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<blockquote data-quote="RoboMan" data-source="post: 724934" data-attributes="member: 53544">Hi [USER=52732]@JB007[/USER],First of all, nice phone! We share the same passion for great quality phones <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Talking about OTA updates (updates that reach your phone via the update system), they follow a procedure:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Beta-testers recieve them first</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Once official, Samsung releases them for unlocked phones and hands them to carriers (Verizon, AT&amp;T, Orange, etc).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Once the carriers are done customizing updates and firmwares, they are the ones to release the firmware to your phone</li>
</ol>My carrier really sucks at this. I haven&#039;t recieved an OTA updates in like an year (Carrier: Claro from Argentina). What I did was simple. I downloaded an Oreo (Android 8.0) firmware from Sammobile that was unlocked (belong to no carrier). I flashed it with Odin and that&#039;s it. I now have Oreo and a clean firmware without bloatware.But if you do this you have to take into account that when you flash a firmware from another region, like me (argentina phone and flashed an italian firmware), the CSC remains the same. This means, all bloatware goes away and it&#039;s a clean firmware, but you cannot recieve further updates. In my case, I don&#039;t care, since my carrier never released updates. At least I now have Oreo. And in the future, if critical bugs/flaws appear, Sammobile uploads the lastest firmware and I can flash again the italian firmware in order to have it updated. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoboMan, post: 724934, member: 53544"] Hi [USER=52732]@JB007[/USER], First of all, nice phone! We share the same passion for great quality phones :) Talking about OTA updates (updates that reach your phone via the update system), they follow a procedure: [LIST=1] [*]Beta-testers recieve them first [*]Once official, Samsung releases them for unlocked phones and hands them to carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Orange, etc). [*]Once the carriers are done customizing updates and firmwares, they are the ones to release the firmware to your phone [/LIST] My carrier really sucks at this. I haven't recieved an OTA updates in like an year (Carrier: Claro from Argentina). What I did was simple. I downloaded an Oreo (Android 8.0) firmware from Sammobile that was unlocked (belong to no carrier). I flashed it with Odin and that's it. I now have Oreo and a clean firmware without bloatware. But if you do this you have to take into account that when you flash a firmware from another region, like me (argentina phone and flashed an italian firmware), the CSC remains the same. This means, all bloatware goes away and it's a clean firmware, but you cannot recieve further updates. In my case, I don't care, since my carrier never released updates. At least I now have Oreo. And in the future, if critical bugs/flaws appear, Sammobile uploads the lastest firmware and I can flash again the italian firmware in order to have it updated. :) [/QUOTE]

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