March 2019 Security update AT&T (CSC1) - Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion

The March security update is out for AT&T. Pretty hefty at 343MB. Baseband is N960USQU1CSC1. Adds a Wi-Fi Calling tile to the settings dropdown. Not sure what all other chagnes but it promises the typical "device and performance improvements".
After updating last night, I do have a bit more battery left after my morning commute than before, not that it was bad before, but perhaps a wee bit better now. Time will tell.

Hurricane Andrew said:
The March security update is out for AT&T. Pretty hefty at 343MB. Baseband is N960USQU1CSC1. Adds a Wi-Fi Calling tile to the settings dropdown. Not sure what all other chagnes but it promises the typical "device and performance improvements".
After updating last night, I do have a bit more battery left after my morning commute than before, not that it was bad before, but perhaps a wee bit better now. Time will tell.
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I've been sitting here staring at my Wi-Fi Calling Tile and for the life of me, it seems like I've always had that Andrew???

Wifi Calling
I have indeed had wifi calling in settings since my S6, so don't know what he's on about

jimd1050 said:
I've been sitting here staring at my Wi-Fi Calling Tile and for the life of me, it seems like I've always had that Andrew???
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Its It's always been there.

Yeah, it's been there

jimd1050 said:
I've been sitting here staring at my Wi-Fi Calling Tile and for the life of me, it seems like I've always had that Andrew???
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WiFi Calling has been around for awhile, but the latest update surfaced a quick settings tile as the second tile in my list. That was my only point. It's purely a cosmetic thing. Sorry for the confusion!

Hurricane Andrew said:
WiFi Calling has been around for awhile, but the latest update surfaced a quick settings tile as the second tile in my list. That was my only point. It's purely a cosmetic thing. Sorry for the confusion!
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You didn't cause any confusion, people just didn't properly read what you typed. I did it too, had reread it like twice. The tile is new. On some devices, even the ones at the AT&T store, didn't have the quicktile and others did. Really weird.

Mine didn't, because I looked for it several times! *looks* Still doesn't! Thwarted again...

Was getting mediocre battery use on the first Pi update from ATT OTA. 9 hours max with a medium use day.
Since taking the March Security Update from ATT OTA, I'm seeing much improved battery consumption. 16 hours with medium use day.
Only took 2 charging cycles for it to stabilize.

Jammol said:
You didn't cause any confusion, people just didn't properly read what you typed. I did it too, had reread it like twice. The tile is new. On some devices, even the ones at the AT&T store, didn't have the quicktile and others did. Really weird.
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O.K., it has to be a "some devices" case like you state because mine has always had it as the 2nd Tile - THAT is what I was trying to say!!!

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One Marshmallow user's impressions

