This is part 3 of 3. Would have been nice to keep this all together. Purpose is to share my feedback with Samsung, but anyone may share comments.
Better Customization / Make Us Feel Like This Is Our Phone: Samsung, let me be honest, I paid cash $1250 for my phone, and I am starting to regret that. It doesn't feel like my phone. I haven't even been able to customize things as simple as the colors, with limited themes, theme store only showing Korean anime themes, and theme park being so complicated that I can't figure out how to make a simple color palette to remove (change back to white) the ugly Gray that was introduced for menus and dialogs in One UI 7.
• Notification Icon Choices: The lock screen wakeup screen, and AOD are missing the oval with the notification icons it, which was displayed below the clock. The Now Chip blocks the notification icons (no option to make it smaller or move it to right side of camera hole, and an option to change notification icons to 4, 5, or all, these customizations are missing. I'm starting to feel like this isn't really my phone. It's an extension of what Samsung allows me to have. That's not why I bought Android!
Continuing Thoughts / Feedback About Notification Icons: Some may say they don't like notification icons. For me, they are important. The icons provide critical information, when my phone vibrates while on a job site or driving, by checking what icon appeared, I know what I need to know. I know if it's an email, text, an alert I need to respond to (SLA contracts), or junk.
When listening to music or a podcast, the notification icons are blocked by the Dynamic Now Chip, and they don't appear under the clock on the lockscreen, meaning I cannot see important details. This requires me to take my eyes off whatever I am doing, which could be dangerous (and in many situations it is), unlock my phone, pull down the notification shade, and review the notifications. A better option would be to allow the user to move the Dynamic Now Chip to the right side of the camera hole, there is nothing there! It's a perfect place for it. I don't see the issue. Second option, let us shrink the Dynamic Now Chip and move over the clock a few px to the left so the Chip and icons can fit together.
Like I said, I feel that One UI 7 is sloppy with no attention to details.
I'm going to report these posts for being AWESOME and on point! 🙏🙏 Thank you for covering these issues so well and so thoroughly. I agree with 95% and the rest I'll take you at your word because you're more savvy than me! They really need to do better, especially with the Now bar. ( finally, someone else says that Good Lock's modules aren't exactly a cakewalk )
