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@SandlingAllDay wrote: How do you do multi-screen now? Yeah this took me a google search to figure out, they're not making it too obvious. You have to go to task manager / your open apps view... then find an app you want and click on its icon at the top of the app preview window (if that makes sense), and the option is there.
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a week ago
Oh boy, you guys need to learn the one best thing about Android. And that's the power of customization. While it won't help with some real issues like pro video mode or some other legitimate issues, most complaints are about usability, UI and visuals, and all of that can be fixed quite easily. Get a nice launcher, like Nova Prime, set up your phone any way you want, use your own gestures, icons, menus and so on. You can change the look of settings via themes. Fonts can be changed. Get rig of Bixby by using a package disabler and the BX Actions app, remap that button so something more useful. Learn to take advantage of Androidn't best abilities and you will never have to worry about what Samsung or anyone else is trying to push on you. For me, very little changed with UI once updated. Only the notifications and quick shortcuts, settings, and a navigation bar, out of which only the navigation bar drastically changed, so I tried gestures, got used to them in less than a day and now love them. For some reason Samsung Pay keeps forcing the regular navigation bar onto the screen, with everything else I'm enjoying the clean edge to edge look and feel.
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2 weeks ago
Like I said... some things are nice, and some are not so great. Personally I'm not a fan of everything moving to the bottom, and thicker and bolder notifications, quick settings instead of the elegant Galaxy style now match every cheap Android phone out there. Default widgets got uglier too. I'm also not a fan of some lock screen and Always On Display changes. But I'm also finding cool things. There is now an option to use another S-Pen even when the phone's S-Pen is in the device, that's something I've been asking for. I like the new gesture navigation with 3 thin bars at the bottom, and I like how the new dialer and camera look, but again, not a big fan of how contacts and settings look now, too thick and bold and more scrolling. I'm not too worried about the rest of the UI as I use Nova Launcher and don't see any other One UI elements. The phone feels maybe a little bit snappier, it's hard to tell as this phone was always super fast anyway. It'll take some getting used to and I'm sure we'll forget about whatever minor annoyances it brought. I get similar feelings with every "major" OS update then get over it over time.
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2 weeks ago
Yes guys, I'm using AT&T locked phone and their service. It's no secret that carriers are only responsible for updating their own phones, it's not about the service, it's about their specific software. The update installed fine. As always with these "major" updates, there are some things I love and some I'm not crazy about. It takes some time to get used to, but some UI elements are just a little too thick now, too bold, too round and so on. And some of my customization apps stopped working entirely. It's OK though, I remember feeling the same way about Oreo, then got used to everything and it was fine. Thank God my Bixby remap still works as intended. That's the most important app I have! Overall it's nice to have, but as I said many times before, these updates, no matter how major they might seem, are still very minor overall. Just UI changes mostly for the sake of making a change, some are even steps back. It's not worth losing your sleep over. A positive sign is that it came out so soon on AT&T, there vere always taking so long, and I think VZ just released theirs too, it should be coming to everyone else in days, not weeks or months.
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2 weeks ago
My phone is updating right now, said it's 9.0 Pie. Whoo! 1841 Mb This is on AT&T (US)
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3 weeks ago
First of all, I disagree. I've gotten some great help from the moderation team here. They do what they can, and pushing an update from your carrier is not one of those things. Second. It's really up to T-Mobile at this stage. Samsung has provides US carriers with the update, not it's up to them to do whatever they do with it and push it to their customers. So ask T-Mobile.
