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hey guys, for those who used the S6 for a week or more, is there any issues? i know some said heat issues and LED...but those are small bugs that can be fixed with a small update...what about lag, stutter?? because you cant judge the performance after a day of use....thats why i want an answer from users that used the device for a week...THANKS
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hey guys, for those who used the S6 for a week or more, is there any issues? i know some said heat issues and LED...but those are small bugs that can be fixed with a small update...what about lag, stutter?? because you cant judge the performance after a day of use....thats why i want an answer from users that used the device for a week...THANKS
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everything is perfect with my 64gb T-mobile model except for this battery bug which i am assuming will be fixed when the next update will come out which should be soon i am guessing. nothing wrong with the hardware or software (lag, stutter, app crashing, restarting). The battery bug i hear can be fixed by turning off VoLTE and i think d/c the wifi.
it really is a solid solid phone
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everything is perfect with my 64gb T-mobile model except for this battery bug which i am assuming will be fixed when the next update will come out which should be soon i am guessing. nothing wrong with the hardware or software (lag, stutter, app crashing, restarting). The battery bug i hear can be fixed by turning off VoLTE and i think d/c the wifi.
it really is a solid solid phone
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on pocketnow.com review michael said there is a lot of FC...and some lags...did you encounter any FC?? THANKS
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on pocketnow.com review michael said there is a lot of FC...and some lags...did you encounter any FC?? THANKS
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none, and i have tons of apps and widgets i'm using. what carrier did he use? mine is t-mobile and we received an OTA update already
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none, and i have tons of apps and widgets i'm using. what carrier did he use? mine is t-mobile and we received an OTA update already
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i dont remember, t-mobile or at&t....anyway THANKS...hope it stays like this...
EDIT: another question...when you are using a theme, does it hurt the performance??
hajyihia said:
hey guys, for those who used the S6 for a week or more, is there any issues? i know some said heat issues and LED...but those are small bugs that can be fixed with a small update...what about lag, stutter?? because you cant judge the performance after a day of use....thats why i want an answer from users that used the device for a week...THANKS
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Depends on what you're used to. If you're coming from a phone that lags badly, the S6 will be an improvement. If you're coming from a very smooth phone like a Nexus 6, Z3, M8/M9, Moto X, it won't be as smooth. For example, a few days ago I was watching a Youtube video, I pressed the Home button, the home screen showed up but the icons/clock widget took a couple of seconds to show up. This hasn't happened again though.
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Depends on what you're used to. If you're coming from a phone that lags badly, the S6 will be an improvement. If you're coming from a very smooth phone like a Nexus 6, Z3, M8/M9, Moto X, it won't be as smooth. For example, a few days ago I was watching a Youtube video, I pressed the Home button, the home screen showed up but the icons/clock widget took a couple of seconds to show up. This hasn't happened again though.
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That's the stupid Lollipop memory leak... Blame Google for that.
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Depends on what you're used to. If you're coming from a phone that lags badly, the S6 will be an improvement. If you're coming from a very smooth phone like a Nexus 6, Z3, M8/M9, Moto X, it won't be as smooth. For example, a few days ago I was watching a Youtube video, I pressed the Home button, the home screen showed up but the icons/clock widget took a couple of seconds to show up. This hasn't happened again though.
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i am coming from a galaxy S4...its not that smooth...KK is boring, lollipop lags and stutters, with a lot of bugs...every 4-5 days i change rom to keep it smooth....hope i feel a real difference...
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i am coming from a galaxy S4...its not that smooth...KK is boring, lollipop lags and stutters, with a lot of bugs...every 4-5 days i change rom to keep it smooth....hope i feel a real difference...
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Yea I'm positive the S6 will be a big improvement over the 4.
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Yea I'm positive the S6 will be a big improvement over the 4.
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i sure hope...THANKS
hajyihia said:
hey guys, for those who used the S6 for a week or more, is there any issues? i know some said heat issues and LED...but those are small bugs that can be fixed with a small update...what about lag, stutter?? because you cant judge the performance after a day of use....thats why i want an answer from users that used the device for a week...THANKS
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Tested the S6 Edge for over 1 week, on that one there is a specific issue with the touch keyboard sometimes being flaky for the '1' and 'a' keys to the side of the screen. Somehow to do with the Edge screen I think. No biggie. Other than that I did not experience any issue like heat nor LED. I did get a weird LTE/CDMA issue with my local SIM provider, but for now that is not an S6 issue imho. It does get fingerprint-dirty quickly, and the first minute scratch on the front screen is already there. Nothing serious for now.
FYI - I posted my detailed review in Dutch at Tweakers.net (same username).
sander761 said:
Tested the S6 Edge for over 1 week, on that one there is a specific issue with the touch keyboard sometimes being flaky for the '1' and 'a' keys to the side of the screen. Somehow to do with the Edge screen I think. No biggie. Other than that I did not experience any issue like heat nor LED. I did get a weird LTE/CDMA issue with my local SIM provider, but for now that is not an S6 issue imho. It does get fingerprint-dirty quickly, and the first minute scratch on the front screen is already there. Nothing serious for now.
