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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] English_Gentleman:
I was just seeing if it was me that hadn't got the update. I'm still on August.

Meanwhile, the Note 5 is getting the December update...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] henklbr:
Don't blame Samsung for that, but the UK operators -> THEY have to approve the FW first before it's rolling out to the devices!

The december update is available but still "on hold" for UK-devices (BTU & XEU)

BTU/XEU : 1AQI1 (August)

O2U : 1AQK9 (November)

EVR : 1AQK9 (November)

VOD : 1AQK9 (November)

H3G : 1AQK9 (November)

But: instead of complaining here, why not flash the latest FW yourself (2BQKG) with Odin?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Broomfundel:
BTU/XEU are the codes for the direct from Samsung models. They are operator free. So there is no approval from the operators needed. I personally think someone at Samsung just forgets to hit a publish button as they don't get an approval they don't need.

By any standard August is the only BTU available, and that's poor for a flagship with a company that promised monthly security updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ds980x:
Yeah still no update on the 23rd DEC, I did see EE UK only just got it on the 19th and that probably makes up the last in the UK to get it now... Flashing via Odin means fresh install dosnt it? I guess even if an OTA update dosnt resolve my notification issues, a fresh install probably would be the best bet anyway.

Wouldn't flashing my non-carrier device with a carrier specific 2BQKG firmware potentially riddle my device with carrier bloat? Better off waiting if thats the case! Anything new in 2BQKG over 1AQK9?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ds980x:
Just updated to 2BQKG via Odin without losing anything, wish I did this sooner!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] haircut123:
I'm in UK on ee and the update came out today ota 46.87mb
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] golden_relya:
Hi

I ve bought a Note 8 device unlocked as the seller said and when i got home i noticed that is blocked. When i check what provider is on i found BTU. So if can someone please help me what network provider i should contact?

Thanks a lot for your help and support
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kradcliffe:
BTU is a generic code so it's not carrier assigned.

You need to contact the seller and get your money back as it will be impossible to find out why it was blocked in the first place.

P.S. If you're ever buying a second hand phone ask the seller for the IMEI before you part with any cash and check it online to see if it's blocked first. If the seller won't give you the IMEI then just walk away.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] golden_relya:
BTU

Hi

The seller blocked me and can t get in touch with him snymore. I think he has an insurance and report his phone lost. How can i find out which provider is on?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
Or better still write down the IMEI number put your sim card in the phone and call your provider to have the device added to your account .

How many providers does your region have? Call all of them.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] golden_relya:
I called them up and none told me that they blocked the device. They said only the owner can unblock the phone. But as i said he blocked me on phone, whats app and Facebook. Is there any chance to find out who is the provider blocked the phone?

Thanks a lot for your help and support.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] nookcoloruser:
Install ...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

However the chances are you are using an unlocked UK/Ireland model which may have been bought from a retailer or Samsung direct and then insured via a third party insurer. The third party insurer would then request an IMEI block if the device was reported lost or stolen.

Sadly there is very little you can do as the device will likely be blocked from all networks in your country of residence, however there is a chance it could work outside of your country as other countries / carriers will have not blocked the IMEI.

Meaning you may be able to sell it on with the proviso / understanding the device is blocked in the UK or whatever country your currently residing.

How did you buy the device ? If you paid via PayPal or with a CC - you may be able to get a chargeback with your CC company if you report it as a fraudulent transaction (sold a dud device).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] golden_relya:
I bought it on Shpock from a private seller. Now i found that the T mobile blocked the IMEI because it was a illegally purchase and the seller knew it this. I paid by cash unfortunately. The device was blocked by t mobile since December 2017. And i bought it few days ago.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j_hansen:
you obviously bought a stolen phone, lesson learnt for you, buy cheap... buy twice....HA... HAAA..

that said, you could probably recover a few quid from selling it on a Russian buy/sell website
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Limeybastard:
So it was UK purchased. Looks like the networks share IMEI information. just sell it to the USA or mainland Europe, noting it's black listed in the UK. You should he able to get at least 60% of your money back. That is if it's really black listed and nothing else wrong with it .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] golden_relya:
Thank you for your help and support. The device is in excellent cosmetic condition.

Have a nice nite and thanks for being very helpful guys.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] <rev>:
It's now the end of March and still no update to oreo. Any ideas when this is coming to the uk?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Matziatzu:
Samsung reported that within 3 weeks from now all carrier unlocked devices should receive Android Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] <rev>:
Thank you.

