Cow (which if you have been following the security threads is pretty much worthless on Lollipop and newer devices anyway)
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Is the update for India dual sim xt1572?
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India bro?
we will get it by next week and i hope volte support for jio also is gonna be fix in this upcoming build
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not getting OTA update

Hi,
Recently, I used ODIN to return to Stock ROM. But, since then I am not getting OTA updates.
Once I used Smart Switch app to update software but I don't want to do it all the time.
Can someone please help? Thanks.
Tanay
Any help would be highly appreciated !!
Maybe just flash a firmware that receives OTAs constantly, like UK BTU.
Since you know how to use Odin. Flash the XEF firmware. It's the best with receiving monthly updates.
is there a way a phone can lose its ability to receive OTA updates.
Smart Switch shows new update, but not getting OTA.
Got the software update done from service center, but still no OTA when available.
Every time Smart Switch downloads around 2 GB of data which is very time consuming in India, I am not sure what is the best way to get my OTA updates back.
Someone please help.... Thanks.
tanaysrivastava23 said:
is there a way a phone can lose its ability to receive OTA updates.
Smart Switch shows new update, but not getting OTA.
Got the software update done from service center, but still no OTA when available.
Every time Smart Switch downloads around 2 GB of data which is very time consuming in India, I am not sure what is the best way to get my OTA updates back.
Someone please help.... Thanks.
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something was changed in the kernal or you have applied a custom kernal. causing the phone to believe it has been modified
modified phones will not receive OTA updates you need to flash them manually.
What about the CSC? maybe you flashed wrong csc.. Or have multiple csc.
Cosmic Blue said:
something was changed in the kernal or you have applied a custom kernal. causing the phone to believe it has been modified
modified phones will not receive OTA updates you need to flash them manually.
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modaifallah said:
What about the CSC? maybe you flashed wrong csc.. Or have multiple csc.
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This could be possible.
I tried BTU beta ROM for Nougat and then reverted back.
But, current status shows official.
After manual update, Kernel version is changed to latest.
Please help, how can I correct my phone's settings. I have attached, my phone's software info page.
tanaysrivastava23 said:
This could be possible.
I tried BTU beta ROM for Nougat and then reverted back.
But, current status shows official.
After manual update, Kernel version is changed to latest.
Please help, how can I correct my phone's settings. I have attached, my phone's software info page.
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Currently you have the latest update for your phone.
but you can try : cleaning the cache.
if the problem persists, you may have to make a back up of your data and phone numbers and do a full factory reset, that should return your phone completely back to stock.
Cosmic Blue said:
Currently you have the latest update for your phone.
but you can try : cleaning the cache.
if the problem persists, you may have to make a back up of your data and phone numbers and do a full factory reset, that should return your phone completely back to stock.
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Thanks. But I tried clearing cache and factory reset already a few times, but that didn't help.
Also, there is another update available to my ROM, but not getting option over OTA. But, showing the update via Smart Switch.
Is there any way I can put correct Kernel or CSC to my phone? or, any other way to overcome my situation. Thanks.
I'm all stock and my android security patch is of 1 November 2016.. You're on the latest update.
A few things which I did recently might have caused my problem.
01) I was running at Stock ROM and getting OTA updates
02) I installed Nougat Beta BTU ROM
03) Registered myself to get OTA updates
04) But, didn't get OTA updates, returned to Stock ROM via Odin
05) I got updated to latest software by OTA updates
06) Again, I installed Nougat Beta BTU ROM, deregistered & registered again and got beta OTA updates
07) After a few days, returned back to Stock ROM
08) Since then, I am not getting OTA updates.
It seems, I am registered to get BTU OTA updates and lost my OTA update eligibility here (India)
Now, I will install Nougat Beta BTU ROM again and will deregister myself from there. Hope that way, I will get my OTA updates here in India.
I will keep you all updated. Thanks.
tanaysrivastava23 said:
A few things which I did recently might have caused my problem.
01) I was running at Stock ROM and getting OTA updates
02) I installed Nougat Beta BTU ROM
03) Registered myself to get OTA updates
04) But, didn't get OTA updates, returned to Stock ROM via Odin
05) I got updated to latest software by OTA updates
06) Again, I installed Nougat Beta BTU ROM, deregistered & registered again and got beta OTA updates
07) After a few days, returned back to Stock ROM
08) Since then, I am not getting OTA updates.
It seems, I am registered to get BTU OTA updates and lost my OTA update eligibility here (India)
Now, I will install Nougat Beta BTU ROM again and will deregister myself from there. Hope that way, I will get my OTA updates here in India.
I will keep you all updated. Thanks.
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I'm experiencing the same thing as you.Tried multiple firmwares but only BTU works(something has to do with nougat).Waiting for the results
Cristi_10 said:
I'm experiencing the same thing as you.Tried multiple firmwares but only BTU works(something has to do with nougat).Waiting for the results
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I did as I mentioned and this resolved my problem :good::good:
Many thanks to all for supporting me !!
I'm in this version and until now, no OTA here, that's weird.
Not getting OTA after back to INS from BTU
i am facing this issue so i installed Beta firmware and de-registered from beta program then installed Stock Rom now i am getting OTA
I am also facing same issue.... Any method to de-register from Beta without installing Beta firmware?
I tried by installing Beta registration apk... But it doesnt works.
AlanDS said:
I am also facing same issue.... Any method to de-register from Beta without installing Beta firmware?
I tried by installing Beta registration apk... But it doesnt works.
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Everyone has done that so far. I am not aware of any alternate method.
So the second BTU Nougat update was released on 6th Feb. I flashed the first BTU Nougat at the start of the month using Odin (from Sammobile site, flashed AP and CSC files), cache reset, 2 factory data resets later, and now my CSC shows BTU in the recovery boot screen, yet even today (17th Feb) I'm still not getting the OTA update for the second Nougat.
Manual software update screen tells me I'm up to date!
"The latest updates have already been installed.
Current version: G935FXXU1DPLT/G935FOXA1DPLT/G935FXXU1PBJE"
Yet the latest version is: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/122404/G935FXXU1DQB3_G935FOXA1DQB1_BTU/
PDA G935FXXU1DQB3
CSC G935FOXA1DQB1
Anyone had similar issues? I know they're both still Android 7.0 but surely the later build should be detected for OTA updates? I will probably eventually give up and flash the latest, but the whole reason for the 2 factory resets at the start of the month was to make sure the BTU CSC applies so that I can get OTA updates from now on and not have to bother with flashing for every single update going forward... Don't particularly want to revert to the bloatware-filled branded version the phone came with... They're still 'testing' Nougat anyway, release date will be 'soon', and has been 'soon' for weeks now... Hence my BTU flash.
AngelaRI said:
So the second BTU Nougat update was released on 6th Feb. I flashed the first BTU Nougat at the start of the month using Odin (from Sammobile site, flashed AP and CSC files), cache reset, 2 factory data resets later, and now my CSC shows BTU in the recovery boot screen, yet even today (17th Feb) I'm still not getting the OTA update for the second Nougat.
Manual software update screen tells me I'm up to date!
"The latest updates have already been installed.
Current version: G935FXXU1DPLT/G935FOXA1DPLT/G935FXXU1PBJE"
Yet the latest version is: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/122404/G935FXXU1DQB3_G935FOXA1DQB1_BTU/
PDA G935FXXU1DQB3
CSC G935FOXA1DQB1
Anyone had similar issues? I know they're both still Android 7.0 but surely the later build should be detected for OTA updates? I will probably eventually give up and flash the latest, but the whole reason for the 2 factory resets at the start of the month was to make sure the BTU CSC applies so that I can get OTA updates from now on and not have to bother with flashing for every single update going forward... Don't particularly want to revert to the bloatware-filled branded version the phone came with... They're still 'testing' Nougat anyway, release date will be 'soon', and has been 'soon' for weeks now... Hence my BTU flash.
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If you're registered for the BETA you will not receive any OTA updates other than those that are BETA updates. You would need to deregister.

