new T-mobile update? - Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers

Did anyone else get a prompt to install an update?

Yes it came in a few hours ago.
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I just received it. Not sure what it contains though.
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Just installed the update. Now, it has more options on the adaptive display.

kraz01 said:
I just received it. Not sure what it contains though.View attachment 4135352
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Hahaha... Not sure? Take a look below "What's new"... I mean really?!

they make it sounds like the slightly warmer color around the edge is by design lol

hmm, holding off. Any word on how this affects performance or battery life? Mine is great and from past experiences with the s7e updates eventually affect battery life.

ssgunner20 said:
hmm, holding off. Any word on how this affects performance or battery life? Mine is great and from past experiences with the s7e updates eventually affect battery life.
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That what I was thinking I did the Bixby update and I just feel dirty now....

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How is your N5 Battery Life ?

how is your N5 battery life discussion ? when you turn on everything such as bluetooh on , NFC on, sync on, gps on, and brightness set to either 100% or to auto, I wonder how long is your nexus can get through since you fully charged the phone itself from 5-6am in the morning . can it last till evening 10pm if the whole day you use it for texting , facebook, instagram, chrome with 5 tabs minimum , youtube, mail, reading news, recording video and take a snap from the camera .
a humble experience from all of you will be highly appreciate guys.
p.s = the reason why I making this thread is to compare with how good the battery with moto x.
No one even has the phone yet.
zephiK said:
No one even has the phone yet.
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Sure they do... how else are people taking pictures to compare the N5's camera to the iPhone 5S??
tkoreaper said:
Sure they do... how else are people taking pictures to compare the N5's camera to the iPhone 5S??
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I should be more specific, I'm talking about ordinary people. The people taking pictures using N5 and comparing it to the iPhone 5S are media outlets who have had prior access to the device (or early access from Google).
And honestly if they DO have the phone then they cannot comment on the battery life because it'll take at least 3-5 days (given a week) for the battery to settle in. Not to mention, you won't be doing your daily things on the phone as you'll be busy setting it up with the apps you've used in the past/transferring data/etc.
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I should be more specific, I'm talking about ordinary people. The people taking pictures using N5 and comparing it to the iPhone 5S are media outlets who have had prior access to the device (or early access from Google).
And honestly if they DO have the phone then they cannot comment on the battery life because it'll take at least 3-5 days (given a week) for the battery to settle in. Not to mention, you won't be doing your daily things on the phone as you'll be busy setting it up with the apps you've used in the past/transferring data/etc.
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Nothing a little Titanium backup can't solve. By the looks of the other threads in the forum some people have had the device for a while... As early as the beginning of October. No point in shooting down someone's thread just because you have nothing to contribute to it.
zephiK said:
No one even has the phone yet.
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Funny I do and too early to tell.
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recklesslife85 said:
Funny I do and too early to tell.
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Not meant to hijack the thread, but how do you like it in white? how's the look and feel?
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Funny I do and too early to tell.
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Cool , please kindly review the battery performance to us if you don't mind .
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Funny I do and too early to tell.
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OT: I know this isn't the right place but...How is the back of the white N5? It get dirty fast? Could it turn yellow as someone said? :s
IT: It should take a week for the battery to stabilize, so the first real impression could come just in some days
namartlu said:
Not meant to hijack the thread, but how do you like it in white? how's the look and feel?
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Its lovely but so is the black I got both here but prefer the white.
The OS is the biggest change, a lot has changed in kitkat. Different ways to access different things and the app menu is completely different. Battery life I got near 3h 58 with 10 percent left from 82 percent and that's from restoring all my apps and more so I'm kinder hoping we'll reach 5h or a little more. Screen is beautiful but speaker isn't great. Though I'm comparing the speaker to a 5S which is pretty good.
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OT: I know this isn't the right place but...How is the back of the white N5? It get dirty fast? Could it turn yellow as someone said? :s
IT: It should take a week for the battery to stabilize, so the first real impression could come just in some days
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Looks pretty white to me but that could change in time. Looks lovely and white right now.
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tkoreaper said:
Nothing a little Titanium backup can't solve. By the looks of the other threads in the forum some people have had the device for a while... As early as the beginning of October. No point in shooting down someone's thread just because you have nothing to contribute to it.
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I have nothing to contribute? ...... you can't tell the battery life with having the device for less than a week.
This thread is just as pointless as the threads asking for the best ROM/Kernel or threads asking when TMobile will have N5?
I'm not shooting anyones thread but its just a silly question to ask when the phone was released just a little over 24 hours when only <1% of orders requested has been fulfilled. The only ones with the phones right now are media outlets or the individuals who ordered immediately and live in a close proximity to the point that they can have next-day shipping pretty much.
recklesslife85 said:
Its lovely but so is the black I got both here but prefer the white.
The OS is the biggest change, a lot has changed in kitkat. Different ways to access different things and the app menu is completely different. Battery life I got near 3h 58 with 10 percent left from 82 percent and that's from restoring all my apps and more so I'm kinder hoping we'll reach 5h or a little more. Screen is beautiful but speaker isn't great. Though I'm comparing the speaker to a 5S which is pretty good.
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Looks pretty white to me but that could change in time. Looks lovely and white right now.
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3h58 on battery or sot ?
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3h58 on battery or sot ?
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Screen time it was 4h something on battery. Can only get better and won't have load of apps downloading this time. I'm happy so far.
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recklesslife85 said:
Screen time it was 4h something on battery. Can only get better and won't have load of apps downloading this time. I'm happy so far.
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Are you able to get through from morning fully charge till 11pm ? What is the latest battery stats in the evening ?
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Are you able to get through from morning fully charge till 11pm ? What is the latest battery stats in the evening ?
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Don't know yet. Will report tomorrow, got it at 11 this morning and let it run down download loads of apps and using it for calls and texts and more.
I think battery will be fine.
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Don't know yet. Will report tomorrow, got it at 11 this morning and let it run down download loads of apps and using it for calls and texts and more.
I think battery will be fine.
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Thank you n I will the next day for your report my friend
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Mine so far and should hit 6 hours hopefully. Plus I got Google now on which is draining the battery it seems. Its off now.
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Mine so far and should hit 6 hours hopefully. Plus I got Google now on which is draining the battery it seems. Its off now.
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Hmmm not bad , you get through 11h , and Google now drain most of battery huh ? How do you know
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Hmmm not bad , you get through 11h , and Google now drain most of battery huh ? How do you know
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Google Search is Google Now. I've not used it so why would it drain. I've turned it off and its stopped draining the battery.
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Google Search is Google Now. I've not used it so why would it drain. I've turned it off and its stopped draining the battery.
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Sorry but do you know how to turn off Google search ?
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google services consuming battery