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a month ago
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@user5BzWqCovGO wrote: Please please please give us back our front-facing fingerprint scanner. If you're honestly simply asking for this then you're ok, it's coming in this year's S10 and Note10 models in a form of a in screen finger print sensor. Pretty much triple confirmed at this point. Personally, when I used S7 Edge and S8 came out, I hated it, I felt it was so dumb, going for as much screen as possible but making compromises like moving the fingerprint scanner to the back. I hated it all so much I didn't bother upgrading. But last year when S9 came out my S7 was getting too tired and I gave in and upgraded, to the S9+, then few months later to Note9... I was actually kind of surprised how easy it was to readjust to using the rear fingerprint scanner, and now I love it! I hate fingerprints and smudges on the front of the phone and wipe it constantly, and use the S-Pen to try to keep it clean as much as possible, so unlocking by just touching the spot on the back IMO is just genius. How did it take us so long to get there? But now I'm back to the same feeling I had two years ago. The next gen Galaxy is putting it under the screen. It's like my worst nightmare now. That spot at the bottom of the screen will always be covered with smudges. It's an OCD of mine, and I'm simply planning on ignoring it for now, ignoring it because of the feature everyone has been asking for. For some reason. I wonder, why can't they just satisfy both camps and go with both solutions? Why jumping back and forth, literally? Anyway, I think we should just be glad they're not trying to "kill" it like some other major players on the market if you know what I mean. And one more point. There are some phone that truly do it right by just putting the fingerprint scanner on the power button on the side. It's brilliant really, not on the front or back, don't have to touch the screen or pick up the phone, it's got to be easy as it can be for someone like Samsung to implement it that way, but no, we're dealing with changing location every couple of years now.
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01-09-2019
01:02 PM
(Very short version: I had a T713 and insurance co. replaced it with T710, is it a concern?) Hey guys, I know it's old news since we're talking about 3 and 4 year old products. But here is my deal: I had a Snapdragon version of Tab S2 8 inch (T713) for few years and was very happy with it, however after few years the battery was so bad, that I decided to file a claim with my DIRECTV insurance plan which covered some mobile devices like tablets. I sent it in and they said they couldn't fix it and were just going to replace it with a refurbished Tab S2 8 inch, the same tablet... sounded good to me. Couple of weeks went by and I just got the replacement 2 days ago, other than few minor scratches on the screen (which I could live with) it seemed OK, but I noticed that the CPU core clocks were different from my other Tab S2 tablet (yeah I have two, one for travel and one bed side), and of course I quickly realized it was because the one they sent me was actually and Exynos model that came out a year before mine. I also found out that one of the speakers is bad so I'm now waiting on them (Asurion) to call me back about getting it replaced again, but now since I know they ship other models, how much of a difference is there really between these two models, T710 (Exynos) and T713(Snapdragon)? Of course I assume the newer is better, it shows better benchmark scores, but has anyone used them in real life? If the difference noticeable in basic day to day scenarios? Basically does it make sense to argue with Asurion and demand they replace with a right model or is it just a waste of time? To be honest I will be asking them to replace with new, not refurbished, but I don't know what I'll be able to get out of them, so if I'm stuck with another refurb, how much should I fight for them to ensure it's the same model number as mine was?
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10-17-2018
02:55 PM
Hm, I hope it's not the weather. Made me pick up my phone and look at the back, mine is still fine, after almost two months. It's a little glass, it can crack is dropped, or maybe even in a pocked. @Tiggerspr96 Your post is a little bit confusing. Are you saying you were told the damage will not be covered by the warranty (free)? If so it makes perfect sense, no physical damage is covered under warranty. Then you mentioned having to pay $250, this sounds like the actual Insurance deductible, now that makes sense. An insurance plan has a deductible, mo matter how small the damage is, if you're going through insurance there will be a deductible, but they should replace the whole phone. Another option you might have is to take it to a third party repair shop. UBreakIFix (I think) is actually an authorised Samsung repair partner, they should be able to fix it for less. With this third option however, I think it's fair to mention one more thing. To replace the camera glass they will open the phone by removing the back, which is glued. They will then re-glue it back. To me personally, depending on the price difference, I'd consider paying a little bit more for an insurance deductible but get a proper replacement, instead of a repair job that can potentially compromise my water seal or the appearance of the device. I've gotten replacements through AT&T insurance before and they were flawless, sometimes new and sometimes refurbs, but always in perfect shape. That's my experience.
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10-12-2018
12:22 PM
@userJf1tLjDoQ6 Ridiculous pricing? You don't have to buy something you can't afford man. Samsung is not cheap, but it's still a decent value compared to some other top brands out there. @userL42YX8P2x5 These phones come with warranty, right? Any reason not to exchange your "lemon"?
