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KITKAT Update

Hey guys,
I wanted to share my experience with my note 3( from India )
Its amazing phone. After using for about a month, Note 2 seems bulky and FAT
Note 3 looks stylish
Now about Kitkat update. I got it yesterday it was OTA update.
The battery backup has gone amazingly wild.
It used 50% battery overnight with wifi on, BUT now it spends on 20% WOOooooowwwwwww!
And in my normal usage battery went to about 15% till the evening, when after the update it is still about 60% left
I love the KITKAT, Overall Speed seems to have doubled in response.
Apps open in almost half the time.
Thats it.
Share your experience too

How come that you missed any of already active kitkat threads?

Kildemol said:
How come that you missed any of already active kitkat threads?
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Will that be helpful to anyone, what you have posted.

lsdhillon said:
Will that be helpful to anyone, what you have posted.
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I thought so
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imagine what would happen if you would try a custom rom (xnote) and a custom kernel (civz)

Sounds cool! Note 3 is LTE, right?

Samantha022 said:
Sounds cool! Note 3 is LTE, right?
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Yes and no...
There are the 4G/LTE versions but there are also the 3G versions too...

EE WiFi Calling

Is there anyone that is on EE with the S6 and uses WiFi calling?
I've been using it for almost a week now and I'm finding it hit and miss, the symbol comes and goes and some texts don't send even though I'm apparently connected via WiFi calling....my broadband is stable so I know that's not the cause.
Thanks

There's issues on the 5.0.2 firmware with it, they've apparently released 5.1.1 which fixes this, but no one seems to be able to download it...

FSOP said:
There's issues on the 5.0.2 firmware with it, they've apparently released 5.1.1 which fixes this, but no one seems to be able to download it...
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Well great news if that's the case, I've had to turn WiFi calling off because of the issues I've been facing.

maverick1103 said:
Well great news if that's the case, I've had to turn WiFi calling off because of the issues I've been facing.
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Same, it should be with everyone by the end of the week, but don't hold me to that, as we all know how unreliable EE can be...

FSOP said:
Same, it should be with everyone by the end of the week, but don't hold me to that, as we all know how unreliable EE can be...
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Well I've been waiting long enough so a few more days will not make much difference.

Spoke to someone today who said they were doing 10k IMEIs per day, which works out at just over 7 days for the amount of branded EE S6/Edges they have. But again, EE are pretty crap at communication / rolling things out so don't hold me to it.

FSOP said:
Spoke to someone today who said they were doing 10k IMEIs per day, which works out at just over 7 days for the amount of branded EE S6/Edges they have. But again, EE are pretty crap at communication / rolling things out so don't hold me to it.
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Well fingers crossed then ?

I upgraded last night using the smart switch for PC . with 5.0.2 I was getting calls with regular clicks not made enough calls yet on 5.1.1 but so far sounds OK on Wi-Fi calling
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Tonesav said:
I upgraded last night using the smart switch for PC . with 5.0.2 I was getting calls with regular clicks not made enough calls yet on 5.1.1 but so far sounds OK on Wi-Fi calling
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Ooh didn't know it was available now, though will prefer OTA update. Thanks for the feedback.

It went live yesterday after EE and Samsung cracked there heads together I only did the smart switch due to impatience and the clicking noise was irritating ☺
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maverick1103 said:
Ooh didn't know it was available now, though will prefer OTA update. Thanks for the feedback.
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Maverick I'd suggest hooking your S6 up to your PC with smart switch and upgrading, that's what I did and it went perfectly

FSOP said:
Maverick I'd suggest hooking your S6 up to your PC with smart switch and upgrading, that's what I did and it went perfectly
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You can update via SS? I thought it did a wipe.

Nope when you first connect it up it'll tell you if there's an update

Hooray! ?

Firmware Update to T-mobile Gear S2

Hi Guys,
Can anyone confirm the latest firmware number for T-Mobile Gear S2.
Has anyone received update recently?
Regards,
Kris

Kristech2011 said:
Hi Guys,
Can anyone confirm the latest firmware number for T-Mobile Gear S2.
Has anyone received update recently?
Regards,
Kris
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What is your current firmware version? My AT&T S2 is on OL3. In Korea, the S2 3G is on OKE.
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its R730TUVU1AOJ7
optimummind said:
What is your current firmware version? My AT&T S2 is on OL3. In Korea, the S2 3G is on OKE.
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Kristech2011 said:
its R730TUVU1AOJ7
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Anybody using T-Mobile Gear S2 3G ...pplease let me know the latest firmware version.

Kristech2011 said:
Anybody using T-Mobile Gear S2 3G ...pplease let me know the latest firmware version.
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Have the Tmobile Gear S2 and currently on the same version you are on.
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I'm on T-Mobile USA and just got an update. It states is for better battery. Update last digits are 0L3
I have a S2 3G

Ademp11b said:
I'm on T-Mobile USA and just got an update. It states is for better battery. Update last digits are 0L3
I have a S2 3G
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I too got the update just now Tmo s2 will report findings

Got it as well. Excited about the "battery optimization"... Says extra features as well but not sure what they are yet.

