Better yet, we should be able to feel confident in the knowledge that Samsung is actively listening to us and that their software development does not take a dive down the ridiculous (as it has with this OneUI).. and if it has, they will make steps to put it right or at least to apese our dislike.  ... View more

What launcher are you now using? ... View more

@androidfantasy1 wrote: DOWNLOAD ODIN 3.13.1 from this link : https://odindownloader.com/category/download Then Download your phones Firmware from this link : https://androidfantasy.org/ FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TEE FROM THE site. And it should work for you as it did for me, I also watched a YouTube video where a guy flashed his s6 from Samsung Pie back to it's original form and followed his process with my S9. It really helped now I love my phone again because I couldn't stand that PIE forceful garbage update. It looked just like a wanna be google phone iPhone. I couldn't deal with it or I would've broke and changed phones and companies. Hope this information helps! Proceed with caution anyone jumping in the thread here.   Whilst this is a great option and can work, their has been changes since the April 2019 update  I've been told , which may make this rollback not possible.  ... View more

@AntS wrote: @CLk  and @Moyah8 : Kinda flattered that you’d miss this place if it were gone. But to reassure you, it’s just the standard survey we’ve pretty much always run for feedback on Community itself; and there are no plans for this place to be shut down. Peeps do use the survey to express their views on the product, but we sift those out when it comes to looking for feedback specific to the Community itself. That's reassuring to know. It's even more so reassuring to know that the pain that we are feeling with this update is being noticed.     I can only wait and hope that they come up with a fix before it's too late. I still would like to see the S10 as my next handset, but will sadly not do so whilst this OneUI (in it's current sate)  is in existence on that phone.  ... View more

@CLk wrote: I just received a questionnaire w hich contained leading questions that pertained to this forum .. It asked if I was happy with this forum repeatedly.. Not once did they ask about the product  Most would answer no and complain about the product  but I could see it's their way of shutting this down. They'd be able to say too many of us complained about the forum and community .. It was SUCH a manipulative questionnaire  So we know what's coming next  Shutting off our voices Sad times are coming.   ... View more

@Woody wrote: So my S9+ had a problem,so I sent it away to get fixed. In the mean time I have dug out my old S7E to use and I prefer the way it works over the one UI and Oreo. I forgot how smooth it is. I do wonder why I upgraded sometimes. I wonder the same thing every day.    I miss Oreo on my S9 ... View more

What's the link to your petition? ... View more

And another thing that I have noticed that they have done is make themes not fully compatible with the full UI.   Example, if i chose a theme, no mater if its dark or not, the email is always white.  Also, when you go to file explorer with the dark them you purchased, the fots are not visible... basically, the theme just not fully incorporates with the phone.  This annouance I have found with more than one themes.  With Samsung Oreo, i had spent over £20 on themes...  Now, with this update to OneCrap... I mean OneUI, I have lost all the beauty of those themes and now have to use the default Samsung theme with the ugly icons (in dark mode).   I came to Samsung from BlackBerry (and Huawei). This to me at the time was the best version of Android out there on a smartphone.. the UI was so intuiative and just asteticaly beautiful. NOW, I do not feel the same way and currently looking to see what my next phone would be, which before this silly OneUI, was going to be a Samsung S10.  Don't think so now. Will see whatelse is out there... The OnePlus looks promissing.  ... View more

@BackDaws wrote: If you have updated to the April patch then you can't roll back to Oreo apparently, the ***** have locked us out by changing the binary number. WHAT!!   This shows that they are teading these threads and are aware that people are rolling back their devices.    I do hope that they also read and see the disgust that people feel for this OneUI.  ... View more

@BackDaws wrote: The clock was moved purely for the S10 as there isn't room with the camera cutout, the s9 is finished now, it's getting nothing and the camera has been downgraded to make the S10 camera look superior. Cheap tricks Samsung I agree.. I think the whole OneUI was designed for the S10 range, especially the S10+ which I believe are taller than the S9s. ... View more

