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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
No - And if you really want to boil your blood - The Carriers had Oreo some time ago - But either a decision was made by Samsung or the Carriers - But they decided not to release Oreo until after the S9/S9+ were available.... Have you ever seen the the Carriers release any updates without adding all the Bloat.. They didn't do this overnight... They were sitting on Oreo for weeks and weeks and to add insult to injury it's Oreo 8.0... Riddle me that! ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
Any one else noticed that battery life sucks with Oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] choch69:
I noticed that oreo ruined screen captures in private browsing mode in chrome. For whatever reason it stopped working for "security reasons".
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
I don't know if I'd say that it's "ruined" - Makes sense to me that screen shots should be disabled while using Incognito... My 2 cents ? ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] golfinggino:
battery life was bad before and still sucks - going to sell and use my V30 full time - much better battery life and the quad dac is a bonus :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] harryo604:
I been using crc5 beta and my battery life has been amazing I'm not updating to official oreo I'm staying on crc5 it's to good reminds me when I got phone last may
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
I also noticed tonight that the battery got very hot when charging. I just did a factory reset and re-installed my apps. We'll see how it goes now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] poncespr:
I just flashed Canada XAC Oreo on my Att S8+ and my experience is totally opposite. Battery life has improved and signal reception as well.

Could not be happier.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
Who released XAC in Canada? I show all Canadian vendors releasing BRB7 for the 8+.

Anyway, I did a factory reset on my phone and the battery no longer gets hot. It's also no longer eating the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
You're thinking of the Baseband and not the CSC is my guess... But you are correct that the Baseband is BRB7 for all the Canadian Carriers on Oreo ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
You beat me to it. I had just realized my mistake. [emoji39]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Battery talk should be banned from xda, how can anyone make sense from it when two people say opposite things?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
I think that we should burn all the books....

Forums are SUPPOSED to be for discussion of different ideas - Banning the discussion of Batteries is counterproductive and if someone isn't open to discussing different ideas - why be here?

Information is presented and it's up to the individual to figure out what makes sense for them - Extremes on either side should probably be dismissed and you can figure that someone who is getting 30 min SOT is almost certainly messing something up in a massive way - By the same token - Someone who is claiming to get 60 hours of SOT probably can't tell time ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] choch69:
my battery life has suffered since updating to oreo.

in addition to the weird security error message I get when trying to do a screencap in private browsing move. that never happened before, i should be able to screencap whatever I want.

also noticed in the photo editing mode I am no longer able to paste shapes and other photos onto the image i am editing. sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
If you read my update above, you would have seen my solution. Here it is again:

"Anyway, I did a factory reset on my phone and the battery no longer gets hot. It's also no longer eating the battery."

I did an OTA update and it should have worked. Who knows? So I did the next correct thing to do and Factory Reset. Reinstalled all my software and discovered that TomTom Go doesn't work with Oreo. That may or may not have been my problem but knowing if others were having the same problem with batteries on Oreo prompted me to go the Factory Reset route.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
I could of swore xda got rid of "what rom is best?" threads did it not? Every time there's a new update or a new phone coming out these are the first threads that pop up, there is really nothing useful in them.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
Don't read them. Simple solution instead of complaining. [emoji6] This thread contains useful information to me and I'm sure to others. If not to you, then quietly move on.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
I don't know if this would qualify as a tip - but on Stock Unrooted Oreo when you try to Download an image by Long Press it gets saved to:

Data/data/com.android.providers.cach

This appears to be a Security feature of Oreo.

This means that you don't see the image in your Gallery - What I've found that works for me is to open the Download Manager - Create a new Folder - Move the Downloaded images to this new Folder and then the images will appear in your Gallery.

If someone knows a better way for an Unrooted device... Awesome ?

Edit: This doesn't apply when you Long Press on an image in Chrome etc - This is when you Google Search for an image - ie: swimming dog and then open the image there it no longer gets saved to Downloads ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zoltrix:
Hi All

I flashed the Canada multi-csc on my G955FD hoping to get LTE while on the phone (VoLTE)

However when I make a call with Sim #1 (TELUS) I have no LTE.

