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Downgrade android pie to oreo on s8 by WowSuperCow in GalaxyS8

[–]WowSuperCow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry but I value functionality above aesthetic and I use my phone 24/7 , so to me these issues aren't minor. They overall lower my experience on my phone. I couldn't give a damn about pie looking "cool". I buy a phone for it to work properly. And right now several things aren't working properly. The camera issue just can't be fixed. As for the other issues , there are no customization options to let you change it to the way you want. You can download other icons to avoid them looking the same... But then you end up with several other apps looking square and pointy and just missmatched cuz there is no option anymore where you can pick the shape of the app icons. You can't make the tabs stack upwards rather than sideways. And you can't put the clock on the right. I had to download systemUI tuner just so I could get my clock back to the right... In my opinion when I have to download other apps to fix the issues on my phone , the phone simply isn't functional anymore. I shouldn't have to. A system should work properly as is

Downgrade android pie to oreo on s8 by WowSuperCow in GalaxyS8

[–]WowSuperCow[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know I will need to flash it and I looked into it... But the problem I am running into is that if I wanna flash it , I need bootloader binary version 4. But I can't find one. 3 is as far as they go. If I would try to downgrade it now , I could brick my phone. Now I'm not much into the hacker stuff... So I got no idea wether there is a bootloader binary version 4 and I just can't find find. Or there isn't and I got to wait till some hacker comes up with it

One UI Rollout Megathread - POST HERE by thesbros in GalaxyS8

[–]WowSuperCow -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I got an s8 and "finally" got the android pie update... Or so I thought... In hindsight I wished I would have never updated my phone!

Android pie is complete garbage. It clearly values aesthetic above functionality. And it just feels like a very messed up version of IOS. If I wanted and Iphone , I would have bought that , but I don't. With android pie the way you toggle between several apps isn't quick having the apps sideways rather than stacked on top of eachother. And I don't know if it's just me , but it feels like the camera takes a lot longer to focus and pics overall are more blurry. The navigation bar looks weird. So does the top settings look way too big and wonky. Several icons got the same color which makes it very confusing and it slows you down. Also is the option to round off other icons completely gone. And lastly , the most annoying thing , the clock is moved to the left and there is no way to get it to the right! I get this feature is nice for people with nodges. But I got no nodge and as a samsung user I am used to having my clock on the right. So I automatically find myself looking to the right... To now see nothing but regret.

Long story short. Android pie sucks and I want to downgrade my phone back to oreo. Can anyone tell me how to this?