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What could be some possible factors?

Both the s22 and s24 are the base models S22 has no SIM S24 has a cricket SIM Both are SD models, and im in the United States

Anyways still waiting for ui8 for my s24

Hello, I've got a problem. I bought the S25+ two months ago. I took all my data and pictures from my last phone with me using "Smart Switch". So far so good. The problem that occurred is that some of my pictures and videos duplicate by them self and I don't know how to stop it.

Do you guys have experienced the samew issue? Du you know how to fix this?

Hi all, sounds were working on notifications briefly yesterday and I must have inadvertently changed something that I don't recall.

I've followed all the guidance from

Make sure Multi Sound and Separate App Sound is off.

Whenever you notice a notification come in without sound go to settings search for notification history and tap and hold the latest notification,that'll bring you to its alert configuration settings. Make sure it's set to "Alert" and under "Sound" it's set to the default notification sound as it may be set to Silent as a sound.

3.if the first 2 steps didn't work, Enable Developer Options and check "show notification channel warning" and click on "reset notification importance" (honestly I'm not 100% exactly how either of those settings work, it may be related to something else but I've done it before and nothing bad happened lol. ***snipped***

4. I use Samsung's "Sound Assistant" app ***snipped*** I recommend this to everyone, it's really handy.

Double and triple checked Do Not Disturb and again while I tear my hair out....

I wonder if it's something to do with the carkit..?

Soo it's been with me for 3 years now, I bought it with my very own money and you can say it has sentimental value to me. The issue is that it developed green lines this year and I was disappointed to see it, 3 years of using it and it just appeared when I woke up. I really want to fix it , but due to the screen replacement being expensive , I can't really decide well.

I tried to Bluetooth images on my phone to a computer, but I got a message I've never seen before saying that the images may contain sensitive information. What does that mean and why did it show up here?

The images are years old, and mostly of me and some are me plus one friend. At a distance, a woman is wearing a shirt which looks like a QR code at a far distance, but this is just by chance and lighting.

Edit:

The only photo for which I see "! May contain sensitive information" is as follows:

Friend wearing white shirt in front. Me wearing mixed dark blue + bright red just diagonally behind my friend.

An old couple is in the distance behind us, and one of their shirts is white/black as if it's a QR, but I doubt it scans as a QR.

Even further behind that old couple, there is a black truck, and then trees behind that.

I am considering between Apple and Samsung. I love Samsung's OneUI, vibrant screen and AI features but I have used some Samsung Phone which are A30, S7 Edge, S9 Plus, they all ended up with screen display issues. May I know does the latest phone from Samsung screen's strength improved or what? Thank you so much.

Not sure how to phrase this - when my screen is off and I receive a text or something, I receive the notification but the phone lights up very little, such that I can hardly see what the notification is about. Is there a setting that I'm missing, or is this an issue with auto-brightness? This wasn't an issue on my old S10.

Hi all, I have a reasonably niche question but hoping someone can help me.

I like to voice chat to AI on commutes. Gemini, chatgpt, whatever. Keeps me engaged. The trouble is, my current phone (Pixel 6a) and/or Android Auto itself don't play nice with voice stuff outside of the system dialler. As far as I can tell, the apps are either only using my inbuilt phone mic (not the cars) and/or switching between them. The transcription of my voice is awful and shows frequent gaps.

I just bought a Galaxy A56, and also a pair of galaxy buds 3 pro, not just for this purpose but I'm hoping somewhere in there is a solution. Does anyone know if the galaxy line have more options in how Android Auto routes the audio, and especially the voice/mic data? Pixel didn't give me any option to change devices. I even have a usb-c lapel mic but it doesn't seem to use that either! My ideal is for the A56 to have use usb-c mic and play audio through the car, through Android auto (so that I can see the map and avoid having an earbud while driving, which doesn't seem like an ideal setup). But even if it's just reliably using the car mic that would be better than my current stuff.

