Samsung Halts Galaxy S8 Oreo Update Due to Reboot Bug

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/16/2018 09:57 AM | source: | 2 comment(s)

Samsung has halted the Android 8 Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 after users reported random reboots. "Following a limited number of cases where Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices have rebooted unexpectedly with the Android 8.0 Oreo.

The statement provided to SamMobile. "We are investigating the issue internally to ensure that the impact to the affected devices is minimized and the rollout of the update can resume as quickly as possible." Samsung has been rolling out Android 8 slowly over the last few weeks, mostly in European markets. The update had not yet reached the S8 and S8+ in the U.S. Samsung did not say when it expects the make the update available again.

"Following a limited number of cases where Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices have rebooted unexpectedly with the Android 8.0 Oreo, we have temporarily stopped the rollout of the update. We are investigating the issue internally to ensure that the impact to the affected devices is minimized and the rollout of the update can resume as quickly as possible."

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#5520540 Posted on: 02/16/2018 04:30 PM

meanwhile, my almost 2 years old xperia x performance is smoothly running on oreos.

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#5520552 Posted on: 02/16/2018 05:35 PM

8.1 has been out for a while and samsung is still fiddling with 8.0 ... Once my Nexus 6p dies ill probably get a Nokia.

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