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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
S9+ "BRI1" INS(India) with Sept. Security patch now showing up in samfirmware. Do check via OTA/SmartSwitch.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
This is what I get usually.

AoD on. Location on. Auto brightness. LTE and WiFi mixed usage. And yes, Gear S3 paired over BT whole day.

Can't complain :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] phone_lover:
Anybody here using Gear S3 or S3 Frontier with S9 plus and is able to make Samsung Pay work on it? I am not able to get this done. Any help here will be appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rajaa_sekaran:
I am using gear s3 USA version and yes I can able to use Samsung pay. If you bought from India( indian firmware) does not not support spay .

You can make it work flashing USA firmware I guess
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] abu46:
The October patch is up!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Is anyone getting 4G+(Carrier Aggregation) on jio or airtel?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] PG101:
Now that you mention.. I think I saw 4G+ once.. in NCR area.. didn't pay much attention to it.. i will keep an eye out for it now.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
My phone is latching only to band 40 on jio and airtel
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Ashray_Vk:
Just bought mine from a Croma store in Bangalore ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
CA got activated on jio but it's not getting activated on airtel
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iamraushan:
Everyone knows that tagline of Samsung S9/S9+ is better camera and most of the people are getting it for that so for taking pictures and making 4k videos you will be needing larger memory Personally i will suggest spending few extra and going with 256GB one is better option. i am also using 256Gb black one and having good time with it.:)

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Yup i am on Airtel some times it shows H+ some times 4G and some times 4G+ totally depends on your network provider and your area as i experienced 4G+ in GIP, Sector 18, Sector 35, Sector 54 Noida.

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As there is feature in Samsung S9 and S9+ that you can change blured background of live focus mode pictures like this on Samsung website it says

Please note: For the effect to appear strongly, take the photo in a dark place with a strong light source that does not spread out widely. *

I tried it in different lights but no luck if anyone having idea about it please share:)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
How is the battery standby drain for you all? Its been really bad for me. I tried disabling all bloat, on Wifi mostly and no location and no background checks for most apps. Been using only Whatsapp and Chrome for browsing n an hour of calls. Am on 50% now after 8 hours with 2 hours of SoT with AoD disabled and brightness set manually to 45%. Samsung really needs to fix standby drain> it wasn't like this with s8+. Pixel 2 Xl compared to this has an outstanding battery life.

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Battery went from 100% to 91% during the night.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
Hi guys. Has anyone bought s9plus with Samsung Exchange offer? I have an almost 2 years old S7 edge. The Galaxy app shows 18k exchange with additional 6k exchange bonus off if you have charger, box and earphones and also provided the phone has no visible line on display. U just have to quote the code which appears in Galaxy app. Add 6k on HDFC credit card cash back. Total discount: a whopping 30k!

Only problem is my phone has the pink line issue. The pink line comes and goes in between. Whenever its not visible, it can be easily reproduced by applying pressure over front cam. If i claim the discount and the samsung store guy finds it out at that time, it would be a very embarassing situation. Does anyone have a temporary solution?

My phone is out of warranty. Service centre guys quoting 14k for new display. Is there anyway out?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ankit1986:
You either get 6k cashback on HDFC or additional 6k exchange bonus, not both.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
To get both the offers sell off your phone separately at some shop and buy the phone with hdfc 6k cahsback from the same shop

Or use flipkart. Both the offers could be combined
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Are you able to access secret service menu?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] PG101:
Not sure if serious :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kunalj000:
I Got my S9+ on 16th. All was going well till yesterday morning i saw screen burn on left corner of the screen overlying the time, battery and network icons.

It can be seen when im the lock screen.

I visited samsung service centre today but they no idea what Screenburn is.! The manager there said its a Feature of S9+.!?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Durgeshgwal:
Is not the time, battery and network icons are shown at the right corner.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thedarkrebel:
Anyone here looked at the Airtel deal for S9+? It's a 24 month commitment but appears to be pretty good. Any thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] piku2008:
anyone got the s9+ 64gb version from airtel ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] SAJdroid:
Yes I am getting , but keeps shifting off based on tower location. the speed is not very encouraging right now.

