**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S21 Family Thread ****

panthro said:
My S21 Ultra has died today. Turned off and won't turn on, and won't hold any charge, wired or wireless. Had it since its release but pretty disappointed as I held off upgrading to the S24 as I wanted another year out of it. Now it's value is negligible as I can't trade it in and will need to get it repaired, but most likely I'm going to move to a Pixel 8 Pro or One Plus 12.
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Am considering the oneplus myself - the wife has one and I really like the way the camera images turn out - the Galaxy photos never seem to be as colourful
 
Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
One UI 6.1 update is out if anyone else is still using their S21 ultra.
Downloading a 2409.33MB update now.
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The Galaxy has been one of the most reliable phones I have had and, even though, the battery doesn't last quite so long, I had not really thought of upgrading it again until recently. I get the feeling that there will be a lot of peeps still using it - a very capable phone
 
I used the battery saver where it limited the charge to 85% since release, but more recently found myself having to plug it in to avoid running out in the evening. It actually died during a particularly long phone call a few weeks ago.
I do run two SIMs (EE&O2) which may have more of a drain.. *shrugs*
With the new update I switched it to adaptive instead and wake up with the phone on 100% and haven't needed to plug in the phone in the evening... So far.
 
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Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
I used the battery saver where it limited the charge to 85% since release, but more recently found myself having to plug it in to avoid running out in the evening. It actually died during a particularly long phone call a few weeks ago.
I do run two SIMs which may have more of a drain.. *shrugs*
With the new update I switched it to adaptive instead and wake up with the phone on 100% and haven't needed to plug in the phone in the evening... So far.
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Thats sounds useful !
 
Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
I used the battery saver where it limited the charge to 85% since release, but more recently found myself having to plug it in to avoid running out in the evening. It actually died during a particularly long phone call a few weeks ago.
I do run two SIMs (EE&O2) which may have more of a drain.. *shrugs*
With the new update I switched it to adaptive instead and wake up with the phone on 100% and haven't needed to plug in the phone in the evening... So far.
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Have you checked it's holding 80% until an 1hr (ish) before you wake up, then fully charged, or is it going to 100% and just staying there?
 
doopydug said:
Am considering the oneplus myself - the wife has one and I really like the way the camera images turn out - the Galaxy photos never seem to be as colourful
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I ended up going for the S24 Ultra....but that was only because the OnePlus was out of stock in the colour and memory size I wanted and I was in desperate need of a new phone.
 
I'm a bit miffed after the update,
When on my home screen I used to strike right and I'd see loads of news stories based on my interests but since the update I get a circle of death.
Also when I opened Google Chrome I saw a page of similar stories but that also has a circle of death.
I have had a mess with settings but getting nowhere, any ideas?

Thanks
 
Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
Google discover still works when I swipe right on my home screen and when I open Chrome.

I did see this though which has a few suggestions to try
www.androidauthority.com

Google Discover not working? Here's how you can try to fix it

If the Google app's Discover feature is vital to how you learn things, here's how to get it back when it vanishes.
www.androidauthority.com www.androidauthority.com
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I didn't even know it was called that :)
I'll try it.

Update
Tried everything on that page with no luck :(
 
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Updated my S21Ultra and quite impressed so far. Need to check AOD settings as I'm sure the clock/icon area has moved since the update while screen is off.
 
richjs said:
Just bought an s24+ to replace an S10+and finding it really hard to hold without the curved edges. Makes it feel a good centimetre wider in my hands.

Tempted to swap it for a normal s24. Anyone experienced similar or did you just get used to it?
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Every smartphone I've ever owned immediately goes into a flip case.
Whenever I see anybody carrying a phone without a cover on, it creeps me out :)
 
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