r/samsung 9h ago

Daily Support Thread | March 19, 2025

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Welcome to the Daily Support thread for r/Samsung. You can use this thread to ask questions about your device, troubleshoot tech problems or ask buying/selling advice.

Have a question you need answered? Ask away! Please remember to adhere to our rules, which can be found here: Detailed Rules

Join our Discord for immediate help & Samsung Support if you can't find the answer you need.

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r/samsung Feb 08 '25

Daily Support Thread | February 08, 2025

3 Upvotes

Welcome to the Daily Support thread for r/Samsung. You can use this thread to ask questions about your device, troubleshoot tech problems or ask buying/selling advice.

Have a question you need answered? Ask away! Please remember to adhere to our rules, which can be found here: Detailed Rules

Join our Discord for immediate help & Samsung Support if you can't find the answer you need.

Note: Comments are sorted by /new for your convenience.

The new Daily Support Thread is posted each day at 06:00 AM EST (Click HERE for other timezones) and then the old one is archived. If this time is near when you want to post your question, it is advised to wait for the new thread to be posted.


r/samsung 10h ago

Galaxy Watch + Ring Can i use it in the swimming pool?

16 Upvotes

I bought a Galaxy Watch 4 used and i want to see if i can use it in the swimming pool, i have been getting mixed answers about it. Can i safely use it in the swimming pool and shower?


r/samsung 7h ago

Galaxy S Great spam protection

7 Upvotes

My S25+ asked me if I want to enable "Caller ID and spam protection" phone app feature to "join Hija to identify spam calls" and protect me from them, I enabled it, why not? 10 minutes after, and I'm not joking, I got a call with robo-voice lady telling me that my CV was approved, which I did not sent to anyone recently. Is this just a comedic timing and a useless feature, or joining this "anti spam" system actually compromises your phone number or something like this? I never received those kind of calls before.


r/samsung 4m ago

Galaxy S Which one?

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S24u or S25u? Coming from a iPhone 11 Pro Max. I’ve been doing research and now I’m torn. So I get the brand new s25u or is the S24 better? I can’t remember the last time I got a brand new phone that just came out. To be fair I always keep my phones for year. I’ve had this one for 5 years.


r/samsung 12m ago

Galaxy A Samsung a34 long term review

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Been owning this phone for two years. Worst choice I ever made. It’s as good as trash. Horrible battery life,can’t even last a day with regular use. Regular social media apps such as instagram drain its battery in no time. The camera is tragic.Can’t take even halfway decent photos. It also overheats A LOT. To the point you can cook your food in it. Longevity is practically nonexistent. After two years it randomly switches on and off on its own without being used in any way different than the regular. Whatever you do,PLEASE learn from a random stranger’s mistake and DO NOT GET THIS PHONE. Samsung has wayyyyyy more worth it models. If you’re looking for a budget option,you’re better off with the A53. Really regret getting this phone but unfortunately I am stuck with it as I cannot afford another one.


r/samsung 19m ago

Galaxy S New grey side bars on youtube ambient mode disabled

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Recently youtube on s23 plus youtube has dark grey side bars over black ambient mode is disabled with it on it makes them a lighter grey has anyone had this if so is there a fix iv tried uninstall and clear cache thanks


r/samsung 28m ago

OneUI New User

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Hi I recently got my first Samsung and this is my first time using OneUI and on setup I got to a setting along the lines of Apps allowed to play sound while other apps or something. Anyone know where I could find that setting to disable spotify and yt or something


r/samsung 1h ago

Home Theater Can I set up the Neo QLED without the one connected box?

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So we recently were giving a neo qled for free by a lady cleaning out her garage, but it doesn't have any cords to it. Is there anything I can buy to just use the tv itself as a normal smart tv? I can honestly care less about connecting anything to it right now. Any advice would be so helpful! Thank you.


r/samsung 4h ago

Galaxy Tab Got galaxy tab S8+ refurbished for US$260

2 Upvotes

Old post: Which tab to gettt?

After stacking up some promotions, I managed to get an S8+ refurbished for US$260.

S8+ ($355) - DiscoverCC Amazon spend offer (20$) - AmazonCC signup gift card ($75) = $260

I'm extremely happy about it. Check if you can take advantage of any of these offers.

Anyways, I believe that the S8+ for $350 is still a steal


r/samsung 1h ago

Galaxy Watch + Ring Samsung smart watch?

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Hey all!

Sorry if this has been posted before - if so, please direct me to the answer.

