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    Samsung Apple Seeking OLED Display Price Cut From Samsung Amid Rumors Next iPhone X Will Start at $899

    Samsung Apple Seeking OLED Display Price Cut From Samsung Amid Rumors Next iPhone X Will Start at $899


    Apple Seeking OLED Display Price Cut From Samsung Amid Rumors Next iPhone X Will Start at $899

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 10:51 PM PDT

    Dear Samsung... Your Bixby sucks

    Posted: 25 Apr 2018 08:20 AM PDT

    A lot of companies try to force things on their users. It's like they feel their product is so good that they think everyone should enjoy it as much as they put in the work to develop it.

    Like when Google made every YouTube account require a Google plus page and an additional email address to log in with merged account issues and username of popular channels being changed over nite.

    A mistake that still plagues Android users today. By making the live broadcast features to those YouTube accounts impossible due to a glitch in authorizing an already authorized account.

    So now we get Samsung with their stupid Bixby button... Like you honestly feel like this was a good idea? So now when it's dark or I want to take a screenshot real quick I accidentally get Bixby to pop up.
    This is stupid.
    What's even more stupid is how you have to disable it. You literally have to sing up for a Samsung account if you don't have one (subjecting yourself to more potential spam mail) and then go through a tedious unskippable tutorial that has skip buttons but takes forever to load and the tales even longer to check for updates. Then you have to disable the voice and then disable the button entirely. (I love how she said "OK we are ready to go" after I disabled her lol.)

    Let it not be said that I am not a fan of a company testing out new productss and new features. I was fine with it even though I thought it was completely forced on me and I've been a note user since the beginning. Back when people started asking me if my phone was a tablet lol.. Now so many of those people have that size phone. The note series was amazing. It has simply been my favorite phone for a long time and I have had every version so far. But upon hearing that you are continuing the Bixby nonsense I find myself not able to purchase anymore of your products. Forcing Bixby down my throat was the last straw.
    It's not even that the software is bad.. It could be fantastic. But I have had the option to make calls in Google voice for a lot longer and I still don't use that but a couple times a month maybe. so why would I need a whole second service on my phone to do the same thing that my phone already does? Just make an app like everyone else and for the love of God give us an option to uninstall it.

    submitted by /u/bajungadustin
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    Wait. So my Gear Fit 2 Pro can pair to literally any Bluetooth headphones on the market except Samsung's own Iconx 2018 earbuds.

    Posted: 25 Apr 2018 08:16 AM PDT

    How is this functional? Anyone know a workaround for this? I enjoy streaming Spotify off my Gear Fit 2 Pro while I excercise, and was hoping the Iconx would be a good addition to my workout setup - they're really great wireless earbuds otherwise

    submitted by /u/LiamNeesonsIsMyShiit
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    Samsung Announces Latest 970 Pro and 970 Evo NVMe M.2 SSDs

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 10:47 AM PDT

    How to Add a PayPal Account to Samsung Pay

    Posted: 25 Apr 2018 04:09 AM PDT

    You might want to use a Pixel Fixer on your AMOLED device from time to time

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 02:49 PM PDT

    I own the S9 Plus international Exynoss version. I noticed that, although I don't use high brightness at all, I still got some very little image retention (barely visible to someone with proper vision) on the bottom of the device. Although I disabled the white software buttons on the bottom of the device since day 1, I seem to have gotten some very tiny image retention in time.

    I saw this by going in Chrome and closing all tabs, the grey in Chrome was perfect for noticing imperfections.

    I downloaded an app called "Pixel Fixer" and let it run for literally 1 minute with brightness cranked to 100%. After I went out of the app, the grey in Chrome was solid with 0 imperfections and that was 2 days ago, I still have the same solid grey color today, so it's not really "bs".

    Also, the image looks ever so slightly cleaner in general. I kinda feel like the device is freshly unboxed again.

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    Galaxy S9 Keeps shutting off...

