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[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
First of all, thanks again so much to all of those who helped me with my question of whether I should upgrade from my Gear S3 - your input was greatly appreciated, and my ultimate decision in no way invalidates it - I agree with all of the points you made. But after finally pulling the trigger and picking up a GW4 Classic 46mm, all I can say is... meh.

Nothing about the watch 'wowed' me. In fact, there wasn't even anything that I really liked, unlike my Gear S3. OK, maybe having Google Maps is cool, and I'm sure once we get Google Assistant - but right now, out of the box - meh. Plus, there were too many things that irritated me.

This watch is expensive - even with a $100 Best Buy discount - and that skinny, cheap @$$ed band (in only one size too!) really irritated me (although, TBF, it is comfortable). I've realized the health features are more of a gimmick to me than actually useful features (and the main ones aren't even natively available in Canada).

I hated the look of the Wear interface. I hated that the number pad is not optimized for a round watch like in Tizen. I couldn't find one watch face I really liked. Not one. (And what's with that stupid initial that's always present on the stock watch face, even when you customize your initials??)

I love the punchy, blue Frontier face on my Gear S3 - those mostly greyscale stock GW4 watch faces don't do anything for me. Sure, I might be able to find one from a dev, make one, etc. - but I shouldn't have to, and when I shell out big $$ for a piece of tech, I expect it to have at least something I love, and a few things I really like.

The GW4, at least in it's current state, does nothing (or perhaps more accurately, nothing that I need) that my Gear S3 doesn't do. My Gear S3 will continue to suit my needs just fine for the foreseeable future.

I completely understand why others might like it's design, features, etc. - but, for me, I realize now I was just eyeing it and buying it because it's new and shiny and, for my money, it's got to do more than that. It should at least impress me, 'wow' me somehow, in some way - and it doesn't. It's going back. Sorry guys. 😕

*UPDATE* OK, so - I decided to keep it after all. Well, I did return the first one, but then they went on sale for a lower price in addition to the $100 trade-in discount, so I couldn't resist at that price. And I figured I should give it more time, and see how things go. Not gonna lie, I tried out the Google Maps navigation on the bike today, and was thoroughly impressed, with the directions on my wrist and voice turn-by-turn through my Galaxy Buds - so, finally a 'wow' feature.

*UPDATE #2* GBoard is a treat too - the swipe typing and voice input are so much better/easier to use than T9.

Anyway, thanks again everyone for all the advice, your experiences etc. - let's see how Samsung and Google do with this thing. 😊
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] shawkes:
Have you heard of paragraphs? I don't think anyone is going to read that unformatted wall of text.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
Yeah, sorry - I guess I'm not used to writing such long posts, and it's kinda hard to break up a rant - but good point, fixed that.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] rmiles7721:
Thanks for the writeup.

Interesting to see everyone's reviews, quite a few have your take on it. Personally, I upgraded from a gen 1 Moto 360 so I this was a definite nice upgrade.

While it would be nice to have Google assistant, I rarely use it (and don't see using Bigby either) so it's not a game changer for me. Love being able to use Gpay on it though. I was having issues with Riru and being able to use Gpay on my phone for a while so being able to pay with the watch was a life saver.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] thanito:
Having upgraded fro Gwa2 to gw4c, I must say that the watch is indeed an upgrade, save for the battery life though. I was charging my Gwa2 every 3 4 days for the first 1.5years of ownership and once every 2 3 days the last months before it died on me while swimming.

Considering tho that I only spent 75euros to get the gw4c 46mm (I got a credit from Samsung for the cost of the Gwa2, instead of them repairing it, which was WAY too perfect for me since it happened one month before the gw4 official release🤣), I can only say good things for the watch; if I could only stretch the battery to charge it every two nights, for the time being it barely makes it.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
Yes, I was looking forward to using GPay (in addition to Samsung Pay) as I have a credit card linked to GPay that Samsung Pay won't accept - but it turns out that GPay can't use that card for tap payments either.

