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Samsung and Updates

Anyone know if the Note 4 will receive the new Android Lolipop update? This will be my first Samsung device and was wondering how has Samsung been with keeping their devices up to date.

It will, anything beyond that is a toss up

Kawaisa said:
It will, anything beyond that is a toss up
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I hope so. I saw the new Nexus 6 release and can't wait to see the Note 4 running on Lolipop.

The last Samsung phone I owned was the S4. After that came Knox and I didn't want anything to do with Samsung. But software updates weren't horrible. They also weren't great in timing.

As a previous Note 3 owner, I sure hope it comes faster than Kit-Kat did.

Samsung already stated that Android L 5.0 (Lollipop) will be coming to Galaxy S5 and Note 4 the end of Nov or first part of Dec.

D623 said:
Anyone know if the Note 4 will receive the new Android Lolipop update? This will be my first Samsung device and was wondering how has Samsung been with keeping their devices up to date.
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geesh Srsly. The note 4 is so outdated. No lollipops for You

deeznutz1977 said:
geesh Srsly. The note 4 is so outdated. No lollipops for You
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Buttpops
NOTE 4

dabbill said:
Samsung already stated that Android L 5.0 (Lollipop) will be coming to Galaxy S5 and Note 4 the end of Nov or first part of Dec.
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Where did you hear/read that?

I am sure we will have it by 2016
From the BadAss Note 4

sprintuser1977 said:
I am sure we will have it by 2016
From the BadAss Note 4
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If Samsung didn't release 7 million phones and tablets each year we might be able to get it a little sooner.

keitht said:
If Samsung didn't release 7 million phones and tablets each year we might be able to get it a little sooner.
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Seriously. They are the new Nokia. There must be literally 1,000 models.
From the BadAss Note 4

When will we get Android 7.0 Nougat?

So Nougat is released. My guess is it'll take more than 1 YEAR for us to taste Nougat on Note 5. The only reason Sammy sucks.
And cuz we have Exynos no third-party ROMs too:/

I don't know where are you from but on earth Samsung delivered MM to note 5 in 5 months after release date.
I am hoping they will take around 6 months this time as this is no more the latest device.

mohitgalaxy3 said:
I don't know where are you from but on earth Samsung delivered MM to note 5 in 5 months after release date.
I am hoping they will take around 6 months this time as this is no more the latest device.
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I'm talking about the International version of the Note 5 and yes it took almost 7,8 months.
Trust me. It'll take some time :/

decades

It took more than 8 months for us on sprint 5 month i wish
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maybe on December if Samsung wants to
I think they will try to keep customers satisfied so they will deliver als because there is almost no developement needed for port note 7,5 s7 share same specs
or they will deliver very lately to compensate for the money they lost x)

AlMaghraby said:
maybe on December if Samsung wants to
I think they will try to keep customers satisfied so they will deliver als because there is almost no developement needed for port note 7,5 s7 share same specs
or they will deliver very lately to compensate for the money they lost x)
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That's a longshot. Early next year prolly..

T-Mobile shares a list of Samsung smartphones that will receive the Android 7.0

Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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Can't say that I'm surprised. But our phone would have benefited from a better, more system wide multi window.

imeem said:
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Can't say that I'm surprised. But our phone would have benefited from a better, more system wide multi window.
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I think nougat released before our 2 yr support ends so we will get it. but in march april next year unless someone leaks it before.

ravijani said:
I think nougat released before our 2 yr support ends so we will get it. but in march april next year unless someone leaks it before.
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I doubt it because in 2017, that's beyond's note 4's 2 year support. 2016 is the end. and also, if you look at the Note 3, it got its last update in dec. 2015 and it is still 5.0. That was "27" months of support for the Note3.
Using the note 3 as the base, if we were to get android 7, we would have to get it by dec. 2016.

imeem said:
I doubt it because in 2017, that's beyond's note 4's 2 year support. 2016 is the end. and also, if you look at the Note 3, it got its last update in dec. 2015 and it is still 5.0. That was "27" months of support for the Note3.
Using the note 3 as the base, if we were to get android 7, we would have to get it by dec. 2016.
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note 4 was launched in sept. Nougat came before sept.
and its 2016 not 17.

ravijani said:
note 4 was launched in sept. Nougat came before sept.
and its 2016 not 17.
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Yea your right. But that is assuming Samsung release Android 7 "on time". Looking back at Android 6, it came out of Google on October 2016. The first note 4s got Marshmellow around June 2016, 8 months after Google released it. But this is still within note 4's 2 year period (note 4 came oUT on Oct. 2014).
Since android 7 was released in Aug 2016, this means that Samsung has around 4 months to release Android 7 to us before 2016 is over. Looking at the past examples, now do you see why I doubt we will get it? Of course this is all my speculation and I'll happily be wrong if do end up getting it.

Samsung mostly gives 2 major system updates to any flagship phone.
Since gingerbread i have been observing that every two version of android looks similar .
Excluding honeycomb cause it was only for tabs.
That also explains why every two versions of touchwiz look similar.
Gingerbread and ICS had many similarities, jelly bean and kitkat had similarities and also lollipop and marshmallow.
This is why the odd galaxy notes(1,3,5) have always been lucky .
There last update isn't similar to previous one , infact there is a major change in terms of UI and features.
For eg. Note 1's last update was jellybean , which was completely different than ICS .
Same for note 3 , whose last update was lollipop , a major upgrade over kitkat .
But unfortunately the even notes have been unlucky.
The note 2's last update was kitkat , which wasn't a big upgrade over jellybean , the UI was almost identical.
And as for the note 4 ,its last update is marshmallow , which samsung decided not to modify for note 4 and hence looks similar to lollipop.
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Note 4 Nougat Petition

Hello Note 4 users and lovers.
I've created a petition for official note 4 Nougat update.
Please sign and share if you can.
Thanks
https://www.change.org/p/samsung-sa...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

Petition only applies to users of F version. Why does not include C version users?
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Dude, we're still getting monthly security updates and we should be thankful for that. If you want the latest and greatest Android version, upgrade your phone. Note 4 is old, it's acceptable if it doesn't received Nougat.

