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Help Problems with Note 8

I am loving the phone, but a few things are driving me crazy.

1. Bixby works about half the time, but never does everything I ask. It worked perfectly the first day. I sent a text to my sister practically right after I activated the phone. Now it opens messages but won't text one.

2. A really small thing, but I set up a sound for when I remove the S pen. It works about half the time. As I said, a small thing.

3. I do a lot of phone interviews and have two apps to record calls. They work about half the time. On my old Note 2 they were perfect. Now a lot of the time I just get my voice, which doesn't bode well for long interviews that I have to transcribe.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what settings I'm screwing up to make this happen? These things that work and then suddenly don't are making me crazy.
 
I am loving the phone, but a few things are driving me crazy.

1. Bixby works about half the time, but never does everything I ask. It worked perfectly the first day. I sent a text to my sister practically right after I activated the phone. Now it opens messages but won't text one.

2. A really small thing, but I set up a sound for when I remove the S pen. It works about half the time. As I said, a small thing.

3. I do a lot of phone interviews and have two apps to record calls. They work about half the time. On my old Note 2 they were perfect. Now a lot of the time I just get my voice, which doesn't bode well for long interviews that I have to transcribe.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what settings I'm screwing up to make this happen? These things that work and then suddenly don't are making me crazy.
Not a simple thing like fluff in the mic or mic covered somehow?
 
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1. did you restart the phone? clear cache? are you using 3rd party sms apps?
1a. did you use a bixby remap app?
2. are you using a specific 3rd party app? using a unique sound?
3. perhaps the apps in question are not yet compatible with the note 8. its still not officially released. perhaps there is a OTA update coming soon from sammy to address some initial bugs....
 
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1. did you restart the phone? clear cache? are you using 3rd party sms apps?
1a. did you use a bixby remap app?
2. are you using a specific 3rd party app? using a unique sound?
3. perhaps the apps in question are not yet compatible with the note 8. its still not officially released. perhaps there is a OTA update coming soon from sammy to address some initial bugs....


1. Did restart the phone and clear the cache. That solved the problem temporarily.
1a. Not using a Bixy remap app--should I be?
2. Yes, using a unique sound. Again, clearing the cache worked for a while and then it just stopped.
3. Thanks for the word on this. I know one of the recording apps I use is not compatible, just hoping I can find one that is reliable soon because not being able to rely on recording calls is a big problem for me.

I will look into some of the 3rd party apps problems, that could be what's going on. I typically don't download a lot of stuff.

And evohicks, thanks, but no, I don't think it's that simple, I've been running experiments with friends to make sure the recording app is working and I do the exact same thing and it is just 50/50 on whether it works or not. I may have to keep trying different apps until I find one that works.

Thank you both for all the suggestions!
 
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