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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 One UI 3.0 Android 11: How to download and install [Manually]
Last month, Samsung pushed the One UI 3.0 with Android 11 firmware update to the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ devices. Starting in Germany, this update is continuously hitting the Galaxy Note 10 models in different regions.
The One UI 3.0 is built on Google’s Android 11 which brings various new changes in the user interface that reflects on the Settings menu, app drawer, notification panel, and lock screen to increase the user experience.
However, Samsung will expand this version gradually, so it may take a bit longer to go widely. Although there is a way through which you can also download the stable One UI 3.0 on your Galaxy Note 10 smartphones manually before it comes to your device.
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Here in this article, you can find step by step guide on how you can download and install the latest One UI 3.0 (stable) on your Galaxy Note 10 (Exynos version) devices manually.
Before you proceed!
- Read all Notes and instructions carefully ahead of the procedure.
- Perform the tasks as mentioned.
- You are required to download the One UI 3.0 package.
* For the best experience, we recommend you to wait until the stable One UI 3.0 OTA comes to your device officially instead of installing it manually.
There are two methods to do this. The first is the ADB method and the second one is the SD-card method. It’s recommended that you first use the SDCard process instead of ADB.
Click the links below to download the stable One UI 3.0 package for Samsung Galaxy Note 10 devices (Exynos version) (update.zip):
Direct link (Wait for at least 10 seconds to start the download)
| Download Links: SamFrew |
In case the download doesn’t start, then copy the mentioned link and open it from your web browser.
Let’s begin with the SD card method.
SD-CARD METHOD:
This is the second method after the ADB method. If you are not able to update your device using the previous ADB method you can try this method, it is simpler.
Here are the steps you need to follow:
- Download the bin file and rename it as update.zip.
- You can rename the file by going through the file option in windows 10 on your PC.
- Then copy the file to the file directory of your SD-card
Now, set up your device, to do this:
- Hold the Power+Volume up button of your device to go to the stock recovery mode.
- Now go to the ‘update via SD-card’ option
- To do this use the volume up and volume down buttons for navigating between the option and power button to select the option.
- Then select the update.zip file by using the volume buttons and select the file using the power button
- After you press the power button the process will start.
- Now, wait until the process completes. It will take some time
- After the process completes the phone will automatically reboot.
ADB METHOD:
For this method, you will require a PC, a USB cable to connect the device to the PC, and the device.
Start by downloading the SDK platform tool on your desktop which is available on the Android studio. You can download it from the link given below.
Download SDK Platform-Tools
Now follow these steps given below:
- Extract the file on your desktop
- Place the update.zip file inside the extracted folder
- Now open the command prompt you can do that by holding the left shift, right-click the mouse and then select ‘open command prompt here’.
- The command prompt will open
Now set up your device, to do this:
- Shut down the phone
- Enter into recovery mode by holding the Power+volume up buttons.
- Select the ‘update via ADB’ recovery mode (To scroll up or down press the volume up and volume down button and to select the option press the power button).
- Now connect the phone to the PC using the Samsung USC cable.
- Now go to the command prompt enter the following command: ‘./adb devices’.
- Wait for some time and you will discover that the process is started and your device is found.
- After your device is recognized run the following command: ‘./adb sideload update.zip’
- The final process will now start and you will see the percentage on your screen. The process may take some time, do not remove the cable, disconnect your phone, or power off your PC.
- After the completion of the process, the phone will automatically reboot and then you can disconnect your phone.
Note:
- You will have to use ADB for that: “./adb reboot recovery”
- For reboot to Download mode use the following command: “./adb reboot download”
- Installing via this way shouldn’t trigger the KNOX warranty void.
- However: updating manually is your own choice, no one is responsible if anything goes wrong