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What a disappointing update!!

For a $1000 phone Samsung should be much better at their updates and more caring for their premium customers!!
On Android pie, things were stuttering, the fingerprint sensor takes 3 seconds until the screen wakes up, everything felt slow and battery life really sucked! Right now I'm on Oreo 8.1 and everything is just so smooth and efficient, why can't android pie be the same and Samsung just do something right for once??!!
This is the last time I'm buying a Samsung phone! And yes I've been using every single android pie custom ROM here on XDA and they all have the same problems....

I am not experiencing your issues after the update. Everything is smooth and clean. I did a Fresh factory wipe though.

Have you tried wiping the Cache Partition in Recovery Mode? If that doesn't work then back up your data and perform a hard factory reset. That should resolve your issue.

Will try, but I got the phone like 2 weeks ago and I think I have already done that but will try again and see thanks!

Supracer said:
Will try, but I got the phone like 2 weeks ago and I think I have already done that but will try again and see thanks!
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Clean flash it via ODIN and with full wipe (CSC and not home_csc - will delete ALL of your data (except SD card), so be careful!). Then give it a 1-2 weeks to settle down, it's not the smoothest thing in the world, but defo it's not that bad and it's better than oreo.

high_voltage said:
Clean flash it via ODIN and with full wipe (CSC and not home_csc - will delete ALL of your data (except SD card), so be careful!). Then give it a 1-2 weeks to settle down, it's not the smoothest thing in the world, but defo it's not that bad and it's better than oreo.
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Will be trying that out tonight and will report back in 10 days ??

I've NEVER done a full wipe and fresh install except when installing a rom or beta version outside of Samsungs own processes. I've never had any problems either and it saves a whole load of pain doing a full install. I DO always do a cache partition wipe in the boot menu. Helps clean things up.
Just my tip.

Wiping cache (or everything if that doesn't work) is the first thing to try when facing issues like this. Especially if nobody else seems to be having similar problems. This is hardly a reason to pull a "I'm never shopping here again!".

Supracer said:
For a $1000 phone Samsung should..
This is the last time I'm buying a Samsung phone!.
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For a moment I thought I was on the official Samsung Members beta app forum.
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So after erasing everything, flashing stock and waiting for more than 10 days as you guys said so the system can optimise I still say 9.0 update is disappointing after switching from the mate 9.... The fingerprint is as fast now yes, battery life is disappointing, when I get a message notification the time it takes to open the app is just embarrassing for a phone like this. I don't know maybe I'll try treble ROMs or I'll sell the phone. Thanks for all the help

Bluetooth issues, no DSD playback, choppy, SBC codecs!!
I contacted support and after troubleshooting I made them submit a Bug Report.
UHQA Ultra High Quality Audio is broken, meaning playback of DSD 64 and 128 is broken and choppy.
We wipe clean it, tried even to push a patch and nada!!
What is more dumb is that UHQ audio for analog headphones work, yet when in bluetooth is broken.
Also Pro mode for video recording was removed.
They love to remove stuff when a new Note is coming up.
Sadly Samsung is becoming more and more like Apple.
On the phone the girl even tried to sell me the Galaxy Buds, and I said if you are sending them free, sure, but No thanks.
Broken 24 bit music playback sucks when you have a library of Flac music.
Contact support and push them to file a Bug report, to keep some pressure on.

My phone is working great on the latest update. Nothing is slow and my battery life is very good. I also appreciate a lot of the new features and changes.

bluefish196 said:
I contacted support and after troubleshooting I made them submit a Bug Report.
UHQA Ultra High Quality Audio is broken, meaning playback of DSD 64 and 128 is broken and choppy.
We wipe clean it, tried even to push a patch and nada!!
What is more dumb is that UHQ audio for analog headphones work, yet when in bluetooth is broken.
Also Pro mode for video recording was removed.
They love to remove stuff when a new Note is coming up.
Sadly Samsung is becoming more and more like Apple.
On the phone the girl even tried to sell me the Galaxy Buds, and I said if you are sending them free, sure, but No thanks.
Broken 24 bit music playback sucks when you have a library of Flac music.
Contact support and push them to file a Bug report, to keep some pressure on.
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UHQ audio doesn't work with Bluetooth, it's by design because it's not how Bluetooth works.
When using Bluetooth you don't use the built-in DAC/amp of your phone.
Numerical audio data are sent to your Bluetooth device that do the numeric to analogic coversion and the amp part. So it's your Bluetooth device that must supports UHQ, but your phone must supports a Bluetooth version with enough bandwidth to do so.

