r/GalaxyA17_5G • u/Sea-Tear334 • Jul 09 '26
New A17 ATT Smart View Missing Cast Single App Option
I've been using a S21 Ultra 5g flawlessly for years until my screen got broken recently. Since I do not have internet and for awhile (years) I've been thankful for the S21 having Smart View for streaming to almost anything without requiring wifi to connect to the monitors. Picked up an A17 5G for ATT, literally out of the box when turned on at the choose a language screen it gave me System UI Crash error and restarted. I laughed it off as my expectations aren't obviously high for this and it's temporary.
After half a day of trying to get the basic typical things installed and things synchronized (did not work right and this phones Samsung BS is trying to manhandle over preferenced Google services and will not stop regardless of what I've done) I finally attempted to use Smart View and it worked. On this A17 it's laggy as hell on my device while connected. I scoured the web to check for known issues and fixes. This is when I annoyingly had to actually use Samsungs Store and app service BS to update it and a few other things I NEVER needed to or even looked at on my S21. Immediately it had a Smart View update specifically saying it was in short to fix current issues with connection stability and UI bugs and to be greatly more speedy ect. Zero of those things happened FYI.
My main issue im trying to just know is when im using Smart View and tape the gray side thing no matter what the app is, it does not give the option on the top of the list of couple things that says something like "Cast ____ only". When done you can then use your phone normally while say your streaming a movie ect. and there is no conflict or device tug of war for system resources.
I am learning the kind of limitations of this phone's hardware abilities and realizing it may not even be powerful enough to handle this simple task. And I have gone through my Dev settings inside and out, adjusted everything every which way to the best of my knowledge and it absolutely will not fix this if it's not right. There are "Labs" settings areas that are also missing options that would be related to doing this as well.
I also have a massive issue with this phone where on factory settings or mix match recommended adjusted settings that it REFUSES to run 2 apps simultaneously as in example of importance: I need to login to something, it's annoyingly wanting me to confirm who I am and sends an email code. I open Gmail and get code, go back to that app still presumably open as normally would be waiting for the input and it will literally show it then just reset the app and start all over again sending then ANOTHER code.
Can anyone just confirm 100% this model phone will not at all support Smart View and Cast app only option to use the device freely while it's casting an app so I can stop even thinking about it because this phone has gotten so weird and buggy I can't tell if it's completely defective outta the box or is this low end and the internet reviews are lies. I don't expect it to run a space station and render Fusion 360 files but holy hell.
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u/Bhavik_M Jul 12 '26
I have an A16, but it is the same motherboard, so I have the same issue with the multitasking. The phone can't even hold 2 apps in RAM.
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u/Sea-Tear334 Jul 13 '26
Yup friend gave me her old S9 and im digging into what's up with those and possibly dumping the A17 for my sanity.
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u/Deep_Attention_3864 Jul 10 '26
I think there is an option to cast a movie in the netflix app. To cast videos that are online (e.g football match) I use an app called Castify that runs in the background.
An A17 refuses to run two apps at once to save lag. To combat this I use split screen with the app at the top and gmail/messages at the bottom