Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Oreo beta affairs is assuredly over and a abiding firmware rollout is accepted in the advancing weeks. Unfortunately, it seems that the action has led some users to download a bungled Smart Switch amend that is aback wiping all of their adored data.
The ambiguous update, aboriginal spotted by a SamMobile reader, appears to be absolute to the desktop adaptation of Smart Switch. Rather than download the “latest version” as the software suggests, Smart Switch is instead rolling aback Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus accessories to an old Nougat build.
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The screenshot beneath shows the behind chat box based on an amend for the All-embracing Galaxy S8 Plus alternative in India (SM-G955FD).
As you can see, the apprehension area does absolutely say that all abstracts and advice will be wiped during the acknowledgment process.
The botheration lies in the actuality that the notification is dressed up as a new update. With users anxiously cat-and-mouse for Oreo to arrive, you could absolve anyone who happens to bang that appetizing “Continue” button after blockage the bigger details.
Even stranger, the rogue amend (build XXU1AQK7) isn’t alike the latest adaptation of Nougat accessible in India (that’d be body XXU1AQL5). There’s no chat on whether Smart Switch is suggesting a agnate amend for added apart and all-embracing variants, but either way, it’s apparently best to beacon bright of the desktop app if you’ve been testing the Oreo beta.
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