on 30-03-2018 11:10
on 30-03-2018 17:44
on 30-03-2018 19:29
on 30-03-2018 19:29
on 30-03-2018 19:45
on 30-03-2018 19:57
on 30-03-2018 19:57
on 30-03-2018 22:40
on 30-03-2018 22:40
@thedude56wrote:
Hi Gary
I'm on CRB7 so will hopefully get an update soon. XEU is released on sim free phones (not direct from Samsung)
Cheers
took the plunge (too bored and gagging for some tech fiddling) - OTA update for me is CRC7
Hopefully you may get this soon.
Cheers,
Gaz
on 30-03-2018 22:46
on 30-03-2018 23:21
on 30-03-2018 23:21
@thedude56wrote:
Worth updating and always good to have the latest security updates
Yeah hopefully get the update for mine too!
Cheers
totally agreed regarding OS security patches.
However, I'm generally a little more cautious now with updates (both on Windows and other platforms) - I'd like to think I'd have a little patience, to try and sidestep an update causing bluescreens or other device issues.
Was very bothered about the battery problems related by samsung owners with Oreo, hence my posts here.
30-03-2018 23:45 - edited 31-03-2018 00:17
30-03-2018 23:45 - edited 31-03-2018 00:17
initial thoughts on Oreo:
annoying notifications!
Can't help thinking it's bad design when there's a kernel of a good idea there (warning about permissions / behaviour) but just generates annoyance in the user. Will lead to user just ignoring messages, when they're actually relevant (rather like UAC implementation in Windows).
To explain/expand, it's the first obvious, new thing that greeted me with Oreo and I had to immediately google how to disable it
Example:
I've an app (micro CPU monitor) that shows CPU usage in real-time. It's an overlay. This app now generates two separate notification nags (app permissions monitor and android system). Both flagging the same overlay behaviour. No message about how to accept/disable the notification - only how to stop the behaviour of the app.
Fix:
android system message - settings/apps/3 dots/show system apps/find & tap "android system"/notifications/choose app you need to adjust & flick the toggle switch
app permissions message - settings/lock screen and security/tap "app permission monitor" (not the toggle switch)/choose app & flick the toggle switch
NOTE: this will disable all permissions warnings for said app
NOTE1: you can jump to app permission monitor app list directly from the notification
Hope this helps
app sound notifications
just discovered that notification sounds have been made more granular (i guess in some apps e.g. twitter is a pain but whatsapp is still in-app). Sounds like a good thing? Not if you have 6 conditions/events and have to configure all of them separately with the same sound.
example:
The official twitter client. I was scratching my head because i swore that sounds were set under push notifications in the twitter client. The sound option / picker has just disappeared. You have to go to android's settings/apps then drill into the twitter app and set the per-event sound notifications (or rather, change the sound if you need to, assuming it was programmed previously). Flexible or tedious?
battery usage
Not clear at this time. Feel like it's been going down fast but i've been fiddling a lot (as you can tell from this post) and the screen's been on all the time, etc.
Note that I had already tuned my Nougat install for more economy (no always on screen, no edge, all bixby disabled, black wallpaper, power saving mode on all the time (for throttled CPU usage))
analogue clockfaces
i used to have a Sony z3 compact. i liked the analogue clock for the lockscreen. Wasn't available (to my knowledge) on Samsung Nougat. Both the always on screen and the lockscreen now have multiple analogue clock options. Ok, this is just something cosmetic but thought I'd put in something positive, to balance all my moaning
Cheers,
Gary
on 31-03-2018 17:27
on 31-03-2018 17:27
After a couple of charges the battery isn't too bad. Probably similar to what I was getting on 7 with my s8.