NeoFox69 said:
Hello Note 4 users and lovers.
I've created a petition for official note 4 Nougat update.
Please sign and share if you can.
Thanks
https://www.change.org/p/samsung-sa...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
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Your petition is biased.
Why not SM-N910 to make it general?
Anyway I'm of the opinion that since the phone was released in October 2014, it should be updated to Nougat because its two-year OS eligibility falls within the time Nougat was officially released by Google.

Not to mention we would have a Note7 by now if Samsung hadn't messed it up. But I agree, the petition is not inclusive for all models .

I only said that I have the F version. I didn't said that only that version deserved the update.

natibongo said:
Your petition is biased.
Why not SM-N910 to make it general?
Anyway I'm of the opinion that since the phone was released in October 2014, it should be updated to Nougat because its two-year OS eligibility falls within the time Nougat was officially released by Google.
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I agree completely, it should be N910 in general but I saw the OP reply below and he is correct that the petition he wrote it just stating his model and not to get nougat only for the F model. I also agree with the second point and have been sort of annoyed with Samsung for this, it's supposed to be 2 year OS update so as mentioned, Oct. 2014 for Note 4 launch and since Nougat came out in August 2016 we should have it. Add to that, a lot of us Note 4 owners bought, and ultimately lost, the Note 7's thanks to Samsung and as a gesture to sort of make up for that they should have added the Note 4 to the Nougat release.
Anyway going slightly off topic;
I love my Note 4 but am ready for a new device. Personally, I love the s-pen and hate to give it up but if the pricing rumors hold true and the conversion to Canadian is somewhat accurate it would be in the $1300 range (give or take) for the S8 so Note 8 would likely be in the same price range. No way will I accept those prices but I will wait and see with the S8 info that comes later today and decide from there. The Note 7 was $1050 CDN, I won't support Samsung if the Note 8 is anything above MAX $1100 CDN and less than 64GB storage (and better have expandable) as that is expensive enough as it is and pushing it IMO.
I'm waiting to see the OnePlus 5 later this year and will likely buy that if Samsung starts going to ridiculous Apple prices. Google also lost me after the Pixel phones being ridiculously overpriced as well. I mean, they want more for the Pixel XL than Samsung wanted for the Note 7... WTF Google?!? That's like LG and HTC thinking they can price at the same range as Samsung as well when they have so little to offer or reason to buy over Samsung and especially over some of these new phones from OnePlus, Huawei, etc... but $1180 for 128GB Pixel XL/$1050 for 32GB Pixel XL compared to $1050 for 64GB Note 7 and well the Note 7 was the far better deal, and phone.
Anyway, that's my rant/2 cents lol.

As long as you are all in signing mode, here is a petition where you can state all you want in the Note8
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/note8-phablet-as-soon-as-possible

uchihakurtz said:
Dude, we're still getting monthly security updates and we should be thankful for that. If you want the latest and greatest Android version, upgrade your phone. Note 4 is old, it's acceptable if it doesn't received Nougat.
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The 2012's iphone 5 still getting ios updates #respect to apple

The pie on the note

Would the pie be coming to the Note8 anytime soon?
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bshawnwadialo said:
Would the pie be coming to the Note8 anytime soon?
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Looking at what has been written in various reports, the Note 8 should get it in January 2019!
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robmeik said:
Looking at what has been written in various reports, the Note 8 should get it in January 2019!
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Thank you
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robmeik said:
Looking at what has been written in various reports, the Note 8 should get it in January 2019!
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You are reading about the S9 for ~January.
After that, there is the Note 9 (in the second wave of releases), then the Note 8 in the third wave of releases).
January....for Note 8, will not be happening. You are better off with April 1, 2019 as an April fool's joke.
Until then, you can still expect to get the monthly security patches.

The Note 8 will not get Pie until right before the Note 10 is about to come out. Just like when we got Oreo right before the Note 9 came out. Samsung is the worst on Android updates they are so far behind. The Note 9 launched with Oreo phones that came out a month after have Pie.

I dont understand why all the trouble about firmware updates, security patches I agree, but I get a device because I really like it as it is from the start, moreover, it is designed based on a certain android version, that is why sometimes the major updates create some sorts of problems, I really prefer the truly stable firmware the phone came with, but that is MY opinion

jason504 said:
Samsung is the worst on Android updates they are so far behind.
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No. It is called "business". Samsung is in bed with your carrier to ensure you update the latest handset (so they both win).
winol said:
I get a device because I really like it as it is from the start, moreover, it is designed based on a certain android version
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I only buy flagship devices just to get the latest firmware updates (security patches and bragging rights). I just don't want a Vanilla Google device like the Pixel as I think it is incomplete. Google is "fixing" the fragmentation problem, so there should be no more "unstable firmware updates" as you are alluding to. If you were fair, you would admit that THOSE problems are caused by users who flash / update their devices, and don't perform a factory wipe, with a clean setup.

jason504 said:
The Note 8 will not get Pie until right before the Note 10 is about to come out. Just like when we got Oreo right before the Note 9 came out. Samsung is the worst on Android updates they are so far behind. The Note 9 launched with Oreo phones that came out a month after have Pie.
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We got Oreo in March, and N9 released in August.

Note 8 SM-N9500 Dual SIM 256Gb pie update came yesterday! All OK, One UI is a vast improvement! The only thing I miss is the SMS widget!
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