http://tomhorsley.com/rants/doze-mode.html
I'm definitely reverting back to 5.1.1 when I get the time and energy to fool with it .
sounds like that was written by someone who hasn't even tried marshmallow yet. I have yet to experience any missed notifications, alarms or any issues relating to time in any way. If some apps are being affected by this then its a sign to the developer to fix their ****ty code because all of my apps relating to time at all have been working just fine and alot of them are still the same version they were on lollipop. Doze has improved my batter significantly. It sounds like this article was probably written by a developer who cant code properly and instead of improving his skills he'd rather complain and convince everyone to stay away from updates because he is unwilling to evolve. Even the article looks like it was written in paint...
I had indeed a wrong time bug some days ago...really strange and worrying, a reboot fixed it. First time ever since Android Froyo that I experienced something like that.
That author seems to think that Marshmallow's Doze is a horrible thing that breaks all apps that rely on background services, namely alarms and notifications, and couldn't possibly be fixed in 10 years (rather than a few months) due to Google's horrible mistake (rather than devs not fixing their code).
Frankly, it sounds like a bunch of hyperbole.
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He's wrong about how doze works. And if he's in the camp that doesn't understand it nor wants to rewrite his app. Then yeh he's the idiot group that Google is targeting and was writing garbage code anyway.
lol complete nonsense, my alarm has worked everyday since i flashed M, even on dev previews...the only issues i have with M are really the "slow to connect wifi when using toggles" and the weird wifi consumption on battery stats
Another annoying issue on M is that if your leave your phone longer in standby mode (display off), wifi turns off and you stop recieving notifications until you turn your phone on again. This is with wifi set to "never turn off", etc.
Kustaa said:
I had indeed a wrong time bug some days ago...really strange and worrying, a reboot fixed it. First time ever since Android Froyo that I experienced something like that.
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This actually happened with me a couple of days back, I was travelling, so I put my phone connected to a power bank and went for a nap, woke up to see phone switched off, switching it on throws me a 2nd September date set on my device. Had to manually set the date as no network was available to automatically set the date from servers.
Ubichinon said:
Another annoying issue on M is that if your leave your phone longer in standby mode (display off), wifi turns off and you stop recieving notifications until you turn your phone on again. This is with wifi set to "never turn off", etc.
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This I had been noticing these days just because of WhatsApp Web. When in standby, WhatsApp Web shows phone not connected error. Just waking the phone reconnects to the WiFi, but happens every 30-40mins.
I have a feeling that folks who never see these problems have their phones charging at night and doze mode doesn't happen when you are charging. I have no convenient way to charge my phone near my bed, so it is not charging and totally idle all night. Email and messaging completely stops. Only the stock alarm clock works. My medication reminder stops working. It might as well be turned off completely. Plus when you do wake up and turn on the phone, all the pent up alerts come through and scare the hell out of you. I hate doze mode.
Settings -> Battery -> ... (menu)-> Battery Optimization --> All apps --> Select whatsapp, etc... and select not optimized.
Test again.
You're welcome.
I already disabled optimization in the battery settings for all the apps that weren't working. They still don't work after sitting overnight. It looks as if that setting has absolutely no effect.
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I already disabled optimization in the battery settings for all the apps that weren't working. They still don't work after sitting overnight. It looks as if that setting has absolutely no effect.
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This is a real problem. I tested this on a Nexus 5. The device seems to enter Doze after about 1 hour and this is what happens.
What does work in Doze mode:
- Telephone: call can be heard.
- Alarm: alarm can be heard
What does NOT work in Doze mode:
- Receiving mail notifications directly: it seems to wait for the maintenance window. There is no "ping" from my GMail. No lock screen notification until I picked it up. I turned off battery optimalization as suggested. Like Claghorn says, it doesn't make a difference. When I was sleeping, the time difference between sending the mail and getting a notification can be hours. That is not acceptable: I want to determine whether or not I get a message. I got no control over Doze, except plugging it in. Also, when it sits on the desk at work I need to pick it up or turn the screen on every so often, because I don't know if it "dozed" off again.
Works partially:
- Notification light: It works once mail passes through the maintenance window. It does NOT work before the maintenance window.
I tested all of this with a unrooted, updated Nexus 5. Topic Starter and Claghorn have good points. Why can't I turn this off? I don't want this. I want notification on time, with ping, right now. If I don't I will turn the volume off or set priorities. They could have told me this behavior in a mail or during the update. Important mail from work, family comes in hours late. Not happy with this at all.
Tried all sorts of things, nothing seems to help. And no, battery optimalization is either not enough or has nothing to do with it. I love the Nexus 5. Marshmallow seems to be much smoother than Lollipop. I was happy with the update until I discovered this. Now, I am fustrated. I expect the phone to inform me when I need to be informed. Most days I don't need to save 10% of power anyway. For the first time I want to either root the phone and go back to Lollipop or even Kitkat. I don't know what else can be done. Fustrated.
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This is a real problem. I tested this on a Nexus 5. The device seems to enter Doze after about 1 hour and this is what happens.
What does work in Doze mode:
- Telephone: call can be heard.
- Alarm: alarm can be heard
What does NOT work in Doze mode:
- Receiving mail notifications directly: it seems to wait for the maintenance window. There is no "ping" from my GMail. No lock screen notification until I picked it up. I turned off battery optimalization as suggested. Like Claghorn says, it doesn't make a difference. When I was sleeping, the time difference between sending the mail and getting a notification can be hours. That is not acceptable: I want to determine whether or not I get a message. I got no control over Doze, except plugging it in. Also, when it sits on the desk at work I need to pick it up or turn the screen on every so often, because I don't know if it "dozed" off again.
Works partially:
- Notification light: It works once mail passes through the maintenance window. It does NOT work before the maintenance window.
I tested all of this with a unrooted, updated Nexus 5. Topic Starter and Claghorn have good points. Why can't I turn this off? I don't want this. I want notification on time, with ping, right now. If I don't I will turn the volume off or set priorities. They could have told me this behavior in a mail or during the update. Important mail from work, family comes in hours late. Not happy with this at all.
Tried all sorts of things, nothing seems to help. And no, battery optimalization is either not enough or has nothing to do with it. I love the Nexus 5. Marshmallow seems to be much smoother than Lollipop. I was happy with the update until I discovered this. Now, I am fustrated. I expect the phone to inform me when I need to be informed. Most days I don't need to save 10% of power anyway. For the first time I want to either root the phone and go back to Lollipop or even Kitkat. I don't know what else can be done. Fustrated.
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A quick suggestion -
You may use Doze Mode Editor and edit the script so that your phone never enters Doze mode.
That way you can enjoy Marshmallow without Doze.
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Achilles. said:
A quick suggestion -
You may use Doze Mode Editor and edit the script so that your phone never enters Doze mode.
That way you can enjoy Marshmallow without Doze.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Thanks, I will look into that. I'd like to keep Mashmallow as a whole if possible. I think it is a good update in general.
OK, I've looked at the doze mode editor thread and I find that the descriptions of the parameters I can set to be totally confusing, however, the flowchart pointed at in that thread seems to indicate that if I set the "inactive_to" value to something like 24 hours, then all the other doze mode nonsense is unlikely to ever happen (because I'll probably turn on my phone at least once every 24 hours). Does that seem like the best way to essentially turn off doze mode?
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OK, I've looked at the doze mode editor thread and I find that the descriptions of the parameters I can set to be totally confusing, however, the flowchart pointed at in that thread seems to indicate that if I set the "inactive_to" value to something like 24 hours, then all the other doze mode nonsense is unlikely to ever happen (because I'll probably turn on my phone at least once every 24 hours). Does that seem like the best way to essentially turn off doze mode?
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I will look into this over the weekend. I find it odd that there isn't simply a switch to turn Doze off, which is a pity. It seems to me it's part of saving energy in general. A switch under Battery would do nicely. It should not be this complicated. That said, I think the UI of Marshmallow is silky smooth, much better than Lollipop. Marshmallow in general in good. It' just this that annoys me.
i'm baffled by google's aversion to end user config. This kind of b.s. is how I found xda and drove me to become a chronic flashaholic. All or nothin I guess.
ElwOOd_CbGp said:
i'm baffled by google's aversion to end user config. This kind of b.s. is how I found xda and drove me to become a chronic flashaholic. All or nothin I guess.
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I get the feeling Google assumes the customer is a developer. A few examples:
- The Nexus 5 does have a notification light: I didn't know until I read 5 reviews and even then I couldn't find any documentation on it. Needed an external app to get it working.
- Battery indicator: I like to have small numbers indicating battery charge: it could be done by hacking KitKat and Lollipop I think. Then at Marshmallow finally there's a (hidden) switch.
- I don't recall having any user guide in the Nexus 5 package. Not that I needed one. But some landing page doing a walkthrough would have been nice. Although there are some walkthroughs in every app
Not fatal flaws, but you wonder why does it need to be that difficult. It scares people away. Not me. I handed the Nexus 5 to some friends on numerous occasions and most found it too "empty". As for me, I want all developer stuff on. So it suprised me, there is no Doze fine tuning. Again, overall I give the Nexus a 8 or 9 out of 10. It fits me. In general I like it. So it's just constructive criticism. The empty layout and raw speed of the Nexus 5 works good in development of apps afterall.
Last night I ran an adb command (generated by the doze mode editor app) to set inactive_to to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds). I then set an alarm for the next morning in the "Alarm Clock Plus" app (which completely ceased to function after Marshmallow showed up). This morning, the alarm actually went off on time, but the big "Dismiss" button it draws on the screen was totally non-functional. I had to hit the power button to get control (which then caused a popup saying alarm clock plus was non-responsive). I have no idea what caused all that behavior, but at least the alarm actually went off.
Also, with doze mode essentially disabled (in theory anyway), the power dropped from 100% in the evening all the way down to 97% in the morning.
With the exception to facebook and game type apps, Google's apps are the only ones I find that excessively waste resourxes and need to be forced to sleep. If they would get off the constant location polling, media scanning, and logging or at least tone it down a bit some they wouldnt need to implement thier half baked versions of solutions that they hijacked from xda devs