Cheers

HELP!! Out of nowhere the charger won't go all the way inside my s24fe charging port. Anyone has any ideas???

Pixel 9a would cost me $199. S25 FE would cost $99. Which should I get? Both brand new on boost mobile.

S25 Edge is at a reasonable price point.

Will the newer higher mp camera let it perform as well as the old S10 cameras? (Which is good enough for me).

My old S22's 3700mah battery lasted 4-5hours ... by far worse than my previous 5 phones.

Does the S25 Edge's newer chip, 3900mah battery but 80% higher pixel count, brighter screen that's 22% bigger display mean the battery life will be worse than a new S22?

Hi! So I’m in a bit of conundrum. I am trying to choose a decent phone for my mother. Here is the kicker: Her old Z Flip 4 died recently and I’m thinking about buying z flip 7. She doesn’t really care about protection and usually just drops the phone into her bag. Can you give me some good advice about this phone and what kind of protection Gould I buy?

I promise I didn't steal anyone's phone.

I bought a little garage in my street, and there were a lot of packages left there from the previous owner (who died, which is why it was sold).

I found these two phones in one of the boxes, but they're both locked with a password.

I tried to factory reset them, but it still asks for the password.

Is there a way to bypass this?

The phones are a Samsung Galaxy A51 and a Samsung Galaxy A21s.

Don't hesitate to suggest anything else I can do to make use of these phones.

Previously when I've shared a link I was given a short list of apps in a single row for me to choose where to send the link.

With the latest (and possibly previous) Android update I now get two rows of destinations.

The first row is now a list of quick share destinations followed by a list of email addresses (see photo).

I don't want either of these, just the app list as was.

I have found the setting to turn off the quick share destinations but for the life of me I can't find how to turn off the email address list.

Searching around there is mention of a "Show contacts when sharing content" toggle but I can't find it in this model's settings. The other alternative seems to be using Good Lock but that can't be installed on this tablet.

Is there some other way of turning off this 'improvement' please?

Thanks in advance.

Hi guys

i would like to buy samsung galaxy for my mom as a Birthday gift. She need a good camera, lasting battery and thats it. 128gb is enough for her!

What would you suggest?

Je souhaite acheter un Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra en France puis l'utiliser en Côte d'Ivoire et je l'utiliserai avec une carte SIM Ivoirienne. Est-ce que j'aurai besoin de tropicaliser le téléphone ? Il y aura-t-il des problèmes de réception avec la 4G ou 5G ? Pourrai-je utiliser les eSIM sans problème ? Merci

Hi guys

i would like to buy samsung galaxy for my mom as a Birthday gift. She need a good camera, lasting battery and thats it. 128gb is enough for her!

What would you suggest?

Those two years were peak samsung. Sure 2023 removed a lot of features but it felt like at least what you were paying for was worth it. 2025 is far removed from those two eras; i started becoming a samsung fan in 2018 and those two years were peak.

Hey i'm a student and the S25 came back to 563 euros in 256 go should i wait next week to get better price ? thanks

Hey everyone. Hope your well.

I had to factory reset my phone as I forgot the unlock pin. Upon resetting and logging back into my Google and Samsung accounts, I noticed that my data isn't up to date.

When I log into Samsung cloud on my laptop, it says that Samsung notes last synced on October 2025 but when I open the notes app on my phone, the notes don't go past 2022. They are all from 2022 and older.

Any ideas what I can do to fix this?

Many thanks.

Older versions of voice recorder let me hide the transcribe button but I can't figure out how to do it on my 25 ultra. Any ideas? Thanks!

I BARELY Updated from 7.0 (JULY) to 8.0 October.... and I seriously think I notice a camera difference... one that is not as ideal. Anybody that's into staying at older versions for the sake of comparing to present around to agree or disagree? I know s26 is about to come out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not that it might mean anything for camera quality on previous phones ... -.-

It's been 24 hours that my Galaxy A54 can't be charged because of moisture in the charging port. The thing is I didn't wet my phone at all so I don't really know how it happened. Plus I find it abnormal the moisture is still there after so many hours.

