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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] tdlieu:
Hi,

I need help.

In Canada, we have this government emergency alert which rang off last night for an amber alert.

The situation has since been solved but my phone continues to receive the same notification every 5-10 mins which is now bothering me.

I tried searching in the menu and see no "emergency" or "amber" or "government" notification setting for me to turn off.

I know with a previous software version this was available to disable but I can't seem to find it now.

Running Android version 8.0.0.

Does anyone know how to turn this off?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] PoseidonKing:
Hi

First of all, never quote the entire OP (Original Post). You can post a new question anytime and people are ready to help. So, next time, keep that in mind.

Now, to answer your question

If the core system apps like lockscreen or developer options are missing, there are two possibilities:

1. You've flashed a buggy ROM/Kernel

2. You flashed the ROM without flashing the appropriate firmware that was recommended with the ROM.

Since I do not personally own this device, I can't tell you for sure, but in general terms, these two reasons cause the symptoms you're currently facing.

If you did follow the steps correctly and still your device is misbehaving, you can shoot a post here anytime. I'll try my best to help.

Thanks and Regards

PoseidonKing
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] cris royal (Elec):
www.Youtube.com my friend, they are a wide variety there, tutorials step by step.. just search up your query. ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] tdlieu:
This is the reason I've been hesitant to post on this forum.

This thread is said to be noob friendly and for a question where I have done a lot of research with no luck I still get this kind of response.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] cris royal (Elec):
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhkkkkk.... i'll have a link or two Fedx to you. heh

Listen?!......first time i everrrrrrr flashed a root, rom, mod, gapps, script. i mean i like the custom modifications but didn't know WHAT to do & how to get them. YOUTUBE is my universal college, i was the ultimate NOOB & still a noob, we live to learn, everyday you are to learn something new.

Sometimes you are not researching enough, i was definitely in that position until i found grace or grace found me. ?

next time post phone model along with android version.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.technipages.com/android-disable-emergency-or-amber-alert-sound/amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-turn-off-amber-alerts/amp/
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Mhero7:
Hey guys i have a Problem with my sound i Upgraded my phone to Official Android 9.0 in germany one day ago And now when i use my Bluetooth or Main speaker its too quiet dolby atmos is on too it just makes it a lil louder what should i do is there some way or do i have to wait for an Software update Using galaxy s8
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] manuvjeet_singh:
S8 g950w unlocked 64gb

Can i use update.zip file of g950f for updating through sd card .In my g950w (unlocked) or not?...please help me out?...if i do flash the g950f zip on my g950w then what r the outcomes..THANX IN ADVANCE:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] LanGar21:
I have done a thing. I was going to root my Android, and there was an update available. I left the update by a hard reboot (like an idiot), and left my phone in a loop when I tried to let the thing update. I tried flashing a root and ROM from some different places. Nothing has worked and now I'm stuck in download mode. Any help to get me back into my device would be great! [Samsung Galaxy S8+, SM-G955U]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Kuchenelvis:
Ups wrong thread
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Furypowa:
Samsung s8 pie one ui! HELP

if there is possibility to keep the badges to show the number even after clear the message from the notification bar? I still have this problem since oreo update
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] mhrvatin08:
My question is in regards to the "Show Notifications From" settings menu in Settings>Lock Screen and Security>Notifications>Show Notifications From.

I'm not a big fan of having all of my notifications show up on my AOD. As a result, I turn all of them off in this settings menu, except for certain specific apps like Messages and Phone. This works great, except for when every time I install a new app, I need to come into this settings menu and disable that app's notifications. Also, after using different apps, those in which I've already disabled their notifications, new notification options will often appear for that app in this settings menu which always default to enabled.

I find myself checking this settings menu more times than I'd like to on a daily basis and was wondering if anyone had any other options that could make this process less manual (and annoying).

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Dapan201:
I absolutely hate the new horizontal recent apps, I looked around but didn't find a way to revert it back to vertical, is there a way to switch it back? If not, how can I downgrade back to Oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] annoying_pianist:
Want to ROOT.

Currently on Official Pie Beta 1.

Device: Galaxy S8 FD

Anyone please guide me.

NOTE: I havent done anything at all related recovery unlock stuffs*. After buying the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] RangerVegas:
Well before I even decided to ask my question I saw this and I actually do know the answer to this one, at least based on the model # you gave. The SM-G955u is the first release US unlocked version of the S8+. Unlocked in this case means cellular carrier unlocked. So it SHOULDN'T be "sim locked" However that can also be dependant on if someone has tried to do any kind of software updates on the phone I believe.