FYI - I posted my detailed review in Dutch at Tweakers.net (same username).
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thanks for the feedback...hope it stays like this...its a shame that CM roms will have many issues because there is only EXYNOS variant...
Having massive issues with mine, trying to get an exchange going. Massive lag, FCs, memory leak... I can't have Google Nav and Pandora going at the same time, Pandora just shuts down. Half the time I get lag as I try to dial out, and half of THOSE times, it just crashes the dialer.
Not to mention the annoying crap, like the "456" SMS from T-Mobile shows up under my girlfriend's name, for some reason.
T-Mobile was supposed to have a replacement out to me on 4/8, but UPS lost it. Lovely.
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Having massive issues with mine, trying to get an exchange going. Massive lag, FCs, memory leak... I can't have Google Nav and Pandora going at the same time, Pandora just shuts down. Half the time I get lag as I try to dial out, and half of THOSE times, it just crashes the dialer.
Not to mention the annoying crap, like the "456" SMS from T-Mobile shows up under my girlfriend's name, for some reason.
T-Mobile was supposed to have a replacement out to me on 4/8, but UPS lost it. Lovely.
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some guys reported some issues, some lags, FC but your phone seems a bit too much....its better to replace it with a new one...
I've had mine for over a week now, on T-mobile. Coming from a Nexus 5 that was plagued by the 5.0 memory leak for several months (finally got fixed for the most part in 5.1), I can definitely say this phone is suffering from the same symptoms. After a few days the phone will start to get laggy and some apps will close (only one that has closed so far has been Chrome -in my experience from the N5 and on this S6, the more you use the Chrome browser, the faster it happens). I check the memory stats and every time system is taking up 1.2-1.3 GB. Same problem as on the N5.
Hope they get it updated to 5.1 a lot sooner than Google updated the N5....I don't want to go through 6 months of this crap again. I'm hoping the huge install base will push them to release a 5.1 update quickly.
Mine showed up from T-Mobile on 4/2, so I'm nearly two weeks in at this point. So far, the only real disappointment has the battery life. I wouldn't call it bad at 18-20 hours, but I've had better. Wireless and quick charging has made it almost so easy to top it off, however, that I've not yet had to worry about it. So it may be a trade off, or it may be (as some suspect) a software issue that will be corrected either through an OTA or when roms start rolling in.
I keep looking at the small LG circle at the bottom "chin" of the device and wish it were an led notification.
I have turned on the accessibility feature to flash the camera flash but it doesn't work for email?
So far no notification and quiet speaker are my only complaints. Love this phone otherwise.
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I keep looking at the small LG circle at the bottom "chin" of the device and wish it were an led notification.
I have turned on the accessibility feature to flash the camera flash but it doesn't work for email?
So far no notification and quiet speaker are my only complaints. Love this phone otherwise.
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Wow, didn't even notice that it doesn't have a notification light. I wonder if there's a good way to use Xposed or something to mock a notification light by listening for intents trying to set the notification light and setting some of the pixels on the second screen to act as the notification light.
I think the idea is that the second screen gives you "more information" than a notification light, but I feel like that's a bit too much information for me (especially from across the room), and a little colored LED is enough.
Try the "Led Blinker Pro" app it's not terrible and while it won't replace an actual blinking LED dedicated to notifications it does provide a configurable blinking "dot" from the main screen. Works well, doesn't drain much battery and is better than a kick in the nuts to be sure.
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Try the "Led Blinker Pro" app it's not terrible and while it won't replace an actual blinking LED dedicated to notifications it does provide a configurable blinking "dot" from the main screen. Works well, doesn't drain much battery and is better than a kick in the nuts to be sure.
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Kicks to the nuts are always free with a kick to the head
Everybody knows the v10 has a second screen in place of the led. I'm hoping someone makes apps just for the second screen because to me it seems like wasted space outside of a zoom function for a camera.
This and no wireless charging is why I still have my Note 5.
I'm tempted to get the V10 but keep holding out.
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This and no wireless charging is why I still have my Note 5.
I'm tempted to get the V10 but keep holding out.
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Wireless charging stickers are showing up on eBay and Amazon...
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This and no wireless charging is why I still have my Note 5.
I'm tempted to get the V10 but keep holding out.
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Curious why you'd move from a Note 5 to V10. Both good phones.
I just got the V10 (still under 14 days) and could swap to Note 5. Lack of SD Card is a killer though.
I got an after market Back for G4 for Wireless Charging and it worked fine. Hoping to get an official OEM back for V10 this time around.
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Curious why you'd move from a Note 5 to V10. Both good phones.
I just got the V10 (still under 14 days) and could swap to Note 5. Lack of SD Card is a killer though.
I got an after market Back for G4 for Wireless Charging and it worked fine. Hoping to get an official OEM back for V10 this time around.
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Removable battery and SD card slot is what is drawing me towards the V10.
Think I'll just wait on the Note 6 when Samsung returns with an SD card tray on the side.
I only miss it for incoming calls. Used to be able to look at the color of the Led to know who was calling.. Other than that I am living without it just fine.
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Curious why you'd move from a Note 5 to V10. Both good phones.
