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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] h3ck:
The game changer here aside from a slightly more efficient CPU, is the fact that the s9+ has 6GB of RAM. That's gonna be the difference over all on performance. Right now I haven't messed with transitions (in developer options) or done any of the "Optimizations" normally recommended for a Samsung phone and it is lightning fast. I have the Snapdragon version too, not the Exynos. But it's definitely noticeably faster and I had the S8+.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] datboycuong:
Coming from note 8 this phone is running even more smoothly than my note 8. It's like butter!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] JCon0320:
I'm strongly leaning on getting the s9+ from At&t. The only problem is that it has a locked bootloader. I've been on the flashaholic routine ever since my first android phone (htc OneX). Should I just purchase the At&t version and probably never get root/custom ROM ever? Purchasing the unlocked version would still be affected since it's the snapdragon version. Would that version (SM-G965U) have s better chance of getting root etc in the future, or is the snapdragon s9+ just locked down?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] GodXen:
Well, first when i unpacked the phone it looked like its slow, and unresponsive, now i sat animation scales to 0,5 feels way smoother and faster.

Anyway doesnt feel any lags or stutters right now. But unfortunately had some kind of weird black screen where i was able to open side panel, but not anything else. wasnt even able to restart at first tries, locking screen and AOD worked with no problems. I hope that was one time deal :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] exocetdj:
Cant speak for the s9 but the plus i have has no lag whatsoever.

Exynos version is flying.

Very impressed
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ticalo:
Do you even own a 9+?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Keive:
Moved from a Pixel 2 XL to a new Galaxy S9+ (Exynos). Definitely less smooth. With animations off on both phones it's easy to see the S9+ is slightly laggier / occasional stutters (with bloatware disabled, too).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ticalo:
Would love to see a comparison video
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vimto25:
That's good to no I was curious to what people thought about the s9+ from the note 8.

Im Looking forward to the note 9 when released later this year
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] LIVEFRMNYC:
Had a flawless experience with the Note 8 from release to yesterday, so I except the same with my new S9+. So far so good.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] TheMadScientist:
This thread has been cleaned now lets keep it on topic.....
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] juzzystar:
For me the stock Samsung apps and instagram are pretty much lag free with a jitter every now and then however Facebook is a hot mess, its laggy AF and as jittery as a crack whore and thats embarrassing on a flagship. Considering FB make insta hopefully it will be optimised one-day soon
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bethedealer:
I also came from a Pixel 2 XL. It is apparently less smooth on my new S9+. There are frame drops here and there. But this may not be apparent to others. I am quite picky on this. BTW mine is SD variant.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] mufaa:
FB is just terrible. I uninstalled the app and I am now using it from the browser, which is a far better experience.

Insta is decent. Scrolling and loading images and profiles is fine. But going in and out of stories, the animation almost always drops frames. Also loading up DMs is choppy as ****.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] sancho55:
MY s9 is painfully slow, mostly when waking up from AOD, not to mention Samsung Pay.

Samsung Pay is super inconsistent, sometimes it will work from lock screen/AOD, sometimes it wont, its like 50/50. Sometimes insane lags when switching between apps from waking.

Seems that Exynos takes quite a wile to wake up from deep sleep..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Fyahstarter:
I will never believe anyone who tells me that they have a Samsung phone that doesn't lag.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Galaxo60:
I guess you won't believe me, but I feel snappier and faster the S9+ than my previous Pixel 2 XL.

So far no lag or any other issues, but is a matter of having properly adjusted all the settings and options.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
No lag, nothing toned down, Exynos and Nova

Razor sharp phone
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Galaxo60:
Same for me with Exynos and Pixel launcher.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vw65bus:
Yep, I originally thought my s9 plus didn't until it did. Traded it for the 9 to see if any different. Nope. So I ordered a pixel 2xl yesterday. Between my note 8 s9 plus and now s9 I think I might finally be done with Samsung. I'm tired of all the crashes and lag. Honestly thought when it doesn't happen I believe it's the fastest phone I've ever owned including my 5t.