I'd be very grateful if you've got tricks so that I can repair it by myself (I'm a student on a low budget and i didn't anticipate this would happen). If you don't have any idea then I'll bring it to an official Samsung store on Monday, I guess they'll know how to repair it (but it'll be expensive)

Currently my phone is turned off with 3% battery remaining and before writing this post I tried to charge it with four different cables so I'm pretty sure the phone is the problem.

Thank you in advance :)

Hopefully someone can assist me. I have an S21 and Galaxy watch 4, however long ago I updated my phone and watch. After doing so I wasn't able to have different sounds for notifications on my phone, but I could on my watch. I found a post saying you have to enable app categories on my phone, which I did. Ever since then, I can no longer set different notification sounds on my watch. I've restarted the watch multiple times and I've even reset it, but still all notifications on the watch use the same sound.

Has anyone figured out how to solve this?

If I get a S25 and Galaxy watch 8 will I have the same issue?

Hi guys, I have a galaxy buds 3 and a fits 3 watch. But battery information of buds not showing on my watch. What is the possible issue with this? (Mobile phone - S24)

So i have an iphone 12 pro currently and i wanna upgrade to the samsung flip 7. the only two things that are holding me back is people saying the battery is trash and also the phone cases are like $40. Does anyone who have this phone actually think the battery is good? and knows where to get a cheaper phone case?

Hello guys! So Im and S24 Ultra owner since its premiere but I just realised that I barely use SPEN - because I dont know its full capabilities? I dont know. Can you guys tell me, how do you use it? And what about multitasking? I havent used split screen like ever 😅. Im asking cause Im wondering if I should stick to my phone or pull the trigger and get Z Fold 6 or 7. Help? :D

I have an approximately 4yo Samsung Galaxy phone. Today, my battery is behaving itself weird, it stays in the same percentage unless I "trigger" it to go down with calls. Yesterday it didn't have that problem, but today, with the "reset" I sometimes do (restart it during the day to avoid a wee error), it stays in the same percentage for way too long. Why does this happen?

Those who have Galaxy Buds 3 Pro do your buds hurt your ear. To me it feels like my buds hurt my ears especially when I lie down on side, and sometimes leave boils in my ear...

Hi!

I'm a longtime moto and pixel user who is considering switching to Samsung. The promise of long software update policies is attractive, especially compared to moto's infamous short software update policy. I've been mulling it for a while and researching the various models, but have noticed quite a few (or at least it feels lke quite a few) threads over the years where people indicate that Samsung version updates cause 1 or more of the following issues after installation on older (2+ year) phones:

1. performance slow downs or inconsistencies that were not present with the original android version, usually accompanied by the phone heating up more frequently or to higher degrees than before the update

2. battery life degradation: some of the threads seem to indicate massively decreased battery life for some users

3. unwanted app installation via samsung installing or re-enabling some app that it uses to push out various games and apps that 3rd party developers pay samsung to showcase. this seems very concerning as when I disable moto's own version of this sort of app, it stays off when version upgrades happen and no new unwanted apps are installed after version upgrades

4. the phone is straight up bricked or bootlooped

If possible, I'd love to hear peoples' thoughts and experiences with software updates on Samsungs, especially after the 2 year mark. You all know far more about this topic than tech reviewers who use a phone for a week and declare 'it's great' before switching to another phone to review. I prefer to keep my phones for a long time and Samsung's official update policy is attractive, but pointless if the reality of the updates pushed makes phones worse or bricked.

Thanks for any comments!

Since the last Android update, the alarm clocks on my cell phone and my Galaxy Fit3 keep deleting themselves. Accordingly, they don't ring.

Does anyone else feel this way? Or have similar problems been observed with the alarm clocks?

So I accidently broke the screen on my A35 so we went to the local phone shop to pick up a cheap replacement A16. I'm guessing its an Indian model as on power I'm ONLY getting Indian news on the lock screen.