When making a call with Sim #2 (Bell), I do have LTE.

I have my Calls set to SIM 1, i have Texts set to SIM 1, and Mobile Data to SIM 2

When i reboot the phone a popup appears that asks which number i want to use as my primary for apps, and i always choose my TELUS number. I assume this is asking for things such as Whatsapp and how it maps to your cell number?

Anyone know what's wrong?

Is it possible that the Multi CSC is not adding TELUS's details properly?

Or maybe an APN issue or something else entirely?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
G955WVLU2BRC1 has just been released for Canadian phones. Anyone managed to update to it yet?

http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=SM-G955W
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
No but you MIGHT be able to get it using Smart Switch (I've heard) before it's actually pushed by the Carriers?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thurask:
So far it's just Bell getting it OTA I think, but I put it on my Telus phone with Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dakunclear:
Freedom has the OTA as well
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Rogers is saying April 5th for the March Security Patch update OTA FWIW (according to their OS Update Schedule) ?

Don't forget to UNINSTALL any Substratum Themes BEFORE you apply the Update ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
Move your phone's date forward to April 5th. It might update. Worked for some of the guys south of the border.

Jeff
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Seriously?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
Yep, Roger's has already released the update as per http://live.samsung-updates.com. They've just set an automatic rollout for April 5th. Maybe set your date a little further as you may not be on Roger's first list.

However, it didn't work for my Bell phone. :crying: Worth a try.

Jeff
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
Where did you download it from?

Jeff
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Apparently people on Samsung Members with Bell are saying they have received the March Security Patch update OTA today...?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thurask:
With the SamFirm tool.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MM13:
Yep its live with Bell. Got the OTA this morning
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zirt57:
I forgot all about that tool. Thanks mate!

Jeff
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ron31:
yes the security came at the end of march did come
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] groo:
just got G955WVLU2BRC1 on Telus right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] TheBrandonWRX:
Searched this entire thread, came out disappointed.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
I find that offensive eh
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] TheBrandonWRX:
:D:D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rajeshr:
It has arrived at Rogers, but they cannot sell till the 17th. Guess I'll have to wait till then! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sevael:
This is correct. All Canadian carriers are under restrictions to not release any of the phones until the 17th, even though most outlets have now received their pre-order stock.

Most people who opted for home delivery have not had their phones shipped yet. This is the route I went. Even if my phone ships today (Thursday) I wouldn't get it until Tuesday, which is later than the in-store pickup option. I'm willing to bet that it won't be shipped until Monday, which means I won't get it until Wednesday or Thursday.

When the pre-orders went live on the Rogers site on the 30th, it was implied that doing the home delivery option would get you the phone faster than reserving it the traditional way. Turns out to be the opposite. Lesson learned. Next time I will opt for in-store pickup.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
Last time I got my S7 edge on release date and I had it shipped to my home. Maybe it be the same with the s8+
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sevael:
That would be nice, but it would have had to be shipped out yesterday for me to receive it on the pre-order release day (Monday the 17th). I haven't received any shipping notice and I haven't even been charged for the device yet.

Even if I somehow received it on Monday, that doesn't explain why people who opted OUT of the "pay now and get it sooner" option are still getting the phones sooner than people like me who opted IN.

Ass-backwards. Way to go, Rogers.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Don't give up just yet guys. It usually ships overnight. I remember with rogers it shipped at around 2pm the day before and I got it on release date.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sevael:
It probably depends on where you live. It always takes two business days for their shipments to reach Winnipeg. I know a few people who do their upgrades over the telephone every year and every time it takes two business days for the shipped phone to arrive.

Incidentally, I posted about this on the Rogers forum and the post was deleted almost immediately. I didn't use any negative language and I didn't post anything untrue. It was a simple observation that their 'faster' option was in fact slower than the normal option. Guess they don't want people knowing the truth. :p
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
That's with Koodo, no idea what Rogers does. I'm just going hope I get it on release date...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sword Fish:
Did you order S8+ in Orchid Grey? I was #11 with Rogers and my status still shows In Progress. They have charged my account the 40 buck reservation fee.