I just got the V10 (still under 14 days) and could swap to Note 5. Lack of SD Card is a killer though.
I got an after market Back for G4 for Wireless Charging and it worked fine. Hoping to get an official OEM back for V10 this time around.
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I moved from the note 5 to the v10 for the obvious reasons. I missed the SD card. I missed the removable battery. And the coup de Gras was the missing IR blaster. My wife couldn't understand why that would cause me to return the note 5 but that was key for me. Not to mention the incentive of a 200 gigabyte SD card and a free extra battery didn't hurt. I don't miss the S Pen because I have a note 10.1 where I use the S Pen most of the time.
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Try the "Led Blinker Pro" app it's not terrible and while it won't replace an actual blinking LED dedicated to notifications it does provide a configurable blinking "dot" from the main screen. Works well, doesn't drain much battery and is better than a kick in the nuts to be sure.
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How did you get it to work? I have the paid version and the light blinks during the test but doesn't work when I get an actual notification
Edit: Nvm.. Had to turn on accessibility.. I have it set to timeout after 5 mins, I hope the battery drain isn't too crazy as this would be a nice workaround
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wouldn't this kill the battery as it has to turn on the backlight for the entire screen as its not amoled?
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Curious why you'd move from a Note 5 to V10. Both good phones.
I just got the V10 (still under 14 days) and could swap to Note 5. Lack of SD Card is a killer though.
I got an after market Back for G4 for Wireless Charging and it worked fine. Hoping to get an official OEM back for V10 this time around.
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I moved from the note 5 to the v10 for the obvious reasons. I missed the SD card. I missed the removable battery. And the coup de Gras was the missing IR blaster. My wife couldn't understand why that would cause me to return the note 5 but that was key for me. Not to mention the incentive of a 200 gigabyte SD card and a free extra battery didn't hurt. I don't miss the S Pen because I have a note 10.1 where I use the S Pen most of the time.
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Do you have any regrets about going to the V10 from the Note 5?
I'm thinking about this myself and don't want to miss out on the goodies either. :silly:
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Do you have any regrets about going to the V10 from the Note 5?
I'm thinking about this myself and don't want to miss out on the goodies either. :silly:
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I loved the SPen. Like I said I have a note tablet to get my fix. Sammy has more options for the split screen and pop up window. The processor on the Note 5 is better but I don't know that I miss it...v10 is snappy. Feels way better in the hand than the Note 5 and the durability is a bonus. Don't fear the drop like I did with the Note 5.
I am completely satisfied with the v10...and the extra charger and card don't hurt either. Good choice for me. No regrets other than nostalgia.
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Why not just use Flash Alerts 2: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.megawave.flashalerts
The paid version I think allows more functionality. Otherwise, the free version works fine for me.
sanjsrik said:
Why not just use Flash Alerts 2: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.megawave.flashalerts
The paid version I think allows more functionality. Otherwise, the free version works fine for me.
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This is already built into the phone
Go into Settings/Accessibility/hearing and then just select flash alerts.
Delete, did not see the post above mine.
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This is already built into the phone
Go into Settings/Accessibility/hearing and then just select flash alerts.
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Unfortunately as I stated in my original post, this feature isn't working for email for me. call and text yes, email no.
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Unfortunately as I stated in my original post, this feature isn't working for email for me. call and text yes, email no.
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Oops my fault, I first read your post a day or two ago and have been checking back in if I see anything has been added to the thread. In that time I and my 3 remaining brain cells had fully forgotten you mentioned that and I was responding to the post prior to mine.
My Apologies
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Oops my fault, I first read your post a day or two ago and have been checking back in if I see anything has been added to the thread. In that time I and my 3 remaining brain cells had fully forgotten you mentioned that and I was responding to the post prior to mine.
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No problem. But really if the lack of notification light is my biggest problem I am doing awesome. I really like the phone so far. Looking forward to the 200 gb card.
It is Friday and you have 2 more brain cells then I do. Have a great weekend.
I pre-ordered my S7 edge (SM-G935FD) and was using it moderately (as a normal user generally does). Everything was quite normal and I didn't tweak any of its settings. I didn't even try out any graphic intensive games on it. But on the 20th day of its usage, I noticed a slight tinge of discoloration on the screen, appearing as if screen burn-in had ocurred. I tried factory reset and the situation worsened after 22nd day. The whole screen went greenish! I don't know if it's related to "Always On" feature but I can presume that as the only reason for the sudden burn-in. Hopefully, I was able to replace it with a new one as it was under 30 days replacement guarantee.
Here are the images of that defect:
1. http://i.imgur.com/ZEHxYrK.jpg
2. http://i.imgur.com/P3Mi7v9.jpg
3. http://i.imgur.com/2Ycg1oB.jpg
4. http://i.imgur.com/fLJx1ko.jpg
5. http://i.imgur.com/Veqh7Ft.jpg
6. http://i.imgur.com/0cEkEkA.jpg
7. http://i.imgur.com/fLypn9J.jpg
8. http://i.imgur.com/V4JACXP.jpg
9. http://i.imgur.com/iOmtR2T.jpg
I want to know if anyone has any other reason for screen burn-in to happen. FYI, the phone was never dropped, pressed on screen, rooted nor tweaked any other display settings in developer options.
