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NEW UPDATE AVAILABLE Sprint (see screenshot)

i see a new update available but haven't tried it anyone else used it?
its 50MB i updated and nonroot hotspot still works

Robalboa said:
i see a new update available but haven't tried it anyone else used it?
its 50MB i updated and nonroot hotspot still works
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Probably just a security patch ?
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Security

It's not the April patch and we already had March's with Nougat. Hopefully some bug fixes and performance improvements. My battery has been a lot worse since Nougat

I notice a slight performance increase. Battery life definitely improved.

After the update, my phone won't boot past the Sprint LTE screen. Any one else with issues?
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optimummind said:
After the update, my phone won't boot past the Sprint LTE screen. Any one else with issues?
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Nope. Try try recovery back. And update again
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Running waaaaay better. Hasnt bogged down or gotten hot like it used to

optimummind said:
After the update, my phone won't boot past the Sprint LTE screen. Any one else with issues?
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I didn't see an update from you about this, but I wanted to weigh in. I saw this thread and your issue. I installed the update myself and it seemed to stay on the Sprint LTE screen for way too long. I actually had time to stare at it, worry, then pull up this thread, reread your issue, read the reply about recovering, and reread the solution! Then the screen dimmed and after I stared it down some more, it loaded the system stating the update was successful. Not sure if this was your issue, but maybe? For those that may run into this, I guess be patient!

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I didn't see an update from you about this, but I wanted to weigh in. I saw this thread and your issue. I installed the update myself and it seemed to stay on the Sprint LTE screen for way too long. I actually had time to stare at it, worry, then pull up this thread, reread your issue, read the reply about recovering, and reread the solution! Then the screen dimmed and after I stared it down some more, it loaded the system stating the update was successful. Not sure if this was your issue, but maybe? For those that may run into this, I guess be patient!
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To fix the issue, I had to perform a clean Odin flash then update. I'm guessing the conflict was related to me previously being on the beta versions of Nougat.
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optimummind said:
To fix the issue, I had to perform a clean Odin flash then update. I'm guessing the conflict was related to me previously being on the beta versions of Nougat.
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Samsung's security updates are a month behind, it was basically the march security update now that it's just about April.

optimummind said:
To fix the issue, I had to perform a clean Odin flash then update. I'm guessing the conflict was related to me previously being on the beta versions of Nougat.
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I had same issue before this update. Phone was stuck on beta version and said I was on the latest version when checking OTA. Smartswitch is complete garbage. Not only do you have to mess around with old C++ redistributable just to get the latest Smartswitch to run, once you do get it running the auto-prompt to revert back to stock no longer worked and the manual recover feature also didn't work as it said I had an invalid serial number even know I didn't. Not only did it not work, apparently the serial it wants is on the box only so if you don't have the box your SOL. I had the box and it still didn't work. Total lousy tool and worthless.
I ended up having to flash the official build with ODIN doing a clean flash. Once I did that, everything was great. Issues went away (battery drain, lag, getting hot, etc) Now this latest update popped up like normal. Update didn't take long to install, all good.
So those that were on beta at some point, use ODIN to flash official build. I already have a GS8+ on order and moving to big red after 15+ years with Sprint. Sprint is taking away subsidy on top of I can't take the network anymore it's total crap. That is a story for another day.

Well if anyone cares, the update includes the checks against hiding GPS mock apps from system. No more hiding. No more Pokemon Spoofing, if you're into that.

dopy25 said:
Well if anyone cares, the update includes the checks against hiding GPS mock apps from system. No more hiding. No more Pokemon Spoofing, if you're into that.
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Still works for me .

fatboypup said:
Still works for me .
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Interesting. Fake GPS go does not. Haha.

fatboypup said:
Still works for me .
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I just checked with your app. It still does not work in Pokemon. It says failed to detect location. The "fix" was almost specifically to benefit Niantic.

Stuck at LTE Screen
optimummind said:
To fix the issue, I had to perform a clean Odin flash then update. I'm guessing the conflict was related to me previously being on the beta versions of Nougat.
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I have the same issue. Updated late Sunday evening and never got past the LET screen. I left it on over night plugged in and still at the LTE screen in the morning. Went to Samsung Experience Center in Best Buy and they re-flashed and all was well with no data loss.
I was prompted for the update again this morning, ran it and again looking at the damn LTE screen as I type this. The Samsung folks are off until Thursday so trying to figure this out. The SmartSwitch app does not recognize the phone.
Will look at Odin and appreciate any tips you, or anyone, has.

