Android Oreo Beta for Galaxy Note 8 Leaks, Here's How to Get it

While Samsung has already rolled out the Android Oreo beta builds for the Milky way S8 and S8 Plus nearly a calendar month ago, Galaxy Annotation 8 users have felt left out of the process. Well, no more than because someone has leaked the Android Oreo OTA build for the Milky way Notation 8. The best part existence that yous can install this update on our device right away.

Co-ordinate to Redditor , he discovered a link to the Android Oreo-based OTA for the Galaxy Note 8 on Samsung's servers while looking effectually for something. This build is an official one but not actually stable, thus, it is riddled with numerous bugs and may lead to unforeseen software crashes. You can take hold of the Android Oreo-based build for the device from the official source or this Google Drive link (if the quondam doesn't work anymore).

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As seen in the screenshot above, the leaked Android Oreo update requires the Galaxy Note 8 to be running firmware version N950USQS2BQK2. This means the update that has leaked online is genuine and currently but available for unlocked devices on Verizon's network in the The states.

Simply, the Redditor has suggested a workaround that can help you manually update Galaxy Note 8 devices with the Snapdragon chipset to this firmware by installing Samsung's own Nougat-based 2BQK2 firmware using ODIN. You lot can download this firmware correct here to get your device ready for installing the Android Oreo update. If you weren't aware earlier, Samsung's Notation viii devices ship in two different configurations, one powered by the Korean giant'due south own Exynos processors and others by Snapdragon 835.

Some Note 8 users have already tried installing this build on their devices and information technology seems to be working but fine. Y'all can surely go ahead and effort out the build, nonetheless, we wouldn't recommend you to flash this Android 8.0 Oreo update considering information technology will be unstable and may brick your device. You should look for an official beta examination program from Samsung, which is expected to go alive in a couple weeks. Are y'all planning to test out this Android Oreo-based build on your Note 8? If yes, share your experience with us in the comments down below.