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I got the 3ATFG update yesterday on a unlocked S20 ultra. Camera and security performances apparently.
**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S20 Family Thread ****
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I'm on three and they are also very slow. I cant be bothered to wait and use this:
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s20-ultra/firmware/#SM-G988B
Just grab the most recent BTU firmware and follow the update instructions. I don't think I have used OTA since the first patch.
I have been using this site since 2010 when I got my first Samsung.
Make sure you select the correct model for your phone.
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That site does not include the yet to be released 2 updates only what has already been pushed out already.(EE) but does include the new vodaphone one. Again i do not think its a site where you can pick up updates from before they are released.. but thank you anyhow.
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Just grab the most recent one for BTU. It's usually more recent than the provider one and is exactly the same.
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After 8 years with Apple i've just come off the phone to EE having ordered a S20 Ultra for tomorrow!
Actually nervous haha
Can anyone recommend the best bang for buck 256gb MicroSD Card? I don't think i'll need an A2 super duper high speed one as it'll only really be used for storage of music, photos, videos etc.
Actually nervous haha
Can anyone recommend the best bang for buck 256gb MicroSD Card? I don't think i'll need an A2 super duper high speed one as it'll only really be used for storage of music, photos, videos etc.
After 8 years with Apple i've just come off the phone to EE having ordered a S20 Ultra for tomorrow!
Actually nervous haha
Can anyone recommend the best bang for buck 256gb MicroSD Card? I don't think i'll need an A2 super duper high speed one as it'll only really be used for storage of music, photos, videos etc.
I will be interested to see how you get on. Do you have any other Apple products? I’m quite bored of my iPhone but feels hard to separate myself from my AirPods and Apple Watch.
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Nope, just the airpods! Well I have an old MacBook Pro but that's just a web surfing or YouTube in bed laptop, nothing else.
Believe the airpods will still work as I use them (only ever use touch controls to play/pause and don't really use hey siri, although there's apps to restore this functionality.
The big thing that made me change, was the fact that the last three iPhones I've had, after 6-8 months the speakers slowly get quieter and quieter to the point that I can barely hear a call if there's background noise, and the loudspeaker for calls and media is also so quiet I can barely hear it with a fan on in the room.
Im sure this will be something I'm doing in some way, but cannot work it out and no amount of cleaning, resetting or anything else fixes it
Incase I forget to report back, give me a tag in a week or so and I'll let you know how I get on!
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1 hour in thoughts.
The design of the Android OS is just gross compared to iOS, an iphone is much easier to look at and makes more sense to navigate. Might just need some time to adjust, and can always changes launches.
Swapping over is a hassle. Samsung Smart Switch pulled contacts across but thats all. Also WhatsApp backs up to iCloud, so when you log in on the S20 theres not chat history, trying to work out how to get chat history across now, then I have to try and work out how to get the thousands of videos/videos from iCloud to Google Drive.
Screen at 120hz is nice, haven't really tested much on it as been messing around trying to get WhatsApp working
Will obviously need some time to adjust and learn, but as of right now i'm regretting my decision, but hopeful that this opinion will be changed once i've got everything set up, apps downloaded, phone customised to my liking and can focus on enjoying if
I think the opposite to this, I've been using android for about 10 years, but have used ipads over the years and whenever I try to use my wife's iPhone 11 I really struggle. Android for me is a lot more accessible and its features are simple to find and use.1 hour in thoughts.
The design of the Android OS is just gross compared to iOS, an iphone is much easier to look at and makes more sense to navigate. Might just need some time to adjust, and can always changes launches.
Swapping over is a hassle. Samsung Smart Switch pulled contacts across but thats all. Also WhatsApp backs up to iCloud, so when you log in on the S20 theres not chat history, trying to work out how to get chat history across now, then I have to try and work out how to get the thousands of videos/videos from iCloud to Google Drive.
Screen at 120hz is nice, haven't really tested much on it as been messing around trying to get WhatsApp working
Will obviously need some time to adjust and learn, but as of right now i'm regretting my decision, but hopeful that this opinion will be changed once i've got everything set up, apps downloaded, phone customised to my liking and can focus on enjoying if
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Like I say, I think a bit of an adjustment period is going to be needed and i'm happy to allow that.
But just getting my WhatsApp chat history onto my S20 Ultra is going to take me around 10 hours in total, found a program for windows that pulls the WhatsApp data from an iTunes backup of my phone, extracts it, then you can drag it into the Downloads folder on the S20.
The transfer of data from PC to S20 is going to take 3hrs45m...
