Poll: **** The Official Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Thread ****

Which Version Did You Buy?

  • Ocean Blue 128GB Single Sim

    Votes: 31 27.0%

  • Midnight Black 128GB Single Sim

    Votes: 48 41.7%

  • Lavender Purple 128GB Single Sim

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Ocean Blue 512GB Single Sim

    Votes: 2 1.7%

  • Midnight Black 512GB Single Sim

    Votes: 9 7.8%

  • Ocean Blue 128GB Dual Sim

    Votes: 7 6.1%

  • Midnight Black 128GB Dual Sim

    Votes: 9 7.8%

  • Lavender Purple 128GB Dual Sim

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Ocean Blue 512GB Dual Sim

    Votes: 5 4.3%

  • Midnight Black 512GB Dual Sim

    Votes: 4 3.5%
  • Total voters
    115
Battery life is still a bit crap, 60% battery left and only used 45 min screen on time.

Other than a short commute listening to music I've barely used it.
 
Could one of you kind people with the latest update try some of things below for me. As I really dont want to format and downgrade again :(

I use my phone exclusively with full screen enabled and swipe up gestures for recents, home & back. With no gesture hints displayed at the bottom. It works great and fluidly with the top bar only showing on the home screen and apps draw. Is this still the case? Non samsung keyboards work without any borders at the bottom, and apps run using the entire screen.

I use edge panels for quick access to my fav apps. Does this still work as I have now: resize, position, edit features etc?

I have the bixby button 'disabled' and remapped with bxactions, to operate the torch with a single press, whether the phone is awake or not, double press also toggles full screen.

I use Accessibilty Assistant menu, to have a floating icon that pulls down the notification panel with a single tap, and more importantly it enables single tap the answer/reject calls.

I know the Good Lock features are coming in an update, so that should sort the other functions I use.

When I tested the beta 10 UI2 the above didnt work, or at best very erratic. And I couldnt live without them, so wiped the phone back to 9 UI1, which is what I'm running at the mo :)

Thanks
Mick
 
Could be a coincidence but the recent February security update has noticeably impacted my battery. I can lose 3-4% in idle standby on my train into central London (<20 mins).

And when it gets low, it can drop several percent in a couple of minutes.
 
Yeah that's why I thought it could also be a coincidence, it just happen to manifest straight after I completed the update.

I miss my Note 4 and been able to swap out the battery :(.
 
Any one having issues regarding pages opened in Chrome and having to refresh? All my pages are completely refreshing after ~20 seconds of been away/on a particular one. The RAM is seemingly not having a good day.

Edit - at times, it's instant (swap tabs and it immediately has to reload).
 
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Any one having issues regarding pages opened in Chrome and having to refresh? All my pages are completely refreshing after ~20 seconds of been away/on a particular one. The RAM is seemingly not having a good day.

Edit - at times, it's instant (swap tabs and it immediately has to reload).
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Yes, ive had issues with chrome, load a page and it freezes, wont scroll or nothing. I have to go back to the main screen and reload it. It then comes to life.

I've have received the latest March 2020 update this afternoon though, so lets if it happens now. It will determine if its chrome specific or android issue potentially?
 
Cookie12 said:
Yes, ive had issues with chrome, load a page and it freezes, wont scroll or nothing. I have to go back to the main screen and reload it. It then comes to life.

I've have received the latest March 2020 update this afternoon though, so lets if it happens now. It will determine if its chrome specific or android issue potentially?
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Yeah it's definitely a recent thing; first freezes in Chrome where I have to press the home button to kick it back to action, sluggish responsiveness and now the losing its place in memory issue. Can't wait for a 90/120Hz phone and one that doesn't suffer the predictable Samsung lag.
 
Well I upgraded to an s20+ at the weekend and I have the same problem I had with the note 9 as stated earlier.

So its defiantly a chrome issue for some reason.
 
I wonder if its Chrome or how the OS handles what memory an app can use? Ive always found Chrome eats quite a bit of memory when looking in the settings.
My Chrome version is 80.0.3987.132 I wonder if yours is any different, being on Android 10
 
Chrome still running like a dog on my Note 9 - the phone itself, at times, also completely brain farts and performance collapses.

I think a hard reset is needed but have held off as it's a bother to get my work email back on there. I am considering paying Samsung to fix my charging port and replace the battery - coupled with a hard reset I think it would be a completely different phone experience. Plus it would help with selling/or just make an awesome backup phone.

Has anyone used Samsung repair before? The website seems to suggest they can come to you as the repair location is letting me pick home after it asked for a postcode.

Edit - sweet, thanks @pinkpound :)
 
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Chrome still running like a dog on my Note 9 - the phone itself, at times, also completely brain farts and performance collapses.

I think a hard reset is needed but have held off as it's a bother to get my work email back on there. I am considering paying Samsung to fix my charging port and replace the battery - coupled with a hard reset I think it would be a completely different phone experience. Plus it would help with selling/or just make an awesome backup phone.

Has anyone used Samsung repair before? The website seems to suggest they can come to you as the repair location is letting me pick home after it asked for a postcode.
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Used it twice they will repair in a van outside your home .Very quick and efficient and you keep warranty
 
pinkpound said:
Used it twice they will repair in a van outside your home .Very quick and efficient and you keep warranty
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Booked. £150 which is a little pricey but I would likely be paying at least £50 for the parts, voiding my warranty and almost certainly buggering up it's IP68 resistance. With a factory reset - this is going to be awesome :cool:.
 
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