I am still waiting for the screen timeout options and notification alert dot on the watch face... too bad it wasn't part of this update...

got updated with Battery improvements.... package size 4.85 mb only

raman21raman said:
got updated with Battery improvements.... package size 4.85 mb only
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This is the smallest Firmware update file i had ever seen, just 4.85 Mb?

Kristech2011 said:
This is the smallest Firmware update file i had ever seen, just 4.85 Mb?
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yes, they just added one MILK Music Widget for the Watch as new features may be ... rest of the things might be some code change..

Update has greatly increased my battery life, pretty much doubling it.
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phxtravis said:
Update has greatly increased my battery life, pretty much doubling it.
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Almost a double here finally can sleep with it after a hardware work and not worry about waking up to a dead watch

Likewise, seeing double the battery life after the update. I forgot to charge my watch the night before was surprised to see after waking up the next morning that the watch still had close to 40% juice left.
That was a big surpise for me because I remember having just a bit over 50% the last time I checked that evening.
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Assume you are all using the 3G model ?

Just want to confirm that I am not missing a previous update. Can someone with the 3g model confirm that we still have not received the larger firmware update with screen time out settings and the yellow notification icon. We seem to have skipped 0KK and received the small 0L3. Thoughts?

No dot here

Anyone having bluetooth connection problems with the new update?

ocjelf said:
Anyone having bluetooth connection problems with the new update?
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which new update?....i have no new update since that 4mb update
does anyone has a new update to T-mobile Gear S2?

Android OS causing extreme battery leak in marshmallow?

Right after I installed marshmallow I wanted to test the battery leak so I left my phone away with just wifi on to see a drop from 67% to 46%!! I made this thread to ask if there's anyone with the same problem and if so guide me to some sort of fix for this

Sinko_ said:
Right after I installed marshmallow I wanted to test the battery leak so I left my phone away with just wifi on to see a drop from 67% to 46%!! I made this thread to ask if there's anyone with the same problem and if so guide me to some sort of fix for this
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Not here. Mine is great. Sprint S6. Check to see what drained it.
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amieldl143 said:
Not here. Mine is great. Sprint S6. Check to see what drained it.
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Well I don't really know it just states android os in battery stats and it keeps my cpu awake when i'm not using my phone
International version G920F

Sinko_ said:
Well I don't really know it just states android os in battery stats and it keeps my cpu awake when i'm not using my phone
International version G920F
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Same problem and hear more users whith Android OS drain on Galaxy S6 on XEF and PHN firmware. Haven't found a solution yet.

I have the same issue :/ the battery drain is enormous when WiFi is on, and it shows that Android OS was staying awake for hours and using Google ridiculous amounts of battery :/
If anyone has a solution please help us..

Crembo said:
I have the same issue :/ the battery drain is enormous when WiFi is on, and it shows that Android OS was staying awake for hours and using Google ridiculous amounts of battery :/
If anyone has a solution please help us..
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Yeah I noticed it gets much more awful on wifi

It seems there is a process in Android which doesnt let the phone sleep, but i dont know which one is it, i have 5 hours awake because ot Android OS.

Sinko_ said:
Right after I installed marshmallow I wanted to test the battery leak so I left my phone away with just wifi on to see a drop from 67% to 46%!! I made this thread to ask if there's anyone with the same problem and if so guide me to some sort of fix for this
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android os is always another app which keeps your phone awake, so you could try uninstalling apps until the drain stops

Yepp I have it too. Sprint Galaxy S6 6.0.1... Android OS stay awake= 1hr 15min and using 20% of my battery!

Using MM 3.0 Rc1 XtreStoLite rom. Works awesome with hacker kernel 13.2. ???

For those having battery drain while wifi on.. I suggest-
Wifi Settings>more>keep wifi on during sleep>only while charging/never...
Hope this fixes the problem..

godutch said:
android os is always another app which keeps your phone awake, so you could try uninstalling apps until the drain stops
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okay i'll give it a shot but is there anyway to know which specific app to save the hassle?