So having received my new phone today the sim is coming out of it and back into my iPhone because it's not going to be done until early hours and I need a phone with everything I need on it for work, let alone just wanting the chat history there for personal reasons....
Thats a bummer. I know wirh android i can back up my chats to Google drive. I take it apple don't let you choose where to store the backup?
Nope, just the airpods! Well I have an old MacBook Pro but that's just a web surfing or YouTube in bed laptop, nothing else.
Believe the airpods will still work as I use them (only ever use touch controls to play/pause and don't really use hey siri, although there's apps to restore this functionality.
The big thing that made me change, was the fact that the last three iPhones I've had, after 6-8 months the speakers slowly get quieter and quieter to the point that I can barely hear a call if there's background noise, and the loudspeaker for calls and media is also so quiet I can barely hear it with a fan on in the room.
Im sure this will be something I'm doing in some way, but cannot work it out and no amount of cleaning, resetting or anything else fixes it
Incase I forget to report back, give me a tag in a week or so and I'll let you know how I get on!
IPA wipe the receiver. We see it every day.
Either way, enjoy the phone
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The bottom of the phone?
Any speaker, if it’s quiet on calls that’s usually the ear piece in the screen though?
How has the WhatsApp migration gone? Thats the only thing stopping me moving to Android.
As Steve5424 said, moving about on android is simple because you can choose where to store the backup.. this issue is more of an apple one if it exists at all and you're just not doing it wrong.
Or at the least a whatsapp integration on iOS issue. All I need to do is go into chat backup, backup either locally and attach it to an email to myself or stick it in google drive. Go to the new device and restore from there. It's a 5 minute job.
Still, moving from iOS to Android will be like driving on the wrong side of the road for a while. I had to swap when I'd been iOS forever and it took a while, now I can't use an iPhone to save my life and the settings menu particularly seems mental, like they've been stuffing things in there for years in no particular order.
Or at the least a whatsapp integration on iOS issue. All I need to do is go into chat backup, backup either locally and attach it to an email to myself or stick it in google drive. Go to the new device and restore from there. It's a 5 minute job.
Still, moving from iOS to Android will be like driving on the wrong side of the road for a while. I had to swap when I'd been iOS forever and it took a while, now I can't use an iPhone to save my life and the settings menu particularly seems mental, like they've been stuffing things in there for years in no particular order.
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Yep, found a program and paid £40 which seems to be the only way to do it.
S20 Ultra is back in its box and waiting for a shipping bag to arrive from EE to send it back.
The WhatsApp migration was what started it, then just lots of little things with the main one being no visual voicemail (or at least easy and simple to work visual voicemail).
Android is also not very nice to look at compared to iOS. I get you can change launchers etc etc but just the baseline OS such as notifications are drab and dreary.
I really really wanted to like it but there's just to many little things which I can't get along with, and with my phone being such an essential tool for my business, I don't think I have the time to adjust to all of them!
Maybe in a few years when I can afford two phones I'll get one just for fun and messing around with haha!
@matt100 Yeah you've got it bang on, on iOS you can only backup WhatsApp to iCloud and that's it.
You can go through each chat individually and email them across but I just don't have the time to do that for the hundreds of chats I have, especially old ones discussing quotes and prices with customers, and I don't want to lose all of the premium memes I've shared with friends
I've just got a 2nd hand iPhone and the recycler didn't even clean it. Will an alcohol rub in the receiver cause liquid damage and is there a household product I can use that is suitable?
Cheers
Yep, found a program and paid £40 which seems to be the only way to do it.
S20 Ultra is back in its box and waiting for a shipping bag to arrive from EE to send it back.
The WhatsApp migration was what started it, then just lots of little things with the main one being no visual voicemail (or at least easy and simple to work visual voicemail).
Android is also not very nice to look at compared to iOS. I get you can change launchers etc etc but just the baseline OS such as notifications are drab and dreary.
I really really wanted to like it but there's just to many little things which I can't get along with, and with my phone being such an essential tool for my business, I don't think I have the time to adjust to all of them!
Maybe in a few years when I can afford two phones I'll get one just for fun and messing around with haha!
@matt100 Yeah you've got it bang on, on iOS you can only backup WhatsApp to iCloud and that's it.
You can go through each chat individually and email them across but I just don't have the time to do that for the hundreds of chats I have, especially old ones discussing quotes and prices with customers, and I don't want to lose all of the premium memes I've shared with friends
I disagree on the android look that's just personal opinion but the WhatsApp thing is what everyone tries to do, ecosystem lock in is a PITA