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[Galaxy Tab S General] noxarcana:
I don't have the heart to part with my Tab S. It's in perfect condition since it has been in a case ever since I bought it. I also use it as my music player when I go on walks since I don't have an mp3 player and my phone is an incredibly low-end device. My phone has great audio, but the systemui constantly crashes when opening or switching between apps. It's sad! Unfortunately, since I work at a college and it being Summer, I'm working little to none.
[Galaxy Tab S General] startier:
why did you buy tab s2 when the tab s3 may be about to launch

i mean the tab s2 may get a lower price than or you could directly go for the s3 :silly:
[Galaxy Tab S General] 5warafat1:
But with 4:3 ratio you get big black bars on top and bottom when playing YouTube videos and the finger printer scanner is just as fast when unlocking. i have note 5 witch uses the same sensor.

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Instead off selling the tab s. You should have just kept it and got a secondary tablet like the nexus 9 with an invidia tegra k1 processor, front facing speakers and also 4:3 ratio with the same resolution and nexus 9 is a lot cheaper with metal build.

I recently bought the nexus 9 at a great price and now i use the nexus 9 for web browsing and playing games as it has front facing speakers and its faster. I use the tab s for watching movies etc because it has bigger and amoled display.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Akopps:
The 16:10 aspect ratio of the original Tab S is good only for one thing, widescreen video. Yes, for me it's number one application, but for other tasks I wish the screen was smaller and less wide.
[Galaxy Tab S General] noxarcana:
I wouldn't say widescreen video is the only thing. Personally; I believe it's the best for reading PDF and ebooks as well. I've also never seen the reason for watching video, other than YouTube and the like, on a tablet unless you're constantly traveling. I have a widescreen TV for video.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
You didn't mention bigger battery.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Lightn1ng:
I don't think the Tab S3 will launch considering the Tab S2 was updated in mid 2016

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And yet my T713 has about the same battery life as my T700. Yes I tested it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Restorer:
Yes of course - just like flipping the pages of an open book. It's really only fixed-width web pages that waste space and even they are getting wider and wider as the years pass: I notice the new BBC Sports pages now take up the full width of my tab in landscape.
[Galaxy Tab S General] open1your1eyes0:
FWIW, a lot of people don't get tablets for the purpose of using them at home. Of course I'm sure everyone prefers using their TV instead of a tiny tablet in comparison (myself included), but unfortunately it's not an option when you're outside or as you mentioned travelling as well.

A portable OLED-equipt computer with a widescreen viewing ratio is a godsend for us folks that don't spend time at home as often. Personally, as soon as a reasonably priced OLED laptop comes out I can finally replace my current one and get rid of this tablet as well. Just waiting for that moment. And unless Samsung makes another 16:10 or 16:9 OLED tablet, I won't be able to upgrade this one in the meanwhile. For this reason, I don't consider the Tab S2 a proper successor. It's a tablet with a different usage priority that isn't very video-friendly.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Akopps:
The way I see it, large tablets, 9 inches or bigger should be optimized for video because a lot of people use them as a portable TV screen. On the other hand, widescreen tablets are clumsier for the web, social networks, or ebook applications, so the smaller tablets, the ones used mostly for web, social networks, or ebook reading should have a 4x3 aspect ratio. But Samsung strangely decided in the past that either all of its tablets must have widescreen ratio or all of them must use 4x3 ratio.
[Galaxy Tab S General] flhthemi:
I use my tablet 99% of the time in Landscape mode. I think Google should make it a requirement for ALL apps to be able to rotate and not be locked into portrait mode only. A lot of browsers only use portrait when they are opend the 1st time and then can use either mode but some apps never rotate, like Ookla Speedtest just for example.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dagosjt:
My only problem (for my usage) is too little internal memory. Marshmallow, with the chance to use the SD as internal, should solve all my problems. I don't want to root the phone because I'm using several apps that will stop to work.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
3GB of internal memory should be enough for anything, I think i remember MM can run on 512mb, Also i think i read that Samsung does not support using the microsd as internal memory :( so you might have to install a rom to get this feature.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] open1your1eyes0:
This makes sense actually. A very good idea. :good:
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Samsung make many tablets and phones (far too many in my opinion) , I don't see why you cannot buy the new Tab S3 with an 16:9 or a 4:3 screen version depending on what you prefer, I personally will never buy an 4:3 display.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dagosjt:
Of course, i was speaking about the 16gb internal ROM, RAM yes, 3 Gb are enough for me :) In almost two years I have seen that the space required for apps is increasing every day, I started to uninstall some of them but after 1 week again, uninstall another and let's go on. Of course i cancel my cache and everything. And when you go around 500/600Mb free space everything starts to really lag. In this moment I "solved" using more the browser, but using apps is much more pleaseful than websites, even if they are optimized. More, basically I can't play because no space for games... And that's a pity for me.