I notice Google services is consuming a large amount of battery. Anyone else notice this? It's used 29% of my battery today so far. I'm sitting at 59% battery right now after 7 hrs.
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I notice Google services is consuming a large amount of battery. Anyone else notice this? It's used 29% of my battery today so far. I'm sitting at 59% battery right now after 7 hrs.
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Exact opposite for me. Google play services is at 1% after a few hours of usage.
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wtoj34 said:
Exact opposite for me. Google play services is at 1% after a few hours of usage.
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Are you on Verizon?
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Are you on Verizon?
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Yeah, just picked it up in store this morning.
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wtoj34 said:
Yeah, just picked it up in store this morning.
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Ya I'm thinking something Isn't right. Everyone says battery life is great on this phone and right now I'm worried about it. I'm coming from a note 2 and it had great battery life.
Got mine on Tuesday.
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wtoj34 said:
Yeah, just picked it up in store this morning.
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Ya I'm thinking something Isn't right. Everyone says battery life is great on this phone and right now I'm worried about it. I'm coming from a note 2 and it had great battery life.
Got mine on Tuesday.
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I came from note 2 as well. That was a known issue with aosp roms. I'd hang tight until we get some more insight on it.
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My battery usage isn't accurate at all, it doesn't even show screen or other apps I'm using. Maybe the OTA will fix this, we're on an old build version compared to the international users
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pmazz850 said:
I came from note 2 as well. That was a known issue with aosp roms. I'd hang tight until we get some more insight on it.
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Ya I will thanks. I did notice something today though. When I got the phone Tuesday I activated it on a second line to get the discount. The next day I went back and switched it over to my line. After I went back I started getting this pop up saying- something went wrong....I'll try to attatch pic. Doesn't say what it's for or anything. So I went into sync and unchecked a bunch of craps. Haven't seen it again. Been about an hour.
Edit: Still getting pop up....
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wtoj34 said:
Ya I will thanks. I did notice something today though. When I got the phone Tuesday I activated it on a second line to get the discount. The next day I went back and switched it over to my line. After I went back I started getting this pop up saying- something went wrong....I'll try to attatch pic. Doesn't say what it's for or anything. So I went into sync and unchecked a bunch of craps. Haven't seen it again. Been about an hour.
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I am having that same problem cannot figure out what is is hmm
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you can disable google service
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pmazz850 said:
I am having that same problem cannot figure out what is is hmm
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Exact opposite for me. Google play services is at 1% after a few hours of usage.
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Same issue here, coming fro the Note 3 I figured I would be disappointed with Battery but not like this. 4 hours off the charger and minimal use and I'm at 60% , Android System using 46% and Google Play Services using 42%. I'm also on Verizon...
I seem to be doing a little better today on battery. I went into app manager and disabled every Verizon app I could. I also unchecked administor box in Google. Haven't had the pop up yet today bout signing into something. So I'm still hoping this phone will hold up. 6hr31m at 73%
Android system is normal.. As you can see I have no play services up. Battery life is meh after using a note 3.. But liveable.
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That's interesting. I'm still showing Google services consuming a fair amount of my juice. I think I might factory reset this phone because I don't know what the salesman did when he set it up. That's why I don't usually go into a retail store for new phones, they get there grubby paws all over it.
Go in Google now and uncheck the "ok Google" shortcut. A lot of complaints for 4.4.2 on the Moto X showed improvement by doing this. i did it day one just to be careful since i never use that shortcut. phrase. Just something to try and see if you have improvement. 4.4.2 on the Moto X had a crazy battery drain bug and that helped it.
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COLJ04 said:
Go in Google now and uncheck the "ok Google" shortcut. A lot of complaints for 4.4.2 on the Moto X showed improvement by doing this. i did it day one just to be careful since i never use that shortcut. phrase. Just something to try and see if you have improvement. 4.4.2 on the Moto X had a crazy battery drain bug and that helped it.
Cole
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the "Ok, Google" hotword detection?
I'll disable it as I never use it.. the battery drain is really odd.. I'm getting 10% drain from google play services and 58% from android system..
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the "Ok, Google" hotword detection?
I'll disable it as I never use it.. the battery drain is really odd.. I'm getting 10% drain from google play services and 58% from android system..
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Yea the hotword detection. It's worth a shot.
Cole
My battery seems to be getting butchered by Android System and Google Services.
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My battery seems to be getting butchered by Android System and Google Services.
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Same here, I mean that's just what it shows but I'm seeing 50-60% used by android system , is that normal?
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I disable the 90 percent of mine and battery life is awesome now
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[Q] Should I use Greenify?

