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18 hours ago
No idea since I use the standard icons and I am perfectly happy with them. I don't worry about the icon that points to the app, I only worry about the app and how it runs.
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21 hours ago
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I put this in another forum and I'm too tired to retype everything, so it's cut and paste time for me. I'm running One UI since about February and I love every minute of it. It's been a while since someone was complaining about the update again. So what is your main complaint and we'll see what can be fixed on it. So lets hit the high points. The biggest complaints have been about the visibility. Can't see the contacts due to white/gray font on a white/gray background. This is due to a theme that wasn't designed for One UI. If you have a theme that you were using prior to the update, it more than likely will not work on One UI. Turn the theme off. Contact the theme designer and see if they have one that is designed for this OS. Pocket Dialing. This is something that is easily fixed with Settings. (Which will solve a lot of other problems.) Pocket dialing is when you text someone, put the phone in your pocket and the phone dials them. With the update, this feature gets turned back on. Simply turn it off. Settings > Advanced Features > Motions and Gestures > Direct Call. Turn this off. Phone keeps opening up apps in your pocket. Go to Settings > Display > Accidental Touch protection. Turn this on. This will deactivate the screen when it's in your pocket to prevent accidental app activation while in your pocket Camera Buzzing while zooming causing blurry images. This doesn't appear to be connected to the OS, but more of a mechanical error. It has been discussed in depth elsewhere on this forum. Edge Lighting not working properly. Settings > Display > Edge Screen > Edge lighting on > Set when to turn it on, color, width, style and then select which apps you want to activate your edge lighting. Icons. Simple fix. If you don't like the built in icons, get a icon package and select your own. And the MAJOR Crime... of moving the clock to the left side instead of the right. 1.1 inches over. (Horrors) Go to the Galaxy store and download Good Lock 2019 and move it where you want. Left, Right, middle or gone totally. Don't like the navigation bar at the bottom? Want it to go away unless you need it? Turn it off and use Gestures. Set it up on mine and I love it. Never have that bar appear again. Go to Settings > Display > Navigation bar > Select Gestures or use the buttons. Want to rearrainge them? Easy. I use the gestures and then I scrolled down to turn on Gesture Hints. The inability to set a background in the Message app. Agreed, this is a bug. The best we can come up with for now it to use Night Mode (Settings > Display > Night Mode) or find a theme that covers that. Again, just make sure it is designed for One UI. These are some of the common complaints. So expand a bit please. Tell us what you hate and we'll see what can be done to fix your complaint. There are a bunch of us here that would like to help, but we do need some specifics. And no, it ain't perfect by any stretch of the imagination. But a lot of it can be fixed/adjusted quite easily.
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Monday
The calling after texting is a quick and easy fix. Settings > Advanced Features > Motions and Gestures > Direct Call. Turn this OFF! From the descriptions... "Make a call by bringing your phone close to your ear. " Or your pocket... or your chest... or your desk. Does no one read the messages that have already described this setting two or three times above?? @Homiegeepoptart wrote: MINE DOES IT TOO. it drives me absoutly insane! I need them to fix it. It randomly calls the last person I texted constantly! If I leave it on the screen for too long, i randomly head ringing. I can even lock my phone, and I'll hear ringing from my pocket. It makes me very anxious.
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3 weeks ago
Ok. Try this. Settings > apps > scroll down to your alarm app and select. Click on notifications. Click on Show notifications, click on Sound, scroll down to the last entry, "Ignore do not disturb".
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4 weeks ago
Does your alarm app sound the alarm or does your monitoring company send you a text? On mine, the monitoring company sends me a text. I've saved it as a favorite contact which punches through the Do not Disturb setting. Then assigned them a specific alarm sound. (Once I got a message from them so that I can tag the conversation and NOT assigning the tone to the contact, but thats another gripe... ) As for the weather warnings. I've had to settle for a trade off. Yes, My weatherapp sends out weather warnings. But they have a problem determining what is Important and what is an advisory. For example, yes I want to be told of a tornado warning, or severe thunderstorm... But, the weather service releases advisories for things like, high heat warnings, or Air quality warnings. And they send them out at 4:00 in the morning. So I have my weather app set to shut up from 11:00 to 7:00 in the morning. Yes, I live in the US. And in Texas, during the summer, EVERY day is a high heat day.