You just got a defective unit, doesn't have anything to do with AOD.
if it was, more people would say this, and the AOD jumps around the screen to prevent the burn-in
Nothing to do with AOD at all
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You just got a defective unit, doesn't have anything to do with AOD.
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Liquid Li0n said:
if it was, more people would say this, and the AOD jumps around the screen to prevent the burn-in
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I agree with you, but why did it happen all of a sudden on 20th day of its usage?
All I can assume is that pre-order lots are quite low graded!
Definitely not AOD related.
That is definitely not related to AOD. This is a hardware fault. You'll need to return it for warranty repair.
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That is definitely not related to AOD. This is a hardware fault. You'll need to return it for warranty repair.
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I already got a replacement. But that thing was worring me in case it happens again!
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techsammy said:
I agree with you, but why did it happen all of a sudden on 20th day of its usage?
All I can assume is that pre-order lots are quite low graded!
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Every company has these issues, you have to realise this phone was manufactured in millions and accidents can happen. I got a black phone first and later switched to gold simply because I preferred the color, both phones were perfectly working. And AOD definitely is not causing this, you can use the feature without worrying.
like everybody else is saying. nothing to do with AOD. this can happen to everyone. don`t even think its a burn-in, seems like parts of the screen is dying(as for the curtin effect) you don`t need to worry, this prob won`t happen again
techsammy said:
I already got a replacement. But that thing was worring me in case it happens again!
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This is not even screen burn in. If it's screen burn in you can see the aod clock every time. Not these discoloration issue. You just have a faulty unit. That's all.
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Thanks everyone. I'm relieved now. ?
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I also had problems with my first S7e. Had a dead pixel and was not able to fix it. Changed it and now everything is ok.
To generally say preorders had lower quality is wrong i would say. At the moment it seems to be obly a few devices and compared to the order volume its normal to have a few problems with some small amount of devices. So please change the header or let delete it as it might be confusing and fear some people without any reason.
Thanks
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I pre-ordered my S7 edge (SM-G935FD) and was using it moderately (as a normal user generally does). Everything was quite normal and I didn't tweak any of its settings. I didn't even try out any graphic intensive games on it. But on the 20th day of its usage, I noticed a slight tinge of discoloration on the screen, appearing as if screen burn-in had ocurred. I tried factory reset and the situation worsened after 22nd day. The whole screen went greenish! I don't know if it's related to "Always On" feature but I can presume that as the only reason for the sudden burn-in. Hopefully, I was able to replace it with a new one as it was under 30 days replacement guarantee.
Here are the images of that defect:
1. http://i.imgur.com/ZEHxYrK.jpg
2. http://i.imgur.com/P3Mi7v9.jpg
3. http://i.imgur.com/2Ycg1oB.jpg
4. http://i.imgur.com/fLJx1ko.jpg
5. http://i.imgur.com/Veqh7Ft.jpg
6. http://i.imgur.com/0cEkEkA.jpg
7. http://i.imgur.com/fLypn9J.jpg
8. http://i.imgur.com/V4JACXP.jpg
9. http://i.imgur.com/iOmtR2T.jpg
I want to know if anyone has any other reason for screen burn-in to happen. FYI, the phone was never dropped, pressed on screen, rooted nor tweaked any other display settings in developer options.
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Exactly the same thing happened in my friend's Note5 and he got a replacement in india........it happened within 2-3 days of his purchase............criticize samsung india on their official twitter and facebook pages for deploying poor quality standards in their indian manufacturing unit,i had a terrible time finding a good black onyx device in india as two of them had dead(black) pixels in their resp display's and one had a terrible front cam ......................
You just got a lemon screen, just unlucky really. Doesn't really happen often and when it does, only a minority units (yourself etc)
Like most are saying. That doesn't look like burn in. Just a bad display. Bound to be a few. Sorry for your bad luck.
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I agree with you, but why did it happen all of a sudden on 20th day of its usage?
All I can assume is that pre-order lots are quite low graded!
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Because sometimes things fail. Get it repaired under warranty.
Hi,
Coming from a Moto Z and before that a 6P.
Ok... I didn't intend to hate this phone but... Why are notifications broken? Why dont PocketCasts playback controls work?
I know this is "1 aspect" but to me notifications are vital and i simply don't understand this phone.
- i receive a notification and screen lights up (i set that per app)
- but then I unlock phone
- notifications still in notification shade. I lock device.
- they are no longer on lock screen
Why?
That's not how any other device i have owned worked?
And lock screen music playback is... A disaster?
I consider this phone basically unusable... Yet reviews never mentioned this. Am I alone?
I agree with you, mostly. I'm coming from a Nexus 6P (and many Nexi before that since the One), so I'm used to the plain Vanilla and love it. I was able to rectify some of the notification issues by enabling banner and lockscreen notifications from the Settings >> Notification & Status Bar >> Notification Management area. It doesn't fix everything, and at times (especially the beginning) it was very frustrating. I have it for 5 days now and am at a point where I think it's usable and am waiting for LineageOS to come out with a vanilla-ish version.
http://lineagerom.com/huawei-mate-9-lineage-nougat-update/
The battery is what drew me to the phone and it doesn't disappoint. I can get about 24 hours and that impresses me.
