SM-A705W firmware – Samsung Galaxy A70 | SamFrew

SM-A705W firmware – Samsung Galaxy A70 | SamFrew

Apr 27, 2021A705WVLU3DUC7Android 11 · March 2021 patchOne UI 3.1 Upgrade (Android 11)

One UI 3.1 Upgrade (Android 11) One UI 3.1 is designed to help you focus on what matters. Our visual redesign has improved the places you visit the most, like the Home screen and quick panel, to reduce distractions, highlight important information, and make your experience more consistent. Performance improvements will help apps run quicker while using less battery power. And One UI 3.1 puts control in your hands with new privacy controls, one-time permissions, and enhanced Digital Wellbeing. Scroll down for a full list of changes. Visual design We’ve refreshed the look and feel of One UI 3.1 in lots of ways, big and small, from new, more consistent icons to smarter organization of the quick panel and notifications. Motion is smoother and more natural than ever, with improved animations and haptic feedback for common interactions. And the interface responds to different screen sizes to provide the best experience on any device, whether it’s a phone, foldable, or tablet. Improved performance We optimized One UI 3.1 with enhanced dynamic memory allocation, so apps run faster and perform better. We’ve also restricted background activities to provide better performance and power usage. Better customization • New image categories have been added to Dynamic Lock screen, and you can select up to 5 categories at once. • On the Lock screen, you can add a widget to check your usage time. • Get an interactive preview when setting a wallpaper. • Adjusting the Always On Display and Lock screen is easier. • Add a call background to see a picture or video when you make or receive a call. • In Samsung Internet, you can reorder and lock tabs. • Bixby Routines has even more controls to help you automate your life. • New icons and Lock screen widgets make it easier to find and control your routines. • Use Digital Wellbeing with separate personal and work profiles. Enhanced features Home screen and Lock screen • Add widgets by touching and holding an app on the Home screen. • Turn off the screen by double tapping on an empty space on the Home or Lock screen. (Set it up in Settings > Advanced features > Motions and gestures.) • On the Lock screen, tap the clock area to see widgets like calendar, weather, and music. Calls and chats • See conversations separately in the notification panel. Works with Messages and your favorite chat apps. • Easily remove duplicate contacts stored in the same account in Contacts. The storage period for deleted contacts has been extended from 15 days to 30 days. • Added the ability to edit multiple linked contacts from a single screen. • Added Trash in Messages so that recently deleted messages are stored for 30 days. Pictures and videos • Take pictures quicker with improved auto focus and auto exposure. • View, edit, and share pictures and videos more easily from Gallery. • Find pictures and videos quicker with new search features and categories in Gallery. • Revert edited pictures to their original versions at any time, even after they’re saved, so you never lose a shot. Settings • Settings has a new simpler look and feel. Your Samsung account is shown at the top, and Home screen settings are now easier to access. • Find the settings you need more easily with new Search features. You’ll get better results for synonyms and common misspellings, and you can tap on tags to see groups of related settings. • Quick settings buttons have been reduced to provide only the most commonly used features. You can also add buttons to create your own customized quick panel. Samsung Keyboard • Increased the number of input languages to 370. • Made it easier to paste copied images and verification codes from text messages. • Added emoji and sticker suggestions when you enter a text-based emoticon. • Improved the keyboard layout to provide a larger space bar when entering web and email addresses. • Reorganized Keyboard settings so it's easier to access frequently used settings. Productivity Maintain a healthy balance between work and life by minimizing repetitive and complicated tasks and handling them efficiently. • New routines will be recommended based on your daily life and usage patterns. • Bixby Routines provide a setting to return everything to the way it was before the routine ran. • In Internet, you can hide the status and navigation bars for a more immersive experience and quickly translate webpages. • You’ll be prompted to block websites that send too many pop-ups or notifications. • You can browse and select cloud drive files from the file selection screen in My Files. • You can now delete cache files in My Files to easily free up storage space. • Events with the same start time are displayed together in the month and list views in Calendar. • Use your phone or tablet app icon layout in Samsung DeX so you know where everything is. • Open the touch pad from the navigation bar on your phone or tablet. Easy media and device control Media and device control is easier with the improved media panel in notifications. You can see recently used media apps and quickly change the playback device. You can also check Android Auto settings in the Advanced features menu in Settings. Identify and improve your digital habits Improved Digital Wellbeing features make it easy to check how you're using your phone or tablet and help you form good digital habits. Check your usage while driving or see weekly changes in your screen time by function at a glance through upgraded weekly reports. Accessibility for everyone One UI 3.1 recommends useful accessibility features for you based on your usage. The improved Accessibility shortcut makes accessibility features easier to start and use. You can use the Speak keyboard input aloud feature to get voice feedback of your typing even when TalkBack is turned off. Stronger privacy protection You can now let an app access to your microphone, camera, or location just one time. Any permissions that an app hasn’t used in a while will be automatically revoked. You can no longer give apps permission to always see your location in the regular permission popup. To let apps access your location when they’re not in use, you need to go to the location permission page for the app in Settings. Additional improvements • In Clock, you can hear the time and preset name of the alarm read aloud when an alarm rings. Some apps will need to be updated separately after the One UI 3.1 update. App copies made using Dual messenger can no longer access SD card files directly. To share SD card files in an app copy, select the files in Gallery or My Files, tap Share, then select the app copy. You can no longer use Wi-Fi Direct to send files to other devices. You can use Nearby Share instead. You can still receive files using Wi-Fi Direct. You can no longer connect to Chromecast using Smart View. You can use Google Home instead.

