Android 14 Update for Samsung Devices

Android 14 stable build is now rolling out to s23 series devices on the TMB U firmware.  If this includes your device but you don't see the update yet.  These update roll outs are staggered so some might see it right away while others might not until next week.

Is there a schedule that T-Mobile has listed somewhere on when each device is getting Android 14 pushed to it?

yeah i took a gander at it earlier as well. a bit surprised there isnt a single device in there yet.

3Fees wrote:

Android 14 upgrade is minor changes in the GUI to Android 13, that is all. As far as 5G technology any $100 phone matches any price phone with 5G in call and text sending and receiving  so long as the communication chip is FCC and FTC compliant. I know more about communication technology that you'd be comfortable with, lol.

The communication chip is hard wired on the chip and software changes can do nothing to make calls and texting better, period.

Here is a real world test for the so called Flagship phones from any maker. Take your phone that is connected to your router AC or AX or AXE and walk outside your abode till you get 75 to 100 yds away and look at the communication protocol are you still in wifi calling mode or 5G mode ? Mine is in wifi calling mode and after 100 yds or so switches to 5G mode, Credit to FCC, FTC, and MediaTek (Dimensity 700) and others if any.

Take the test and report back here with your results.

What I have seen in the real world tests is my last phone was 4G and I had to be outside my door before it switched from 4G LTE to wifi calling mode, now with my 5G phone I’m down the block quite a far distance away before my phone switches to 5G mode, 5G is definitely more powerful than 4G mode in sending and receiving broadcasts, period.

100% of the people including my self merely want a phone that is reliable to make and receive calls and less texts, that is what a mobile phone was designed for the rest is smoke and mirrors, lol.

T Mobile by the way is a German company with the main T Mobile control center at a University in Germany, that is the way it is, period.

The real reason why the more expensive phones get updates sooner is the companies selling these want to inspect the Code coming in before they allow transmission to their customers as they don't want to be on the hook in case the code is bad and wrecks the phone and then have to deal with the customers, this especially true for the high volume phones they sell from any manufacturer, good for them looking out for us, we do appreciate it. Yes I have talked with the USA t mobile group leader that inspects the update code coming in and can stop it if bogus, good for them too, we do appreciate their efforts for us.

School is out, the 3Fees Zone is closed, period,

Happy and Safe Holidays to you and yours !

Cheers

3Fees

You are way over thinking things.  For starters.  T-Mobile might share the name with the German company but it is completely independently owned and operated, which makes it a separate entity.  

The argument that a phone is a phone, is a phone doesn't apply completely to smartphones.  Different components used, different CPU's, different GPU's, varying RAM and storage capacities, etc.  Think of updates like a business.  You take care of the newest customers that spend the most first.  Then, you work your way backwards for older devices and then there's even the value devices in the mix, which are probably the most hit or miss for a schedule.  You pay $200 for a smartphone.  You are not getting monthly updates for your device for the next 6 years as an example.  If you want the newest updates the fastest.  Buy a Pixel or the latest and highest end flagship device from your favorite manufacturer.  

When it is ready!  I just received the beta 8 for the S23 Ultra this morning.  One UI6 with Android 14 is coming along slowly.  Obviously, the s23's will see it sooner than older devices.  

Good question. I still haven't gotten the update. Yet those on xfinity mobile has, like do you realize how pathetic xfinity is? 

Android 14/One UI 6 has been released for the B model running on UK and a few other EU countries.  The U, U1, and W models for North America still haven't received the update as of yet but should start getting a staggered rollout starting next week.  The final version that has already been released overseas is our beta 9 for North America, which still has a few issues.  

There's only 8 betas for s23 ultra N.America from what I'm seeing legitimately everywhere and multiple people are providing proof that the release on other networks is out. Not for t mobile though.

Matthew904 wrote:

There's only 8 betas for s23 ultra N.America from what I'm seeing legitimately everywhere and multiple people are providing proof that the release on other networks is out. Not for t mobile though.

Let me show you why those people are wrong! 

Now, like I said before as an official beta tester for Ssung.  The final release, which is North America's beta 9, was only released to EU models (918B) in select countries. 

U, U1, and W models do not have a final update yet!  There are a few issues that are being worked on and will be fixed in the final release, which is expected to be this upcoming week, if there isn't any other reasons to delay it.  

T mobile plays too much as it is. Samsung too....