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According to the info, Samsung Galaxy S20, Galaxy A52 5G, and Galaxy A71 devices will get the new One UI 5.1 update on March 21 in Canada. In addition, the firmware will also bring the latest March 2023 security patch to keep the system software secure against various threats.

One UI 5.1 is going to be the last major software update for the Galaxy S20 series and Galaxy A71. These four devices launched with Android 10-based One UI 2.1 out of the box and were eligible for three generations of major OS upgrades.

On the other hand, the Galaxy A52 5G was launched in 2021, running the Android 11-based One UI 3.1 pre-installed. This phone is also supported for up to three Android upgrades, and the support is scheduled to end with the release of Android 14 this year.

Also Read | One UI 5-based Good Lock apps take user experience to the next level

Samsung’s new One UI 5.1 software is still based on the Android 13 operating system. Over the vanilla One UI 5 version, the 5.1 brings some additional new features such as a battery widget, enhanced Gallery & Camera along with refined performance and fluency.

Since the carrier will begin the rollout on March 21, we recommend you download the firmware over an unmetered internet connection such as WiFi. It’s not necessary to create a backup of your data prior to software installation but you can create one to get back the data in case of any mishappening.

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On February 1st, the company unveiled the Galaxy S23 series, which runs Android 13-based One UI 5.1 out of the box. Starting February 13, Samsung has begun to release the S23 lineup’s exclusive One UI 5.1 software with its older flagship devices including the S22 series.

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Features apart, the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus and S22 Ultra users are facing different kinds of issues (via PiunikaWeb) with their smartphones such as battery drain, heating and low power efficiency. Users believe that the situation was better before December 2022 patch, which got worse with January 2023 patch.

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Among consumers, there are discussions that the battery drain and heating issues are generated on models due to chipset maker differences as well as Samsung Foundry. The Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processors are manufactured by Samsung Foundry.

Due to inefficient processes, the system on the chip gets affected by battery consumption issues due to thermal management. Since consumers in some countries such as India are quite satisfied with their Galaxy S22 phone’s battery, the issue is mainly reported spotted on Exynos models.

During Exynos 2200’s internal testing, Samsung faced critical thermal throttling due to the chipset’s inefficiency and additionally powerful GPU, which forced it to reduce clock speed by 0.61Ghz. To bring the world’s most powerful GPU, Samsung partnered with AMD and used Xclipse GPU in the Exynos 2200.

Due to Exynos’ heating and Foundry’s production efficiency issues, Samsung turned to Qualcomm and decided to ditch its self-developed SoC from the Galaxy S lineup. This year, the Galaxy S23 series uses Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset manufactured by TSMC, worldwide.

We hope Samsung will soon fix battery draining and heating issues on the Galaxy S22 devices through a firmware update. Since hardware issues can’t be fixed with even hundreds of firmware updates, they could be reduced or optimized with code changes.

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Samsung Galaxy S22 Bugs/Issues Thread: Battery drain, heating, low power efficiency #Samsung #GalaxyS22 @SamsungMobile
Consumers having issues with their S22 can share their concerns/feedback in the comments.

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Updated on March 15

Due to bad battery life, some Galaxy S22 Ultra users are wondering to upgrade to the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which is setting new records in efficiency. Meanwhile, it’s bad to hear that the company has not yet completely fixed the battery draining issue on the S22 series.

Are my apps that power hungry ? To where I can’t even get 3 hours of SOT, without having to charge. ABSOLUTELY love the phone but considering upgrading to s23 ultra just because of the battery upgrade. Which I can’t even say it’s worth paying the extra 5-600 dollars for that. from S22Ultra

Mar. 11

Samsung started rolling out March 2023 security update to the Galaxy S22 series. And we have noted different feedback from consumers, with some users having better battery efficiency, while some are still complaining about the drainage issue.

Mar. 4

Galaxy S22 Ultra (Exynos) users continue to report (1, 2) battery drain issues on their smartphones. Hopefully, the March 2023 security update will bring improvements to battery efficiency as part of fixing the issue.