So the solution to have everything I really wanted, should be or a 32Gb version (but not existing in Italy for T705), or some UNROOTED ROM giving the change to use the extra space on SD. That's why I think on official MM is my only chance, or some AOSP/CM not rooted.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dcube92:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/07/11/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-marshmallow-update-in-the-near-future/
[Galaxy Tab S General] behzad.bz:
I just wanted to share this. So we will have it very soon. I was hopeless
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Good news, Hopefully it will happen. :)

The Tab S2 in the UK, is still waiting for MM to reach it, so roll-out can take a long time.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] episode96:
Sammobile tends to have decently reliable inside sources so that's a rumour that might actually turn true for a change.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Lightn1ng:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/07/11/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-marshmallow-update-in-the-near-future/

Hopefully its soon. My sister is gonna love this. (She got my Tab S when I bought an S2.)

Edit: looks like people above beat me to it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] noxarcana:
Any guesses on what UI changes Sammy may have made if they actually are releasing MM for our device? I'd love a proper dock or even the Tab S2 launcher. I think it's safe to say they aren't bringing back the dark UI.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Is there a long video review of marshmallow on the S2, all i can find is people making video`s of the update process, I just want to see what the S1 might get with MM.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dagosjt:
This seems quite ok, not too long maybe (3 minutes) but show probably all the news we could expect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtLUTG5wt6A
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Title or the M review says it`s running "Nova Launcher" so what i see will not be stock?

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dagosjt:
He changed only the launcher, to see the Touchwiz the same guy made this other video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annot...&feature=iv&src_vid=xtLUTG5wt6A&v=i6Vy_uAb5SQ
[Galaxy Tab S General] episode96:
I don't expect there will be that many UI changes. What I'm looking forward to most from the update are security updates, and hopefully, hopefully, a performance improvement. I've got the feeling this tablet, while not exactly new, can perform more smoothly than it does right now on Lollipop/
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Tbh I don't give a monkey's about security updates.

Security, Android and customization don't go hand in hand.

The chance of my tablet being hacked or compromised is virtually nil.

There's more chance of my house or car being broken in too.

Security is moot to me the moment I root it. I will provide my own security I don't need Google or Samsung locking everything down.

If I wanted that I'd have bought an IPad.

Less security more performance, stability and open customization for me thanks.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Has the stock video player widget been carried on to marshmallow as i use it a lot.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] pacc:
I'll be very surprised if this actually happens, and obviously I will change my opinion about Samsung terrible update history.

