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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] pete4k:
Do you have selective focus on? This mode will blur background to simulate portrait mode with telephoto lens on DSLR. I find it useless, but stupid iphone has it so why not galaxy?

Mine is not 100% sharp either (however much better than yours), but I have low light now and get shutter speed of 1/24sec, it's hard to hand held photo at 1/24sec without some shake. Need to retest this in full sun tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dominik01k:
Hi, no I dont. And this is another problem. When I try to do picture in this mode it always say me something like "Picture was taken but the effect of contrast cannot be used because no object was reckognized" . So there must be something defenetly wrong.

And when I was doing photo I was waiting more than 5 secs to focus but the result was still same. And I put phone on the table so I didnt move with it at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] pete4k:
Thats sounds similar to message I got when using selective focus. It tells you that it couldn't recognize your face so the effect wasn't fully applied (in selective focus that effect is to keep sharp focus on face and blur everything else). Seems like you have some effect enabled and that could be your problem. I never got any msg, except for selective focus, but didn't have much time to play a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dominik01k:
I tried factory reset as a last option and it still didnt helped. I reviewed lot of videos and pictures of S8 online and for sure mine is behaving different. Probably I will have to take my S8 to the nearest service..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] CASz:
Sounds like you do have a problem. I used my S8 and stood back and the picture was focused. Closer ones have always been focused.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] mezdroid:
I had the same issue, but really don't know If what I did was the fix, because this issue was happening every time I open the camera app after a while (like half an hour) and I had to knock my phone just to wake up my focusing sensor or what ever it called, but after I:

- re-enabled all the disabled bixby apps.

- stopped using my car magnet holder - so it never gets too cold because of the car's AC and never gets attached to a magnet.

after that, camera never miss-focusing anymore, now more than 3 hours.

So please, if anyone had this issue and:

- not using any magnet holder.

- not disabling bixby apps.

- not having the phone too cold.

please tell us to be aware.

I know it's not logic, as long as I can use the camera normally after I knock the phone, so it might be a hardware problem, but I'm sharing my experience with you just to find out the fix.

Thanks

Update: Nothing from the above was the issue, still; miss focusing, even after a factory reset... waiting for July update and see if they will fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Anay purani:
Hey there, I too have an issue in front camera of my galaxy s8 when I put it too far then it shows blurry image but when the camera is nearby the object then it shows some good quality, but not showing as much good as it was showing before .
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] andrelbsx:
i have the same issue. But the camera works when it wants to work... :( but sometimes is blury (most of times)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] tsquare2112:
Two times this has happened to me. I will be talking and about 3-5 minuets into the conversation my side goes dead, I can not hear them, but it shows as connected to call. I hang up, try to redial, but it will not actually dial out, just sits on the dialing screen. After I turn it off and back on it works.

Anyone experience this, or heard of it? AT&T Variant.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] cyb3r5c4r:
I've experienced something very similar; as with you, it randomly happens after a couple of minutes of conversation. I have also noticed once this happens all audio on the device is muted (will play tracks in the music player or video but no sound). once restarted all is well again. Does this happen on your device?

Furthermore, I have experienced the device restarting on a couple of occasions mind call. unsure if this is related or not?

international Dual sim variant
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] HDTime:
I experienced the same after setting network to 4G only. Switched back to auto and havent had this problem so far again.

The other side of the line hears lots of noise when this happened to me. I did call my own number the second after and got the same.

Fingers crossed this was the thing for me..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jtace:
same for me....after call drops no audio at all...

only reboot fix the problem

it happened at least 4-5 times

i noticed that this problem occures whithin low signal area.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] 2dorr:
It happened to me yesterday after I got in the underground parking from our office. I tried to call someone from my car after I got out and it showed the message "Call failed". Strange that my former iPhone 7 Plus had the same issue. I am on Vodafone Romania.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Riginos:
i am experiencing the same issue. Every 2-3 days my S8+ mutes it self while on call and i have to restart. I am on Cytamobile-Vodafone Cyprus.

I removed my SD card, changed signal from Auto,2G-3G and 2G with no difference.

This only happens while on call and maybe on low area singals (cannot be 100% sure).

Seems like a software issue but Samsung has not said anything regarding this issue yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jtace:
Try to install the 'Soundabout' app.. With no further settings, Just install it. Its something like all sound to be diverted to another output source... 4 days with this app, no symptoms
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Riginos:
thanks will test also and let you know
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jtace:
I can confirm that Soundabout doesn't solve this issue..... The problem always shows up in my office, where i have a very low signal spot.