It seems backward that if you buy your phone direct from Samsung unlocked, you're the last to get any update, sometimes up to 6 months behind. Also the Note 8 is their flagship and is also behind the s7 and s8 with updates. Seems utterly ridiculous and only encourages rooting and rom flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Dean-xXx:
Most probably UK and other EU countries will skip the March update and will roll out the April one, happened quite few times in the past.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] <rev>:
Spoke to Samsung who are saying they don't know when the update will be released.

Last phone I purchase from Samsung. What a crazy policy to update your flagship model last when many other phones have been on oreo for months!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
I've read thst carriers all need to approve the unlocked firmware or something like that (e.g. must be tested on all networks, etc.) before Samsung releases it, which would explain why it gets it last rather than then first (if true).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] rasmali:
That is very strange? In have had no issues with notifications and have had at least 4 updates since November.

Unlocked version from Mobiles.co.uk on O2
[Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2] yusdacra:
Hello, as you may know, Google released a version of Oreo called "Go". It focuses on budget devices with 1GB - 512 mb RAM. It would be great if someone was able to work on it. The Go version looks awesome. Also would love testing it. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] aroma819:
Hello everyone i have qmobile a10 i was playing with the rom using sp flash tool and i think i formatted the bootloader now i dont know what happened my device stops starting up the PC recognize the device as unknown usb device but there is not even light on the screen. can anyone help
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] manuvarghese:
My Essential PH 1 is draining a lot.

Phone idle is taking most power with approximately 17%. Screenshots attached.

Can you please advise if this is normal and ways to minimize battery drain ?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] reverenddak:
Are you showing off? because those are amazing numbers. You're on track for 35 hours! I get around 26. Your bigger killer is What's App, but that's expected for a Facebook app. 17% for idle means your phone is on and doing nothing 17% of the time.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] manuvarghese:
Nope I am not showing off, I think i am having huge drains when I am asleep. Most of the time in that graph is idle time so i am thinking it should be better ?

Again I moved recently to droid from iOS so i am unsure of the droid power management baselines.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] reverenddak:
Cool. I didn't mean to seem mean, but those are good numbers. If your phone is on, and you have push notifications (pretty much every social media app, phone, sms, etc.) you're going to have drain. Even if the phone was off, the battery would drain somewhat. But you have What's App and other chat apps, so that'll use battery, even if your asleep, the phone isn't. It's the only way you would be able to receive calls, text, updates, etc.

That 17% looks steep, but it's all relative to a small screen. over the span of 20 hours and you still have almost 50% battery, especially with "free" apps that are basically advertising engines pushing ads at your every minute. Having Phone Idle at the top is not a bad thing, it just means you don't use your phone as much as you use What's App.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
1% per hour is good, better than our S8 even
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] boidsonly:
I had enabled "Cellular data always active" and it chewed through my battery life. I turned it off and can now last 1.5 days on a charge.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] viperc:
My phone is draining 12% overnight. And phone idle is top of the list. What does this phone idle do? There was a random night where the phone only dropped 1%. But most nights, it's draining around 10% with phone idle at the top.

Update: setting wifi to not stay on while phone is sleeping seems to fix the drain issue.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] EVOSerb:
Does disabling it affect receiving messages that rely on mobile data such as WhatsApp?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spounce:
Where is the "cellular data always active" setting? I don't see it. Have not updated to run Oreo.

My battery was dropping from 95% to 5% overnight. Did a factory reset which helped, but I'm still losing 17-20% overnight. Seems odd to me on a brand new phone, but I have never owned an Android before. I have blocked notifications and location services from nearly all of my apps. Any advice other than what has already been posted?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] NaterTots:
If your losing that much overnight it's probably a bad app.

I don't use it, but have read that the Facebook messenger is good for that. As in eating up a battery overnight.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] reverenddak:
I can promise you that that's not normal, especially for this phone. Overnight battery loss is minimal, 15 hours of idle with a 10% drain is what I'm getting. That's pretty amazing. I'd check your apps and ask the general android forums for advice. I also bet there is a rogue app draining you juice. chat and social media apps with all their pushed content and friend updates are huge battery killers.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] combat goofwing:
Install accu battery ,charger to full last thing at night ,don't touch through night ,then see what's draining battery ,mine drains by about 2/3% through 8/9 hrs at night
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Caltinpla:
It's under developer options settings. I have mine always active without draining my battery noticeable.