This has been there since mid 2016 launched by Airtel initially and it snot new. Its also called as Advanced LTE . For airtel they are combining TD LTE (2300 MHz spectrum band) and FD LTE (1800 MHz spectrum band) for aggregation.

How to access your service menu :

From dialer dial : *#0011#

you will enter the service mode

You will be able to see STACK 1 , 2 and for few users 3.

Open the stack 1 / 2 and check under CA , if its NONE then aggregation is not yet supported in your area.

This happens automatically and is carrier driven .

you can keep a watch on this thread I will update if I come across more details on the Carrier aggregation : https://xdaforums.com/editpost.php?do=updatepost&p=75723772
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
I do know about service menu and advanced lte and i did get ca on airtel but it's not constant.On jio i get band 3+40+40 which is new combination i think and are you able to access *#2263# which is advanced service menu
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] SAJdroid:
Yes for Jio the service code may be different , the one I quoted is for airtel which I tried .

So you are already experiencing the aggregation. What speeds are are you getting now ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
At Day time i am getting around 10-25mbps and at night time around 12am i am getting 60-70mbps on jio and did you try the code which i mentioned?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] WhoIsJohnGalt1979:
Hey guys any pointers towards using jio on Aosp roms on s9+?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
Any thoughts on moving from the s9+ to the mate pro 20? What would you miss the most?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
I dont think ull miss out much.

Ull get a better processor a better camera ( except video) a better software .

And many more additional features.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] saurabh88:
Its called itch..i had same in past..but finally realised i lost so much money for that i could have bought a car..

So choose wisely. For what u want to upgrade??

Currently i am not seeing anything else better then s9 plus..ofc some.minor upgrade but trust me...i had sold my s9plus for i X.and finally come back to s9plus to realise how many features i had compromised for my ITCH
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
And here i am planning to buy the iphone xs max along with the apple watch 4 ..

#ITCH
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
You are completely right!

I'm trying it out for the better better battery, charging, camera. But frankly not much of an upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
Hi guys. I wanted to read on whatsapp msg sent to me which has been deleted by the sender.

I dont have any whatsapp msgs recovery app installed. Little googling showed that it can be done by opening settings widget and then notification log. But there is not such option on S9 plus. Please help
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rahulkheria:
Use yo whatsapp
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] abu46:
Any news on the Pie beta for S9s?? Has been a long time since other eligible countries have got it, even Note 9 has got it in India!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nokia_16:
Finally One UI beta released for S9 / S9+... Those who willing to try , download samsung member app and register for One UI beta in notice section. Once registered wait for 5 minutes and try checking software update manually. You will receive update for 1.6Gb approx.. Remember this is an beta release.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] saxena1:
Got oneui India today.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] InsertDumbNick:
2nd Beta is out for Indian users.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rushabh65:
When is the stable one ui exepected to roll out for s9 + in India ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nokia_16:
Stable pie update doesn't seem good. Guess samsung pushed buggy update so that user wont asking the time frame.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rahulkheria:
Have u factory reset aftr update?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nokia_16:
Yeah factory reset done.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rahulkheria:
Almost no bugs for me except u cnt take video in pro mode
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr.Raviteja:
Any screen guard or tempered glass suggestion please.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nootropic:
Tried the tempered glass available on flipkart and Amazon. The quality was really bad for the price (Rs. 999 each). There's no branded tempered glass available for s9+ afaik, unless otherwise it is whitedome.

Then got one from a roadside shop for Rs. 120, but the problem with curved edges is that dust gets accumulated on the sides. Quality was better than the ones from Amazon/Flipkart.

Right now, using a screen protector from Gadgetshieldz. Cost me Rs.700. It is a plastic(or silicon) film protection, helps keep away scratches. Won't protect your display during a fall.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Greymatter_09:
Any idea why no security patch this month?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Greymatter_09:
Idea just updated their website with support for VoLTE for the S9, S9+ and the Note 9. But I'm not able to activate VoLTE. Is anyone able to use VoLTE on Idea network?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
New Ota update available
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nootropic:
My call logs are getting deleted automatically. All calls get deleted within an hour.

