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[Galaxy Tab S General] Limakos:
This website has nothing to do with MM updates for certain devices. Couple of months ago Samsung made a statement that they will be providing monthly security updates for their flagship devices. At the beginning all Tab S devices were listed. But it's no longer valid.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Yeah but monthly security update support and a new Marshmallow stock ROM are two totally different topics. This thread is about Android M 6 coming or not coming to the Tab S, not about if it will be getting monthly security support. Two completely different subjects.
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
Could you tell me what you mean by Tab S1. I did a google search for the description and all I got were results for S2?

As far as Marshmallow is concerned it would be nice but I am pleased with 5.0.2. Other than being able to control battery better what is the big deal?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Well before the S2 came out i use to say i had an Tab S, but now i say i have an Tab S1 so there is no confusion in forums as i hate wasted posts filling up a thread, asking if i meant i had an S2 when i said i had an Tab S, it happens all the time.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] RoyBM:
check this list.

Wouldn't it be possible for someone to just port over the Tab A firmware to our Tab S? They are pretty close. Clearly I am not a developer, so I wouldn't know if its possible or how difficult it would be.

scroll down to tablets:

http://samsung.youmobile.org/

maybe if everyone with a Tab S emails them they might be nice lol
[Galaxy Tab S General] deadman96385:
The Tab A has a snapdragon processor so it would be impossible to port it to our tablet. I do have confirmation from a friend of mine who works for Samsung that M is at least being tested on T805 and T705. But that does not mean it will ever be released because they might find a problem with it that they declare unfixable or not worth it to fix.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
I think you can already get the marshmallow rom for the Tab S1 but the camera and fingerprint reader does not work, not a problem for me, If we never get official marshmallow i might flash a rom.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] xRevilatioNx:
A new road map has leaked. It's all over the Internet..

And we're on the list! Go marshmallow! [emoji23]

Sarcasm Off ??

Hopefully were on phase 2 of that list though...
[Galaxy Tab S General] jellybear456:
Yeah this is a bummer. I'll wait it out for a while and see what happens officially, but I'm more than likely going to flash one of the already available marshmallow ROMs.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
I read that the Marshmallow rom the fingerprint and the camera does not work, is this still the case?

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] :
Even if they do release M for the S1 I will not be installing it for a few weeks until I know its reliable. . I remember many years ago Samsung released 4.2 for the Galaxy S3 , it virtually killed the phone and took them months to release a fix for it .
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Totally Agree, I will let the guinea pigs go first, or thouse that still have warranty's.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] fred_be9300:
It sucks that Samsung doesn't release a roadmap to the public but at least this list has the same devices in phase 1 as an older list from November.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/updated-sa...-s4-note-3-full-list-eligible-devices-1529832

The only thing that changed with this new leak is that they pushed back first releases by about 2 months and they filled in the dates for the bottom half of phase 1.

We might get marshmallow, or not... but at best (I'm guessing) somewhere in June-August.

So enjoy your device as it is. The battery is much better with the new releases since November or so. The new "smart manager" works a lot like Doze, it seems. And we have recent Android kernel patches. Who can say that? Not all that many device owners, or I missed sth?

Cheers.
[Galaxy Tab S General] TimurAlaskara_TR:
ohh guys you are worrying too much -.-

of course we will get Marshmallow how else could we port tab s3 stuff to our tab s :silly:

i mean samsung is well known to give always 2 software updates... even my non flaghip device galaxy note 3 neo started with 4.3 JB and got 4.4 KK and 5.1.1 LP later...

older tablets also got 2 updates like galaxy Note 10.1 (4.0 -> 4.1 -> 4.4) and note 10.1 2014 (4.3 -> 4.4 -> 5.1.1) and many more...

[MENTION=4742155]xRevilatioNx[/MENTION] i think we are in second phase...

and this list does not make any sense to me i wouldnt wonder if this is fake because the tab s2 marshmallow firmware is already ready (because they are testing it) but the eta is JUNE??? if they are already in testing stae why the hell is eta june :S
[Galaxy Tab S General] fred_be9300:
It seems to say May for the S2. Read the screenshot again. They may have put in a lot of margin, based on passed experience.