I would just keep my s9 but my banking keeps crashing and only way to fix it is to delete it and re download. Gets annoying.

Oh and got the note 8 8.0 update yesterday and now my note scrolls back to the top of things on its own like in YouTube and browser. Not sure what's going on there guess I'll have to do a factory reset. Oh well.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ticalo:
Weird, I've had my s9 plus since launch and no crashes nor lag. My previous 5t crashed more often than any other phone I've owned
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vw65bus:
Might be network related or just the build of phones but sucks ether way.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Beanyness:
All Galaxy phones have lag. This isn't debatable. You can see it with hardware monitoring apps and with your eyes. Anyone who says otherwise is a effing liar, or blind/brain damaged. My S9+ drops frames by just swiping up the apps screen.

The S9/S9+ with the Snapdragon 845 SoC is very decent with lag compared to other phones though, but it's not as smooth as a Pixel 2 XL. The Exynos 9810 version lags more because Samsung have totally messed it up in software (CPU scheduler and DVFS) and the CPU takes hundreds of milliseconds to reach the full 2.7GHz, which is an eternity in CPU time. It's probably also why the battery life is so much worse on the Exynos S9 version, and definitely why it scores lower in CPU benchmarks. Although the new M3 cores are excellent in the new Exynos, class leading, and it would be faster than the Snapdragon 845 for sure if Samsung didn't screw up the scheduler and DVFS. Very disappointing stuff though and it's why i bought the Snapdragon version.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] todd3835:
Coming from a v20, the 9+ has practically no lag. I've encountered issues twice in the 2+ weeks I've had it. Both times were in regards to Waze crashing. Today it was because of the automation I have setup.

I have an app that when my phone connects to my Bluetooth car kit, it opens waze, and plays music. My car kit was capping out on me, and it rapidly connected and disconnected 3 times in 10 seconds, which caused the app to rapidly open and close 3 times. Waze first locked up my phone and then refused to load until I rebooted.

The only other time I've had an issue was again when Waze locked up my phone.

I've experienced a handful of UI hiccups, but overall, this phone has given me the least amount of problems of any phone I've ever owned, on stock or stock based software, including my Nexus 6.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Galaxo60:
Isn't debatable?, you speak like if you had the universal truth in your hands.

I'm coming from Mate 9 Pro, Pixel 2 XL, U11+ and now this S9+ (Exynos) and this is the fastest one of all of them, and I'm not blind or brain damaged, but as you can see, I come from flagships phones and usually I try them all each year. I change phones pretty often to see the weaknesses and strengths of each, but I'm feeling home with this S9+, even when is my first Samsung ever.

You can come and put a lot of technical things (from Anandtech), but the real life experience another story. Even with the Pixel 2 XL I faced a lot of issues, and all the bugs and things that I was blaming in other devices, were the same in the Pixel and I understood that it wasn't because of the customized UI in non Android Stock devices, but was because Android itself was kind of broken.

I'm pretty happy with my phone, it has no lag at all, connects super fast to my car and battery life has been pretty decent, in pair with the Pixel 2 XL I returned.

I would pick this S9+ easily over any other phone in the market all day.

Maybe you can say you don't like the phone, but saying it lags is far away from the truth.

;)

After having a Pixel 2 XL, this is so true.

:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] WorldIRC:
Great suggestion!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] nviz22:
You think the Pixel 3/3XL will change that view though? I am impressed with the S9+ for its software features and speedy performance. Touchscreen issues and the lack of battery life have me not too keen on the device right now. I am getting my current S9+ replace today. If that helps, it's a keeper. If it doesn't, I may have to wait for the HTC U12+ or OnePlus 6. If the 5T was still available in the US w/ a student discount, I would've purchased that and call it a compromise between price and hardware since I don't get water resistance or a QHD+ screen. I only got the S9+ because of their student discount and another $100 off I had from a coupon saved Samsung gave me.