I am on stock 4.4.2, rooted. Just want to know should I use Greenify to extend my battery life?
Is KitKat 4.4.2 app-cached mechanism not better than that?
I don't and never have and never had any need to
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Depends on your usage.
Might work for some, not for others.
Install and try for yourself, do some objective testing before and after to see if it makes any difference for you
Handy to control apps you don't use regularly from running on the background. Actual effect on battery life. Well don't expect miracles.
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Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull
BehelitOutlaw said:
Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull
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N5 has brilliant battery, far better than any other smart phone out there
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Ben36 said:
N5 has brilliant battery
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Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
Ben36 said:
far better than any other smart phone out there
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That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.
BehelitOutlaw said:
Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.
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Bait
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A few days I install it in my phone.But it seems like no use to me.
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Greenify is the only one from that endless battery safer tools This really has a positive effect. Clear recommendation, even if I do not understand why you needed for a new thread. Such things do you test yourself
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Well, don't discuss the battery It's good enough for many but not for everyone. I'll plan to use a recharge pack if I need more battery power. Most of the times I have a bag or something else with me so that I can put a recharger pack into it for the case I run out of battery.
Sure, a better internal battery is better, but I can live with that.
Greenify is a great tool to have so that you can have a broad selection of apps on your device without worrying about it weighing down the OS in bloat. Lots of apps unnecessarily start in the background or ask to be notified on state changes or when the device is unlocked, which can lead to sluggishness and/or battery life degradation. For example my banking app does this, and I never need my banking app to run unless I explicitly press on that damn icon. But I don't want to get rid of my banking app due to it's bad behavior, because it's truly a useful app. That is where greenify shines.
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I have a few apps that definitely will hurt the battery if left running...so greenify let's me still have those apps and not worry about them impacting my battery. To me greenify is on my must have list. ?
And to backup another's post, yes...the N5 CAN have battery life that rivals other great battery life phones. I get over 24 hours with 6 plus hours screen time easily. But...its all about how you set up your phone...and how you use it. "Average" battery times are hard to compare, since we all are setup different and do different things with our phones.
But yes, battery life CAN be brilliant.... Or it can be average.
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Check your wakelocks to see if any apps are keeping your phone awake.
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Haven't had a need for battery savers ever. I just monitor what my system is doing and figure out how to mitigate it without another app to run.
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Firmware 1.0.B.4.152/1.0.A.4.11