Constant usage of location services?

I received the October security patch and the ARJ5 update on my VZW N960U the 30th. And since then the location icon just won't stop appearing every f*cking 30 min or less, I'm not kidding, everything time I unlock my phone there it is. I've entered that category and checked what's using my location and all there is is that: (img attached). Any ideas of what may be causing that? I haven't noticed any higher drop in battery though, but it just bothers me that the icon is on the status bar almost all the time.
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I received the October security patch and the ARJ5 update on my VZW N960U the 30th. And since then the location icon just won't stop appearing every f*cking 30 min or less, I'm not kidding, everything time I unlock my phone there it is. I've entered that category and checked what's using my location and all there is is that: (img attached). Any ideas of what may be causing that? I haven't noticed any higher drop in battery though, but it just bothers me that the icon is on the status bar almost all the time.
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Do you have "friends" or family that share Google location with you?
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Limeybastard said:
Do you have "friends" or family that share Google location with you?
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Not that know... Why?
If changed to battery saving mode rather than high precision?
TonyGzl92 said:
I received the October security patch and the ARJ5 update on my VZW N960U the 30th. And since then the location icon just won't stop appearing every f*cking 30 min or less, I'm not kidding, everything time I unlock my phone there it is. I've entered that category and checked what's using my location and all there is is that: (img attached). Any ideas of what may be causing that? I haven't noticed any higher drop in battery though, but it just bothers me that the icon is on the status bar almost all the time.
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This known bug may have something do do with it:
Google app bug constantly pings for location in the launcher
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/11/03/google-app-bug-pins-location-launcher/
TonyGzl92 said:
I received the October security patch and the ARJ5 update on my VZW N960U the 30th. And since then the location icon just won't stop appearing every f*cking 30 min or less, I'm not kidding, everything time I unlock my phone there it is. I've entered that category and checked what's using my location and all there is is that: (img attached). Any ideas of what may be causing that? I haven't noticed any higher drop in battery though, but it just bothers me that the icon is on the status bar almost all the time.
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Does October Patch improve anything regarding battery performance?
illetyus said:
Does October Patch improve anything regarding battery performance?
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I find it is very good with battery. Then again, so was ARH6. A couple of the leaked builds between them weren't so good. For instance ARJ2 was not good at all. I didn't think ARI5 was impressive either. But still better than ARJ2.
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This known bug may have something do do with it:
Google app bug constantly pings for location in the launcher
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/11/03/google-app-bug-pins-location-launcher/
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Oh maybe that's what's happening because I do have the rootless pixel launcher. I've disabled the location for Google App tough. So far no more icon.
raul6 said:
If changed to battery saving mode rather than high precision?
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No it didn't
illetyus said:
Does October Patch improve anything regarding battery performance?
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To me it has been a bit worse, actually I posted a thread about 2 weeks ago when I got 10 hours of SOT and that was with the last H6 software. Right now I'm getting about 7 or 8 hours.

Pie/One UI Impressions?