It happens about two times per week and always needs to perform a reboot in order for the sound to work again
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Gary02468:
Have you tried toggling Airplane Mode on and off instead of rebooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jtace:
Yes tried that... Not working

Needs restart always.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jtace:
Any news ? Any progress on that ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] baddo0o0ry:
+1:(

its realy annoying
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Riginos:
Has anyone tried resetting the phone to factory defaults? Let us know please
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Denis_sl14:
I did first: factory reset, same problem.

Second: on support they replaced microphone, same problem.

Third: replaced board, same problem after few hours.

Problem is always the same: I can hear them but they can't hear me. If call back again everything is ok and working.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] baddo0o0ry:
i think its factory fault they changed whole motherboard and the problem still happening most times, i have 2 phones same problem and signal full bar on both sim, waiting Samsung answer
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] ljwnow:
My S8+ drops calls like crazy... What an expensive piece of crap.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Gary02468:
There have been reports of Samsung's fps software causing unrelated modules to periodically stop working until reboot (modules such as iris scanner or WiFi internet connection).

As an experiment, try turning off Fingerprint Gestures and all fingerprint security functions in Settings, as well as deleting all registered fingerprints. Then reboot and see if the call-dropping problem goes away.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Riginos:
Spoke with some people today and seems that in Cyprus all of the users that reported this issue are with Cytamobile/Vodafone. Noone of the MTN and Primetel users are reporting related issues.

Seems that the issue is with Vodafone?? I noticed that in most of my calls the sound is clearing like switching to HD Voice so maybe this has something to do with it? With MTN and Galaxy S7 Edge i did not have that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Riginos:
Hi,

Since my phone got updated to G955FXXU1AQF7 the issue seems to be resolved. I have been using the phone for 5 days now without any issues whatsoever. i will update if anything changes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jtace:
I can confirm that this issue is resolved by the latest update..
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Gregzi:
Can also confirm that latest update G955FXXU1AQF7 resolves that nasty bugger. Been totally pissed since the 800 EUR device can not perform as it should. Other parties were constantly loosing me, but I heard them well...

The issue hasn't occured since the update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] baddo0o0ry:
after last update i received network profile update too, first day every thing works fine 2nd day problem back. what a waist of money

problem presents most time while am driving
[General Questions and Answers] retired911:
All the research I have done indicates that the Galaxy note2 was produced in 16/32/64GB models. I have a note 2 model GT-N7100 running android 4.1.2 that indicates it has 3.18GB storage on the phone with 2.38GB used. My phone is rooted (don't know if that affects the memory). I'm at my wit's end. I have to uninstall apps when I find a new one I'd like to try, and most other times there is not enough memory for apps to update. Sure could use some help. And just as a side note, I am 70 years old and my technological brain isn't firing on 8 cylinders anymore, so please be gentle. Thanks.

Art
[General Questions and Answers] kieseyhow:
I don't think that configuration exists. Verify your configuration by looking up the model number, and revision online. You may have some sort of error, bad RAM, or even some malware. Try resetting the device, after backing up your data of course.

Are you saying you have only 4GB in total, or that amount available? Perhaps you could find someone who could verify the configuration for you? Try a local phone store, or computer store. For someone who is familiar with devices, they should be able to find out within a few minutes of holding it in their hand.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I'd like to know what modifications have been made to the device and whether you've been flashing custom ROMs on the device. Has the device been repartitioned somewhere along the way?
[General Questions and Answers] retired911:
Thanks so much for the reply and advice. I went to a phone repair shop as you suggested and they were puzzled that it showed only 3.18GB total available storage but when I told them that it was rooted they said that was likely the cause of the missing ram. They were a certified Samsung repair shop. I don't believe that. Who in their right mind would waste 12GB by rooting a phone. They also told me that since it is rooted, I can't unroot. In fact they treated me and my phone as though we had the plague.

Nobody here will touch this phone because it is not a North American version. I think the N7100 was made for Asia, but works fine here. I bought it used, already rooted and unlocked. What drew me to this phone is first, it is a reputable device, second, it has FM radio, and third, it has a large screen. If I could unlock the extra 12GB I'd be dancing the jig!

cheers

Art
[General Questions and Answers] retired911:
I'd love to be able to answer those questions, but I was looking for a used unlocked samsung and it was rooted and unlocked when I purchased it. I don't think it is partitioned as there is no indication (that I have found) of another "drive". In system/storage,device memory it says "total space" 3.08GB. Available 713MB . I do have a 32GB sd card installed but I can't move any apps on to it. I used to be able to do that with my previous phone. This phone still has os 4.1.2, and I have never flashed a custom rom although I'd love to one day.

cheers

Art
[General Questions and Answers] kieseyhow:
Sorry about that. Looks like you found a den of thieves and scum; more common than most people realise. Sadly 80% of the human race is inncompetent. Find someone else.

