Recent content by songbae

It's supposed to be an Oreo cookie. And when you press on the picture for a few seconds, you'll be presented with an octopus that can be moved as you hold and drag your finger across the screen. I've got an Essential phone sporting the 8.1 iteration of Oreo. The Easter egg much more closely...

Re: Sprint and Oreo 8.0 update!! Me too. Cleared the cache and the problem went away. Or it was simply a matter of time.

Grabbed the update this morning. Very happy with it so far. Right out of the gates, seems much snappier. And the FPS is far more responsive than before. Enjoying the new AOD clocks and ability to change lockscreen clock.

Updated to Oreo this morning. On Sprint. Yes, FPS seems much better. Always hit or miss for me. And the overall feel seems much snappier as well. I initially got a message that I cannot use Samsung Pass on a rooted phone. Cleared the cache and all is well.

Thanks for the Ebates tip. While I saw my student discount, I didn't see a discount for Ebates. If it shows up as cash back in my Ebates account, how long does it take?

Since when did carrier versions get priced more than unlocked?? I bought my Sprint versions of the Note 5, S7 Edge, Note 7, S8+, and Note 8 all at the pricing set by Samsung (msrp?). I never paid more than the pricing announced at release. Now, TMobile is the only carrier that keeps the...

8.1 beta on Sprint here. No issues, but I didn't find issue with 8.0 beta either.

$20 Samsung Rewards card redemption in 1 month, without any promotional points, was never possible. And certainly even more impossible now that Samsung's changed the entire earning structure coupled with the jacked up points required for redemption. At all levels, including at the Platinum...

I've amassed over 22,000 points through Samsung Pay. Over the last couple of days, I've tried to redeem my points for a Samsung Rewards VISA gift card (I've got enough for $100). However, when I visit redemption part of the Samsung Pay app and select the Rewards Card at the top, only a blank...

Used Samsung financing to purchase my Note 8. Traded in my Note 5. Got my first bill this morning. Appears that I received the full 425 for my trade-in.

I saw the same with respect to the Max Trade In Value. However, once Samsung received my Note 5, the value changed from 0 to 425.

The new, king of the hill. Received my Sprint Note 8 from Samsung this past September 7th. The green, Alcantara arrived from Amazon this morning. There's no finer cover, in my opinion. Regarding the micro SD card that is being sent out for those who elected the memory + charger...

No, that's the previous generation 360. Went with the card and charger. The 360 has received poor reviews. And like others, it's yet another device to carry that will quickly lose its novelty.

Following software update just released:

My S8+ seems to exhibit behavior quite opposite to what's been described in this thread. With the screen off (AOD) and charger plugged in, ok Google does nothing. However, if I press the power button once, ok Google will activate. However, the same holds true regardless whether the phone is...