Not sure if i ever made any such setting. Any work arounds?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] linom:
Strangely the recents apps section has vertical scrolling again instead of the horizontal one after the Feb patch. Is it only me or Sammy reverted to vertical scrolling?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
That's weird, I still have that horizontal one ui one
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] linom:
My bad! I had disabled Samsung Experience launcher and that messed it up. Been using Nova for a while.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
New OTA available with March security patch
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nokia_16:
Received May security patch update today
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Kotin89:
Please tell me what are the improvements to camera. ?

And also do you think camera produces more noise when compared to oreo. ?

Please anyone answer me on this. I previously downgraded from pie to oreo because of how noisy camera has been especially during video recording. I will take my decision based on what you guys say
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
New Ota update is up. Almost half a gb update
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nokia_16:
Downloading new update (June Security Patch Update)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sandeshdj:
New update don't seem stable to me.. night mode crashed, myntra crashed...

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Those who have downloaded please let people know about it.. those who haven't please wait for some time

Apps working fine after reinstalling
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
Had no app crashes. Everything is stable and pretty smooth

I like the new charger connected animation too
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] linom:
How's the battery life after June update? My first two charges were bad. Only 2.5 hrs SOT in 18-20 hrs with browsing social media and chats.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
Anyone having phone getting excessively hot on normal use

Even when phone isn't on charge?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nokia_16:
Same here.. Battery life is worst after June update
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] raghu.soi:
Anyone knows how to update your phone if your got it from another country?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] IndDoc:
It's for post paid, and it's for 2 years. Doesn't make any sense. You get much better regular deals on prepaid.

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Don't worry, the guys who pick it up are extremely incompetent. I had a 64gb note 5 from UAE, while the exchange was only for the 32 gb indian one. It was rooted, knox tripped. He didn't check anything. Just that the screen turns on, and you can make calls. You can easily hide the pink line issue with a good wallpaper. Just be aware that when you order from Samsung online, there is no way of tracking your package, and they take around 7-10 days. It is a nerve wracking experience if you're impatient like me.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] SAJdroid:
ok , I am getting at day 30 to 35 mbps , night also almost same may be additional 10 . That code doesn't work on my device , but seems to be working on some.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
So is there anyway to lock lte bands without root?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] abhigupta7:
Not able to get Vodafone VoLTE on the s9 plus. Any help on this shall be much appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Which state bro?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kumar abhishek:
Having used s8+ i dont find it worth upgrading to s9+. What are your views guys? Especially the oned who are using it. What are your impressions?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
Guys which network is best for this phone in Delhi?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rv189:
My god this phone has the worst battery life. I should've stayed with my oneplus 3.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zavenfoizon:
Ive bought it in exchange offer. Quoted 18k for S7 edge and 6k bonus. When you are exchaning and getting bonus of 6k... You cannot get the hdfc 6k deal cash back.

They checked the phone. I gave them box charger and headphone. Got coral blue 64gb. Wanted 256gb but black is so dull. Blue is the most sexiest in looks.. If i want more storage, ill add a memory card.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
Yes. There is no need to upgrade from s8+. There is no major difference between these. Most of the reviews will say the same. If you hav the money and wanted a new device and feel any feature(s) is worth upgrading, then go for it.

If you are upgrading from S7 or any other old phone, then it is worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kumar abhishek:
I guess i will wait for some other device. The real problem is there is not much competition these days. Lg/sony/htc flagships just are not worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
Many thanks. Finally exchanged it with samsung store. They said i wont get 22k (didnt have headphines) as it had some scratches on finger print button. So i went with HDFC offer and they gave me 15000 exchange price. As i stepped out of the store they noticed the pink line when in rebooted.

They called me back. I said i never saw that line. They said they will check with samsung if they will accept it or else i will bave to pay 15000. Lets see what happens. By the way i bought 256 GB version

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S9 plus zoom lens.

I was trying to click some indoor shots with 2x zoom mode. I saw some loos of clarity. Didnt look like digital zoom. S9 plus has two lens. One wide angle and one zookm lens. However while using 2xoption, it doesnt use the second zoom lens. I confirmed it by trying to click the picture while blocking the second lens with my finger. Cany anyone confirm?