Thanks, have that set for important apps. Feels like a massive part of Android (notifications) are basically missing. Rest is good/ok/great but.... Just feels like madness that this is acceptable in 2017.
yup, hw software sux. end of. waiting for stock-ed customs
Just you
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Yea, that's what ended up being the deal breaker for me. I absolutely loved everything else with the phone, but notifications are the baseline of what a phone should be (at least to me), and this phone failed at that miserably. Not being able to reply to a text without unlocking the phone is a no go for 2017. I also kept hearing how battery life was amazing...I never really saw that either considering the size of the battery and a 1080p screen. I've got a Moto Z Play and I can tell you that this is truly amazing battery life. I'm now sitting at 53% with 4:39 sot and been off charger since 9:45a...It's now 1a the following morning. Not putting down Mate 9, as I really did like the rest of the phone...So much so that I'm on here looking to see if they have come out with an update for the glaring problem you guys are discussing. It looks as they Huawei doesn't even acknowledge the issue, so not counting on a fix. Oh well
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I'm really surprised Huawei get a free pass on this. I read about 10 reviews, saw lots of YouTube videos and I had no idea how this phone handles notifications. I simply don't believe that someone coming from "normal" Android versions wouldn't find this different enough to warrant a huge rant?
Very frustrating. I like so many aspects of this device but the basic things are terrible. Madness.
for lock screen music playback -
settings> then uptop type in notifications> notifications panal> notification managment. then find the app you want to allow on the lockscreen. hope that helps.
Spot on! I'm 700 USD in on this phone. Only thing going for it on my side is the battery (so far) and dual sim as I travel a lot.
The rest is just unacceptable... At the very best. Likely the first and the last Huawei I'll own.
It's not just software that is bad for notifications. The hardware is poor too. The LED is tiny and almost invisible. The vibration is very weak so you can't feel it in your pocket.
This is a great phone underneath, but the little things really spoil it.
Huawei had a great opportunity to take business off Samsung, but they have blown it.
This has put me off Huawei. I'll be trading in the Mate for a Note 8. Or perhaps I won't wait for that. The S8+ is looking good.
Coming from a Nexus 6, the software has it's issues, but overall I like my Mate 9 so much more. Thought I would be missing the stock Android in a daily basis, but I seem to be very happy with my new phone.
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Coming from a Nexus 6, the software has it's issues, but overall I like my Mate 9 so much more. Thought I would be missing the stock Android in a daily basis, but I seem to be very happy with my new phone.
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Coming from the disastrous year of Samsungs (s7 Active, s7 Edge, Note 7) Im loving the mate 9. Getting 10 hours of screen on time, notifications havent been an issue at all (Ive had to unlock the phone to reply to a text on every single phone Ive used including iPhone). I prefer the lockscreen stay clean and the led flash when I have something unread. Out of all the phones Ive used this past year, this is the only one Ive kept. Ive got a Moto Z Force sitting on my table thats for sale and once its gone all Ill have left is my iPhone 6s plus and the Mate 9.
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Coming from the disastrous year of Samsungs (s7 Active, s7 Edge, Note 7) Im loving the mate 9. Getting 10 hours fo screen on time, notifications havent been an issue at all (Ive had to unlock the phone to reply to a text on very single phone Ive used including iPhone). I prefer the lockscreen stay clean and the led flash when I have something unread. Out of all the phones Ive used this past year, this is the only one Ive kept. Ive got a Moto Z Force sitting on my table thats for sale and once its gone all Ill have left is my iPhone 6s plus and the Mate 9.
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Do you find the LED bright enough and the vibration strong enough? If so I have a different phone to yours
RR-99 said:
Do you find the LED bright enough and the vibration strong enough? If so I have a different phone to yours
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I have no issues with the brightness of the led at all, in fact I prefer it to the absurd brightness of the s7 series. My phone is primarily on a desk or table and I havent missied any notifications at all. Also my volume is always on so I hear my phone go off and never really pay attention to the vibration of it but I would say its right on par with my iPhone. Another thing is I use Textra and always have so Ive got the vibration set to "multiple short" and if the phone is for some reason on silent I still hear the vibration when a notification comes in. Honestly I have no complaints about anything with this phone especially now that Ive been able to change out the emojis without root (hate android emojis).
coming from a pixel
i really like the mate 9, the software could do with abit more though.
if it was pure vanilla, this phone would be the end all.
RR-99 said:
Do you find the LED bright enough and the vibration strong enough? If so I have a different phone to yours
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I use an app called Flash notificationn 2. basically on any missed notifications it keeps flashing the camera and lights up the screen( set every min or so). it works very well. coming from a note 4 i was also tossed. I do love this phone and at 599.00 seems a steal. does it have shortcomings , ya it does. but so does every phone. price to price with the s8+ or note 8 rumored at close to a grand makes this phone a steal. especially considering the list of shortcomings the galaxys 8 will have.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manzy.flashnotification2&hl=en
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Not being able to reply to a text without unlocking the phone is a no go for 2017.
