Recent content by High_tech_lowlife

Much appreciated, thanks again. I'm not new to Samsung but I don't replace my devices often so there's a lot of change in functionality and even language since I got my S9 in 2018. On top of that I'm not very tech savvy so it's easy for me to miss simple things. After a few days I think I'm...

Thank you, this is helpful. I wasn't aware of the now bar. I guess that gets close to what I was hoping for. After going through those settings, it now seems the controls appear on the now bar when actively playing media. It seems to appear in the notification panel like your screen shots...

I'm new to the S25. Someone please tell me it's possible to add a widget or somehow be able to control SiriusXM or Media Monkey players from the lock screen, I can't see how to do it. Thanks

I'm hoping to hear from some of the battery guru's here... I recently had an experience where my battery rapidly drained from ~30% to 0 within minutes, despite minimal usage of the phone in that time. I noticed a post elsewhere in the forum where a user did a slow charge via computer usb and...

Just realized I posted the wrong attachment. Post now edited with the screenshot of the post-slow charge stats.

Thanks again for the replies. I bought the phone outright less than 1.5 year ago so I definitely need to get more for my money out of it. Interesting update- I ran it down again in Safe Mode and got the same result, battery crashes below 30%. Then I read elsewhere on this site that someone...

Thanks, yes everything else with the performance seems to be fine. And as I mentioned the overall battery usage seems pretty good. At least according to the phones meter, it only uses about 30% of the battery in a 24 hour period. Of course if the battery has really lost 30% of its total...

Thanks for this information, it helps give context to the problem.

OK, would the process to monitor in safe mode be the same as I've done by checking the usage statistics for sharp drops in battery status?

Thanks again. I'll let it run down again over the next couple days and see what happens, but I'm pretty disappointed with Samsung at the moment.

Thanks. That's pretty disappointing a well-cared for battery less than 1.5 years old would degrade so much. Is that typical? Below are two screen shots that capture two battery level crashes this week from ~30% to 0, with the apps listed at the bottom. Doesn't look like unusual usage, but...

Recently my phone battery goes from 30% to 0 in about a half hour with no use. Can anything be done or does this mean battery replacement? What is the cause? Phone is S9, <1.5 yrs old. Since new I've been careful to keep the charge between 50-80%, which is usually about 24 hours of use for...

Thanks. But unfortunately re-doing the SmartSwitch didn't bring the missing pictures back. Any other suggestions?

Thanks, I'm not an advanced user so I'm not fully literate on all this... When you say "download them", do you mean re-do the transfer with Samsung Smart Switch? Is there any chance that process would delete the messages on my new phone that have come in since the first transfer?

Interesting, I don't seem to have all those multimedia message settings. Only 4 of your 5 toggles, and nothing about restrictions or multimedia limits.