I only consider the Pixel 3 maybe later this year if the S9+ doesn't work out for me. If the Pixel 3 is like the iPhone X w/o pesky iOS and includes Pure Android? I would buy it in a heartbeat despite the notch. I would want an 18:9 aspect ratio or hell, give me a QHD+ screen while you're at it. But also include the fp sensor on the back because 3D facial recognition is not always the best solution.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Galaxo60:
I think the only thing Google need to improve in the Pixel 3 XL is the screen and low light capabilities with the camera, because honestly it sucked at night when recording video or even taking pictures. Was one of the reasons why I returned mine.

I was really disappointed with the camera performance in low light, is a messy grain and this S9+ put to shame the Pixel 2 XL.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] nviz22:
So if Google did a Pixel 3 XL in the form of the iPhone X, but with a bigger screen with the latest processor, 6gb RAM, improved stereo speakers, etc, that would be a cherry on top of what your suggested improvements are?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] spaladugu:
No lag issues with my US unlocked s9+. I am actually running it with power saving mode on and CPU speed limiter on as well, still no lag. There is the occasional stutter when running intensive apps such as google maps. Touchwiz is completely lag free and nothing crazy during everyday use.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vimto25:
Mines smooth and in beast mode lol.

Using pixel launcher 3.4 love it ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Galaxo60:
Problem in general with the Pixel 2 XL was quality control, too many issues and too random as well. You have from the people with no OS, to the blue in the screen, to the crackled speakers, to the people having problems with Bluetooth or fingerprint... is the phone that more returns have ever had in the history of mobile phones; some stores even had a big stock of refurbished Pixel 2 XL after only 2-3 weeks of launching the devices.

If Google wants to be competitive this year, it should get an S9+, put it stock Android and tag it with a decent price, because competition is getting harder with devices like U12+, Nokia 9 and Axon 8, all of them with great hardware and Android experience.

;)

Exactly the same setup in mine.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] nviz22:
I am thinking about going HTC U12+ because the S9+'s battery life is abysmal and the touchscreen doesn't recognize the first taps intermittently. In other words, I am on my 2nd S9+ device and have issues with my taps not being recognized. No screen protector on this device either. The S9+ was supposed to be the device I wanted that included everything I was looking for:

High quality AMOLED screen with ton of brightness, fast FP sensor, Facial Recognition/Iris Scanning, stereo speakers, USB Type C charging, headphone jack, strong build quality, water resistance, micro SD slot, minimal bezels with a higher aspect ratio, AOD, strong software features, and MST tech.

Now, I may go HTC U12+ because Samsung hasn't pushed out an update yet and my return period is only 15 days. With the rumored HTC U12+, the following things intrigue me:

845 processor with 6gb RAM

QHD+ screen with minimal bezels (LCD doesn't matter too much as long as really bright screen in direct sunlight)

Water Resistance

Strong Build Quality

3D Facial Recognition

Micro SD slot

Minimal bezels

Clean Software

Fast Updates

I am also looking at the OnePlus 6 for numerous reasons: Price point is lower than standard flagships in the past, specs, prospects of including water resistance, clean software, improved screen, and can work long term.

I really want to keep the S9+, but Samsung continues to test my patience with their lack of software updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] farhadtarapore:
Memory leaks may cause the performance to degrade over time. May not be immediately apparent.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Galaxo60:
Memory leaks are not that common in devices with plenty of resources like the S9+. Anyway, a simple reboot can fix those.

;)
[General Questions and Answers] hed190:
Hey guys,

I want to know what partitions on my Redmi Note 3 Pro SD aren't touched when i flash a Rom.

I want to know that because i can have some corruption on some partition that isn't fixed when i flash a Rom.

Regards,

hed190
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] raducanmihai:
I have a Galaxy S9 Duos (Exynos) and I have an issue when viewing an HDR clip (ex YouTube) on a very dark environment - like at night, in a room with no lights.

