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[Q] How is your experience with Nougat so far?

Hello all,
As the title says, what is your opinion about Nougat? After reading so many bug related posts here and in reddit, im frustrated to update to the newest version of android. How does it compares to marsmalow in terms of battery, performance and bugs? Is it safe to update now, of do your suggest to wait a little longer for a bugfix update? And finally, if your suggest me to update, do your recomend any custom rom/ kernel?
Thanks in advance.

Fine, I love my 5X, but there are some bugs that I have:
*In Whatsapp audios or call if I put my face in the phone (or simple if I cover the distance sensor) the screen goes black and I can't turn on again...maybe if a press the power button 3 times the screen turns on. that is REALLY annoying!, I dont know if is a software problem or if my tempered glass is the real problem...
*The screen rotates very easy...sometimes I move my phone just a little and the screen rotates...
*When screen turns off it doesnt fade "slowly"...its something cosmetic but I dont like it haha

Jerber said:
Fine, I love my 5X, but there are some bugs that I have:
*In Whatsapp audios or call if I put my face in the phone (or simple if I cover the distance sensor) the screen goes black and I can't turn on again...maybe if a press the power button 3 times the screen turns on. that is REALLY annoying!, I dont know if is a software problem or if my tempered glass is the real problem...
*The screen rotates very easy...sometimes I move my phone just a little and the screen rotates...
*When screen turns off it doesnt fade "slowly"...its something cosmetic but I dont like it haha
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Hm, i dont use whatsapp so i dont mind if there is a bug about it. Do you have the same problem during calls too? Also, what about battery and performance?

I have these bugs:-
1. I have a problem with the battery percentage toggle, i change it to like "everytime" but sometimes it auto switches back to "only when charging", in 6.0.1 there was only an option to show percentage which worked fine.
2. I also have a problem after sep security update the swipe up from overview to open multiwindow doesnt work, it is on in the settings tho, it worked on the first 7.0 aug security one but now it doesnt.

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I have these bugs:-
1. I have a problem with the battery percentage toggle, i change it to like "everytime" but sometimes it auto switches back to "only when charging", in 6.0.1 there was only an option to show percentage which worked fine.
2. I also have a problem after sep security update the swipe up from overview to open multiwindow doesnt work, it is on in the settings tho, it worked on the first 7.0 aug security one but now it doesnt.
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This features disable automatically when you go to System ui tuner. Just enable it and don't touch this settings.

Also, I have a bug with double icon of alarm clock in status bar, like on screenshot. Reboot can fix it.

57DeNiK57 said:
This features disable automatically when you go to System ui tuner. Just enable it and don't touch this settings.
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oh yea that is why it sometimes worked lol yup just change the settings and leave them there and dont open system ui tuner, its still a bug tho.
57DeNiK57 said:
Also, I have a bug with double icon of alarm clock in status bar, like on screenshot. Reboot can fix it.
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is that the pixel launcher ?

U_Midrar said:
is that the pixel launcher ?
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Yes, it is

57DeNiK57 said:
Yes, it is
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u been using it for long ? is it like stable ?

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u been using it for long ? is it like stable ?
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I used it since 12 september. Yes, good launcher, but I installed it as apk, so google now doesn't work.

57DeNiK57 said:
I used it since 12 september. Yes, good launcher, but I installed it as apk, so google now doesn't work.
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yea i have the apk too, i dont use google now and it sometimes gets in the way so thats good for me

I think i can live with a few bugs. What about the more important things like battery life and performance? How do they compare to marsmalow?

giannism13 said:
I think i can live with a few bugs. What about the more important things like battery life and performance? How do they compare to marsmalow?
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I recently reverted back to marshmallow, I was getting horrible battery drain. Like 10℅ an hr while in my pocket. I had to leave it on battery saver mode if I wasn't going to be near a charger. But besides that it's awesome, love all the new features.
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For me, unlocking the device harder. I have to swipe further in order to do it, and it also happens when I want to swipe a notification at the lock screen.
In addition Spotify song playing from google now through an Android Wear does not work unless the Nexus is unlocked.
Finally, battery life is not really god in my case.

