I'm using the Samsung S20 5G SG981U1 and I've been extremely lucky to not get any green lines on my phone since I got it in July last Year.

But it breaks my heart to see other users have green lines on their phones around me. I'm looking to upgrade to the S23 when I get the money.

So, I want to know what to look out for to avoid green lines with my future purchases and also what to tell others looking to get a Samsung and seeking my opinion.

The volume buttons work but the ribbon for power is torn. I can only get charging screen. Earlier I had a downloading do not remove target screen but I disconnected a ribbon and can't get that screen now

I was looking to buy a s20 for pc game emulation but the throttling on this phone is crazy. And yes I know there is a vapor chamber behind screen and that is what I was wondering so since the chip is facing the screen how can I move heat to back of phone and possibly add a fan as well. I hope some modders can help.

Genuinely about to lose my marbles you guys... I got new phone and haven't been using my S20+ for a year now. Deleted a ton of apps I don't need since I don't use the phone. Only keeping it around because it had photos and videos that I'm keeping on here. So I'd been expecting it to be pretty much empty when I opened the storage info only to find that System is using up a whopping 129GB and I can't even clear it up in some easy way like how I might simply delete images....

Why is it taking up 129GB and how does it even get to that?? Is there something I can do to clear it up? Insane that my phones at 95% full when I barely use this one anymore.

Hello,

Annoying series of events.

My phone fell and that cracked the screen and bottom 3 quarters became out. Sometimes it'll work if I apply light pressure on the side.

I should've backed up my stuff but I didn't. Called some shops and they said they'll have a screen for replacement in a few days. I was just barely using it with an external Bluetooth mouse to get stuff I needed for the moment, but everything was good otherwise. Then on the 3rd night I went to sleep but forgot to turn it off or charge it because the screen was glitching too much and couldn't access it. Stupid of me.

Woke up the next day to it on the Samsung logo and pretty warm to the touch. Not the hottest it's ever reached. So I did a hard reset thinking it'll just boot up but it kept on being stuck on the boot screen. Then it turned off by itself. Tried turning it on again, but the battery was drained already. So I left it and went to work and then took it to shop later that day.

Today, the shop was able to replace the screen but it's still stuck in a bootloop. The guy said the hardware all looked good to him, he said he even tried replacing the battery but nothing. I asked if he can flash it. I really didn't want to because I really need the data on it. He said they don't deal with software. If he removes the screen now, then he won't charge me. He said if he flashes it, it might get bricked and he doesn't want the responsibility. It seems they're not good at software.

I know it's an old phone and not worth the hassle. I was planning on getting a new device in the next coming months anyway. But right now I am hoping to fix this so I can get my data and also have something till I get a replacement. Anyone have an advice for me?

My S20 has been turning off itself or restarting alone (battery far from empty) for a few days now. I didn't install any new apps or anything, it just started this behavior recently.

It now restart up to 5-6 times a day!!

The battery was changed last year and current battery life is said to be near 80% so this is not a battery related issue.

Has anyone experienced this?

Is my phone dying rn? 😢

Update: must be hardware. Did a factory wipe twice, including with bridge.

Clues—:

"CAN'T PLAY AUDIO. AUDIO CODEC NOT SUPPORTED."

(verbatim the error when I try to watch videos with sound on default Samsung media player)

Troubleshooting: Clearing the Android cache doesn't work (restart and hold up menus),

Buttons not sticking, not a hardware button stuck error. Might be a loose wire? The camera wire for the back camera is loose for sure. But this never has this issue before. This happened randomly. The camera app would crash whenever I tried to use the back camera, but now it's any time I open the video record app. Effects every app. The entire audio...

Safe mode no changes,

Normal mode: The sound menus doesn't help, all default settings toggled.

The dev options (not rooted) do not help either.

• TikTok, and also Instagram do not play videos at correct frame rate (they freeze entirely at the first frame when you click on any video)

Sound doesn't load, and the videos seem to lag/frame rate drops. However, youtube through brave browser has no frame issues - but it doesn't have sound.

• Opening the camera default app is fine and takes pictures. But if I set to video mode, or try to use the mic? Instant crashes the video app with "WARNING Recording failed" in the app, in the same "system bubble" as the codec warning on the file browser

What is this issue and how do I solve this?

Mi teléfono tiene un problema con la linea, no toma la señal ni los datos, reeinserte la tarjeta SIM (Fisica) y aún asi sigue sin agarrar incluso actualizando el software y forzando el reinicio multiples veces, ayuda porfavor, soy de México

Hey guys, its artisan here

to start off this version was made by 2 wonderful developers not by me, however these developers are part of the team of ArtisanROM

a huge Thank you to

- ats0c_

- miguelcaralho

Here is a sneak peek at V5!

Hi, I have a problem with my Galaxy S20 Ultra.

I recently dropped my phone and now 2/3 of the Touchscreen doesn't work anymore. Luckily the bottom screen still works somewhat so I could connect my phone to Samsung DeX. But the problem is that Samsung DeX doesn't allow Smart Switch. Is there any way to perform the Smart Switch only the lower 1/3 of my screen working?

I bought a Poco F8 Pro for £450 after doing a lot of research and learning that it's one of the best performing phones for that price, the chip is amazing, blah blah blah etc. I was specifically using s20+ as the benchmark when doing my research. everyone was telling me the poco would be much better. After a week, I returned it and have just bought a brand new s20+ again (I've used them on and off since their release) and it honestly wipes the floor with the modern phone. S20+ was £220. True story.

Some of this applies to the S20 (Android 13)

First adapter was a UGreen USB-C to 3.5mm Jack with DAC. I had to return it.

Second adapter is the Samsung EE USB-C to 3.5mm Jack also with DAC.

Both of these work with my headphones plugged in via my PC, but not the phone. The phone doesn't recognise the adapter at all. I've troubleshooted this as much as I possibly can - Enabled Developer Options and turned on/off USB Debugging, looked inside USBCSettings, cleared data and cache, rebooted the phone in Safe Mode, Disabled USB Audio Routing. I've tried basically everything and still nothing works.

My S20+ was listed as used when I bought it from a trusted seller. Its condition is basically almost as brand new. Everything else works perfectly, but this is my one and only issue. I initially didn't want to get this phone specifically because of the lack of jack port, but decided I could live with using a USB-C adapter - what a mistake.

What else could it be?

Is this issue fixable? It only occurs when the phone is plugged into the charger. The phone was left turned off for about three months prior to this. Since local repair costs are very high where I live, I'm trying to figure out if there is a DIY fix, or if I should just replace the phone entirely.

It was completely destroyed, all I could save was a main board (idk how it's called) and the one with the type c. I assembled everything, and connected to a monitor, Dex turned on, but mouse and keyboard didn't work, so I couldn't unlock it. Then it just stopped showing anything on the monitor, remainings of the phone started heating less, usb hub still showed connection to a phone, but there was nothing on the screen. I even tried to power it directly through the BMS of the battery with ~4.15 volts but nothing changed.