I do think Google Assistant will be useful for starting navigation, making calls etc., as it is simply so much better and accurate than Bixby.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
I know my rant may leave the wrong impression for a lot of folks, so I just want to be clear that there is no question that the GW4 is an upgrade over its predecessors, especially my old Gear S3 - what I was really trying to say is that my Gear S3 does all the basic things I need it to do (notifications and calls while my phone is in my daypack on the bike, and Samsung Pay, even with international phones that can't use Samsung Pay). And I like the look and feel of it and Tizen better.

But beyond that, the folks who provided advice as to whether to upgrade or not were absolutely right, the GW4 is definitely an upgrade - I just struggle with justifying the cost when the Gear S3 does what I need it to do already, and so many things about the GW4 bugged me. Samsung is imitating Apple more and more it seems, and being cheap as f*ck doing it, too (i.e., just compare the Gear S3 box to the GW4, the chargers, the straps - and for less money!).

I should add that battery life and charging times were two areas where I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting the worst, but I found that the watch charged fairly quickly, and battery life wasn't as bad as I was thought it would be (although nowhere near the 3+ days I get on the Gear S3 of course).
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] spangelaregreat:
You already know from my previous post I did the same transition and did have similar thoughts about the differences between the Gear S3 and the GW4 but for me it was worth the change. From reading across XDA and Reddit on the GW4 it is definitely not meeting everybody's expectations. There is a good deal of room for Samsung to improve the software (not unexpected for me given the Tizen journey) and this is an area it is not fulfilling expectations. Battery life is another as again there does appear room for better optimisation but I am not very optimistic about that.

More than happy with my transition, the benefits of working Samsung Pay, physical size and feel and fulfilling all the uses I put the Gear S3 to makes it a win for me. The only drawback thus far has been the slightly less (on average about 12 hours less than the Gear S3) battery life.

Getting a £115 trade in for the Gear S3 also tipped the balance in terms of overall value of the change.

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
Yes, thank you so much spangelaregreat, your posts were very helpful, especially your review under Review/Comparison (Gear S3) & Mods. I definitely wondered (and still wonder, as I haven't actually made the trek back to Best Buy yet) if I shouldn't give it more time. I may still change my mind, not least because I know you're right, the GW4 is still new, and will no doubt improve rapidly, and I know I might regret it if I take it back. I'll be sure to let folks know if I do. Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] spangelaregreat:
No problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] mickliq:
I just rec'd my GW4-44mm late yesterday afternoon. I quickly set it up and swapped out my GA2 for it. I'd agree there's very close to zero wow factor since they are so similar physically, and One UI makes them operate similarly too. I purchased the GW4 because of the things Tizen can't do...namely Google Maps (when you're out walking or biking), Google Pay (my cards aren't supported on Samsung Pay), Google Keep. The display also seems a bit blacker/sharper but it's subjective.

So, it does what I expected it to, but it's a point upgrade. Unlike with Tizen, the watch can actually get better if there are more and different apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
Agreed - and this is something I was very conscious of as I weighed my decision - that is, as much as I like Tizen, it's a dead end, whereas as much as I dislike Wear OS, it can only (hopefully) get better.

I will be very disappointed however if Samsung and Google don't sort out the bugs, and bring Google Assistant to the GW4.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] MKchrias:
How did you get Google Keep to work, mine just keeps saying syncing?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] mickliq:
I didn't do anything special. I went into the Watch Play store, picked "apps on phone", selected Keep (among others), and when I first launched it, it asked me what account I wanted to sync.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] carlitos66:
Returned mine Watch 4 as well. Not much improvement over my Galaxy Watch 3. It maybe has sharper display, but I would love slightly bigger display area.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
I would definitely hang on to a Watch 3 for a while - my Gear S3 is 5 years old! I have swapped out the battery though - not sure how easy that is to do on the Watch 3. Yearly upgrades are out of the question for me, regardless.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
See my update in the original post above - decided to keep the GW4 after all, and see how it goes. 😊
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] fliptwister:
I have to agree with you on the Google Maps integration. I did not believe I would ever use this when I got watch. Without even thinking about this I was getting directions on my phone to a destination 3.2 miles from me in Chicago last weekend. I was walking. I was holding up my phone and walking and when I got to the street where I needed to turn at the watch vibrated. I looked at the watch and it showed that I needed to turn. I quickly realized I did not have to have my phone out at all. So nice to just walk along without holding up my phone glancing at my watch whenever it vibrated.