The marshmallow for my HTC m9 phone was in testing state on HTC website for at least 2-3 months as well.
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
I love optimist, they give me hope. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Tab S General] noxarcana:
Here we are STILL waiting for Marshmallow and Google has already released a developers preview for Android N.

http://www.androidcentral.com/notif...37d&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook
[Galaxy Tab S General] YOYO41:
Now we need to change the tread to android N not coming to the galaxy tab s 8.4
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
Me thinks Google has some dastardly evil intent by releasing these updates so close together. I am sure that there is team some where that is already working on "O".
[Galaxy Tab S General] GoldExperience:
Actually Android N will keep me from ever using a TouchWiz ROM ever again.

The only reason I still want Samsung to update our Tab to Marshmallow is because TouchWiz has Split Screen, but Android N split-screen is 1000 times better implemented than Samsung's.

And Google is putting all the features from Cyanogenmod that I like in N.

I can't wait to have a N Rom in the Tab S, the sad part is that only by the end of the year we will be getting a stable build.

Assuming that anyone will port Android N to our tab anyway
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
We may never see Android N on the TAB S, but that don't mean cool features can't be ported.
[Galaxy Tab S General] noxarcana:
It would be more accurate. :laugh:
[Galaxy Tab S General] ItsLasher:
CM13 has dual window function.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
I wish they would release a new google play store app that has night mode, all that white does my eyes in at night, not to mention the battery drain of all the white on an oled display.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Why don't you get rid of the white yourself? Lol
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
If i knew how to do it i would not be asking, so explain how this can be done.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
I will pm you later today to show you how I remove almost all the white from nearly every app. I run completely inverted white text on dark backgrounds on almost every app and function I do.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Great, I hope it`s not too complicated and does not affect colour photos/images.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
Please, would you pm me that info. also?
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
PM sent... All I do is use the built in theme engines that most custom ROMs have, and then apply the appropriate theme or themes to get the inverted look. Looks great and easy on the eyes at night.
[Galaxy Tab S General] RoyBM:
remove
[Galaxy Tab S General] joakim_one:
They're now rolling out Marshmallow to the Galaxy S5, which launched a couple months before the Tab S in 2014. Good sign for us?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Looks like the S5 was 2 months before the Tab S was released, fingers crossed.

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=6033&idPhone2=6438&idPhone3=6435

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Rage1ofakind:
Read somewhere that our Tab S's would receive Android 6 during April. Saw it a month or two ago so forgot the source :0. Hopefully we get it soon. That battery boost + new animations will make it complete :)
[Galaxy Tab S General] Limakos:
On Sammobile the frequency of releasing new versions of 5.0.2 for T800 decreased significantly. Maybe it's a sign that Samsung is focusing on MM for Tab S

Wysłane z mojego / Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab S
[Galaxy Tab S General] Udonitron:
I will be done with Sammy if they don't update my Tab S 8.4 and the wife's 10.5.

My Rogers Note 4 still isn't ready and this is 5 months after 6.0 launched...and counting.

Samsung is a total waste of time IMO...they suck you in with bling and some cool features and then drops its customers with lack of upgrades.

That is what happens when you release multiple phones per year.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Akopps:
I think it's great that Samsung gave up on bringing Android M to Tab S. This way, they will have more resources to concentrate on bringing the Android N!
[Galaxy Tab S General] flhthemi:
Hey... there's always this!

No more waiting for the OS to be ported to a device. Pretty sure this is the way I'll go if there is no MM for T800's.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Would you tip a waiter that had given you poor service and come back for more, I will wait to see if we get MM before i place another reservation.

John.

[IMG="cook"]http://i.imgur.com/KOy26Yy.jpg[/IMG]
[Galaxy Tab S General] Bushcrafter:
Me too!:o
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
A little to rich for my blood right now. Even if we don't get MM this tablet with Ironman android 5.0.2 still beats the hell out of my last tablet a Asus Transformer Infinity T700.
[Galaxy Tab S General] flhthemi:
I still have my TF700. If anyone ever wants to see just how bad an android tablet can be, I whip mine out and show it off! ;) What a POS it is/was. Had a TF200 and thought I was upgrading when I got the TF700....nuh uh, they were twins, real trash. I use mine now for a weather station and it has a hard time handling that.

