It's not that I am standing on Samsung side. But FYI you are blaming the wrong person. This one is Google Android's fault, there's nothing Samsung could do about it.






Ya. That's the main issue the people talking about in these few days. And sadly to say there's no way to fix this as it's one of the features from Oreo.


It won't. Samsung will only go for the latest Android version on the time when they release latest phone. For example, S8 came with 7.0, Note 8 came with 7.1.1, S9 came with 8.0, Note 9 will come with 8.1.

8.1 for Note 8? The chance is very slim. Most likely we will be jumping straight to 9.0 when they release the Android P next year. In other words, if you want to use Samsung phone with 8.1 version, you need to buy Note 9.

That's how Samsung works in their Android release system.

This post has been edited by Max2006: Apr 5 2018, 11:33 AM

Mine one sometimes got notification sound sometimes no. This bug already existed since Nougat, so already get used to this. LOL.

For you guys who encountered some werid bugs or errors, seriously, do consider to factory reset the phone and start from scratch. I know the procedure may be troublesome for certain group of people. But this is the ultimate solution to eliminate all the possible glitches and errors after big update. I always practise this since the first day I use Android phones, and none of them giving me issues after the reset.

My sincerely 2 cents.

Honestly, I don't trust this analysis data. I got my Note 8 since launching day. Checked the battery capacity, it showed 2991 mAh. Kind of shocking. But after six months now, the capacity is still the same. Not to mention that my battery life is kind of solid and always give me 7-8 hours SOT.

So my verdict, the result of that analysis is not true.

Samsung account would get expired? Wow. first time hearing this. Anyway, if the helpline couldn't help you online and they did suggest you to go to SC, then most likely it means they will reinstall the OS. Suggest you to back up your phone before proceed.


Could be the new OS still not yet stabilized. The system could be still learning your usage. Give it few more days to settle.

Most likely you forgot to switch on the alarm la.

It's amoled screen characteristic. FYI, every piece of amoled screen do not have the same color tone. Some are brighter, some are dimmer, some are cooler, some are warmer. It's not inferior or defect. In short, it's depend on luck whether you could get the better amoled screen.

My advice, don't compare your phone with the others especially those demo units in store.

Well, sorry to rain on your parade guys. But let's be realistic, we won't get 8.1 anytime soon. Samsung will only give 8.1 to note 9 since its the next big thing they are focusing right now. The best we can hope for is to ask Samsung to release the patch to fix the bugs. But again the chance is slim. Can't help with it. That's the way of how samsung treat their older devices. Already get used to this since I used Samsung phones few years ago.

This is it. Samsung experience home is the crucial part for the notification process. Users should not stop or disable it.. Also, must turn on the notification access.

If don't believe, you can try turn it off. Then the badge number sure won't come out, no matter you already swipe or no swipe the message.

Ah....you missed one button. The bixby button. Need to press Volume up+Bixby+Power at the same time then you can go to the recovery mode.

I see. Understood.

Have you updated your phone to the latest one?

Taiwan users been complaining the same problem after the latest update since last week. The phone would restart itself without any sign and warning. Some already reset the phone, some even changed the motherboard, but the problem still occurred. Malaysian users should have encountered the same issue since we are also using the same variant. But so far no one reported except you. Perhaps our variant version code is slightly different with Taiwan. Or may be your set is Taiwan variant?

Anyway, you can try to reset and see if it solves the issue. If not, you probably need to downgrade to previous software version.

Download third party apps to disable it. Alternatively, you can just spend a little time to set it up and then turn it off from the setting after you finished. The whole procedure won't take you more than 5 minutes though. I did that and I prefer this method since it doesn't involve any third party apps which may cause some unnecessary issues.

It does make sense. Lately, the borderline between S & Note series is becoming more and more vague. Big screen and big battery is used to be exclusive to Note series. But now S series also have large screen and bigger battery (taking S9+ as example). I wouldn't be surprise if Samsung merge these 2 series into one. It's much more cost effective in terms of manufacturing and marketing. After 2 becomes 1, what will be replacing Note series? Yes. The answer is the Samsung X series, that foldable phone.

The most shocking thing is not the price, is that pre-order gift! A freaking Smart TV! How I wish the same thing could happen in here....but we all know...it wont! LOL.

https://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-conf...rice-for-note-9

Well, at least they admit it. Now the question is how reasonable it is. As usual, we can't have high hope on our SME. Most likely, if they are generous enough, the price for base spec could be RM3999 as well, same as Note 8 last year.

I know some of you may say it's impossible. But look. The competition is getting very aggressive now, especially those Chinese phones (Huawei already replaced Apple's position and becomes No.2 top seller). If Samsung sells Note 9 with premium price tag (more than $1000), the result will hit them hard. This is not a speculation. You guys can go and look at those comments in SME facebook. More than half of them are saying they will skip Note 9 and wait for S10. It's not that hard to imagine that Note 9 sales will be very tough. Lower the price is the only way to go. The worst, give more valuable gifts as compensation.

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Data connection usually is not stable compared to wifi. Sometimes it's either your telco problem or the 4G signal is not strong. Very common.

Coming soon. Usually will be announced right before the roadshow.


Doubt what? Trade-in programme is Samsung annual events (once for S, once for Note). They sure will provide one. The only cons is their price may not be justified compared to 2nd hand market price.

Confirm got. Anyone went through that option during the pre-order procedure? A bit curious about what's the "official" 2nd hand price of Note 8 according to Samsung.

IMO, it's not worth to sell the accesories especially when the the phone is "missing".

Why not just keep it as spare? It's always good to have emergency back up if your new accesories fail to work in the future.