Samsung is working to finally bring Seamless Updates to phones with One UI 6

21 October 2022
A feature Pixel phones have had since 2016, which is almost a requirement for Android 13.

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potato4k, 22 Oct 2022Found in many Android phones? Such as? Other than the Pixel... moreAll the custom devices that launched with A11 have it. But teah, Samsung's update support window is the best in Android right now.

    Found in many Android phones? Such as? Other than the Pixel phones, I have not heard any other OEMs having this. It doesn't matter anyway as Samsung still gives the longest software support than others.

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      • 22 Oct 2022

      To me, seamless update means releasing new updates in the same day for all of the devices!

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        • 22 Oct 2022

        Anonymous, 21 Oct 2022can someone please explain to me what a seamless update is ... moreIt is actually awesome. You just reboot the phone and it has the new OS version, you don't need any downtime for the phone to install the update. I am frankly surprised that Samsung was so lazy as to implement this just now; OnePlus had it since I used to have the 8 Pro and the pixels as well.
        I was shocked when I switched to a flagship Samsung smartphone recently and saw that they are still doing the update like in the olden days... lazy!

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          • Anonymous
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          • 21 Oct 2022

          So if it uses partition b to update but in file manager it shows only one partition like internal storage ok then. I've always created two partitions for my laptop but found the second partition useless and now created only one. As I have a usb drive for my data.

            kek, 21 Oct 2022It's almost time for another Samsung UI to arrive to s... moreThere's a big difference between One UI 2 and now 5 what are you talking about?

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              • 21 Oct 2022

              OMG! Really? I'm on Asus (ROG) and I thought that was normal. Background update and then it prompts to restart when finished and you can even postpone restart...
              I think Asus UI is very good: plenty of features amd customisation... Really surprised to hear things like this on Samsung

                yalim, 21 Oct 2022Just use schedule install and set to 02:00. It updates and ... moreActually no, as what someone wrote above this will prevent you for failed update/recovery, once the update is fail, the phone will go to previous partition and your phone will work as what you left before reboot

                  Conderio, 21 Oct 2022Is it really worth to sacrifice a large amount of storage f... moreA same question for windows to use 7GB space for windows update

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                    • yalim
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                    • 21 Oct 2022

                    Just use schedule install and set to 02:00. It updates and restarts while you're asleep. That is already seamless.

                      0odle-noodle, 21 Oct 2022i agree, they should go back to the Samsung experience desi... moreYes, we should go back to the days of TouchWiz. Bad troll

                        Anonymous, 21 Oct 2022can someone please explain to me what a seamless update is ... morebasically what happens is that while you're using your phone, the update downloads and installs onto the partition you're not using, and all your data is copied over to that partition. upon the next restart, your phone boots to the other partition, and the original partition is wiped for the next time.

                          kek, 21 Oct 2022It's almost time for another Samsung UI to arrive to s... morei agree, they should go back to the Samsung experience design, and modernize it. One UI now looks like a child's toy, Samsung experience actually looked different and unique. they should just go back to that. smooth out some things, and boom, good old Samsung

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                            kek, 21 Oct 2022It's almost time for another Samsung UI to arrive to s... moreYou can install icon packs from galaxy store.

                              Anonymous, 21 Oct 2022thanks for your explanation! from my point of view, waitin... moreAnother benefit of two partitions is failsafe recovery. Now, how reliable and separate switching between partitions is on a firmware level is one thing, but if you badly update a live partition, the phone is permanently dead or in need for painful recovery through bootloader. In case of failed partition switch, one just needs to switch back to old partition and phone should be back in working state immediately.

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                                SShock, 21 Oct 2022In the past, updates were downloaded, unpacked and installe... morethanks for your explanation!
                                from my point of view, waiting for a few seconds or minutes for the update to be installed isn't a problem. so, as i understand, the one and only advantage is that you don't have to wait for the update to be done. well, i won't die from not using my phone for a few seconds or minutes and if you are such an extreme phone user, you can just set the update to be downloaded and installed at night while you sleep (i don't know wether this is possible on samsung devices but i can do it on my huawei phone). the main disadvantage is the storage. as most os updates need several gb of storage to be downloaded, you will always need a certain amount of space left free. i think it would suck if you needed to delete or transfer data from your phone or tablet so the update could proceed. in conclusion, i would stay with the old update process. but that is just my opinion. it might be an advantage for others.

                                  SShock, 21 Oct 2022In the past, updates were downloaded, unpacked and installe... moreIs it really worth to sacrifice a large amount of storage for a updates like major Android updates which happens only once a year and feature will never be used again untill another update come after a year?

                                    one ui 5 just came out recently but theres one ui 6???1!1!

                                      Anonymous, 21 Oct 2022can someone please explain to me what a seamless update is ... moreIn the past, updates were downloaded, unpacked and installed, which took time for update to be completed because it was performed on the only live partition. With A and B partitions, you just alternate between 2 partitions. When running A, update is prepared on partition B and upon reboot, active phone's OS is switched from A to partition B. There is no downtime to perform update other than reboot. Next time, you'll be running partition B and update will be prepared in the background on partition A. After reboot, phone will switch to partition A. Technically it's better, but it takes twice as much space. That's really the only downside.

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                                        Anonymous, 21 Oct 2022can someone please explain to me what a seamless update is ... moreIt's a half-arsed clone of how Windows works. Just without the real update speed gains. You're essentially wasting a few GB storage space for borderline nothing.

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