Will UK carriers (we use Vodafone UK) work with it?
Will 5G work?
Will tracking apps like Life360 work on it?
Are software updates delayed/earlier compared to the UK model?
Any other things exclusive with the Indian version? Do you think it will get same security support?
Any issues we may have?

Samsung A56 Pop-up Notifications Issue: My old A21s showed full heads-up banner notifications instantly. On the A56, I only see the icon in the status bar and have to pull the panel down. I have already set 'Pop-up style' to 'Brief.' What setting is still suppressing the on-screen banner?

Is there a way to increase the brightness on AOD when charging. I have my phone next to my bed and I can barely read the time and charging info.

I want to know if there is any way to only backup the photos from gallery to OneDrive and not sync, so that I can delete the photos/videos from my phone but retain it in my drive if needed.

I tried unlinking the OneDrive account from Samsung Phone settings "Accounts and Backup" and enable only backup but could not find such an option in the OneDrive app.

The OneDrive settings is different when compared to the one seen in my Oneplus phone which has a setting called "Camera Backup" (which only backups and not sync) but the same setting in Samsung is "Gallery Sync" and no separate backup option.

What's the difference here? I've noticed that sometimes when I send a message from Link to Windows it creates another text message group, starting another conversation instead of picking up the existing thread in Messages. It's nice to share files and do screen mirroring but the lack of/inconsistent sync is weird and annoying. Any benefit to doing it with device pairing instead?

For the A1- series, when it was on vibrate the notification vibration sound was normal, but for the A36 it's weird and reminds me of a foghorn. I looked in the settings and the notification vibration pattern is set to basic, and there were no actual normal sounding ones.

I was an iPhone 16 user and yesterday i changed to samsung galaxy s25 ultra. THE DIFFERENCE is massive a lot of features i missed from s23 the base model are back. The phone doesnt lag like i had trouble with iphone 16 if a notification came to me while i change from instagram to messenger for example the phone lagged. Im writing this to encourage more people to do the change if they are thinking for it.( Cameras are great)

Wouldn't it be awesome to have a live notification for calls, just like with media players? I think it'd be super handy if I could just tap that on-call pill and a little window pops up, letting me hang up or put the call on hold, instead of the whole screen getting taken over by the call.

Yesterday I got One UI 8 update on my Tab S9 FE and I am really disappointed. Firstly - I'm an idiot, I haven't red what's in update. Old DeX mode was removed. I was using it every day to work with documents (word, excel, etc). Today I understood that only new mode is available, which basically the same as standard. Also transparency setting on windows was deleted in One UI 7. How I can go back to One UI 6? As I know bootloader is now locked.

So I have worked rough jobs all my life (Mechanic/Oil field/Construction). For the past 4 years my position has migrated to the office side of things. I still do a lot of home projects (building a deck, clearing land, renovating).

I avoid total enclosure cases (Body Glove, Life Proof, Otterbox) because I loose functionality. So, I have always ended up using the thinner more rugged cases (MagBak, UAG, Mous, Denali). With a Zagg screen protector (always Zagg, best screen protector IMO and never had an issue interfering with my case).

I have always used cases that cover the USB-C port or purchased a cover on Amazon to cover/plug the port. This has limited my options on expanding into trying new cases.

Right now I'm using a MagBak for my S24 Ultra, it has a "pinky pillow". Seriously, that is what MagBak calls it. I had one tear and they sent me two for free. I tried using it without it, and it was seriously uncomfortable.

For those who do not make it a point to cover your port, how often do you care for it? Do you worry about it getting damaged? Or is it a Rocky IV thing, when it dies, it dies?

Thank you all in advance.

What are the possible fixes?

We have already checked with different cables and by blowing into the charging port

Good morning to you all, can anyone suggest me a screen protector which is also antireflective for my galaxy s25+? I know that the antireflective film from Samsung exists but I'd prefer an antireflective tempered glass