Find the help manual online, then read up how to reset the device. Try that. However if this is a hardware problem, you will be hard pressed to find someone with the skills to repair it. Now, if you went to a third-world country, and looked in the shacks, you would find people who not only would ,but could replace those bad RAM circuits for you. Sadly you live, like I do, in Western society. First world with money, but third world in competence, decency and common sense.

Bottom ilne, those guys in that store, out-right lied to you, ruinig their future of any business from you in the process, very incompetent.

Second choice? They really were just that useless. You will have to try again, or end up doing what I do; fix it yourself.

First, try resetting it.

Second, activate developer options and find out detailed information about the "expected" capabilities of your device.

Third, try and repair it yourself.

Fourth, replace your device, but keep that defective one to test people for honesty and competence.

I did look online for you, and none of those Samsung came with only 4GB of RAM, none that I could find anyhow. So, it is either software, or hardware. software is a 10 minute fix you can do yourself with a factory reset. Hardware is something that only an experienced electronics tech or serious hobbiest (with a reflow station) could do by reflowing the solder for the RAM, or replacing some chips on the main board. Good luck!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Unless it's a hardware problem, you can flash your stock firmware along with the PIT file for your specific model number via Odin and it should fix this.

The PIT file tells Odin how your partitions are supposed to be structured, it should put everything back the way it's supposed to be.

You can do a Google search for:

"PIT for (your model number)"

Or find someone that has a rooted device with your model number and have them.pull a copy of their PIT and have them upload it somewhere.

And yes, you can unroot the device, there two ways to do it, you should have a SuperSU app somewhere in app drawer, open it then open its app settings, look for a setting that says something like "cleanup for unroot and unistall", this removes the su binaries and uninstalls SuperSU, leaving no root, also, flashing stock firmware via Odin will remove root but root isn't the problem. Someone did this manually their self somehow and they used root permission to do it.

Other than flashing stock firmware via Odin, you'd have better luck fixing the device WITH root than you would without it. Root allows you to change everything, you can't change anything without root.

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No, it's not 4G of RAM, he's saying that it is saying he has a 4G internal sdcard instead of 16/32/64 GB, RAM and storage are two different things.
[General Questions and Answers] retired911:
By resetting it if you mean unrooting it, I'm afraid to do that as it will be locked to whatever provider it was before. Someone told me that to do a factory reset will accomplish the same thing or maybe even brick the device.

I looked on developer options and the only thing that makes sense to me that might help is "debugging", and to do that I need to do more research as I don't know what debugging is all about. I have seriously considered replacing the phone, and will probably do that but I am a stubborn cuss and want to learn. Keeps my 70 year old brain from becoming 80.

cheers

Art
[General Questions and Answers] kieseyhow:
Well, what about installing a new ROM then? Try something based on Android 4.4; a version many consider the best.

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Install ADB on your computer, get a new ROM for your Note 2, and try it. There is always a risk, that is how life works. The best Note version, in my opinion, is the Note 4. See if you can find one second-hand? Then you can tinker with your Note 2 afterwards and experiment. There are minimalist ROMS that would even work on 4GB.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
USB debugging is only to allow interfacing with the device via USB connection to PC, such as using adb/fastboot and other softwares used to interface the device while it's booted into system or recovery. It allows you to use software tools to debug the device, this is usually only used by developers when they are creating software for the device and are testing it or when using adb to push/pull files or capture logcats or any other adb commands.

Give me the model number of your Note 2 and I'll search for the stock 4.1.2 for your device or even a newer update if it's available and you want it, then I'll link you to all the tools and files you'll need to flash the firmware, it's similar to wiping and reinstalling windows on PC to return to factory version.

The term "Factory reset" in android is not the same as factory reset on PC. On PC it restores to exactly what was there from the factory. In android, it doesn't work like that, it only wipes the user space and doesn't touch system. Any changes to system will remain after resetting and only user data gets wiped, data you yourself put on the device such as apps you installed, pics you've downloaded or taken with camera. Factory reset in android DOES NOT remove root unless you're using SuperSU on systemless mode(systemless SuperSU is stored in /data partition instead of in system), your device most likely has SuperSU in /system partition instead of in /data partition, which means factory reset won't help you.