Feb. 23

After upgrading to the One UI 5.1 software, some Galaxy S22 smartphone users are still facing battery draining and low power efficiency issues. Not only the screen on time, but the battery is also getting more consumed while the screen is off, or not in use.

Feb. 14

Reports suggest that the One UI 5.1 update has not fixed Galaxy S22’s battery-draining problems.

Feb. 13

Samsung pushed the major One UI 5.1 update for several Galaxy devices including the S22 series. It’s now expanding to both Exynos and Snapdragon models, worldwide. Hopefully, the One UI 5.1 update will resolve the battery draining and low power efficiency problems.

Feb. 7

Concerns like abnormal battery drain and low power efficiency continue to emerge (1, 2, 3, 4) on the Galaxy S22 series devices. The company has recently pushed the February patch for select Galaxy models, and we hope, it could fix the battery and heating problems.

I have had the Galaxy S22 (Exynos) for almost a year now and my experience has not been completely satisfactory The battery gives me between 2-3 hours of SOT, and the device’s performance has been quite poor. There are frequent lags, the phone gets very hot, and if l’m playing a game (not a heavy game, for example Brawl Stars) while listening to music with the Galaxy Buds Pro, the music cuts out and the experience ends up being very bad. Does anyone else have this problem? Do you think that if a go to the technical service they can give me a solution?

Feb. 5

Two more Galaxy S22 smartphone users reported having battery drain and overheating issues. According to the first affected user, their S22 heats up in general usage (such as WhatsApp, Twitter), however, the device is already delivering bad battery efficiency.

Second user said that they have fully charged the smartphone and the battery drained by 13% without any usage in the meantime. The user speculates that the Always on Display feature is eating battery heavily, however, there seems a software issue.

Jan. 31

A Galaxy S22 smartphone user said on Reddit that Samsung’s authorized service center can just factory reset the device and recommends waiting for a few days since the battery health is good. It looks like processor issues and buggy software is causing the battery drain and overheating issues.

Jan. 30

Samsung released the 2nd January 2023 firmware update Galaxy S22 series in certain regions but the battery drain and overheating issues continue to emerge. Meanwhile, there are different kinds of workarounds, which has the latest entry of turning off “Adaptive Battery” feature.

• Open System Settings >> Battery >> Adaptive preferences >> Turn on “Adaptive Battery”

Jan. 28

A Reddit user @lazykryptonian said that the Galaxy S22’s overheating issue is caused because of the chipset’s design and Samsung foundry problems. Further, they added that “Some are much better than others but there’s no control over getting a decent one vs bad.”

Jan. 27

A Galaxy S22 Ultra user claimed that after restricting background activities of unused apps, the battery consumption is greatly reduced. As per the user, the battery consumption before restricting activities was 10% per hour, which is now 2% per hour. You can also try it as a temporary fix.

Jan. 25

Samsung provides you with tips that will show you how to get the best out of your battery in everyday usage and how to look after your battery. The tips are as follows:

• > Reduce display brightness level
• > Close, disable, or uninstall unused Apps
• > Turn off Always On Display (AOD) or set a schedule
• > Toggle off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS when not in use
• > Turn on Power saving mode
• > Check your device Signal bars

Jan. 24

Some users reported having overheating issues during video calls, as well as on WhatsApp video calls. And amid battery drain controversy, a Galaxy S22 Ultra user said that his phone’s brightness was fading day by day, which could be because of abnormal battery drain.

Jan. 23

Issues like abnormal battery drain and overheating continue to emerge on the Galaxy S22 series devices, with Exynos models being most affected. Consumers complained that the January patch destroyed battery performance and generated heating issues, even in normal usage.

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Theme Park is an app, that belongs to the Good Lock customization suite. The application makes it possible to create a custom theme that consists of wallpaper, keyboard, quick panel, icon, and volume panel. Combining Theme Park tools, Samsung can swiftly make One UI 6.0 the ultimate customizable software.