Swordfish
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
At least you can see your place in line with Rogers. With Telus it's just sit and wait for the email. No forum either so you can't compare with others to see where you fit on the timeline.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
I ordered mine on the 5th via Koodo, and I was charged two days later. Hopefully it arrives soon. I believe they START shipping them out ON the 17th, so realistically 19-20th arrival.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
I placed my order on mar 29 and was charged 2 days later. Guess it could be different then last time, when we got them on release date.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
We may get them a day or so early, who knows. Release is the 21st. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sevael:
Nope, midnight black.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] wind784:
Anyone else order from Samsungs site? Not much info available about how order status, ie none that I can find beyond "paid" heh. Wondering if I'll get an email when it ships?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Anyone waiting on the Telus confirmation email let me know pls. I'll do the same. I ordered within one hour of the pre order opening.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Still waiting telus also.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
I did and ya nothing shows up, maybe i should of went to the store, they have it ready for pickup on the 17th.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Zer0_:
Just got a call from the Samsung Experience Store.

My device will be available to pick up on the 17th :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
Nice!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] acheney1990:
I just got an email from Bell and my S8+ will be available for pickup on the 17th. Can't wait!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
Just got my email from Koodo. Mine shipped out today via Purolator, and includes the Gear VR in the box!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Still nothing for telus customers, looks like they won't ship till next week.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
That's messed up. Koodo, the subsidiary is more on point than Telus. What a shame.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
When did you place your order? Still no shipping email for me...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Just received Telus shipping confirmation at 9 am sharp!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JamieD81:
Got my email from Telus at 6am PST,

Purolator Apr 13, 2017	11:38 p.m From Calgary, AB, CA

Side note: Purolator is open and delivering on Monday.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sword Fish:
It appears there are issues with the Canadian carriers shipping the S8+ in Orchid Grey. It was reported on a few news boards that neither Telus, Bell or Rogers have shipped any of these orders. I was #11 on Rogers and it seems to be stuck In Progress. If anyone has received a shipping notice for this phone, please let us know what carrier you ordered from.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Got shipping email as well from telus anyone elses say expect delivery in 1-3 weeks?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
Darn that sucks, that's the colour I ordered
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Yup. It just so happens I got mine at 9am est and so did 2 of my buddies. And it was shipped yesterday 6:45pm from Toronto. It'll delivered on Monday I'm almost certain.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
I ordered on the 5th. My orchid grey S8+ is currently in Calgary awaiting pickup, according to the tracking info.

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Crazy. I guess I got lucky. Mine is shipped (Orchid S8+, Koodo).
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sevael:
I'm glad you guys on Telus finally got your phones shipped out and you'll have them Monday.

Rogers really dropped the ball on this one. If you opt in to the "pay now, get it sooner" option, they still haven't shipped those ones out yet. Probably won't even ship them until Monday. But for everyone who opted out of the get-it-sooner option, their phones arrived in stores Wednesday and can be picked up on Monday.

At least this bungle is limited to Rogers.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
That's crazy I ordered on the 29th and mines gray one. I'm going email koodo mobile
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Not sure about monday tracking says label created not picked up yet and today is good friday.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
Email the web store with your order number. I emailed them last week with a question about my order, and they replied the next day.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] YellowGTO:
Depends what metric is important to you. http://www.androidcentral.com/note-7-head-head-exynos-vs-snapdragon-benchmarks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
I called them and emailed , they basically said too bad it's up to our warehouse, the way they ship it out. I mean that's some crappy way to handle it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Yeah benchmarks are numbers....real world hands on use and feel is more important..

And as I said having had both devices the exynos is far better all-around.

Smoother, faster, better battery life...all the things which matter.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
I'm more interested in battery life , cause last time exynos destroyed sd . Hopefully now they are both equally in battery life at least . Since they are both 10nm chipset
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Yeah there was no contedt between the SD 820 and exynos 8890 on battery life lol.

Im going to likely end up with both again on the s8 plus so guess we will see lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
That sucks! I just checked mine again. It's still waiting to be picked up by Purolator. The buggers shipped it ground!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Anyone ordered with telus before do they allow hold for pickup. For example i bought a phone before and called courier to hold for pick up but was told shipper requires one delivery attempt.