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 10:06 PM PDT

    Had this phone since around launch and it's having a rather annoying issue now. When the screen goes dim the phone just shuts off... This just started happening randomly. No new apps or anything. I've tried doing a hard restart and running in safe mode. Soon as the screen goes dark and I don't actively use it will shut down. Anyone have any suggestions?

    submitted by /u/Vharna
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    This leaked Screenshot shows the specifications of Samsung Galaxy S9

    Posted: 25 Apr 2018 04:41 AM PDT

    Gear Sport Music Playback

    Posted: 25 Apr 2018 12:53 AM PDT

    Hi,

    I have the gear sport, and recently tried out the built-in media player.

    All was going well until one song came out super low; anyone run into this before? Any way to have it volume sync songs?

    I was hoping to use it as my gym player, but with the quality lowered and the sound all over the place it's a bit off-putting Q_Q

    I appreciate any tricks

    submitted by /u/Alortania
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    How to make mobile data quick access on a Samsung Galaxy A8?

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 08:43 PM PDT

    I recently got an A8 and when I swiped down from the top for the quick access bar I couldn't see an option for turning off mobile data. When I hit the three dots to see how to customize the bar, there's no option to add mobile data.

    Could someone help me figure this out? It's so much easier to use that instead of the settings. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

    submitted by /u/Witless_Wonder
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    A WP user's migration to android an an S9

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 04:06 PM PDT

    I posted this as a comment to someone who was switching over from an iPhone to an S9, potentially. These are mostly tips and app recommendations, with a small summary of the pros/cons at the bottom.

    Coming from a Windows phone to an S9, it wasn't too bad, but there was a lot of BS to fix at first. Be sure to go through Google privacy settings, notification settings, and be sure to disable anything that you can't uninstall (e.g. Facebook or Yelp plugins)

    Customization

    Samsung has a dark theme section in the theme store, if you don't like a white theme. I also use Launcher 10 since I don't like Android's stock look.

    Gboard is a better keyboard app than the Samsung one, and allows a dark theme.

    "Navbar apps" lets you have a dark navbar.

    BXActions allows you to remap the Camera Bixby button to whatever you want. Plug it in to a PC briefly to make it launch even faster.

    Light Manager allows you to customize the notification LED for apps.

    Apps

    Get Firefox as a browser, and download uBlock Origin to block all ads and commercials, even on YouTube.

    YouTube Vanced is an alternative that looks the same as the stock YouTube app, but blocks ads and can have a dark theme.

    Slide For Reddit is the closest app to Readit for WP, the legendary app client.

    Power Audio Pro is a good music app.

    Open Signal is a good network speed test app.

    Use the Stock weather app, it's clean, uncluttered, and ad free.

    If you use Telegram for messaging, consider Telegram X, it is superior.

    OfficeLens scans and crops documents magically.

    Enpass is a good password manager that can use biometric authentication. Free trial, but Pay once and keep forever, no subscription BS.

    Side notes:

    • Consider using Samsung pay. It builds in the security of using a chipped credit card, but allows you to use it on mag stripe readers. Works at most places except for those gas station readers that go into the machine.

    • Really check on your security settings and permissions. Don't give flashlight apps or games permission to browse your texts or use your microphone.

    • You can disable or turn off most idiotic features like AR emoji, and reconfigure your camera app in it's settings. It's worth it.

    Coming from WindowsPhone, the S9 has few surprises, but does everything pretty well.

    Downsides: The quality of apps will probably never be the same. The theming engine is a bit flimsy, file management is sub optimal, and notifications need to be severely beat into submission so they don't annoy you every 30 seconds.

    However, the phone is impressive!

    Upsides: It stays cool, has pretty good battery life, the screen is amazing, and the phone is fast and customizable. The camera is great, and the speakers are nuts. Pretty much the sleeper feature of the S9. Amazing sound. Having a camera button is great too, even if it is oddly placed. Facial and fingerprint unlock are wicked fast. Waterproofing is a great temporary feature, though I'm eventually going to make it a transparent back when the warranty expires.

