One UI 7 - Missing bluetooth icon (and others)

[mr-tech]

When you connect your bluetooth earphones/headphones, you want to know whether they are connected to prevent accidental playback of audio out loud. 

It used to be easy to glance at the top of the screen to see this information with the bluetooth icon. Now I have to swipe down to the quick access menu to see if it is connected.

Sometimes I accidentally leave bluetooth on after putting my earphones or headphones away. Now there's no icon to remind me that it is still enabled, wasting battery.

If I forget to set my alarm for the next morning, the absence of the alarm clock symbol would remind me. Now there is no symbol for when the alarm is enabled.

QuickStar used to allow these icons to be customised. Sadly this app no longer functions properly when trying to enable some icons including bluetooth. 

What motivation could Samsung possibly have for preventing these icons from being re-enabled in the QuickStar app, even if they decided to disable them by default for aesthetics and ergonomics?

Please, please allow all icons to be customised in the QuickStar app if nothing else.

Furthermore, a similar issue occured where secure folder notifications started appearing after the older One UI 6 update stating that the folder is locked, in essence giving any thief or unauthorised persons knowledge of both the folders' existence and the fact is it being used, even when the "hide secure folder" is enabled, which is designed to make the folder hidden or discreet. This notification at startup will not swipe away unless the folder is unlocked, defeating the purpose of the discreteness of it.

I raised this issue with Samsung last year, but of course nothing has been done about it. I don't hold up much hope for these One UI 7 changes becoming customisable as they were in One UI 6. Not to mention the new location of the app menu search bar at the bottom which is not changeable, and the music player at the bottom of the lock screen which is much smaller than it used to be.

[Shrugggg]

I've set up a mode in the Modes and Routines app so when my phone connects to my Bluetooth headphones, the mode is enabled and it puts an icon at the top in the same place the Bluetooth icon used to display. 

The mode config allows to specify the Bluetooth device so you could have different modes/icons for different devices if you wanted to.

[Members_c8NnCYn]

Here to add to the voices that removing the Bluetooth indicator from the status bar is a ridiculous move. Can't believe there are numpties like @Tourbillon De La Vie and @Joeeye defending it.

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

Lol. Back already 

[Georgethess]

Such a stupid update.

The bluetooth icon is missing, the wifi calling icon is missing.

Which btain thought about getting things worse???

Is there anyway to downgrade to previous ui?

[Johnnywoe]

Can you please send a guide / screenshot how to do it properly? Thanks

[NeverShayDie]

Just to add my support to the voices that want the Bluetooth (and alarm) icons to show in the status bar. 

The fact that someone at Samsung decided that the new UI is somehow better than being able to see - at a glance - the status of your phone's commonly used features is baffling at best.  The idea that the user should not have the choice as to what icons should appear on the taskbar is absurd.

I don't consider my taskbar 'cleaner' at all due to the absence of a couple of convenient icons.  This update has essentially made the UI more inconvenient for people who regularly use Bluetooth devices or the alarm function!

I love Samsung phones, but this was a frankly bizarre decision.

[NeverShayDie]

It's actually an excellent workaround.

Swipe down from the top of your phone, expand it fully and then long press 'Modes'.  

From there I selected 'Add Mode'.  You can choose what icon appears on your status bar (I chose the note symbol).  Press 'done'.  Then press 'Turn on automatically' and choose 'Bluetooth device'.  Select the device you want the mode to work with.

And viola.  When that device is connected, the symbol you chose will appear in the status bar.

Shame I can't do it for alarms.

[Members_84G4OE7]

Another example of a company "fixing" something that wasn't broken... status bar "cleaner"??? I want to know when my Bluetooth is on and whether my alarm is set at just a glance. No swiping. We already waste our soul doom-scrolling and now samsung wants us to scroll because they think hiding those two practical icons is "cleaner"? Look at the screenshot below. Bloody Spotify takes up half the real estate of the status bar. Why would I need to know, at a glance what Spotify is playing, yet have no clue if my Bluetooth is on or not and more importantly to know whether it is connected. I never asked for this. If anything give us users the choice to personalize it. I will look into alternative phones, maybe iphone, they havent changed their UI in 20 years so probably less riks. Samsung destroyed the menu buttons swiping layout, now this. I wonder who takes such decisions and especially under which reasoning?