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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ajai_dev:
Kk so I got my S8 at last but Samsung is giving me a case instead of a wireless charger have mailed them and called the store to no avail. The store people said its Samsung's responsibility and not their so they cant do anything, real disappointment.

The phone itself is awesome but I cant use the fingerprint sensor if I had bought the S8+ it might have been better but with the S8 I am smudging the camera again and again so I have returned to the PIN method. Secondly there are no screen protectors tempered glass that I can find from a good company can anyone point me to one?. Third I really like the screen its like nothing I have used so far but the speaker is not that great.

I am rooting this after the free charger is given have to do a lot of reading since Samsung phones are not that friendly to tinker with. Has xposed yet graced the S8?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nisarpari:
I talked to them today also... Asked me to wait 1-2 days and asked not to redeem Tumi cover...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen6585:
Yes.. thats what the chat guys told as well.. lets hope it gets resolved soon.. before they go out of stock with the chargers!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vin4yak:
No xposed for nougat yet!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] krumbs:
DeX Station -- my quick take

Got delivery of the DeX Station today. Have been playing with it for a few hours and I am typing this while the phone is docked into the DeX Station and connected to a 28" 4K monitor. I first dabbled with this concept a few years back when Motorola brought out the Lapdock -- a laptop style display and keyboard into which an Atrix phone could be docked and used as computer. Still have two of these lapdocks. That ideas never took off -- was too expensive and half-baked. Does Samsung have a better chance? Well, a few observations:

1] The setup and connection went off smoothly. Just plug it in and DeX fires up. Samsung has done a good job delivering a desktop-style experience, complete with a taskbar and system tray.

2] Love it that my 10-port USB 3.0 hub works just fine. I use it to connect my Surface Pro 3 to a bunch of devices, including a keyboard, wireless mouse, two externals HDDs and a Philips USB speaker. All of these were instantly recognised except for one of the HDDs -- DeX does not natively add support for NTFS filesystem. Had to install the Paragon driver and Total Commander to mount and access the NTFS drive.

3] I use MS Word a lot, and it works great. Did not notice any lag or stutter while typing. It is also optimised for DeX and works in fullscreen mode. Which bring me to a major limitation.

4] Currently, only a few apps are DeX optimised. Most open in a small window that cannot be resized. Some, like Audible, refuse to open at all.

But MS Office apps work well, so does Skype. Solid Explorer scales to the new size without issues, as does ES Explorer.

Chrome first loaded the mobile version of this site. But after selecting "Request desktop site", everything felt, well, desktopish. All subsequent pages loaded in desktop mode.

For videos, the Samsung's own video player renders videos fullscreen. VLC also scales well. Archos did not.

5] Wish the dock did 4K output! But you are stuck with 1080p. :( Also, wish it came with USB 3.0 ports and gigabit ethernet. But, so far, in actual use, these features sound like good-to-have instead of must-have.

6] The fan is not noisy. But had to remove the phone case before docking. Maybe for a thin case, it might work -- but if you are into those thick 'armour-type' cases, you will have to remove it every time you want to use DeX.

7] 9k seems a bit overpriced for this. 5k would have been a sweet price point. For 9k, Samsung could have at least added a charger and a cable!

8] Also, the dock is rather bulky and heavy. But at least the top half folds down, and you can toss it in the bag. Feels sturdy enough to take a beating or two.

8) Overall, I don't think the Dex Station is a gimmick. You can get lot of regular and mundane work done on it. And I suppose the app situation will change gradually as more developers add support to it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vd1900:
This is very tempting to buy agree if it was 5K would have bought this blindly

Thanks for sharing your review
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] anirudh412:
Custom recovery and warranty

Hope everyone has had a wonderful start to the week. Feels good to be back on the XDA forums after what seems to be ages being crippled with iOS.

Has any of you installed a custom Recovery like TWRP? What I would like to know is does Samsung India usually not honor warranties if KNOX is tripped?

Looking forward to regular chats.