Want to downgrade to an earlier 7.0

Since 7.0 came to the s7, I have been keeping up with the monthly updates the carriers push out but for the past couple of months I've been getting some terrible kernel wake locks and I've tried everything possible to prevent them but I can't find a solution. So my thought was downgrading to an earlier 7.0 where I didn't have that problem.
Now my question is: Has the bootloader been updated prior to the first 7.0 monthly update (march)? Because I've heard once the bootloader has been updated you can't go downgrade to an earlier bootloader and I've experienced a soft brick on my s7 edge while tried to downgrade to an earlier version of marshmallow and someone told me it was because of an update to the bootloader. The firmware i'm on now is G935W8VLU2BQH1 and I want to go down to G935W8VLU2BQB6 which is the first nougat update (march)
orlans21 said:
Since 7.0 came to the s7, I have been keeping up with the monthly updates the carriers push out but for the past couple of months I've been getting some terrible kernel wake locks and I've tried everything possible to prevent them but I can't find a solution. So my thought was downgrading to an earlier 7.0 where I didn't have that problem.
Now my question is: Has the bootloader been updated prior to the first 7.0 monthly update (march)? Because I've heard once the bootloader has been updated you can't go downgrade to an earlier bootloader and I've experienced a soft brick on my s7 edge while tried to downgrade to an earlier version of marshmallow and someone told me it was because of an update to the bootloader. The firmware i'm on now is G935W8VLU2BQH1 and I want to go down to G935W8VLU2BQB6 which is the first nougat update (march)
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Just download rom from sammobile, you will have all the files for downgrading.
MS420 said:
Just download rom from sammobile, you will have all the files for downgrading.
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I did that back in December while on 6.0.1 and odin failed then when rebooting I got a software error message
orlans21 said:
I did that back in December while on 6.0.1 and odin failed then when rebooting I got a software error message
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Well, I downgraded from 7.0 to 6.0 but with twrp, so maybe it's not possible via odin, but I flashed many times nougat via odin, from april to february security patch, it always worked..
MS420 said:
Well, I downgraded from 7.0 to 6.0 but with twrp, so maybe it's not possible via odin, but I flashed many times nougat via odin, from april to february security patch, it always worked..
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So then it's possible. As long as Samsung didn't update the bootloader between March and August then I should be good. Did you include BL in Odin when you downgraded to an earlier security patch?
orlans21 said:
So then it's possible. As long as Samsung didn't update the bootloader between March and August then I should be good. Did you include BL in Odin when you downgraded to an earlier security patch?
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Yes.
MS420 said:
Yes.
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Then they haven't updated it so far. When I wanted to go from 6.0.1 November security patch back to February security patch it failed and the phone went into a softbrick
orlans21 said:
Then they haven't updated it so far. When I wanted to go from 6.0.1 November security patch back to February security patch it failed and the phone went into a softbrick
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Well, if you have custom recovery, you can downgrade to 6.0.1 very easy..
MS420 said:
Well, if you have custom recovery, you can downgrade to 6.0.1 very easy..
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I've chosen not to root this phone so I just have stock recovery

[Q] Nougat update is back again. Link for OTA shared

Hi guys,
I have received an OTA update for android nougat. I was rooted and have xposed framework. So I have flashed stock firmware so that system status is changed to Official. I have received OTA updates after flashing till January 2017 security patch. After this update, even if i manually check for update, it just says "Your device's software is up to date".
Not able to get OTA for nougat when everyone else in India are receiving it. I received update for the same device when I had root and Xposed. Please help. Currently I'm on stock firmware without root & xposed.
Update:
Received the OTA update again. sharing the link here. Just extracted it from /data partition. Its unmodified.
Nougat OTA Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6DJKZBTXr7MNGlmUmtmLVJ4aUk/view?usp=sharing
same issue with me, I received update of security patch 1 january 2017, now it says up to date, installed stock in last week. anyone help :__:
May be we'll get it in a couple of days!
Sudarshan Q700S said:
same issue with me, I received update of security patch 1 january 2017, now it says up to date, installed stock in last week. anyone help :__:
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I think Motorola is restricting a device to download the update more than once for now, as everyone are trying to get the update. Let me know if you get the update again. Will do the same if I get it.
Lord of Hell said:
I think Motorola is restricting a device to download the update more than once for now, as everyone are trying to get the update. Let me know if you get the update again. Will do the same if I get it.
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I havent downloaded it once even. I still don't get the update. Complete stock since purchase. No modding done
swaggy123 said:
I havent downloaded it once even. I still don't get the update. Complete stock since purchase. No modding done
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I have downloaded it once, but not able to find it in the cache partition. Then flashed stock firmware and no more update notification for Nougat. Even I'm wondering what really is happening.
Maybe Motorola might be pushing the update randomly. I see that many others are reporting the same issue at XDA. I hope we would get the update in a couple of days.
Lord of Hell said:
I think Motorola is restricting a device to download the update more than once for now, as everyone are trying to get the update. Let me know if you get the update again. Will do the same if I get it.
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Sure I'll tell you if i got it
Can you got update notification
Yes, I did get an update notification
nitingarje24 said:
Can you got update notification
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I have downloaded it and its around 764MB. I have flashed the stock firmware and tried to update it, but my device got updates till Jan 2017 security patch only, nougat update didn't appear second time! Still waiting for the update
Lord of Hell said:
I have downloaded it and its around 764MB. I have flashed the stock firmware and tried to update it, but my device got updates till Jan 2017 security patch only, nougat update didn't appear second time! Still waiting for the update
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Hey,
I did the same. I used RR ROM almost a month than re-flashed the stock one.
I got the 7.1.1.
What is the build number?
when you got 7.1.1
[email protected] said:
Hey,
I did the same. I used RR ROM almost a month than re-flashed the stock one.
I got the 7.1.1.
What is the build number?
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These are the current stock ROM details.
Lord of Hell said:
These are the current stock ROM details.
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Seems you are using the right version of marshmallow.
What i did was:-
1. Downloaded the ROM from https://github.com/motoxplay/stock. Indian version 5.1.1 (XT1562).
2. Flashed it.
3. Now the ROM was automatically updated to 6.0.1 then 7.1.1.
Just try to download and flash the ROM from here. https://github.com/motoxplay/stock
after flashing 5.1.1 it said device up to date.not working now its Lollipop.
tell me when you got nougat update because after 4 oct 2017 didn't get notification of ota
Tried it few days back, didn't work!
[email protected] said:
Seems you are using the right version of marshmallow.
What i did was:-
1. Downloaded the ROM from https://github.com/motoxplay/stock. Indian version 5.1.1 (XT1562).
2. Flashed it.
3. Now the ROM was automatically updated to 6.0.1 then 7.1.1.
Just try to download and flash the ROM from here. https://github.com/motoxplay/stock
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I have already tried this method. Flashed Indian Official Lollipop firmware and it received OTA updates till Jan 2017 security patch. No more update after that! When did you receive the notification?
I think Motorola has rolled back the OTA due to battery drain and other issues few people reported. Fingers crossed!
when you got nougat update please provide date if you remember
4th Oct
nitingarje24 said:
when you got nougat update please provide date if you remember
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I got the update on 4th Oct. Tried it again on 5th, it disappeared!
When did you get the update?
Lord of Hell said:
I have already tried this method. Flashed Indian Official Lollipop firmware and it received OTA updates till Jan 2017 security patch. No more update after that! When did you receive the notification?
I think Motorola has rolled back the OTA due to battery drain and other issues few people reported. Fingers crossed!
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May be they rolled back the update due to issues.
I got the update on 3rd October 2017.
I don't have any issues but yes Nougat battery is not as much effective than MM.
But its not draining like other people reporting.
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nitingarje24 said:
after flashing 5.1.1 it said device up to date.not working now its Lollipop.
tell me when you got nougat update because after 4 oct 2017 didn't get notification of ota
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Kindly select based on region.
Updates will come based on combination of country & IEMI number.
If you are not from India and flashed the Indian version then it don't update further.
So make sure while flashing the ROM.
After flash check, should have stock recovery and ROM than only you will get the same.
Guys! I have received the OTA update today again. Not sure where to capture the OTA. Last time I didn't find it in Cache partition. This time I was able to pull the OTA zip file from data partition. Will upload it this evening if anyone wants the OTA zip file.
yes
thanks