@Arya1999 wrote: You can change the clock and the date and the way previous windows are displayed with goodlock. Download it from the Samsung store and go to town. Yes you can. But why donwebhave to change stuff via third party apps, so that we can have what we already had?    That being said, I do agree with you on recommending Goodlock. It is a great piece of software for customising windows 8... opps, I mean OneUI. ... View more

@Enjay wrote: @igottsch1 wrote: What will the update bring? I've no idea tbh, think it's only just about to hit the beta testing but don't think it'll take long after the pie fiasco then we'll see.  Well, I'll just hold off ditching my Samsung then  ... View more

I hope so, as as it stands OneUI is a Vista / Windows 8 moment for Samsung ... View more

@Turbo1 wrote: A simple solution would be for Samsung or Android to enable reverse of the Firmware upgrade and they start again with a clean slate. Whilst the biggest lesson for consumers is never download a F/W upgrade without knowing what it means and has it been indepently tried and tested, which off course is a huge unnecessary burden and responsibility consumers should not have to endure. True. But I think Samsung knew about this being a bad upgrade, but still went ahead with it.    I was in the Beta for this OneUI and left after a week as I truly hated it, and all my criticism at the time was about the OneUI and its uglybicons and waste of space , caused via pusing things down. I've a S9 and I need all the screen I can get, and not have things pushed down. BUT, they never listened to me nor others and here we are!! ... View more

I did the same... kept getting bothered to update. Turned off in Debug mode, and then eventually upgraded... well, accidentally clicked the "install now "button. Can't be asked to start afresh again with Odin. I do miss my sweet looking Samsung S9 running Oreo look. ... View more

@Moyah8 wrote: Look at about page 30.... interesting read regarding getting old software back   I meant at about page 25. ... View more

@Lisadoll wrote: I absolutely hate the new upgrade.  1st thing I thought was a child's tablet. Things aren't where they once were. I had a beautiful background in my text message threads and now its generic and ugly. I hate teal bubbles . I just noticed I can no longer swipe text veryyyyyyyy upsetting. And everything about this update is HORRIBLE. I'm switching over to iPhone. I've had enough with galaxy. I wish I could get my old software back.  Look at about page 30.... interesting read regarding getting old software back   ... View more

@DB9000 wrote: That is an app that makes you install other apps for those "enhanced" features. I'm not installing several apps just to tweak this phone. Especially when those "enhanced" features should have already been in the OS!    Google must have done something that made Samsung remove features from the last OS version. This is just pathetic. I'm not going to rely on a bunch of apps to do something that should already be in the OS.   Shame on Samsung. Especially shame on Google.  I fully agree with you. But pending Samsung fixing this and to save me throwing the phone in the bin, these apps have to do.  ... View more

@ash2020 wrote: @Nolongerafan    You may* be able to get rid of the status bar clock - or even switch its position - by installing Samsung's own 'Good Lock' app and then installing the 'Quick Star' sub-app   Galaxy Store app > Good Lock > Quick Star > Clock position > Hide     *I say "may" because it depends upon which country you're in - apparently Good Lock is not available in all countries. If Good Lock is available to you then this should definitely work Love that app.. never heard of it before. Thanks for the recommendation  ... View more

@Enjay wrote: Despite pie I still like samsung, they're usually pretty good at sorting stuff out and I think they will with this one too.    It can't be easy trying to please everyone when you have millions of customers worldwide.      I agree, but they need to recognise their mistakes and push hard to fix it.    Take Microsoft's Steve Steve Ballmer who survived the flop that was Windows Vista, but who wasn't able to do the same after the disappointment of Windows 8.    Samsung , who is your "Steve Ballmer " behind OneUI? I think it may be time to let them go. (Breaks out into "Let it go" from the movie Frozen)  ... View more

@DB9000 wrote: The app Tigad has an amazing icon pack. Absolutely worth it. Along with TFS Launcher. It's the best combo for me. But the Android One update is still nonsensical and feels like sabotage to make their Galaxy S10 seem like a better option. My combo that I am surrently running is Marshmello_Dark and the default icons.  So I get the dark look and the beautiful icons of Samsung Experience running on Oreo. :-) ... View more