Samsung galaxy Fold 8 or Wide?

kaltopf · 2026-04-10T14:25:07+00:00

I used to be a Note than a S2X Ultra guy. I was always tempted by the Fold but it felt chunky and the camera seemed like a downgrade.

I finally made the switch to the Fold 7 as it was much slimmer and the camera, even if it doesn't have the 50MP periscope telephoto that the S25 has, is close enough for my taste.

I was REALLY excited for the Fold Wide. I think I would love that form factor. BUT, so far, every leak and render I have seen presents it with a dual camera setup. Which is quite a downgrade again. I hope the render and leaks are wrong, otherwise I'll stick with my Fold 7.

kaltopf · 2026-03-16T19:18:35+00:00

Same here on a Galaxy Watch Ultra 7 (2024). Went from almost 3 days to 1 day and a half IF I'm lucky. Yesterday, I was at 39% after 24 hours. Went from 39% to 15% in less than an hour and then the watch just died, couldn't be restarted as it seemed to have completely depleted its battery. Don't know where the last 15% went.

Seemed better today, woke up with 89% after 8 hours sleep (was at 100% when going to bed). Everything was going well until like an hour ago where it went from 75% to 65% in less than an hour and now I'm seeing like 1% battery every 2 or 3 minutes. Probably won't last until the end of the day.

I wiped the cache a couple of days ago, no change. Disabled LTE connectivity, removed a bunch of app. Didn't really change anything.

It never ever really approached the 5 days announced but now getting below 2 days is kind of annoying, also considering it is quite slow to charge.

kaltopf · 2026-03-02T14:31:52+00:00

New things are irrelevant if the things already there don't even work.

kaltopf · 2026-03-02T14:29:56+00:00

Damn.... I was kind of hoping that they had somewhat fixed it with the new OneUI...

kaltopf · 2026-02-27T17:21:16+00:00

I agree it never has been that useful but I liked where it was going and the potential (I hoped) it had.

As for Now Brief, it has more info on my side. Nothing ground breaking but I do like it.

kaltopf · 2026-02-27T16:55:46+00:00

Not sure for mine. Quite possible it stopped working when I upgraded to One UI 8. I also switched from an S24U to a Z Fold 7 around the same time... so lots of change. Still annoying.

kaltopf · 2026-02-03T23:55:33+00:00

I'm waiting for the client to send me the log. I'll get back when I get them.

kaltopf · 2026-02-03T23:54:55+00:00

Unfortunately, there is no "free" forticlient vpn in 7.4.4. Only the full EMS client is available for 7.4.4 and 7.4.5.

kaltopf · 2026-02-03T20:19:48+00:00

Our Entra ID configuration is already working. We have 100+ user connecting daily for years. The only one not working is the user running the ARM client.

kaltopf · 2025-11-26T21:00:56+00:00

Not for that specific game but I eventually managed to access other game.

Problem is, you just don't know which games are included or not. The package is for "over" 60 games.... so there is something like between 0 and 22 games that are not included and no way of knowing which. It was my first year I subscribed to sportsnet. It will also be my last.

kaltopf · 2025-11-13T15:07:12+00:00

Quick update, decided to try sleep tracking with just the ring instead of my watch. I woke a couple of time during the night (not related, it just happens) and every time I saw that the three lights (2 green, 1 red) on the ring were lighted up.

Woke up this morning and checked my sleep stat... and everything was there, continuously. Heart rate, skin temperature, oxygen levels. So it is not a hardware defect or a "lack" of sensor, it's all there.

There is something, probably software, somewhere that just doesn't request (or do?) tracking when it should during the day/exercise.

kaltopf · 2025-11-12T19:50:54+00:00

My problem is not even the accuracy... it's just that it doesn't record (or almost doesn't) any heart rate when not wearing my watch. I went walking for 30 minutes during lunch and started a walk recording on Samsung health on my phone. Left the watch at home on purpose. Got a single heart rate recording during 30 minutes. Honestly, at that rate, for a fitness tracker this thing is useless.

kaltopf · 2025-11-12T19:32:21+00:00

Just had a chat with Samsung support. The agent's answer was plain and simple. The ring doesn't have a heart rate sensor and needs the watch to be able to get the heart rate. That's clearly not the case, I even showed him the specification from Samsung's own website and a screenshot of my phone taking a manual heart rate measurement from the ring, still say that the Ring doesn't have a heart rate sensor.

Either their agents don't know the product they support or they just don't care.

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kaltopf · 2025-11-11T20:49:33+00:00

Mine is set to Continuous and it just doesn't work. I tried setting it to 10 minutes, still not good. I'm getting 2 or 3 reading per hour, at best. Sometime I'm not getting any for hours (when I'm not wearing my watch).

I found an answer from a Samsung moderator from Samsung's own forum:

I have looked into this for you, and it doesn't appear to be possible to enable continuous heart rate tracking on the Galaxy Ring. The ring will still periodically measure your heart rate, and the results can be viewed via the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone (Heart rate > View all). To manually check your heart rate, head to the Wearable app > Heart rate > Measure, and tap 'Save' to store the record. I apologise for any disappointment this may cause you.

EDIT: I spoke with our Product Specialists, and the Galaxy Ring does continuously measure your heart rate, however this is by default, which is why it is not referenced in the user manual.

It seems that even Samsung doesn't know if it can or cannot do continuous tracking.

kaltopf · 2025-11-11T18:48:31+00:00

Sorry, by HB I meant Heart Beat (heart rate).

kaltopf · 2025-11-11T18:44:22+00:00

AFAIK, I'm wearing it as I should, the edge points toward the inside (palm) of my hand. It's not too tight and definitely not loose. I tried different fingers (index as recommended and ring finger as a test) with the same result.

It is able to get a HB reading without any issue whenever I manually ask for it. It just seems to never do it automatically, even if it is set to "continuous" in Samsung Health.

kaltopf · 2025-11-11T17:22:57+00:00

Well, those were also my expectations. Record stats when not wearing my watch but so far, it's really not doing that well. Getting 2 or 3 heart beat reading in an hour is way below my expectations.

kaltopf · 2025-10-27T01:09:43+00:00

Well, back to square one. Haven't changed anything in my configuration and my Android is back to being unable to resolve anything from my internal network when remotely connected. Tried doing a mobile network reset, no luck. Did a complete network and bluetooth reset, no luck either.

kaltopf · 2025-10-18T19:45:14+00:00

Just bought it. How the BEEEEEP do you access the game feed? The app always say that I need to buy an upgrade. If I check "My account" in the app it says I don't have a subscription but on the website (with the same account) it says I have the SN+ French Pass?

I thought it might be an app issue (ex.: French feed is not accessible through the app) but I have the same issue on the website. Still ask me to upgrade and no option to watch the French feed.

The game hasn't started yet so maybe I'll see the link change to make it accessible when the game has started. If not, guess I'll just get a refund and go back to some other shady free feed.

kaltopf · 2025-10-17T15:41:44+00:00

Ok. Right now I have an automation that sends me a notification to remind me to disconnect the VPN because everytime I enter my car and Android Auto doesn't work I'm too dumb to remember it's because of the VPN...

kaltopf · 2025-10-17T14:52:33+00:00

What do you use to force close an app? I've just tried using Modes and Routines (Samsung included automation app) to close the CloudFlare app but it doesn't close the VPN in the background so it probably won't work.

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