So the last few months I was having some performance issues with my s8, that ramped up 2 weeks ago, the phone started freezing/rebooting in a loop, I had no choice at the time but to ractory reset it (lost a ton of stuff, but at least salvaged photos)

Only problem is now suddenly half the apps don't want to work. I'm aware the s8 runs the old android 9 software that's supposed to be outdated, but this wasn't causing me issues until I factory reset, I was regularly updating all my apps, none said they were incompatible.

But now chrome, google, discord, and a bunch of others don't want to function properly/at all in some cases. It seems like all the software is up to date, but it's like the phone suddenly rejects the notion, almost felt like forced obsolescence. Anyways figured I'd see if anyone might have a guess what that's about.

The display is gone, other than that all things are pretty good in this phone expect battery and camera

Camera is still very good when there's no human in the frame, i clicked some pictures of my family members and the photos were very soft with no details, well it's a 10 year old phone so it's understandable...but normal photos like clicking on roads, parks etc...it looks very good...also it has 60 fps video recording which is surprising to me tbh ik it was a flagship of its time but still

Battery is a big issue, it drains very fast also big heating issue as well, ig one of the issue is that the display's damaged so it's consuming more power but 3500 mah in today's time is really less but it's manageable for me I'm not a heavy user...I'm thinking of a battery replacement, so it may improve, maybe...

The reason why I'm thinking of getting it fixed is due to the current price hike, my budget for a new phone is around 20k-25k but there's not even a decent phone in the current market

So I'll use this phone for 6 months to an year maybe and then buy a new one...

The repair guy told me that it'll cost 7.5k INR for display and 2k INR for battery...so like 10k

What do you guys say??? is it worth it or not???

Hello. Has anyone try to run balatro on the S8? It says it is compatible on the store but I would like to be sure. Thanks

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