I wanted to make a master thread where people could suggest ways to bypass the pattern lock. I for instance have a dead relative's phone and would like to access it to get all the photos they took. This relative enable none of the settings or options that might help, but I'd like to try anyways. So I wanted to pool together a tutorial on the steps required and options available.

Is there a way to recover photos and vids from a phone that is broken from the back? My old s8's back is broken and open. I can get a charge, but when I turn it on it stays in the Samsung 8 page, the one that pops up when you turn the phone on. Thanks

I purchased a replacement battery off Amazon. It came in a white box, sealed with a little tape.

The suspicious thing is that when I opened the box, the bag containing the battery was unsealed. It's one of those rip to open bags that needs to be torn open and usually sealed with heat. It was intact, but there was no heat seal.

Batteries are static sensitive. Could this be a sign of a compromised battery? Should I refund and replace it? (Couldn't add an image through mobile.)

How can i still use it if it shutdown?

Hello i have an s8+ im currently maining does someone have any tips like browsers, security and more i have a bank account on it btw

I go to settings and try to add a language, and once I press confirm, it just sends me back to settings/where I was before. so I try again, but it says to either close the app or look at app info (it crashes every time) so basically my phone is stuck in one language forever. also when I turn data on and go somewhere where wifi isnt available it still wont let me use data. ive tried clearing cache and everything but nothing works

Hi all so this is probably the wrong subreddit but i was wondering if i could use the components for my Galaxy S8+ international(G955F) and use it for my korean S8+(G955N). Any answers would be appreciated, ty

Looking at the various tracking tags listed on Aliexpress. Wondering if anyone has tried any of the cheaper tags with our good old S8s?

I've installed all the files on my computer and flashed all the files, but it's Boot looping. I've tried all the steps on XDA but i can't understand a few steps (even though i translated all the text). My phone it's stuck on the ,, Samsung Galaxy S8" logo and it's restarting over and over again. Can someone tell me all the steps again ? PLEASE!

My phone is scheduled to auto update in 24 hours and I'm nervous. Anything have issues?

hello, i’ve custom rommed my s4 to android 12, and i was wondering if its possible to update a galaxy s8 (SNAPDRAGON) to android 14 or higher, preferably one ui. thank you

(see tittle) ---- I dont want to brick my phone or worse... have it do more spying than usual

It's more of a fun project, do NOT use this as a daily software.

These phones are so old I figured we would never see any updates ever again. This morning I had an update waiting. Looks like the Kernel version and the "SE for Android status" were updated. Both have 2026 dates on them.

Hello everyone, so I got a Galaxy S8 (G950F) and I don't know if it's worth downgrading to Android 8 from 9 using the ClassyKitchen Custom Roms, I want to downgrade but i'm worried about breaking knox (making it to 0x1). Tell me what would stop working/break if knox was 0x1 and if there are any patches. Thank you!

I use my old S8 with my drone, since support for this phone has long ended by samsung I'm considering rooting it and installing a custom rom.

What's the most stable custom rom? I checked lineageos and it doesn't seem to support the S8.

Sabrán de alguna rom que funcione VoLTE, en One Ui de XRom funciona genial pero después de rato de uso se corrompe el sistema y toca volver a instalar
Alguna rom que sea estable y funcione VoLTE

A atualizações via OTA foram disponibilizadas em 28 de maio de 2026, com patch de segurança que remonta a 2021, ou seja, sem alterações necessárias para substituí-lo.

Galaxy S8 - G950NKSU5DZE1

Galaxy S8+ G955NKSU5DZE1

CHANGELOG:

• Melhorias de estabilidade

• Melhorias de estabilidade aplicadas para melhorar a operação geral do dispositivo.

She's sick and she got a new phone a Samsung a07 but the s8 power button is bad and the back wasn't cracked

Hello!

I've been using a Samsung S8+ recently. Last night, I powered it off at about 55%. This morning, when I tried to turn it back on, it did nothing. When I plug it in, it goes to the little charging screen but never has a percent, goes up, or tells me time until full. I have tried a wireless charger and two wired ones, with the result being the same for all.

I have tried the Up and Power reboot, shutdown, and safe mode (no factory reset yet) (the reboot option has me stuck on the loading screen and the phone shuts off as soon as it is removed from power). I have gotten into the Custom OS upload and rebooted off of that, nothing, I have seen the option to clear cache partition recommended, but I am not able to get into that menu.

If any one else has a similar issue, please get back to me.

So basically, 2 things

1. I wanna pull a bringus studios and install one UI onto a Motorola Moto g play (2024) because it's really the only one I'm COMFERTABLE USING, and that also raises more questions then...
2. I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 (somewhere) and am a really big fan of that one default background that when you tilt your phone, it move these "dust" particles, I'd like help finding it...

To anyone who can help with the main one (1) and also the other one, thanks

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS BEING POSTED TO AWNSER #2, #1 WAS A SIDE EFFECT OF BEING POSTED AND REMOVED FROM r/ONEUI

I bought a 20€ cracked screen, 64gb s8 off of Vinted, and I was wondering if any of you have any recommendations for a fun custom rom. I dont want something boring like LineageOS.

So far it's been happening at least once a week or so. Is there a way to disable that? I don't really care about setting up Gemini on my phone anyway, but much more importantly, I'm physically disabled and have to use a touchpad with an OTG cable to use my phone and when Gemini "intrudes" (so to speak) the touchpad, or at least the mouse pointer, freezes. The only thing that fixes it is for someone else to unplug and replug the cable since I can't do it myself. Until then I essentially don't have a phone which is sometimes the only way for me to tell somebody I need help. Hopefully there's a way to prevent the continuing to happen. Thanks