Anirudh
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] funtoosh:
Received my Wireless charger earlier today

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is the Samsung store website down ?

https://shop.samsung.com/in/

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You don't have permission to access /in/ on this server.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] K14prasad:
Got my S8+ today. Looks gorgeous. :) Very easy to handle with one hand, though have a question, does your device make a hollow sound when you tap at the back of the phone.?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vd1900:
Does anyone having network issues with dual sims ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
Try other browser or ignitio mode

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Nope ! Running flawless

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People these days are heavily using SPay and would forbid using twrp till the time a sollution arrives that doesn't trip knox. Yes samsung india voids warranties if knox is tripped.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
Samsung India doesn't void warranty if knox is tripped. As long as you are on official firmware and are not rooted when u r giving the phone to service center, they honor warranty claims. I have been using Samsung phones from S1 till note 5 and S6. And I have claimed warranty for repairs without any issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] abthegreat:
Can someone whose a Samsung Pay regular help me out ? I've added my HDFC credit card. I tried using it at Inox for 300INR the card reader picked up the card and all. It asked me for my PIN and after entering it kept saying do not honor I tried 3 times before being embarrassed and paying with the physical card.

The requested PIN is your Credit Card Pin or Samsung Pay PIN ? I put in my credit card Pin the exact same one which worked with the physical card payment. I have some travel coming up and dont want to look like a daft idiot with declined messages everytime.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
It has to be card pin ..however just make both pin same ...spay and card
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] abthegreat:
I will try that next time, I remember the days of laughing at people trying to use Apple Pay giving up after 5mins and using the actual card. I was that clown today lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Me too. its not yet listed in their website
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dj_richard05:
Sorry it's skinnova and not skinomi..

http://www.gadgetshieldz.com/oneplus-one-skins-decals-wraps.html
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] silentwitness1:
were you using any kind of case with the screenguard? I didnt manage to get my screenguard to stay put with the spigen thin armor case. I honestly dont seem to think i would get a spigen case and the screenguard working together.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] amey_shah2011:
Search for new names in thread
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Spigen thin fit case. this is the only case which id screenguard friendly. if you apply some other screen guard you may end up peeling your screenguard from the edge surface. also note this case would not give you a complete protection.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] silentwitness1:
yup thats what i figured thanks. While we all patiently wait for the phone to be announced/available in india, how many of you have gone ahead and bought covers for your phone and from where have you got them? I really like a couple of cases from spigen but they are not available in india yet :(

Spigen slim armor

http://in.mobilefun.com/62906-spigen-slim-armor-samsung-galaxy-s8-tough-case-metal-slate.htm

Spigen Neo Hybrid Galaxy S8 Case

https://www.amazon.com/Spigen-Flexible-Protection-Reinforced-Samsung/dp/B06XNXPZYY/ref=s9u_simh_gw_i2?_encoding=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pd_rd_i=B06XNXPZYY&pd_rd_r=8ZCCDYFTJDT4JW26E4K0&pd_rd_w=RgKIa&pd_rd_wg=A31Tj&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=CZHHFDZW6W5APJAJ2EJV&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=781f4767-b4d4-466b-8c26-2639359664eb&pf_rd_i=desktop

the silver and gunmetal look really nice but shipping to india costs more than the cover :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
all the cases will be available in tekkitake soon, TekkiTake is the official partner of Spigen in india. go to their website all cases listed as "coming soon"

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@silentwitness1
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
Any further news on Indian launch etc guys
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] silentwitness1:
wow didnt know they had an official site, i used to look at them on amazon india. I contacted samsung today and below is the response, same old BS as expected. No relevant information.

Dear Mr. Patel,

Greetings of the day!

Thanks you for showing your interest in Samsung product.

This is in reference to your email regarding Samsung S8 device.

In response to your email, we would like to inform you that as of now, S8 has not been launched in India. We request you to please register your details with Samsung on our website www.samsung.com/in and you would be notified directly as soon as there is any new update regarding S8 device such as price, pre-booking and release etc. So we request to you that kindly do register all your details at below given link;

http://www.samsung.com/in/microsite/unpacked/

The Reference number of your email is 8453082181.

For any further assistance, please contact our Samsung customer care at 1800- 40-SAMSUNG (7267864).

Warm Regards,

Pankaj Sharma

Technical Support Team

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sourabh.note:
Not yet. I was going to post the same question here, lol.

Samsung shops were scheduled to have s8 training today. If they did actually have it, I might get a communication from my Samsung guy.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
April 10th Preorder starts. from april 28th or may 1st it will be available on shops. got this information from my friend's friend who is working in samsung..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
Perfect this info looks legit

Will Samsung India hold any launch event here ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Hope so
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
If that's the case then by this weekend Samsung india should host launch event but no news on that in media or elsewhere

Samsung india is anyways most lousy
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] allyrocky:
Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ pre-orders will open in Malaysia on April 11.