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a month ago
@Stever6 wrote: They didn't bring it back on the 10 ! P****s me off. Why would they take it away in the first place ??? I actually just discovered that all customization goes away when you delete the conversation. WHAT B.S .so now I delete all messages in the conversation individually and leave the 1st one so it doesn't delete settings. Pain in the ass but only way it works. THANK YOU!! I was afraid that people had forgotten about this fiasco. Before, I could get a text from a computer or Pharmacist and save it to my contacts and assign a quiet little beep to it. Now, I have to keep a copy of their last text message in order to preserve the customization. I have tons of messages that I have to keep in order to maintain that custom tone. WHY IN THE WORLD DID SAMSUNG DO THIS??? And please do not forget that that "Custom" text message tone does NOT EXTEND TO GROUP MESSAGES. You get the default tone even though the members of that group have "Customized" Text message tones. So much for Personalization I see.
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a month ago
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@135728 wrote: Hi anyone know how to save favourite contacts to home screen on note9 Thanks Shaza I did it with the Contact Widget. There are a whole string of them. The first one is direct dial. If you use it, as soon as you hit it, it's dialing. Probably better to use the second one since it prompts for an action. Drag the widget icon to your screen and it will prompt with your contacts list for a name. You can also import a bunch of them and group them into a folder on the desktop to save space. Good luck.
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15-05-2019
03:53 AM
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@featureThief wrote: Just checked, seems video in pro mode IS back, but many other features are still missing... I don't know what update you got, cause mine is still the same old thing. Nothing about Taking control of my videos by setting the Exposure, shutter speed, color tone, and ISO sensitivity as stated by the Camera Settings > Camera Modes > Pro settings..
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28-04-2019
08:44 PM
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Ok.. Try this.. "(e ven when I tap the side button to black the screen like I've done for yrs) the phones screen will not blackout. I 've stuck my phone in my pocket while on my bluetooth at least 30 times and had my pocket mute myself, throw the conversation on speakerphone, or hang up on my customers." Settings > Display > Accidental Touch Protection and see if this setting is ON. The description says Protect your phone from addidental touches when it's in a dark place such as a pocket of bag. Check and see if "Smart Lock" is turned on. Settings > Lock Screen > Smart Lock > Enter PIN. See if "On-Body detection" is turned on. This disables the lock while it is in your pocket and makes it easier to accidently activate the screen while in your pocket. You can also try Settings > Lock Screen > Secure Lock Settings > PIN > Lock instantly with power key. This will lock the screen as soon as you press the power button to help prevent accidental activations.
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20-04-2019
07:29 PM
@Kshatriya wrote: I get the same #@$#ing problem! This update is really annoying! Wish I could revert!!!!! The fixes for several of these problems have been posted in this thread. Are you still having problems? And if so, which one?
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20-04-2019
06:17 PM
@Kdsmitty wrote: Yes you are right I was about to say that, I should not have to download more garbage to get a flagship phone to look right.. I see Samsung thinking they just can throw anything out to the masses and thinking its okay.. my eye hurt looking at this white and gray lettering and what up with my calendar.. developer was coke up or something.. can I have the option to keep the version. This pie was tomato pie. Make banana pudding Couple of questions... you mentioned the "White and gray lettering" and earlier in the post you said that you "Should not have to download more garbage to get a flagship phone to look right... " If you have a problem with the White fonts on a gray background, that usually means that you are running a downloaded theme, something that you downloaded to make your phone "Look Right." You might try either turning your theme off and trying it without a theme. Another option is to turn your theme off and try Night mode. Settings > Display > Night Mode. Or simply download another theme that is designed for One UI. Your current theme sounds like one that was designed for Oreo and will not function properly under One UI. Most themes developers that people have used to download in order to "Get a flagship phone to look right" have updated their themes to work with the new OS.
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20-04-2019
02:47 AM
@DH24 wrote: Looks horrible! I haven't been able to figure out how to close only one app when I have multiple open. It was simple before just by "x-ing" out. Now I have to choose "close all" and reopen the one I wanted. Am I missing something? Click on the recent apps tab. When you have the list on your screen, take the one that you want to get rid of and simply flick it upwards. If you want to open split screen, click on the icon at the top of the window and select "Open in Split Screen."
