Samsung Galaxy S9+ and Microsoft Outlook

Michael McNamara — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:42:31 +0000

Why is it that I need to force close Microsoft Outlook on a Samsung Galaxy S9+ running Android 9 Pie and then relaunch it to send any email messages? This had worked a long time ago… but it’s been broken for quite sometime now.. probably prior to the upgrade from Android 8 Oreo to Android 9 Pie. And I know I’m not the only Android user that’s having this issue… maddening.

Update: June 30, 2019

After a number of new versions recently released it would seem that I’m now able to send messages reliably. Now there’s another issue where a message will appear in the preview pane but won’t actually appear in the app when you look through the Inbox… one step forward, two steps back.

Samsung Galaxy S9+ Android Pie Upgrade

Michael McNamara — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 15:15:38 +0000

I rolled out of bed this morning to find a system update waiting on my Samsung Galaxy S9+. The long awaited Android Pie update was finally here. The update itself took about 10-15 minutes so make sure you have some free time before you start the upgrade.

There’s been a lot of angst around the net regarding the UI changes between Android 8.0 Oreo and Android 9.0 Pie. There are quite a few visual changes, which most users will almost immediately notice.

@SamsungMobile My S9+ updated to the #OneUI last night and I am loving the new gesture bar! One handed operation is much easier now, and the quick pane at the bottom when switching apps is very handy! All my frequently used apps right there!
— Danny Kakuk (@Danny_Denver) February 22, 2019

@SamsungMobileUS With this God awful #OneUI, how do I go back to closing apps by swiping left or right instead of up and down? It just feels… Wrong… And the UI looks cheap. I WANT OREO BACK
— CrushDani (@daniwiggle) February 21, 2019

I'm a big fan of the #gestures on @SamsungMobile's #oneUI
— Conor Creagh (@CreaghSTC) January 25, 2019

I personally like the new gestures, swipe up and down… all the visual changes aren’t that alarming… and I’m sure folks will get used to it eventually. I’m curious to see how the notifications will work – I wasn’t a big fan of getting a blitzed with audible alerts every morning at 7AM when my nightly ‘Do Not Disturb’ period expired.

Feel free to let me know what you think, I’ll probably post an update after a week or two.

Cheers!

Update: Sunday February 24, 2019 – I really liking the dark theme available in Android Pie, I noticed that I had to reset some of my application notifications – I’m not sure what happened there. So far no big complaints.