01-02-2020 05:03 PM
Just like that, without any notice or warning, Daydream no longer works on my S9+.
The same applies to S9 and Note 9, which used to be perfectly compatible with Daydream, but now all you get is this:
Note that the scene behind this dialog window is actually perfectly rendered, and the phone itself is using the "low motion-blur" screen mode.
The problem is, in Android 8 and Android 9, these phones have defined a system flag "android.hardware.vr.high_performance", which is no longer defined on Android 10.
This is a Samsung-specific problem, as Pixel phones running Android 10 can still use Daydream perfectly (as reported in this Reddit thread).
Hopefully Samsung will be able to get around to fix this problem in a future system update, as it only requires them to add a single xml file to the system image...
10-02-2020 05:29 PM
+1000.
Seriously, it makes no sense for Samsung to remove this functionality; it requires no effort on their part to leave it untouched when it was fully functional on Android 9 and was a launch feature. Many bought this phone for it's VR capabilities.
Samsung, please add this functionality back!
11-02-2020 03:39 AM
I was part of the UI 2.0 beta and reported that it wasn't working for multiple builds. Samsung beta team did reply to me saying that it was just due to it being a beta build but that it would be resolved in the final build. But it still doesn't work and I no longer have the beta app installed after updating to the final version so I can't reach back out. Here's hoping they fix it in the February update.
11-02-2020 05:01 AM
11-02-2020 11:27 AM
11-02-2020 02:24 PM
Fingers crossed, and I am retroactively thanking you as it is brilliant that you reported it in the beta stage. At least they are definitely aware of the situation.
12-02-2020 06:31 AM
13-02-2020 10:54 PM
I phoned samsung support here in Denmark for Daydream troubles in Android 10
They are blaming Google software , inspite of missing xml flag , as you pointed -
Very sad and annoying !
Do you think , they are reading this ? - It dosn´t seems like it
Kindly regards
Frank Kjaerbo
Denmark
14-02-2020 12:51 PM
Samsung must fix this. My VR headset should not go to trash over a simple software issue.
16-02-2020 01:56 PM
Still no proper reply from Samsung here or on Members... shame...
16-02-2020 01:59 PM
Please fix this Samsung. Do the right thing for once. Bad enough Note 9 Won't get Android 11.