Using the US unlocked variant, I haven't yet received the pie update. However, just reading around, I get the general impression that the update isn't that good (buggy, lost features).
What are people's thoughts on it? Right now, I'm kinda glad I haven't gotten the update yet.
Looks like unlocked goes last for updates. I guess the carrier versions beta test for us.
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Works fine for me. Prefer it to Oreo.
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Using the US unlocked variant, I haven't yet received the pie update. However, just reading around, I get the general impression that the update isn't that good (buggy, lost features).
What are people's thoughts on it? Right now, I'm kinda glad I haven't gotten the update yet.
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I decided not to wait for Verizon Wireless to update my phone, and I saw a way to get it now on reddit so I pulled the trigger (go to https://firmware.science/ for instructions). It was brain dead simple.
Not sure what's supposed to be "buggy", because I have found zero issues - but then I've only had it a day now. Lost features? Not sure. Well, you can't set Performance mode any more in Device Maintenance (now called Device care), but I never changed it. And the Device Maintenance edge panel is gone, too. You can still get Battery, Memory, and Storage in settings. Also, you can schedule the phone run this automatically, now.
Night mode works (long as you're not using any theme). Battery life is impressive (lost less than 2% overnight). Edge panel icons are huge, now. Not a fan of that. At least Android Auto fully works... no more lost icon dock. That's the main reason I upgraded.
I mean, if you have examples of specifics where it's buggy or other lost functions, I'd be interested in what, but i can't complain so far.
Main issues for me
1. Multi window features are completely stripped down. No drag to popup, cant switch window positions without redoing the actions from scratch, etc.
2. Samsung Good lock customizations and routines are broken.
3. The interface is very erratic. Even Samsung apps with the interactive areas at the bottom still have the 3 dot menu at the top. Non Samsung apps anyway follow the old ui, so overall, its not that much of a benefit.
These were an integral part of my usage, so Pie is a disappointment for me at least.
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The only issue for me (and its major) is that I can no longer use Bluetooth in the car for phone calls. Connection always drops. I started another thread on this issue.
Not that impressed so far; cannot add items to quick settings menu - you can only move around the existing icons.
Lots of things now require more tapping to get there, ie simple thing like checking batter usage now needs five steps: pull down on quick start menu>press settings>press device care>press battery>press battery usage.
Would be so much easier if you could just create a shortcut to this screen??
PIE/One UI just seems change for the sake of change. I've not seen any benefits yet.
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Not that impressed so far; cannot add items to quick settings menu - you can only move around the existing icons.
Lots of things now require more tapping to get there, ie simple thing like checking batter usage now needs five steps: pull down on quick start menu>press settings>press device care>press battery>press battery usage.
Would be so much easier if you could just create a shortcut to this screen??
PIE/One UI just seems change for the sake of change. I've not seen any benefits yet.
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Put device care as an icon on home screen.
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Already have setting icon on home screen, just a pain that you cant add items to quick settings anymore...
I got Pie last week (AT&T - US) and so far I don't have any complaints. A few cosmetic things to get used to, head-up notifications are a bit different looking, but battery life is actually noticeably better.
I like it. Was apprehensive about this at first as was concerned at ruining decent battery life but this is darn good!
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RGardner said:
I decided not to wait for Verizon Wireless to update my phone, and I saw a way to get it now on reddit so I pulled the trigger (go to https://firmware.science/ for instructions). It was brain dead simple.
Not sure what's supposed to be "buggy", because I have found zero issues - but then I've only had it a day now. Lost features? Not sure. Well, you can't set Performance mode any more in Device Maintenance (now called Device care), but I never changed it. And the Device Maintenance edge panel is gone, too. You can still get Battery, Memory, and Storage in settings. Also, you can schedule the phone run this automatically, now.
Night mode works (long as you're not using any theme). Battery life is impressive (lost less than 2% overnight). Edge panel icons are huge, now. Not a fan of that. At least Android Auto fully works... no more lost icon dock. That's the main reason I upgraded.
I mean, if you have examples of specifics where it's buggy or other lost functions, I'd be interested in what, but i can't complain so far.
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If you go in Settings > Device Care > Battery, the first option is Power Mode. You can choose High Performance from there.
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My only issue so far is that Pie seems to be forcing people to create duplicate threads here on XDA asking for people's opinions on Pie, even though there's already several Pie threads here. I hope Samsung squashes this bug soon.
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If you go in Settings > Device Care > Battery, the first option is Power Mode. You can choose High Performance from there.
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Ah!! Didn't see that. THanks.
Pie is downgrade from Oreo. No real benefits. Just questionable cosmetics.
-multiwindow management is a joke
-cannot have recent apps list view
-no call recordings
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EzEddie said:
The only issue for me (and its major) is that I can no longer use Bluetooth in the car for phone calls. Connection always drops. I started another thread on this issue.
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I have tried it several times and keep going back to Oreo. I got the official OTA (At&t) thinking the minor issue I had with bluetooth would be fixed. If I'm connected to bluetooth in car there is no alert if I get a text. This doesn't exist on Oreo. I know its minor but bugs me.
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main issue here
can't use multiwindowed
video recording is laggy, compared to oreo, it's not 4k and 60fps i think
lagging using spen to write your massage
Mr. Orange 645 said:
My only issue so far is that Pie seems to be forcing people to create duplicate threads here on XDA asking for people's opinions on Pie, even though there's already several Pie threads here. I hope Samsung squashes this bug soon.
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Ha! I personally haven't seen them; they're usually beta impressions or threads for specific issues.
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I have tried it several times and keep going back to Oreo. I got the official OTA (At&t) thinking the minor issue I had with bluetooth would be fixed. If I'm connected to bluetooth in car there is no alert if I get a text. This doesn't exist on Oreo. I know its minor but bugs me.
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If you go in the Bluetooth Devices list, find the car Bluetooth, hit settings and make sure that both Call Audio and Media Audio are set to ON. You may have had Call Audio off if you experienced that behaviour.
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If you go in the Bluetooth Devices list, find the car Bluetooth, hit settings and make sure that both Call Audio and Media Audio are set to ON. You may have had Call Audio off if you experienced that behaviour.
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Nope thats not the issue, thanks.
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Unlocked N9 Android 10 / One UI 2.0 BETA Upgrade

