Samsung Galaxy S8

[davek_964]

New screen fitted Saturday and phone looks like new again. But....

Bixby is beginning to annoy me. Not only does it launch every time you accidentally touch the button - but I just sent a text and the poxy thing gives me a notification telling me I can send texts with bixby.

And Bixby home is the only bixby app you can disable notifications for.

I used package disabler Pro on my S5. Tempted to try and disable Bixby on the S8 with it, but when I tried to enable it over the weekend it took me to the Knox screen!

[Dromedary66]

davek_964 said:

New screen fitted Saturday and phone looks like new again. But....

Bixby is beginning to annoy me. Not only does it launch every time you accidentally touch the button - but I just sent a text and the poxy thing gives me a notification telling me I can send texts with bixby.

And Bixby home is the only bixby app you can disable notifications for.

I used package disabler Pro on my S5. Tempted to try and disable Bixby on the S8 with it, but when I tried to enable it over the weekend it took me to the Knox screen!

Get bxActions and never be bothered by that ste again.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...

[xjay1337]

BXActions worked OK but I found it was very hit and miss. It worked fine but often seemed to "reset" and had to be enabled again.

I use AdHell now, simply disabled Bixby all together. Happy days

[davek_964]

I'll use Package Disabler Pro tonight - might as well, since I already paid for it on my last phone.
Could remap the button first I suppose, but I don't really want "useful" apps launching accidentally all the time either.

[Luke.]

Just bought a S8+ on a complete whim this morning even though I've got an iPhone 7 and Nexus 6P. But the deal from Samsung seemed like a no brainer in light of the iPhone X price.

£66 down then £24.95 a month for 24 months interest free. Free Gear VR3 thing too.

[thetapeworm]

Samsung have finally relented on Bixby and let you turn it off - info below but essentially accept the new Bixby update and you can either toggle it off or disable it in the settings now.

https://www.androidcentral.com/how-completely-disa...

Works a treat, I never managed to find a decent app that just disabled it without something not quite being 100%.

[Frimley111R]

Finally giving in and going to a smaller screen after having the Nexus 6 for 3 years or so.

I can get the S8+ for £179.99 minus £110 trade in on my phone and £25 discount with unlimited calls/texts and 5GB of data for £37.99 a month.

Seems like a reasonable deal?

[Luke.]

Frimley111R said:

Finally giving in and going to a smaller screen after having the Nexus 6 for 3 years or so.

I can get the S8+ for £179.99 minus £110 trade in on my phone and £25 discount with unlimited calls/texts and 5GB of data for £37.99 a month.

Seems like a reasonable deal?

Seems expensive to me.

[Frimley111R]

Can't find much difference online..?

[HedgeyGedgey]

Depends what you can justify, i got the s8+ with unlimited mins/texts and 5gb internet for £44/month with £125 upfront. That was back on the day it got announced, ordered it straight away through 02. Looking at the deals now, they dont seem too far away from that

[Frimley111R]

Called VF for my PAC code and guess what? £35pm, £120 upfront and 16GB data roaming.

[Elroy Blue]

I got offered £35/ month, £80 up front for 16gb on Vodafone. Turned it down and am waiting to see what Black Friday brings

[AJB88]

Missus was going to get the S8+ but decided to get the Note 8 for some reason.

Tried to convince her the S8+ was a petter phone (based on bigger battery and same hardware)

[Stormfly1985]

I've been happy with mine. Bought the dual sim version through my employer discount scheme for £662 and use a VM monthly sim £13 for 8GB (plus 4GB roll over if not used) per month.

[HedgeyGedgey]

Dropped my s8+ today, gutted. Has a rather expensive screen protector on which has shattered on the edge, I'm hoping its just the protector and not the actual screen!! Dont fancy putting a new screen on it

[Havoc856-S]

Shouldn't have - i had a tempered glass one on mine and shut it in the boot of the Evora, right where the bump stop comes down on (why did lotus make a ledge the perfect width for a phone there?) and it held up pretty damn well! Only casualty was the 9H glass protector!

[HedgeyGedgey]

Well i peeled it off, you're right the protector is fked now lol but a tiny mark where it impacted the floor on the phone

[Blink982]

I've just ordered an S8. I have been impressed with the Spigen case on my HTC. What are the alternatives I could consider to give the best protection? Any recommendations for a wireless charger?

[R1gtr]

Blink982 said:

I've just ordered an S8. I have been impressed with the Spigen case on my HTC. What are the alternatives I could consider to give the best protection? Any recommendations for a wireless charger?

Spigen are great on Galaxys, had one on each of my phones and they have all been dropped and all survived!

[Luke.]

R1gtr said:

Spigen are great on Galaxys, had one on each of my phones and they have all been dropped and all survived!

Try Nillkin. Truly excellent.