I myself have the SM-G955u1 which is basically the newer model of that phone, and I believe the last U version created by Samsung. Also there is some debate as to what the U vs U1 means all over the web, and even on this forum. Some saying it means U is locked to a US carrier and U1 is world unlocked or unlocked to ANY Us carrier, Others saying U1 vs U means the firmware itself is unlocked, and hence easier to put a custom rom on.

It's still a bit confusing to me. So my info might have been a little helpful, but is still definitely not the final word by any means.

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Ok since I think my reply to the other person is right above this one I am hoping for some clarification on this issue, since noone seems to be able to agree.

I have the SM-G955U1, currently showing Android version 8.0.0 and Samsung Experience version 9.0, Android Security patch version Dec 1, 2018.

Build # is R16NW.G955U1UES5CRL2

I am wanting to know from a RELIABLE source what I can do with this phone and how hard it would be to do. And what the likelyhood is of bricking the phone from something other than stupidity, I.E. not using the correct bootloader, ROM version, Etc. I am hoping to install just a simple base version of Android Pie without all the Samsung garbage, Bixby<UGH>, Samsung Experience, And all the HW locked software I never use and don't want.

So I am wondering what EXACTLY the model # of this phone means, and if there is a way to put Base Android Pie on it, without loosing hardware features, and with a low likelihood of bricking the phone.

Thanks for any info and I am sorry if some parts of the post sound a bit testy but i've seen people all over the place, including in XDA forums, arguing about what the U1 designation actually means.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dhruvbatra205:
I've got a G950F bought in Singapore and I want to use Spay in Hong Kong. If I'm not wrong, G950F is an exynos variant, while the Hong Kong model, G9500 is a snapdragon variant. Does that mean I can't change the CSC?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] poetiscariot:
Weather animation on S8?

I just got an S8 after having used an LG G4 for a while. The G4 had an option to show an animation on the lock screen coordinated with the weather, which I liked a lot. Is there a way to do that on the S8? I'm not finding a setting to turn it on.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Abir_Tx:
You can save a very less power by using power saving mode. It is not major I guess. I personally don't use power saving mode(Yes. I only use it when I really need my phone alive and have charge indicating 20 to 30 percent). And Yes using a true dark theme surely saves a lil but battery as it's an OLED display.

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There is no official/built in system settings to do that but you can use other 3rd party apps to do so. You can always google for it or use the play store to search and find a specific app which will do your work nicely.

:)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] sunyakram:
My device is 1.5 year old and battery sucks, i want to know if there is any lightest pie rom with stable battery life.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] pipboy3001:
Forgive me but I have been unable to find much, if any, news on how the U.S. S8 and S8+ pie beta programs are coming along. I think I saw about 3 weeks back that participants finally got V.2 and then radio silence. Should we might as well expect it to be April again before we see it like I saw had happened with Oreo last year? I'm still on the December patch, base and version G955USQU5CRL2.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Kuchenelvis:
Hey i want to know is there a way modify twrp backup images i think it is my last chance to revive my phone

(On android of course)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] 123omari123:
Hi Everyone,

I have galaxy S8 unlocked version (sm-g950u1) and it only shows one sim, but it has another sim slot in sdcard place like other dual sim phones. In the settings there is only one imei number. Is there any way to read second sim also? if not why does it have second sim slot?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] pipboy3001:
Do you have a second sim installed? If not it might be hidden by default. Just a guess. Used to have an Axon 7 but it did show the empty sim slot in the settings. My S8+ is not dual sim so I cant check for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] 123omari123:
yes, I installed second sim but did not work. I found this thread and I think my phone needs similar procedures what is in this post. but I did not know exactly how to do it.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/converting-s7-single-sim-to-dual-sim-t3881189
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] AdolfMyers:
noob question

How can i root my european SM-G950F?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] prabuyudhistiro:
Hi All,

I've just bought a Samsung Galaxy S8 yesterday, the seller said it's brand new in sealed box made in germany.

When I received it and checked it's physical condition, all looks good, sealed box, brand new condition.

What made me doubt is that when I checked the OS, it's version 8.0.0 (Oreo), as what I was aware of that the original brand new S8 come with version 7.0.0 (Nougat).

My question is, is it make sense for a brand new Samsung S8 form the factory loaded with version 8.0.0 (oreo)?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] AdolfMyers:
when i bought my s8 it came with android 8.0 (i bought it in switzerland), so i think yes
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] prabuyudhistiro:
Thanks for your information buddy.:)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] amak172:
Hi guys i bought a s8 3 weeks ago and everything is perfect except theres a little problem with the screen. Its normal when i switch it to the lowest resolution but on 1080p or 1440 i get a pixelated line on the top left of the screen. It appears for a second then disappears. This happens on and off is this like a software problem or hardware? I have attached a picture if that helps. Thanks in adavance every one. Please shed some light on this senior members.
[MENTION=6515701]PoseidonKing[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] PoseidonKing:
Hi

I can see no line on the top left corner. What are you talking about?

