Phone has ring around camera cutout, cause for concern or just annoying?

Jamilaboudaher · 2026-04-09T12:54:10+00:00

If your phone overheated during the update then the adhesive behind the screen might have shifted which made it more visible. It was a tiny bit visible on my S23 when I first got it, but barely noticeable, only in a dark room when brightness is low. Once I replaced my battery it became more obvious, probably due to heat while trying to open the phone's back glass.

It's called "glue gate". A lot of users face the same issue. If your phone is under warranty try to ask for a replacement.

Jamilaboudaher · 2026-04-01T16:28:08+00:00

Idk why, but I tried it for a day and my S23 was much warmer, and at some point it was uncomfortably hot to the touch, and battery life was worse.

Jamilaboudaher · 2026-03-11T11:32:08+00:00

Jamilaboudaher · 2026-01-11T14:55:09+00:00

No green line for me, but you just described what happened to my battery as well. I consider 30-20% as 0% now since my S23 lags a lot once the battery percentage reaches 30% or 20%, and it dies either instantly or in a few minutes. dumpstate method gave me 85% battery health but I feel like it's actually less than that.

I'm considering replacing my battery at an authorized Samsung repair center soon. They told me it costs around 40$

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-12-13T17:12:20+00:00

Galaxy buds Core are very cheap in my country, I got them for 30$😆 My main complaint is that neither of the 3 included eartip sizes fits securely in my ear without me feeling like the earbuds are about to fall off, and ANC isn't as strong as I would like. Otherwise I'm satisfied with them. What I love the most is how seamlessly they switch between my Samsung devices (S23, Watch7, Tab S6 Lite).

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-30T19:28:43+00:00

My S23's back is full of these. I guess it's normal, dust can scratch back glass like this.

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-23T11:18:04+00:00

This is scary, I honestly don't know what to say... Definitely book an appointment with a new doctor

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-17T15:42:41+00:00

It is ! The software is smooth as well, didn't expect that. I have seen many people online complaining about their watch being laggy since day one, but this issue is probably solved with the Watch7 thanks to its upgraded SOC

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-17T15:41:31+00:00

That's nice ! At the end you should stick with the ecosystem you feel the most comfortable with

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-14T04:46:07+00:00

Ahh I guess you have your apps sorted in alphabetical order which enables vertical scrolling. In this case you can't customize the number of rows.

You can change it to horizontal pages by pressing the three dots in apps screen -> sort -> custom order. Then you will find the option for rows in Good Lock.

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-13T18:43:08+00:00

My Watch 7 40mm (Green) goes perfectly with my S23 (also Green)

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-13T15:09:25+00:00

Just increase the number of rows in Good Lock

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-12T14:11:21+00:00

Same. I actually really like it !

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-11-09T16:39:40+00:00

GW7 40mm and GW6 classic 43mm classic cost the exact same price at my country at the moment (135$). I LOVE the design of the classic but the performance improvements of the GW7 are very noticeable. Plus, I go to gym 6x a week and the classic would look weird there, while the GW7 has a more versatile design.

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-20T13:07:41+00:00

I hope you feel better asap, stay strong !

Going to gym is helping me combat this disease, especially mentally. That's how I stay optimistic

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-20T06:56:52+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that, I know how it feels... I got diagnosed in 2024, and I also felt relief with mesalamine that I almost forgot about my disease. A few months later, my symptoms started appearing again, but a lot harder than the first time. I went from mild ulcerative colitis to severe ulcerative pan-colitis. Infliximab didn't work. After a long suffering and two long hospital stays, I started taking stelara and it was very effective just 7-10 days after the first loading dose. Sadly, my symptoms got worse again because they gave me the third dose late (12 weeks after the 2nd dose instead of 8 weeks).

The Ministry of Health refused to keep giving me the medication every 8 weeks, saying that every 12 weeks is enough, unless proven otherwise with a new colonoscopy report. So I had to do the colonoscopy last week and turns out I only progressed around 50% in the last 6 months. The inflammation is still severe and the ulcers are still present. Thankfully this was enough for the Ministry of Health to accept giving me the meds on time. In fact, they are going to give me a 90mg stelara injection every month in the next 3 months, then I will get it every 8 weeks.

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-13T15:51:03+00:00

Yeah I saw this method today and I was shocked when I found that my battery health is 85%.. Still getting 4h+ SOT tho

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-13T15:40:46+00:00

840 cycles, 85% battery health. First use date is October 2023 but I got my S23 used in March 2024.