The Samsung tablet has been great...so my real Samsung problem is just with android and updates for it. Other than there is no browser that I have found that works like it should work. I would not hesitate to buy the tabpro as I'm pretty sure with Win 10 as an OS it will keep getting updates for as long as the hardware can handle them. Heck, I'm on a P4 with 2gb RAM with Win 10 on it right now...it's 11 years old!
[Galaxy Tab S General] apprentice:
Drool!

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[Galaxy Tab S General] Bushcrafter:
Yep, I have a TF101 that's still going strong. I just installed MM 6.0.1 on it. Katkiss is still keeping the beast alive! :D Long live the TF101! :good:

It really is a piece of crap compared to the T800 though! I really thought it was the ducks guts when I bought it!
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Dated yesterday, and still not a single word about TAB S.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2016/03/28/samsung-galaxy-marshmallow-update-2016
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
In the same article it says the Samsung Galaxy Alpha will be getting the update in June. I mention this because the Alpha uses the same Samsung Exynos 5420 ARM big.LITTLE Octa Soc and the Arm Mali T628 GPU as the Samsung Galaxy Tab S T800. So maybe there is still some hope. *fingers-crossed* :cyclops:
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Yeah if anything this means 3rd parties can properly port MM to the TAB S, I assume so long source code is released as well.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Bushcrafter:
Well I hope you are right! :o
[Galaxy Tab S General] edan1979:
in my whole experience of using samsung tablet... they always forgot to update their tablet...
[Galaxy Tab S General] seitzik:
April 2016 update approved

Maybe fake but the page looked reliable xD

Picture attached.
[Galaxy Tab S General] xRevilatioNx:
Well it's April. I guess we'll know in the next few weeks
[Galaxy Tab S General] NeWONEx:
April ? Lol.. Tab S2 still didn't get update

I guess we have to wait for long time maybe Samsung think about jumping to Android N ;)
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
That's the exact same list we posted way back in November from Phonearena.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/g...g-to-tab-s-t3187300/post63981066#post63981066

Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...-Redmi-Note-2-Pro-weekly-news-roundup_id76030

---------- Post added at 02:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:08 PM ----------

If Samsung took a poll and asked its users what would you like, Android M now, or Android N a bit later? I would easily, no hesitation, ask for Android N a little bit later. So long its a guaranteed deal. That would insure a longer life span out of this TAB S I think, for me anyway (as I'm doing just fine on 5.1.1 now). But I seriously doubt they would be doing that as they like to use future Android releases as enticement to upgrade to newer hardware.

But yeah we can hope, lol. :good:
[Galaxy Tab S General] seitzik:
Oh sorry for repost then
[Galaxy Tab S General] NeWONEx:
I hope that too [emoji6]
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Still amazed at the quality of the oled panel on my 10.5" it`s a pity Samsung is so poor at aftersales care, Onece they have you money it` bye bye.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] deadman96385:
The galaxy alpha uses a Exynos 5433 soc with a T628 gpu, so we would be able to take the gpu blobs from them, i have also converted t705/t805 to use its ril interface even though its a slightly different Intel modem.
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
If you can build a custom MM rom from those blobs a donation will definitely be on the way. ?
[Galaxy Tab S General] deadman96385:
I maintain cm-12.1-cm-13.0 for t700, t705 and apply my work to t800, t805 for the people who have that. As of right now the Galaxy Alpha does not have a Samsung M release yet.
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
But when it does if the T800 has not been updated please do it. Thanks
[Galaxy Tab S General] :
Considering that Android M just dropped on the Galaxy S6 Edge (Verizon) yesterday, it'll probably be at least a few months for it to drop on the Tab S (Verizon) such as the one I have (TM-807V). As for other variants, can't say but probably sooner than I.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mt2020:
While I love this tablet, it will be the last Samsung I will buy. Same with phones. Had the entire S series up to the Edge introduction, and switched to Nexus. When the tablet goes, will switch it too. Already switched the wife. Wrote Samsung and explained they lost a loyal customer. They don't care.

