It’s good to see that Samsung is rolling out Android Pie on older devices. The phone was announced in May 2018 with some pretty good specs. Galaxy J8 comes with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. And now you can experience Android 9 Pie on your Galaxy J8 with new features such as Digital Wellbeing, Adaptive Battery, Adaptive Brightness and much more. The main changes that you are going to see in this Android Pie update are dual VoLTE support and different UI based on Samsung’s new custom UI (i.e. One UI). So there are two advantages you will get with this update one is Android Pie and another is One UI. If we talk about new features that you will get in this update is New Icons, New UI, One hand Mode, quick at a glance, Bixby vision, Dark Mode, long screenshot and much more. Dark mode is actually the Night mode which will turn the screen in black and grey format.
The Android Pie update is rolling out in Russia with build number PPR1.180610.011.J810FPUU3BSD1 and with April’s Security patch level. The firmware of this update is also available on Sammobile which has version number PDA J810FPUU3BSD1 and CSC J810FSER3BSD1. It is of size 2.63GB which is a full firmware file which you can manually install it on your Samsung Galaxy J8.
Samsung Galaxy J8 Android Pie Update – Details
Version – J810FPUU3BSD1 Security Patch Level – April 2019 Android version – Android 9 Pie Firmware Size – 2.63GB Build Date – April 3, 2019
Download Samsung Galaxy J8 Android Pie (One UI) Firmware
If you haven’t received Android Pie update on your Samsung Galaxy J8 then you can update your phone manually with the Firmware file. You can download the firmware from any trusted source. The firmware that is available right now is based on product code SER from Russia. The size of the complete Firmware for Samsung J8 based on Android Pie is 3.6GB. It is not an OTA update file, it’s a full firmware. After downloading the firmware also make sure to read the installation guide.
Download Samsung Galaxy J8 Android Pie Firmware
How to Install Android Pie Update on Samsung Galaxy J8
Once you have downloaded the firmware, you are ready to update the phone to Android Pie. But before that make sure to manually “check for updates” from Settings. Follow the set of instruction below to update.
Prerequisites
Charge your phone’s battery to at least 50% Take a full backup of phone data Install Samsung USB Drivers on your PC Download Odin Flash Tool [Latest]
Steps to Install Android Pie on Samsung J8
So this is how you can update Samsung Galaxy J8 to Android Pie with the firmware. After updating you can now experience all the goodies that come with Android Pie and One UI. I hope you found this guide helpful. If you are facing any issues while updating make sure to leave a comment. We will reply with the solution. More Update Guides:
Download & Install Android Pie Update on Nokia 6 (Manually) Download & Install Samsung Galaxy A6+ Android Pie One UI Stable Update How to Download Samsung Galaxy A8+ Android Pie Stable Update
