yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Oh okay. How's your battery life going on? Mine hasn't seen any improvements whatsoever even with black theme, FHD+ resolution, gallery sync off, nearby device Scanning off, wifi power saving on etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
So today I'm hit by the heating bug. Phone constantly above 42 degrees and hitting a peak of 48 while on speakerphone. And this is in an air conditioned environment.

Was there any clear solution or will I need to debug it painfully?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
No solution.It's the poor heat management of the weirdly tweaked Exynos SoC thoroughly explained in anandtech's research.

Some "doubtful" people in other forums acting as if there isn't such issue itself is doubtful.

A "fix" from Samsung isn't certain as Samsung never accepted when they screwed up. Possible solution : Galaxy Note 9.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
So it seems that disabling background activities in Android system has helped bring it down to 31. Either that or the cooler master app (which I have my doubts with)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Workarounds as such are there. But the heat-performance-battery combo issues keep arising unpredictably.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
True. It's happening again today. Guess will have to live with it until Sammy solves it for us
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
True that

Even my phone will heat up suddenly and battery consumption would be high and the phone lags

And then there are times where it is too smooth.

Should i sell it and buy the upcoming oneplus 6 .

What say?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
Nope. Don't do that. Give them a chance with an update. It's a sw issue. Screen is too good to shift to oneplus.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
I have a oneplus 5T. It's smooth, very fast, doesn't lag, doesn't heat up or doesn't have gimmicky bloatwares and it has a fantastic batterylife.

But.. it's camera is bad, not reliable like the galaxies and OTA updates have been always buggy. And what I've noticed is oneplus' T models are the "tuned" models of the original ones,meaning - yet to see how the oneplus 6 will actually perform from every aspect...... So it's your call to take.

Personally I'm just not happy with the s9 plus, I'll wait for few weeks more with a "thin" hope of Samsung fixing what's been screwed up , if they do not, I'll get a pixel 2 (used 2 xl earlier) and keep redmi note 5 Pro as Secondary phone(using it) till note 9 comes up.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
So how do you compare pixel 2 xl with s9 plus in every aspect?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
P2xl over s9 plus:

1. Better batterylife.

2. Smoother performance.

3. No heating or throttling, heats up only when u do something very much graphics intensive.

4. Overall better camera.

5. Clean UI.

6. Feels lighter in hand.

S9+ over P2XL:

1. Better calibrated screen where everything pops up and viewing angles are great.(still suffers from black crush issue).

2. Looks much better.

3. Headphone jack, SD card slot. (not my thing though).

5. Sounds good with Dolby Atmos, P2xl suffers from rattling speaker distortion issue and is a hardware thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
From the above pros and cons i would chose the pixel over s9

Cameras are crazy with pixel 2
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jshashwat93:
I am currently visiting India for a few weeks and have an unlocked S9+ US variant. It was locked under AT&T however I got it unlocked for this trip. All carrier sim cards are working for me perfectly except Jio. I can only use 4G on it and cannot make any calls. If I call on the Jio number I don't get the call however I get an sms stating I have missed a call. Is this related to VOLTE, some specific bands missing on the Snapdragon version or some setting I need to change?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kumar abhishek:
Its related to volte. The US model doesnt support it. You have to use jio4gvoice app to make calls
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
As mysteriously as it started, my overheating problem is now resolved.

