Samsung’s One UI 8 beta program for the Galaxy S25 is now open.
  • Pistcow@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    2 months ago

    Shit, Samsung dropped a recent update that turned my S24 into an iPhone. It’s the most annoying update and makes me want to root my phone.

    • DearOldGrandma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Thank God I’m not the only one who absolutely hates this. Over a decade ago, I used an iPhone for a month before returning it for an Android because I hated it so much.

    • r00ty@kbin.life
      8·
      2 months ago

      The OneUI update? You can undo most of the annoyingness. But the overall look change is downright annoying I’d agree.

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I’ve got the update waiting to be installed. I read the reviews and haven’t installed it. But it nags me every few hours.

    • skozzii@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Yup and there is no way to roll it back.

      If I wanted and apple product I would have bought an apple product. This is my last Samsung device after being all in on Samsung - tablet, earbuds, phone, watch, no more…

      • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        Just be careful, Nova Launcher is owned by a user telemetry collection company now and the majority of the original dev team was kicked from the project not too long ago.

        That was enough reason for me to lose trust in them and switch to something else. If the app hasn’t gotten shady yet, I feel it is only a matter of time.

        • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          I am aware. I haven’t noticed anything yet but I do plan on looking into an alternative next time I have to buy a new phone. My note 20 ultra is 5 years old at this point, but I don’t have a reason to upgrade yet. I like my pen and SD card.

          • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            I’m using Niagara personally, but I know it’s a radically different experience and probably not something I’d recommend to anyone looking for something comparable to Nova. Niagara is also not FOSS if that is a priority.

            I know there are some FOSS launchers out there with similar features to Nova that folks on Lemmy have recommended in the past, but I don’t know them offhand and haven’t used them myself enough to be a judge of quality.

            It’s probably not even bad sticking with Nova, because at least to my knowledge they haven’t gone sketchy yet, but it’s something to keep an eye on. Analytics companies typically aren’t very trustworthy, especially when it comes to user privacy.

          • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            I use Kvaesitso, it is one of the better open source launchers with a lot of customisability and a very clean design.

  • Semisimian@startrek.websiteEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    From the article: “The company claims One UI 8 brings “multimodal capabilities, UX tailored to different device form factors, and personalized, proactive suggestions.” Having used the new OS for a few hours, it doesn’t seem like much has changed with Samsung’s AI implementation.”

    If you are curious, the article goes into more detail about the tweaks to the AI layer. I just wanted to provide a TLDR for those keeping up with the general AI shenanigans.

  • MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    Its crazy the lack of phones being developed without ai and with physical keyboards.

    Any idiot can see there would be a demand for a minimalist phone with retro vibes but I guess the USA wants everything to be efficiently Spyware.

    • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      They are being made by smaller companies, the problem is that the so-called “demand” always has excuses as to why they don’t buy them. It was the same with small phones - many people claimed to want them yet the sales didn’t reflect that.

      • Phen@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Well I would definitely buy a phone with a physical keyboard if I had any available around me. Years ago I even bought that moto Z phone that allowed attachable devices because they said there would be a keyboard for it - but they never released any.

        The AI stuff I don’t mind as much as long as long as it remains being just software that I can disable.

          • Phen@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Yeah just heard about Clicks from the other reply and instantly tried to buy one, but for some reason their shipping partners do not ship to Brazil specifically.

        • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Unihertz has a physical keyboard series called the Titan, which is getting a new release later this year. There’s also the recently released Minimal Phone and the Clicks keyboard accessory for the Motorola razr 50 series.

      • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        As someone who held on to the Pixel 4a for as long as possible, I feel like my demand should have been felt. Can’t speak for others.

        • GreatRam@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Unfortunately buying is a much stronger signal than not buying. There could be many reasons why you didn’t buy a new phone vs the one reason you did buy a phone - you like it the most given your budget.

  • TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    My phone’s battery is discharging at an alarming rate. One of the things I want to try is removing Gemini. Anyone knows it’s URI so that I remove it through ADB?

    • Nate@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I believe it’s built into the Google app by default com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

        • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I mean they could have an exonos or a non-Samsung phone. I know the post is about Samsung but I didnt want 2 assume

      • TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        It’s a company provided phone and I need Knox. Already using that de bloater, but finding the app URI always screws me over :)

        • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Thats odd, it doesnt find it for you? I haven’t had to use it in a couple years so maybe the database it outdated? I think theres an app on F-Droid called Kanade that can pull package internal names from packages if that might help.

  • 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.itEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I Remember debloating my Note 8 tablet (N5100) back in the JellyBean era because TouchWiz was basically bloatware with some UX sprinkled on top. Looks like we’re back at it.