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Instead of fixing the problems many Samsung Galaxy S8 owners reported, many more actually encountered issues after updating their devices to Android 8.0 Oreo. many of our readers have been contacting us regarding some problems we ourselves haven’t encountered yet. While we’ve addressed some of those concerns, there are also problems that keep on repeating
Freezes and lags that occur after an update are pretty minor issues and if you have this kind of problem, you can actually fix it on your own without having to see a technician. We have readers that own the Samsung Galaxy S8 who reported that their devices started to have these kinds of issues
Facebook is one of the pre-installed apps on your Samsung Galaxy S8. When there’s a firmware update, the app may also be updated but more often than not, Facebook rolls out updates for their apps regardless whether there’s a firmware update or not. Recently, we’ve been contacted by some of our readers who own Samsung
Phone require SIM card for its network functions and services to work. But there are instances when SIM card errors occur and when this happens, network services are also down or unavailable. SIM card errors may occur due to software or hardware problems. If the error occurs after the device was dropped or got wet,
Some users of the Samsung Galaxy S8 have contacted us asking why their phones started to perform poorly after the major Android 8.0 Oreo update. According to some, freezes and lags started to manifest after updating their devices. There are also those who said that the update may have messed up their phones because they
Since Samsung Galaxy S9 was released with Android 8.0 Oreo already installed, all new updates are minor ones except if it’s Android 9 Pie. Google has yet to make public Android P so all the updates you’ve received are either security patches or updates that bring minor improvements to the device’s performance. Regardless whether the
Firmware updates are supposed to fix problems but sometimes new updates bring new issues. In the case of some of our readers that own the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, they encountered a somewhat common problem after downloading the new Android 8 Oreo update. The problem wherein the phone blacks out or turns off on its
An app crash is often characterized by two signs; either the app closes the moment is opened or the user gets the error message that, in this case, says “Unfortunately, Netflix has stopped.” Some of our readers have been contacting us because of a problem with their Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus units that’s bugged by
The error message “Camera failed” usually pops up if the sensor itself failed to initialize, although it’s also possible that it’s just a minor issue with the Camera app. The worse case scenario here is when this error shows up due to a damaged sensor but as long as your phone hasn’t been dropped on
Some of our readers reported that their Samsung Galaxy S8 units turned off and won’t turn back on after updating them to Android 8.0 Oreo. The problem, of course, left an impression that the issue was caused by a bad update but we really can’t be sure if that’s really the case. We need to
The Black Screen of Death issues is seem to be bugging some of our readers that own the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus after they installed the new Android 8.0 Oreo update. While firmware updates are supposed to fix problems, there are times when they will cause the device to go nuts instead of addressing issues