Samsung Galaxy S8

[Jonnny]

I got the Spigen Thin case, brilliant - hardly adds any size and makes it a whole lot easier to hold too.. Also makes the FPS easy to find.

[Sheets Tabuer]

So is it worth it then?

My nexus 5 finally died but it's not an issue as I have an iphone but if these are really good I'll get one.

Any sim free deals around if they are _that_ good?

[rscott]

I've upgraded from an LG G4 (also have a Nexus 5x work phone) and find the S8+ a massive upgrade from both.

So far, the battery is lasting better than expected, even watching streaming video a lot.

Was a bit hesitant because I hated Samsung's customizations and launcher on the S4, but the s8+ tweaks are much more subtle.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Just nipped out to pc world and picked one up, think my sim is at work so it will have to wait until Tuesday.

[julian64]

Okay I have a question for the new s8+ owners. How the hell do you turn off the navigation bar when you are watching films/videos?

I've been through every setting I can find. It doesn't make sense to me that a company gets rid of the hardware buttons and puts software buttons in their place with a beautifully big screen, only to force that screen to dedicate a large band to the buttons even when they obviously aren't required. It just seems to be a waste.

[CooperS]

Has anyone else found that they've been leaving their screen in blue / night mode throughout the day?

As the screen is so clear and bright in the office I benefit from the slightly more warmer less offensively bright screen.

[ZesPak]

julian64 said:

Okay I have a question for the new s8+ owners. How the hell do you turn off the navigation bar when you are watching films/videos?

I've been through every setting I can find. It doesn't make sense to me that a company gets rid of the hardware buttons and puts software buttons in their place with a beautifully big screen, only to force that screen to dedicate a large band to the buttons even when they obviously aren't required. It just seems to be a waste.

On most devices they hide them automatically when full screening an app, what app are you using?

[julian64]

ZesPak said:

julian64 said:

Okay I have a question for the new s8+ owners. How the hell do you turn off the navigation bar when you are watching films/videos?

I've been through every setting I can find. It doesn't make sense to me that a company gets rid of the hardware buttons and puts software buttons in their place with a beautifully big screen, only to force that screen to dedicate a large band to the buttons even when they obviously aren't required. It just seems to be a waste.

On most devices they hide them automatically when full screening an app, what app are you using?

Oh just using the internet explorer picking a utube and full sizing.

[K77 CTR]

Where have all the files gone that were in my private mode on s6 when it transferred to s8? I've looked in the secure folder and nothing is in there!

[Jonnny]

K77 CTR said:

Where have all the files gone that were in my private mode on s6 when it transferred to s8? I've looked in the secure folder and nothing is in there!

I'm pretty sure they don't move over, I had this when I backed my S6 up and factory reset as advised by Samsung.. It didn't back anything up from in Private.

[xjay1337]

Had my first glitch.
Camera wouldn't autofocus.
Had to tap the back of the phone quite hard to fix..

[K77 CTR]

Jonnny said:

I'm pretty sure they don't move over, I had this when I backed my S6 up and factory reset as advised by Samsung.. It didn't back anything up from in Private.

Ok thank you, I'll have to manually move things over then.

[Oakey]

vsonix said:

Oakey said:

vsonix said:

Perhaps you accidentally activated some settings that changed something.
The camera on my S5 was already head and shoulders better than any phone camera I've had since my old Nokia N8. The 7 builds on that with more tweakability and manual control, better HDR and better night time performance.

I came from a Lumia 1020 so that kind of spoiled me, however, when I first got my S7 Edge the camera was fine. At some point it started over sharpening everything and adding some sort of noise filter to peoples faces. It's not every photo though, just whenever it feels like it. It's somewhat frustrating. I use auto mode most of the time.

How was the Lumia 1020? I had a Lumia 800, it was sold on having a super camera - certainly it had a Zeiss lens etc etc but I found the photos came out dreadful. Frustratingly it looked like a software thing as when you were lining the shot up they always looked like they were going to come out great but then viewing the actual photo on any other machine the colours were all washed out and images lacked detail. As if somehow there was some kind of processing on the phone screen that made them look vibrant and lifelike but then when viewed elsewhere they were undercooked.

So as per my post in the S7 thread, I've discovered what made my S7 images look terrible and I wonder if this was the same cause of your problems with your Lumia photos when you viewed them on another machine.

If you were viewing them on a Win10 PC in the Photos app, there's a toggle at the top that's enabled by default; 'enhance'. It makes your photos look terrible. I've just disabled it and all my photos look much, much better.

[Sheets Tabuer]

This bloody thing is like trying to hold a bar of soap, what cases are everyone using, something you can leave your phone in when it's on the dashboard mount?

[xjay1337]

Sheets Tabuer said:

This bloody thing is like trying to hold a bar of soap, what cases are everyone using, something you can leave your phone in when it's on the dashboard mount?

Spigen Thinarmour is good.
But doesn't work with screen protector.

[julian64]

xjay1337 said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

This bloody thing is like trying to hold a bar of soap, what cases are everyone using, something you can leave your phone in when it's on the dashboard mount?

Spigen Thinarmour is good.
But doesn't work with screen protector.

I have the spigen thinarmour and just fitted a glass screen protector my wife bought me. Fits perfectly. I try and find out the make if your interested.

The protector screen has a formed edge which means its sticks in jus the right position

[Sheets Tabuer]

Yes if you could find out.

Although we do have a phantom screen protector destroyer in the office as my iphone has had 2 this year.

[julian64]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Yes if you could find out.

Although we do have a phantom screen protector destroyer in the office as my iphone has had 2 this year.

This one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XSGWKVR

[xjay1337]

julian64 said:

I have the spigen thinarmour and just fitted a glass screen protector my wife bought me. Fits perfectly. I try and find out the make if your interested.

The protector screen has a formed edge which means its sticks in jus the right position

Would you be able to find out please.
I suspect it's an Olixar one but it's £25 quid.
I've tried 3 different ones and no joy

Gave up and got a different case in the end.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Tried to use satnav today on it and it couldn't get a fix despite high accuracy being turned on, used the gps test apps and the say the sensors are there but nothing.

Looks like I have a dud