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That seems like an odd issue to me. All it takes to unlock the phone is touching a sensor. Unless the complaint is about doing it while sitting flat on a surface, then I agree the sensor placement isn't optimal. But if replying to a text without unlocking the phone is important, that's easily solved with a 3rd party text app, like Textra.
I also haven't noticed the issues with notifications in my usage that others have had. But I do agree the notification LED could be brighter, and the vibration stronger.
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for lock screen music playback -
settings> then uptop type in notifications> notifications panal> notification managment. then find the app you want to allow on the lockscreen. hope that helps.
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This just doesn't work reliably. Spotify works 60% of the time maybe but PocketCasts about 5%. Totally rubbish.
Really mixed bag of opinions here.
I'm almost wondering if there are multiple software versions showing different behaviour?
The 2 notifications issues i have are :
1. Music playback controls. Dreadful. Seems like some apps whitelisted but even those don't work 100% of the time. PocketCasts (even latest version from 2 days ago) works basically never, meaning i need to unlock phone to pause. A total joke.
2. Notifications. Lock screen shows them once and once only. As soon as i unlock, all notifications are not shown again on lock screen, unlike normal Android.
For those that "don't have issue with the notifications"... Do you see what i see?
tommy281 said:
for lock screen music playback -
settings> then uptop type in notifications> notifications panal> notification managment. then find the app you want to allow on the lockscreen. hope that helps.
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That doesn't fix the issue...It's a known problem.
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RealEvil said:
Really mixed bag of opinions here.
I'm almost wondering if there are multiple software versions showing different behaviour?
The 2 notifications issues i have are :
1. Music playback controls. Dreadful. Seems like some apps whitelisted but even those don't work 100% of the time. PocketCasts (even latest version from 2 days ago) works basically never, meaning i need to unlock phone to pause. A total joke.
2. Notifications. Lock screen shows them once and once only. As soon as i unlock, all notifications are not shown again on lock screen, unlike normal Android.
For those that "don't have issue with the notifications"... Do you see what i see?
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I think what you have are two types of people on here...Not two software versions. You have people that have given up on the phone and people who are justifying their purchase...lol
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The 5g is horrendous
The Bluetooth sucks doesn't connect or work for half my devices any other cheap phone works flawlessly.
Phone freezes up on web pages constantly.
This phone is absolute trash.
I feel so ripped off for as much as I payed for this hunk of junk it should work.
The pictures are **** too... blurry an ****ed off.
When I call people they can't hear a word I say...
What else could go wrong?
Really wish I had waited for the pixel 5.
Even a 3 year old pixel smokes this trash.
Hopefully the next gen will be better.
I didn't have an issue with mine , but sold it today. I prefer the slick oneplus 8 pro. Less pork and more of an on point device.
Snapdragon or Exynos?
socalstagetech said:
The 5g is horrendous
The Bluetooth sucks doesn't connect or work for half my devices any other cheap phone works flawlessly.
Phone freezes up on web pages constantly.
This phone is absolute trash.
I feel so ripped off for as much as I payed for this hunk of junk it should work.
The pictures are **** too... blurry an ****ed off.
When I call people they can't hear a word I say...
What else could go wrong?
Really wish I had waited for the pixel 5.
Even a 3 year old pixel smokes this trash.
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I would like to take over for FREE. Lol
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socalstagetech said:
The 5g is horrendous
The Bluetooth sucks doesn't connect or work for half my devices any other cheap phone works flawlessly.
Phone freezes up on web pages constantly.
This phone is absolute trash.
I feel so ripped off for as much as I payed for this hunk of junk it should work.
The pictures are **** too... blurry an ****ed off.
When I call people they can't hear a word I say...
What else could go wrong?
Really wish I had waited for the pixel 5.
Even a 3 year old pixel smokes this trash.
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Ever considered you've gotten a lemon? I've literally had zero of those issues since the launch date
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I had the same Bluetooth connection issues with the s20 ultra same 5g issues an poor picture quality.
That would be nice if it was just a lemon. I'm going to spend the day tomorrow with t-mobile.
The fast charger also died withing the first two weeks.
They want me to drive 40 miles to pick a new one up.
Really over samsung. Over priced and undelivered.
socalstagetech said:
I had the same Bluetooth connection issues with the s20 ultra same 5g issues an poor picture quality.
That would be nice if it was just a lemon. I'm going to spend the day tomorrow with t-mobile.
The fast charger also died withing the first two weeks.
They want me to drive 40 miles to pick a new one up.
Really over samsung. Over priced and undelivered.
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I feel you. Samsung support sucks; it's not your imagination.
I have a 10+ and have been eyeballing the 20U as an upgrade. There do appear to be display issues on some of these phones.
As for bt, try a network reset; it's relatively painless and may help.
Clear the system cache on the boot menu.
Double check all settings.
Turn off all power management except the power mode; set to optimize.
In Developer options>standby apps, if all buckets show as active, power management is disable. See if Android will manage them better with no assigned buckets.
Look for apps using up bandwidth/battery, cloud apps including Google Transport are prime offenders.
Disable Samsung, carrier and Google feedback.