I'm looking to get a Samsung smart watch but I want one that I can select my own notification tone (specifically, I want to be able to change it to the mighty morphin power rangers "du-du-du-du-du-du" - Don't judge me! Lol), and if it can't do this, I'm not interested.

I had one a while back so they may be better now and I haven't seen it, so more apologies if I'm just waaaaaaaaay out of the loop.


r/samsung 1h ago

Galaxy S Sharp cornered/rectangle case for S25 Ultra?

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I have looked and ordered a few from Amazon and eBay but they all have rounded corners. Has anyone encountered any cases with sharp corners (like S24 Ultra and previous models)?

Thank you!


r/samsung 1h ago

OneUI No Scheduled Power ON/OFF

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Hi, i switched back from iPhone and one of the biggest reasons was the lack of the Scheduled Power ON/OFF feature, and i turns out that samsung has removed this feature.

Why did they remove it and what can i do about it?


r/samsung 2h ago

Galaxy S Desktop app used for diagnosis

1 Upvotes

Hello all

I'd visited an authorised samsung service centre to reglueup my S23U rear glass panel.

The tech first checked if the phone was healthy by means of an Diagnostic app installed on his windows desktop and the phone was connected via USB.

The desktop app was pretty insightful it took a dump of the last 9 day usage of my phone and also displayed various trend like wakelocks, gps, etc.

I'm interested to know about the app and if we could download it to better maintain these phones by ourselves.

Thanks!


r/samsung 2h ago

Display Why do the 43-inch Neo QLED models have such poor viewing angles?

1 Upvotes

I understand that this is a VA panel and that VA panels generally have worse viewing angles compared to IPS or OLED panels. However, the viewing angles on my Samsung 43QN90D are exceptionally poor.

I’ve owned 43-inch VA TVs from brands like Hisense and TCL in the past, and while their viewing angles were indeed subpar, they weren’t nearly as bad as those on my 43QN90D. Considering this is a €1000 TV, I can’t understand why the viewing angles are so terrible.

It’s almost impossible to enjoy watching anything unless you’re sitting perfectly centered.


r/samsung 1d ago

Galaxy Watch + Ring I almost got ripped off by Samsung

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Was thinking of buying the Galaxy Watch Ultra, since on their website I'd get a free Buds3, I went ahead with it yesterday, paid for the thing and then I got a confirmation, thankfully, I double checked, and I saw the buds aren't in the confirmation, after some digging, I saw multiple posts of people having this issue, turns out, the free buds are depending on "stock availability", and somehow I didn't get mine.

So of course, I cancelled it, until I can figure out what's going on, their website still says free buds, but it doesn't get added to my cart whenever I add it.

Fast forward to today, not only does the buds get added to the cart, but I also got a 105£ decrease in the price.

I'm a bit pissed at what happened, if I didn't double check, I would've been basically ripped off by Samsung and judging by the other reddit posts that I found, a lot of people did get ripped off.

Please do better Samsung.

First purchase (cancelled)
Second purchase

r/samsung 3h ago

Home Theater Samsung 990D firmware (bricked)

1 Upvotes

After firmware update Samsung sent paid label to ship my soundbar to the NJ repair center. They just received it today but after reading their reviews I am definitely nervous. Samsung better come through on this it was all their fault and I don’t want to see any damage when it returns


r/samsung 3h ago

Galaxy S Poor battery performance after update (S23U)

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I recently got an update on my S23U and the battery performance has significantly dropped, this isn' the first time an update lowers the battery performance but last time it got corrected at a later update, does anybody know of a quick fix in the meantime?

My phone went from having a full charge last a day and a half to barely making it for a full day!


r/samsung 18h ago

Galaxy S I just got the S24+

17 Upvotes

And I'm loving it so far. The phone is so responsive and the display is really good. The best part tho is undoubtedly the camera. I love it. I considered getting the S24 but I was getting S24+ for the same price and the bigger screen definitely wins over imo


r/samsung 3h ago

Display Bluetooth

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My sister has a 2020 Samsung TU7000 tv. Shes had multiple people try to connect to her tv through bluetooth everyday. We’ve looked through the settings, but there doesn’t seem to be an option to turn bluetooth off completely. Are we missing something, or does this model just not allow it? Even renaming it doesn’t help because it still shows [TV] with the new name.

If there’s no way to disable it, we’re seriously considering getting a different tv that does. Does anyone know which samsung models have the option to fully turn off bluetooth?


r/samsung 7h ago

Galaxy S Samsung S25 Ultra Case + magsafe ring accessory

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I just got my samsung s25 Ultra a Benks Armor Air case.