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20-04-2019
02:45 AM
@motomike119 wrote: No WPS now, and I can barely see when inputing passwords for wifi. I installed internet and I can't see the password outside at all!! I hate the white for all my SMS. The eye recognition doesn't work very well outside anymore either . I'm sure there's more but these few things are a deal breaker for me!, The "All white" is easy to fix. If you are running a theme, turn it off. Themes that were designed to run under OREO won't run correctly under One UI. Once you have the theme turned off, go to Settings > Display > Night Mode and turn that one. That will give you a better view of some of the apps. If you download a theme, make sure that it is compatable with One UI. If you already have themes, then see if there are updates for the theme.
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17-04-2019
07:30 PM
@FlyingPitongo wrote: Removing the Photo Editor in the latest upgrade has to be the most stupid decision ever adopted by the present management. Corporate shareholders must remove all officers involved in this affair, appoint sensible smart decision makers and restore the now tarnished reputation of the company. Oh, it can't be the stupidest decision. But it's in the list of *****ic removals. The highlights of which include: Removal of the Pro Photo app that is the subject of this discussion thread Removal of the Pro Video settings. Of which the Camera mode settings Currently on the phone describe as "Take control of your videos. Set the exposure, shutter speed, color one and ISO sensitivity manually". Of which the only thing that you can change is the tint of the video. Removal of the custom text message tones. Yes, before everyone jumps in with instructions on how to tag a conversation thread with the custome tone, that does NOT work with GROUP MESSAGES and you must maintain a copy of the thread for all eternity in order to preserve the customization. (This one is my pet peeve) Designing a display system that is not compatible with current existing themes. And then not notifying customers that the themes that they spent money on, will no longer work with the current OS.
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16-04-2019
11:03 PM
@joonbugg wrote: Sounds like a lot of work to fix what Samsung broke. I have to adjust the settings. I have to contact the app developers????? You have got to be kidding me. Do you work for Samsung? Because if this course of action is any indication of what to expect, I guess my loyalty to Samsung has ended and I will never trust another update again. Nope... I don't work for Samsung. I only come here to try to help. If turning off your theme and TRYING it is too much work for you, I'm sorry about that. Next time you download an app, please make sure that it is designed for your OS. Yes, I know that the version that you downloaded was designed for Oreo. If you don't like my information, you may disregard it.
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16-04-2019
05:42 PM
@joonbugg wrote: mypphone is having serious connectivity issues; vacillating randomly between Roaming and useless 3G when it should be drawing clear signals from Mars. Then, it tells me that I should NOT turn on my Roaming when I have NEVER, in over a year, touched that setting. It destroyed all my accessibility ♿ settings, disabling my carefully organized theme FROM THE SAMSUNG GALAXY store making everything impossible to read or navigate. I have reached out to Samsung in Twitter and been summarily dismissed without a shred of assistance. This update is a real albatross and Samsung needs to fix it or provide an easy one touch solution for all the consumers affected. This is ridiculous. @ppick wrote: My parents have the note 9 and me and my brother have the s9. All of us have horrible battery issues as well as randomly calling the last person. If 4 people out of millions are having the same issues, I would find it to be extremely common. "disabling my carefully organized theme FROM THE SAMSUNG GALAXY store making everything impossible to read or navigate." The Theme is probably part of your problem. The themes from the "Samsung Galaxy Store" are designed for OREO operating system and NOT for One UI. First of all, turn your theme off and try Settings > Display > Night Mode for a quick fix after the theme is off. Then contact the theme developers and download a theme that is designed FOR One UI. This is a common problem with the update and is very easily fixed.
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15-04-2019
08:20 PM
Try this one... Settings > Biometrics and Security > Secure Startup > Set to Do not Require. I had the same problem when I first got my Note 9 and set it for weekly reboots. Every time, I'd have to put my code back in. I turned this off and haven't had to do it since then. Still have to use the Facial scan or Fingerprint but not the pin number at first. Now if I reboot the phone myself, it still requires a pin number imput before it will continue.