Waiting for pixel 3.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jshashwat93:
Assuming other Snapdragon phones released in India can handle VOLTE, can i do something with my Snapdragon S9+ to activate VOLTE (such as changing the firmware)?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
There is no S9 snapdragon variant in India.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Harsh:
Willing to swap my brand new S9+ brought on 13th April 2018 with bill box and all accessories with S9 or S9+ snapdragon variant. Will be in mumbai on 21st evening. And will be in US for 20 days if anyone there want dual SIM S9+ in exchange for snapdragon S9.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
I stay in Mumbai, can u bring the SD version of s9 plus from the US if in case it doesn't create any network compatibility issues? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Harsh:
I can bring SD version of S9 Plus, I am also thinking of selling my S9 plus in US for whatever price and get SD version of S9 (no plus). Plus is too big for my taste.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
I'll surely love to have one(SD, plus version) & will take steps further if needed. But would it become incompatible here for jio etc. or any other incompatibilities? Not getting a datasheet or such.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] denja12:
Snapdragon variants are not sold in india, only exynos officially, if you got a snapdragon model it's probally imported by a thief usually they are stolen phones from the US though, cant say that for suere about yours, so maybe its legit, you can find this out in one of those imei website checking website to see if the phone is blacklisted in the US, if so... its stolen goods
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Has anyone got ARD6 update? It's been 2 weeks since the update was released and ota has not arrived to indian phones yet
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Nope, still stuck with ARD1 with occasional mute calls and distortion.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
No mute calls here . But ard1 is still the latest .

The software hasent been released for india yet
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] masthiren:
Bought 256 G version under this offer with icici cashback as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
I am unable to browse through the timesofindia.com site. A site called random.org opens up.

Any solution for the same?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Using any ad/content blocker in Chrome or mozilla or such ? Instead, use Samsung browser and AdBlock fast. Or mention if there's something else in the story.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] saurabh808:
Which site?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] masthiren:
Samsung shop India.

https://shop.samsung.com/in/byod/
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
Thanks but in spite of activating adblock thr timesofindia website kept on redirecting to random.org.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Which browser u r getting it in?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
Samsung browser. Sorry i should have informed earlier.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shethsa:
I use opera and it's loading fine
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rushabh65:
I read a few posts from this thread and been using my S9 plus for over a month now. Here are my thoughts

I've been getting about 5 hrs SOT and 13 hrs of battery on heavy usage which include playing games like pubg and a lot of YouTube streaming. Not exceptional but certainly bearable.

I live in Pune with ambient temps around 40°C , my phone temp is around 35-36 and does go up during games and camera usage but I've never faced throttling issues like I've read in some other posts.

And then there is this black crush issues. Anyone tried to contact Samsung over this ?

Except for the black crush I'm extremely satisfied with my experience.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kirubhamadhu:
Screen protector

Anyone suggest me good screen protector either glass or plastic protector for s9 plus
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
https://www.xda-developers.com/navigation-gestures-iphone-x-app-xda/

Has anyone tried this app?

On non rooted phones?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] harry92008:
Please tell me the latest stock build available for India. I see ARD1 and when I check update, I get a message latest version is already available. I see in some threads ROMs with ARD4. Have we not received it in India?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Rare, I checked atleast 5 so far and all are garbage. I don't use screen protectors by the way, but was on a hunt to see if at all worth considering.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] billubakra:
Only available for corporate employees.

I guess I will wait for Note 9 because of the reasons that I mentioned in the previous posts.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] harry92008:
Anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Yes ARD1 is the latest and we have not received ARD4 update but the update we will receive this week may or will contain support for dual volte, call recorder, may security patch
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
What is the source of this information.?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
https://youtu.be/e1dTXi5Ns7E

https://youtu.be/_3dK2VVp4Rk
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
I think these are just the assuptions of poeple posting such videos .

These havent been acknowledged by samsung yet
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Bro i already said that we may or may not get this features update
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
The coming update for india is tsking sometime , so i think it should be a major update with a new kernel amd probably with android 8.1 , that should fix the batter / android system / lagging issues
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
I don't think we will get 8.1 because samsung has skipped updates like this many times
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
I think this time we should be getting 8.1 because s9 supports project treble.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Let's see
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Any Indian user visited Samsung service center for the black crush issue? Just curious.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
I dont think service centres other than that of apple are worth visiting .