On PIE I no longer have many camera options I found useful. Make volume key lens zoom. Add second floating shutter release button. Good Lock quick star sucks re editing and options. I detest the new icons and I hate when the mess with my interface ie. They moved or removed many things I have muscle memory for. Should I blame Google or Samsung?

@up, i have similar opinion. So a week ago I back to Oreo. Again i have everything well.

Note 9 oreo is the perfect phone!
Photo's[emoji2398] by Sully using SM-N960U or SM-870A

Have you tried checking the Camera Settings Menu? I was able to chance the settings of the volume buttons to either zoom or take a picture in there.

iceepyon said:
Have you tried checking the Camera Settings Menu? I was able to chance the settings of the volume buttons to either zoom or take a picture in there.
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I don't have any option for that in my camera settings. Maybe I should clear partition cache?

demize! said:
On PIE I no longer have many camera options I found useful. Make volume key lens zoom. Add second floating shutter release button. Good Lock quick star sucks re editing and options. I detest the new icons and I hate when the mess with my interface ie. They moved or removed many things I have muscle memory for. Should I blame Google or Samsung?
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"Press volume key to" and "Floating Shutter location" are under "Shooting methods" in the camera settings.
Doesn't matter who you blame. They'll continue to make $$ regardless.

RGardner said:
"Press volume key to" and "Floating Shutter location" are under "Shooting methods" in the camera settings.
Doesn't matter who you blame. They'll continue to make $$ regardless.
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I just saw that right before I checked this thread lol. I love how they bury settings in sub menus after updates.

On screen notification, work around needed

Dears,
I'm a new owner of a brand new x2 pro, everything's fine so far, but there's just a thing that hassles me and it's the missing notification LED.
I'd like to use one of these workaround apps designed for super Amoled screen but so far, can't find any properly working on my x2 pro.
Tried with AOE (always on edge) but it seems to work randomically... All I need is an app which, in case of screen turned off and with an incoming notification (e.g., a WhatsApp message), automatically switches on a notification effect on screen which should continue blinking until I read the notification itself.
Basically, something that recalls the good old rgb led on phones of some years ago... Is there anything which you tested on Realme phones and it's 100% working?
Thanks a lot

Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xander.android.notifybuddy

Yeah, notifyBuddy did the job
I'd love to have a bit more chance on the notification type (only pulsing spot is available here) but hey, it's from a developer from XDA devs
Edit : nevermind, it doesn't work in a stable way. Most of the times notifications are ignored.

anyone knows if this working https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe

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Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xander.android.notifybuddy
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chilavert_gr said:
anyone knows if this working https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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As far as I can test, these two software doesn't work correctly until you totally deactivate lock screen, so zero security...

lutherkingmartin said:
As far as I can test, these two software doesn't work correctly until you totally deactivate lock screen, so zero security...
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so there isn't any app to solve this problem?

chilavert_gr said:
so there isn't any app to solve this problem?
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NotifyBuddy works perfectly fine on mine!
You will have to exclude it from power saving.

On my X2Pro, notifyBuddy works 1 time out of 4 notification, approximately. I guess it's due to the lockscreen as I disabled any battery optimization for the app.
On the other side, AoE works even worse... Still waiting for a solution for notifications.