I still love my TAB S to the point I wouldn't change for the S2.
[Galaxy Tab S General] PFC Hudson:
I wouldn't (change my mind), samsung DO have a terrible update history with regard their devices and bringing MM (finally) to the Tab S at such a late date doesn't make up for how crap they treat us in general
[Galaxy Tab S General] ThE_SoUrCe:
Perhaps samsung is prioritizing updates based on the number of 'activations' per type of unit. We tab S users is just a fraction compared to most marshmallow-capable midrange phones users. Hopefully, thr appa could use the SD card without a need for root
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Google Play needs and previous version option, I have lost count of how many updates have killed great apps, I use Gsam battery monitor pro, but the latest version messed up the alarms so they do not work on the S1 kitkat, I contacted the creator and he send me an version that work, but i have to side load it which requires root, also i had to block it with avast firewall as i came up as invalid, avast firewall requires root, So i am not installing MM until it is rootable.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] artur.r:
Koreans never publish official lists when and which devices to their portfolio will receive an update to the new version of the software , so we have to rely on leaks . And they reported to us was that the Galaxy S Tab 8.4 and Galaxy Tab 10.5 S will get Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow in the third quarter of 2016 years . This has already begun ( July 1 ) and lasts until 30 September. So if you are users of one of the above . tablets , you can slowly rub his hands .

I found this on http://www.tabletowo.pl/2016/07/11/kiedy-galaxy-tab-s-otrzymaja-aktualizacje-do-androida-6-0-1-marshmallow-podobno-wkrotce/
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
Thanks for this post I know it is going to make everyone very happy if it is legitimate, I know I am. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Tab S General] carlosml1:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/07/11/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-marshmallow-update-in-the-near-future/

good news
[Galaxy Tab S General] fred_be9300:
This is another rewrite of the Sammobile article.

you can see it in the bottom where it has a source reference. I used Google translate to read.

A lot of other blogs and tech sites have used this one article of sammobile, and republished the same news. Unfortunately that means we still have only *one* source for this speculative news

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There are apps that creates automatic backup of the apk file of every app and version you installed.

That creaes a local version History for you

It is practical to solve this probem

does not require Root

I'll edit later to mention my favorite
[Galaxy Tab S General] fred_be9300:
PS: I use this. It has a lot of features. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.appbackup
[Galaxy Tab S General] 5warafat1:
Any new info guys?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
We don't even have confirmation from Samsung yet, Or is that normal?

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Probably normal for Samsung. Although all experts expect to see marshmallow for the tab s, I personally expected listed confirmation of it by now. But not a peep yet. It's as if Samsung isn't aware it was the number one top rated Android tablet for almost two years. I wonder if they are having technical difficulties and want to withhold any confirmation just in case their attempts at porting fail.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Galaxy Tab S, what's that?...

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... said the Samsung rep.

I never say never, but I think it's unlikely Tbh.

DONATE ME HERE IF YOU WANT TO BUY ME A BEER OR HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF I HELPED YOU
[Galaxy Tab S General] lartomar2002:
Surprisingly it is still after 2 years one of the best 10.5 tablets on the market. IM0 :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
I wish i could get "CyanogenMod 13 (CM13)" for the T800 10.5" :(

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-galaxy-tab-s-marshmallow-update-89694/

John.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] flhthemi:
Really? You would waste a wish on this? I would wish for world peace if I was going to use my wish. ;)
[Galaxy Tab S General] afh3:
Really? You would waste a wish on this?

I would wish to be the all-seeing all-knowing master of time, space and dimensions.

That way I could impose world peace, get MM on my Tab S, and pull hot chicks too.
[Galaxy Tab S General] bonerp:
I think they are waiting as once the Tab S3 is launched, they can then divert attention to older models.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
I am interested to know if the S3 screen will be 4:3 or 16:9/10 , not that i would buy it, my S1 10.5" is all i need as the screen is the best.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] open1your1eyes0:
If it is 16:9 or 16:10 again I may have to seriously consider it depending on price. This thing can seriously use a good performance boost and from my experience there's only so much an OS can improve (if Marshmallow doesn't help I'm definitely upgrading).

Sidenote: We could really use an official CM13 ROM at the earliest. Any experience with the current unofficial one out there for T800? I'm debating if it's worth wiping this thing and putting that on if the performance is improved at least (or just waiting for official MM). Right now I have CM12.1.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tonyspo:
http://samsung.hdblog.it/2016/07/11/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-S-Android-6-Marshmallow/

(written in italian)

Galaxy Tab S not receiving MM.

