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4 weeks ago
It will not be a part of the Android 10 beta, nor will it receive the Android 10 update. It has already received its OS updates.
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4 weeks ago
It is because of the water damage to your phone. The water went into your phone and corroded internals as well as shorted out different parts. Your only option now is to either buy a new phone or repair your current phone. Either way it will be very expensive unfortunately. For future reference, remember that no smartphone is water proof. They are water 'resistant' in fresh water (fresh water only) for 30 minutes. Pool water has chlorine and other chemicals in it which will destroy your phone if it touches it. If you can get your friend to pay for your phone repairs I would recommend it, or get them to purchase a new phone for you. If this is not an option, you may need to consider legal action considering the costly damages that were done to your property. Best of luck.
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4 weeks ago
*Bump* This is caused by a third party application on your phone. Do you have these issues when your phone is in safe mode? If no, do the following. 1. Go to 'settings', 'device care', 'battery', 'battery usage' and see what apps are using a lot of battery and running constantly on your phone. 2. Go to 'settings', 'apps' and uninstall any applications that you do not recognize or don't use. 3. Clear the cache partition on your phone after removing this applications. 4. After removing these apps and clear your cache partition please let me know if these issues persist.
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4 weeks ago
*This is a duplicate post* Have you tested charging your phone with a known good charger from a store or from a friend with the same phone? If your phone will quick charge with a known good charger then it would be an issue with your charger. If your phone will not quick charge with a known good charger, then it could potentially be a bad charging port or a faulty battery. If you are saying your phone will not charge at all, it may be a faulty charge port. Unfortunately getting these replaced at most repair shops is quite expensive. Best of luck! be sure to post back with any update you may have.
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4 weeks ago
Have you tried opening a web browser and hitting the 'homepage' button to see if it comes up with the hotel login? On hotel wifi's you have to login to it to verify after connecting. Let me know if this helps you at all.
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a month ago
Check your applications and settings as it sounds like there are some background apps/settings that are heating up your phone and causing battery drain. 1. Does this issue happen when your phone is in safe mode? 2. If you check 'settings', 'device care', 'battery', 'battery usage', do you see applications that are using a lot of battery? Look over what applications are running and make sure you recognize all of the apps that are running 3. After this, I would go to 'settings', 'apps' and see if you recognize all of the apps on your phone. If there are some applications you don't recognize or don't need, I would recommend uninstalling them. 4. Clear the cache partition on your phone. This should help remove all of the junk files that are left behind by old apps or things you deleted. Please post back any updates you have after trying these steps out.
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a month ago
Is this issue appearing only when you are texting from the notification pane? There is no character limit when texting from inside the messaging app, but in the notification pane there is a set character limit due to software limitations. Please post back and let me know where the issue is.
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a month ago
Do you have AT&T as your carrier? If so they implemented a 10 person limit for group messages and are planning to expand this limit phone by phone. So I would follow up with them to see when they will increase the limit for your phone. If you don't have AT&T then I would recommend contacting your carrier to ask about these limitations.
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a month ago
Do you experience this issue only when using the stock messaging app or are you using a carrier specific/third party app? If you use facebook messenger/whatsapp are you able to send and receive messages and videos. If so, this may be an issue with your SIM/service on your phone. Perhaps a faulty SIM.
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a month ago
Have you tested charging your phone with a known good charger from a store or from a friend with the same phone? If your phone will quick charge with a known good charger then it would be an issue with your charger. If your phone will not quick charge with a known good charger, then it could potentially be a bad charging port or a faulty battery. If you are saying your phone will not charge at all, it may be a faulty charge port. Unfortunately getting these replaced at most repair shops is quite expensive. Best of luck! be sure to post back with any update you may have.
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a month ago
Is your stereo able to be paired to any other phone or device? If not, it seems as if there may be something wrong with your stereo. It may have been installed incorrectly, the wiring may have gone bad, there may be a short, or the stereo itself may be bad. Please post if another device works for you.
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09-12-2019
11:09 AM
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I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ unlocked variant on Sprint (bought from Amazon brand new). Everything works perfectly fine and you don't lose out on any features. you can buy the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ for about $450+. If you buy it refurbished from a reputable seller (make sure to factory reset the phone when you get it) you can probably find it for $350+. If you're looking for a great value and don't want to spend that much, you can buy the Motorola moto Z4 or the Google Pixel 3A ~$380 brand new. Just make sure you buy a good case with a screen protector for whatever phone you buy. (Amazon has great cases for a great price)
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09-12-2019
11:01 AM
Have you tried turning adaptive brightness off and clearing your cache partition? Check for app updates in the google playstore and galaxy app store. Then turn adaptive brightness back on and see how it functions.
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09-12-2019
10:44 AM
I would also recommend putting your phone into medium battery savings mode and clear the cache partition as well.