Was shocked to see the notification this morning, jumped in with the update before leaving for work and seems fine so far. Navigation Bar customization lost for now, Nav Star under Good Lock says they're working on an update so hopefully that takes care of things. Haven't had much time to explore yet but initially phone is much snappier, even after considering it restarts automatically once a week.
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Was shocked to see the notification this morning, jumped in with the update before leaving for work and seems fine so far. Navigation Bar customization lost for now, Nav Star under Good Lock says they're working on an update so hopefully that takes care of things. Haven't had much time to explore yet but initially phone is much snappier, even after considering it restarts automatically once a week.
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What version software were you on before?
Good question, don't really see an update Log. Last update was November so I assume it was SJ1. Updates have been running around 45 to 60 days on this phone.
I will say, and unfortunately not sure this option was around on Pie, but looked up Android 10 tips and enabled Adaptive Power Saving under Device Care / Battery / Power Mode and at least for the first day it seems battery draw has improved. Time will tell.
JLFitzpatrick said:
I will say, and unfortunately not sure this option was around on Pie, but looked up Android 10 tips and enabled Adaptive Power Saving under Device Care / Battery / Power Mode and at least for the first day it seems battery draw has improved. Time will tell.
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Can you pull the update zip and post it?
JLFitzpatrick said:
Was shocked to see the notification this morning, jumped in with the update before leaving for work and seems fine so far. Navigation Bar customization lost for now, Nav Star under Good Lock says they're working on an update so hopefully that takes care of things. Haven't had much time to explore yet but initially phone is much snappier, even after considering it restarts automatically once a week.
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Were you on a US or EU firmware?
Should be on US Firmware. Not sure what you mean by update ZIP, but see attached.
JLFitzpatrick said:
Should be on US Firmware. Not sure what you mean by update ZIP, but see attached.
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You're using an N960U1 or an N960U but it has Unlocked US firmware on it, which just makes it an N960U1. Did you register for the beta on the Samsung Members app? Or can you tell us what your previous firmware was before you got Android 10?
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You're using an N960U1 or an N960U but it has Unlocked US firmware on it, which just makes it an N960U1. Did you register for the beta on the Samsung Members app? Or can you tell us what your previous firmware was before you got Android 10?
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I see in all these post about the beta, you seem to never get a straight answer for that :fingers-crossed: maybe someone will actually respond instead of just asking questions
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I see in all these post about the beta, you seem to never get a straight answer for that :fingers-crossed: maybe someone will actually respond instead of just asking questions
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Yeah it's kind of.....odd.??* I don't even want the beta. I just want to know what the banking schemes are for the firmware itself. It'll give us a hint IF Samsung is leaving towards a bootloader update. Which will help tell us they fixed something nasty from the current bootloader. ?
I think I did register for the Beta so that makes sense, went to the Members Center looking for something else and tapped the icon for it, never got confirmation of anything though. The upgrade notification didn't state it was Beta either. Based on dates per Samsung Phone was probably on SJ1 Pie prior to this. I assumed this was the December 1 patch when it first popped up.
Notification popped up today when opening Settings that this is the Beta, a fact not communicated by Samsung during the update. Went into Settings upon noticing the Phone which was good all weekend today at work without using it started getting hot and draining the battery. Shut it down wiped partition cache a during startup then went into Battery / App Usage and found Camera, which had not been open since last night had used 62.7% of Battery over the past 6:43 hours. Toggled on 'Put App to sleep when not in use' for Camera App and will keep an eye on this along with everything else. All other App Usage seems to be normal. Charging phone now and it has cooled down.
Realize this was the Google Camera acting up that was installed from a link on this forum and mapped to activate by double tapping the Bixby button through BxActions (Samsung Camera activates by double tapping Power Button). Explains why it was acting up after the update. I like the G-Cam night mode and have been comparing the results to the S-Cam night mode including a few shots of Christmas decorations last night.
Updated this Thread Title to reflect what this upgrade actually is. Very happy with this upgrade so far, even though it wasn't labeled as the Beta version in the notification when it first popped up. Only real glitch I've noticed besides the G-Cam battery drain episode which is no fault of Samsung being a sideloaded App, is the settings security page. Phone is setup to require security log on when Settings is opened, currently the security pattern screen flashes then goes to Settings menu without requiring login fingerprint or pattern. Lost Navigation Bar customization I assume will be recovered when NavStar is updated, there is a notification in LockStar that let's you know they're working on an update.
Received another Beta update today.
Another Beta is pending, brings Security Patch up to January 1st, will install tonight.