Source: Samsung Facebook page.
[Galaxy Tab S General] williamvito:
all things considered, it's not that surprising honestly
[Galaxy Tab S General] fred_be9300:
The source to the italian story, is a post on Samsung NL (Netherlands) facebook. Indeed they claim (in Dutch) that there will be no update. They do claim that the tab S "has the latest security updates" which I suppose to be false (last update is from 6-9 months ago).

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1230443253644625&id=160640413958253

People here should ask Samsung page/account for their country, on facebook or Twitter, to confirm or contradict...
[Galaxy Tab S General] nizam19:
That was the last Samsung Device i bought. I swear

Gesendet von meinem HTC 10 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab S General] noxarcana:
Just got this from Samsung Live Chat.
[Galaxy Tab S General] GoldExperience:
He didn't say "The Tab S will get Marshmallow" so it's not like it's confirming anything.

And even so I don't believe a costumer service rep would have this kind of information mostly because they usually are outsourced.

My argument also applies to the Samsung Mobile NL info, since they are customer support and not the software development team.

But in the end only time will tell the end of this story.

(Also, I giggled when I read "Samsung is planning to send updates to all the products", Galaxy Alpha and Galaxy Tab Pro owners must be laughing as well).
[Galaxy Tab S General] noxarcana:
Yea, I only shared it because it didn't claim we wouldn't get the update. I agree only time will tell. The part about "planning to send updates to all the products" though; I took it as all Tab S products since that's what we were discussing. Not their entire product line. That would have been a great laugh though!
[Galaxy Tab S General] dave106:
Manual for MM version now on Samsungs download site. T705 and T805 only at the moment.

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...T805_UM_EU_Marshmallow_Eng_Rev.1.0_160819.pdf
[Galaxy Tab S General] behzad.bz:
Yeaaas!! Its for this month!
[Galaxy Tab S General] open1your1eyes0:
What's interesting is that I see today's date text in the link (not saying the update is today but at least they just released the manual today or something along those lines). 20160822 :good:
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
That is weird because I see the 19th in the link, not today's date of the 22nd. I see 20160819.pdf in the link...
[Galaxy Tab S General] Aeqrs25:
Hey guys as we can see here in brazil the samsung site already has the Marshmallow manual for the T800 and T700.

Here is the manual link http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...9021404896/SM-T700_SM-T800_Emb_BR_Rev.1.0.pdf
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Well I got a similar chat. I asked about the Marshmallow Manual and my TAB S SM-T700. I told them that I see we have new Marshmallow manuals dated on the 19th for our product and to please check if this means Samsung is getting ready to send out Marshmallow updates. The Live Chat person double checked on my model SM-T700 and then replied with the below standard info. This tells me nothing other than it may or may not come, but it does NOT directly deny MM is coming either. Only time will tell as usual apparently.

Seems pretty positive though at least for T705 and T805 devices, lol. I don't believe the Live chat people have any more info then we do really. I did NOT find a new manual for my T700.

By the way everyone, this would be a absolute good time to start asking Samsung what's up in the official Facebook and Twitter pages.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mihailrusia:
Manual user marshmallow (T-700 and T800) Date: 2016.08.17

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...800_UM_LTN_Marshmallow_Eng_Rev.1.0_160816.pdf

Well, I hope the update is true.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tybalt:
Latest News Says no Marshmallow

Android Authority is now reporting that Samsung Mobile Netherlands has confirmed that the Tab S will not be getting MM.

"In a Facebook post, Samsung Mobile Netherlands recently confirmed there will be no update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the Galaxy Tab S series", quote from the link below.

http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-not-getting-android-6-0-marshmallow-711560/

I tired looking for the original post on the the Samsung Mobile Netherlands Facebook page, but I can't read Dutch.

For me, this is the signal that it's finally time to move on...
[Galaxy Tab S General] fred_be9300:
180 degree turn of events.

Some 2 days ago, samsung NL posted there would be no MM for the tab S.

But just now they updated with an apology and reversal, saying MM is being worked on for the tab s 10.5. That was in response to a question about the tab s 10.5.