    Overall, a solid device with a headphone jack and a standard connector. This is probably the best device you can get until we have a notchless Samsung or OnePlus device that doesn't remove the headphone jack!

    submitted by /u/Wahots
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    **Help:** Cant move photos off S5

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 08:32 PM PDT

    Hi team, I have an S5 that i have been having increasing problems with the storage on- mostly in regards to apps saying i dont have space to install even though there are literally gigabytes of free space to work with.
    Decided the best thing was to just go back to square one and reformat the whole thing, but i cant get my photos off it.
    I have about 500 photos in the DCIM\camera folder which refuse to move. if i try and copy to the SD card the say "failed to copy", if i try to delete they say "failed to delete". If i open the folder through my computer it can see all the photos in there, but gets an unexplained error when i try to copy, with only the same 6-7 photos copying over every time.

    Anybody encountered this before, help would be greatly appreciated.

    Transferring files seems to have been otherwise fine: music moves on and off with no troubles, photos that are in different folders because they were taken through apps moved with no trouble

    submitted by /u/MashTestDummy
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    Quality of official Samsung repairs?

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 12:20 PM PDT

    I dropped my phone and scratched up the frame somewhat. I think my credit card will cover the cost to repair it (ie: get the metal frame replaced).

    How's the quality of the official repair service that Samsung uses? Is it worth me taking the phone in to get repaired (ie: overall quality, and will my waterproof rating remain)? The phone is currently working fine, and I don't want this to cause more issues if I follow through with the repair.

    submitted by /u/WiseShepherd
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    Project treble s9+

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 07:48 PM PDT

    Could anyone give all the information you have about project treble

    I know it's supported by the S9+

    But is it really that big of a deal

    When will android P come to the S9+

    As soon as the pixel3 ?

    Is it a gimmick?

    submitted by /u/Pottiland9
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    Costco is selling a Q75F TV. Is this the same as the Q7F?

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:46 PM PDT

    Dark mode android

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 07:19 PM PDT

    When is the dark mode for YouTube coming to android

    Ive got it on my iPad but waiting for my s9+

    Anyone when it's coming

    submitted by /u/Pottiland9
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    (Help) Note 8 Bluetooth Priority Levels

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 04:21 PM PDT

    Hey all, sorry if the title doesn't make much sense but I wasn't sure how to word it.

    I have a Note 8 running 8.0, a Gear S2 and a Sena DWO-5 Bluetooth module in my helmet, and I'm having trouble with Google Assistant working correctly between them. My watch is typically always connected, so when I connect my helmet to my phone, Google Assistant won't activate. If I don't have my watch with me, Google Assistant works just fine.

    Are there any settings I can change that will allow Google Assistant to always work through my helmet regardless of what device connects to my phone first?

    Thanks!

    submitted by /u/teddykins
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    Will Samsung fix my TV under warranty if it keeps turning itself off? - Plot twist, 6 months ago my son damaged the screen but the turning-off only started recently.

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 03:59 PM PDT

    So he broke the screen by throwing something. The actual plastic outside isn't broken, but the lcd panel underneath is damaged and there's a vertical stripe on the screen. We've just been living with it for now since the TV still 'okay' and for a 4-year-old it was good enough.

    But recently the set started turning itself off and/or restarted randomly. Maybe once an hour or two. Then as of today it simply doesn't turn on anymore.

    I can't imagine that this would have any relation with the LCD damage, as if you search for this issue there are loads of people having similar problems with their samsung TV's that have no LCD damage. But ideally I'd like Samsung to just replace the part that is causing it to not turn on. I don't need the LCD fixed or replaced.

    Are they going to look at the LCD issue and void the entire warranty?

    submitted by /u/Kuonji
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    Private mode

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 09:42 AM PDT

    I can't find private mode anywhere on my phone (Galaxy A5 2017), is it no longer a thing?

    submitted by /u/Luke_S4
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    (Help) Samsung s7 edge won't load .

    Posted: 24 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT

    As soon I turn the device on, the screen goes on Samsung logo forever and never load the phone ,I tried following the instruction on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCM5LH9UEA&t=150s but it didn't help .

    submitted by /u/ShinigamiUzi
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