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.

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

You are making it look easy 👍

[facu1ty]

I was wondering why the Bluetooth connected icon isn't on the home screen anymore. Really stupid move removing it and only being able to see it when pulling the panel down. So Google says it's deliberate. It's extremely stupid 😒 it must stay on the home screen like the wifi and mobile network icons. Unbelievable Samsung 🤦🏻‍♂️👎🏻

[fixtheupdate]

Samsung, this is stupid. Put the bluetooth icon back up there.

[ElderSentinel]

Samsung, I loved your products for many years - this UI makes me angry, and I am very slow to anger! Give us at least the option to display bluetooth and alarm clock symbols at all times, including the visual cue of whether a device is connected or not!

Tourbillon -it seems to me- is pretending to be obtuse. This thread got kind of derailed with an encryption discussion. The main point is a massive usability issue. I wont upgrade to the next samsung phone, if this is not corrected and for the first time ever I can not recommend Samsung phones to friend and co-workers anymore! Something I have done many times in the past.

I am still hopeful that Samsung will correct this horrible flaw in the next 2 to 3 months through an update.

If not I shall move to another supplier brand like windows phone.

Another problem with UI 7.0 is the inability to display media controls on lockscreen right away and with +10 secons and -10 second skip buttons. They introduced a dysfunctional now bar and added a step to call up the controls! This has to be addressed as well.

Thank you for your understanding - writing this has calmed me a bit.

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

You will move to windows phone? That would be amazing that would 

[ElderSentinel]

Proving my point, Tourbillon.

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

indubitably so. on so many levels

[ElderSentinel]

Jester

[ElderSentinel]

I hope someone from Samsung actually reads the user feedback posted here. Unfortunately they will have to read a lot of useless messages by certain types. I hope it won't slow down the improvements users deserve.

[ChuckNorris1]

Samsung, re-add the Bluetooth status indicator.