Not sure why, my phone with no sim card and only WIFI and Always Display On, battery decreases by 6% when doing nothing for 5 hours. Goes down even more over the past one hour trying to configure it, now only 80%.

For those with S21 Ultra, can you try the palm gesture to capture screen? I have it activated in the option and checked internet, but no matter how fast/slow/side palm/ etc still won't capture screen. Not sure if it is bug or I am not doing it right? This palm gesture quite useful for taking screen shots.

Previously S20 release got free gifts later like free microsd card or chance to get TV. Now with the pandemic prices increase relative to US and Europe market yet no additional free gifts...

Maybe later Samsung will surprise us with free gifts:

1. Case with S Pen
2. TV
3. Samsung Watch
4. Any others? LOL...

In dreaming mode... boring MCO days. Today drove past police guarding the road with severe jam.... when will this end...

For those who ordered from Courts Online (mine is Courts Mall in Shoppee), my FIT2 got approved. Applied on 30th Jan 2021, just approved this morning. They also changed my purchase place from Shoppee to Courts Online.

Now not sure what happens next. They will just send the FIT2 over to my registered address?

28th Jan I think. I think crucial is when I applied for it which I stated 30th Jan. Yes pre order. Only pre order qualifies for the redemption.

Actually based on my experience, I think they are not strict on the documents. Key is the IMEI pic, pre order key picture I think. Basically I used Court's delivery note and they approved it. Later then Courts sent me the official invoice... You better apply fast then check with the RMA team if they reject. Quota 10k though I doubt got so many people preorder.

Yeah I want to ask too. Don't know how they will send over.

https://samsung-redemption.com/customer/#/sasso/MY-gwp-130

Quick update, once they ship they will send you one email.

Kindly be informed that your shipment under preparation and you will receive the notification email with tracking number once the parcel shipped.

When you received the shipped notification email, you are expected to receive the parcel with the time frame as below.

Klang Valley 1 day ~ 3 days
West Malaysia: 5 days ~ 7days
East Malaysia: 1 week ~ 2 weeks

Sometimes it is not because of Samsung being good. Rather US helped it by killing off Huawei. And with Xiaomi blacklisted almost all China smartphones in danger, not much alternatives. And LG is pulling out too. Either switch to Samsung or iPhone.

On a separate note, I just spent the last few hours transferring data and setting up apps for my Ultra. Seems battery deleted very quickly, and quite hot. Also reception of signal for 4G not as good as Huawei. With Huawei always full bar but with Ultra sometimes 4 bars.

Also to share for those with VoLTE issues, please note if you run dual sim and you enable VoLTE for SIM2, your VoLTE for SIM 1 (by default on if your telco supports it) will not work. I tried it a few times on DIGI network.

After CNY I will explore eSim and see what's the behaviour then.

Today first time I brought the phone out for use. The fingerprint sensor people say much better than previous one. But to me it still sucks. I use my thumb and hard to get a reading most of the time. Need to press a couple of times with almost whole thumb on the screen. Using stock film. Previously using Huawei and Sony no such issue. Well at least the face recognition not giving me much problem. Can't detect with masks on of course.

Hmm you are comparing with previous version of Samsung which based on review seems better. But I am comparing based on Huawei phones. This is my second Samsung phone since Note 2. Have you tried other phones before on this finger print thingy? FYI nothing wrong with my fingerprint. Verified by NRIC reader and banks.

More little feedback on the telco reception.

I was in my carpark just now. Signal switched to 3G with only 1 bar. Previous Huawei P20 Pro still 4G with 2 to 3 bars, accessing internet not an issue. Granted I know Huawei phone has better signal than my previous Sony, I wonder if Samsung signal really that off? I guess folks with good area coverage would not face this problem.


One thing I like to seek Samsung guru's help, when there are missed message, there's no led indicator permanently on for S21. Internet says S20 uses edge lighting. I tried the only edge lighting setting I could find. The lighting only lasts for a while when message comes in.

How do I have a permanent light indicator to indicate there's pending message, reminder, tasks, etc? Notification indicator while the screen is off.

Thanks.

How big is your backup? Mine which I did yesterday over 1.2GB via Google Drive, did not take more than 30 mins...

Did a bit of research, apparently this LED turn off is the trend. Gosh....

So far alternative solution is to activate Always On Display to really always on.... that way you see everything including time. But bad for the screen and battery life. Alternative is to install 3rd party apps like AodNotify which will give another set of different problems for you especially when there's update on android.

Truth be told, I know this is a Samsung thread and lots of Samsung aggressive fanboys. But so far I am not impressed by some of the common items here or there with Samsung. It is like them thinking you don't like the default apps, go to app store to find the right app at the right costs for you. There are features that's available for Samsung that's not quite default for other brands as well. Give and take. But for a premium Android phone (most expensive), I really do think Samsung has room for improvement in order to be on par with Iphone. Yes I also have iphone for work previously. The key aspect of all good flagship phones should be the OS and the default apps Phone maker builds. User experience is very important. If just purely on hardware, hard to beat the Chinese competitors, all basically using the same premium hardware.

Was out just now, yes confirmed reception not good. Only those who in area of lower coverage can feel the pain.

Alternative for all those having this issue is to turn on wifi calling. ie assuming place got wifi. Another diff is Huawei allows disabling of both Sim, Samsung needs at least one on

So what I do now is turn on flight mode. With wifi calling on, and with wifi access you will still get call. Only flaw is you need wifi access and no sms. I don't think I can get sms if Sim off. You can have wifi calling and Sim on, but depletes battery.

With flight mode maybe you lose other functionality too like app notifications, this one I don't know.

Now question is why reception is a big deal, I believe when coverage is bad, your phone constantly need to find the right base station. Switching from 4g to 3g to 2g etc. This activity depletes battery faster. Not coincidence why people say Samsung battery not good, this is one of the factor too.

OK now using PC so I am writing this to share more observation on my experience with Samsung S21 after Note 2 (which died due to known Samsung memory failure, China Samsung gives free exchange despite out of warranty. No such luck with Singapore and Malaysia). Do note I am just contributing which I hope Samsung people lurking in this thread can read this and further improve on Samsung. This helps everyone since I am now a Samsung user myself again. Not bashing.

Now earlier I mention why Samsung insists on having at least one Sim turned on is such a big deal for me? Huawei allows no sim turned on. This is good. Because if you activate flight mode, you lose a lot of functionalities. Like bluetooth, GPS etc, though you can turn on manually but troublesome. Like I said earlier I don't know if Flight mode will further exclude app notification or other functionalities. I don't intend to test this out.

So with Huawei I can turn off both SIMs, activate WIFI Calling. This way I will be able to get calls (even overseas but got charge for local call rate I think, not roaming) if I have WIFI access. No sms though I think. And your phone battery will not constantly have to scan and switch to get better reception. Now with Samsung S21, I can only activate flight mode which means I will lost a lot of other functionality to achieve the same result.

Note this really is painful for those with poor coverage. Personally I am using DIGI, my home has good DIGI signal compared to Maxis and Celcom. Due to the inconvenience of flight mode, now I have to on WIFI calling and also DIGI sim card when I am in areas where reception is bad and I am expecting calls. Depletes battery big time. Small things, but this is how I feel about Samsung. Maybe they are really going Apple route, thinking their way is the best user experience.

I described the above example, allowing disabling of both sim cards scenario. A small but maybe useful thing for some of Samsung's users. Isn't it what android is about? Customization? For those constantly travel before the pandemic, having the ability to turn off all sim cards instead of activating flight mode can do wonders.