Also, samsung greece has in recent days confirmed that mm is being worked on for our tab s

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1230443253644625&id=160640413958253
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Actually guys, because of the marshmallow manual updates we have to assume MM is coming for Tab S. There is no other explanation and Samsung definitely wouldn't be updating Tab S manuals for the Marshmallow ROM for no reason. The ONLY thing that makes sense is that we are getting MM.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
It`s pathetic how Samsung treats it`s customers with no information on updates, the word Samsung is supposed to mean tristar or three stars, how many would you give them.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Kyronater:
Looks like Samsung can't make up their mind on whether they are releasing MM. Kinda funny how N has just been released and Samsung are still making up their minds on MM.
[Galaxy Tab S General] amateurhack:
Nobody writes a full manual for vaporware unless they are raising money on kickstarter.

It's coming. I'm not going to use it, as I already jumped to AOSP, but I might load it up once we know it can be rooted, just for fun.
[Galaxy Tab S General] open1your1eyes0:
I agree, AOSP will always be significantly better performing (and arguably looking as well) but the official update will definitely help improve development and provide the much-needed updated sources/drivers to customize ROMs from there. That's what I'm most looking forward to. :good:
[Galaxy Tab S General] zooster:
They usually make up their mind on marketing plans. They have few developer compared to all that mass of devices filling every market level, so it's just a decision about to take fresh forces out of engineering new products in favor of old products that can only threat new market sales.

Their business is focused on new products. When they develop something for old product it's only because they are committed to. But every excuse is good to stop development. If they could choose they would sell a device as it is, remaining forever how it was out of the box. And if you are not happy you can still buy a new one. The new one will have a magic super feature (usually a minor one like usb-c) that, combined to the old abandoned device you already own, will urge you to buy a new device.

Are they smart or are you dumb? That's the amletic question.
[Galaxy Tab S General] troxter:
PLEASE READ THIS. SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S WILL NOT RECEIVE MM IN 2016. THIS INFO IS FROM VERY CONFIDENT SAMSUNG EMPLOYEE. Please use thanks button in Jan 2017 ;)
[Galaxy Tab S General] SkOrPn:
Lol, I'm already running MM in 2016 and its on my Tab S.
[Galaxy Tab S General] 5warafat1:
i think he seems to be one of those people who don't want mm to come to the tab s.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
I switched back from AOSP to stock lollipop, the screen does not looks as good on AOSP (rgb sensor not being used?) and the screen brightness will not go as low for my nocturnal uses.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] artur.r:
Finally released !!!

SM-T805	DBT	T805XXU1CPH5	Android	6.0.1	09.08.2016
[Galaxy Tab S General] Tinderbox (UK):
Nothing for the T800 or T700 yet, you would think it would be a lot easier to write a rom for a wifi only tablet as there are no cell providers to get compatibility reports from before the release.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Yaya444:
I don't see it on Sammy site. Anyone see it?

Looking good though :) its for Germany.
[Galaxy Tab S General] 3DSammy:
Funny as I've been on the MM AOSP build for months now and initially worried about the screen color controls but in the end found the built in options seemed, to my eyes, to be no different from Samsung stock. With this mornings posts on a Samsung stock MM release for the T805 and therefore a likely T800 release I'm debating the merits of switching to that new stock MM and so far haven't come up with any but it's only been 15 minutes.
[Galaxy Tab S General] open1your1eyes0:
It's always funny to see that I think that has only been the case on tablets so far and it never makes sense to me. Then again it's more than just cellular difference. I'm sure it's easier to develop for a global standard like Qualcomm (in the x05 variants) rather than Exynos.

Or perhaps they just want to use lesser popular variants as a test in case anything goes wrong before release for most versions of that model.
[Galaxy Tab S General] fred_be9300:
Might as well close this Topic now?
[Galaxy Tab S General] open1your1eyes0:
I agree. This thread doesn't have to continue anymore since the OP is no longer true and there's another discussion going on here:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/finally-galaxy-tab-s-receive-marshmallow-t3416348