"When pre-ordering in Malaysia, you can get a bunch of freebies. In fact, there are a lot of useful things here. The “Limited edition starter kit” comes with 1 clear case, 1 screen protector, wireless charging stand, and a USB charging cable. You also get a 5,100 mAh Samsung Battery Pack, and “Samsung Protection Plus”, which extends your manufacturer’s warranty by one additional year and even includes a one-time accidental screen damage replacement."

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gal...l_open_in_malaysia_on_april_11-news-24426.php
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
Samsung India is most lousy they can't even have a single update
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] allyrocky:
They launched Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro today.. total BS...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sourabh.note:
Just received a text from Samsung guy. Says, the phone will be available in the store on the 21st of April. :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] amankapoor4:
that is cool, now price S8 at 50K and i can cancel my Switzerland phone pre order :P
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotResponding22:
When did Apple launch Apple Pay here?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] twisted_mind:
Picked up my free wireless charger yesterday which had reached my office on saturday itself.

For those who asked, the free one only comes with a micro usb to type c adapter. No cable/stock charger included.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vin4yak:
Samsung isn't responding to my emails about the free charger :/
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rajat_delhi:
You need to enter only the actual card PIN.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] paras:
Not responding as in?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen6585:
I had first sent the email to	support.estore@samsung.com .They replied this after 3 days -

Dear Valued Customer

Thank you for your Email,

This is in reference to your email regarding coupon code issue.

We would request you to contact My Galaxy team at my.galaxy@samsung.com and share the following details:-

1) Snapshot of the Invoice

2) Sim1 IMEI number

3) Registered mobile number.

Best Regards,

Samsung Shop Team

You may want to email my.galaxy@samsung.com with the required details without waiting for their reply..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] funtoosh:
My card pin and Samsung pay pin are different and I used the card pin without issues
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] abthegreat:
Not here but I was a student in the US for a bit. Maybe it was an Inox Issue or me being a bit excited to try this fabled new technology.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotResponding22:
I'm also worried about that only, if it didn't work xD I'd try it at a shop where I know the keeper xD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] abthegreat:
Exactly I Tried 3 times after which couldn't bear holding everyone up. I expected it to be as convenient as Tap Go Cards. Overseas Tap Go cards usually dont ask for a PIN for small transactions like what i was trying to do yesterday. We have OTP to register the card then PIN/Fingerprint on the App and then the normal Card PIN. If anything this process is slower than the traditional way.

It could also have to do with the Free Small Combo Inox is offering, instead of providing it they broke Samsung Pay :P and happy looting lol. Wasn't claiming this offer as I noticed this banner after the transaction.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
All transactions in India on Indian card asks for pin be it swipe or anything that's govt rule

And spay is actually tap and go I have used it without issues...the problem is when ppl set different pins for spay and cards ....make them same

Also on the swipe machine always key in card pin not spay pin
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] abthegreat:
I have an understanding of that and hence traditional payment method might be more convenient in India. Our Chip and Pin process is simple enough.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] funtoosh:
I'm using it mostly to get 5X rewards points with my HDFC Credit Card (HDFC gives 5X reward points if you use SPAY) and it's quicker to get our mobile out rather then taking out wallet then search for the card and take it out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj2001ind:
Yes rewards and cashbacks offers are great for spay
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vin4yak:
I've already emailed them at this email address itself. This was on Friday.. No response yet
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen6585:
thats sad.. this is the reason why people respect Apple more... firstly these idiots at Samsung make the whole claiming process ridiculously complex, mess things up and then not even be prompt in fixing things. Things would have been much simpler if they had just shipped the charger along with the phone. Now we have no option but to bear with their incompetency
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nisarpari:
exactly... already mailed 3 times and called two times and 3-4 online chat... no solution yet... each guy saying call them or mail them and no reply to mails... idiots... this is why samsung cant be a respected brand like apple... apple CC is world class... they treat you well.. these morons behave like typical indian govt offices... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] silentwitness1:
i registered for the wireless charger on 4th got a mail today that its been shipped, really slow shipping and service.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vd1900:
I was looking for an extra power adapter for S8 samsung cafe don't have it seems will have to wait for some time
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vin4yak:
On which number did you call them?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Stickrundude:
Got my device on 2nd May but still dont have the banner yet :c
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nisarpari:
1800 4072 67 864
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] abthegreat:
Can anyone see if this is an issue, Whatsapp using the camera for picture/video in Landscape has the camera in the wrong orientation ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dpk1:
Got my spigen thin fit case and gadgetshieldz yesterday. It was a pain installing the gadgetshieldz myself (was doing it for the first time)! Anyhow i think it went pretty well. Here are a few pics (attached below).
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] anirudh412:
Thank you. I was looking for an answer by someone who had been denied or granted warranty with his/ her phone rooted/ KNOX tripped. Looks like you are just the right person.

