I upgraded my S8 to a S9 and would like to sell my old S8 as an unlocked device.

I was told that being that the phone is paid off, It is unlocked, and can be used on any carrier.

This is great, but am wondering how to remove the Verizon Boot Splash screen and the pre loaded Verizon applications after the device is reset.

If I were to buy an unlocked phone and were to use the device on a different carrier, I wouldn’t want the Verizon bloatware on my device.

Is there any way to get the stock android firmware on the device. As if it was bought directly from Samsung?

And if not, do you have any suggestions for the best way to go about selling it as an unlocked phone with all the added Verizon crap?

Thanks,

Taylor

⟐ Commented May 13, 2026 at 7:23 MST

Customer care service says,its an issue of motherboard,battery replace will not solve this.

How can i fix or refresh motherboard without repairing it?

NB: phone overheats during charging.

Thanks in advance.

⟐ Commented January 21, 2026 at 16:27 MST

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⟐ Commented January 19, 2026 at 1:17 MST

Thanks and have a good day.

⟐ Commented December 06, 2025 at 23:50 MST

⟐ Answered November 05, 2025 at 17:32 MST

I recently did a DIY screen swap of my Samsung Galaxy S8, following the guide given here. The phone was working find before the swap and now I’m having the following issues;

1/ Front and rear camera not working

2/ Iris recognition not working

3/ Overheating (heat can be felt near the power button)

I cleared the cache and data of the camera app, and restarted the phone a couple of times. I tried disassembling all the components and putting them back together. Even tried cleaning the components slightly with the use of some isopropyl alcohol. But nothing seems to work. Little bit desperate to find out what the cause could be.

I wanted to ask if anyone could help me, before I take it to a service centre.

Thank you.

Savi

The symptoms I’m seeing are;

1/ The front & rear camera are not working.

2/ In the diagnostics menu (*#0*#), everything works expect for the sensors section, and both camera. When I try to get these, the screen shows blank and freezes.

3/ LED notification indicators do not work, even when battery is low or when the phone is plugged in.

4/ When the phone is plugged into charge, it either stays on 0% or charges to 5%~6% and then starts to go back to 0%. During this time the phone (near the power button) starts to get really hot.

⟐ Commented October 27, 2025 at 17:16 MST

It gave me reason to believe my charger or battery was the issue so i put the old one back in and now it does the same as well

In my research for an answer i have found that it could be the daughter-board with charging or it could be the charging coil and antenna assembly on the back of the phone.

Has anyone else had any luck with replacing the charging coils after this type of error ?

⟐ Answered September 29, 2025 at 11:01 MST

Any ideas on how to fix it?

⟐ Commented August 26, 2025 at 1:59 MST

Help would be greatly appreciated!

if the video does not work, use this link https://youtube.com/shorts/b6Ztv_t22Oc?f...

⟐ Commented February 15, 2025 at 8:00 MST

How can I correctly remove the metal shields? I tried with heat gun, set it to 400+ Celsius and taking it with tweezers on corner, but nothing, they didn't move at all. With the EMI shield of iPhones this method worked well but it seems I got no luck with s8.

Any tips,???? I don't want to frie the board :-) thanks

⟐ Commented December 28, 2024 at 11:32 MST

⟐ Commented December 17, 2024 at 13:22 MST

⟐ Commented October 19, 2024 at 16:30 MST

Just glue?

The phones are:

Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge (SM-G925x)

Samsung Galaxy s6 (SM-G920x)

and...

Samsung Galaxy s8 (SM-G950-XU)

Thanks!

Also don't bother saying return it because the screen of the s8 is worth the same that I paid for all of these. ($200 CAD)

⟐ Answered October 14, 2024 at 8:23 MST

⟐ Commented July 05, 2024 at 5:56 MST

⟐ Answered June 08, 2024 at 2:19 MST

After the cameras were reset and cache was clear it is still not working.

Only things I haven't tried is factory reset and new parts but this has happened on different Android devices where the camera will only work with 3rd party apps.

3rd party apps do not work on this device.

Everything I read says the same thing and I have done everything. I am running of solutions and need some advice on what to try next.

⟐ Answered June 04, 2024 at 8:29 MST

However, my phone is neither lost nor stolen. I didn't understand the reason for this, and I didn't understand why this problem couldn't be solved.

I can set up WhatsApp with my own phone number on another phone, but it cannot be set up on my phone. Can you suggest your solutions, thank you( my telephone is Samsung Galaxy S8).

⟐ Answered March 30, 2024 at 17:33 MST