Recent content by smoke skull

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    Camera not focusing

    My trade was accepted so I made out like a bandit since I only paid $400 for my Note 20 ultra. I been on pins and needles hoping they didn't fully test the camera. It did take awesome pics once it got a slap and told what to do.
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    Beware Samsung Trade Ins

    I sent a note 20 ultra and a note 10 plus. Both phones wrre mint except the note 20 had the camera focus bug.. I am in Canada and they had my phones for 2 weeks and the note 20 passed with flying colors but they reduced the note 10 from $160 to $60. I immediately contacted Samsung and they are...
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    S23U 1tb partion the drive?

    Just wondering if anyone has used a smartswitch backup if you had to do a reset? I mean Taking the data off a external drive to get it back on the phone.
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    S23U 1tb partion the drive?

    Anyone have recommendations for a fast portable drive. Inexpensive and sexy too. Is the default Samsung backup good or should I use an app? Never had experience trying to restore a backup.
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    S23U 1tb partion the drive?

    Can you partition the drive for photos and documents to keep them permanently in the even you need to reset the phone or is external backup the only option?
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    Camera not focusing

    Samsung gave me $850 tradin on a new S23 Ultra so I am now rocking a new phone. No regrets either. The note 20 took great pictures but the effort to get it to focus was taking the joy out of photography . I hope you get your sorted. I liked the note 20 but wasn't sure what it was going to take...
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    Camera not focusing

    I read a surprising ammount of comments even about it happening on S21 and some s22 phones also. Samsung won't admit to anything. People say it's sfter an update it happens. I can't say if mine was like this or not because I just bought mine. The ca.era is the thing that makes these phones so...
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    Camera not focusing

    My bad it's the middle camera that's funky and it's part of the module. Outside it's easy to get it to focus. Takes great pictures but disappointing that you need to smack it to get it to focus and Samsung admits nothing
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    Camera not focusing

    Would be nice to figure out the exact piece of hardware. It appears relates to the top camera which is independent to the other 2 cameras which are a module. But not sure if you can buy just the one part of rif they come as a kit.
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    Camera not focusing

    I try some aftermarket camera apps and they did not fix it. So it's a hardware issue.
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    Camera not focusing

    My friend has a note 20 ultra and he just did the latest updates and his camera still works fine. I had to smack mine 3x just now but it does work. Takes awesome photos once it's in focus. Make sure you got a good grip on it so you don't slap it to the floor lol
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    Camera not focusing

    If I slap the phone with my other hand it will focus.
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    Camera not focusing

    Apperantly this is a common issue. People report smacking the phone will get the focus to work. Obviously this phone had the issue when I bought it. I hate when people sell broken electronics. I found the usb c port was loose so I had to replace that and now the camera is funky. Otherwise the...
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    Camera not focusing

    I cleared storeage cache and reset all camera setting but still have bad focus unless I zoom. When it sees people I get the tracing box around there face so it appears that tracking option is still functional even though it's not enabled. Not sure if that's the problem. I just got this phone...
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    Camera not focusing

    I recently bought a N20U and did the 5.1 update today and now my camera won't focus. Did you find fix?