I'll help you get this fixed pretty quick if you give the info I need to help you.
[General Questions and Answers] retired911:
Would love to get a note 4 but it doesn't come with FM radio tuner, and that is a must for me! But I think I will take your advice and look for a new phone (with FM) and then tinker with my note 2
[General Questions and Answers] kieseyhow:
There is an app, called "Tunin radio" that will receive most popular stations, and even local stations. I use it all the time.

Also, most phones have radios inside, but they are locked, and disabled. Nearly every Android phone has this blocked feature.

An even better option is to get a multi-band radio receiver dongle for your device. Some can recieve far more than just FM, but also AM, SSB, HAM, Police Fire, even the audio part of TV. Look for device with n RTL2832U chip, and you'll also need an OTG adaptor to power it. There are several apps that you can find with minimal research, and several forums where people are very passionate about such devices.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
1) Go to this link and choose one of the 4.4.2 firmwares that will have the correct language.

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note-/GT-N7100/

2) Look in this thread for information about PIT, which one you might need and how to use it.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1927983

3) Then do a Google search for:

"USB drivers for Samsung phones"

It'll give you several links, get those successfully installed on your PC.

4) Install Odin 3.10 on your PC from this link

http://www.droidviews.com/download-odin-tool-for-samsung-galaxy-devices-all-versions/

5) Charge your battery to full.

6) Boot to download mode (with the device off, press power+home+volume down, when you see the caution screen press up to go to download)

7) Open Odin on PC

8) With device in download mode, connect to PC with the stock USB cord.(if it connects correctly you'll see a blue or yellow #comm box and it will say ADDED! in the dialogue box, if you don't get this then try a different USB port, make sure drivers installed correctly, make sure it's stock cord, restart PC)

9) If successfully connected, click the AP button(some versions of Odin have PDA instead of AP, click whichever one you have), browse to where you stored the stock firmware that you downloaded, select it.

10) If you're gonna use the PIT file, find the tab that says PIT in Odin, place the PIT you're using there.( I suggest you do some research and ask questions in a few places before actually using the PIT and to figure out whether you need to use it or how safe it is to do it, sometimes using PIT can do more harm than good, it just depends on the state of your device)

11) Click START in Odin, if everything is in order and done corectly, it will flash, if successful, you'll get a green PASS and the device will reboot into a fresh clean install.

***NOTE***

This will probably wipe all of your data so if there are apps or contacts or pics or any kind of personal data that you put on the device that you want to keep then you'll need to backup that data, there are several ways to backup your data. Since you have root, you can use Titanium Backup from the PlayStore to backup the apps you've installed and their data, your contacts and any other things that you want to keep, also keep a copy of Titanium Backup and the backup that you create in Titanium Backup on your extsdcard to prevent it from being wiped during the flash. When the device reboots after flashing, you can reinstall the copy of Titanium Backup from extsdcard and then use Titanium Backup to restore everything that you backed up. After all of this, you should end up with a clean install of 4.4.2 and all of your personal data restored to the device.

If you need help anywhere in all of that, just let me know. I'll be glad to help you understand and learn.

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He can fix the one he has, it's fine for his purposes, no need to get another device.

Plus, in fixing this one, he learns something, which is what he's looking to do.
[General Questions and Answers] retired911:
I can't thank you all enough for all the help you've given me. I have a lot of homework ahead of me and look forward to the research. I'm going to read and study this thread again and research all the suggestions. But for now, the Penguins and Senators are going at it in game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals and I need to watch.

I checked, and the system says it's a GT-N7100 and so does the sticker behind the battery. Supersu is one of the apps on the phone. I have played with Supersu a bit but don't really understand it yet and none of my other apps were affiliated with it so I pretty much left it alone. Now on to hockey.

cheers

Art
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you flash with Odin, remember to store a copy of Titanium Backup app and the backup you create when you use it, place them both on extsdcard. Then for safety measures before flashing, remove the extsdcard and the SIM card if you have one, then flash, after flashing, put the extsdcard and SIM back in.
[General Questions and Answers] kieseyhow:
Some excellent offers and advice, and I apologize for my lazy assistance. [emoji14] I hope you get it sorted out. For me, I think that the price of losing 12GB or storage is not worth rooting the phone. But, others have done it sucessfully, and there is no reason you cannot do the same. I still suggest you find a Note 4 though.
[General Questions and Answers] retired911:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!! I studied your instructions, I dived in and flashed my note 2. Odin said PASS! I now have Android 4.4.2. One problem remains. I now show 8GB total storage. system memory takes up 4.82gb. used space takes up another 1.55gb and misc files 1.3gb. Leaving me with 341 mb storage space. When I flashed I did not use the PIT file I downloaded. Should I reflash using the PIT file?

Just got another problem. The phone won't connect with my service provider.