When playing the video, the screen keeps changing brightness depending on the light coming from the clip. I suspect the brightness sensor reads some of the brightness from the screen and, as the images change in brightness, the screen brightness changes too. It happens only with HDR videos and I have no issues if I watch the video in normal or dim light, only in complete darkness.

I am wondering if any of you have experienced this?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] ben-fisher-bro:
I have the same in certain scenarios on my Exynos model.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] tim84us:
i have the same issue - but i dont think is to do with the light in the room but with youtube app

i aslo have HDR on netflix and Amazon - and i can confirm both work OK

on you tube however it changes - flickers id say - based on whatever is displayed on the video -

so am guessing is a youtube issue
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] raducanmihai:
It's good to hear that I'm not the only one having this issue (so my phone is not defective) and it's even better to find that it's only on YouTube (I don't have any other HDR streaming services to test it with). That means it will probably be fixed pretty soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Razkov:
Hi,

I have a similar issue with the YouTube app on the S9+ exynos version (UK) but after the March update it didn't happen again for the same video. Although, when I compared YouTube playback with the S8. It didn't seem that HDR was enabled for the same video.

Also the native video player is also not playing back HDR video with it enabled although 'HDR' is bold in the title, identifying that it is a HDR clip. The same clip plays on the S8 with HDR enabled. I wonder why it's inactivated out of the box.

I contacted Samsung on Friday 9th March and they took my serial number and IMEI. They said they'd get back to me this week.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] kendoka15:
I'm getting this with the S9+ Snapdragon version. Doesn't seem to happen every time though. I killed the youtube app and when I watched the same HDR video again it didn't happen this time while HDR was definitely on.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] BackDaws:
Doesn't do it when watching in normal light conditions but constantly does in low light .
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] lucianus_luciferus:
Same issue here...
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] AnandMads:
S9 plus-US

I also have the same problem in YouTube I'm using s9 plus snapdragon version US , I usually keep the brightness about like 10 to 20% and when I enter into a HDR video and tilt my screen the brightness just goes up drastically and sometimes flickers.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] jamesrick80:
The fix is placing it in cinema mode and turning off adaptive display mode whenever you watch hdr on YouTube on the s9 or s9 plus. Adaptive mode changes the brightness especially in low light when watching hdr. Also keep video enhancer on........
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] gosa:
Hi all,

First of all - forgive me if the subject has been up before - I did a bit of searching, but could't really find much about the subject.

I'm generally very pleased with the Mi A1 (my 4th "main" android phone after HTC Desire, SGS3 & OPO) but one thing that is giving me a bit of grief is this thing with access to my sd card, more precisely with copying content to the card by using different apps like root explorer, dropbox, dropsync pro etc.

Two very common actions in my usage are:

- Start an ftp-server on the phone and push new episodes of whatever tv-series I'm watching for the moment from computer to phone

- Open root explorer in my phone and copy stuff from my Dropbox folder to my phone (and back)

Neither of these actions can be done in my A1 (stock Oreo). The phone actually give the appearance of giving me the option to choose the sd-card but when trying to actually transfer something there it get's stuck before finishing or just return an error when trying.

So my question is - to get back to actually having rights to transfer stuff to my SD card without any problems, which of the below options would be the "easiest":

1. Does this work if I downgrade to Nougat?

2. Would rooting be enough if I stay on Oreo?

3. Can I transfer more freely with LOS 15.x?

4. Other options?

I actually found one thread mentioning this as a problem in stock Oreo so I know I'm not alone with the problem.

Thanks in advance,

/gosa
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] djordi:
Hi,

Found this when searching Google for solutions this problem.

At the moment my only way of getting files onto the memory card is to download them to the internal storage and then using "Stock" file manager to copy them to the memory card... A bit to many steps if you ask me.

