Samsung Galaxy S10+

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• justasmile
• vjq
• 05 Nov 2023

AnonD-1090716, 04 Nov 2023shows me a source where the 855/855+ are better than the Ex... moreNvm, you're right. Turns out Exynos 9825 was better than the snapdragon chips. But now, it just gone downhill.

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• 8Fu
• 04 Nov 2023

axn, 03 Nov 2023which os is better for this phone ? pixel experience plus... moreONE UI 5.1 Rom port by noble rom for the S10 series.

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• 04 Nov 2023

axn, 03 Nov 2023I am planning to buy this phone right now and later run lin... moreGo for Exynos, performs great and is stable also support custom roms, if you wan to install custom roms avoid Qualcomm variant since it has a locked bootloader and you won't be able to unlock it to install a custom rom.

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• 8Fu
• 04 Nov 2023

justasmile, 01 Nov 2023In this case the Qualcomm is just better. Otherwise show m... moreshows me a source where the 855/855+ are better than the Exynos 9820/9825 and the A13 Bionic?

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• 03 Nov 2023

which os is better for this phone ?
pixel experience plus or linage os
thanks in advance

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• axn
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• 03 Nov 2023

I am planning to buy this phone right now and later run linage os
I am not so familiar with how os reallly works but heard chipset matters
should I go for the exynos or snapdragon one
kindly help

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• justasmile
• vjq
• 01 Nov 2023

AnonD-1090716, 31 Oct 2023you should be happy to have the Excellent Exynos CPU and no... moreIn this case the Qualcomm is just better.
Otherwise show me a source that proves Exynos 9820 is better than Snapdrgaon 855.

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• 31 Oct 2023

Radical, 08 Oct 2023Have the device from later 2019, when i got it new with ver... moreYes, me as well, I have had this phone S10+ since early 2019 (Almost 4.5 years). The best phone in resolution; charging; speakers; etc. and never had a problem.

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• 31 Oct 2023

Radical, 08 Oct 2023Have the device from later 2019, when i got it new with ver... moreyou should be happy to have the Excellent Exynos CPU and not the Garbage/junk Qualcomm CPU

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• 31 Oct 2023

Anonymous, 28 Sep 2023shoud i upgrade my iphone 11 pro(64gb) for S10 Plus (512gb) ?yes, if you want more reliability.

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• 31 Oct 2023

Iblaee, 25 Sep 2023I have tried Lineageos the other day, absolutely could not ... moreI suggest you to try the One UI 5.1 port for the S10 series

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• 12 Oct 2023

Anonymous, 09 Oct 2023NoWhat on earth is that suppose to mean

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• 09 Oct 2023

Anonymous, 28 Sep 2023shoud i upgrade my iphone 11 pro(64gb) for S10 Plus (512gb) ?No

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• 08 Oct 2023

Have the device from later 2019, when i got it new with very good discount, was worth waiting to get cheaper... Gotta say this device is amazing, it is so good, never had even a single problem with it... The only 2 things that piss me off, is mostly the crappy Exynos CPU, that is working fine for the most part, but in the summer it get really hot, and is not nice to hold the phone, while is like 38c... Also i never liked the edge style of the sides, is hard to use, when the phone is naked, and has no armored case... Lucky for me, when adding case makes the phone feel way better, otherwise holding the phone naked with 1 hand i touch stuff all the time, cuz of the damn sides... The top and bottom sides of the phone are great, but the sides not at all... Outside of these 2 things, i dont have any other issue with the device, it was great back in 2019, and is great even nearly 2024... I guess i will maybe upgrade to newer Galaxy S, maybe some time after 2026 or even further in time lol...

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• Lxf
• 03 Oct 2023

Got another advice for anyone buying flagships like me (ie. buying an older pristine flagship with specs good even today like 8GB of RAM on my S10+ and the latest supported flagship by a custom ROM of your choice like LineageOS for me, installing a custom ROM with latest Android without any bloat, getting features not found on newer flagships like MicroSD support and so on): if you buy an used flagship and it has problems with ports even though it's otherwise undamaged (for example, my S10+ would stop charging if I moved or bent the charging cable, only not moving it would charge uninterrupted, and the 3.5mm jack would stop sound to left and right channel alternating between the two and even disconnect the headphones if I bend the cable where it's connected to the jack, and especially if I spun the cable in the jack), or even if you bought it new and it still developed issues with ports over time even though you took care of it and are sure you did no physical damage to it, it may be that the ports are full of gunk/dust. Such was the case with my second-hand S10+ which was otherwise in pristine condition and the price was much lower than next undamaged S10+.

