Samsung mobile firmware update (Marhmallow)

timestar

Two days ago my Samsung S4 keeps telling me to install their latest firmware update called marshmallow. There is a pre-installation warning saying it will re-set all phone settings and the home screen back to original settings - so I am not keen to install it. Has anyone else with a Samsung mobile installed marshmallow and how did you get on? Thanks

pappa_golf

I have marshmallow on my S6 , I was one of the 4000 beta testers around the world


very little difference to the previous incarnation ,


perhaps now the rollout is happening they will remove this stupid "nag" screen telling everyone I was a beta tester

ballyblack

I have Marshmallow on my Nexus 5 since November.

No issues, I like it

http://lifehacker.com/tag/android-marshmallow



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pappa_golf

PS: kies does not work anymore

JJ_Egan

pappa_golf wrote: »

PS: kies does not work anymore

its been replaced by a different Samsung tool .

Fightsback

Sure it's an S4 and not a Note 4 ?

I was under the impression the S4 was not getting Marshmellow.

pappa_golf

JJ_Egan wrote: »

its been replaced by a different Samsung tool .

yup the android one for copying files


do you know of a windows based proggy for checking for updates?

pappa_golf

Fightsback wrote: »

Sure it's an S4 and not a Note 4 ?

I was under the impression the S4 was not getting Marshmellow.

yup s4 gets it http://www.pc-tablet.com/2015/12/21/7471/android-60-update-release-date-samsung-galaxy-s6-s5-s4.html

Fightsback

pappa_golf wrote: »

yup s4 gets it http://www.pc-tablet.com/2015/12/21/7471/android-60-update-release-date-samsung-galaxy-s6-s5-s4.html

That makes a change from the usual 6 weeks Samsung support cycle then.


Edit:

Techradar says differently and anyhow the Note 4 is one of the first shipping as of now. I've my money on it being a note 4.


A separate road map suggests the Samsung Galaxy S5 and all its variants will be getting the update by the end of June 2016. The Samsung Galaxy Alpha though isn't set to get its update until Q2 2016 - by then we may already be hearing word of Android N.
It's not clear whether handsets older than the Samsung Galaxy S5 will get Android Marshmallow, but it's a remote possibility for the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Both of these once-high-end phones were updated to Android Lollipop, but they're now two years old.

Source:

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/android-m-release-date-when-can-i-get-it--1297182

timestar

It's definitely an S4.

forgotmyname

A lot of it will be change for the sake of it...

Restore stuff they took away previously. install to SD is back. you could do this with Gingerbread so nothing new. Except a slight improvement in that it can act like internal storage.

New app drawer, your 4 most used apps at the top. pointless... my most used apps are on my home screen. Screens to the left and right of that are my frequently used apps. Why would i want the app drawer for them?

Google on tap oh goody... press the home button and google decides to guess why you opened it and will no doubt waste your data loading something you do not want.

Doubles battery life? really?? Claims to have Doze which monitors and knows when your using your phone.. err isnt that obvious? screens on your using it, screens off but your in a call your using it.

Picture on android pit shows a phones thats been on for approx 8 hours and used 37% of its battery yet says 2 days left???

Each update after Gingerbread seems to be a why have they done that...