Anyone notice the nougat update lowered the phones resolution to 1080P ? I just realized it. i stayed on the OG firmware PB5 till i saw a hotspot no root hack.
wow lowered res wonder why?

Robalboa said:
Anyone notice the nougat update lowered the phones resolution to 1080P ? I just realized it. i stayed on the OG firmware PB5 till i saw a hotspot no root hack.
wow lowered res wonder why?
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My resolution was not lowered...

kennypow3rs said:
My resolution was not lowered...
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Look http://www.androidauthority.com/sam...ge-display-resolution-scaling-setting-744111/

S3 FW update, R770XXU2BQH1, Aug 25

Just got this update on my S3 Classic, only listed one change in the update message, extending vibration alerts to third party messaging apps.
That they don't fix the broken audio notifications for third party messaging apps is really frustrating.
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Got the update too. Gear s3 classic

The update actually broke the voice to text fix they recently implemented, so now it's back to not recognizing anything at all.

munnarg said:
The update actually broke the voice to text fix they recently implemented, so now it's back to not recognizing anything at all.
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Voice to text is still working on my end using Frontier and Galaxy S7.

After this update my battery drained like crazy. It was dead before I got home today from work and im pretty sure I had about 70 percent yesterday and I also turn it off when i'm not using it.

My batteries seems about the same as it was before the update. I know that after one of the previous updates my battery was just terrible for a little while, and then straightened out on its own for some reason.
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Mine is on R760XXU2BQC5 and says no update available... S3 Frontier from Amazon Germany

Mine is on R760XXU2BQC5 and says no update available... S3 Frontier from Amazon Germany
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This is still Running Gag with Sales Code...
If your SM-R760 has Sales Code DBT for instance... then NO update... BQC5 is still latest...
But our friends from US with Sales Code XAR receive also for SM-R760 FOTA update...
Code:
R760XXU2BQH1
After they received short time ago BQG4...
This has something to do with active CSC...
In theory you could also update... in alternate ways...
No idea if it is worth... as maybe more Bugs as Features inside...
Best Regards

orlans21 said:
After this update my battery drained like crazy. It was dead before I got home today from work and im pretty sure I had about 70 percent yesterday and I also turn it off when i'm not using it.
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Same here. **** samsung

Factory reset fixed battery issues that appeared a few days after the update - was going down to 15% in one day. Today, at 78% after 14 hours. Back to normal.

Huge battery drain after latest update

I got an update today in the morning that was like 7mb that fixed some sort of notification for 3rd party apps...or something like that I cant remember. But today my battery died before work was over and I'm pretty sure I was above 50% before I turned it off yesterday. I was getting more than 5% drain per hour. So what can I do?

What is your current firmware version?

vndnguyen said:
what is your current firmware version?
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r760xxu2bqh1

Mine also terrible lately, check out samsung USA community pages it's flooded with people with same issues.
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i have same problem. i have Gear S3 Frontier SM-R760 with R760XXU2BQC5 rom. i used to use my gear about 4-5 days with a single charge but 3 days ago my gear charge started to remain just 12 hours with the same settings same behavior same usage. i did not install any app any update or any watchface. i restarted, 2 times factory resetted and reinstalled ROM (R760XXU2BQC5) but nothing changed. its happened like this: everything was going well my gear charge was about %80 i put my s3 on desk in the morning and go out. when i came back to home in the evening i found its not working. tried to open it but no success because its battery drained i put it in charge after a while it opened. thats how things happened. after all this i send my gear to samsung service. but the big brand samsung send it back to me without any operation. they noted they didnt find any problem on the watch !!! this will be the last samsung brand device which i ll buy. so im looking for a solution. please help (sorry for my bad english)