The social media apps such as snapchat, facebook, twitter, etc... are the ones draining your battery while your phone is idle so you need to disable their background data running.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] atrix_noob:
The option to Cellular Data Always Active is on the Developer Hidden Menu. If you have it enabled you should be able to turn it off.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spounce:
Thanks to all for the replies. I thought that restoring factory settings had helped somewhat, but it turns out not to have. Battery has just depleted from 100% to 67% in 3 hours while the phone has sat idle.

The only social media apps I have installed are FB and Whatapp. Notifications for both are turned off. Location services for all apps are also off. The only apps I have installed have been download from the Play Store and have run on my previous phones without causing any trouble. Those who replied all suspect a bad app, so I have installed ACCU Battery as suggested to see if I can nail it down.

Thanks again for the responses.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JasonJoel:
Try this for one night. Right before bed....

1. Turn OFF WiFi

2. Reboot phone

3. Leave WiFi off after reboot

There is a bug in Google Play Services that affects many people on many different phone types since the November updates.

When on wifi, in certain circumstances (many theories on what the actually trigger is) it will cause Google Play Services to run non stop on certain WiFi networks causing huge battery drain.

In this particular scenario, turning off Wifi does not stop the battery drain. The phone has to be reboot.

I don't know if that is what you are experiencing, as you didn't say if it was an app or system taking so much battery, but I thought I would mention it in case it helps.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] NaterTots:
Why don't you look in settings/battery and see what is using the highest percentage of the battery?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spounce:
Have looked in Settings/Battery, but am not seeing anything there that diagnoses the problem to my understanding. Highest use shown is Chrome (4%), then Screen (4%) then Google Play services (3%). ACCU Battery app shows the same. Battery is still losing 10-12% of its charge per hour while the phone is idle.

Have sent a message to Essential support to ask if they know anything about a bug in Google Play services causing battery drain. They have so far only suggested rebooting to safe mode and doing the reset to factory settings. Hasn't helped.

Will try shutting wifi off, rebooting and leaving wifi off tonight as suggested. Not really sure where to go from there even if that does save the battery, as a phone that has its battery drained just by being on wifi is useless to me.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JasonJoel:
If turning off WiFi and rebooting helps reduce system cpu usage, it is a bug in the software and not the phone. I can reproduce that specific issue on my pixel 2 and Samsung Galaxy s8, too....

If the CPU usage isn't from system, though, or turning WiFi off and rebooting doesn't help then you obviously have a completely different issue and need to troubleshoot further.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spounce:
Update:. Nothing Essential support has suggested has helped. Battery is draining to zero overnight while phone is idle both when connected to wifi and when not.

Upon learning that I had purchased the phone at a Telus store in Canada, Essential have said that they can't help me further and have referred me to the store for assistance. I'm disappointed in the lack of support from Essential.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] reverenddak:
Have you backed up and factory reseted?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rignfool:
You've got a wcnss_filter_lock kernel based wakelock...

Yours... For some reason... Is drawing an inane amount if battery...

I don't know what to do with it until some custom kernels get features... But more than likely... The route would be to ask a kernel dev to disable it... Franco has done so on the OP devices with no backlash...

Edit: what other devices (Android Wear, Pebble, bt earbuds) do you use... Do you have wifi and Bluetooth scanning on
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] NaterTots:
Why haven't you posted some screen shots from the battery screen? You come in here whining but haven't posted anything that others could use to help you.

Are you on 2.4 or 5ghz WiFi? Maybe switch it from automatic and just to one or the other.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] viperc:
Try to "force stop" apps that may be causing wakelocks. Especially those online shopping apps like Amazon app. Mine improved a whole lot after i stopped Amazon app. Phone's battery status don't show amazon app using much battery, only showed phone idle as top previously. I used wakelock detector n noticed Amazon app caused wakelock for 4xx times overnight. Stopped it n overnight drain is back to normal for me. About 6% overnight.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spounce:
I was able, finally, to get to the Telus store where I had purchased the phone and they gave me a replacement.

Many thanks to all of those who took the time to post suggestions for resolution. Although none of it ended up diagnosing the problem, the fixes I tried as a result of the suggestions here were helpful in ruling things out and ended up saving me a lot of time at the Telus store as I was able to spell out exactly what I had attempted before making the exchange. I'm not the most technically gifted person.

I still have no idea what exactly the problem was. I backed the new phone up from the Android cloud just as I backed the defective one up after resetting its factory settings. The new phone is running fine with the same apps, so all if now well.

Thanks again.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ksooneel:
Battery has serious issues. It drops drastically overnight. When I charge to 100 % before going to bed, in the past it used to drop 5 to 10% overnight. But nowadays it drops by 40 - 50%.

