the January security updates for the A3 (2017), Galaxy Note 5 and other Samsung smartphones are on today's daily firmware updates list, so just pick the right model, go through our tutorial and begin updating your smartphone right now.
We might be nearing the end of the month, but there's still a week left in it and Samsung has decided to make full use of it by sending out the January security update to as many of its devices as possible before the month ends. The latest news is about the Galaxy A3 (2017) which was reported to have started receiving the update a few hours ago in many of the European nations. Some of the countries confirmed to be receiving the same are Romania, Portugal, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Switzerland. This doesn't mean you can't be receiving the update via OTA in other nations in the European region by any means, so do check your A3 (2017) wherever you are, just to be sure.
If you own the SM-A320FL, the firmware version shipped out to you via OTA should be A320FLXXS2BRAA. As with every other of Samsung's January update, it fixes 13 of the overlying UI issues and multiple Android OS related security threats. Check out our daily list for the day if you don't want to wait and try the firmware out by manually flashing it yourself.
Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)
Earlier reports in regard to market share in India had shown that Xiaomi and Samsung were tied at the number one spot last quarter and now the unthinkable has happened; Samsung has been dethroned as the market leader of the smartphone business in India by the Chinese manufacturer! Not that it was unexpected though, given how rapidly Xiaomi has grown in India, especially after launching their own manufacturing and assembling plants in the country to reduce the expenses.
According to the data published by Canalys, Samsung's shipment of 7.4 million smartphones in Q4 2017 paled in comparison to Xiaomi's 8.2 million shipments in the country. This essentially puts Samsung in the second spot with 25% of the total market share and Xiaomi at the top spot with 27%. Vivo, Oppo and Lenovo took the following spots with significantly lower market shares. It should be noted that Samsung India's smartphone sector did show a 17% rise in growth, but it was just not enough to topple Xiaomi's meteoric rise to the top spot, all thanks to its superb range of budget and mid-range smartphones that offer better specs than any Samsung smartphone in the same price range.
Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)
We reported yesterday that the Note 8 had started receiving this month's security update and now another one of Samsung's Note devices are up on the list for the same. The Galaxy Note 5 is still one of the best Note devices in Samsung's arsenal and firmware version N920CXXS4CRA1 is all set to make it more secure than ever before.
In case you are wondering which regions are getting the update, it's a mouthful! Nevertheless, they happen to be mostly African and Middle-Eastern countries such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Nigeria, etc. The only South Asian country reported to get the January security update for the Galaxy Note 5 (SM-920C) is Pakistan. Wherever you are though, if the update is released in your region, you should be getting a prompt anytime now.
The update will fix six critical Android OS related security issues and multiple other less threatening vulnerabilities in the OS. As always, Samsung has also bundled in some of their own fixes, which happens to be 13 at the moment. Do check out today's daily firmware updates list if you want to manually flash the update without having to wait for the OTA push.
Head over to our firmware section to find all the latest available updates for your Samsung smartphones and tablets.
Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)
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