After reading your replies, i decided to stay in marsmalow for a couple of months. Thanks everyone

It's only been a couple days for me but everything is working well on the stock OTA update so far.
I like the new features and Doze is working brilliantly again so there is a noticable improvement to battery life.
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I'm on stock+ 7.0 Nougat everything work very Well no problème here on Nougat .... Very good 7.0 Nougat
Root systemless ok
Magisk ok
Pokémon go ok
My mother ok euh yes she Can use my nexus 5x
Battery life 2 days with no game , 1 day with Pokémon go or if i play so hard 7 hours
I'm happy on 7.0 but i would like xposed and custom Rom with theme engine , substratum is to young

Ambient Display Fix?

If any of you clever developers / tinkerers know of a 'lite' app to use to fix the non working ambient display issues I.E. pick up to wake doesnt work, a recommendation would be soooo welcome. I looked at apps like gravity etc in the play store, but they are a. rather large and b. the permissions they require are a bit suspect. Thanks in advance

Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.

At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.

raynan said:
At the suggestion of another user here, I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomer.alwayson
It's reminiscent of Samsung's version but has a lot more customisability. There's also an option to turn of the display completely when the proximity sensor is activated. All of the permissions make perfect sense fit the features you select and it doesn't cause a terrible battery hit.
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Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.

bmtbandit said:
Cool app, appears to hit battery fairly hard in my test.
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That's why I said it wasn't terrible... Lol. It's definitely not great on your battery, but I can still make it through a day with quite heavy usage.

Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL

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Ambient display is only meant to flash notifications on the screen in black and white for a short period then turn off. As far as I know, the pick up and bump to wake is an OEM added feature that Motorola, Samsung, and likely others added, but it isn't in stock Android.
Sent from my Pixel XL
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On the Pixel XL it flashes only once which i find to be a disappointment. Also on the Nexus 6 , 6P and 5X the notification/time flashed once upon picking up or moving the phone a bit. This is not enabled on the Pixel models for some reason.

AstroDigital said:
Did not know something was wrong.
So I pick it up it does not wake up, I think is a good thing. When I pick it up and I want a display, I press something and have no problem with that.
This maybe one reason the Pixel XL has an excellent battery life.
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I'm the same way.
But obviously the OP feels different so why bother to post.

This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.

kmdavisjr said:
This feature does not even work for me at all (but I am able to get the light to pulse). After talking to pixel support for about 30 minutes they did confirm that Ambient display has an engineering problem they are currently working on.
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Damn !! I was going nuts trying to figure out why this phone was not acting like my Nexus 6. lol I loved the Moto display then had to end up liking the Nexus 6 version afterwards. Then this Pixel XL only flashing the notice once then never again was aggravating. and of course no good app on the play store to emulate this function with 7.1 lol
well I hope this engineering problem can be fixed with software. :silly:

I've created an app that wakes ambient display when you take the phone out of your pocket or if you have the phone face down and turn it over. The app is in addition to Google's ambient display and does not change your lock screen in anyway.
I added a few other paid features for pulsing at an interval, wave to unlock, and battery percentage display on the ambient display.
I would love to have a few beta testers for the extra features, as it's a work in progress. Message me if you'd like a free code to redeem for the paid features.
Check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.ambiturner

so many complaints

So in the Samsung official s9 forum there are thread after threads of people complaining about the new 'downgrade' to Pie One Ui mainly about the camera features being removed,
Shutter button zoom removed
Separate Video and shutter buttons removed
Pro video settings removed
Selective focus is now useless (s9)
Selfie Camera default view is too close so effects all apps that use selfie camera.
The ugly iPhone look of the overall camera software.
Battery life is down quite a bit although I've been told that the may update fixes this at last.
There are a few other features missing or changed that i personally don't use.
I personally love the new ONEui especially combined with Samsungs one handed operation + app using gestures.
The weird thing is I'm not hearing any complaints in the s9 xda forums about the upgrade/downgrade to Pie.
Are you all happy with your phone's from Oreo to Pie ?
Personally I think they have lowered the quality of the camera to make their S10 phones look superior but that probs me having a tin hat moment