ymeksur said:
i have same problem. i have Gear S3 Frontier SM-R760 with R760XXU2BQC5 rom. i used to use my gear about 4-5 days with a single charge but 3 days ago my gear charge started to remain just 12 hours with the same settings same behavior same usage. i did not install any app any update or any watchface. i restarted, 2 times factory resetted and reinstalled ROM (R760XXU2BQC5) but nothing changed. its happened like this: everything was going well my gear charge was about %80 i put my s3 on desk in the morning and go out. when i came back to home in the evening i found its not working. tried to open it but no success because its battery drained i put it in charge after a while it opened. thats how things happened. after all this i send my gear to samsung service. but the big brand samsung send it back to me without any operation. they noted they didnt find any problem on the watch !!! this will be the last samsung brand device which i ll buy. so im looking for a solution. please help (sorry for my bad english)
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Some USA customers have had reports back stating their motherboard or main boards have been replaced.
Which is probably a lie, as it's only been happening globally since the updates, my cousin has the Classic variant, and is on same firmware and his is still fine.
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After a full drain and full charge its back to normal

orlans21 said:
After a full drain and full charge its back to normal
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I might try this next as I've done a recovery reset and uninstalled the gear app on my phone.
Going to test it through tomorrow and drain it hard towards the end of the day to see what happens.
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drained about 5 percent in 8 hours today

orlans21 said:
drained about 5 percent in 8 hours today
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I think mine is on newer firmware than yours.... Time will tell.
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daiash said:
I think mine is on newer firmware than yours.... Time will tell.
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r760xxu2bqh1 is the latest one

orlans21 said:
r760xxu2bqh1 is the latest one
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I'm on BQC5
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daiash said:
I'm on BQC5
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BQH > BQC

orlans21 said:
BQH > BQC
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No updates available apparently on mine
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daiash said:
No updates available apparently on mine
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Then it probably hasn't reached your region yet.
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/03/2...-update-brings-new-features-and-improvements/

orlans21 said:
Then it probably hasn't reached your region yet.
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/03/2...-update-brings-new-features-and-improvements/
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This article states that BQC5 is the latest, I'm confused......
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daiash said:
This article states that BQC5 is the latest, I'm confused......
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It's not the latest. That came out in April and I just got an update a few days ago...actually 2 firmware updates

orlans21 said:
It's not the latest. That came out in April and I just got an update a few days ago...actually 2 firmware updates
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Ah ok. I'll keep checking, what region are you in then?
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daiash said:
Ah ok. I'll keep checking, what region are you in then?
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Canada

Samsung devices "select" Firmware by Sales Code/active CSC...
So not every Sales Code/CSC receive Firmware...
BQG4 and BQH1 are only for US CSC available:
Code:
XAR
Reading/detect active Sales Code is not easy... but not impossible.
Example here:
This should work with SDB without ROOT...
Code:
sh-3.2$ vconftool get -t string db/csc/salescode
[B]db/csc/salescode, value = DBT (string)[/B]
DBT is my German Sales Code...
Code:
sh-3.2$ vconftool get -t string db/csc/bincode
[B]db/csc/bincode, value = OXA (string)[/B]
All easy Codes are disabled and I know NO Tizen app from Store... which easy display Sales Code...
Only as info.
Best Regards
Edit 1.
Sales Code from Korea... also receive BQH1...
Code:
KOO
No idea if more countries... and when...
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About Battery...
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...ery-drain-after-gear-S3-app-update/td-p/98171

Revised tizen 3.0 update? (New gear s3 owner (need help))

So I just got my shiny new bluetooth Gear S3 Frontier for Christmas and im loving it. And I can see that the tizen 3.0 update is available for download through the Gear app but there seems to be some battery drain issues related to this update. So, does the update that I see in my Gear app also include the battery drain fix that has started to roll out or is it still the original Tizen 3.0 update? Btw I am located in the U.S. if that helps.

SM-R760 with Sales Code/CSC:
Code:
XAR
For US... have second Tizen 3.0.0.1:
Code:
CQ[COLOR="Green"][B]L1[/B][/COLOR]
Old.. first release was:
Code:
CQ[COLOR="Red"][B]K3[/B][/COLOR]
If you read other posts... comments...
It is not 100 % clear if "new" Version fix battery problem or is in other cases "better"...
Check for instance here:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Wearable-Tech/bd-p/wearabletech
Or in XDA other threads and posts...
Or Google...
Best Regards

I just got a Classic for Christmas, so my experience is also limited. I updated it right out of the box. However, after two days of heavy use getting all the aid set up and such, I used it more normally today and still had 50% battery. That's still pretty great imo since I just put it on my charger every night. It's a significant improvement over my last watch, the LG Urbane running Android Wear.

