Samsung Galaxy S8

LollipopJimmy · 07-03-2018 11:47am

rizzee wrote: »

Ah, thanks. I'll keep an eye on it so. I got mine from Adverts (new).

I bought mine from Vodafone and nothing yet

OldMrBrennan83 · 10-03-2018 12:01pm

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LollipopJimmy · 10-03-2018 2:45pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Have Vodafone rolled out Oreo yet?

I read an article yesterday saying there was a delay due to a bug and that operators are only now testing oreo and it will be April before it's fully rolled out

GT_TDI_150 · 10-03-2018 11:44pm

Lads ... whats the battery life like? s8 and s8+?

whats it like for daily use?... does it need a boost during the day?

LollipopJimmy · 10-03-2018 11:51pm

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

Lads ... whats the battery life like? s8 and s8+?

whats it like for daily use?... does it need a boost during the day?

Mine will go 24hours and I'd be a heavy user, I use mine for work

GT_TDI_150 · 10-03-2018 11:56pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Mine will go 24hours and I'd be a heavy user, I use mine for work

8 or 8+?

dubrov · 11-03-2018 12:20am

Definitely not the S8 anyway.
You might get 16 hours moderate use.

LollipopJimmy · 11-03-2018 12:21am

S8+

WexIan · 11-03-2018 11:53am

S8 charge in the evening and usually 45% left following evening, marginally better than my previous S7

rizzee · 13-03-2018 12:11pm

Got the Oreo update last night (Vodafone). Haven't messed around with it yet.

Also; here's a link for €1.91c Glass protectors in various colours that are case-friendly.

LollipopJimmy · 13-03-2018 12:24pm

rizzee wrote: »

Got the Oreo update last night (Vodafone). Haven't messed around with it yet.

Also; here's a link for €1.91c Glass protectors in various colours that are case-friendly.

Mine is downloading now.

threein99 · 14-03-2018 10:18am

Updated to Oreo, its noticeably quicker and more responsive for me. I had done a factory reset on Saturday so thats probably helped as well.

d93c2inhxfok4y · 14-03-2018 2:29pm

Bought an unlocked Samsung S8 from Amazon Germany and see it's not running Oreo yet. Assume the update isn't linked to any network or carrier as it's unlocked, so how can I get Oreo?

I'm using it with my Three simcard.

SweetCaliber · 14-03-2018 3:01pm

Oliver Huge Garage wrote: »

Bought an unlocked Samsung S8 from Amazon Germany and see it's not running Oreo yet. Assume the update isn't linked to any network or carrier as it's unlocked, so how can I get Oreo?

I'm using it with my Three simcard.

The unlocked ones from Germany got it quite a while ago, you could manually update it yourself via ODIN, it's not hard to do and the guide to do so is a couple pages back.

V9 · 15-03-2018 10:45am

Is it the CRAP or the CRB7 build that is OTA in Ireland? I flashed the former when it came out first and lost WiFi calling because of it. Was hoping the latter would fix the issue.

Reati · 15-03-2018 10:56am

SweetCaliber wrote: »

The unlocked ones from Germany got it quite a while ago, you could manually update it yourself via ODIN, it's not hard to do and the guide to do so is a couple pages back.

And it literally takes 15 mins to update

I'm always impressed by the speed.

tommycahir · 15-03-2018 11:04am

Still no sign of any update on my S8 on eir

Mr Velo · 15-03-2018 12:13pm

V9 wrote: »

Is it the CRAP or the CRB7 build that is OTA in Ireland? I flashed the former when it came out first and lost WiFi calling because of it. Was hoping the latter would fix the issue.

I have the CRAP version - but got that using the ODIN update method a month or so ago.

SweetCaliber · 15-03-2018 12:41pm

Mr Velo wrote: »

I have the CRAP version - but got that using the ODIN update method a month or so ago.

Yeah there seems to be an update to the CRAP version (Non-Carrier German), but it doesn't seem to be available from the OTA update on the phone, only on SamMobile.

Might do the upgrade to it later.

Mr Velo · 15-03-2018 12:42pm

SweetCaliber wrote: »

Yeah there seems to be an update to the CRAP version (Non-Carrier German), but it doesn't seem to be available from the OTA update on the phone, only on SamMobile.

Might do the upgrade to it later.

Will there ever be an OTA update to the CRAP version?

LollipopJimmy · 15-03-2018 12:53pm

The new caller ID is cool. I would have a lot of businesses ringing my mobile for work and now their name comes up if I've not got the number saved. That's the biggest thing I've noticed so far

d93c2inhxfok4y · 15-03-2018 6:37pm

SweetCaliber wrote: »

The unlocked ones from Germany got it quite a while ago, you could manually update it yourself via ODIN, it's not hard to do and the guide to do so is a couple pages back.

Thanks for the reply, don't think I understand though - I'm not too keen on doing anything 'unofficial' with it as I literally just got the phone.

It's my first time ever with Android/Samsung though so I'm a bit confused - surely there'll be some 'official' way I can get Oreo? What do you mean when you say unlocked phones from Germany 'got it' a while ago?

Sorry if this is a bit basic, been googling but finding it confusing.

Roberto_gas · 16-03-2018 8:41am

Anyone using official clearview flip case ? How good is it ?

Pool4Life · 16-03-2018 10:14am

tommycahir wrote: »

Still no sign of any update on my S8 on eir

From the ask eir section on here.

The oreo update won't be released until after the S9 is launched so it'll be a few more weeks yet.

Thanks

Tracey

kave2 · 16-03-2018 1:09pm

tommycahir wrote: »

Still no sign of any update on my S8 on eir

Does Eir have their own specific firmware? Lot of phones in Ireland come with BTU firmware (UK sim free) even if you got the phone from network. And BTU haven't been released yet, always one of the last ones.

Edit: just checked and got the update. Downloading now. So to correct myself, BTU is out. :-)

SweetCaliber · 17-03-2018 12:08am

Mr Velo wrote: »

Will there ever be an OTA update to the CRAP version?

I can imagine so, however the newly released one isn't really much than a bug fix. I can imagine security updates and such will be released OTA.

delly · 17-03-2018 11:56am

I got the update on the Three network. Looks good so far, but my location based smart unlock isn't working. Anybody else have the same issue?

rizzee · 17-03-2018 4:18pm

delly wrote: »

I got the update on the Three network. Looks good so far, but my location based smart unlock isn't working. Anybody else have the same issue?

Just noticed that now, same here. Vodafone.

delly · 17-03-2018 7:01pm

rizzee wrote: »

Just noticed that now, same here. Vodafone.

Okay, figured it out. I removed the location, then disabled smart lock in security -> other security settings -> trust agents. Then re-enable it and add the location again.

McMurphy · 21-03-2018 9:55am

Got promoted to download the update this morning around 6am (with VF)

some nice visual updates, haven't delved in to the functions too much so far, but the one that had caught my attention the most was the automatically connecting Wi-Fi one.

I assumed that this was going to disable and re-enable my Wi-Fi for me when I left the home or office.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it looks like the re-enabling is the only option available, and the phone won't auto disconnect?

Someone has it arse about face I think. Because for me, it's constantly forgetting to turn Wi-Fi off when I go out of the house or leave the office, and the phone lying on Wi-Fi trying to establish a connection that's the battery drained as far as I'm concerned.

Seldom times I've not returned home, lifted my phone to check an email or something and then re-enabled the Wi-Fi..

Samsung Galaxy S8

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