Released for 16 CSCs: BMC, BWA, CHR, ESK, FIZ, FMC, GLW, KDO, PCM, PMB, RWC, SOL, TLS, VMC, VTR, XAC

Source: Samsung

Jul 7, 2020A705WVLU3BTF2Android 10 · June 2020 patch

One UI 2 upgrade with Android 10 One UI 2 brings you Android 10, with exciting new features from Samsung and Google based on feedback from users like you. We recommend that you back up your important data to keep it safe during the upgrade. Some apps, including Calculator, Samsung Internet, Samsung Health and Samsung Notes, need to be updated individually after you update your OS. Dark mode - Enhanced image, text, and color adjustments for day and night environments. - Darkened wallpapers, widgets, and alarms while Dark mode is on. Icons and colors - Clearer app icons and system colors. - Improved layouts for titles and buttons to eliminate wasted screen space. Smoother animations - Enhanced animations with a playful touch. Full screen gestures - Added new navigation gestures. Refined interactions - Navigate more comfortably on large screens with minimal finger movement. - Easily focus on what matters with clearly highlighted buttons. How One-handed mode is used has changed. - New ways to access One-handed mode: double tap the Home button or swipe down in the center of the bottom of the screen. - Settings moved to Settings > Advanced features > One-handed mode. Accessibility - High contrast keyboards and layouts for large text have been improved. - A new function has been added that converts speech to on-screen text in real time during voice/video calls or when speaking into the mic. Better text over wallpapers - See text more clearly against wallpaper, as One UI automatically adjusts font colors based on light and dark areas and color contrast in the image below. Device care - The battery usage graph now provides more detailed information. - Added battery limit setting and other enhancements for Wireless PowerShare. Digital wellbeing - Set goals to keep your phone usage in check. - Use Focus mode to help avoid distractions from your phone. - Keep an eye on your kids with new parental controls. Camera - Added the ability to edit the modes that appear at the bottom of the screen. - New icons have been added to notify you when there are new settings and features. - Improved the layout so you can focus on taking pictures without the settings getting in the way. Internet - In Customise menu, you can now change the toolbar menus so you can quickly access frequently used features. - Detailed information can now be viewed on the title bar of each menu (bookmarks, settings, history, etc.). - Support has been extended for additional features of Samsung Internet (e.g., extensions). Samsung Contacts - Added Trash feature for Contacts. Contacts that you delete will stay in the trash for 15 days before being deleted forever. - Enhanced searching for contacts is now possible using the BixbySearch engine. - QR code features have been enhanced (new scanning function added). Calendar - A new handwriting feature has been added that is specialised for use with the S Pen. - The Calendar app has been optimised for a large screen (DeX mode). - The month-view display has been improved for when event titles are long and need to be shown over 2 lines (only available if there are not many events on a day). - You can now attach stickers to specific dates regardless of your schedule. - A long melody can now be set as your notification sound for event reminders. Reminder - More options are available for repeating reminders. - Set location-based reminders for a specific period of time. - Share reminders with your family group and other sharing groups. - Set reminders for a specific date without an alert. My Files - Created a Trash feature so you can restore files if you delete something by mistake. - Added more filters you can use while searching to help you find things quickly. - You can now copy or move multiple files and folders to different destinations at the same time. Calculator - Added speed and time units to the unit converter. Connected car - Android Auto is now preloaded. Tips - Helpful tips about One UI 2 have been added to help you get the most out of your Galaxy device. The Link to Windows feature has been added. - You can easily access photos, messages, and notifications from your phone on your PC, and a screen mirroring feature is also provided. - This feature is available through the Link to Windows in the quick panel or Settings. Link Sharing - File upload capacity has been increased. - You can now upload up to 3 GB per file and up to 5 GB per day. Samsung DeX - Increased support is now provided for connecting to a computer using Samsung DeX. Media and devices - Replaced the SmartThings panel with the Media and Devices. - Media: Control music and videos playing on your phone as well as other devices. - Devices: Check and control your SmartThings devices directly from the quick panel.