Regards

PoseidonKing
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] amak172:
I have outlined where the pixelated line is. Oh and sorry its not on the top left corber just the top left. Ill edit the post. Or if u want i can send you a video i made with another phone. Thanks.

Oh and the line stays there until i scroll again [MENTION=6515701]PoseidonKing[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Radowankhan:
S8 Root after effect!

I have S8 exynoss SM-G950FD. I want to root my device. But I want to know the actual effect after the root. I know the root benefits. Will the knox services like secure folder work after root? Will the automatic software update will come to my device after root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] callumbr1:
After root you will lose all Knox related apps. Secure folder will never work again

Samsung pay will never work again

You won't get updates OTA you will have to flash manually.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] darkmage93:
Hi guys! So a few days back, all of the sudden this free caller id started popping up all of the sudden whenever I receive a call. I don't remember installing any apps but it's clearly some adware that came with a different app, as I can't find it installed anywhere, not under this name anyway. Any idea how to trace it and get rid of it before I smash my phone? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] DeMonToll:
Hi thats called "bleeding", it happens when light comes through transparent plastic or anything else.

Erica Griffin here from XDA talked about it in her Youtube Video (i think it was part 2).

Theres nothing "wrong" with it its just that at some point Samsung "forgot" to paint parts black.

So no worrys about not water resistant or anything like that.

so long

DeMonToll
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] DeMonToll:
Hi everyone,

in (hopefully) a day im a Galaxy S8 owner. Because of my tendency to research all the things i've come across different performance related topics.

I've also read about an update which should fix the Samsung UX Launcher performance.

My first thought on this was "Oh well im using Action Launcher anyway", but yesterday i've read somewhere that Samsung Phones have problems with 3. Party Launchers after a bit of time. Probably because of the truck load of services which are runny and depending on the Samsung UX Launcher.

My first question would be "Has anyone experienced this behaviour?"

My second question would be that the recent app overview looks like the scrolling is a little bit of paginated (if thats the right term). What i mean by that is that if you scroll in the Recent App View that the displayed apps "lock" in a little bit. While in AOSP its free scrolling. Is there a way to change that if it is like that?

Thanks in advance and so long

DeMonToll
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Nas510:
Hi Guys! Please if anyone can help I'm not sure what's the problem but I've been getting these ads like every 3mins it's popping up on any app I use not sure what's the problem plz help me
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] callumbr1:
Only way is to delete each app one at a time starting with the newest installed so you can work out which app I'd causing it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] joseka22:
Orange speech bubble

Hi guys,

I recently noticed an orange speech bubble on the lower half of the screen, on top of almost any app. It is transparent and has three dots inside. I'm not sure if it is something I installed or a system app, as I just reset all my apps preferences and it is still there. Anyone has any clue of what it might be? anyone else has it? thanks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Sofanaleo:
How to stop extreme battery draining issue by CELL STANDBY on Galaxy S8? By the way, I'm using Exynos version dual sim.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] callumbr1:
Are you in an area with poor network signal? If so this can affect it quite a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Sofanaleo:
Network signal is fine. I' m using other phones with the same network, no cell standby battery drain issue. But facing this problem on my Galaxy S8 . I have tried - reset network settings, restart and power off/on, wipe cache partition, and reset the handset. It helps only for 2-3 days but after that cell standby drains the battery again. Even if I'm not using the phone it drains 13-14% of the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] James90001:
Twrp bootloop

S8+ (G955FD) So i know i'm dump , I installed (ABB &Fastboot_For_Android_NDK-1.0.36) Module From Magisk, now it keeps rebooting into TWRP, IS THERE any way to reboot normally without loosing any data.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] SkaterRage:
HI I RECENTLY TRIED TO ROOT MY GALAXY S8, sorry about the caps. lol and failed. i am making a small problem worse trying different things on my own. i need another eye so to speak to see me through. i used the pwnroot from here on xda. i got all the way to the end in flashfire where you have to extract the system.img.ext4 from your stock Rom and flash the custom ROM along with it i messed up somehow and now i have rom or recovery. every rom i try to flash in Odin fails. i even tried to go back to my original firmware but no joy. help me please, im not green by no means but ive tried all the things i know in my repertoire, even emergency firmware recovery from kies.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] callumbr1:
So you have the snapdragon variant yes?

You need to start again from fresh. So when you flash stock original fir.ware in Odin which part does it fail on? Can you post the odin log?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Little Rooster:
(ps: i have removed my post from this s8 to general NOOB forum)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] cwhiatt:
I'm not a newbie but wasn't sure what other S8 forum to post this. I've been on the Galaxy line since the S3. I currently have a rooted S6 and I'm considering making the upgrade but at present I'm torn between the S8 Active (snapdragon) or the S8 (Exynos).

