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Samsung Galaxy Note8

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  • 13 Jul 2023

disneyalumni, 12 Jul 2023I love this phone! I have had it for several years. It is s... morehay there, as I know there is no way to do that, but I understand yo, I have one of this great phone for 6 years and it is working same as the first days!

    disneyalumni, 12 Jul 2023I love this phone! I have had it for several years. It is s... moreBro if you are interested in the custom rom scene, Lineage OS now has a working build (though unofficial, but you can easily google it) that even has OTA updates attached to it. You lose some functionality (no s-pen I think) but the rest is all Android 13 based. You might want to check it out if you want to keep using this phone longer

      Anonymous, 11 Jul 2023LMAO... Phone was released in September of 2017. It is not ... moresorry typo has made LOL

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        • 12 Jul 2023

        I love this phone! I have had it for several years. It is still in almost pristine condition. Everything is working fine.. charge still lasts all day... BUT one of my banking apps just notified me that later this month, their app will not run on Android 9. Is there any way to update my Android on this phone? I do not want to have to give up this phone I love. Most new phones don't have headphone jacks or SD cards-- two things I refuse to give up on a mobile phone.

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          • 11 Jul 2023

          Bought Note 8 when it came out in 2017.

          After a couple months had problems with it not charging and saying the charging port was wet. It wasn't, never dropped in water or really ever gotten rained on and I don't live in a tropical rain forest. That problem slowly disappeared.

          Around the one year mark I noticed the keyboard was starting to burn in and it was out of warranty. This made no sense since I don't even text. Only time I use it is to take notes or to type into search boxes when I am away from home. Keeping the screen bright must really take a toll on these screens.

          Two years in or so the fingerprint reader started becoming finicky then continued to get worse. Have since stopped using it but just tried and couldn't get it to work. With some very firm pressure it would try to read but would say "NO MATCH."

          Three years in and the stylus removal button broke off. Luckily when it did the pen popped out of the phone because I use it to take notes. Not wanting it locked into the phone I leave it out which became a problem when I sat on it and broke the short "Samsung" part off. It still works but can't be put in the phone. Accidentally put it in the phone and the problem isn't that is won't come out but that it won't stay in! Thought buying a replacement from China off eBay was a good cheap idea but boy was I wrong. Didn't fit (way too tight), the button cover on the side fell off and disappeared, the button to put it in and out of the phone broke off and as a bonus the stylus doesn't even work right on the screen. It acts like it is clicking a button over and over rapidly.

          Sometime after this the charging port started acting up. Once in awhile it just wouldn't start charging.That has progressed to the point now that only two out of maybe ten charging cables in the house are even capable of charging the phone. I use one high power one that once it starts charging I gently hit the off button to turn off the screen and never even let a breeze hit it.

          The battery on the other hand is phenomenal. I stick to the 80/20 charge/discharge as much as possible and it has served me well. A full charge (80%) still lasts me through the day and I am not sure how to check to see what percent of original it is but I'm guessing pretty high.

          A little over a year ago the texting/phone call/battery burn problem started. There is one person I text who doesn't have a real phone and as you try to type the cursor all of a sudden jumps to the front of the text. Makes it nearly impossible to do a long text at all. Sometimes it backs all the way out of the text. If you get the text complete and try to send it there is a high probability it won't go through the first, second, third, etc time. Just keep trying. Incoming texts are not affected.

          At the same time certain phone numbers will not be able to call you at all and some you won't be able to call. When this happens the once a day charging becomes three times. This problem is random and won't happen for a week or two, then all of a sudden for a few days it does. This is super documented on the web and a somewhat common problem that happens with flagship Samsung phones I believe maybe through the S21.

          Have gone through a couple cases and screen protectors. One of them didn't do a great job and there is a small almost unnoticeable crack in the bottom corner. Didn't effect rest of screen at that time. Within the last year the top third of my screen has decided it didn't like my finger and looks great but doesn't respond. Oddly the stylus still works up there. That has now progressed to the top half of my screen not working with finger touch. The slightly cracked corner is not where things are not working.

          What do I really like? The cameras are great. They have features I haven't even tried but they blow away my new low-mid range 5G phone from another brand.

          What is the worst part? BIXBY and the bixby button. It boggles my mind that they decided to force that down peoples throats. Accidentally hitting the button ends up wasting plenty of time as I have to go in and stop all the bixby services as well. It can't be disabled and along with a bunch of other bloatware restarts every time you restart your phone. Costs me about ten minutes going in and shutting down all the garbage I don't want/need running, much of which you should be able to disable.