Current S6E+ status

What is the current official S6E+ stock rom status of never rooted, never custom rommed phone?
It has Nougat with the last security patch from...? or did something change?
androidbadboy said:
What is the current official S6E+ stock rom status of never rooted, never custom rommed phone?
It has Nougat with the last security patch from...? or did something change?
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I believe so , yeah, that's the one I'm on. Wouls love samsung to keep more updates but it is "old" phone now
Tigernmas said:
I believe so , yeah, that's the one I'm on. Wouls love samsung to keep more updates but it is "old" phone now
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Can You confirm that S6E+ has NOT received Android 8 Oreo?
Can You confirm that S6E+ latest security patch was from January 2019? If not from when?
androidbadboy said:
Can You confirm that S6E+ has NOT received Android 8 Oreo?
Can You confirm that S6E+ latest security patch was from January 2019? If not from when?
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Go to the sammobile website and enter model: "SM-G928F"
look at the top the newest firmware was released 2018-12-20 nougat 7.0
So no oreo.
And also before i rooted my new s6 edge+ i updated the phone yesterday and got no oreo. it was still nougat.
No new rom the last one nougat and also the last security patch last year 2018 no 2019 go to sammobile and check
SkylinesHD said:
Go to the sammobile website and enter model: "SM-G928F"
look at the top the newest firmware was released 2018-12-20 nougat 7.0
So no oreo.
And also before i rooted my new s6 edge+ i updated the phone yesterday and got no oreo. it was still nougat.
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Thanks, what is PDA and CSC,
how to know when was the last sec patch?
Adham_android said:
No new rom the last one nougat and also the last security patch last year 2018 no 2019 go to sammobile and check
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Can You tell me also:
Thanks, what is PDA and CSC,
how to know when was the last sec patch?
and for example for S7E that has Oreo + Samsung exp. is it possible to goo all the way back to original 6.0.1 cause I've heard that it may not be possible due to the fact that Android 6 has bootloader version 1 in Odin and since Nougat it has different version and if that happens you supposudly cant roll back bootloaders on samsung stocks
?

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