They just don't get it. They should build hardware, not software. They get the software for free so they should just build the damn things around stock android, and pay a license fee to Google to push updates, or let the consumer pay a small annual fee after say a 2 year grace period to get current updates. If they want to push customization or Samsung pay, make it an available download.

They won't do this though because it keeps older hardware still viable, and new sales would drop.
[Galaxy Tab S General] :
MLT2004, you are correct. I have a feeling that Android M will come to this tablet, but it will be heavily delayed. For such a pricey and top-of-the-line (some saying still best to date Android tablet) it certainly isn't getting the attention it deserves. I don't care if sales numbers are only in the hundreds, if you charge this much and make such great hardware, support it, or let someone else support it for you.
[Galaxy Tab S General] DaWeav:
Well now, the Galaxy S5 on Sprint is now receiving the marshmallow update so there is hope that the Tab S should get it too. Hopefully it will be soon since I really want 'Now on Tap'!
[Galaxy Tab S General] NeWONEx:
I don't think we could get MM before TAB S2 so it need much longer time than you expect ( but for me I expect to receive MM in 2017 [emoji12] )

Be happy with lollipop [emoji18]
[Galaxy Tab S General] mertmag:
Have the T800 32gb that they sold at BestBuy when they first came out and love it. Like it much more than the note 10.1 The MM rom for the T800 is so smooth but can't live without the camera. Too bad. Would donate 20 just to go to MM. The display on the T800 is better than the new tablet. Samsung never listens to it's customers. That's why I have 3 LG TV's now.
[Galaxy Tab S General] heinenheinz:
i wonder if a MM TW port from galaxy alpha or galaxy Tab S2 is possible when it comes out because of the hardware similarities. i have seen TW MM port for Note 3 from s5... :)

note 3 got lollipop before the galaxy S5 and even before the galaxy note 4....

note 3 neo got lollipop 3 months later of the marshmallow release

galaxy tab pro started with kitkat and still runs kitkat

#samsungupdatepolicy
[Galaxy Tab S General] NeWONEx:
It is bad news [emoji26]
[Galaxy Tab S General] heinenheinz:
its actually not any news :P

its just to show that no body can predict what smsung is gonna do.

i have great feelings that we will get MM
[Galaxy Tab S General] Paul in Maryland:
I could be happy with Lollipop 5.1.1. The problem is, we are stuck at 5.0.2.
[Galaxy Tab S General] flhthemi:
I GOT MM FOR MY S10.5!

I check here everyday hoping to see this message! Got a feeling one day I will....but I may be 90 years old before I do (65 now).

Here's what I thought I would never see happen....I got MM on my Asus TF700. Sure it's a custom ROM but it put new life in that POS and made it a usable tablet for the first time in the 3 years I've owned it all thanks to timduru! If Samsung doesn't do it....someone else probably will!
[Galaxy Tab S General] dave106:
Better come with adoptable storage! Though if not, there's a non rooted way to enable it apparently because they've done it on the S7 ?
[Galaxy Tab S General] batteryguy:
Got MM on my Sprint Galaxy S5 yesterday

If you're expecting big changes with MM, I suspect you will be disappointed. It is very nice and smooth, and the flick scroll is much improved. I did a factory reset in an attempt to fix battery drain issues. Weather Underground used 65% of the battery in a few hours, without having been used. Flipboard did a similar trick. It appears the reset and reinstall of apps has taken care of it.

I'll take some time to dig into the new features, but on the surface, the upgrade is pretty underwhelming. If you're not an enthusiast, you might not even notice it. I certainly would not abandon my T800 if I don't get it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] amateurhack:
Samsung has already indicated that adoptable storage isn't going to be implemented on any of their devices. Our best hope for that will be a custom ROM. Hopefully, if and when the official MM ROM is released, someone can get everything working.
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
Thanks for the TF 700 info.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
This is a bit interesting, although it probably means nothing for us TAB S peeps. But still interesting...