Question Can't turn off always on display

Have turned off AOD as I don't need it nor want it and the white fingerprint circle pops up every ten seconds or so even though I've said I don't want AOD.
Has anyone else got this crap behaviour??
dladz said:
Have turned off AOD as I don't need it nor want it and the white fingerprint circle pops up every ten seconds or so even though I've said I don't want AOD.
Has anyone else got this crap behaviour??
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LoL! Try Settings-Personalizations-Fingerprint animation-None
galaxys said:
LoL! Try Settings-Personalizations-Fingerprint animation-None
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Haha it is
Haha, well then select settings in there, and Fingerprint Off
Lol honestly mate, AOD is off and fingerprint animation is also off. Try it yourself, I think it's a bug.
I've just turned on AOD, going to leave that bitmoji thing on. Why not.
I've tried everything to get rid of the FP, it just won't go.
Yeh sounds like a , I don't use Fingerprint and I leave aod on...
Cheers
galaxys said:
Yeh sounds like a , I don't use Fingerprint and I leave aod on...
Cheers
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I'm sure if you tried it would do the same thing. Probably one of the many issues.
It's definitely a beta this firmware
dladz said:
I'm sure if you tried it would do the same thing. Probably one of the many issues.
It's definitely a beta this firmware
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Just tried on my Global usa model and I'm not seeing it. Also, I've never added a fingerprint to the device....
galaxys said:
Just tried on my Global usa model and I'm not seeing it. Also, I've never added a fingerprint to the device....
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Lol no idea then mate.
Not the end of the world
dladz said:
Have turned off AOD as I don't need it nor want it and the white fingerprint circle pops up every ten seconds or so even though I've said I don't want AOD.
Has anyone else got this crap behaviour??
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I even went so far as to disable the system AOD apk via an apk disabler tool & that did not work.
IDK if you ever found the actual toggle to turn it off......I finally found it by selecting the search result in Settings.
I typed in Always & stopped there,finding "Always-On Display".
The toggle is at the very top of the page (FWIW,I missed this earlier when in the settings,it was easy for me to overlook the toggle in dark mode).
If you've already tried this & it's still coming on,here's what I'm trying for the next day or so:
Turn Always-On Display back on & set a scheduled time for one minute.
For example,I've got it turning on at 4:00 A.M. & turning off at 4:01 A.M.
ATM,option 2,the scheduled on/off time,seems to be working.
EDIT;after a few minutes,AOD is coming back on.
This is annoying....... Not looking good as a keeper,not liking OxyColor OS at all,what a mess compared to the OP7T Pro.
Not just this,but,the settings layout (for individual app settings is a trainwreck & power/performance options not sticking,keeps reverting back to out-of-box settings.
Well I think I found a permanent fix for this...it's actually a bug (in my case anyway)
I was forced to wipe my phone, which was a huge pain due to a problem with a mod I'd installed..
Anyway on boot I set everything back up then realised it's got AOD on by default and I went a turned it off.
Low and behold it stayed off..no need to do anything.
So what I think has happened is the update that came recently (11_A.12) that could have caused issues, always good to wipe after an update.
I honestly don't know if this will fix things for you, but it did for me.
Couple that with the fact that I'm now getting unbelievable battery life...I think it's maybe a good idea to at least try, you may not fix your AOD but you may get better battery. As I did, I think you'll probably get both.