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09-12-2019
10:14 AM
I would also recommend uninstalling all battery optimizing apps or anything that claims to control battery discharge or optimization. They constantly run in the background and usually do nothing but make your battery life worse.
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09-12-2019
10:12 AM
Check what apps are running on your phone constantly using battery. go to 'setttings', 'device care', 'battery', and 'battery usage'. See what apps are running and make sure to disable/delete/uninstall any apps you do not want or recognize that are running. Another thing you can try is clearing the cache partition on your phone. Please post back if these steps help to improve your battery life.
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09-12-2019
10:06 AM
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Have you tried checking for app updates in the google playstore and the galaxy store? If yes, try clearing your cache partition and it should fix it.
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09-12-2019
10:01 AM
Have you tried plugging it into your computer and seeing if this helps at all?
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09-12-2019
09:59 AM
Have you tried turning off your phone, wiping your SIM card with a microfiber cloth, reseating your SIM card in the SIM tray, and then turning your phone back on?
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09-12-2019
08:10 AM
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I agree with you on most of these issues (especially related to their horrendous software support) but have you ever considered getting a proper case with a screen protector? I can already hear you typing back "but I shouldn't have to have a screen protector on my phone" but in todays day and age that is what glass does. Unfortunately for us gorilla glass 6 is exactly the same as 1,2,3,4,5 etc. They all scratch at a level 6 with deeper scratches at a level 7. Unfortunately only screen protectors/cases can prevent this.
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09-12-2019
07:58 AM
Well what specifically is the issue? If you are talking about the silly cropping unless you select the 'multi person' view on the selfie cam. Probably never. Samsung sees this as a feature for some reason...and is unwilling to make a statement or push out any fix. It s*cks. It makes no sense. I do not agree with it. Welcome to Samsung.
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09-12-2019
07:56 AM
Anytime between tomorrow and never. Samsung does not have a dedicated cycle for operating system updates (the monthly security updates should be about monthly) so there is no way to know. They have 'promised' 2 operating system updates for phones so we should be receiving Android Q at some point. When that time is entirely up to Samsung (takes forever) and your service provider if you have a locked phone. So if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath. We will probably get the update sometime around when other phones have Android 12.
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09-12-2019
07:32 AM
The Samsung calendar does not automatically show holidays by default. It would only show holidays once it is connected to your email that has holidays in its calendar. For example I have a gmail calendar that contains all of the Federal holidays, I connected my gmail calendar to the Samsung calendar, so now my Samsung calendar shows those holidays. I hope this helps answer your question. If you want to see what accounts are connected, go to 'calendar', press the three horizontal lines in the top left and see what is there. If you press 'settings' which is the gear in the top right you will see the option to change many settings.
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09-12-2019
06:14 AM
Well with the Android pie update a lot of security measures and formally open issues were closed. Due to the fact that, as you said in your post, bluetooth only pairs in safe mode and my guess is other issues go away as well. I would recommend going through your applications and doing the following. 1. Check the google play store to make sure all of your apps are updated. Check the Galaxy App store to ensure that all of your galaxy apps are updated. Manually check for a software update on your phone to ensure that your phone is fully updated. 2. Go through your apps (settings, apps) and make sure that you do not have any apps that you do not need, want, or recognize. If you do. Make sure to uninstall them. 3. Clear the cache partition on your phone then hopefully some of these issues will go away. If not, I highly recommend walking me through the issues that are left when your phone is in safe mode.
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09-12-2019
05:58 AM
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You can expect the Android Q update around the time all other Android phones have Android 12. With Samsungs very very slow update cycle it will pretty much never show up. Don't hold your breath.
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09-12-2019
05:54 AM
I believe you are very misled, iPhones face ID uses tens of thousands of points on the face to ensure that it is you. This cannot be fooled with a picture or video, it must be you (unless it is bypassed). The Samsung face unlock only uses a picture of your face to unlock your phone. So if someone else holds up a picture of your face, or pauses a video on a closeup of your face, the Samsung phone will unlock (the iPhone will not). Now if you are referring to Samsungs retinal scanning like on the Galaxy S9+, then this is different. This is actual retinal scanning capability that cannot be fooled by a picture/video on the phone. Even this is not necessarily 'safer' than the iPhone. Retinal scanning and the face ID are both secure, yet both have issues in their own way. But no. Samsungs facial scanner is not more secure than the face ID on iPhone.
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09-12-2019
05:42 AM
Save up your money, buy a used/refurbished Note 10, and sell your current phone (after you transfer everything and wipe it repeatedly).
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09-09-2019
05:32 AM
Well you will have to be more specific. What exactly are you unable to find? What is missing? Please post a specific question or issue so I can help you find what you are looking for.
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