Released for 16 CSCs: BMC, BWA, CHR, ESK, FIZ, FMC, GLW, KDO, PCM, PMB, RWC, SOL, TLS, VMC, VTR, XAC

Source: Samsung

May 25, 2020A705WVLU3BTC6Android 10 · February 2020 patch

One UI 2 upgrade with Android 10 One UI 2 brings you Android 10, with exciting new features from Samsung and Google based on feedback from users like you. We recommend that you back up your important data to keep it safe during the upgrade. Some apps, including Calculator, Samsung Internet, Samsung Health and Samsung Notes, need to be updated individually after you update your OS. Dark mode - Enhanced image, text, and color adjustments for day and night environments. - Darkened wallpapers, widgets, and alarms while Dark mode is on. Icons and colors - Clearer app icons and system colors. - Improved layouts for titles and buttons to eliminate wasted screen space. Smoother animations - Enhanced animations with a playful touch. Full screen gestures - Added new navigation gestures. Refined interactions - Navigate more comfortably on large screens with minimal finger movement. - Easily focus on what matters with clearly highlighted buttons. How One-handed mode is used has changed. - New ways to access One-handed mode: double tap the Home button or swipe down in the center of the bottom of the screen. - Settings moved to Settings > Advanced features > One-handed mode. Accessibility - High contrast keyboards and layouts for large text have been improved. - A new function has been added that converts speech to on-screen text in real time during voice/video calls or when speaking into the mic. Better text over wallpapers - See text more clearly against wallpaper, as One UI automatically adjusts font colors based on light and dark areas and color contrast in the image below. Device care - The battery usage graph now provides more detailed information. - Added battery limit setting and other enhancements for Wireless PowerShare. Digital wellbeing - Set goals to keep your phone usage in check. - Use Focus mode to help avoid distractions from your phone. - Keep an eye on your kids with new parental controls. Camera - Added the ability to edit the modes that appear at the bottom of the screen. - New icons have been added to notify you when there are new settings and features. - Improved the layout so you can focus on taking pictures without the settings getting in the way. Internet - In Customise menu, you can now change the toolbar menus so you can quickly access frequently used features. - Detailed information can now be viewed on the title bar of each menu (bookmarks, settings, history, etc.). - Support has been extended for additional features of Samsung Internet (e.g., extensions). Samsung Contacts - Added Trash feature for Contacts. Contacts that you delete will stay in the trash for 15 days before being deleted forever. - Enhanced searching for contacts is now possible using the BixbySearch engine. - QR code features have been enhanced (new scanning function added). Calendar - A new handwriting feature has been added that is specialised for use with the S Pen. - The Calendar app has been optimised for a large screen (DeX mode). - The month-view display has been improved for when event titles are long and need to be shown over 2 lines (only available if there are not many events on a day). - You can now attach stickers to specific dates regardless of your schedule. - A long melody can now be set as your notification sound for event reminders. Reminder - More options are available for repeating reminders. - Set location-based reminders for a specific period of time. - Share reminders with your family group and other sharing groups. - Set reminders for a specific date without an alert. My Files - Created a Trash feature so you can restore files if you delete something by mistake. - Added more filters you can use while searching to help you find things quickly. - You can now copy or move multiple files and folders to different destinations at the same time. Calculator - Added speed and time units to the unit converter. Connected car - Android Auto is now preloaded. Tips - Helpful tips about One UI 2 have been added to help you get the most out of your Galaxy device. The Link to Windows feature has been added. - You can easily access photos, messages, and notifications from your phone on your PC, and a screen mirroring feature is also provided. - This feature is available through the Link to Windows in the quick panel or Settings. Link Sharing - File upload capacity has been increased. - You can now upload up to 3 GB per file and up to 5 GB per day. Samsung DeX - Increased support is now provided for connecting to a computer using Samsung DeX. Media and devices - Replaced the SmartThings panel with the Media and Devices. - Media: Control music and videos playing on your phone as well as other devices. - Devices: Check and control your SmartThings devices directly from the quick panel.

Released for 13 CSCs: BMC, BWA, ESK, FIZ, GLW, KDO, PCM, PMB, SOL, TLS, VMC, VTR, XAC

Source: Samsung