Thankfully there is option to turn off auto launch when driving. To me this is annoying as hell :)
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
Thanks fliptwister - I'm thinking this will also be particularly useful when travelling and exploring a new city, etc. - not having the phone out in some cities would be a lot safer, as well as easier and less distracting.

BTW, I should receive that AliExpress watch band you posted about by Monday - when I do I'll be sure to upload a pic and let you know what I think in that thread about the bands. EDIT: Just got it, in fact - should be able to post about it in a few minutes.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] kodiak799:
This is where I'm leaning. I'm tempted by the SpO2 sleep monitoring, so I may trial to see if that's accurate enough. But that seems to be the only improvement over GW3. Well, and I'm really interested to see if two of my WearOS apps work, except it sounds like most apps aren't compatible without some development tweaking to work with WearOS3.

So waiting to see if Google/Fitbit have cooked anything up. Otherwise, I guess maybe I'll wait for the GW5...
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
I think that, as spangelaregreat said in his review, you'll find some things are better and some are not. For example, I was initially very disappointed (and baffled) that cycling was not an exercise that is detected automatically. Maybe that is a Wear thing, as the watch is certainly capable of it. But I have been very pleased with the manual tracking, and detailed reports. Plus, things can only get better, so I'm looking forward to that.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] kodiak799:
Except "things" never really got better with GW3. I STILL feel like Sammie shipped that half-baked and abandoned it because they had already decided to give-up on Tizen.

At least the smartwatch space is picking back up. But still feels like the early days of Android where OEMs trickle out the technology that actually works while competing on not-ready-for-primetime features that are closer to vaporware than real utility.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] jtOttawa:
Yes, well, if they don't get better I'm going to be mighty disappointed that's for sure. There's lots of what I would call pretty fundamental bugs, but with this hybrid OS it's impossible to tell if that's on Samsung's end or Google's. In any event, I got such a good deal on it I couldn't pass it up, so we'll see.
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] Garoto1973:
Thanks for your perspective, its interesting how different expectations different people have. In my case it has been the opposite experience. Coming from a Huawei 1st gen and a Gear S3 classic black the move to GW4 Classic Silver has been phenomenal. I never received so many compliments with my previous watches. Regarding looks, the silver GW4 Classic 46 blows my black Gear S3 out of the water, it looks so much premium, its a big change for me.

Regarding functionality I used to charge my previous watches every day so no change for me although it is lasting me 14 hrs as I have sideloaded some apps like Assistant, Wear Mail (amazing) , Facebook/Messenger, Google Translate. From the Play Store also I downloaded Looking for Twitter, Flilghtradar 24 (I am an aviation buff), Google Keep and Bring (which has been one of my regular ohone apps since many years ago and the Wear OS version is nice) so probably some of them are taking a toll on battery life. GBoard is a game changer.

I drive a lot throughout the city so the ability to quickly respond to Whatsaap messages using my voice or to glance at my inbox or Twitter at traffic lights is paramount.

I use Facer on my other watches so I ported all of them to my GW4, plus I have been able to download beautiful looking ones lijke Marine Commander or Boss Simple Red from Facer. The screen is amazing compared to my Gear S3.

Now, its not perfect but the usability I am getting from it exceeds my Gear S3 by A LOT. Now, its strange how Wear OS has gone backwards in a sense. In my Huawei Watch 1st gen I still have Pocket Casts, Google Translate, Uber and native Google Assistant. apps that no longer exist in Wear OS 4. I am keeping my Huawei, the screen is beautiful, its super fast , no lag , lasts 4 days on battery .

