https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S25/Noticing-a-lot-of-audio-issues-with-S25-Ultra/m-p/3147513#M9377 What a real drag. Outside of attempting a total factory reset and attempting to start over (you have made it clear that is not something you want to do), but that may be your best bet. Because even you spend $50 for a replacement, you will still have a factory fresh phone with all of the pre-installed provider bloatware. S spending $50 that may not do the trick would be more of a loss. I honestly do not get the watch part, as that seems off to me, but I do not own watches of any kind and only use the ear buds.<BR /><BR />Anyway, if you don't want to send $50, reset the phone completely and manually reinstall and update everything. The phone already has the latest monthly update so that will be there after resetting the phone. It may be a hassle, but you'd be getting a new phone having to set it up again otherwise. I also recommend not using smart switch, as that may just carry over some of those same problems since it is a locked device. If you do this, my suggestion would be to manually install and connect the apps and accounts that are the problems you are facing before doing a whole reinstall of everything and test the problem apps first.<BR />In the end I hope those all works out for you quickly. And if you can ever buy a smartphone outright, I would highly suggest buying all devices totally unlocked. That way you can switch carriers on the fly. even with the big-name carriers. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:00:31 GMT Tom6068 2025-02-20T16:00:31Z