Operating System For Samsung Galaxy S9

Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Notation 9 can now run Android 12, unofficially

The Samsung Milky way S9, S9 Plus, and the Milky way Note 9 were the company'southward 2018 flagship smartphones, and the three devices are nonetheless poised to receive security updates. While the Korean OEM has committed to deliver up to 3 generations of Android OS updates, the policy only applies to flagship models from the Galaxy S10 onward. Every bit a result, both the Galaxy S9 and Milky way Note nine are officially stuck with Android 10. Thankfully, these devices still have quite the aftermarket development support on our forums, and a developer has now released the commencement prepare of official builds of the ArrowOS custom ROM based on Android 12 for them.

XDA Forums: Samsung Galaxy S9 ||| Samsung Milky way S9 Plus ||| Samsung Milky way Note 9

The release comes to us courtesy of XDA Senior Member king1990 (as well as the entire ArrowOS team), and it offers users of these fan-favorite devices a take chances to attempt out the latest Android version available right at present. The working feature list for the ROM includes most of the cardinal functionalities like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RIL, sound and video playback, and more. But because of its early on nature, a few fundamental aspects like device encryption and Wi-Fi Casting are disabled for now. There are also some known incompatibility issues between AOSP and Samsung's proprietary implementation of advanced LTE services, considering of which VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling are not usable at all.

But on the bright side, it is vanilla Android 12 experience on the Samsung Milky way S9 and Milky way Note ix! You tin can savour the revamped UI and the new Privacy Dashboard, and try out the fancy new widgets. And you tin can exercise all that now, provided you have the Exynos-powered global or Korean variants. Notably, the Snapdragon models of the Galaxy S9/Note 9 are not compatible with this release.

Many would agree that an Android 12 custom ROM is non exactly something ane would recommend using as a daily driver in its current state. That, however, does not take away from the fact that this is the only way you can enjoy the sweetest Android dessert right now on the Samsung flagships of 2018.

Download ArrowOS 12 based on Android 12: Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus || Samsung Milky way Annotation 9

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DIY enthusiast (i.e. salvager of old PC parts). An avid user of Android since the Eclair days, Skanda also likes to follow the recent evolution trends in the earth of single-lath computing.

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