Also is there any way i can use the zoom lens to captures 2x pics?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
After 4-5 full charge cycles, I can say my battery life is amazing now. I have disabled most of the Samsung apps..no aod..only WiFi and use it for Chrome and WhatsApp. I finally get a lil more than 10 hours SoT. With only 30 mins of calls. Now it feels like a flagship. Not using mid power saving mode.....scree set to 1080p. Screen set to manual brightness at 40%
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
Been using this phone for around a week. Upgraded from an S7 Edge. To be honest, battery life is plain bad. Like seriously bad. If I've to turn everything off just to get some more juice, what's the whole point of shelling out 73K on this thing.

Samsung needs to take care of the idle battery drain. I'm really in a regret mode right now. No way this phone deserves 60k over S7 Edge. That was still a lovely phone.

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Not everyone sits around at home and use wifi. People go out and use 4G as well. Not everyone uses just Chrome and WhatsApp. And what's the point of turning AOD off when it itself is a heavily marketed feature. I would be more than happy if I get 6 hours SoT with everything enabled, which I'm not clearly getting. What's funny is, I'm a VLSI engineer myself and working on a Samsung project. We try our best and churn out the best hardware you can possibly get. Yet they **** up in the software department. Shame really.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
That's true...but aod is truly a battery hog..if u check gsmarena stats for any phone...aod really increases the battery drain...I agree that the standby drain needs to be reduced drastically...am hoping for newer firmware updates to fix that...I have disabled a ton of Samsung apps and services....and use it kinda like a pixel phone..replacing most of the Samsung apps with Google ones...I usually use it mainly for WhatsApp and browsing..and camera and music..till Samsung fixes the standby battery drain...disable Samsung apps and services and disable aod. It really helps. Few pages back, I have mentioned that this is the ****tiest phone in terms of battery life...now it's freaking awesome...provided u use it like me...not trying to rub salt or anything...but u really need to do a lot of work to get great battery life with this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] IndDoc:
This is wrong on their part, they cannot refuse the exchange because of no headphones. As a matter of fact, they don't need any accessories or box/bill. Just the phone. If they refused because of any physical defect then it's valid. At least the online store works like that.

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I have never used background sync since my first Android phone, and haven't used it for this phone either. Apart from that, everything is untouched for me. I can hit 5-6hrs of SoT with mixed 4G/Wifi usage. Are you sure you're getting good signal strength? Although I must admit that I expected the battery to be much better than this. A Note 8 with smaller battery and bigger screen has more SoT.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
It's nice to hear that the phone suits your needs. But background sync is a must for me at least. And that's the area where this phones fails badly in power management. Turning background sync off and getting 5 hrs of SoT is nothing to brag about IMHO.

Anyway, cheers if it's enough for you.

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You didn't get my point. I said why do I need to turn everything off? That's not why I paid such an amount or did I?

Battery life was better on S7 edge out of the box. I didn't turn anything off except Samsung apps ****.

Guess I'll have to live with it now. On a side note, if you hope Samsung is going to release any update to fix the idle battery drain, you're in bad luck. It's only gonna get worse from here, not better. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] IndDoc:
It wasn't bragging, it was a suggestion. If you need the sync option, of course you're free to leave it on.

Obviously you're the one of the very few people having such a terrible battery life on this phone. Either your piece has some hardware defect, or your aggressive usage pattern isn't meant for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
True that. The initial week has been horrible for me too. I have background sync turned on for two Gmail accounts..one official email. It's just u need to check and disable whatever apps u don't need to get the best battery life. I never had to do anything when I used my pixel 2 XL and battery life out of the box was awesome...used to consistently get 8-9 hours SoT. If firmware doesn't fix the standby drain, then either pixel 2 XL or the newer phones r the only choice.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
It's not an ideal situation....but if Samsung doesn't remove useless services and apps, we gotta do it ourselves...but again, when u r buying a Samsung flagship, it's a given that there are a ton of useless apps and services which would be a battery hog. Disabling them is the only way to go. YMMV. I have also noticed that disabling fast charging while charging seems to retain the charge a lil while longer. I turn on fast charging only when I am on the run.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] awan39:
Hello everybody.

Someone tried any call recording app for S9+ ? Is it working fine?

Getting feedback in several forums that Exynos variant (SM-G965F) does not record voice of other party.