Consider adding a package disabler like PD MDM the shutdown the bloatware.
See if that helps... play with it.
socalstagetech said:
The 5g is horrendous
The Bluetooth sucks doesn't connect or work for half my devices any other cheap phone works flawlessly.
Phone freezes up on web pages constantly.
This phone is absolute trash.
I feel so ripped off for as much as I payed for this hunk of junk it should work.
The pictures are **** too... blurry an ****ed off.
When I call people they can't hear a word I say...
What else could go wrong?
Really wish I had waited for the pixel 5.
Even a 3 year old pixel smokes this trash.
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I've had mine for months and haven't experienced a single issue you experienced, just get another phone if you're unhappy and stop the whining
btmusicman313 said:
I've had mine for months and haven't experienced a single issue you experienced, just get another phone if you're unhappy and stop the whining
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That doesn't help.
Depending on the carrier firmware the same model can behave much different.
Took me close to 6 months to dial in my AT&T 10+, it was a handful. Running hot, chewing up the battery.
Today, a year latter, it's a totally different animal; fast, stable with good battery life and no glitches.
These phones are complex with a lot of settings plus added carrier and 3rd party apks not to mention the Samsung apks. No configuration is the same.
If you don't play with them you'll never get it optimized and you'll just be along for the ride... wherever it goes.
blackhawk said:
I feel you. Samsung support sucks; it's not your imagination.
I have a 10+ and have been eyeballing the 20U as an upgrade. There do appear to be display issues on some of these phones.
As for bt, try a network reset; it's relatively painless and may help.
Clear the system cache on the boot menu.
Double check all settings.
Turn off all power management except the power mode; set to optimize.
In Developer options>standby apps, if all buckets show as active, power management is disable. See if Android will manage them better with no assigned buckets.
Look for apps using up bandwidth/battery, cloud apps including Google Transport are prime offenders.
Disable Samsung, carrier and Google feedback.
Consider adding a package disabler like PD MDM the shutdown the bloatware.
See if that helps... play with it.
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Thank you very much for the helpful suggestions! I'm going to try it and see how it goes.
I very much appreciate the helpful reply.
socalstagetech said:
Thank you very much for the helpful suggestions! I'm going to try it and see how it goes.
I very much appreciate the helpful reply.
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You're welcome.
A hard reboot (simulating pulling the battery) may get it too if you haven't try it. Again clearing the system cache can cure many gremlins like magic, easy to do and worth trying.
Another possibility is the phone was infected with a virus or trojan, this is very unlikely though unless you inadvertently downloaded or loaded it.
Scan it with Malwarebytes and Trojan Scanner.
If in doubt reload.
Normally reloads aren't a solution unless it's an old load or if compromised by a virus.
If you reload check the system before you load anything except from Playstore; assume the SD card or computer backups could be compromised as well.
If you reload avoid doing any updates at first as one of these could be causing the erratic behavior.
If you did a firmware update this could be the cause; clearing the system cache may fix it but a reload is better. I disable autoupdates especially from the carrier for this reason among others.
More than likely you get it sorted out or at worst return for repairs.
Reload it though before you return it. Fixable software/settings issues* are common on these phones.
Lol, Androids wuv to be played with... good luck
*if you have a clean load it's always preferable to find the cause of the malfunction rather than reloading as the same issue may well happen again from the same apk or incorrect setting(s).
socalstagetech said:
The 5g is horrendous
The Bluetooth sucks doesn't connect or work for half my devices any other cheap phone works flawlessly.
Phone freezes up on web pages constantly.
This phone is absolute trash.
I feel so ripped off for as much as I payed for this hunk of junk it should work.
The pictures are **** too... blurry an ****ed off.
When I call people they can't hear a word I say...
What else could go wrong?
Really wish I had waited for the pixel 5.
Even a 3 year old pixel smokes this trash.
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Not even a single issue I have faced so far. Two month with me now. Fabulously amazing in every bit of it. Are you sure you have Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra there [emoji848]?
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socalstagetech said:
The 5g is horrendous
The Bluetooth sucks doesn't connect or work for half my devices any other cheap phone works flawlessly.
Phone freezes up on web pages constantly.
This phone is absolute trash.
I feel so ripped off for as much as I payed for this hunk of junk it should work.
The pictures are **** too... blurry an ****ed off.
When I call people they can't hear a word I say...
What else could go wrong?
Really wish I had waited for the pixel 5.
Even a 3 year old pixel smokes this trash.
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Honestly, I would have it exchanged if you are having that many problems with it, sounds like you may have a defective unit, it happens, could be something as simple as a faulty motherboard causing all those issues that a quick exchange would solve
Got to say this is the best phone I've ever owned so I'm extremely surprised you're having all those problems, contact whoever you bought it from, tell them what you told us and get a replacement unit sent out
socalstagetech said:
Thank you very much for the helpful suggestions! I'm going to try it and see how it goes.
I very much appreciate the helpful reply.
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*Detection* said:
Honestly, I would have it exchanged if you are having that many problems with it, sounds like you may have a defective unit, it happens, could be something as simple as a faulty motherboard causing all those issues that a quick exchange would solve
Got to say this is the best phone I've ever owned so I'm extremely surprised you're having all those problems, contact whoever you bought it from, tell them what you told us and get a replacement unit sent out
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Could be a bad mobo but it's easier to reload then to exchange it and then have the exact same issues.
