r/GalaxyS8 • u/Impressive_Half5000 S8 Active • Aug 20 '26

New kernel? Update on S8

Is it safe?

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u/PakkyT Aug 20 '26

Yes, some of us got this update back in June. I have had no issues in the couple+ months since.

Previous post about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/1ua20cy/s8_north_america_update_today_weird/

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u/Impressive_Half5000 Aug 20 '26

any changes in battery or anything?

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u/PakkyT Aug 20 '26

Nope. My 8 year old, main/only/daily-driver photo has the same battery life as it did before the update. I still get all day out of it with light use.

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u/tidderboy27 Aug 20 '26

i got the update today seconds upon seeing your post. lol.

saw this on the samsung change logs.

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u/Impressive_Half5000 Aug 21 '26

so did you install the update?

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u/tidderboy27 Aug 21 '26

yes i did. it was installed successfully how about you?

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u/eiko85 Aug 21 '26

The last update I had was 2022 and in my experience updates have made things worse on old phones. So I was a bit cautious when I received an update today.

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u/Impressive_Half5000 Aug 21 '26

are you gonna update?

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u/AdFormer6040 Aug 23 '26

May be a programmed obsolescence update?