Because other service centres including that of samsung would always blame the customer and never accept the problem :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Very true. So technically, people haven't visited as every1 knows its not worth visiting :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
BRE5 update released in germany for 960F. Wonder what are the changes
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
I was right about dual volte and about no 8.1 too
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
No hope of fixing the battery issue yet, then.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Maybe they have fixed it but not mentioned it in the changelist
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Could be. Lets see.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
BRE5 update has resolved the black crush issue completely. Check out the black crush topic on xda.

Has anyone received the update yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
I have downloaded it from samfirm
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
I dont even understand what csc is , so i am not taking risks for downloading myslf
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
Have you checked whether the black banding issue is resolved?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
I never had black banding issues
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rushabh65:
My S9+ is still on ARD1 with no available updates.

So are we gonna get ARD4 or directly the BRE5 update, which seems to have resolved banding.

Also is it safe if I flash the firmware over ARD1 from samfirm ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
Directly BRE5

There are issues if u flash the firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Yes it is safe, i have flashed it
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Do we need to change the CSC if we flash it directly over Indian firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
No, csc will remain the same by flashing home csc oxm file but don't flash csc oxm file
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Thanks for the update bro.

In the process of flashing, however it seems to be stcuk at flashing SYSTEM for more than 15mins.

How long did it take for you?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Did u unlock the bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Nopes......

Now what do I do? Dont think the phone will boot up post this.

Will a factory reset resolve the issue?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
You can close the odin and try to restart the phone
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Did that bro... get a green screen saying firmware update was unsuccessful.

Trying to flash only AP for ARD1 (prev firmware) to see if thats successful.

Device is up post flashing only AP.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
But i think you can still start the device without flashing
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Nopes.... it would just show a blusih green color screen stating that software update was not successful.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Go to recovery mode and restart the device
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Cant go in. Nothing happens when I did that button combo.

Post flashing AP of ARD1, booted up and disabled OEM lock.

Still getting stuck while flashing system. Not sure why.

Tried BRE5 downloaded from 2 diff locations to check in case I had a corrupt file. Still getting stuck.

Dont want to change CSC but thats what I will try next. Will try with CSC instead of HOME_CSC.

Any other ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
On the BRE5 firmware, plz go to Settings>About phone>Software info>Kernel version and do let me know the complete version number mentioned there.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Try downloading the firmware from samfirm. I downloaded it from there
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Download the firmware from samfirm
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Tried that as well.

Now trying to flash all components individually and it only stops half way when flashing system.

This is frustrating.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Yeah, I've been downloading firmwares from samfirmware only since the days of GT-I9000;)

..

So the kernel version has changed, I'll flash & see if at all any batterylife, performance, heat issue been fixed. R u noticing any other change apart from the black crush, banding?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
No don't flash them individually

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Nope but device is little snappier now
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Which version of Odin did you use?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
3.13.1
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] IndDoc:
Ordered via samsung store. Saved around 15k by exchanging with galaxy note 5. Anyone know how the Samsung store exchange work?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] PratikP:
Surprisingly, the launch of S9/S9+ has yet not given a price drop to S8/S8+/N8. This time around samsung is really milking the market due to the amazing design!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Gonzo105:
Does anyone know when the stock would be back in Flipkart?

They removed the phone listing also from the site
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
No idea.

Check it again on 16th or 19th March.

If you want, you can buy it in samsung store. It has the same offers.

Not sure why they removed the entire listing.

Also, they did not update/provide the lucky winners list.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kumar abhishek:
They even promised a day prior delivery to winners and didnt even announce winners yet. Bad policy from flipkart
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nootropic:
Samsung store says that shipping starts 14th March. Anyone who purchased on Samsung store and their order has been shipped?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] skprasad:
Order have started shipping

My order status has been updated to shipped, but the tracking number is not showing any results on the courier company's website.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
Does anyone getting the S9/S9+ today?

Whats your order status?

