Australian S8+ Discussion Thread

[numloxx1978]

Does anybody want to use Bixby?

 

[hingerl]

If it finaly works I give it a go... I have seen a video on youtube wich compares Bixby and Google Assistant, and Bixby's strenght is to operate the device by voice, eg. turning on or off certain settings or send messages, while Google is usefull for what google is best... searching stuff...

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[hingerl]

For all Trekkies out there...
look what I got for my S8+
Look here http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OFFICIAL...var=601131512426&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649


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[bazzanator]

Any idea when this bixby voice is coming to Oz?

 

[bews]

I saw some twitter post about it being released on the 22/08 (tomorrow) .. so we'll see

 

[hingerl]

got mine last night... I'll play around when I get home from work...

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[burninghouse]

Hi my play store app just keep crashing everytime i open it on my s8 plus. I have tried clearing data, cache and reboot device. Nothing worked. Any solutions? I am on latest australian android update.

 

[numloxx1978]

No luck with the Bixby voice yet, but I'm running Batman ROM 1.1.1, it says software update required.. guessing that means the firmware? Won't be able to until Batman ROM is updated I guess?

 

[bulovski]

Switching to Australian Stock ROM from Indian ROM

Hi
I have an Indian S8+ and running Indian stock ROM. I moved to Australia a few months ago, and while most things work fine - there are differences. Most importantly, I can't add Oz cards to Samsung Pay (it seems to accept only Indian cards).

Questions:
1. Is there an Australian stock ROM I can install? I believe both country versions are on Exynos.
2. Has anyone tried anything similar?
3. Does the Australian version support dual SIM?

Anything I should watch out for?

Thanks

 

[cerico76]

Hi
I have an Indian S8+ and running Indian stock ROM. I moved to Australia a few months ago, and while most things work fine - there are differences. Most importantly, I can't add Oz cards to Samsung Pay (it seems to accept only Indian cards).

Questions:
1. Is there an Australian stock ROM I can install? I believe both country versions are on Exynos.
2. Has anyone tried anything similar?
3. Does the Australian version support dual SIM?

Anything I should watch out for?

Thanks

Have a look on SAMMOBILE for the stock firmwares. If the model is the same, I think you can flash it with Odin without any problem.

 

[Barracuda77777]

Hi
I have an Indian S8+ and running Indian stock ROM. I moved to Australia a few months ago, and while most things work fine - there are differences. Most importantly, I can't add Oz cards to Samsung Pay (it seems to accept only Indian cards).

Questions:
1. Is there an Australian stock ROM I can install? I believe both country versions are on Exynos.
2. Has anyone tried anything similar?
3. Does the Australian version support dual SIM?

Anything I should watch out for?

Thanks

I flashed the OZ stock rom before I even started using my imported dual sim card phone which origin was Taiwan, I can confirm that I am able to use Samsung pay with my Westpac credit card, although my Westpac did not work with Westpac own Tap and Pay app.

 

[the_scotsman]

Hi
I have an Indian S8+ and running Indian stock ROM. I moved to Australia a few months ago, and while most things work fine - there are differences. Most importantly, I can't add Oz cards to Samsung Pay (it seems to accept only Indian cards).

Questions:
1. Is there an Australian stock ROM I can install? I believe both country versions are on Exynos.
2. Has anyone tried anything similar?
3. Does the Australian version support dual SIM?

Anything I should watch out for?

Thanks

Flash the XSA firmware. This is the unbranded Aussie ROM. has Aussie Samsung Pay and will support dual SIM.

http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=636BFB16766411E7963AFA163EE8F90B

 

[bulovski]

thanks everyone. let me try this out.

 

[bulovski]

Updated the ROM and things seem to be working fine. Bixby works like a charm.
But Samsung Pay keeps going into an update loop. I need to investigate a bit more here.

 

[samorgs]

just flash batman rom, its very stable (havent had a single issue) peforms better than stock, has patches to fix that that can be fixed that are broken during root, contains magisk, android pay works and obviously knox is broken and so is warrenty (according to samsung but Australia law has proven otherwise)

Also, I recommend after you set it up, flash Notorius kernel.


EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!

Before doing anything else, upon successful first boot into TWRP, backup you EFS partition! Keep your stock EFS partition backup in a safe place, like email it to yourself.

most done do this and its extraordinarily stupid thing not to do... also do another backup of all partitions as well and keep that as a stock backup and store ina safe place too.

Flashed BatMan ROM, set it up, rebooted into TWRP & flashed Notorious Kernel but it will not boot after flashing Notorious Kernel. Gets stuck on the Galaxy S8+ screen. Got back into TWRP & dirty flashed BatMan again and it will now boot. Downloaded Notorious again just in case it was a corrupt download and tried again, same thing happened so had to reflash BatMan ROM again to get it to boot.

No idea what's up, even tried flashing straight after BatMan ROM before booting to setup and still had it stick on the same screen

Other than this kernel problem BatMan ROM ticks all the boxes for me.

Cheers

 

[cantenna]

Flashed BatMan ROM, set it up, rebooted into TWRP & flashed Notorious Kernel but it will not boot after flashing Notorious Kernel. Gets stuck on the Galaxy S8+ screen. Got back into TWRP & dirty flashed BatMan again and it will now boot. Downloaded Notorious again just in case it was a corrupt download and tried again, same thing happened so had to reflash BatMan ROM again to get it to boot.

No idea what's up, even tried flashing straight after BatMan ROM before booting to setup and still had it stick on the same screen

Other than this kernel problem BatMan ROM ticks all the boxes for me.

Cheers

use batman kernel!

(Wow, how old is this post , lol!)

 

[hingerl]

Geeh, thats a busy thread here...

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[numloxx1978]

Telstra starts RCS messaging.
ausdroid.net/2017/10/25/telstra-becomes-the-first-australian-carrier-to-enable-rich-communication-services-rcs/
Unsure how to use it, or even see if it's enabled.. any ideas? I'm running Batman ROM.. is it supported in this ROM?

 

[Eudemony]

Telstra starts RCS messaging.
ausdroid.net/2017/10/25/telstra-becomes-the-first-australian-carrier-to-enable-rich-communication-services-rcs/
Unsure how to use it, or even see if it's enabled.. any ideas? I'm running Batman ROM.. is it supported in this ROM?

It's enabled within the csc like wifi calling
Obviously if your carrier doesn't support it enabling it will make no difference.

 

[sandman997]

Hey i have a s8+ vodafone branded, im just wondering did anyone install the oreo firmware from the steps in the xda guide