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I just got a Classic for Christmas, so my experience is also limited. I updated it right out of the box. However, after two days of heavy use getting all the aid set up and such, I used it more normally today and still had 50% battery. That's still pretty great imo since I just put it on my charger every night. It's a significant improvement over my last watch, the LG Urbane running Android Wear.
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So you are running tizen 3.0 now?

NorthMNperson said:
So you are running tizen 3.0 now?
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Yes

So were getting advertising posts now? Admins? That cool?

NorthMNperson said:
So I just got my shiny new bluetooth Gear S3 Frontier for Christmas and im loving it. And I can see that the tizen 3.0 update is available for download through the Gear app but there seems to be some battery drain issues related to this update. So, does the update that I see in my Gear app also include the battery drain fix that has started to roll out or is it still the original Tizen 3.0 update? Btw I am located in the U.S. if that helps.
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They first released a fix for the old Tizen 3 and pulled the full update. If you're on Tizen 2 now and see an update for Tizen 3, it should be for a fixed version and not the old battery killer version.

Tel864 said:
They first released a fix for the old Tizen 3 and pulled the full update. If you're on Tizen 2 now and see an update for Tizen 3, it should be for a fixed version and not the old battery killer version.
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Even if it doesn't list the battery life improvement?

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Even if it doesn't list the battery life improvement?
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I'm going with something I read from Samsung about them pulling the bad Tizen 3 download. I can't guarantee that though. If you can get it and it isn't the fixed one, then the fix should be available for you shortly. The fixed download would be the same as the original Tizen 3 plus the small fix.
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Updated my AT&T Frontier S3 from official OTA Tizen 3.0 update today

highaltitude said:
Updated my AT&T Frontier S3 from official OTA Tizen 3.0 update today
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And what kind of battery life are you getting? Around 2 days?

Honestly I'm not sure, as it works all day until I go to bed, and then I put it on the charger. If anything it doesn't seem different in that aspect, but the OS seems snappier.
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Verizon releases Oreo for LG V20

Verizon just released android Oreo for LG v20.
I think I'm the first person to get it.

Yep got the notification also ? oreooo!

How do I get it. The OTA says I'm on the latest update

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How do I get it. The OTA says I'm on the latest update
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OTA updates are usually released in batches.
Just keep trying and it will pop up soon.

Mine showed up last night, near midnight. So far it seems very little different, I'm using NOVA Launcher and a couple of icons are changed, don't see much else.
I'll rate it as "mostly harmless."

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OTA updates are usually released in batches.
Just keep trying and it will pop up soon.
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Still says no update. Is it because I have a straight talk SIM card?

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Still says no update. Is it because I have a straight talk SIM card?
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Someone else mentioned removing your sim and connecting to wifi to get the update.
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cnjax said:
Someone else mentioned removing your sim and connecting to wifi to get the update.
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Still no luck. Checked twice

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Still no luck. Checked twice
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You will need to wait for the next ota cycle it will be in a few hours.

dc13 said:
You will need to wait for the next ota cycle it will be in a few hours.
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Still nothing. Guess I have to have a Verizon sim

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Still nothing. Guess I have to have a Verizon sim
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You don't need a Verizon SIM. I'm in another country, using a local SIM here and still got the update.
I suggest you wait for a few more hours.
NB. You may find luck with a different Wi-Fi network.

i still havent got it yet i check about every hour for last 3 days

Can someone check to see if call recording still captures both sides of the call with this Oreo update?

Got my notice also, screenshots here... https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77668746&postcount=388
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I just now got my notice. Grow some patience it is not like it is going to do anything super awesome for you. In fact it will likely cause bugs and glitches for you. Btw I froze the updater gonna wait for a home cooked version from someone here.

Got the update, I lived outside US, I kept the sim card and just turn on WiFi and manually search for update.
It seems I have a lot better signal, anyone to confirm ?
When I turn off airplane mode, it find signal a lot faster.

Is there any chance we can use this version for other models, like the H990DS?
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That would be a big no.
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Is there any chance we can use this version for other models, like the H990DS?
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Mr.kofi said:
Verizon just released android Oreo for LG v20.
I think I'm the first person to get it.
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Yesterday, I updated it. But Ghost Screen Fix does not work well.
Ghost still appears when the status bar is pulled down.
Is there a way to fix it?

This update fixed my bluetooth streaming to Dodge Uconnect.
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