S8 Active Oreo
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OTA-G892AUCS3BRG1-to-U3BRI1.zip 223.1MB pach september
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I Flashed last night and everything is working well. I was just wondering if you had a changelog for the latest update.
Hi all,
I'm in Australia, while in the USA I broke my phone and got an SM-G892A. From doing a lot of research I now understand AT&T are very unhelpful and do not allow updates to be pushed even for unlocked devices overseas. Considering a lot of the updates are for security I'm very surprised by this.
I've notcied a few tiny bugs here and there with apps/OS and figured updating my device/OS is the way to go and might resolve the issues. I guess the easiest way to get the info I need is to put the questions I have individually, as my mind tends to jump all over the place when I'm working a problem:
1. Is there any way to get my phone updated without rooting/flashing the phone?
2. If not, what is the best option for a S8 Active? Are there any firmware versions that will enable OTA updates so I don't need to keep flashing everytime new firmware is released? I have seen some posts about T-Mobile being able to be flashed over an AT&T model or even the G892U or maybe a custom firmware that allows this?
3. Will rooting/flashing interfere with any of the carrier settings etc? Don't want to upgrade it only to find it disables an LTE band or something?
4. I am an absolute noob at flashing, have never done it but am pretty tech savvy so if there is a step-by-step procedure I wil have no dramas following it. Saying that, I would rather not make the device worse than it is so I only want to follow tried & tested procedures if that makes sense, I don't want my device to be a lab-rat.
5. If there is no way to enable OTA internationally as per Question #2 when new firmware updates become available on XDA will flashing a new update delete personalisation/settings/files etc? Or will it retain them and update like a stock model performing a firmware upgrade would? If not, that would be a pain in the ass and time consuming to have to re-apply settings and reinstall apps every time and almost makes the idea of flashing unattractive.
6. I have baseband G892AUCU1AQG4 - taking into account Question #2 what is the best way to move forward? Considering Android 8.0 is available for the S8 Active and has been available for my model from AT&T since March 1st, 2018 apparently I'm hoping there might be some way to move towards that.
Hope someone might be able to help clear this up for me, thanks in advance!
I'm in Australia, while in the USA I broke my phone and got an SM-G892A. From doing a lot of research I now understand AT&T are very unhelpful and do not allow updates to be pushed even for unlocked devices overseas. Considering a lot of the updates are for security I'm very surprised by this.
I've notcied a few tiny bugs here and there with apps/OS and figured updating my device/OS is the way to go and might resolve the issues. I guess the easiest way to get the info I need is to put the questions I have individually, as my mind tends to jump all over the place when I'm working a problem:
1. Is there any way to get my phone updated without rooting/flashing the phone?
2. If not, what is the best option for a S8 Active? Are there any firmware versions that will enable OTA updates so I don't need to keep flashing everytime new firmware is released? I have seen some posts about T-Mobile being able to be flashed over an AT&T model or even the G892U or maybe a custom firmware that allows this?
3. Will rooting/flashing interfere with any of the carrier settings etc? Don't want to upgrade it only to find it disables an LTE band or something?
4. I am an absolute noob at flashing, have never done it but am pretty tech savvy so if there is a step-by-step procedure I wil have no dramas following it. Saying that, I would rather not make the device worse than it is so I only want to follow tried & tested procedures if that makes sense, I don't want my device to be a lab-rat.
5. If there is no way to enable OTA internationally as per Question #2 when new firmware updates become available on XDA will flashing a new update delete personalisation/settings/files etc? Or will it retain them and update like a stock model performing a firmware upgrade would? If not, that would be a pain in the ass and time consuming to have to re-apply settings and reinstall apps every time and almost makes the idea of flashing unattractive.
6. I have baseband G892AUCU1AQG4 - taking into account Question #2 what is the best way to move forward? Considering Android 8.0 is available for the S8 Active and has been available for my model from AT&T since March 1st, 2018 apparently I'm hoping there might be some way to move towards that.