Curious what some of the feedback on these two might be.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
exy can be bootloader unlocked snap cant
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] AdolfMyers:
No problem
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Popeye52:
Touch & Hold Delay

I have a Galaxy S8. My prior phone was a LG K7, a low line Android phone running version 5. The touch and hold function of the keyboard to enter special characters was set by default at half a second, but was easily changed to one quarter second which worked much better. My S8 is set by default at half a second, and will not allow me to set it to anything less. There's a lot of wasted time and a lot of wrong characters that I have to re-enter because I released the key a millisecond too soon. Is there a fix or workaround that will allow me to speed this up?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] It_ler:
I'm using Gboard (Google keyboard app) ... there you can change the delay for long press function in keyboard settings ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] balla4lyf23:
Rooting G950W (Canadian version) on Bootloader Version 5

Hi guys.. My old faithful S8 is finally showing signs of slowing down. So I decided I would try flashing a custom ROM to hopefully speed it up a bit. I haven't done any rooting etc since I had my S4. So my question is, does anyone know if it's possible to root the S8 running Oreo and bootloader version 5 so I can then install a custom ROM? I've been doing some research and just don't want to flash the wrong file thru ODIN and brick my phone. Any help would be much appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] callumbr1:
Enable OEM unlocking and USB debugging in developer options.

Flash twrp, flash DM Verity zip, flash magisk zip.

You'll find a thread here on XDA with all instructions
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] coelhooliveirar:
Hello! My Galaxy S8 has installed ONEUI and I cannot find weather widget. I used to have it on my screen as an widget and after update it has disappeared. Can someone help me?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] SeZ87:
Heya, trying to root and get a good rom for a friend, have plenty experiences with other phones but I tend to take hours whenever I try one I never did before like the s8 - in the past It took like 3 or 4 tries until I finally found the threads / roms I was looking for so maybe someone who owns it can help me out quick, the data:

It's a swiss s8 SM950F with Android 8.0.0 - which root thread is the best?

Which ROM would you recommend? It needs to be stable, as debloated as possible and easy on the battery - phone is not gonna get used for gaming or other stuff that's heavy on the CPU so no gimmicks needed.

Oh and maybe one more thing: What do I need to be cautious about?

Thanks and much <3
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Dabatman023:
I need some help getting past frp lock.Odin isn't helping,and every time I go into download mode a bunch of weird messages boot up on the side,such as Qualcomm secureboot enabled frp lock on n after Odin failing it always says something about Tab[] 5 > binary 4

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My Samsung galaxy S8 in download mode has messages on the side. They seem very secure,and it seems like so much security is on it and I want to take frp option and turn if off,and Odin doesn't work.

It gives this message

_____ Tab [ ] 5 > binary 4

The blanks I can fill in if anyone else has the same message when using odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] pipboy3001:
Who provides the firmwares for companies like Tracfone? Do they make their own tweaks to the software like the major phone companies or do they rely on the major companies to trickle them down to the corresponding sims/devices? I have a Straight Talk Galaxy S8+ and it runs on their Verizon cdma channels.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] turbolaceup:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/help/pie-ota-worth-rooting-t3916681 link to my thread. Because I'm about to just copy and paste it here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] DroidSans:
Background

I have 2 similar mobiles (Samsung S8 SM-G950FD Exynos 8895)

I rooted one mobile long ago then decided to unroot it and get andriod 9 update as my other set has already updated to andriod 9 via OTA.

My objective was to unroot and update os to andriod 9

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Unrooting:

I decided to flash it directly with andriod 9 stock rom for my mobile

I downloaded the correct stock rom (G950FXXU4DSBA_G950FOXM4DSBA) from https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G950FD/ , as i had other set as reference

I verified that G950FXXU4DSBA_G950FOXM4DSBA is correct rom by double checking my other set , check attached screen shot. Back cover of both S8 have SM-G950FD printed

Using Odin i only flashed BL, AP, CP and i skipped CSC as mentioned in video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6QoOItsYcg by @4:56

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What I achieved:

I have fully functional S8 with Andriod 9, But I cant do OTA anymore and my model number is incorrect

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ISSUE:

Setting => About Phone => Model Number now displays incorrect model, it reads

==> SM-G950F instead of SM-G950FD

When I goto Setting => Software Update => Download & Install , after checking for update , it gives error,

Your current software is not supported. Visit a service center.

Please advise !!! and check screen shot
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] kentax:
Hello,

Did anyone make Samsung native applock work on pie?

Thank you.