I've ordered it from Flipkart. Mine was shipped yesterday and im expecting it tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] clavicle:
Samsung is becoming another Xiaomi, I had prebooked a coral blue and now for the past two days I am unable to place any order.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] skprasad:
Its showing shipped as of now. Hopefully will get it tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sam9908:
Samsung S9 & S9+ is available on Flipkart with offer.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] madnav:
That's not how it works.

3.5k less towards interest will be recovered as interest in those EMIs.

Your actual saving effectively is only 14.7k
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
Mine was shipped on 14th and it is arriving tomorrow
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rapier07:
Didn't know that. Anyways 14 is also good.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] madnav:
Sure it is.

I am saving 11.6k.

5700 for Mi4 :silly:

-100 for pickup charge

6000 for HDFC EMI :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nootropic:
Mine got shipped today, arrives tomorrow according to Blue Dart. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] PG101:
Have mine in hand.. an absolute beast!! Coral blue is so subtle and slick!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kaustubth:
Samsung upgrade

Anybody knows how the exchange works on the Samsung online store for the Samsung upgrade offer..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] lycan_codex:
I picked mine from Samsung smart cafe yesterday at 1130 am. Phone is blazing fast. Battery life is not great like pixel 2 XL. Hoping the newer firmware updates would improve the standby and SoT
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] charming.arpit:
Swapped my S8 with S9 plus .. Got the delivery 2 days back.. Must say that its lot more fast. Camera is awesome. The best feature is BP monitor.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Cud it be due to the fact that mine is 256GB?

I cant seem to find a reason why this is failing.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
No idea bro
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Has got nothing to do with storage capacity. U possibly bricked the phone in the process. Don't freak out. Download the original firmware(the one u had already) , and flash it. And then start over.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Did that thirce now bro..... Same issue. BRE5 just wouldnt flash. Gets stuck halfway through flashing SYSTEM.

ARD1 flashes fine. Its just BRE5 that wouldnt flash.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Ohh okay. :o

Has the BRE5 firmware u downloaded been corrupted by any means? Just guessing. U can redownload and check.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Downloaded from 4 diff sources. Same issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Now I'm starting to think if at all it has got anything to do with @ storage partitioning or such for d 256 gigs..! :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
I flashed the BRE5 and first thing I noticed is the black crush is gone....
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MobFreak2799:
So you successfully flashed it then
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Yup. Have been using odin since eternity :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shuvadeep:
Finally flashed BRE5. Tried it on my server running Win Server 2016 Datacenter. Worked like a charm.

Not sure why my office lappy with Win 10 1703 wouldnt flash the same files.

Black crushing issue is resolved. Phone seems to be snappier though that could be due to the factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Nice to see this, that u could flash finally and thus implying that its got nothing to do with the storage capacity.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
How much time does it usually takes for the OTA to reach india?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
OTAs come with no ETA and pushed via dedicated servers in batches. But if specifically u r talking about "BRE5", it should arrive soon as it's with the monthly security patch of May and the last one's build date was on 10th April, pushed over a month back.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] InsertDumbNick:
Microphone issues with 3rd party apps

Hi All!

I was wondering if anybody was having issues with the microphone especially on VoIP services like Whatsapp. On a call, the person at the other end tells me that my voice fades in and out like I'm moving the phone towards and away from me. It's super annoying when I checked on the other end. Also, on speaker, it's almost useless. On doing some research, I found that a lot of users were facing this issue. Was wondering if anybody here also has this.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
Pakistan has got the ARE6 that means india will also get the same .

Does ARE6 has the new kernal changes?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rushabh65:
No. It just has the May secirity patch. I might install the BRE5 via odin, I just had one question. If I install the bre5 via odin will I get future Samsung updates via OTA bcos it seems bre5 is not scheduled for India ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
No kernel v change? Source?

No you won't get future updates as it's not meant for India. You will have flash the old one meant for India and then update it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rushabh65:
Read it the stock firmware thread, it is just 52 mb with the may security patch

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Is your phone working as intended, since you have flashed bre5.

Are functionalities like dual sim and Volte still working ?