I have done battery cycle (reduce to zero and charge to 100) twice and also done factory reset once. Still the battery drops to 40-50% over night.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kboya:
Battery cycle 0-100 isn't necessary on a lithium ion battery and does more harm than good (potential harm, no good).

An app is the likely culprit. On 9 from 8.1, rooted with VPN always on, mine does 1 per hour idle. You might have an outdated app that isn't working properly.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Admiral2145:
Make sure you don't have Google sync on.. That kept my phone awake and had the same battery issue your talking about... Install better battery stats and see whats killing your battery life
[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] wedel333:
where can I find the link to modify the voice on android 7.1? I found it on 4pda but I can not log in

https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=704060&st=9080#entry56201039

can someone put it on some host?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] abhay009:
Here is a zip to fix deep sleep issue in most Oreo ROMs not tried on pixel experience one have to try it on that.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] PRolo:
It seems that work good on AEX Oreo last build.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] abhay009:
Plz try on pixel experience ROM
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] PRolo:
I'll try for weekend and say you something.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] abhay009:
Ok
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] thriller76:
Tried on 2/12 and it works, now updating to latest and trying.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] abhay009:
Have u tried on latest build?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] thriller76:
yes and works too.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] abhay009:
wow then its great
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] bartys:
Is it working on nitrogen os?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] vatstarun18:
deep sleep issue in nougat ? any suggestion
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] abhay009:
Which nougat ROM has deep sleep issue ? This is for Oreo only
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] abhay009:
U can try
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] vladimir.jz:
Stuck on boot first time boot , AEX 5 (clean flash) ... lol , reboot and looks fine
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] locolyric:
i tried flash it on Omni 8.1 . it works for a few hours , but after a fully charge. my phone still not haven't deep sleep for few hours already.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] fallen.kn:
Could you explain what this flashable ZIP is going to do exactly?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] bartys:
dont working on pixel expiernce 8.1
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] y2knarayan:
Is this a magisk module?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] sanketp60:
What is deep sleep issue?

Please explain
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] Volidon:
Works on Ground Zero Validus Oreo 8.1 Shamu
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
Hello,

When I want to enter fastboot with vol down + plug usb in, phone goes to offline charging (light grey battery appears then goes to charging animation)

Here is what I did:

- Unlocked fastboot

- Fastboot flashed latest recovery from twrp: twrp-3.1.1-0-grace.img

and now I cant enter recovery nor fastboot. The only thing I can is boot to Android, but it is locked. Any suggestion how to enter fastboot?
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
Now I can enter fastboot, but still cant enter twrp. Flashed different images, no change

EDIT: By holding vol up + pow button I enter Huawei eRecovery with options reboot, dowload new version and recovery and shutdown. What does that mean?
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] erayrafet:
For entering into FASTBOOT mode you must have a USB cable plugged into a PC. To enter into TWRP, after flashing it you must write te command fastboot reboot, unplug the cable immediately and hold the volume up button.
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
Thanks for reply.

Did like you said: flashed recovery then rebooted and immediately unplugged usb and started holding vol up. Phone was showing boot logo and rebooting itself. If I left finger off button, phone booted to OS.

IDK what I'm doing wrong here. BTW I'm using this recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-grace.img on https://eu.dl.twrp.me/grace/

Legit confused... Been doing this stuff for years and this happens :/
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] erayrafet:
What's your build number?
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
I dont know. I will ask my cousin when did she last time updated here phone
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] erayrafet:
You can check in Settings, About phone section.
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
It's locked.
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] erayrafet:
Is it on 6.0 and what's the model which you can see on the back of the phone.
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
It's GRA-L09, but dont know which android version it has. If it helps you https://1drv.ms/f/s!AqJN5lbXo9tUg60gO2wQ2n3L9OnP9Q to guess which one it is
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] erayrafet:
I can't access the file. Send a photo of the phone when the screen is on.
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
Strange. Tried it in incognito mode and worked (You might need to close window to login - picture is underneath). Will link them to this post in few minutes
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
Pictures in attachement
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] erayrafet:
So you are on Android 5.0.1, then you must find a compatible version of TWRP which has to be older than 3.0.0 or you can update to Android 6.0 with HiSuite, Firmware Finder via the eRecovery.
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
Found this https://dl.twrp.me/p8/

Will it be okay?
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] erayrafet:
Yes
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] LGaljo:
Thanks bro! You saved my life. That little thing kept me from doing that! :highfive:

Will give you some thanks presses :P

EDIT: Now I know that phone has this firmware: GRA-L09C432B210