Theme Park tools should be a part of One UI 6:

Since Good Lock is not available for all Galaxy models and all regions/markets, Theme Park can only be used on a limited scale. At the same time, some users are either unaware of the Good Lock tool or don’t want to enter into the hurdle of creating a custom theme.

Using the Theme tool of the Theme Park app, you can set the wallpaper and get the color combination for the theme. It is somehow similar to the Color Palette but allows you to manually select a main color and a style, which affects the overall color and mood of the theme.

The Keyboard customization tool of Theme Park is also useful. It brings fruitful features such as personalization of Key style, and tap color as well as allows you to use an image on all keys. If you spend some free with the Keyboard tool, you can create give an epic look and feel to it.

Quick panel can’t be customized in the One UI software, except for changing colors derived from the Material You palette. Using the Theme Park app, users can give different color shades to the elements of the Quick panel such as primary toggles, brightness slider, and text as well as blur level of background.

Icon customization is the greatest feature of the Theme Park application. There is a huge directory of shapes that can be altered with One UI’s default icon shapes. Moreover, the tool also lets users pick their preferred color for the icons and background tray.

One UI 5.1 removed Material You theming from the Volume panel to deliver a better user experience. However, it doesn’t mean the Volume panel can’t be customized as the Theme Park app is here to help us. However, we can just assign different colors to the interface elements.

One UI 6

Samsung may begin the Android 14-based One UI 6.0 Beta testing by August 2023. The Galaxy S23 series is ready to become the first Galaxy to run the new One UI 6 software, however, the company is expected to release the official version later this year. We want Samsung to integrate Theme Park tools into the next One UI version.

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With the Android 13-based One UI 5, Samsung brought a handful of new plugins in order to make the Good Lock even more useful. Although all Good Lock plugins are not available for Galaxy consumers worldwide, you can take advantage of the remaining ones.

One UI 5 Good Lock update radically redesigned the overall look of the application, dividing the modules into two sections – Make Up and Life Up. The first section includes apps and services useful for personalization, while the second part consists of experimental Android tools.

Below, you can check brief info about plugins as well as download links from Galaxy Store and APKMirror.

Theme Park

• You can create and apply themes easily and quickly
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Pentastic

• Apply various styles to the S Pen
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Wonderland 

• Allow creating 3D motion wallpaper with various effects
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

LockStar

• Customize and create a new lock screen and Always on Display.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

KeysCafe

• Set the keyboard optimized for you and try creating your one unique animation sticker.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

NavStar

• Conveniently organize the navigation bar and gesture mode.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Home Up

• Enjoy the improved One UI Home experience.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

ClockFace

• You can configure many different clock styles on the lock screen and AOD and customize the clock however you want.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

QuickStar

• Redesign your Quick Panel UI
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Nice Shot

• Use the screenshot and screen recording features more conveniently
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

NotiStar

• Manage the notification history easily
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Edge Touch

• Adjust settings for touch on edge screen easily
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

NiceCatch

• You can customize Sound, Vibration, and screen history.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

One Hand Operation +

• Use your phone or tablet easily with your thumb.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Routines+

• Various features have been added to Bixby Routines, allowing you to create more powerful routines.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

MultiStar

• Experience the improved Multi Window
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

SoundAssistant

• Expand Audio System settings and increase convenience
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Camera Assistant [One UI 5]

• Customize your own camera settings to your preference
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

RegiStar [One UI 5]

• Customize your smartphone’s home settings, search options, history, back taps, and more.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

DropShip [One UI 5]

• Easily share files between devices running Android, iOS, and the Web.
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

Galaxy to Share [One UI 5]

• Share your own created personalization settings of various Good Lock modules
• Download – Galaxy Store | APK

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The One UI software doesn’t have the ability to alter the design or shape of the app and function icons. It becomes a disappointing thing for Galaxy consumers, but we have a cool way so you can turn app icons from a big hidden directory to choose from.

How to activate hidden customizer

First, open the Good Lock app, followed by the Theme Park application (if you don’t have these apps already, download them from Galaxy Store). Do note that the installation of Good Lock is necessary to get access to Theme Park, so don’t waste time bypassing steps.