          Was also totally unimpressed by the 4x4 mimo setup. That along with TMO advertised way too much coverage made me think I'd have 4G LTE almost anywhere. That is a big joke. Western Kansas and eastern Colorado have virtually no coverage for nearly three hours of a drive. TMO map had it completely covered.

          Would I but another Samsung flagship? Definitely not at this time. I'd rather be disappointed by a cheap phone then one that I just payed close to a thousand dollars for.

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            • 11 Jul 2023

            joewono, 07 Jun 2023it is only a temporary solution. in the end all amoled scre... moreLMAO... Phone was released in September of 2017. It is not even six years old yet. What sort of math gets you to over eight years?

              joewono, 07 Jun 2023it is only a temporary solution. in the end all amoled scre... morearen't we in 2023

                OniKyanAE86, 14 Apr 2023First is don't keep static images on the screen for lo... moreit is only a temporary solution. in the end all amoled screens will have this problem due to the age of use.

                note 8 was released in 2017. so over 8 years old, it's normal to have this problem

                  ttj, 09 May 2023What do you miss about it over the 20? Im still using the N... moreThe Note8 is still a good phone. Feature wise it checks all the boxes. The camera is great, the screen is great, the phone is still smooth. Mine is also from 2017 and the battery isn't so good anymore but the phone itself is still superb after almost 6 years. What I miss the most since the S22 Ultra is my daily driver since a year now is the heart rate sensor which I used regularly.

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                    • 09 May 2023

                    What do you miss about it over the 20? Im still using the Note8 from 2017. The battery has never been replaced is about 85% which is decent. My iphoneX from same time died 2 yrs ago and needs to be replaced and ive used my note8 way more. I feel i hit lucky with this battery. The screen has major banding not horrible bit its there in the background and has never been replaced. I suspect from long high brighness periods of outdoor use in summer. The stock samsung case is on its last leg seriously has been dropoed about 30-40 times. I have 2 cracked corners that dont affect usage. Aside from those it my my most favorite phone ive ever had even compared to buying new and trying them out and i still go back to my note8. Never lets me down unless taking pictures at night, which is total rubbish.

                    Im thinking of going for a note20 or s22/23 ultra but the prices on the new ones are crazy high. I use the headphone jack almost daily. Im looking for a good usbc headphone adapter i bought one and it was total rubbish the audio quality was horrible. I use ear buds on iphone but ive lost them or they wear out fast been using the same wirrd headphones for my note8 since 2017 and they still work great.

                      Anonymous, 08 Feb 2023how is it possible Hello, I just replaced a screen on a Note 8 for a friend, was an easy swap as I got the screen attached to the frame, just a matter of swapping the parts over to the new screen/frame assembly. You can find the replacement screen/frame assembly in the various colors the phone is available with an included matching replacement back cover for $100 on Aliexpress.

                        Anonymous, 05 Apr 2023How to avoid discoloration or amoleb burn?First is don't keep static images on the screen for long periods of time. Using apps that keep a UI, keyboard, etc. on the screen will start to show "burned" into the screen if used extended periods of time. To help keep or extend this from happening is to do the second suggestion.

                        Second thing is to keep the brightness on the screen low, somewhere around 1/3rd or 1/2 brightness levels as running the screen at high brightness levels deteriorates the screen faster.

                        Also bonus tip is using dark mode or having a dark background (specially if it has black) will give you better battery life as when pixels are black, they are off not using any power as AMOLED panels don't have a backlight that constantly runs underneath/behind it for a light source, each pixel makes its own light.

                          Was using this phone since jan. 2018
                          Still the best galaxy note i have ever used
                          Used it for almost 4 years and a half

                          Now using note 20 ultra but still missing some some advantages from the note8

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                            • j2e
                            • 05 Apr 2023

                            How to avoid discoloration or amoleb burn?

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                              • frW
                              • 04 Apr 2023

                              How do delete Samsung note 8 account if I have forgotten it

                                Anonymous, 02 Mar 2023Samsung Note 8 OTG supported ?Yes it supports USB OTG.

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                                  • 02 Mar 2023

                                  Samsung Note 8 OTG supported ?

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                                    • 01 Mar 2023

                                    Anonymous, 19 Feb 2023Hello people is it possible to pair a Note 10 or Note 20 S-... moreno

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                                      • 22 Feb 2023

                                      Anonymous, 19 Feb 2023Hello people is it possible to pair a Note 10 or Note 20 S-... moreNope

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                                        • n}C
                                        • 19 Feb 2023

                                        Hello people is it possible to pair a Note 10 or Note 20 S-Pen with the Note8?

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