So I cleaned the Type-C port which had issues with stopping charging if the cable was bent or moved by taking a sewing needle, going from left to right part of the port a few times to move all the dust to one side, then repeatedly pulled the dust upwards until enough was pulled it could be now extracted with fingers. I repeated this a few times on the upper part of the port, until I saw there was no more dust, taking care not to push too hard to the bottom of the port, as well as not to push on the pins in the middle portrusion in order not to damage anything. Then I moved the needle right to left. When the upper part was clean, I did the same to lower part too. There was an unbelieveable amount of dust there, and after cleaning it, there were no more issues with charging at all, no matter how much I move or bend the cable - this 100% effective fix took all of 5 minutes.

As for the 3.5mm jack, I couldn't use a needle like with Type-C, but it was wide enough, plus it was perfectly round, meaning using a Q-Tip soaked in 40% alcohol solution was a logical choice (think vodka, nothing but pure alcohol, but medicinal rubbing alcohol would be even more ideal). First I turned off the phone to avoid short-circuits and things like that (the phone is IP68 water-resistant rated so I doubt anything would have happened if I didn't turn it off, but why risk it when it takes all of 15-20 seconds at the most for it to turn off). I soaked the Q-Tip in alcohol, ripped out some cotton from it (the alcohol made it easy to rip it off without much effort) so that it was slim enough to enter the jack much easier, but wide enough to touch every part of the jack, so it was just snug enough to push against the sides (thus coming into contact with every pin/contact in the 3.5mm jack) but slim enough to enter easily. I then constantly spun the Q-Tip around while pushing it in, as simply pushing it in without spinning pushed back the cotton and thus the cotton didn't enter the jack. When the Q-Tip touched the bottom of the jack, I spun it around for 2-3 seconds while it touched the bottom, then somewhat slowly moved it up and down to clean the sides too.

The top of the Q-Tip was black, while the sides weren't as black but still it was black enough to indicate some dust/gunk was cleaned. I repeated this method 5 or 6 times, until the top of the Q-Tip ceased becoming black which meant I successfully cleaned the jack.

I used a 1000w computer-cleaning strong air blower instead of a hair dryer (since the hot air from the dryer could damage phone components, weaken the adhesive holding the glass adhesive in place, or damage the battery) for about 3 to 5 minutes to accelerate the drying, then turned it on. At first it refused to recognize my headphones, but less than 5 minutes later my headphones got recognized and successfully played music through both channels, all the while not having issues with channel playback or disconnecting headphones no matter how I bent the cable or how hard or long I spun it in the jack.

So there you go. This was the first phone with this issue, so it didn't occur to me right away. But doing this fixed those two issues, the only issues the phone had as otherwise it was spotless. Now it's truly undamaged, in pristine condition. So if your older phone, or a used phone you bought from someone, has issues with ports, it may need cleaning so no need to have the port replaced and waste money since it took less than 10 minutes total to clean both ports on my phone, plus 10 or so minutes waiting for the 3.5mm jack to dry (it may have taken 15-20 minutes or more if I didn't use the air blower).

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• 02 Oct 2023

Anonymous, 28 Sep 2023shoud i upgrade my iphone 11 pro(64gb) for S10 Plus (512gb) ?Yes

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• 28 Sep 2023

Anex, 26 Sep 2023That's because LOS targets pure experience. If you wan... moreReading user experiences, I garnered reading user posts and experiences that by using Open Camera, a free app available on Play Store, you can also get excellent quality. It can also access all cameras (attested by me, by pressing the camera icon with a + sign cycles through all three main cameras, and two front cameras, but it also selects a non-existent third front camera for some reason, it would've been better if we could directly select which camera we want like in the stock Aperture app, but oh well, both camera apps support all the cameras), allow you to save to SD card instead of only internal memory, can capture HDR, you can choose framerate for video (but it can't record in 60 fps, defaults to 30 if 60 is selected), and for those needing it, even capture RAW.