Hope someone might be able to help clear this up for me, thanks in advance!
unfortunately if you are outside of an AT & T network you can not update via OTA, it really is a ****ing ****.
For now, you only have to follow the guide in this thread to update
Hello,
I'm a little late.
But does anyone have fresh links to where I can download.
G892AUCU2BRC5 - BRD4
G892AUCS2BRD4 - BRE3
G892AUCS2BRE3 - BRF2
BRF2 is the latest ?
So I can do recovery mode updates for my phone since I'm in Europe.
Thanks
Christoffer
Sweden
I'm a little late.
But does anyone have fresh links to where I can download.
G892AUCU2BRC5 - BRD4
G892AUCS2BRD4 - BRE3
G892AUCS2BRE3 - BRF2
BRF2 is the latest ?
So I can do recovery mode updates for my phone since I'm in Europe.
Thanks
Christoffer
Sweden
OTA-G892AUCU3BRI1-to-U3BRJ1.zip 171.5 MB pach October
As i can see from the naming there is U that means update not security patch right? is there 8,1 oreo already for AT&T S8 active?
These are beta updates, because on the offical ATT site the G892AUCS2BRF2 is the last one. Usually with beta updates banking and payments apps do not work, the safenet test fail. Dont get me wrong, everything else will probably work, but banking and pay apps won't.
You should put a warning next to the links, because of this. Also if one of these will contain a bootloader, there is no way going back unless there will be a newer odin file to download.
I would advise people to always check the latest here, https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...3?make=Samsung&model=SamsungG892A&gsi=yT2ZNVI
and then go ahead here with flashing in recovery after.
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I agree with most of what you said, however i think a few of these are safe assumptions. Some people may not know about playstore certification / banking apps. However if you are here in the first place you probably know a thing or two about flashing... so therefore you should be able to tell whether the bootloader updates by the file name.
To add to this, checking the latest official is not always beneficial. In this case septembers beta is required to flash up to october. So if you were on the latest official which is august, this would fail. But again, a new beta build does not always mean a new months security patch. So you really need to check what build you personally are running, and what the actual upgrade path is, if you intend to flash. So the latest official can be rather irrelevant.
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Hello from Austria /Europe -
the Country of Wiener Schnitzel and Place of Birth of Arnold Schwarzenegger
I have the same Problem like Christoffer from Sweden.
The Links I found are valid - Maybe you have good links for this OTA files our Swedish Friend - and I too - needed.
Thank you !
Servus - Walt
How do you know if it is beta or not?? Because the most recent official update is always on the ATT website(according to this the 3 update files since aren't official).
Thats correct. I suppose the easiest way to tell is by checking playstore certification. And its not that these arnt official patches, thats kind of a bad term. These are from att, they just arent the final patch for the month that goes live.
I dont have a caputure url of the ota, but with a quick google search of G892AUCU3BRJ2, the top 5 or so results are all 5 odin files. You can flash that way.
I found all the OTA-Files after a Long Search in an russian Forum like this - now i´m on G892AUCU3BRJ2...Hello from Austria /Europe -
the Country of Wiener Schnitzel and Place of Birth of Arnold Schwarzenegger
I have the same Problem like Christoffer from Sweden.
The Links I found are valid - Maybe you have good links for this OTA files our Swedish Friend - and I too - needed.
Thank you !
Servus - Walt
Servus - Walt
I installed G892AUCU3BRJ2 rom this morning. All right by the moment. it's works well.
This is the link for odin files:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pe7855ek2..._REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.zip?dl=0
Regards/saludos
This is the link for odin files:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pe7855ek2..._REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.zip?dl=0
Regards/saludos
Thank you for sharing, i will try to find the userdata to upload myself.
Sorry, I haven't userdata file. I never used it.
Really i don't know what it does.
That provides att related settings, im not super sure thats included but it was advised by people smarter than i to flash with it.
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