Just got the update! Seems pretty nice. It added an lot of features!
However I can't see any new what faces as they promised.
burshturs said:
Just got the update! Seems pretty nice. It added an lot of features!
However I can't see any new what faces as they promised.
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Youcan customize and create your own watch faces now...You can do it on the phone via smartwatch app within smartconnect....
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Youcan customize and create your own watch faces now...You can do it on the phone via smartwatch app within smartconnect....
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I see it know. Thanks man!
For which MN2 or SW2?
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For which MN2 or SW2?
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For SW2
Thought so. Sony's policy is the same as Samsung's if you want the latest firmware? Buy the latest device.
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Double tap screen is cool too. I did, however, see a major change in battery life. I used to get 3 to 4 days and now I barely get one. Anyone else notice the same? I was wondering if it might be because I made a very busy custom watch face, but curious to see others' feedback...
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Double tap screen is cool too. I did, however, see a major change in battery life. I used to get 3 to 4 days and now I barely get one. Anyone else notice the same? I was wondering if it might be because I made a very busy custom watch face, but curious to see others' feedback...
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I also have a massive battery drain in 5/6 hours 40% left
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I have about 3% battery drain every hour with a watchface with 5 widget.
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I saw someone mention in another thread that it might be double tap to wake causing the drain. I just turned it off; will report back after a day or two.
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I can confirm significant battery drain with double tap to wake turned on. I turned it off and my battery life returned to normal, even with 5 widgets on the watchface!
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Does the CPU have AES-NI or something?

I have been having NordVPN app connect 100% of the time on this phone, and have yet to see any battery drain. I randomly check my IP address and a DNS Leak test, and Nord is fully operational etc.
The battery life on this phone has been unreal so far.
My battery life has been way better than expected. Don't know the answer to your other question.
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My battery life has been way better than expected. Don't know the answer to your other question.
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Yeah, I fully expected it to be as good as my S7 edge (which id say was "ok"), but this thing hardly uses any power.

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