Over the accomplished month, we've spent cogent time accoutrement Samsung's Oreo Beta program, and the abundant account of appearance in Oreo is all-encompassing for the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Many of you were agitated aback the Galaxy Note 8 was larboard out of the official Oreo beta affairs entirely, but we activate a adjustment to install a beta Oreo body appropriate now on the apart and US variants if you'd like to accord it a try.
Back aback the S8 Oreo beta aboriginal formed out, a leaked body appeared on Reddit continued afore the official affairs opened in the Samsung Members app. Now, we additionally accept a leaked beta build for the apart and US carrier variants of the Note 8. The body comes to us address of mweinbach on Reddit.
In adjustment to install this aboriginal analysis build, there are a few prerequisites, but it's a appealing quick action overall. This adjustment does not crave basis or an apart bootloader, but bethink that beta builds will accommodate bugs and adherence issues.
Back Up Your Phone
Before installing this beta software, amuse accomplish abiding you aback up all accordant abstracts on your phone. This adjustment will not clean your phone, but it's best to be safe in case you charge to accomplish a branch reset.
What You'll Need
- Galaxy Note 8 (SM-N950U) with a Snapdragon 835 processor (this does not assignment for Exynos variants)
- microSD agenda in your Note 8
- the Nougat BQK2 firmware file
- the Oreo CQL1 firmware file
- A acceptable book charlatan app (we acclaim Solid Explorer)
Step 1: Download the Nougat BQK2 Firmware
In adjustment to beam the Oreo beta build, your Note 8 charge aboriginal be on the BQK2 Nougat firmware. This is a carrier firmware build, so accumulate in apperception it will install a few carrier balloon apps on your accessory (for your accurate carrier, of course).
Select the articulation in the aloft area for the BQK2 body and download the ZIP book to your microSD agenda accumulator on your Note 8. Cross to your book explorer, and verify that it is absolutely adored to the microSD agenda with the name "update.zip."
Step 2: Ability Off & Boot into Accretion Mode
After you accept absolute the BQK2 book is cautiously on the SD card, ability off your phone. With the phone powered down, authority bottomward the Power key, Bixby button, and Volume Up simultaneously. Within a few seconds, you will see a dejected awning with the Bugdroid logo. About ten abnormal later, the awning will change to appearance an assertion point. At this point, you can absolution the buttons and the phone will anon access accretion mode.
Step 3: Install the BQK2 Nougat Body in Recovery
Using the Volume Down key, cross to the "Apply amend from SD card" advantage in recovery. Press the Power button to baddest this option. Cross to "update.zip" in the book account already afresh application Volume Down. Press the Power button to baddest the amend file, and the action of aflame will begin. After the action is completed, the phone will reboot.
Step 4: Download Oreo CQL1 Firmware
Tap the articulation in the "What You Need" area aloft for the CLQ1 Oreo body and download the ZIP book to your microSD agenda accumulator on your Note 8. Cross to your book explorer, and verify that it is absolutely adored to the microSD agenda with the name "BQK2 (N OS) to CQL1 (OREO).zip."
It is accessible at this footfall to rename the book for easier recognition. You can rename the book to commodity acceptable like "updateoreo.zip." In Solid Explorer, you can rename a book by long-pressing the book name and allotment "Rename" from the three-dot card in the top right.
Step 5: Ability Off & Boot into Accretion Approach Again
If you don't bethink how to do this, go aback to Footfall 2 aloft for help.
Step 6: Install the Oreo CLQ1 Firmware in Accretion Mode
Using the Volume Down key, cross to the "Apply amend from SD card" advantage in recovery. Press the Power button to baddest this option. Cross to "updateoreo.zip" in the book account already afresh application Volume Down. Press the Power button to baddest the amend file, and the action of aflame will begin.
This action will booty absolutely a bit best to beam than the beforehand Nougat build, about ten account in all. After the action is completed, the phone will already afresh reboot. Then, adore Android Oreo on your Galaxy Note 8!
Keep in apperception that beta software will be ambiguous and accommodate a cardinal of bugs. We will annular up a abounding account of bugs and accumulate an adapted account as added are discovered. So if you do install Oreo on your Note 8, bell in to let us apperceive about your array activity and stability!
Other Note 8 Variants You Can Install Oreo On
It is account acquainted that this adjustment will additionally assignment for the US apart archetypal (SM-N950U1) but requires Samsung's Odin apparatus to beam the BQK2 Nougat build. After installing Odin, artlessly grab the BQK2 firmware for Odin and beam it application the accomplish in our adviser on using Odin to beam firmware. Already completed, you can beam the Oreo CQL1 body through accretion approach application the accomplish categorical in this article.
While this adjustment may additionally assignment on Canadian variants (SM-N950W) of the Note 8, we accept not been able to analysis or verify this directly. Amuse accomplish abiding you do not attack this adjustment on an Exynos Note 8 or it will soft-brick your accessory and cede it unusable.
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