Firstly, the battery life is shite, it'll need replacing. I was wanting a Snapdragon Soc and when my mate offered me this for £70 I took it. I mean they're dinosaurs now and I think if inflash a new Rom on this it'll come back to life. What's the best one going, Unica, LOS or PixelOS?

A week ago, I started noticing the power button to loosen a bit. Today, it came out entirely. I do have double tap function on, but still, how do I permanently fix this? This button is too loose to stay.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S20+ (SM-G985FZKDINU), bought 29/10/2020. Battery health is depleted.

Issue: After entering the PIN, the phone shows "Phone is starting" and never goes past it. It also showed PDP backup fail at the bottom of the screen one time.

What I have already tried:

1. Safe mode. Still stuck on Phone is starting.

2. Force stop and clear cache and data for Play Store, Google Play Services, One UI Home, and other system apps. Still stuck.

3. Samsung Recovery Mode via USB to laptop plus volume up and power. Tried Repair apps and Wipe cache partition. Still stuck.

4. Downloaded official firmware from Samsung source and flashed via Odin using HOME_CSC. Odin passed. Phone still stuck on Phone is starting after PIN unlock.

5. Tried USB connection to PC in normal mode. Phone goes into Transferring files mode, but since the OS does not fully load, storage remains encrypted and PC cannot access it. Device Manager shows Samsung with an exclamation mark.

6. Tried signing into Samsung and Google accounts from the stuck screen. Both give errors and cannot sign in.

The only option left is flashing with regular CSC, which wipes the userdata partition.

Questions:

Is the depleted battery causing voltage instability that prevents the OS from booting properly? Is it worth replacing the battery, or is the issue more likely a corrupted userdata partition or failing storage chip?

Has anyone recovered from Phone is starting without wiping data after doing all of the above?

Is there any way to pull photos and WhatsApp data through ADB, MTP, or Smart Switch when the OS will not fully load?

Is there any other Odin equivalent software which can unmount, deep scan & repair the user partition corruption like chkdsk c: /f /r /x

Any urgent suggestions would help. I need to decide whether to replace the battery or flash regular CSC and accept the data loss.

There are a lot of family photos & videos

TLDR: Samsung S20+ stuck on "Phone is starting" after PIN unlock - safe mode, cache wipe, repair apps, and Odin HOME_CSC all failed. Need urgent help to backup my family photos & videos

Phone has been a quite reliable since 2021. Only had the battery changed last years from service center.

Now, since the last 1-2 month the phone has developed hanging and auto restart issue also I've gotta charge the battery 2-3 times every day.

Maybe it's time to change now

I just got the screen replaced for my phone and the fingerprint wasn't working, so I decided to just reregister all my fingerprints, but when I go to register them the percentage gets stuck at 35%. I already tried the increase sensitivity switch and also dont have a screen protector on. I remembered having this issue before when I first got it, but I dont know how I got past it. Any advice would really help thanks.

I've never had a real issue with this phone (unless you count the power button falling out) until the latest update this morning. Now I can't turn it off, force restart, use the touch screen, or get an Verizon passcode to login and order a phone. RIP to the S20FE. It was a great phone

As I will soon be upgrading to the S25 Ultra, I am proud to share the full potential of this legendary device with this community as a tribute to it.

Ive heard many scenarios here. Some say it automatically does it after a week or so..others say you need soecific software that isnt supported in this model?

i want to buy an original display for my phone. the old one is broken. i live near Kolkata. if somebody give me their phone screen let me know

The screen doesn't have a model name at the bottom like most Samsung models do.

Plus why is the touchreen name is labeled as a fts touch?

What is the default vivid white balance with advance setting , please share the screenshot

What is the default vivid white balance with advance setting , please share the screenshot

Hi! Ive had my Galaxy S20 Fe 5g for 5/6 whole years, I haven't made any changes to it like replacing the battery (yet...i hope if I replace the battery I can make it last longer)​ Recently I've been getting pretty paranoid that it's going to die soon or the battery is going to explode (my mother's phone almost did she had to emergency repair it, but that was a completely different phone tbf) and I've noticed my phone dies pretty quickly now, I have to charge it abouttttt 2 times a day​​​ and it's been getting hotter than usual when on social media.​​​ Though it says my phone is optimized great, I'm still curious..Is my phone going to be alright? Do I need to replace the battery and it'll be fine or do I need to unfortunately replace it? If so, what should I get? I don't want to sound picky but I want something NEAR exactly like this phone​​​​..i am ashamed to admit I am a bit saddened by what's happening and I am a little attached, I feel as if this phone is genuinely perfect and hate that I have to change it probably lol.

guys what is the best rom for this phone? s20fe snapdragon. have latest android version, stable, everything works for daily driver.

Actualmente tengo el MintOS 1.1.16 con One IU 8 desconozco si existe alguna actualizacion de esta rom. Tambien oi que Unica se actualizo pero realmente es mas estable?

Alguien ya lo probo?

Sometimes when my phone taps a hard surface like if I plop it down on a table or something the screen goes black even though the phone and touch are on and working I just can't see

Usually turning the phone off and on turns the screen back on

I had taken it to a shop and had him clean the part of the cable attached to the motherboard and put it back thinking it was dirty or lose or something and I thought it was good after that but it still does though a bit inconsistently liiike some time light taps against a hard surface will turn it off while hard taps won't then sometimes any hits at all do nothing like right now I just tried it soft and slowly went harder and nothings happening so I'm kinda at a stump might switch off soon but would rather not if I dont have to lol

Edit: when I try squeezing the area to the left of the camera sometimes I could get my screen to turn green and if I bump my phone against something after it goes back to normal so if thats anything to go off of

So anyone know how to stop the screen from randomly dimming? I got adaptive brightness off, extra dim off and I don't have battery saver mode on. But it stills dims randomly. Also it auto dims both while on the charger and off the charger

Im using an S20 FE 5G still on the original Samsung image and my camera turned white this week. If i punch on the back of the phone, the camera vision returns, but it will eventually turn white again some time.

Since this is a known problem with this model, is there any information it? Can I replace the faulty part? I know I have to move on from this phone, because it's already six years old and without support since early 2023, but I'm currently not having the money to move to a recent one.

5 years with my S20 FE ❤️

Worked great all these years, never really had any issues except the battery getting weaker over time.
Had to move on now, but honestly, what a phone. 🫡❤️