I hope Gaaxy Watches continue to evolve and Samsung improves with each generation, the road is clear, more battery life, more power, more apps and better sensors.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] beznickaOna:
Hello, I have a SAMSUNG GALAXY A50 (SM-A505FN / DS) (Android 11, A505FNXXU8CUE4, XEO - Poland) phone with FRP lock (phone is legal, no possibility to recover password on Google account), I am trying to remove FRP lock according to this guide :

In the ninth minute my problem begins, namely I need a second SAMSUNG phone, unfortunately I do not have a second SAMSUNG to access SAMSUNG account and back up the Alliance Shield X application and restore this application to a locked FRP phone.

Regards.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] beznickaOna:
I have a request, I have a SAMSUNG account, if I share my SAMSUNG account with someone, can someone log into my SAMSUNG account on their SAMSUNG phone and only make copies of this Alliance Shield X app as per this guide?

Please help.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] malekmen007:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] neeraj5696:
Flash stock rom. Your problem will be solved. In future if you want to do something please enable OEM UNLOCK AND UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] beznickaOna:
Changing the ROM will not solve my FRP problem.

I need someone to log into my SAMSUNG account on their SAMSUNG and make a copy of the Alliance Shield X app.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] comandoed:
Try here https://www.ebay.com/itm/165158816322

He removed FRP from S20 for me for $13

All that Alliance Shield procedure was a big headache for me.
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] ione2380:
First days, after I got this phone, I've seen that the refresh rate is adaptive between 60 and 120hz. The last two days refresh rate got stuck on 120hz, no matter what I did, it was only 120hz, except some apps. Today it's back to adaptive. Bug maybe?

Some apps are stuck on 60hz all the time.

File manager - 60hz

Google photo - 60hz (by comparation, the gallery app is 120hz).

Music app- 60hz

Mi video - 60hz

YouTube - 60hz (scrolling the comments).

Sometimes settings app and the entire UI is stuck in 60hz untill I switch to 60 and back to 120.

My s21Ultra and Z Flip 3 are 120hz on YouTube and Google photo and all other apps.

I know you don't need 120hz to view a photo or video, but it's about scrolling. And apps look ugly when scrolling on 60hz after getting use to 120 for a long time.
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] Rstment ^m^:
There's a list of apps that are to be stuck on 60hz .... Inside battery and performance apk

You'll find games , apps and whatnot inside all limited to 60hz

Benchmark apps are also there 😏 For that extra performance boost you won't actually be able to use anywhere else...

I'm pissed because I want to play mobile legends at 120hz and am not able to !

I unlocked FPS to 120 but all in vain , phone is permanently stuck at 60hz...

just buy a new phone... Non Xiaomi

My first and last time using Xiaomi

Ps. I tried everything! Nothing works as a fix , only thing I didn't try is editing battery and performance app and removing apps I don't want it to limit...

I mean I tried but it broke the phone ...

( Bootloop and after I got out everything else was broken like fast charging, GPS , Cellular... )

IF you have time you can probably figure this out , sit by ur pc and keep trying until you get the phone to be able to boot with modified app... It will require tons of reflashing probably a day or two of work at least. It's possible but I'm not gonna be doing that for mobile legends... 🤧
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] cyanGalaxy:
YouTube, Google Photos etc being 60 Hz is on purpose by Xiaomi.

There is also a bug where your phone gets set to 60 Hz randomly for all apps. When that happens, you have to set 60 Hz and then 120 Hz again, or enable & disable Battery Saver through a Quick-Tile, that's faster.
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] ione2380:
Is it possible to still keep the variable refresh rate? To have have 60hz when I'm not touching the screen?
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] Rstment ^m^:
Removal or disabling of the app disables many features and breaks even many more....

Fast charging does not work , GPS is not able to track location real time and is messing up when it does report location... Cellular radio constantly turns on and off , that's only the few stuff I've notice before reflashing.

