I bit the bullet and flashed my S8 to 9.0 and it was worth it (never got an any OTA update ever)

Hello,

I have the same problem. I bought my phone (S8+ dual sim) from Amazon in the U.S. in 2017 as an international version. I never received any kind of software update so I'm still stuck with Android 7. I am living in Romania so I thought that is the reason for not receiving the updates. I contacted Samsung Romania for support and they told me that my phone's IMEI is for Singapore, so I contacted them and they just told me to wait for Android 9 even tho I never received not even Android 8. I decided to use odin to update my software, but I'm a little afraid to be honest. My question is can I update my phone directly to Android 9 from Android 7 or do I have to update first to Android 8? (I know it may be a stupid question, but I'm not really an expert when it comes to mobile software.)

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