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Most of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Models Expected To Be Powered by Exynos 2600

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  The speculation has been widespread. Some suggest that the Exynos 2600 application processor (AP), produced by Samsung Foundry using its 2nm GAA technology, will be the driving force behind the majority of the Samsung Galaxy S26 models, including the Galaxy S26 Ultra in certain regions. Previously, Samsung Foundry encountered challenges with the yield of its 3nm production, resulting in a shortage of Exynos 2500 APs for the Galaxy S25 series. The standard Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra models are all equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy processor. This marks a shift from previous models, such as the Galaxy S24 series, which used both Snapdragon and Samsung's own Exynos chipsets, depending on the region.  While during Qualcomm's recent earnings call following the release of its fiscal Q4 earnings, the company said that it expected its new Snapdragon chip to be found in 75 percent of the Galaxy S26 handsets. Qualcomm said that it used to expect to get 50 pe...
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AT&T Galaxy S6, S6 Edge & S6 Active Receiving Meltdown and Spectre Migration Patches

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AT&T has just recently released an update that brings the Meltdown and Spectre migration patches to their Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Active devices. Moreover,  the said update primarily contains the January 1st 2018 security patches, as part of the monthly Android Security Maintenance Release (SMR) of which provided by Google and Samsung.

The Galaxy S6 receives a 50.1MB  software update and move its current Android 7.0 Nougat OS to version G920AUCS7ERA2. While the Galaxy S7 edge will also get a 50.5MB update that bumps the device OS version to G925AUCS7ERA2. On the other hand, the Galaxy S6 Active also move to G890AUCS7DRA2, with an update file size of 51 MB.

The rolling out starts on January 26, 2018 and may only last for a couple of days.

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (G925A)

  • Android version: 7.0.1
  • Security patch level (SPL): January 1, 2018
  • Baseband version: G925AUCS7ERA2
  • Build number: NRD90M.G925AUCS7ERA2
  • Previous version required: G925AUCU6EQK3
  • File size: 50.1MB

Samsung Galaxy S6 (G920A)

  • Release date: January 26, 2018
  • Android version: 7.0.1
  • Security patch level: January 1, 2018
  • Baseband version: G920AUCS7ERA2
  • Build number: NRD90M.G920AUCS7ERA2
  • Previous version required: G920AUCU6EQK3
  • File size: 50.5MB

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active (G890A)

  • Release date: January 26, 2018
  • Android version: 7.0.1
  • Security patch level: January 1, 2018
  • Baseband version: G890AUCS7DRA2
  • Build number: NRD90M.G890AUCS7DRA2
  • Previous version required: G890AUCU6DQK3
  • File size: 51MB



What is Meltdown and Spectre?


Vulnerabilities in modern computers leak passwords and sensitive data. Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware vulnerabilities allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer. While programs are typically not permitted to read data from other programs, a malicious program can exploit Meltdown and Spectre to get hold of secrets stored in the memory of other running programs. This might include your passwords stored in a password manager or browser, your personal photos, emails, instant messages and even business-critical documents.

You may check the full details about the Meltdown and Spectre at https://meltdownattack.com/

Sources: AT&T Galaxy S6 [1], Galaxy S6 edge [2], and S6 Active [3] support pages
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