NX627J_ENCommon_V2.03 Issues

Hello,
As I own this device for month now, I wanted to share all the software issues I have discovered.
First of all, recording videos. When you move around while recording, the video is choppy. That is pretty much big issue for me as it's one of the features I used to use with previous phone.
Second, selfie camera. When you switch to selfie, default mode is Photo with function "Pretty" set to value 2 - sadly this function mostly makes faces look inhuman (e.g. widening the face) and so having this as default setting when opening the camera app is not really good.
Third - random reboots. I didn't figure out why is it really happening, but it's there. Luckily it has never happened during a call or any activity from my side.
Fourth - when turning off one screen, second screed blinks for very little while. That doesn't really look good either.
Did you also encounter (any of) these issues?
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So far so good
I've been using this phone for 3 weeks now
( Without google apps obviously)
This phone is really good
The only issue I've having with this phone is that the screen flickers in some part of the display
Like I'm using all the apps the display is fine but when I'm in Gallery it flickers and it's annoying
I don't know why it's happening
Second the camera quality isn't that great it has all this beautification going on but
I do like that camera family thing it's pretty cool

PlayForReal said:
Hello,
As I own this device for month now, I wanted to share all the software issues I have discovered.
First of all, recording videos. When you move around while recording, the video is choppy. That is pretty much big issue for me as it's one of the features I used to use with previous phone.
Second, selfie camera. When you switch to selfie, default mode is Photo with function "Pretty" set to value 2 - sadly this function mostly makes faces look inhuman (e.g. widening the face) and so having this as default setting when opening the camera app is not really good.
Third - random reboots. I didn't figure out why is it really happening, but it's there. Luckily it has never happened during a call or any activity from my side.
Fourth - when turning off one screen, second screed blinks for very little while. That doesn't really look good either.
Did you also encounter (any of) these issues?
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Use 60fps when taking videos

PlayForReal said:
Hello,
As I own this device for month now, I wanted to share all the software issues I have discovered.
First of all, recording videos. When you move around while recording, the video is choppy. That is pretty much big issue for me as it's one of the features I used to use with previous phone.
Second, selfie camera. When you switch to selfie, default mode is Photo with function "Pretty" set to value 2 - sadly this function mostly makes faces look inhuman (e.g. widening the face) and so having this as default setting when opening the camera app is not really good.
Third - random reboots. I didn't figure out why is it really happening, but it's there. Luckily it has never happened during a call or any activity from my side.
Fourth - when turning off one screen, second screed blinks for very little while. That doesn't really look good either.
Did you also encounter (any of) these issues?
Sent from my NX627J using Tapatalk
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Guys I have a European z20. The system camera crashes when I try to change from main camera to wide angle or zoom on the tip and shoot. In pro mode instead it works regularly. Anyone who has the european z20 confirm it to me as a bug? Thank you

The phone is lagging with this ugly stock rom. I will try to install the chinese rom, I dont like the global rom, its too bad.

I am willing risk and try this rom. I'm on NC627J_ENCommon_v1.03 and haven't got update for months . I'm guessing if I can flash, can I do it locally on my phone in software update? And is it possible to link me to this rom. I would appreciate it.

Flickering dot under display in notification area

Hi all,
Been quite a few years since I posted anything here!
I have just received my pixel 5 and have noticed that dead center of the notification tray when in portrait, there is a flickering dot, especially in low light it flickers white or if not flickering leaves a faint grey dot over whatever is on the screen (stays in the same place even if I rotate the phone or watch a video)
If I reboot I can't see it for a minute or so until it then appears.
Factory reset doesn't solve it.
Has anyone else noticed this? I'm thinking it might be the ambient light sensor under the display but it is really irritating, possibly mine is faulty?
Cheers!

It's the underscreen proximity sensor.

I get that it is the proximity sensor but, It is flashing constantly - I spoke to google and they said that it should only show when in a call - it is flashing even while watching YouTube - does anyone else get this same behaviour?

Not showing on mine

I have it constantly when KinScreen is running, I saw someone having it with cpuz

I hadn't noticed until I saw this thread. I did wonder where the proximity sensor was. It's only visible when on a phone call for me.
Is the light sensor under the screen also? You can usually see that on a lot of devices when you tilt the screen slightly.

