r/GalaxyS24Ultra

My partner likes to do this a lot. I am someone who really just doesn't comprehend this because I'd rather watch the concert myself in front of me than watching it in my phone months or years later. But I care about her a lot and want to help her out.

Her issue is she thinks it's always her phone that decides if her videos to record are shitty or not. Then she ends up getting a new phone every 2 years because of this. I just think it's her settings but correct me if I'm wrong.

She uses an Samsung S24 Ultra which is already a powerhouse of a phone which again makes me think you just have to adjust the settings correctly to accomodate for concert conditions and the zoom is already pretty good. She doesn't sit on the best seats but she got the S24 Ultra to watch concerts by zooming in and recording them.

What would be your advice on how to maximize settings or other advice that would bring out the best of her phone? She read somewhere to not record videos using the video option but instead to hold the middle button while taking a photo so that it "records" which is all just absurd to me having to do that.

S24 Ultra charging issue

My S24 Ultra is about 1 year old and has recently developed a strange charging issue. It only charges when the USB-C cable is inserted in one specific orientation. If I flip the cable over, the phone doesn’t detect the charger at all. I’ve tried multiple USB-C cables and the same thing happens, so I’m wondering if the phone’s USB-C port is the problem.

Previously, a full charge took around 1.5 hours. Over the last few days, it first increased to around 2.5 hours, and now it can take nearly 4 hours. When I plug it in, the estimate may initially show around 1 hour, but within a few seconds it jumps to 3–4 hours.

Could this be a damaged/dirty USB-C port, or could it be a charger/battery issue? If I continue charging this slowly, could it damage the phone or battery over time?

Is anyone else experiencing that some of their alarms in clock app are not going off?

I've been a Samsung user for ages. For the past 8 years, I tried an iPhone for a bit, but it wasn't for me. The rest of the time, I've only used Samsung phones - Note and then S Ultra. I upgrade phones every year or two. Right now, I have an S24 Ultra, and I was planning on getting an S26 Ultra, but I'm not thrilled with it because the S Pen doesn't have enough features, and it looks too much like the S26 Plus. The Ultra models used to be more distinct. And I figured if I can't use the S Pen remotely, I might as well get a phone without one. That's when I started thinking about Pixel phones. I was worried about things like OneDrive gallery sync on Samsung because I really like it, but they're getting rid of it, so that's another reason not to stick with Samsung. I'm also concerned about how well it works with Windows, like copy-pasting between devices and Quick Share between my phone and PC. Does that work well on Pixel phones?

And I'm currently using a Galaxy Watch Ultra. I'm planning to switch to a Garmin Fenix later, but for now, my phone needs to work well with my watch. Any thoughts on that? Maybe someone recently switched from Samsung to Pixel and can share their experience?

So I planning to buy Galaxy S24 Ultra instead S25 and S26,and how long can I upgrade the OS or security patch?

One of my family members borrowed my phone and lost my S Pen, so how do I find it? 📱🔍🤔

Can anyone comment on which phone they liked best in the Ultra series.. S22, S23, S24...etc. I have an S22 Ultra that I love and I have had no issues with but updates are over. Should I wait for the S27 Ultra or simply just go with an older model like the S24 Ultra?