Also, I came across a few saying Samsung Pay works regardless of you having a custom package installed/ KNOX tripped or not. Would that be true? Never used Samsung Pay before, but it would be good to know.

Apologies for my barrage of questions, but is there a way to remove the NAV bar and use something like either a. LMT launcher or b. a gesture like 'swipe up' to reveal the NAV bar (and maybe the status bar)?

Anirudh
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Aman Banka:
MyGalaxy Samsung Support gone nuts. They replied back a week back saying insert registered SIM to get wireless banner popup, I replied them saying I already have SIM inside the device and today they reply back saying

:mad::mad:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] husaintaherali:
Yeah, gadgetshield is hard to apply first time. I messed up my back screen with a lor of bubbles that didnt go away even after 3 days, but front had very less and only 4 bubbles seems to stay on it.

Also i was using it with my UAG plasma case, and the 4 corners of front screen kept lifting off, so i cut them a little bit. Seems to stay properly now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] krumbs:
I messed up the sides while applying Gadgetshield. And the bottom strip ended up covering the mic and had to be removed. Once thjs dries up, will try applying the front portion.

Wish there was an agency/ service you could outsource this to! Maybe Gadgetshield should open up boutique centers across the country where professional SPAs (Screen Protector Appliers) took this dreadful task off your plate...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] husaintaherali:
Lol:laugh:

Btw I only messed up in using enough solution. On back i didnt use enough and front was just a little less then needed. Though My alignment was almost perfect on back and front. But uag case wasnt made to go with gadgetshieldz protector or vice versa.

Still waiting for whitestone tempered glass to release in india or another good temp glass like that for s8+.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] krumbs:
This screen protector has the most painless application process I have ever seen. Any idea if this brand (or a Chinese clone of it) is available in India?

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/accessories/best-s8-tempered-glass-screen-protector-t3593572
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotResponding22:
Ha, I got that exact same email too. They trolling us xD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
Looks like what they are saying about Samsung pay with know tripped or root is true. If that's important to you, then, you should stay on official firmware. If you are looking for root to remove certain apps, you can simply buy package disabler apps and freeze unwanted apps.

Also, to disable navbar, I am using systemwide immersive mode, which only brings up the navbar and status bar... when u swipe up in apps...you can do just navbar or status bar or both.. There are many tutorials where u can enable them through adb without root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Aman Banka:
This time I shared screenshot of SIM Card Manager, let's see what they reply to that.

Else what I think, resetting the device is only option.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotResponding22:
I sent that to them, on 7th. No reply till now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotResponding22:
A bit off topic, but after having this device and looking at many other Androids by LG, Google, Huawei etc I wonder why the hell Apple does what it does. This phone has so much packed into it, a 2K stunning screen, edged screen, high screen to body ratio, so many sensors, an amazing camera, three types of different biometrics and an head phone jack! I mean where does Apple use all this space inside their dumb phones. Who needs that stupid taptic feedback?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nisarpari:
Will that work? I'm ready to do reset if thr s a slim chance..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Aman Banka:
I'm not sure. But you can give it a try once.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] djrichard05:
They use all that space for iOS :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sweetvar26:
I have the S8+ and I'm on Idea. For some reason the cellphone coverage, be it LTE or the network reception in general is bad compared to my LG G5, iPhone 6s+ or any of the previous phones I've used. I keep getting Edge often and it takes a while to get back on to LTE. I've never had an issue with my reception in the previous phones that I've used.

Anyone having any network issues?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
No probs here ! Maybe idea wasn't proactive and didn't submit the updated driver or vendor blobs to Samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] abthegreat:
Cant comment on Idea. But lately I have been seeing 4G+ randomly with the S8+ on Airtel. Looks like the network is/has being/been rolled out for Carrier Aggregation. Have a speedtest attached which is probably the best I have seen in this location.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] krumbs:
I am getting terrible coverage on 4G/ 3G in an area where my previous phone, the LG V20 had no issues. Calls come in garbled, and I rarely get to see more than 1 bar.

My workaround has been to switch to good old 2G when at home, and use my Wifi setup for getting online. That has solved the coverage issue.

I think bad coverage is the tradeoff for having slim and sexy phones. The cellular antenna has to fit into the design, rather than the design fitting around the antenna.