Hi, I am new to this forum.
I have a SONY Xperia XZ Premium running 8.0, and recently I was prompted by Sony's Software Update app to upgrade to Pie. But I have come to learn that the new code in Pie puts extra strain on battery resources and causes the device to drain its battery resources faster than before the upgrade. So, I was wondering how I could stay on Oreo and continue to receive the CVE's, I believe they are called, (Monthly Security patches), for Oreo without having to receive them from Sony bundled into the Pie upgrade. I am concerned that Sony may not offer these security patches for my device for Oreo separately. In the MS Windows environment, I continue to receive security patches for my Windows 7 OS. I was not forced to upgrade to Windows 10 or 8.1 to get security updates. I understand that there is a time limit to all of this, but heck, Oreo has not been out that long. If I do not upgrade to Pie, will I be stuck on my current version of Oreo, and never have the opportunity to get future critical security patches from Android for my 8.0 Oreo? I hope someone can provide me with Google's official policy on this concept, and maybe some ideas on how I can maintain my current ecosystem without having the Xperia Software Update app forcing the upgrade on me while also receiving future critical security updates for Oreo. Currently I have auto-updates turned off, and recently I "forced stop" the software update app to get rid of the darn upgrade notification that was NOT deletable since it was designed that way by the Sony software developers. Will I have to keep force stopping that app every time I reboot the device (about once every 2 to 3 weeks), since there may be no other option to resolve the upgrade issue? Thanks to those that respond. Karl. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