Sinko_ said:
okay i'll give it a shot but is there anyway to know which specific app to save the hassle?
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in the past wakelock detector was pretty good for this but you need root nowadays, there is a windows version which doesn't require root but isn't as good as the android app. I don't even know if it works on MM
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179651

godutch said:
in the past wakelock detector was pretty good for this but you need root nowadays, there is a windows version which doesn't require root but isn't as good as the android app. I don't even know if it works on MM
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179651
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Yeah I don't really want to get into rooting my phone till my warranty period expires cause repairs are kind of expensive here

Prince Mohit said:
For those having battery drain while wifi on.. I suggest-
Wifi Settings>more>keep wifi on during sleep>only while charging/never...
Hope this fixes the problem..
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Surely it works, but it shouldn't be an appropiate solution for those as me have this problem. Before MM none had to change this setting to avoid this issue.
I noted after first days from MM XEF and PHE firm the battery consumption was very good, but after some days (or maybe any app setting change) this issue appeared.
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jaswinky said:
Surely it works, but it shouldn't be an appropiate solution for those as me have this problem. Before MM none had to change this setting to avoid this issue.
I noted after first days from MM XEF and PHE firm the battery consumption was very good, but after some days (or maybe any app setting change) this issue appeared.
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I suspect this issue depends on the connected wifi net. I need some more days to check, but I can see as battery consuption graph slope is greater on the period I am on my wifi work than on the hotel wifi where I am standing these days... has anyone experimented this?
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jaswinky said:
I suspect this issue depends on the connected wifi net. I need some more days to check, but I can see as battery consuption graph slope is greater on the period I am on my wifi work than on the hotel wifi where I am standing these days... has anyone experimented this?
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yes, i have high battery drain and dropping wifi when the phone sleeps on home wifi and no problems at all when at work

Any solutions???

_Tinus_ said:
Same problem and hear more users whith Android OS drain on Galaxy S6 on XEF and PHN firmware. Haven't found a solution yet.
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There's no such problem with SER firmware.

Greenify with the 'extreme doze' feature works great. No battery drain whatsoever on PHN, unrooted.

sanderg said:
Greenify with the 'extreme doze' feature works great. No battery drain whatsoever on PHN, unrooted.
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Okay i'll give that a shot tomorrow maybe then i'll report back

Has anyone else got the January update? Nobody's been talking about any changes...

I got this a couple of days ago but have seen no mention of it on this forum. It only seems like a security patch though.
EDIT: This was received in the UK

This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..

neojith said:
This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..
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So there will be no update in January?
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Even I was not getting the update then I used the opera VPN and selected my location as Germany and did a force update and got the Jan update

neojith said:
This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..
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you mean the 89mb January update?

neojith said:
This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..
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It hasn't been suspended.

NITRO_100 said:
It hasn't been suspended.
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But I didn't get the update. I'm still wondering what's the issue? [emoji849]
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xivay said:
But I didn't get the update. I'm still wondering what's the issue? [emoji849]
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I didn't either, but there are people that have got it today, so it's matter of patience.

NITRO_100 said:
I didn't either, but there are people that have got it today, so it's matter of patience.
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Are you from India?
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There is a thread about this update. Why do you people need to open 100 same threads over and over?

ГАСООП said:
There is a thread about this update. Why do you people need to open 100 same threads over and over?
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what moderators are doing? this gets too annoying. no one use search option.

spaha-bih said:
what moderators are doing? this gets too annoying. no one use search option.
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I have been saying that same thing for a long time.

If you are going to be snarky about an existing thread, you could at least post a link to it! This one came up on the search when I started to post a new topic suggesting it was similar to my question.
Here's the question I was going to post, but will post it here instead so there is "not open 100 same threads over and over". (since there was no link to the original post that was about this update and it didn't show up on the suggestions)
I received the first Oreo update on 03-Jan-18: Oreo 8.0.0, Security Patch level December 1, 2017
My understanding is that Xiaomi has started rolling out the second Oreo update that fixes a number of problems in the first release, but I have yet to get it. We own two A1's, and my wife's A1 has yet to get either Oreo update and mine has not received a January security patch or the latest Oreo update.
I'm just wondering if any of you who got the original Oreo update has received the latest one?
Regards,
--KB

Just received it, in India

Fingerprint is faster than before.

Androidman720 said:
Just received it, in India
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Thanks Androidman720. Does it show as a January security level? Maybe it will make its way to Thailand before the end of the month. I'm hoping so.
Regards,
--KB
EDIT: Right after I posted this, it arrived on my phone! Now I just have to decide if I really want to apply it. With all the issues reported, I am not sure. The first update seems to work well for me: no camera lag to speak of (1 sec), notifications work properly as far as I can tell, etc. The only downside is a 'quieter' audio output, so not sure about rolling the dice and applying the upgrade. Will wait a few days to see what others experience.
EDIT 2:
I went ahead and did the update. Sound seems to have changed again. I went into my music app and changed the EQ to Flat and the sound was much better. I did not hear any hissing, even with classical music, but old ears may be the issue there. I don't use BT unless needed, so cannot address that issue. So far, notifications and icons all seem to work as they should. Camera app is unchanged at ~1 second from press of camera icon to ready. Fingerprint reader seems to have gotten faster, though it was no slouch (compared to my iPad) before. So far, battery usage is what I consider normal, but I don't use the phone for a lot of high drain things like watching videos or playing games. My battery easily lasts 2 to 3 days and is what I consider normal. If this changes with the new update, I will update this post.