S9 and Android 9 PIE

[niczaf]

Does anyone know when vodafone are planning to release androind 9 Pie for the S9?

[BandOfBrothers]

I've seen the official Samsung response which is January 2019.

samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S9-S9/One-UI-Pie-Release-UK-amp-Ireland.

Vodafone wont comment on firmware release dates as oer their firmware statement.

If yours is a branded Samsung phone i.e. supplied by Vodafone then you would probably need to wait u till.v have tested it before letting Samsung send it out. 

Firmware Statement.

[DigbyWombles]

Would Wifi calling work after updating directly from Samsung? 

[Loz]

@DigbyWombles Have you already got Wi-Fi Calling activated on your phone? If so, completing a software update shouldn't affect your Wi-Fi Calling that's already enabled. If you're concerned about completing your software update due to this, you can always double check it's still active by logging into your online account. 

[DigbyWombles]

Thanks for the reply @Loz. I got my S9 from TIM in Italy SIM-free, and WiFi calling didn't work out of the box. I had to flash the official Vodafone firmware, after which all worked perfectly. I'm just concerned that flashing with firmware direct from Samsung (ie non-Vodafone branded) will stop WiFi calling working. Has anyone done it successfully and does everything work ok? 

[BandOfBrothers]

When wi-fi-calling was first introduced by Vodafone UK a phone had to be bought from them so it had the Vodafone version of firmware on it with the exception being iPhones.

This changed quite a while back so that the phone no longer had to be bought direct from Vodafone UK with the exception being a couple of Vodafones own brand of phones.

So Yes the feature should still work @DigbyWombles

[DigbyWombles]

Fantastic @BandOfBrothers, that's really good to know.  I'm going to go ahead and do it.  I'll report back with any problems.

Thanks

Dave

[DigbyWombles]

All went smoothly, and well worth the update.  Favourite features so far are the navigation bar gestures and pop up view.  I followed the instructions here and it was dead easy.

Cheers all!

Dave