Joshhudsy said:
I get that it is the proximity sensor but, It is flashing constantly - I spoke to google and they said that it should only show when in a call - it is flashing even while watching YouTube - does anyone else get this same behaviour?
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Mine only shows when on a call

You probably have some apps using it. Possibly something like Tasker that happened to have proximity sensor based profiles configured, etc.

Mine went mental during Google Play downloading all my apps on initial phone setup. Then it went out and I've not seen it since.

Joshhudsy said:
I get that it is the proximity sensor but, It is flashing constantly - I spoke to google and they said that it should only show when in a call - it is flashing even while watching YouTube - does anyone else get this same behaviour?
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It's a software bug. I read about it on reddit and twitter yesterday. Did you move your data from your old phone using the cable?
To fix it you should factory reset, then migrate your old data using WiFi, not cable, don't restore or restore your apps manually (at least until you make sure it's fixed).
If that still doesn't work, check if you have an app called HomeAssistant (HASSIO) installed. There's one report of that causing it. To fix that you need to disable the proximity sensor on the assistant app itself.
Sources: here, here, and here.

I got the same Problem after installing notifybuddy. There must be some Bug where the sensor gets started the moment an overlay is shown. I can reproduce the Bug over and over again. Install notifybuddy and Start the App give all permissions and than Pull down notificationscenter (its an overlay). To solve the Problem, uninstall notification Apps That are using overlays.

Mine is working fine. Only during a call or listening to voice messages.

akpe said:
It's a software bug. I read about it on reddit and twitter yesterday. Did you move your data from your old phone using the cable?
To fix it you should factory reset, then migrate your old data using WiFi, not cable, don't restore or restore your apps manually (at least until you make sure it's fixed).
If that still doesn't work, check if you have an app called HomeAssistant (HASSIO) installed. There's one report of that causing it. To fix that you need to disable the proximity sensor on the assistant app itself.
Sources: here, here, and here.
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Hit the nail on the head there!
It was the Home assistant app causing it (even though it had installed after restoring from my backup, I had never opened it yet since having this phone). Uninstalled home assistant and it has stopped flashing!
Thanks so much for the replies all!

Have this issue on my one too...which is the home assistant app? Deleted the "Home" but that doesn't seem to have solved the problem.

Anwar902 said:
Have this issue on my one too...which is the home assistant app? Deleted the "Home" but that doesn't seem to have solved the problem.
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Go to the gestures options (don't know exactly where the specific one is located, it could also be at the Digital Wellbeing settings) and disable the Flip to Shh one. See if that helps.
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Anwar902 said:
Have this issue on my one too...which is the home assistant app? Deleted the "Home" but that doesn't seem to have solved the problem.
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The Home assistant is a 3rd party home automation app that I had previously installed - if you don't use it, I'd check for any other apps you have installed for something that might be using the proximity sensor.

Couldn't find that was causing the issue. After a restart it would be fine but once unlocked and apps started loading it would go crazy. Went through all my apps but couldn't find the cause so just reset my phone. Hopefully it doesn't show up again.
Seems to.be software issue so hopefully google will do something about it

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The Home assistant is a 3rd party home automation app that I had previously installed - if you don't use it, I'd check for any other apps you have installed for something that might be using the proximity sensor.
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It really shouldn't matter if something is using the proximity sensor. It shouldn't ever be visible.

jimv1983 said:
It really shouldn't matter if something is using the proximity sensor. It shouldn't ever be visible.
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That's incorrect. A quick Google search for "S20 proximity sensor blinking" will yield results that show otherwise. Maybe go to YouTube instead as there's quite a few videos there on it. The Samsung subreddit has an influx of posts, it seems, for almost every device they've released over the past couple of years because folks aren't used to seeing it. It's visible under the display on my S20 Ultra and I had it on my S10 plus also.
Now of course there's bugs where it's blinking on the Pixel 5 when it shouldn't, but is it supposed to be visible when an app is using it legitimately? Yes.
Edit: It just dawned on me that YouTube vids wouldn't be the best example of this because they use cameras to video the proximity detector. Everything else stands though. Google searches and Samsung subreddits are ripe with examples though.