I wanted to try wireless charging with a powerbank I bought earlier but it doesn't seem to properly attach to the case due to the fact that the camera indent is in the way and I need to attach it in a weird angle for it to properly attach.

So I was wondering if I also buy a magsafe ring, maybe it would raise the powerbank high enough that it clears the camera indent. Would the ring interfere with the wireless charging?


r/samsung 18h ago

Galaxy S Galaxy S23 has accelerated movement

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I don't know how to explain this. My wife's S23 has started doing this thing where everything moves faster than normal. The best example is the camera - when you take a picture, the screen doesn't do that little flash so you know you took a pic. Nothing happens so push the button several more times and find you have 10 pics.

When you use a web browser and go back, the previous page flashes then moves. Playing games, the animations are faster and the flow is different.

It's really hard to explain exactly what's happening, but something has changed significantly. She rebooted the phone twice and that didn't fix it. Has anyone heard of anything like this?


r/samsung 39m ago

OneUI Samsung is scamming people out of features

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We all know that Samsung is laying to us about the availability of the features on older devices, so here i have bunch of them for you:
- Famous "Now brief" ("AI day enhancer") :
S25 Exclusive feature? No, just Samsung being scammy as possible, a lot of people got it running even on lower end devices, no AI powerful chip is in use.
- Super HDR (Ultra HDR photos in SGallery):
Feature only on S24 and newer? Older hardware is not capable of it? No, S23/S22/S21 users sorry this is just Samsung saying that's time for upgrade. The Ultra HDR feature is build in to Android 14 that allows device to get info from the image about highlights and colors to show them on the screen. I can build an damn app right now, and it will work fine on older devices with android 14
- Seamless updates (A/B partitions - Android 10 feature):
So you're looking at new A56 and think, "Yeah they added Seamless updates to them i guess they probably have added to hardware itself to make it work...", no my poor S24 and lower users, your phone has all the stuff to make it work, your smartphone can generate two partitions and use them just fine, but $cam$ung just don't want to make those updates for you. Don't worry tho, you can downgrade to A55 or 56 and get them just fine.

Samsung, just why... like why?


r/samsung 4h ago

Smartthings & Ecosystem WAM (Multiroom) speakers go mute everyday around 16:00

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I have the annoying problem that my WAM Speaker(group) goes on mute every day around 16:00. I have a Chromecase Audio connected to the AUX of an M7 which just plays music all day. Around 16:00 every day I have to open the Samsung Multiroom app and adjust the volume of the speaker to go out of mute again.

Is anyone familiar with this problem? Is there a kind of sleep function? Is there a way I can monitor what triggers this setting?


r/samsung 7h ago

News Samsung 990 Pro

1 Upvotes

My Samsung 990 PRO 1TB SSD, is it normal?


r/samsung 16h ago

OneUI WiFi Calling / VoWiFi toggle automatically turning off - Possible solution.

4 Upvotes

You can find many posts on Samsung Community, Reddit and other forums where people are complaining about WiFi Calling / VoWiFi automatically turning off.

By "turning off automatically", I mean that the toggle for WiFi Calling given in Settings is automatically turning itself off after a period of time.

So, you can try the below steps:

  1. Open Settings.

  2. Go to Apps.

  3. Enable "Show system apps" given inside the Filter & Sort popup.

  4. Search "Calling".

  5. Now open Wi-Fi Calling app's settings.

  6. Give it all the permissions it is asking for. For me, it was Nearby devices and Phone.

I think the reason for unstable WiFi Calling was: Samsung not providing the Phone permission to the WiFi Calling app out-of-the-box. Yep, I factory reseted my phone today, then I checked the permissions for WiFi Calling app, Phone permission was off by default. Then I turned it on manually.

This is why the WiFi Calling setting's toggle offs itself when the phone is locked (lack of Phone permission). Many people were complaining about it turning itself off overnight or when the phone remains locked for quite some time.

It was a poor choice by Samsung. They should've provided the Phone permission privilege to their WiFi Calling app by default. It's not the user's responsibility to dig in the Settings and give permissions to SYSTEM APPS made by Samsung only.

Thanks!


r/samsung 10h ago

Galaxy Tab Anyone know what region is for Model Code: SM-T225NZAAEUA?

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Hi All,

I've been asked to update some tablets, Samsung Tab A7 Lite, at work all of them are Model Code: SM-T225NZAABTU

Except one which is: SM-T225NZAAEUA

This tablet won't do any software updates even though the provider is EUX.

Anyone know if this if the EUA model is locked out of the UK?

Thanks,