Theme Park is the only way to alter icon design on Samsung Galaxy devices. One UI doesn’t allow you to easily change the shape, style, or layout of app icons, but Good Lock makes it possible. Theme Park could bring you what you want, but, it doesn’t work perfectly on all apps.

How to apply iOS-shaped icons

To apply iOS-shaped icons on the One UI interface, open the Theme Park application from Apps Screen. Navigate to the Icon tab through the bottom bar and hit that interactive “+ Create New” button.

Apart from the ability to download Iconpack through Galaxy Themes, the interface allows you to create your own iconpack using Shape, Icon Color, Tray color, and Size functions.

The pre-selected shape is the original One UI icon shape, while the second is circular, which looks a lot similar to Google’s stock Android experience. For iOS-shaped icons, you have to select the “fourth” option, and voila!

The large icons preview interface will display nine app icons so you can customize further before applying finally. After customizing the Icon color, Tray color, and Size, you have to hit the “↓” Download icon and give a name.

Put the name as per your preference and tap OK. After short processing, you will be redirected to the page from where you began the customization journey where you should see your own created Iconpack.

Now, tap on the icon pack you just created to apply to your phone’s by-default settings. Finally, hit the “Apply” toggle and let the Theme Park do magic and turn the shape of the original One UI icons to iOS-inspired.

Enjoy!

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You can get Google Pixel app icons on your Pixel smartphone on Samsung devices, but how? The answer is –  through the Good Lock. Yes! Good Lock module Theme Park allows you to customize the size, shape, and color of the icons as you wish and beautify your home screen and app screen.

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Google offers round/circular icons to Pixel devices that look decent and awesome.  Let’s see how you can customize app icons on your Samsung smartphone.

How to get Google Pixel-like icons on your Samsung smartphone?

You can easily customize the size, shape, and color of the icons in your Samsung to make them look like Google Pixel smartphone icons.

• Open the Good Lock app on your Samsung smartphone
• Tap on the Theme Park module under Make up category. If you do not already have this app on your smartphone, then you can download it by clicking on the download icon.
• Now, click on the Icon option present at the bottom bar.

• Press CREATE NEW option.

• Here you can see different options for customizing the shape, size, and color of icons.
• If you want Google Pixel-like icons on your Samsung smartphone then you have to select the first one of the Shape option that is circular in shape.

• After that, you can choose the color and size you like.

• Press the Save icon located at the top left corner.

• A new pop-up appears, enter the name and press OK.

• Now, select the icon pack that you have just created.

• Press Apply option and enjoy the new icons.

One UI 5.0: Customize app icons on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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On February 01, Samsung officially announced One UI 5.1 based on Android 13 with Galaxy S23 series at the Galaxy Unpacked event 2023. It brings new features and enhancements over One UI 5.0 to provide a next level experience.

At the moment, almost all stock apps and Good Lock modules already got One UI 5.0 support and started getting One UI 5.1 support. The reason for updating Good Lock modules is to make them compatible with the latest version.

When a new major update is released for any smartphone, it brings many functions and changes, so sometimes some applications don’t work properly or start crashing. But Samsung does provide support to the apps so that no such issues arise.

Good Lock modules including One Hand Operation+, Theme Park, KeysCafe, Clockface, NotiStar, NiceShot, LockStar, Home Up, QuickStar, NotiStar, SoundAssistanat, Wonderland, NavStar, MultiStar, and more are compatible with One UI 5.1.

To download Good Lock modules, you can check the links mentioned below.

• Samsung Good Lock App: Download

Download Samsung One UI 5.1 Good Lock modules

• One Hand Operation +: Link
• NiceShot: Link
• NotiStar: Link
• Routines+: Link
• Wonderland: Link
• MultiStar: Link
• SoundAssistant: Link
• Theme Park: Link [New]
• LockStar: Link [New]
• KeysCafe: Link
• NavStar: Link [New]
• Home Up: Link
• Clockface: Link
• QuickStar: Link

New Modules:

• Camera Assistant: Link
• Dropship: Link
• RegiStar: Link [New]
• Galaxy to Share – Link

Updated on March 12, 2023.

