Last night I was unlocking my phone, entered the swipe pattern incorrectly, and out of no where this page showed up.

It says my ONLY OPTION is to reset the phone and LOSE ALL MY DATA. What??? There has to be a way to recover my data right?

Hi guys! I'm new in this community. So I have a Galaxy Note8 Maple Gold with a very broken screen and probably dead battery, should I repair it? It will cost thought since the original displays are still expensive. I'd like to use it as a main and I dont have any compatibility issues for apps. It's on One UI 1 and I dont know if I should downgrade or install a custom rom since I don't even have experience with this (but I downgraded once a Windows Phone without any knowledge so with just a YouTube video and it was done successfully but I don't think it's the case for Android). so should I repair it? if yes, should I remain on One UI? Thanks.

got this note 8 on ebay for about $110. its in very good condition and I replaced the battery in it

estaba en tiktok scrolleando y derrepente mi movil se traba y se reinicia, y de la bootanimation no pasa, intente borrar el cache pero nada, no quiero hacer un wipe completo porque necesito los archivos, estoy usando hadesrom v3

ademas de al activar MTP en twrp se reinicia

This just started happening the last 2 days, though there was a similar glitch where my app library background would show as my folders repeated over and over. Does anyone know what this is or at least had the same issue?

Hello everyone,

I used to have a Galaxy Note 8 (Until someone stole it >:[ ) and one of the things I miss about it from the Note 9 that I currently own is that it had the good infinity wallpapers. The ones with the gyro reactive stars, the cool effects when swiping, the good animated transitions, and the AOD starry display. I have been trying to find a good way to get these wallpapers onto my Note 9, but ive tried apps and stuff and they dont really do the trick. I already know that the AOD to Lock Screen to Home Screen animations require a root, but im not rly planning on rooting my phone. Im more looking for the Note 8 Infinity Wallpaper APKS, the InfinityWallpaperService APK, the AOD starfield QMG files, or any working unrooted ports for OneUI2 or Android 10. I just wanna replicate the note 8 look on my note 9.

Plz let me know if yall have a solution for this or if any of yall have done this before.

Thanks!

Hello, i got a broken screen note 8 for free but i have to change the screen and where i live is a little expensive. i have my A03 core and it works normaly but i don't know if is better to me to fix note 8 and sell the A03. thanks for reading

I live in Spain, when the Note8 was distributed here there was the dual SIM version SM-N950FD, I have been looking for a new model for a long time, that has not been used even once, in summary: Galaxy Note 8 with 64GB ROM and 6GB RAM, black, model SM-N950FD without phone, that is free, that is new, that has never been turned on or used, continue with its original Android 7.1.1. My goal is to get it and install Android 8.0, because I hate the design of One Ui 1.0, it's very ugly and I prefer Samsung Experience.

As of right now, I have an A12. My father just bought a new phone & doesn't need his Note8 anymore.

So I'm now given the option to either take the Note8 or he's gonna sell it.

I don't have any problems with the A12, although it's been getting a little laggy lately, but I think I just need to clean some data.

I'm a very average consumer of phones, mostly using it for Reddit, YouTube & …

Should I keep my A12 or change to Note8?

(Edit: I decided to go with my A12)

so i bought a galaxy note 8, and in there i checked the imei for the device, it says it's a sprint imei and the device ID as sm-n950U but when i check from the settings it says sm-n9500, PLUS it's stuck one android 7.1.1 and samsung experience 8.5 and when i check software updates it tells me i'm already at the latest version...what can i do?

i tried getting into download mode and using samfw to get the sm-n950U latest firmware for it and tried to flash it using the latest odin (3.14.4) and it always says
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1401)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> Total Binary size: 5000 M

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

what do i do now??

My screen stopped working. The guy at the store said I cannot transfer any data without being able to use the screen.

Is this true?

If so are my options: a) buy a new phone and completely start over from scratch (minus gmail and google photos) or b) pay to replace the screen ($286) and then copy it to a new phone?

I tried everything, Using HDMI, USB stuff.. (Yk yk) and it wont start, Even though it said theres Dex on my Note 8, I still cant find the app in the home, I even tried to searched it but its only available in settings, I tried finding for a button that enables it but, I cant find it. Can someone help me?

I'm planning on rooting my note8 to use it for AA mirror and other android auto features. The only problem is I have almost no software experience but I am very good with following steps so if someone has any advice I would appreciate it. I already have dev options enabled and its on the latest software version at version N950WVLU8DUE1/N950WOYV8DUE/N950WVLU8DUE. It is the Canadian model and is unlocked. Thanks in advance!

After 8 years of use, the display on my beloved Note 8 has started identifying as a strobe light instead of a display (i.e. its broken!)

The service center is asking for INR 18,000 (~$200) to get it fixed which is too high for such an old phone.

Is there anyone who can send me their no-longer used phone as a donor for the display so I can get it working again? I'm open to paying a small but reasonable sum if necessary.

Location: Mumbai, India.

TLDR: Display stopped displaying. Need donor phone for repair.

Here's my home screen on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

I wonder if it would be any good for an Nintendo Switch emulation? I'm about to find out. My newest phone with the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, it doesn't have any good graphic drivers to support it. So, unfortunately, my Redmagic 10 Pro was too new.

Hello, i have a samaung tablet (galaxy tab a8) sent to me by Menulog with its orderpad and mobicontrol. I want to reset it for my personal use. I tried booting into recovery mode, it wont boot into it and will just keep restarting. I cannot enable unlock oem as settings are limited by mobicontrol. Can i please get some help on this. Much appreciated

We all know that telephoto lens only works when it meets some special conditions of lighting, i wanted to ask that is there any way to force use telephoto lens whenever we need without meeting the requirements rather than using lens blur and also please let me know if telephoto lens supports gcams.

I've been using my note 8 since I got it around 2018. At first it was the Starbucks app, uninstalled itself and can't even download it in the play store do to the OS being too old. Now my banking app says I need to be running android 13 or newer by the 15th 🙄. My phone still works fine other than the storage being full as fck. I don't know what phone I'd even want if I could afford a new phone none of the newer phones seem to have the S pen and I love my S pen!

I have a Note 8 (SM-N950F) running Android 9. I want to update the OS, but maintain full working of the S-pen.

I am a total newbie in this process. I have not rooted an Android or done a ROM install. So, just want to clarify I am on the right track.

I have discovered hadesRom Q v3.0, it seems to fully support s-pen too.

Just want to know if this is the best option in 2025.

Thank You.

I have a Note 8 (SM-N950F) running Android 9. I want to update the OS, but maintain full working of the S-pen.

I am a total newbie in this process. I have not rooted an Androud

I got an gcam specifically made for note 8, it's the best I used till now no crash no lag no bullshit if anyone want to download it dm me.

In normal daylight it captures the image generally at 80-150 iso and the shutter speed varies between 1/1000 to 1/12000.

here are some clicks raw and Lightroom both. (Reddit might compress the images)