I had my S9 for all of about 2 hours - about the time it took to transfer from a screen-busted S8 to the replacement S9 a couple months ago - before the update to Pie occurred.
I've had no problems or issues with it. And I've had the S8 for just under a year and half so I went through its update from Nougat to Oreo.
I don't know what issues there are with "selective focus". It seems to work fine for me.
Now, I have disabled as much of Bixby as I can (deleted the Google app and removed that search bar too - completely useless for me). Changed the launcher to Nova Launcher which can remove those goofy rounded icon frames, using the BlackBerry Hub Suite of apps for all the IM stuff, even using the BlackBerry Virtual keyboard which I like better than the stock or any SwiftKey keyboard.
I honestly don't understand the complaints towards Pie. It's not all that different from Oreo, and I love the native dark theme.

I personally don't like the update to pie. Battery life is definitely worse, the wifi signal is worse (I tested it between the S5 and S7 and the S9 was the worst). I don't like the UI at all, reminds me of an iPhone. About the only thing I do like is the My files app. It's cleaner and easier to use and navigate.

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I had my S9 for all of about 2 hours - about the time it took to transfer from a screen-busted S8 to the replacement S9 a couple months ago - before the update to Pie occurred.
I've had no problems or issues with it. And I've had the S8 for just under a year and half so I went through its update from Nougat to Oreo.
I don't know what issues there are with "selective focus". It seems to work fine for me.
Now, I have disabled as much of Bixby as I can (deleted the Google app and removed that search bar too - completely useless for me). Changed the launcher to Nova Launcher which can remove those goofy rounded icon frames, using the BlackBerry Hub Suite of apps for all the IM stuff, even using the BlackBerry Virtual keyboard which I like better than the stock or any SwiftKey keyboard.
I honestly don't understand the complaints towards Pie. It's not all that different from Oreo, and I love the native dark theme.
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You have nothing to compare it to then, Oreo was 100x better which is why people are a bit disappointed. And I have to say your setup sounds absolutely awful ?

BackDaws said:
You have nothing to compare it to then, Oreo was 100x better which is why people are a bit disappointed. And I have to say your setup sounds absolutely awful ?
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You missed my line about having the S8 for almost a year and a half, during which time it updated from Nougat to Oreo. So, yes, I can definitely compare with Oreo, since I had it for about a year.
And, except for some shifting around of elements, I find it to be basically the same. I had no problems finding what I need anywhere within the revamped UI.
And, my setup works perfect for me and is absolutely wonderful. You can't say otherwise without trying it yourself

I know that features in camera like pro video, zoom using the shutter button, taking 3 pictures when setting a timer, motion panorama... are removed, but the ui isn't ugly, I actually liked it better than oreo.
Selective focus is a bit improved after software updates, but the blur effect isn't as stong as in oreo.
Battery life isn't too much worse, I think the first month I upgraded to one UI, it was very bad, but it has improved after learning my usage patterns...
Heat is noticeably improved since when I was on oreo my phone was a little too warm all the time, but now it's normal, even available RAM is higher, I have 1.4~1.6 GB free now, compared to 1~1.2 GB in oreo.
When it comes to animations, I find less frame drops with one UI. And I didn't experience any kind of major lag since I got the phone so no worries here.
The whole UI looks better for me, it's cleaner and easier to use, I've not changed any launcher, keyboard, or even themes, everything is stock. And I can safely say that one UI is overall better than oreo, unless you care about the missing camera features.

I am absolutely gutted about the camera software, but I do love the one UI and I just got the May update which is supposed to fix the battery problems.

I hate it that they removed the recent long press to multitask, i mean why would samsung remove such simple usefull feature?

bokilz said:
I hate it that they removed the recent long press to multitask, i mean why would samsung remove such simple usefull feature?
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I don't know why they did, let's hope samsung will fix all these mistakes soon...
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BackDaws said:
I am absolutely gutted about the camera software, but I do love the one UI and I just got the May update which is supposed to fix the battery problems.
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Still on april, I hope may update will improve battery life, can you tell us if you have noticed any difference?

bokilz said:
I hate it that they removed the recent long press to multitask, i mean why would samsung remove such simple usefull feature?
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Try double tapping the recent button.

jamil aboudaher said:
I don't know why they did, let's hope samsung will fix all these mistakes soon...
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Still on april, I hope may update will improve battery life, can you tell us if you have noticed any difference?
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Just doing full 100% to 0% today, I'll let you know, I usually get around 4h30mins SOT since updating to Pie, I used to get about 5h30mins on Oreo.