Happened to me with the 10+, bt audio was horrible.
Return it and at first it was running normally then boom the exact same thing. I knew it was software but I didn't manually toggle it!
Samsung tech zero help, same-same with AT&T tech support.
The problem goes back at least as far as the N9 and that's where I found the solution.
It was a glitch in the advanced audio settings that sometimes toggles on by it's self probably due to a glitch in Wearables.
Samsung finally fixed it about a half year about with a Wearables update. It took them over 2 years.
If you knew about it, it was easy to simply untoggled it occasionally, if not it was an audio nightmare.
The only other way to reset it was a pointless reload.
I like the shotgun get it done approach but you can needlessly spend time without a solution if you don't first try to verify if it's hardware, bad flash or an issue that's pure software.
Out of the box this AT&T 10+ was a puking, bandwidth/battery eating, hot running mess besides the bt glitch.
Today with the same OS version and a lot of optimizing it's stable, fast, gorgeous looking platform with good battery life.
It wasn't even close to this out of the box...
If you don't take the time to play with these phones you'll miss the functionality they're capable of and put up will a lot of unpleasant experiences needlessly.
A misbehaving Android is an opportunity to learn new tricks. Just dive in... and see where it takes you.
I can confirm on pics being blurry. Also Samsung should calibrate their displays like Apple. Its shouldn't be left for users to find the right setting. Also the screen is not crisp in fhd mode. My Xr with 820p looked sharper.
RISHI RAJ said:
Also the screen is not crisp in fhd mode. My Xr with 820p looked sharper.
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Increase minimum DPI in developers options for way better sharpness / clarity
RISHI RAJ said:
I can confirm on pics being blurry. Also Samsung should calibrate their displays like Apple. Its shouldn't be left for users to find the right setting. Also the screen is not crisp in fhd mode. My Xr with 820p looked sharper.
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I try to take pics of my plants and it takes a ton of shots to get one nice clear one. I have a pixel 3 and the camera taking the same pics in the same lighting are beautiful and easy to capture perfectly the first time.
My screen just froze while typing this reply ?
Whole thing freezes up and you have to hit home button or the current running apps then pop back in to get it to come back.
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Increase minimum DPI in developers options for way better sharpness / clarity
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Exactly where is that setting at in developer options?
RISHI RAJ said:
I can confirm on pics being blurry. Also Samsung should calibrate their displays like Apple. Its shouldn't be left for users to find the right setting. Also the screen is not crisp in fhd mode. My Xr with 820p looked sharper.
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socalstagetech said:
I try to take pics of my plants and it takes a ton of shots to get one nice clear one. I have a pixel 3 and the camera taking the same pics in the same lighting are beautiful and easy to capture perfectly the first time.
My screen just froze while typing this reply
Whole thing freezes up and you have to hit home button or the current running apps then pop back in to get it to come back.
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Android color calibration (ie no calibration) sucks.
When will they get the message?
After 5+ years you would think they would know better?
I could calibrate my color throughput/monitor on Windows 15 years ago...
Make sure Bixby Vision and Bixby Vision Framework are not disabled; needed by the cam, the rest of Bixby can be disabled.
Check cam settings and manually set the AF lock point if you aren't. Try a data reset on the app and clear the system cache. Could be hardware but more likely user, settings, software or firmware related.
My browser will lock up if too many windows are open (52 open now) or if the browser cache gets too large or corrupted. Might the browser; my primary one is Brave. The Samsung browser handles about 15 or so open windows.
I chased down dozens of issues on my 10+ to get it where it is today over mostly a 6 month period.
I'm careful about all updates and new apps as these can cause havoc especially the former.
Still running on Pie because it's fast, stable, secure enough for my setup and everything is now running well.
Constantly upgrading is time consuming at best and the outcome not always an improvement. I use the factory load for a bunch of apks still... with good results.
blackhawk said:
Android color calibration (ie no calibration) sucks.
When will they get the message?
After 5+ years you would think they would know better?
I could calibrate my color throughput/monitor on Windows 15 years ago...
Make sure Bixby Vision and Bixby Vision Framework are not disabled; needed by the cam, the rest of Bixby can be disabled.
Check cam settings and manually set the AF lock point if you aren't. Try a data reset on the app and clear the system cache. Could be hardware but more likely user, settings, software or firmware related.
My browser will lock up if too many windows are open (52 open now) or if the browser cache gets too large or corrupted. Might the browser; my primary one is Brave. The Samsung browser handles about 15 or so open windows.
I chased down dozens of issues on my 10+ to get it where it is today over mostly a 6 month period.
I'm careful about all updates and new apps as these can cause havoc especially the former.
Still running on Pie because it's fast, stable, secure enough for my setup and everything is now running well.
Constantly upgrading is time consuming at best and the outcome not always an improvement. I use the factory load for a bunch of apks still... with good results.
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You don't need Bixby Vision and Bixby Vision Framework enabled for the camera to work.