**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Thread ****

[james.miller]

im in

 

[deuse]

registered and waiting for the download.

In the members app, click on the notice and then click on the 1st box, that looks like an ad. I missed it the 1st couple of tries.

I then clicked on the picture and the beta sign up was at the bottom

 

[Beer_MonsterUK]

Yay, downloading now

 

[deuse]

Yay, downloading now

Same here

 

[xb8browney]

Registered but no update yet.

 

[Ol!ver]

So yeah. It's installed.

Now what?

 

[xb8browney]

Donè

 

[mrk]

Android Pay not working!!!

Says device running unsupported software

 

[james.miller]

So yeah. It's installed.

Now what?

Try to break it

Everything works for me so far, even the Santander app which is a surprise

@mrk I can open the app but I've not tried paying without yet

 

[Cleisthenes]

Android Pay not working!!!

Says device running unsupported software

Weird. I'd have thought it would still work given my Pixel on 8.1 beta software still allows it.

Does it let you revert?

 

[L33]

Anyone know how to get rid of these ridiculous icon frames around some icons? I have icon frames set to 'icon only' in settings. I'm using Nova, but they appear in nova and the samsung launcher.
Whoever though these looked good needs to be shot!
EDIT: I mean in Oreo beta

 

[james.miller]

Anyone know how to get rid of these ridiculous icon frames around some icons? I have icon frames set to 'icon only' in settings. I'm using Nova, but they appear in nova and the samsung launcher.
Whoever though these looked good needs to be shot!
EDIT: I mean in Oreo beta

Settings >> Display has an option to toggle icon frames but for the option to be enabled touchwiz home needs to be the default launcher. Try that

 

[mrk]

I just turned it off in Nova settings, there's an option that says "prefer legacy icons", so legacy icons won't be framed.

Also, tried removing a card in Android Pay and adding it back...

Spoiler

Worked around this by switching to Samsung Pay... For now.

Initial impressions are that touch latency is improved, smoothness is improved, most apps still work but can't get Solid Explorer to see my SD card?

Other apps that read SD card work once I re-enable the SD card permission (the storage path to the SD card has also changed, so local music players will need to rescan at the new location).

 

[Ol!ver]

Android Pay not working!!!

Says device running unsupported software

Yeah, trying to top up Monzo is failing for me when using Android Pay. I was sure I'd read it was working in the States, too. Maybe it was Samsung Pay.

 

[mrk]

Oh also, for those who want to remove the stupid Oreo persistent message notification about apps running in the background and stuff:

https://www.xda-developers.com/hide-app-running-background-notification-android-oreo/

 

[gizmoy2k]

Does android pay only fail when you try to use it? Mine opens just fine with no errors

 

[mrk]

Correct. When you go to pay, you'll get a message like my screenshot above.

Switch to Samsung Pay until Oreo gets an official release, or Android Pay is updated to support the official beta I guess.

Funnily enough, enabling NFC payments through the Amex app caused a similar message too, but Barclays NFC payments built into their app was fine. So looks like certain payment apps only validate themselves on official "stable" OS versions.

 

[Ol!ver]

Onl problem is, the only time I use Android Pay is when topping Monzo up, and it doesn't support Samsung Pay

Anyone else having their phone kick out alerts for seemingly nothing? Mine has little fits every now and then and I haven't worked out why yet.

 

[xb8browney]

Facial login no longer works on the beta?

 

[matthewwhitton]

Would people recommend the update so far?