BackDaws said:
Just doing full 100% to 0% today, I'll let you know, I usually get around 4h30mins SOT since updating to Pie, I used to get about 5h30mins on Oreo.
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I usually get 3 to 4 hours in pie while I used to get 4 to 5 hours on oreo... Waiting for your report... Thanks in advance.

jamil aboudaher said:
I usually get 3 to 4 hours in pie while I used to get 4 to 5 hours on oreo... Waiting for your report... Thanks in advance.
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No difference off the 1st full charge to 0.
See how it goes over the next few days and I'll post back.

I tell you what is annoying since the update, the adaptive brightness is just messing up constantly, so irritating.

BackDaws said:
I tell you what is annoying since the update, the adaptive brightness is just messing up constantly, so irritating.
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Just go to settings>display>adaptive brightness and reset usage patterns. Then adjust it the way you want in each situation so it adapts to your adjustments...

This is the problem, it keeps cocking up, I reset usage and it's alright for a bit then it's drops to 0 brighteners so I move it to how I would like it and it'll be ok but then I go outside and the brightness doesn't increase so I adjust again for that and on we go because now auto brightness isn't doing anything and I'm constantly changing the brightness in the same brightness I've already set up, I reset again and all is ok for a while and then it starts again.
I'm going to wipe cache partition and reset brightness patterns and see how it goes.

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This is the problem, it keeps cocking up, I reset usage and it's alright for a bit then it's drops to 0 brighteners so I move it to how I would like it and it'll be ok but then I go outside and the brightness doesn't increase so I adjust again for that and on we go because now auto brightness isn't doing anything and I'm constantly changing the brightness in the same brightness I've already set up, I reset again and all is ok for a while and then it starts again.
I'm going to wipe cache partition and reset brightness patterns and see how it goes.
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Yes wiping cache might help, I personally enabled show control on top so I can quickly adjust the brightness manually to my liking.

Just got 5h35mins sot this time and brightness has sorted itself out, just need the original camera app back and I'll be happy ?

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Just got 5h35mins sot this time and brightness has sorted itself out, just need the original camera app back and I'll be happy ?
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Sounds good. I hope May update will fix my battery life issues... Thanks for your answer.

My battery is just the same after may update. Absolute garbage

Android 10 changes

Just got the update from Verizon. what are the biggest changes to the latest Android version?
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...for me randomised MAC address, better control Location permissions, Scoped storage but I'm not 100% sure if is enabled in Android 10, more polished OneUI... so far I like A10, don't like only new battery stats
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https://www.rprna.com/updates/one-u...10-for-the-galaxy-note-10-complete-changelog/

rmn.br said:
...for me randomised MAC address, better control Location permissions, Scoped storage but I'm not 100% sure if is enabled in Android 10, more polished OneUI... so far I like A10, don't like only new battery stats
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Curious, are you not a fan of the gesture navigation?

pcriz said:
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fails to mention the up in pro mode iso to 3200 in the cam and 30 sec shutter vs 10 on android 9

Nice to know the camera got those cam speed and iso aditions, I am curious about the starage handling, as I previously read an article here in XDA that files created by any app would be available only for such app, the author saw this as a negative feature, I would like to see how that impacts overall file usage in real life now that android 10 is officially rolling out

The article does not mention what they crippled ...

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The article does not mention what they crippled ...
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There is nothing stopping you from summing it up for the audience.

Spo0f said:
The article does not mention what they crippled ...
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I've seen you say this in two threads now. You should really tell people. What's this stuff they crippled?

