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#2003596 27-Apr-2018 15:19

It appears that hell has frozen over and Samsung has released the April update in April! https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G965F/TNZ/download/G965FXXS1ARD1/216720/

The start of a more prompt response time by Samsung or just a once off fluke?

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#2003597 27-Apr-2018 15:22

matisyahu:

It appears that hell has frozen over and Samsung has released the April update in April! https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G965F/TNZ/download/G965FXXS1ARD1/216720/

The start of a more prompt response time by Samsung or just a once off fluke?

This makes it 2 updates in 1 month

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#2003813 27-Apr-2018 21:55

tripp:

matisyahu:

It appears that hell has frozen over and Samsung has released the April update in April! https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G965F/TNZ/download/G965FXXS1ARD1/216720/

The start of a more prompt response time by Samsung or just a once off fluke?

This makes it 2 updates in 1 month

Maybe someone at Samsung is trolling the customers - build up their hopes then dash them with 4-5 months of no updates or updates only be delivered to some random place that requires one to look up on an atlas to believe that the place actually exists.

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#2014581 12-May-2018 12:25

Another update just came through:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G965F/TNZ/download/G965FXXU1ARD4/218575/

Installed it on the phone, everything seems to be going smoothly - I wonder if it is related to the rumours regarding Oreo 8.1 making its way to the phone very soon.

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#2014622 12-May-2018 13:49

matisyahu:
Another update just came through:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G965F/TNZ/download/G965FXXU1ARD4/218575/

Installed it on the phone, everything seems to be going smoothly - I wonder if it is related to the rumours regarding Oreo 8.1 making its way to the phone very soon.

This update is *supposed* to fix the call dropping/blanking issue (as described here: http://piunikaweb.com/2018/03/26/galaxy-s9-users-around-the-globe-reporting-call-dropping-issue/ )

I'm installing this update now. Fingers crossed it really is fixed, as the phone is a bit of a lemon otherwise. Its been hugely frustrating to hav 10 - 20s periods of audio blanking while on work calls

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#2015208 13-May-2018 15:56

Loftus:
matisyahu:

Another update just came through:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/SM-G965F/TNZ/download/G965FXXU1ARD4/218575/

Installed it on the phone, everything seems to be going smoothly - I wonder if it is related to the rumours regarding Oreo 8.1 making its way to the phone very soon.

This update is *supposed* to fix the call dropping/blanking issue (as described here: http://piunikaweb.com/2018/03/26/galaxy-s9-users-around-the-globe-reporting-call-dropping-issue/ )

I'm installing this update now. Fingers crossed it really is fixed, as the phone is a bit of a lemon otherwise. Its been hugely frustrating to hav 10 - 20s periods of audio blanking while on work calls

There is positive feedback on the website: http://piunikaweb.com/2018/05/04/good-news-update-rolls-out-to-fix-samsung-galaxy-s9-call-issues/

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#2019432 20-May-2018 18:11

Have just got an S9+, upgrading from a 3 and a half-year-old note 4.

Any must do/initial set up steps? TIA.

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#2020485 22-May-2018 16:14

Any joy getting the FM radio to work on the sm-g960/965 Nz models?

Yes appreciate the official line that only the North American chipset has the radio chip, and even then there’s been issues with it being disabled in firmware.

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#2020739 22-May-2018 21:16

jakenz: Any joy getting the FM radio to work on the sm-g960/965 Nz models?

Yes appreciate the official line that only the North American chipset has the radio chip, and even then there’s been issues with it being disabled in firmware.

No FM radio in the NZ models.

That's only available in the Snapdragon models unfortunately.

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#2023433 27-May-2018 16:36

Hello team. I'm still learning my way around Android. I've found that I can't remove a lot of the Samsung apps, which is fine, I've just hidden them away where possible and set defaults to other apps where I can. One that I'm having some confusion with is the Camera. I use the physical button to quickly launch the camera, and then when I take a shot and want to do a quick edit (crop etc), it does that within the default Samsung Gallery app. Then I seem to have to save the photo for it to show up in Google Photos. Google Photos is already set up as the default images app for most functions. Am I able to change the default behaviour of the camera? I've had a look through its settings but can't see much that's helpful other than actual camera settings.

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#2059024 19-Jul-2018 20:24

Call recording apps are all now blocked on this chipset!!! Grrrrr

If i look for another firmware to flash it will update without losing any of my stuff right?

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#2059119 20-Jul-2018 05:31

webup:

Call recording apps are all now blocked on this chipset!!! Grrrrr

If i look for another firmware to flash it will update without losing any of my stuff right?

My ACR is still working fine and i just applied the July security patch

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#2060238 22-Jul-2018 08:41

tripp:

webup:

Call recording apps are all now blocked on this chipset!!! Grrrrr

If i look for another firmware to flash it will update without losing any of my stuff right?

My ACR is still working fine and i just applied the July security patch

Is your phone from a telco?
I bought mine from a Sparkstore and June is the latest firmware on mine.

ACR wouldnt work at all so installed Boldbeast which so far is working perfectly.
Always been a big ACR fan

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#2060240 22-Jul-2018 08:48

Mine is dual Sim from Singapore.

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#2060332 22-Jul-2018 10:12

I keep up to date by flashing the latest firmware for the DBT CSC. It is usually the first to get each new firmware. It is part of the same OXM firmware group as the NZ carriers so it is the exact same thing they will be rolling out eventually. Usually get the latest security patch a couple before the 20th of each month this way.

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