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...get-the-latest-android-software-first-1318710
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
If the Samsung version of Marshmallow does not have adoptable storage, I will just stick with KitKat, unless a bug free rom can be developed.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] TheGoD:
Don't have time to search right now but there is a guide how to activate adoptable storage on the S7. It basically just requires to reformat the SD card via ADB. No root needed if I remember correctly.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Eddie Hicks:
After 5 weeks with my Galaxy S7 edge I'm not as disappointed about not having MM on my Tab S. It not that MM is not an improvement or that I have issues with it. Personally for me it's not that much better then Lollipop that I'm concerned about not having it on my tablet. The one thing I thought would be a big deal for me, adaptive storage is not even available on Samsung devices unless you go through a prosess using adb commands. How will that affect apps? Another thing I was looking forward to was doze. Doze I guess is beneficial for my S7, can't really say for sure. But my tablet will be 2 years old in July. I use it a couple hours everyday and I have yet to run out of juice while using it. It goes from 100% to 98% charge while turned on overnight. So I really do not need doze on my Tab S. I guess others may want MM for other reasons. If we get MM that's OK, but if not, I am going to be happy with Lollipop. My tablet is still running great with it. Like someone else mentioned though, they should give us 5.1.1.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mightywhites29111971:
The thing is I have a 16Gb Tab S and that is not enough. I would like adoptable storage and considering how much this tablet cost when it came out I think more than one software update is more than one would expect at least!!
[Galaxy Tab S General] lynxblaine:
The app optimising in the 5.0.2 tab s software matches the doze feature. 5.0.2 with that isn't much worse than 6.0.1. Which I have on my s6 edge. So I don't really feel like I need MM. The tablet lasts days on standby. I think with intermittent usage can go a week sometimes on one charge.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ClockerXP:
Same here!!
[Galaxy Tab S General] Udonitron:
Agreed!

I am constantly getting low storage alerts and I have very little installed...the SD option only stores a small amount of the entire app so really unless you are storing photos on it, it is totally useless.

I want adaptive storage...tempted to just root and custom ROM it for that reason.

Mine will be a year old in May....done supporting Samsung.

They are all about coming out with the latest and greatest every 6 months and everything before that is forgotten.

I hope they eventually crash and burn.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Akopps:
If you store only the OS and apps on the internal storage, 16GB should be plenty. After installing a couple of dozen apps, the excellent DiskUsage app reports that I still have 8000MB free. Of course, I also have a 128GB sd card, where I store all the multimedia, TWRP backups, etc. You guys should go over your app drawer and remove all junk that you don't use.

Another possibility is to dump the stock ROM, and install the Cyanogenmod 12.1. This ROM is very lean since it has almost no built-in apps. This alone will save you a few GB of internal storage. It does not have finger reader support, but that's not a big loss for me.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Lightn1ng:
What theme is this
[Galaxy Tab S General] InfiniteNomad:
I believe it's this ⤵⤵⤵

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=theme.lonecm12.kikkosart.com.lonecm12
[Galaxy Tab S General] Lightn1ng:
Thank you :good:
[Galaxy Tab S General] TimurAlaskara_TR:
guys just a random info...

[MENTION=5178321]aumast[/MENTION] told me yesterday that the tab s2 9.7 got the Marshmallow update yesterday

sammobile link

so for me the update for this devcice came pritty early as samsung is usually first updating all their phones and after that their tabs (phones like the galaxy alpha, a9 etc are still waiting)

so as this tab got the update pritty eary i guess our tab s will also get in the middle of this year (in Q3 maybe)
[Galaxy Tab S General] 3DSammy:
I've have the end of warranty marked on my calendar (May 8th) and as soon as that date comes I'll be installing TWRP and trying out the MM AOSP ROM on this site. The truth from my experience was that rooted (KNOX was not tripped) v5.0.2 stock ROM didn't really hold me back. I'd like Samsung to provide longer, more timely updates but in general this Tab does what I want reliably.

Just saying.

If I was Google I'd force manufacturers to support stock Android on their devices for 18 months as a way to combat fragmentation. Users can choose a manufacturer ROM experience or AOSP Android. Mainly the manufacturers need to support the hardware blobs for their devices during those 18 months. They could even skip support for specialized hardware (e.g. Finger print scanner) while it is not supported in AOSP Android.
[Galaxy Tab S General] startier:
google cant force anyone.

android is open source. everyone can use it for his device......

and everyone can modify it on thier device and decide whether they will give updates or not.

and google couldnt control this since there are too many manufacturers and too many android devices google dont even know about