I was thinking that rooting might solve it but haven't gotten around to it yet.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] anibal6767:
hi

Here one more with the same problem. I have the My A1 in ROM Stock Oreo 8 with root via magisk, and it is tedious and annoying not to be able to write to the external SD. I use ADM, apps for downloads Torrent, Solid Explorer.

Having Root I had the opportunity to try several possible solutions. Here some of them (note: none worked, nor resolved) :( I expose them in case someone else wants to try, possibly something will work for them.

Root ??????

SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD. (Developed by NextApp)

Magisk Modules??????

App Systemizer

ExSDCard Access Enabler

Xposed ??????

Marshmallow SD fix

KitKat SD Card Full Access (Caution: gives many errors in OS)

Handle External Storage

One way to take it with Solid Explore (it's more visual than the Stock Explorer):

* Solid Explorer, to paste or write to SD, always go to Root / mnt / media_RW / SD Card

As I mentioned. None of the above worked for me.

The only way to solve the problem momentarily is to download and use the apps all in the internal memory, with the stock file explorer moving the files to the external SD in a step later.

If someone can give light to this problem or a possible solution I will be very grateful.

*(sorry for my English)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] .:Addicted:.:
Have you tried binding folder/creating softlink
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] anibal6767:
Could you explain how it is done? Or inform about the subject.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] gosa:
Just got 8.1 and the problem is gone.
[General Questions and Answers] NordanB:
Can anyone recommend an online booking widget that can install into my website so clients can book appointments? I need both me and the clients to receive text message and email alerts.
[General Questions and Answers] NordanB:
Well I have done a lot of research and tested many online booking software.

The best solution i found that can install into my website is from Chatwing.(yes the same Chatwing chat room software provider!)

The Chatwing booking solution covered everything i needed including both text message and email new appointment confirmations. You can also choose to send client's text message and email appointment reminders both 24 hours and 1 hour before appointments which is very helpful, the controls are there to choose both options or only 1 of them.
[Raspberry Pi General] Sherry12345:
Is OpenVPN a good VPN server or are there better alternatives?

What about a VPN client in Windows: are there VPN clients (build-in) that can connect to an OpenVPN server?

thanks for any answer in advance.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jmaniac55:
I think you guys will be very happy with the battery life on Android P (FYI this is with Greenify installed and basic optimizations)

Let me know if you have any questions about battery life on Android P

Obviously apps stats at the bottom are messed up, considering they removed app stats and it is enabled as an experimental feature
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AndrasLOHF:
I'm still getting the best battery life I've ever gotten from any phone on Oreo, so any improvements are all the better.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Meh...I'll stick to "O" ????
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
I have to ask 7hr xda

Are you on every forum every thread? ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Yeah...pretty much. Just like you bro! ????
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
if u go into dev settings u can view the oreo way of the battery stats fyi
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dieselhazza:
Your device must be rooted.

I don't see how that is possible.

Also what apps did you use during your usage. Better to show that with battery stats
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Yep, it's rooted. Just goes to show how deceiving SOT can be, and why you can't compare your stats to anyone else. My usage is based mostly on reading and posting on XDA, 90% on wifi, some phone calls, texts, YouTube, and chrome. Things change a lot for me when Summer comes with farm work and the device moving a lot. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dieselhazza:
I like my devices stock. I had note 8 for a day or two but hated the battery life so instead got a pixel 2 XL. I get pretty good battery life but nothing like yours. I'm happy with 7hrs SOT
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Telperion:
I have a Pixel 2, but I go back and forth between both forums since there's so much commonality.

I have excellent battery life on P, better than 8.1 with the same usage pattern. Like [MENTION=3730810]Badger50[/MENTION] says you can't truly compare from person to person, only from release to release. I have 2 Gmail accounts syncing, 1 Exchange account on Nine, most of my communication is through Facebook Messenger, but I also make video calls through Duo, and I use GPS (Waze, Runtastic, etc) heavily. Good battery life for me would be awful for Badger, but my battery life compared to 8.1 is better.