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Does purolater pick up packages on Saturday?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
I believe so, but i'm not positive. I hope so, or i'll be waiting mid to end of next week for the delivery....and that would suck.

Although i'm doing better than most. Reading around, there is a shortage of Orchid S8 Plus's with the Canadian carriers, so i'm lucky i'm getting one shipped at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] wind784:
I called Samsung and was told they would be shipping on the 19th and would get an email with tracking #.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Anyone with Telus tracking change to picked up yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
They will be picked up Monday, then we will receive them a few days later.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
It's funny how they send an email saying it's shipped when it hasnt.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
I know. The email I got said shipped on the 13th, but when I check the Purolator site, it only shows as "shipping label created".
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Mine was shipped and picked up on the 13th but no progress today. I'm hoping to get an out for delivery update at around 6am Monday.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
I just called purolator telus hasnt shipped the phones yet.

If purolator picks up monday depending on where u live could take 2 days.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Status changed to "on vehicle for delivery" at 8:12am EST ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Still nothing for me
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jm6001:
My telus order never gave me a shipping email but i checked the order status and it says it has shipped via Canadapost. Anyone else using Telus getting their phones shipped via Canadapost? They never even gave me a tracking number so I really have no idea when its coming.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Package delivered! Boom!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Mine was just picked up its now in transit to be delivered Wednesday Apr 19
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
Jealous! Mine is in transit, ETA the 19th.

Looks like we should all be good this week!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
I'm gonna call Purolator and request hold for pick up so if it arrives at Purolator depot tomorrow afternoon or something I can hopefully pick up tomorrow​
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
That's a great idea! I know for a fact that nobody will be home here on Wed, so I'll miss the delivery attempt anyways. I pass by the depot on the way home, and it's open until 7:30pm.

*Edit* Just called and is going to be held at the Depot for me when it arrives on Wed. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sevael:
Awesome that some of you guys are getting them in the mail already. I had mine pre-ordered on the Rogers site at 7am on March 30 and it still hasn't shipped out yet. Pay-now-get-it-sooner my ass.

Apparently somebody at Rogers messed up and didn't whitelist the S8/S8+ IMEIs so people who went into the stores to pick up their phones are now being told to come back later in the day or tomorrow. Rogers is really failing this launch.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
Ouch. Good job, Robbers. They really bunged that one up.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Zer0_:
That's pretty ****ty.

I'm glad I had cancelled my pre-order from Rogers and switched it to the experience store; they gave me issues last time too with the S7 Edge release.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] GibMcFragger:
Apparently Samsung Canada has emailed all the carriers today telling them not to release the phones until the 21st. Looks like the Samsung Store pre orders get early pickup only.

*Update* This applies to Rogers/Fido only. They forgot to add an the IMEIs to their system, meaning they can't activate any of the new phones. Should be sorted on a day or two.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Good thing I got mine already [emoji12]

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The phone is hella buggy guys! SoDs, random reboots. It's the 3rd reboot in as many hours. [emoji20]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] adsam3927:
Picked up mine from Samsung Sherway Gardens this morning

It's super smooth and fast

Let's see how it fairs over time knowing Samsungs history

Feels great in hand S8+

Seeing a little pink/purple tinge in panel which is normal just hope it doesn't get too bothersome...will vary device to device

Had read it had brightest screen of any phone ever...will have to see

Keen on seeing what screen on time I can get tomorrow during normal usage...setting it up as we speak
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sevael:
Strange. My nephew has been playing around with his for the last three hours and hasn't had a single issue. Maybe try a factory reset?

It's a damned nice phone. Can't wait to get my hands on mine.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
That's a good idea. I got an update while it was downloading my apps. Did not think to factory reset again.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] achatha84:
Mines been at purolator sort facility in calgary since this morning they really like to take their time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ronii_lyn:
Same. For mine it says its ETA is tomorrow. I traded shifts with a co-worker so hopefully it actually arrives tomorrow haha. It's likely for it to leave later today.