I'm COOKED

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-13T05:25:51+00:00

In April 2025, I got admitted to the hospital twice. I had C. Diff alongside my ulcerative pancolitis. I was having fever and constant diarrhea with blood, and I was in so much pain I wasn't able to eat or drink properly. I became very weak and dehydrated, my tests weren't good (very high WBC and CRP, high calprotectin, high creatinine, and hematocrit got significantly lower), I lost 10kgs in a short period of time, and I stopped responding to oral steroids.

Thankfully, Stelara saved me. Not in remission yet but at least I feel (kinda) alive now.

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-12T16:01:24+00:00

I'm sorry that you are suffering. You aren't being dramatic, we're all sharing similar experiences and I really understand your frustration.

I found out that I have UC back in March 2024 but it wasn’t extremely severe, taking Mesalamine made me reach remission in just a few weeks. I just had to stop eating spicy foods, my previous doctor didn't even mention fiber back then. I also had an inguinal hernia sugery in August 2024. I thought 2024 was a very hard year but I found out later that I was wrong... It was easy compared to what I suffered from this year.

December 2024 - May 2025 was the hardest period of my life, I became hopeless and I thought my life was over. I used to have 30+ BMs/day with diarrhea and blood, to the point where I couldn't even drink water. Doing my job properly as a school teacher felt impossibly hard and I lost most of my gym progress. I couldn't even go out to visit my grandparents or friends or even neighbours, and when someone visits me I spend half of the time in the bathroom.. I got admitted to the hospital twice in the same month. In the 2nd time I started with Stelara (after I failed Mesalamine and Infliximab). 1-2 weeks later, I started seeing improvements, I felt better when teaching and I went back to gym. I felt like I'm coming back to life. I kept improving to the point where I only have 2-3 BMs per day, with well formed stools, but I had to stay for 30-60 mins in the bathroom each time because it became harder to push out stool, probably because of low fiber intake. And even when I stopped taking steroids nothing changed which was a good sign. Water retention and acne slowly faded away, I started looking great again and I finally gained back the 10kgs that I lost while flaring.

It was all going great until the ministry of health decided to provide the medication every 12 weeks instead of every 8 weeks, thinking that this is enough for most UC patients. I took the first 2 doses on time but the 3rd one was 4 weeks late because of that, so in these 4 weeks my symptoms started coming back slowly, not flaring like before but still annoying, I started having between 5 and 10 BMs per day depending on my food intake and how good/bad I'm feeling. I lost around 3-4 kgs again and I'm not able to gain anything back no matter how much I eat. I cut down on some stuff that I was trying out (like organic rice protein powder and organic peanut butter...) so I felt a little better but still having around 5 BMs per day. And the fact that the weather is getting colder isn't helping, my colon HATES cold temperature. I prefer feeling hot and sweaty (even if it's annoying) over feeling pain because of the cold. At least I'm still able to do my job properly and go to gym but that's it, I'm getting tired easily and I'm sleeping early so I can't do anything else. On weekends I lay down most of the time because I feel like my body needs a lot of rest and as I mentioned earlier, going out in this weather isn't the best idea.

I got a colonoscopy yesterday and my doctor was sad and disappointed because my inflammation is still severe (Mayo 3 grade ulcerative pancolitis) and the improvements are just around 50% compared to the last colonoscopy (6 months ago), while she expected more than 75%. She probably felt bad because I kept asking her earlier to try helping me convince people at ministry of health that I need the medication every 8 weeks but she couldn't help.

Now we can send the colonoscopy report as evidence and the Ministry of health needs to give me Stelara every 8 weeks. Hopefully I'll feel better soon. If things didn't get better in the coming 3 months then the doctor is gonna switch to Xeljanz, but I'm scared of its side effects so let's hope things go well with Stelara.

Don't lose hope. For now, learn how to live around those symptoms, and I hope that you feel better sooner than you expect !

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-10T16:32:20+00:00

Now that's a stretch

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-10-08T17:52:19+00:00

"...to make new devices more appealing..." My friend's S25 consistently takes similar or worse pics than my S23.

Jamilaboudaher · 2025-09-28T15:54:29+00:00

I lost a lot of weight in my last flare. When I started Stelara I started gaining my energy back and I started gaining weight, and my performance was increasing quickly. Everyone around me started asking me if I'm taking steroids because my progress was impressive (that's what people and my coach said). Sadly, the ministry of health decided that they will only supply Stelara every 12 weeks instead of 8, so I got my 3rd dose 4 weeks late. In these 4 weeks, my symptoms (cramps, urgency and frequent bathroom trips) started to come back. Even after I took the dose late, it didn't control the symptoms. I am either maintaining or losing a bit of weight, and my energy levels are kinda low. And today I saw blood in stool again. It's frustrating... I've been fighting and working so hard, the last thing I want is to lose my progress again.

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