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10-09-2018
10:42 AM
Are you sure you're not confusing them with Apple now? But seriously... what business is not operating like that? Of course they all going to try to pretend nothing is wrong and would prefer to handle issues on the case by case bases. It's not just business sense, they pretty much have to do that for their shareholders. Anyway... Your phone does get way too hot I think, do you have a case on? I use a Samsung OEM case and I can feel the heat sometimes even with the case on, but I also wonder if that case is what's keeping a lot of that heat inside.
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10-08-2018
02:37 PM
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@Pierhh I think there is some confusion about Note9 and what it's cooling system does. From what I understand and from tests that I saw, it gets just as hot as S9 or Note8, but it continues to perform better at those temperatures. So when other phones start throttling at higher temps, the Note9 can actually continue to work quicker because it gets more heat away from the processor. In other words again, those phones' processors generate the same amount of heat, but Note9 does a better job getting that heat away from the processor. In fact it might actually feel like Note9 runs hotter because it's better at moving the heat out of the phone, and it goes into its case and into our hands. In any case, the liquid cooling is a marketing nonsense as there is no actual liquid inside. Just like Apple's Liquid Retina screen, they all think they can just add the word "liquid" to anything to make sounds better than something that's not.
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10-07-2018
04:35 AM
Yeah, very funny. First of all my comments about it were sarcasm, but it did update, and everything is fine, thank you for your concern. And the second... Very easy tip: Back Up. And you won't ever have to worry about it.
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10-05-2018
07:16 AM
I'm not seriously considering this myself... but with the new colors being released in US and the double trade in promo, what if someone wanted to trade in a Note9 for another Note9? Right now S9+ gets $600, so some people paying around $400 after trade in for the color they really want might make sense, buuuuut... Note9 is not listed as a Trade In option. So is it not an option period?
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10-04-2018
04:30 AM
That's not actually what I said, I doubt that Pie can make this Note9 even faster, I mean the differences are in the hardware, getting that new "major" OS update is such a minor thing now, sometimes I wonder if it's actually a good thing at all. Have you played with the Samsung Experience 10 over Pie? I have and I hated it, ever with a third party launcher settings and notifications look terrible, quick toggles are circles and they're plain ugly compared to the material design we have right now. That's strictly subjective of course. At the end of the day I think it's cute that everyone talks about the lack of Pie as if it's something that me major flaw in an otherwise great device. Seriously, no one really cares.
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10-03-2018
06:07 PM
I'm also a Samsung customer and to be honest I don't really care when the update comes. Why? Because once it updates it'll still be the same phone doing the same stuff. I use Nova Launcher and I have an older phone on 6.something... a tablet on 7.something, and this Note9 on 8.1 and they all look the same and work the same, just newer ones feel quicker, the rest is hardware. What's in this update that everyone NEEDS so badly? Can anyone explain? Now, don't get me wrong, I enjoy getting them, watching the phone downloading it, installing, restarting, updating apps... there is a sense of something you love becoming slightly better (probably) but I don't think it matters to 9 out of 10 Note9 users. Most people can't tell the difference, don't care about OS version number and are actually annoyed by large updates. Don't lose your sleep over it. PS. To be honest I'm typing this while waiting for my Windows 10 to update to 1809, it's at 7%... I can hardly wait any longer, it'll be epic. Oh 8%...
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10-03-2018
01:37 PM
Sometimes I pull my S-Pen out and use it for few quick taps on the screen, then just place it next to my phone on the desk, and in 20-25 minutes a message pops up that the battery is low or dead and to reinsert it. Even if I don't click the button to use it as a remote at all. I know they don't really have a battery, it's a super capacitor, but I don't know a whole lot about them... Is it normal for them to discharge by just sitting on the desk without any usage? Or is it defective and needs to be replaced? (again)
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09-27-2018
06:11 PM
Is it though? I got few scratches in my first two weeks on the front glass from just having the phone in my pocked. The thing is, it's Gorilla Glass 5, and it's not a secret that this generation of GG is designed to be crack and shutter resistant, but as a result it's actually slightly softer and scratched easier. I now got a screen protector on, whatever, it'll probably be traded in in less than a year anyway.