All on latest beta version ... I remember seeing the same on miui vn as well.

Refer back to my post above - either modify the app to remove the strings or don't touch it at all!

If you have free time try disabling it on the latest global beta with performance mode on and report back if the charging is gone ...

( This one likely requires flashing system to fix all of the issues following disabling/enabling the app... Even the simplest tweak to the adaptive refresh rate breaks the module completely - you get spastic switching between 60/120hz on touch in apps that render at 60fps . Correct behaviour would be for display to remain at 120hz for 2 seconds after touching screen but after pretty much any modification this behaviour changes and you get stuff like display going back and forward between 120/60hz WHILE YOU'RE TOUCHING THE SCREEN, or simply having it instantly switch to 60hz as soon as you stop touching screen. Both are insanely annoying and in both cases I had to flash system to fix all of this ... Clearing data will likely result in the same thing as well - like tldr. is don't disable/uninstall the app and don't touch it's data ! I'm yet to confirm whether modifying app while preserving data will be issue free or not ... But hopefully you get the point now )

It should be , only way I see it allowing for fast charge is if it's silently enabled for the background user ( Like when you enable dual app support ). In that case you'll have to test and see what works and what doesn't....

Overall I still do not recommend this , you probably will lose all the benefits from the performance mode toggle as it likely utilises this app for all the device tuning...
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] Rstment ^m^:
It never goes away trust me. I've disabled every single app on this phone to the point where I've butchered the system enough that it wasn't able to boot again - and still the display would always go down to 60hz when not touching the screen.

It's likely that no app controls that , is kernel related or something like that so out of your hands.
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] ione2380:
Thanks for your answer. If you disable battery & performance app, can that cause battery drain? The continuous use of 120hz?
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] Rstment ^m^:
Which rom are you on ? Latest global beta with performance mode enabled or something else? I didn't have the issue on earlier miui before performance mode but now it's the same thing whenever I uninstall the app. I have it stuck at 2000mah charging ( Battery is basically not charging at all when gaming as those 2000 mah soon get eaten up when cpu and GPU ramp up so you end up actually discharging while plugged in )

Unless you use app like cpu float I can't really compare our results... ( It's asking me to recalibrate battery before I'm even able to use the app or see current and I'd rather not go through that when the battery is well calibrated already... )

I've attached screenshot bellow , now it's showing 15000 charging at 100% battery , it goes up to 25000 when the device is at like 20% battery. With original cable I've seen it go up to 35000/50000 current so definitely not correct metrics , but overall it's consistent.

Now when I remove the battery and performance app it drops all the way down to showing -2000 as current , and when a game is opened up it goes into positive 500 - 1000 range. ( Negative means charging, positive means discharging by that amount ).

I've had it happen last 2 times after removal of the app , instantly the fast charging works no more and phone drains while plugged in. ( I've uninstalled the app so disabling it might keep the fast charge but I can't say whether performance mode tunings will remain )
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] cyanGalaxy:
I use the latest Xiaomi.eu Weekly.

AccuBattery's "Recalibration" just means it does a little check. It will ask you to connect your phone to a charger. It doesn't modify anything.

The negative current in your screenshot means it's discharging. And yes I also think your mentioned 25000, 35000/50000 milliAmps or Amps are not correct.
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] cyanGalaxy:
@ione2380 @Rstment ^m^

Don't do my method! It's not safe actually. I found out that disabling system-app "Battery & performance" breaks some background activity.

I'm really sorry. I edited my posts to remove mentions of that method.
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] ione2380:
It's been two days since the problem disappeared. I have 120gz in all the apps and no 60hz drops at all. The only thing I changed is I logged out of mi account. I'm on EEA latest stable stock.
[Xiaomi Poco F3 / Xiaomi Mi 11X / Redmi K40] bla33:
Just clear data on battery and performance. That locks display at 120.Im using phone like that for 20 days now. Didnt notice any problems after it, but use with caution. To revert you just need to reboot phone.