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13-04-2019
02:06 AM
@Kingsherry wrote: WHY DOES THE ALWAYS ON DISPLAY SUCK NOW. What the f*** is Samsung doing with their always on display, it's no longer a fkin always on display. You have to tap it in order to display the always on display. Wtf ! You might say it's not a big deal but it is a big deal, i check the time several times throughout the day and the fact that I have to tap it now is super annoying otherwise it won't show it. If you're a developer think about this, what is the bloody difference between me tapping the display and pressing the power button. They're both two-step processes! Samsung have made everything as a two-step process thanks to this bull**** one Ui. 1. There is no longer 'Game mode' on the one Ui. Samsung advertised gaming on the note 9 and have now removed the gaming mode option. 2. On the tasks Edge panel, there is no longer 'Device Maintenance'. Wtf. I used to use these 2 all the time. And I know that this is an old form, but one last thing... you mentioned the AOD for your note not being on "Always" Settings > Lock Screen > Always on Display > SCROLL DOWN >Display Mode and SET YOUR SCHEDULE to when ever you want it. I got mine to run from 07:00 to 00:00 and when my phone locks during the day I got my AOD running.
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13-04-2019
01:55 AM
Have you tried: Settings > Display > Edge Screen > Edge Lighting > Manage Notifications and turn on the other apps that you want to use the edge lighting on?
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11-04-2019
06:24 PM
@sonnnnnn wrote: SUPER disappointed that the night mode does not work with themes... like come on WHYYY????!!!!!! Probably because the theme that you are trying to turn to dark mode was designed Under OREO and not ONE UI. You need themes that were designed under the OS that you are going to run them under. Turn Off your present theme, and then try dark mode. Contact your present themes designer and see if they have an update to their theme. When you go to download a theme, make sure that it's been designed for One UI.
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08-04-2019
02:09 AM
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@Pbphilly wrote: Since recent update my background color for text messages disappeared and I cant find how to set it the white background is annoying You can't find it because it's not there anymore. One of the many features that One UI took away for some reason. Your only alternative is to turn off any theme that you might be running and go to Settings>Display>Night Mode and turn that on. At least it will get rid of the blinding white light. The text message backgrounds went the way of assigning custom text message tone to the Individual and not the message thread, the Pro Video Settings, and the Pro Photo editor. Taken away from some unknown reason since Samsung won't tell us why.
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07-04-2019
10:04 PM
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I downloaded good lock and for the fun of it, I got my clock dead center now.
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05-04-2019
09:55 PM
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@Arlette3 wrote: I am doing a major happy dance!!!! Tonight my GS7 updated, so just for a lark, I checked the message settings and there it was!!!!! The text notification of each contact can again be custom set. I AM SO HAPPY!!!!! I have been following this thread for months and basically gave up on any changes. I don't know if it switches back to default if the whole thread is deleted. I haven't checked, but I don't care since I don't delete the threads of my important contacts anyway. I'm just over the moon I will know who is texting me now and know when to respond to the most important ones. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! Praise God! Arlette Ok... I haven't jumped back into this thread in a couple of weeks, so here I am. Yes, their "Fix" is a fairly good stop gap measure to fix a problem that they created. As you mentioned, yes it does switch back to the default when and if you delete the thread. I usually don't delete the threads of my important contacts either, but that is not the only problem. My pharmacy sends me a text message when it's time for my meds to be renewed. It's all computer driven. So I don't need my regular text message tone (Think - Close Encounters of the Third Kind) when a computer sends me an automated message. I HAD them set to a quiet simple beep so that I knew there was no rush to answer a computer back. And I see no need to maintain copies of all those texts between me and my pharmacy. On the other hand, my Alarm company was set with a loud, obnoxious tone to let me know that there was and EMERGENCY that needed my attention RIGHT THEN. But now, I have to maintain all those messages. The other bug. Group messages. (I love bringing this one up... Again.. ) Say I make the following assignments to the threads of conversations. Tone A to Friend A Tone B to Friend B Tone C to Friend C I send a message to Friend A and I get Friend A's tone in return. The same with B and with C. BUT, if I send a GROUP message to Friend A, Friend B, and Friend C, and then Friend A responds to the group, I get DEFAULT tone. If Friend B responds to the group, I get DEFAULT tone. If Friend C responds to the group, I get DEFAULT tone. And most of my text messages go to either groups of Friends, Family Members, Co-workers, Team Members..... Sure, I can assign a tone to the thread of the Group, but I have to maintain that entire thread and I can't tell who is responding without looking at the phone. Before, I could tell, do I need to get it NOW or can it wait a minute? Is it my wife texting me or one of my daughters? Is it my co-worker? My good friend? My Boss? Is it my alarm company telling me my house is on fire, or is it my pharmacy saying that my meds are ready to be picked up? Do I need to grab my phone NOW or can it wait a few minutes to get back to? Simple fix? Return the feature to the CONTACTS APP where you assigned a custom text message tone to the Contact and not the thread. From what I've been able to find, it is a ONE UI feature and not a PIE feature. I checked a friends LG and it was still in his contacts listing. And now that you have woken the bear again, I am returning to my cave and hibernate again for a while..