The only thing I wasn't able to do is record in 60 fps, but considering the freedom and additional options, as well as perks of having a completely blank ROM (as blank as you could have it, at least), and considering that I don't really use the camera, it doesn't bother me. And I'm sure you can find a way to theme the ROM if you look hard enough - for me, fluidness and no stuttering, as well as having everything in one place (such as quick connect/disconnect to VPN and toggle hotspot in status bar), plus Trebuchet's ability to lock behind a pattern plus biometrics and hide absolutely any app you install, wins over "pretty UI". UI should be functional, increase the efficiency of usage and have as little impact on phone's resources as possible in my opinion, "prettyness" is secondary.

Oh, and LOS automatically encrypts your internal storage, whether you install by wiping system fresh or not, so even with an unlocked bootloader and accessing the internal memory through recovery or something, all you get are junk folders with random names, thus eliminating one of the drawbacks of custom ROMs - easily accessible user data.

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• 28 Sep 2023

Protip: for a truly insane battery life, both screen on, and ESPECIALLY screen off, go to Settings, then Apps, then See all X apps, where X is your number of apps.

Now, think a bit: which app doesn't need background activity? And which apps with background activity do you not need background at all (for example, Facebook or Quora if you aren't interested in their notifications)? If the app fulfills that, tap on the app in the app list, then tap App battery usage, then tap on Restricted.

What this does is prevent the app from running in background, thus easing the load on CPU, possibly increasing the amount of free RAM (don't hold me to that though), and thus, lessened impact on battery. By putting the vast majority of apps except only those which you need to run in background (instant messaging for notifications, music player for music and so on) all that adds up to a much greater battery endurance. The CPU is fast enough so I doubt you'll notice a difference in responsiveness but the battery life will be insane! For example, constantly using my phone, basically constantly using Firefox for browsing from 7:00, will reach 30% battery in around 12:30 when the battery saver kicks in, and I still have at least an hour and a half to two hours projected battery time remaining by checking the Battery option in Settings. Guess the screen off time? From 22:00, when the battery is 100%, and 6:50 when I wake up, it dropped to only 95%, and projected time was over 7 days!

Examples of apps that can be put in restricted without affecting the experience at all: Quora (if you don't need the notifications), all games except those where you need notifications, Trebuchet app launcher, AOSP keyboard, 2FA Authenticator app, web browsers, file manager app (except MiXplorer, which needs background if you use FTP server and so on), app licences, camera, gallery, contacts, built-in music player if you use a third-party one... Just putting Trebuchet on my phone to restricted massively increased battery life, and there is no delay or any issues with putting it in restricted.

All the other background apps are on optimized, while only those that ask for unrestricted for proper functioning (Radarbot, Reminders, cloud sync app) are unrestricted and this gives me over 6 and a half hours of constant browsing with Firefox while music is playing through Shanling UA3 as the output device, using jetAudio+ as a music player with James DSP installed through Magisk for additional advanced systemwide sound effects.

I also use NUKED script to disable motion sensor during Doze (and run other scripts, such as disabling analytics and tracking services for system and user apps, as well as disabling ad and useless services for user apps, just make sure to unmount/eject your SD card while running NUKED scripts since it has a tendency to corrupt the SD card), L Speed with option to immediately enable Doze with screen off, Battery Guru from same developer as L Speed to also enable Doze with screen off, and only disable Doze by unlocking, not just screen on, and finally NFS Injector set on Balanced.

And for God's sake, if using Ainur Sauron MK III, DO NOT enable the Audio policy patches, as not only can this cause a bootloop so bad you need to wipe both user data and system then reflash if you uninstall it, but it also reduces battery stamina. But that's why you backup to Google for contacts and passwords (including WiFi) and use Neo Backup (available on F-Droid) to backup apps and data to SD card to restore everything quickly, including app data.

So there you have it. Put EVERY app into restricted where you don't need background (and that's the vast majority of apps) and only need it working it it's the currently active window, all other apps to optimized, and only a select few with a schedule or needing instant response even with screen off into unrestricted and you should notice your battery lasting a lot longer.

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• Anonymous
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• 28 Sep 2023

shoud i upgrade my iphone 11 pro(64gb) for S10 Plus (512gb) ?

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• 26 Sep 2023

Iblaee, 25 Sep 2023I have tried Lineageos the other day, absolutely could not ... moreThat's because LOS targets pure experience. If you wanted customization, should've installed something like risingOS, EvoX, DroiOd, Alphadroid etc. There are camera mods of gcam to get even better performance out of the units then stock samsung cam, you just didn't spend the time searching a bit more before posting.

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