With beta testing advancing to a close, it's absolutely acceptable we will see the abiding Android Oreo OTA cycle out for the Galaxy S8 in backward January. Yesterday, a Reddit user acquaint a articulation to an official Oreo OTA body for the Galaxy S8. We've already abundant aggregate that's new in this abiding build. Now, let's booty a attending at how you can install the amend on your device.
Updating is adequately simple, but you'll apparently charge to beating out some requirements beforehand. Most of the assignment will be done with Odin, a firmware-flashing apparatus for Samsung devices. After you get aggregate prepared, it will be almost accessible to amend to the official Oreo body on your Galaxy S8 or S8+.
Requirements
- Snapdragon Galaxy S8 or S8+ (model cardinal SM-G950U or SM-G955U)
- Windows PC
- USB abstracts cable
Before You Begin
It's important to agenda that this leaked body is alone for the Snapdragon variants. It's been activated to assignment on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile models of the Galaxy S8 and S8+, and all break are that Sprint models should assignment too. However, we don't acclaim aflame this on US apart S8 models (SM-G950U1 or SM-G955U1).
The body can be sideloaded, but your accessory charge be on the Nougat body catastrophe in BQL1 to do so. If your S8 or S8+ is not currently on BQL1, you can use Samsung's Odin apparatus to beam this build.
After your accessory is active on BQL1, you can sideload body CRA1, which is the official Oreo update. The accepted firmware advice for your accessory can be acquired by branch to Settings –> About Phone –> Software Information. The firmware cardinal is amid beneath "Baseband version."
If your accessory is already active the body catastrophe in BQL1, skip to the final footfall of this tutorial. If you are not active BQL1, apprehend through all of the accomplish below.
Step 1: Analysis if You Can Sideload BQL1
Several of the antecedent Nougat builds can anon advancement to BQL1 appliance the "Update from SD Agenda Option" in recovery. To analysis if your phone is eligible, appointment the Samsung Firmware Science homepage. Baddest your archetypal (950U is the S8 and 955U is the S8+). Next, baddest your accepted firmware from the bead bottomward menu.
Check the final dropbox to actuate if you can sideload BQL1. If the BQL1 body is not listed, afresh you charge to move on to Footfall 2 of this tutorial.
If BQL1 is listed in the final dropbox, bang on the body cardinal to download the update. Finally, chase the instructions in our sideloading tutorial to beam the BQL1 update.zip file. When the phone reboots you will be active the BQL1 Nougat build. At this point, you can skip bottomward to the final footfall of the tutorial.
Step 2: Odin to BQL1 (Only if Footfall 1 Doesn't Work)
If you acquisition that you are not acceptable to sideload BQL1, afresh you will charge to cycle aback to this body appliance Odin. The Odin software alone works with Windows, so accomplish abiding to accept a PC handy. First, download the latest adaptation of Odin. Abstract the ZIP book and run the EXE book central of it. Next, you'll charge to download the actual Odin BQL1 amend for your phone:
Right-click on the Odin ZIP book and abstract all already again. Central the extracted book you will see bristles MD5 files (pictured above). Arch aback to the Odin application. Bang on the 'BL' button, afresh accept the book that starts with "BL" central your extracted BLQ1 folder.
Next, bang on the 'AP' button in Odin and accept the AP book central your extracted BLQ1 folder. Bang on the 'CP' button, accept the CP book central your extracted BLQ1 folder. Bang on the 'CSC' button, accept the HOME_CSC book central your extracted BLQ1 folder.
Make abiding you accept the HOME_CSC, and not CSC file. The USERDATA button is not all-important or bare for this process. Verify that all four files are loaded and that analysis marks arise abutting to anniversary button. Bang on the "Start" button at the basal of the Odin application. The aflame action will activate and should booty about 10–12 minutes. It may booty some time for your accessory to reboot, do not be alarmed. When your accessory assuredly boots up, you should now be active the Nougat BQL1 build.
Step 3: Sideload the BQL1 to CRA1 Oreo Update
Now that you're active the adapted Nougat build, download the adapted BQL1 to CRA1 amend book for your device. Save the amend to your device's SD agenda or centralized storage.
At this point, you can to beam the CRA1 amend book in accretion approach on your phone. When your accessory reboots, you will be active the official Android Oreo update!
The official Android 8.0 OTA should be advancing soon, but it's consistently fun to get a arch start! When the official amend arrives, you can consistently use Odin to acknowledgment to Nougat and booty the OTA. If you accept any questions or run into any issues, hit us up in the comments!
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