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09-25-2018
09:43 AM
" Congratulations on losing $1250 (times a million) on Note 9 sales in USA so far" And you know this how? Don't get me wrong, I think they should have offered the option, but none of us knows how it affected sales. I think people that really wanted one could, and still can, easily find it from third party resellers, like Amazon, so Samsung still gets the sales. Others just went with the blue, it's a dark shade of blue, it looks black in many situations, really not an issue IMO. Yellow S-Pen is a slightly different story of course, it's weird they don't have a blue option at least as an accessory. It's clear they want blue and yellow to be seen, for the phone to stand out. There are also plenty of black cases or skins, that's a cheap fix. "When will Midnight Black color be available to order in USA?" Maybe never, directly, but it's already available from third party resellers like I said, could be an issue with the warranty though. I only saw rumors about possibly a silver / gray model coming out soon.
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09-19-2018
02:42 PM
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OK, it's usually the case sure, but what many people here are saying is how can this be a carrier issue is the unlocked, carrier free, direct from Samsung model doesn't have the option?
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09-18-2018
02:39 PM
Well after this much time, I assumed no email about it not qualifying is pretty much just as good as an email confirming that it does. This is my secong trade in with Samsung too, and I never got any emails, as long as I didn't get a charge, I assumed everything is good.
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09-18-2018
02:30 PM
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I haven't used it myself, but there was the same discussion about the S9, and yeah, it appears that the dual camera mode was removed, for whatever reason.
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09-05-2018
08:21 AM
@perlmane I couldn't figure that one out, I don't think there is a way. I just filed it under dumb annoying things that we can't change, there are quite a few.
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09-05-2018
04:46 AM
@perlmane Yep. Go to Settings - Advanced Settings - S Pen - Screen Off Memo - Use S Pen Signature Color - Off.
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09-01-2018
05:38 PM
Yeah it's a rip off, the only one I hear everyone recommend is the Whitestone Dome Glass, but I haven't tried it personally, I just use the phone without one right one, no scratches so far.
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08-31-2018
06:07 AM
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My AT&T phone allows me to turn it off too, which I did right away. Such a weird issue for user to worry about. If it was all of us affected, I'd just say it is the way it is, but seeing how T-mobile and AT&T models allow users to turn it off (both GSM carriers, coincidence?), but others don't makes it just an odd issue with no real justification.
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08-31-2018
05:51 AM
Why do you keep insisting it's non functioning? If it's formatted in the phone it should be just fine. Try it, save your data to PC just in case and then move it to the card. It should be OK, right? That's the like of reasoning that I don't understand. Other than some data that got corrupted, what else is wrong with the card? Plus you seem to be convinced you found the bad link, but it might not be. Maybe it's Android that cause the data loss, maybe the memory card itself reacted oddly to the new phone or OS, maybe it was a coincidence, maybe it was removed unmounted (very likely because no one ever does it the proper way) and it caused the issue, maybe whoever was handling it touched some contacts and something shorted. We will probably never know for sure, the tech can act up sometimes. I don't have any issues with my memory card and the Note9, so it's not some widespread issue with it. If the card works once reformatted everything is probably OK, but I will repeat, back everything up just in case. (I mentioned returning the phone if you think the phone is defective, I don't think it is or that it's a good idea, a non Samsung memory card is not their responsibility though)
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08-30-2018
09:02 PM
Well I can tell you for sure iPhone users don't ever have to deal with any memory card related issues. That's for sure. I have to say, it's a bit unreasonable to demand Samsung replace a memory card or a phone. The phone you can just return of course, you're still within that remorse period, it's probably fine though. The card is most likely fine too, just needs to be reformatted. It's not just the phone, but this kind of issue can happen with any devise and any memory card, the lesson to be learned from this is to backup, and backup often. Unfortunately digital files are almost never covered by any kind of guarantee, I'm sure they have a fine print somewhere stating they're not responsible for this exact thing. I use a SanDisk in my Note9, it doesn't have to be a Samsung card.
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