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Samsung Galaxy S8 · S8+ |OT| - Available April 21, 2017
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Dis3ngag3d
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks for the heads up! Picked up 3 of them for a penny each!
Pretty sure those are the same cases as:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...a8dc7d258641f7f9-1493493282198-02925-VnYZvQVf
That kase site is super sketchy, and their twitter account is banned if you click it at the top of the site
The dots keep your battery from exploding.
Argh why did I have to see this. I hope my two cases actually come.
Admiral Woofington
Member
yeah some of them are way too busy but the one I picked, blue lagoon or w/e it's called, it's perfect
Baroquemantic
Member
My mom's card was declined after trying to order one, and she got a text from her bank or whatever that the reason was because of fraud protection.
winterymint
Member
Silicone..no thanks
NeOak
Member
Jazzy Network
Member
That's nothing.
FairXchange
Member
I used PayPal, hope the case actually shows up though.
Bummer ..found that aspect of now on tap really useful for the odd time where I was t able to simply select text in whatever interface or website I had on screen.
Got my S8 a few days ago and been loving it so far. Looks great, feels great, runs great. One hell of an upgrade from my trusty ol' iPhone 5 -- it's such a leap it's like going from plastic flip phone to smartphone all over again.
Question about wireless charging though. Are these charge pads supposed to alternate between charging and not charging every few minutes? Or is the little cheapy one I got to try (Aukey model LC-C2) just junk? I thought at first that this behavior was a temperature failsafe, since the first time I used the pad was also when I was working hte phone the hardest (initial file transfers + downloads). But it's still doing it when the phone's idle, and both units barely rise above room temp before charging stops. Tried multiple adapters and USB cables, and have played with positioning a bunch too.
That animated galaxy wallpaper is fuckin awesome
Question about wireless charging though. Are these charge pads supposed to alternate between charging and not charging every few minutes? Or is the little cheapy one I got to try (Aukey model LC-C2) just junk? I thought at first that this behavior was a temperature failsafe, since the first time I used the pad was also when I was working hte phone the hardest (initial file transfers + downloads). But it's still doing it when the phone's idle, and both units barely rise above room temp before charging stops. Tried multiple adapters and USB cables, and have played with positioning a bunch too.
That animated galaxy wallpaper is fuckin awesome
NeOak
Member
Got my S8 a few days ago and been loving it so far. Looks great, feels great, runs great. One hell of an upgrade from my trusty ol' iPhone 5 -- it's such a leap it's like going from plastic flip phone to smartphone all over again.
Question about wireless charging though. Are these charge pads supposed to alternate between charging and not charging every few minutes? Or is the little cheapy one I got to try (Aukey model LC-C2) just junk? I thought at first that this behavior was a temperature failsafe, since the first time I used the pad was also when I was working hte phone the hardest (initial file transfers + downloads). But it's still doing it when the phone's idle, and both units barely rise above room temp before charging stops. Tried multiple adapters and USB cables, and have played with positioning a bunch too.
That animated galaxy wallpaper is fuckin awesome
Yeah, the charger is junk.
Shadow galaxy
Figures. Oh well, I'll send it back.
I have 2 Quickcharge 2.0 chargers I used with my previous phone. Is it worth it to buy new Quickcharge 4.0 ones? They seem to charge fast enough, but if it'll half the time it takes to charge my phone maybe I'll upgrade. I suspect the answer is it would cut the charging time from, say, 60 minutes to 55, however...
NeOak
Member
No, The S8 is QC 2.0 compatible, so there won't be a benefit from changing them.
Also, charging speed slows down once the battery hits 80% anyway.
Zantetsuken
Member
Just ordered one. Thanks.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Man, I love the adaptive fast charging USB-C on this, but I always feel stranded when I need a charge and don't have my wire with me. Older USB plugs are still waaaay more standard and ubiquitous. :/
Galaxy Pack gif if anyone wants to see an example of the animated galaxy live wallpaper.
https://gifyu.com/images/SmartSelectGIF_2017-04-29-23-58-03.gif
https://gifyu.com/images/SmartSelectGIF_2017-04-29-23-58-03.gif
Play me in SFIV and I'll tell you.
NeOak
Member
I thought the phone brings a microUSB to USB-C adapter
Oh damn. I hope we didn't get scammed even if the case is actually not that good lol
Where did you get the link from?
Greatest Ever
Member
I wanna hear more about this.
Some malaysian forum im active to. Many there ordered to.
the_batman
Banned
i don't ever pay attention or care about ads, but i like this one and think it's very effective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKSVpOwB_jU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKSVpOwB_jU
Weather underground's app in dark theme is pretty good. Especially now that I have an S8 and it opens in a second. I think S5 took 5-8 seconds.
sackboy2197
Member
I use FX and it's pretty great.
EDIT: I might have misinterpreted the question, as I'm not sure it works for network files.
It does work for network files, pretty excellent file manager!
I'm using Solid Explorer. It took me a little while to figure out how to move files around but it's great now that I have it all sorted.
Any time the bank sees a pull of .01 or even a random .49 or something it will check with you.
That is what many people use to test cards they steal or they will put a bunch of small sub dollar amounts.
I don't think so. In fact, Android has been so efficient at managing background activity that my reports don't even show any apps taking even 1% of battery.
Actually on that note, I have the wireless charger from my S6 Edge.
That should work for the 8 plus right?