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Samsung Camera Assistant app lets Galaxy smartphone users customize their own camera settings as per their preference. We recently shared the first impressions of the Camera Assistant service of Good Lock including all the available tools and features.

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Flagship Galaxy devices running Android 13-based One UI 5.0 / One UI 5.1 can download and install the Camera Assistant app by visiting the Good Lock version. Make sure that you have the latest One UI 5 Good Lock version installed on your Galaxy device.

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Download Samsung Camera Assistant

• Download Camera Assistant via Galaxy Store

In the Life up the tab, you will be able to check the newly added Camera Assistant app, which you can download by tapping on through Galaxy Store. Once done, you will be able to use the Camera Assistant app from the app shortcut added on homescreen or accessing through the Good Lock suite.

Latest Update

March 11, 2023

Samsung released a new update for the Camera Assistant app with version 1.1.00.4, which brings a bunch of new features for Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S23, and Galaxy S20 devices. Read more here…

February 08, 2023

February 2023 update has been released for Samsung Camera Assistant with version 1.1.00.3. The new update brings a bunch of new features for Samsung Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S23 smartphones. Read more here…

December 26, 2022

Samsung Camera Assistant has received a new update with version 1.0.00.5, which brings dynamic icon support. In addition, some changes have been made in the description text to easily know about any feature. Check full detail here

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Although Samsung provides a lot of options to customize almost each and every function of the Galaxy smartphones, still the concept of the new Good Lock module created by the fans is really admirable. The company may add more modules with its next update, which may be one of the concepts below.

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Samsung Good Lock Module Concepts

Palette Assistant

As per the concept, the Palette Assistant lets users decide where to apply dynamic colors through cutomize custom colors, and palette visibility settings. It should be a part of the Good Lock personalization suite. Read more here…

Tools

The Tools concept allows Galaxy users to add some important functions like a Flashlight, Compass, and Ruler on the Edge Panel. Once added, you can control and customize these functions directly from the Edge Panel. Read more here…

PanelStar

PanelStar module will let users customize Notifications and Quick panel layouts through some presets. In addition, it will allow you to design Quick Panel and Notification panel as you like. Read more here

AnimationStar

Animation Good Lock module concept shows endless possibilities for system animations. Through this module, you can precisely manage animations including charging and fingerprint. Read more here…

Icon Star

The Icon Star concept allows customers to fully customize system icons. This module offers some present icon designs as well as lets you create your own using the pictures saved in your Gallery. Read more here

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Before going ahead, it’s noteworthy that the Palette Assistant is just a concept created by imagination. Samsung hears consumers’ feedback but everything can’t be adopted and applied to the entire ecosystem. But still, the Palette Assistant is a must thing on Samsung One UI 6.

As the name suggests, the Palette Assistant should be a part of the Good Lock personalization suite. The company should bring some experimental features such as custom colors, and palette visibility settings to let users decide where to apply dynamic colors.

Palette Assistant

Through the Good Lock app, Samsung offers plenty of models and plugins as part of bringing experimental or hidden features to consumers. Every year, the company brings new services to the suite, and the Palette Assistant becomes the biggest demand. Let’s discuss the concept:

Color Palette Popup

When enabled, this feature will show a pop-up on the screen every time changing the home screen or lock screen wallpaper. The One UI already has this kind of feature, but, further refinements and the additional feature can make it wonderful.

Custom color palette colors

Panel Assistant plugin should bring a color adjustment feature, allowing Galaxy users to pick their preferred color and create combinations from the spectrum. This tab should also have the option to reduce and adjust the opacity/transparency of the color.

Color palette visibility

This could be the biggest development in Samsung’s version of the Color Palette. A feature that allows users to decide where the Color palette can be applied will surely be a welcoming thing. The concept lists various aspects where Samsung can make the Color palette flexible for consumers.

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