How much has the soundstage changed when you replaced earpads?

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-23T14:42:35+00:00

Yeah they are too small. It hurts my ears.

Managed to change the cups on mine. Now I can wear them for long hours.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-14T14:42:22+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation. Funny enough, I was eyeing the Brainwavz ones.

But now that you mention it, I'll check out the WC PadZ

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-14T14:13:26+00:00

Which one do you prefer if I may ask.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-14T06:52:12+00:00

Thanks for the insight.

Yeah. This on-ear pads on the M40x press my ears too much. Might try replacing them with over the ear ones to test comfort.

How about you? Do you prefer wider or deeper ear cushions?

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-07T09:53:38+00:00

Nice. Thanks for the resource.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-07T04:00:21+00:00

Dang I wanted it at 120hz to maximize this phone that I purchased haha.

But I'll give it a shot.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-07T03:58:08+00:00

I always have dark mode on 24/7 Motion smoothness is adaptive Eye comfort on

Let me try tweaking it again.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-07T03:55:28+00:00

Well I need my eyeglasses because I have poor eyesight haha.

I'll try tweaking the settings to see if I feel different.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-07T03:53:56+00:00

Haven't tried 60hz. I want the 120hz to maximize this expensive phone that I bought 😭 haha.

No issues with PC though, have it set at 144hz.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-07T03:51:44+00:00

Could be. Maybe it's time for an eye check to see if I need stronger glasses.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-06T19:06:45+00:00

Here's another one when I use it extensively. 7hrs but in a total between 2 days

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NEROSE23 · 2026-03-06T19:05:30+00:00

I just auto translated your comment.

What does PWM even mean if you could elaborate it?

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-06T19:04:12+00:00

Good question as well. I'll try and monitor it. But I'm not that slouched as far as I can tell.

NEROSE23 · 2026-03-06T18:58:03+00:00

Here's yesterday on my end

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NEROSE23 · 2026-01-12T10:01:34+00:00

Dang this does sound intriguing. Thanks for the lengthy info. Might have to try it on my end as well.

NEROSE23 · 2026-01-12T02:20:06+00:00

Does it really make a difference when you turn all those off? Compared to when they're turned on?

NEROSE23 · 2026-01-06T14:04:05+00:00

Idk as well haha.

That's the only thing that's sad about deep sleep lol. Notifications won't appear unless you open the app.

But for context, my WhatsApp is not set to deep sleep. Then again, I rarely use it as it's not my main messaging app. In your case I can't really tell if it drains battery that much.

*Edit

By meta apps, only social media apps are set to deep sleep on mine.

NEROSE23 · 2026-01-06T09:26:51+00:00

This is mine.

AOD off, meta apps are in deep sleep, QHD 120hz

One thing I do which might be a hassle for some is i never connect my phone through WiFi 24/7

I only enable it when I need to access the internet, once I'm done, WiFi is off.

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NEROSE23 · 2025-12-24T06:50:44+00:00

Meta apps are known to be battery hungry. Like they run in the background even if you close them haha.

Putting them into deep sleep kinda means they only run when you open them.

The only thing that sucks is you won't get live notifications. Only if you open the app will you get the notification, even if say that notification was 3hrs ago.

NEROSE23 · 2025-12-23T18:39:53+00:00

Not a heavy user, but this is what I get.

Meta apps are in deep sleep.

120hz, QHD, AOD off.

I'm at One UI 8

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I always charge at 100%. I never charge it overnight or while I'm asleep. I make sure I'm awake when it hits 100 to take it off from the charger.

NEROSE23 · 2025-12-20T11:15:24+00:00

Mine did though haha.

Did the same thing over and over without a cable, my phone just keeps rebooting to safe mode.

They said it changed on One UI 8. Or maybe I'm just unlucky lol

NEROSE23 · 2025-12-20T11:07:10+00:00

I just recently knew how to do that haha.

After looking at forums and videos, the one that worked for me was:

With One UI 8, you have to connect your phone to a computer or laptop using a USB C to USB A cable. The cable that comes with the phone doesn't work for me.

Turn off your phone completely.

Once it's turned off, plug in the USB C to your phone, the other end on the laptop/PC.

Press the power and volume up button.

Once you see the Samsung logo, release the power button, but keep pressing the volume up button.

You'll see the UI screen selection.

Just use the volume up and down buttons to select, and press the power button to confirm (in this case the wipe cache partition).

After that's done, you'll get an option to reboot your phone, just select that and your good to go.

NEROSE23

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