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One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

Rone — Sat, 24 May 2025 11:48:48 GMT

I just wanted to share my experience with the One UI 7.0 update on my S22, which I installed yesterday.

Things that are good:

Swiping through running apps feels more intuitive and responsive now. In One UI 6, swiping often felt either unresponsive or too responsive.
(Update May 24) The overview of running apps no longer darkens the last app you visited.

Things that are not so good:

The battery percentage indicator is now less readable. It was perfectly fine in One UI 6. (I've commented on this here.)
Applying colors to app icons doesn’t look good anymore, so I’ve turned that feature off. Now, the Settings icon (gear wheel) looks odd when your background is dark, because the icon’s background is also dark.
Notification cards look too large, and the text inside is harder to read now. (Update May 24) I switched off the color palette entirely, and now everything looks fine again (in dark mode).
Torch notification behavior is also worse now. Previously, when you turned on the torch, you could swipe open the notification and tap “Turn off.” The torch would go off, and the screen would turn off as well. Now, the notification window stays active, so you have to manually swipe it away, which is particularly annoying.
The fingerprint icon is now grey, and to my eyes, it just feels off. I preferred the white version. I personally don’t understand the reason for this change.
(Update May 24) The backgrounds for the Alarm and Calendar apps were changed, and I had to pick a new one for both. My wallpaper (the background for both the lock screen and home screen) is still the same, but I can’t find it anymore when I search for it. The one I’m using was a standard wallpaper.

I’ll update this post if I come across anything else worth mentioning.

Let me know what you think are the good and bad parts of this update.

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

TechnoSteve — Fri, 23 May 2025 00:36:03 GMT

On my ZF6 everything is perfect, no issues , got used to the clock after a week, works well with Microsoft launcher. My battery life is still roughly the same

I've noticed that I'm using less RAM than in one UI 6

I've found it very customisable, you can actually make it look like the past

It flows well and very responsive

Just think it's a really decent UI and peed of that everyone keeps putting it down, plus I bet it's the same people which moaned because they were waiting for it.
God forbid they get into a serious relationship and their partner wants to change the colour of the bedroom, after living with that same colour for more than 1yr

I'm 57yrs old and I totally embarrassing this new stuff, plus I change the colour of my room frequently

But to be really honest, even if Samsung never made changes to one UI 6, people would still be moaning and talking about going to 🍏, and that's considering 🍏 are struggling with SIRI and their IOS, plus I'm sorry to say, 🍏 uses 8Gb of Ram 🫣

It's just getting boring here with y'all moaning about something, the pictures people put up are amazing 🤩. But why not just search the chat and add your moans to a moany comment

Embrass the new 🙏

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

TechnoSteve — Fri, 23 May 2025 00:39:58 GMT

Oh and I'm having a go at you Rone, just think there are more good things you could of put up, but stay blessed bro 🙏🏾

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

Rone — Fri, 23 May 2025 09:46:12 GMT

Hi Steve, I’m glad you’re enjoying the new update. But I think there’s a misunderstanding. First of all, I wasn’t waiting for an update at all. I didn't ask for it. Secondly, the things I wrote down are facts; these are changes I experienced firsthand. Nothing more, nothing less. I just wanted to share them with Samsung and the community.

Saying that, for example, the reduced readability of the battery percentage indicator is just “moaning” is like telling someone not to feel bad when their eyesight worsens — just embrace the new. That’s unfair and, frankly, a bit ridiculous.

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

NinaBee — Sat, 24 May 2025 12:43:57 GMT

How to change the app color? I hate the news appearance of my apps.

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

NinaBee — Sat, 24 May 2025 12:46:42 GMT

I have never in my life wanted an update on a phone. Lol. I am a creature of habit, so I despise these kinds of updates where I have to figure out how to get everything back to normal.

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

NinaBee — Sat, 24 May 2025 12:47:54 GMT

Completely agree!

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

Rone — Sat, 24 May 2025 15:03:31 GMT

Hi Nina, thank you for your remarks. To answer your question. Go to Settings -> Wallpaper and style -> Color Palette, and if it's turned on you can either choose a wallpaper color or a basic color, and then you can apply them to app icons.

I had chosen a wallpaper color, and I've noticed they have given app icons a different color from the same palette, and I didn't like that color on my app icons. I just switched off color palette entirely. The app icons are in default mode, but notifications and other things look better now. Anyway, hope this helps!

Re: Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My..

TechnoSteve — Sat, 24 May 2025 17:47:09 GMT

I apologise for the mistake

Re: Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My..

TechnoSteve — Sat, 24 May 2025 17:48:42 GMT

Everyone to their own 🙏

Re: Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My..

Rone — Sun, 25 May 2025 11:29:37 GMT

Thanks, I really appreciate that. Admitting a mistake often shows strength; not everyone is willing to do that.👍

Re: Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My..

TechnoSteve — Fri, 30 May 2025 09:40:59 GMT

Hi Rone, due to not being to busy whilst in hospital I checked the messages and noticed this mistake on my behalf which once again I apologise for

"Oh and I'm having a go at you Rone" which was meant to say "oh and I'm not having a go at you Rone". I should always check stuff correctly, especially when typing from a phone

Re: Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My..

TechnoSteve — Fri, 30 May 2025 09:42:53 GMT

@NinaBee you should be able to right click and edit icon to change the colour and shape

Re: Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My..

Rone — Sat, 31 May 2025 14:10:36 GMT

Okay, thanks for the clarification! And take care over there! 🙏

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

Kheldar — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:30:17 GMT

when you get up to start work at 6:30am, have not yet had coffee and your phone does an update so you wait. then you restart and sign in and are like wtf just happened.

my clock/time is gone...just gone. the weather app is all changed and different....the icons are different looking and size ?

the battery indicator ? i assume it's battery indicator looks horrible. what else have they screwed up /cry

i was always taught and told....if it ain't broke....

i didnt want ask or need any of this....can i go back to the previous version ?

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

NinaBee — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:06:32 GMT

I feel your pain. A month in and I still hate it. No going back unfortunately. It's like I have a whole new phone that I never wanted, yet I still owe hundreds of dollars on. Total BS.

Re: One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

Rone — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 08:34:39 GMT

Like NinaBee said, unfortunately, there's no official rollback. There are unofficial methods, but it's risky. I don't think it's worth it. Hope the new One UI that's coming will solve many issues we have.