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Inquiring minds want to know. lol

External touchpads support is broken (both usb and bluetooth) - they don't work/gets recognized as mouse HID as it was on Android 9, currently more like some kind of touch input. Therefore mouse cursor acts strangely when using touchpads - it is way quicker in one plane (e.g. horizontal) than the other (e.g. vertical) which makes it usless.

The update does cripple support for Good Lock which is a huge drawback. You can no longer customize how many rows or columns appear in the quick settings. Many Pie themes are no longer working in 10. On the positive side, battery life has much improved with about 20% more battery at the end of the day. Certain apps such as Instagram will now switch to dark mode if you have it enabled systemwide. For those eagerly waiting, I'd say you're not missing out on much.

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The update does cripple support for Good Lock which is a huge drawback. You can no longer customize how many rows or columns appear in the quick settings. Many Pie themes are no longer working in 10. On the positive side, battery life has much improved with about 20% more battery at the end of the day. Certain apps such as Instagram will now switch to dark mode if you have it enabled systemwide. For those eagerly waiting, I'd say you're not missing out on much.
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Every new version of Android on samsung starts without full support of every goodlock app. It will be the same thing for Android 11. They will update then eventually

One thing for me that kills the A10 update is being unable to Turn Off "Restrict Backgroud Data" on Power Saving Mode
I like to throttle the phone to stop losing battery as quick - Reduce Processor to 70% / AOD Off etc...
With the latest update they have removed the option to do this however when you activate it - It says be default that it is going to be switched on :/

Anybody faced the issue of KLWP not fully working after the update? I can set the wallpaper but the "click to launch app" does not work.
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Thanks for this, I examined it.... My favorite was not described either, it is the "Smart Pop-Up View" - bubblehead type notifications for ANY APPS on your phone which when selected brings up said app in a tiny separate window!

KruseLudsMobile said:
Thanks for this, I examined it.... My favorite was not described either, it is the "Smart Pop-Up View" - bubblehead type notifications for ANY APPS on your phone which when selected brings up said app in a tiny separate window!
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That didn't come with Android 10 though. It's been there. Maybe it came to other devices on 10 but Samsung already had that feature.

pcriz said:
That didn't come with Android 10 though. It's been there. Maybe it came to other devices on 10 but Samsung already had that feature.
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HOLY Crap! You are absolutely correct! OMFG! Wish I had found that long ago!

I hate it when programmers change things just so it looks new and improved.
Zero-dark-thirty is NOT the time I want to discover that the snooze button on the alarm clock app has been "upgraded" and moved. Groggy/grumpy/sleepy self turned the alarm off this morning instead of just snoozing it.
Why do they keep effing with my snooze button?!?
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[Dev] Does Energy Ring work for Note 10 Lite?

Hey Guys! Developer of Energy Ring here, since I do not own a Note 10 Lite, need some community feedback, does the play store version work fine on your Note 10 Lite variant? If not, please send me a direct message, I need few screenshots and the support for Note 10 Lite will be added to the Play Store version. Cheers!

OK, I will test...

...it work, but you need adjust the ring, see sreeenshot, first with ring thikness set to 3, and second with 20
(50% batterie !)

banzaip said:
...it work, but you need adjust the ring, see sreeenshot, first with ring thikness set to 3, and second with 20
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Can you PM me, I can make the adjustment required.

Did you manage to fix this? I installed and it's still the same as above ?

jagan2 said:
Hey Guys! Developer of Energy Ring here, since I do not own a Note 10 Lite, need some community feedback, does the play store version work fine on your Note 10 Lite variant? If not, please send me a direct message, I need few screenshots and the support for Note 10 Lite will be added to the Play Store version. Cheers!
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Just downloaded the app , it works flawless , thanks?

can confirm, works great. i noticed that as the always on display kicks in, the ring shows up for a half sec and then disappears, which i'm sure is as light bug, but it would be lovely if there were an option to enable it on the always on display as well.

I got some tint at the edge of my selfies after using this app (at the ring color). Consider pushing it back a pixel or two or give the user the option to enlarge the ring.
Thanks

@jagan2
Thanks. Can the ring highlight when the phone is locked in case of a missed call, sms etc?