Here's a bunch of pics from the last 24 hours, midnight on Thursday evening /start of Friday up till now.
Absolutely amazing.
dladz said:
Well I think I found a permanent fix for this...it's actually a bug (in my case anyway)
I was forced to wipe my phone, which was a huge pain due to a problem with a mod I'd installed..
Anyway on boot I set everything back up then realised it's got AOD on by default and I went a turned it off.
Low and behold it stayed off..no need to do anything.
So what I think has happened is the update that came recently (11_A.12) that could have caused issues, always good to wipe after an update.
I honestly don't know if this will fix things for you, but it did for me.
Couple that with the fact that I'm now getting unbelievable battery life...I think it's maybe a good idea to at least try, you may not fix your AOD but you may get better battery. As I did, I think you'll probably get both.
Here's a bunch of pics from the last 24 hours, midnight on Thursday evening /start of Friday up till now.
Absolutely amazing.
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Are you using an Unlocked model, or a carrier (T-Mobile US) model (& are you rooted or unrooted)?
THX.
Turn this off
KOLIOSIS said:
Are you using an Unlocked model, or a carrier (T-Mobile US) model (& are you rooted or unrooted)?
THX.
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EU unlocked. Ne2213
Bliszcur said:
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Turn this off
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It was mate, they all were, it was a bug.
dladz said:
Well I think I found a permanent fix for this...it's actually a bug (in my case anyway)
I was forced to wipe my phone, which was a huge pain due to a problem with a mod I'd installed..
Anyway on boot I set everything back up then realised it's got AOD on by default and I went a turned it off.
Low and behold it stayed off..no need to do anything.
So what I think has happened is the update that came recently (11_A.12) that could have caused issues, always good to wipe after an update.
I honestly don't know if this will fix things for you, but it did for me.
Couple that with the fact that I'm now getting unbelievable battery life...I think it's maybe a good idea to at least try, you may not fix your AOD but you may get better battery. As I did, I think you'll probably get both.
Here's a bunch of pics from the last 24 hours, midnight on Thursday evening /start of Friday up till now.
Absolutely amazing.
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I just got the 1st system update for the T-Mobile US version.
The AOD option to turn it off is now working.
Here's what is/was strange, pre-update:
The only way I could see/access the Always-On Display settings/toggle was to have the stock OnePlus Launcher as the default home app.
Even then, AOD stayed on, whether toggled on or off.
I was able to figure this out from prior experience with the original Oppo Find X & VIVO NEX.
Very strange that certain (seemingly unrelated) settings would be hidden due to choice of home launcher,but,apparently,BBK doesn't see this as an issue/bug(feature, LOL) that needs to be addressed, guessing this "feature" is persistent on the home market China models/firmware.
Glad it was cleaned up for the T-Mobile US update.
On a somewhat related note, pre-update, I could not find a way to choose "No Lock Screen". I looked in the usual place to find such & it was not available, AFAIK.
Now, post-update, that setting is found in "Developer Options". (Why?????? LOL)
On an unrelated note, post-update, another bug has apparently been taken care of for the T-Mobile US version :
T-Mobile bloatware apps now stay disabled, if chosen to do so. Pre-update, they would re-appear after a reboot.
With these bug fixes, my outlook on keeping this phone has definitely changed for the positive. I still have about 10 days remaining before T-Mobile's buyer's remorse return window closes.

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