Although Samsung's One UI has been around for a few years now, with the release of the series Galaxy The S22 received a significant facelift earlier this year. One UI 4.1 is the company's most refined user interface yet, with improved privacy features and tons of customization options. Here are the best ones.
Although the Samsung Good Lock app and dozens of launchers in Google Play can completely change the phone's home screen, many people will find the customization options in the system Android 12 and superstructures, the company is also more than enough. So whether you're coming from an iPhone or just another brand of phone with Androidem, Samsung One lets you configure your phone to suit you perfectly. In this way, you will create a personality as distinct from your phone as you are.
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Apps on the home screen
If you're thinking about switching from an iPhone to a Samsung, you might want to have all your apps right on your device's desktop. To do this, hold your finger on the desktop for a long time and select Settings. choose Home screen layout and select Only on Dom. screen. The gesture of swiping up does not launch the application menu, but the search.
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Color palette
Android 12 added the Material You design, in which you can choose the color layout of the system according to the wallpaper. Go to it Settings, choose Background and style and tap on Color palette. Then just choose the one that you like the most and that corresponds with your wallpaper - the colors are drawn from it, so the similarity should be ensured here.
Hide unwanted apps
Hiding apps is different from disabling them. Your device may contain pre-installed bloatware and system apps that cannot be removed. Once disabled, these apps can no longer use system resources and thus typically slow down the phone. However, by hiding applications, they still work as intended, you just don't see their icon across the system. Although this tutorial was done using a Samsung phone Galaxy S21 FE 5G p Androidem 12 and One UI 4.1, it will work very similarly with other models of the manufacturer, tablets and devices of other manufacturers, regardless of their system.
- Swipe up on the home screen to access the pages menu.
- At the top right select the three dots menu.
- Choose Settings.
- You can already see the offer here Hide apps, which you select.
- All you have to do is select the titles you want to hide from the list. You can also search for them in the bar at the top.
- Click on Done confirm hiding.
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Disable adding new apps to the home screen
If you want to have a clearly defined and structured home screen without adding new and new applications installed from Google Play or Galaxy Store, again select v Settings offer Home screen, where you turn off the option Add new apps on Dom. giant. From now on, you'll have to manually add apps to the desktop if you want them there.
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Remove additional home screen pages
If you came across the previous step too late, and you already have a lot of pages with applications that you don't want there, you don't have to delete them one by one, but you can delete the whole page. Hold your finger on the display for a long time, scroll to the page you want to delete and select the trash can icon at the top.
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Lock home screen icons
Have you ever accidentally moved items on your device's home screen? And did you also throw the whole arrangement out of whack and then it took you some time to get it all right? You are not alone. This simple step will prevent items from being removed or repositioned on the Home screen. Then when an attempt is made to move or remove an item from the desktop, or to uninstall it, you will be warned that the layout is locked. If you really want to move or remove an item, you can go directly from the panel to the menu, where you can turn off the option again.
- Go to Settings.
- Select an option Home screen.
- Enable the option here Lock House layout. giant.
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Smart widgets
The smart widget, which is called Chytrá pomócka in Czech, allows you to use multiple widgets in one, thanks to which you save space on your home screen. It means you can add different widgets of the same size in one place and access them by swiping left or right. But you can also set them to rotate automatically and display the most relevant ones informace based on your activity. The smart gadget will also tell you when it's time to charge your headphones Galaxy Buds, but even when it's time to prepare for an event on your calendar.
- Hold your finger on the home screen.
- Click on the menu instruments.
- Now select an item A smart gadget and select any widget size according to your preference.
- Then click the button Add and place the widget on the home screen.
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Gesture navigation
The navigation panel contains three buttons, which are more of a relic these days. These are Last, Home and Back. But if you don't want them here because you're used to controlling gestures (e.g. from an iPhone), you can replace them with them, in two variants.
- Go to Settings.
- Select an offer Display.
- Scroll down where you will see a choice Navigation panel, which you select.
The type of navigation as is automatically determined here Buttons. But you can choose below Swipe gestures, when the buttons will disappear from the display, thanks to which you will optically enlarge the display itself, because they will no longer be displayed on it. By choice Other options you can also define whether you want to use only one gesture or for each missing key separately.
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Activate one-handed mode
One UI is quite well optimized for one-handed use. However, there are situations where you may encounter problems with operating large displays with one hand. Go to Settings -> Advanced features -> One-handed mode and activate it. Then choose whether you want to use a double tap on the button or a swipe down gesture. This will then give you a reduced image that you can position and operate better. You can also deactivate the function in the same way.
Rotating the display
Auto-rotate is turned on by default on your device. This means that the display automatically rotates according to how you handle your phone or tablet. When you disable it, you will lock the view in Portrait or Landscape mode.
- Swipe the display with two fingers from the top edge downwards (or 2 times with one finger).
- When auto-rotate is enabled, the feature icon is colored to indicate its activation. If Auto-Rotate is disabled, you'll see a gray icon and the text Portrait or Landscape here, indicating the state in which you disabled the feature.
- If you turn on the function, the device will rotate the display automatically according to how you hold it. If you turn off the function when holding the phone vertically, the display will remain in Portrait mode, if you do so while holding the phone horizontally, the display will be locked to landscape.
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Double tap on the display
If you want to quickly unlock or lock your phone without pressing a button, you can simply double tap the screen. This is especially handy if you have, for example, wet hands. To activate this function, go to the menu Settings -> Advanced features and then open the menu Movements and gestures. Click on the radio buttons Double tap to turn on the screen a Double tap to turn off the screen turn them on.
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Hide status bar and navigation bar when using multi window mode
When using apps in multi-window mode, you can switch to full-screen mode and hide the status bar at the top and the navigation bar at the bottom of the display. Thanks to this, the mentioned applications can occupy a larger area and are therefore more friendly for use on smaller screens. The result is similar to when Game Launcher hides its elements while playing mobile games.
- Go to Settings.
- Select an offer Advanced features.
- Click on Labs.
- Turn on here Full screen in split screen view.
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