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27 minutes ago, Jeff68005 said:

I just got an update this morning.to my Galaxy S9. Some of the icons were changed.  Now it looks like a phone for the kindergarten.

Not professional looking at all.

I guess it could be your review of the new UI elements, but perhaps you also have "Easy Mode" turned on? The icons didn't change all that much with the Android Pie update. The Settings Menus have changed visually. Easy Mode is ridiculous looking, so maybe it's that. Search settings for Easy Mode to find the toggle. 

Oh heavens to Betsy, the shutter sound toggle is STILL in the camera app!! Are non-beta users still seeing the camera shutter sound toggle in Camera Settings?? 

Yeah, no VoLTE yet. Night mode actually sticks now! Camera seems faster, but they kept the swipe format for video recording, which nearly every user in the Beta complained about. Thanks a lot Samsung. (previously it was just a button inside the regular camera mode, which many felt was more convenient). Clock is still on the left instead of the right (no toggle to change that I can find), but that's to prep for the camera punchout on the S10. 

I'll have to test out call quality on WiFi calling, LTE calling, and standard. Was not the best on the Betas for me. 

I have the S9+ and I was on the Beta. My update was 243 MB in size instead of 2 giggles. 

9 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

Yeah wish I hadn't put in to get this update. Not sure if I will get the better not beta version now when that comes out

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You'll get the stable version when it's out, otherwise you can always just wipe and flash the stock unlocked software through Samsung Smart Switch or whatever it's called now. RE Signalcheck data: mine is fine on the Beta 4 on my Sprint S9+. All my extra information is still there. Perhaps reprovision your data (if that works on unlocked model)? 

EDIT: you can always just leave the Samsung 9 Beta and flash back the stable software at any time. It does factory reset your phone though.

Just now, Tengen31 said:

I haven't installed it should I not do it?

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It's quite stable, go ahead a pull the trigger, you are a daring fella. There are only a few oddities, like my photo issue from above. A big one for folks has been calling on Sprint network using the Calling Plus LTE Calling features. Where the call connects but neither side can hear anything, just dead air. My WiFi Calling can be a bit spotty too. This is reportedly solved in the Beta 4, but I haven't had a chance to test it out much yet. Others have  reported mobile data loss, but that can be recovered with a reprovisioning of the Sprint parameters ##SCRTN# from the dialer IF you run into this issue, don't need to do it if you don't. 

Just now, Tengen31 said:

I find it. I signed up last night and got it

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For real??  That's crazy. Wow, had no clue it would still let you in. Welcome and enjoy the bugs! There aren't that many.

Well, it looks like it's back up and syncing again. I deleted the app, rebooted, wiped cache in recovery, then reinstalled and let it recover all photos. new ones finally synced. What a hassle. I did find out that this Beta reset all my custom notification noises for things like Textra, Gmail, Twitter, etc. 

Just now, imex99 said:

Google photos giving you an error or what's up?

 

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No, no error, just says it's backing up photos but never does. The Betas on the S8 did this and was super frustrating. Only this 4th beta is doing it now. 

20 minutes ago, imex99 said:

SD

 

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Hmph, my photos from SD are the issue. SD is fine too, not corrupted. 

13 minutes ago, imex99 said:

Hmm, my phone says backup complete from my photos from yesterday.....

 

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Photos saved on an SD card or internal? 

4 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

How do you get the beta? I just bought the S9 plus on Xmas Eve

You can't, it's almost over. 

My Google Photos won't backup and sync on Beta 4. Serious problem for me. I've tried all I can think of short of a full factory reset, which I'm not inclined to do as I'm betting it'll still not work after that. 

3 hours ago, 808Bill said:

And it's out.

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I still have nothing for my S9+ for Beta 4!

The stable is reportedly rolling out in Germany 

There's a new Beta update out today. It brings back the "close all" button for 3rd party launchers and is very, very snappy and fluid all around. Good updates in this Beta. Still have to try out the LTE calling on this one as the last version was flaky for me when I called my wife on LTE calling. We will see....

Oh yeah, the shutter sound toggle is stiiiiillll there. Hopefully it stays! I'm not holding my breath.

2 minutes ago, mnjeepmale said:

I just received an email from UPS telling me that my MB will be arriving tomorrow. What's interesting is UPS is telling me it's coming from IBM CORP. 

Yours is preloaded with Watson. Your house is about to go full AI

After finally receiving my shipping notification, the Magic Box Gold showed up as a line on our account. So I know we're getting the Gold as the "product number" in the confirmation was "Magic box return Gen 2". Real helpful, Sprint. Thankfully it should be correct based on the new line in our account. 

This fixed my call issues! Sweet. 

Yeah, mine failed again to hear anyone on the call. I unchecked the LTE calling for now. Not stable enough on my device. I did cache wipes and everything. 

I did the dialer code reset and then did the profile update. My test worked for the phone call using LTE calling. 

When it failed I was at my Target that has a Magic Box....I wonder if that was the issue? Wife was NOT pleased, lol. 

18 minutes ago, shaferz said:

.... aaaaaaand chat agent said they can not order them and I'd need to call the Magic Box team.  dangit.

wow was that not the experience I received. I hope my chat dude actually did the right thing now 🙄

4 hours ago, shaferz said:

Yep - I'll be calling in to get one of these to replace my MB.

I just chatted with Sprint online and asked and he's over-nighting the new Gold Box and RMA kit for me. In like 3 messages total this was solved. Never had a chat be so efficient. Clearly CSR is doing the right routing to the appropriate agents now. 

Turning on LTE calling rendered my phone calling useless. It would dial but then there was just nothing on the other end, total silence. When I disabled the LTE calling portion of it, it worked fine. So unless other people are having a better experience, I would wait.

7 minutes ago, Terrell352 said:

The update brought lte calling back without having to do this.


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4 minutes ago, Jesito473 said:

Maybe for you, but not for a handful of us.


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Yes, I had to update profile to enable the toggle. 

New Beta update today: 

So my dad got a Gen 2 (I think) in like July, never got it to pull in a signal [posted here about it, but no joy], and I haven't been home to mess with it since then.

How do I get this Gen 3? Call in and say the Gen 2 didn't work for us and we'd like to try the Gen 3? Is there a specific number to call or just tell the CSR drone what we need?

Preferably, I'd like for it to be home there when I drive back for Christmas weekend so I can set it up for them. 

I tell ya, all my stuff works. Bluetooth, WiFi-calling (Calling Plus doesn't but that's known), all my Trigger routines work fine (which can be an issue after some updates), notifications have no issue, no app crashes, as mentioned - Google Play services working like a champ, SMS, MMS, backup syncing, wireless charging, fast-wireless charging. Just a few design oddities here and there that they'll iron out, but man, I'm really pleased and whoever is in charge of this Beta should get a promotion. 

Camera works just as well / fast / clear too. Samsung members app seems to be fine for me and not crashing. 

Yes, I always clear cache in recovery after any update. Still, the night mode won't stick. Not terrible if that's one of the only issues.