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03-04-2019
03:14 AM
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@BandOfBrothers wrote: @The_V wrote: @Maxozone wrote: Why didn't I think of that?? Pour more money into my business phone, which now looks like it was made by Fisher-Price. That is nonsense, Samsung needs to leave it alone. It is not the phone that it was when I bought it.. What they did is criminal! The new update does look like something Fisher-Price designed 🤣 Which is the exact words some iPhone owners used when Apple sent out a new iOS. They didn't change it either. I remember an update I went through with my Note 5 when they first went with that "Material" look I think it was called. I looked at the icons and thought to myself, "That looks bad. Oh well." And I never thought about it again. I've never understood what the big deal is about Icons.
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28-03-2019
12:22 AM
@DS33 wrote: Samsung you have nerve dumbing down a phone that the people are paying for! There should have been an option to ruin MY $1000 phone. I can no longer assign text tones without having to save a text in my phone from everyone in my contacts list, the minute you delete the text message the tone disappears until a conversation starts again and you set it again... terrible. I can no longer set my phone with a general ringtone it is automatically resetting itself to an AT&T stock tone. The themes no longer match the phone, colors fade, if the font color is white it becomes invisible on certain screens. Everything I loved about my top of the line NOTE 9 no longer exists. If I wanted a dumb downed phone with very little customization I would have bought an iPhone. You better make this right and fast. This looks like a class action law suit if you ask me. You went from blowing phones up to now making them unusable. Get it together. Well, I been griping about the text message stuff since I got my Note 9. That stuff was changed LONG ago when they changed from Nougant to Oreo. I had this bug on my Note 5 and I've been yelling about it ever since November when I first found it. As for your problem with the White Font on a White background, try turning your theme off. Most of the themes out there are not designed for One UI. Try it with the theme off and if nothing else, try the Dark Mode. (Setting>Display>Dark Mode) When my 9 updated from Oreo to One UI, I wasn't too sure of it then. Since then I've found what needs to be changed, the settings that are messing things up and now, there is no visible difference between the home screen I had before the update, other than a couple of the icons look a bit different and the clock is on the other side, neither of which bother me in the slightest.
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25-03-2019
03:10 PM
@Charliesmydog wrote: Thanks.. I had never used that feature, but checked to ensure it was off.. Appreciate your suggestion LOL.. I never used it either. But when I got my New phone, it was turned on. Just Checking...
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24-03-2019
06:37 PM
Curiosity got me. Are you hitting Do Not Disturb or or you hitting Mute?? Mute kills everything audible coming from my phone. Do not disturb is configured through settings to ALLOW / DENY sounds that you configure. Phone calls from Contacts for example. Settings>Notifications>Do not disturb>Allow exceptions.... You can allow or block: Alarms Media Touch Sounds Calls from whoever Message from whoever Repeat callers Event alerts Reminders The Mute button turns EVERYTHING AUDIBLE off.
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22-03-2019
09:55 PM
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while it may be a last ditch effort, back up your data either on the cloud or use Smart Switch to your computer. I did a reset on mine last week and mine was fine afterwards. Smart Switch would be the easiest method to make sure that you save everything. I lost a couple of pictures that wern't on the cloud, but I still had my note 5 that had them on it. I synced my 5 to my computer then restored to my 9. All my picture are present now.
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