MasterBelch said:
That's incorrect. A quick Google search for "S20 proximity sensor blinking" will yield results that show otherwise. Maybe go to YouTube instead as there's quite a few videos there on it. The Samsung subreddit has an influx of posts, it seems, for almost every device they've released over the past couple of years because folks aren't used to seeing it. It's visible under the display on my S20 Ultra and I had it on my S10 plus also.
Now of course there's bugs where it's blinking on the Pixel 5 when it shouldn't, but is it supposed to be visible when an app is using it legitimately? Yes.
Edit: It just dawned on me that YouTube vids wouldn't be the best example of this because they use cameras to video the proximity detector. Everything else stands though. Google searches and Samsung subreddits are ripe with examples though.
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If what you are saying is true then why can't you see the sensor flashing on any phone when in a phone call or when the "Flip To Shhh" feature is enabled with just your eyes?
And if that is true about the Pixel 5 then there will be no way to use the "Flip To Shhh" feature without always seeing the sensor flashing which I can do with my Pixel 2 XL.
Here is a video of my Pixel 2 XL taken with the camera on my tablet. You can see that the tablet picks up the flickering sensor when "Flip To Shhh" but the sensor goes off when I turn the feature off. That's because the feature uses the proximity sensor to work. However, the flickering is ONLY picked up by the camera on my other device. I can't see it with just my eyes looking at the phone even though the sensor is active.
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Question Terrible Video Call quality and Lags (whatsapp ,etc etc)

Hi Guys.
Despite this is a great device for some aspects it really disappoints in areas where nowadays phones should be shining.
Are you having this terrible blur from front and back camera during videocalls?
WhatsApp is literally embarrassing how bad it looks....
Tried Google meet,quality bit better but the videocall lags like crazy .
I have put the phone back in its box and I'm really torn to sell it.
Do you think this will be fixed over a software update?
I can't really understand how is possible a flashgip has left manufacture with this crazy problems on.
What do you guys think?
I have a UK Moto edge 30 ultra

cilikekko said:
Hi Guys.
Despite this is a great device for some aspects it really disappoints in areas where nowadays phones should be shining.
Are you having this terrible blur from front and back camera during videocalls?
WhatsApp is literally embarrassing how bad it looks....
Tried Google meet,quality bit better but the videocall lags like crazy .
I have put the phone back in its box and I'm really torn to sell it.
Do you think this will be fixed over a software update?
I can't really understand how is possible a flashgip has left manufacture with this crazy problems on.
What do you guys think?
I have a UK Moto edge 30 ultra
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are you sure you are using the default factory setting?
you can disable Video call effects and option for better usage or reset factory
However first try to disable video call effects

AHMN48 said:
are you sure you are using the default factory setting?
you can disable Video call effects and option for better usage or reset factory
However first try to disable video call effects
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Done that too.
No much of a change.
Is your videocall quality clean?
The difference from my s21 is night and day.

cilikekko said:
Done that too.
No much of a change.
Is your videocall quality clean?
The difference from my s21 is night and day.
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Yes mine is perfect

@cilikekko
There are some rare cases that these kind of problems get solved by cleaning / clearing cache and/or even restore to factory settings and then try again.
Now that you mention S21, i recently sold my S21 Ultra and got the Edge 30 Ultra. When i first got my s21ultra i had video tearing couldn't record propely and many more problems with video, even when trying to shoot pictures i had screen tearing like droppped frames. I tried my above instructions after the support told me to, without results. What i did, i re-firmware'd the device using their Sync tool on a windows virtual machine cause i'm not using windows.
So, try the above, and if not, figure out a way to re-firmware your device from scratch, it is what i'm suggesting. You may find yourself like @AHMN48 that his device works perfectly!

I can agree.Google Meet affected as well. Weirdly all youtube video in play store produce the same while no issues in the youtube app or browser. It should be a particular video format or profile