# Iodé OS experience coming from Samsungs system **URL:** \ **Category:** System and Apps\ **Tags:** SamsungS10\ **Created:** [30 September 2024 21:28 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537 "2024-09-30T21:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmoole](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mmoole](https://community.iode.tech/u/mmoole)\ **Post date:** [30 September 2024 21:28 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/1 "2024-09-30T21:28:34Z")
Hello, since switching to iodé on my Samsung s10e happened some weeks ago, I thought it would make sense to tell of the experience coming from Samsungs system to iodé OS from a near normal user perspective on usability. (My previous system wasn’t rootet or tuned in some way, but I debloated some apps via adb.) Android - Samsung vs Iodé - toggle modes: silent, vibrate, loud - but that may be due to LineageOS - but one can tap to display a selector of which profile to use - this takes a lot more taps, but it’s also a bit more capable since it’s setting profiles and not only ring modes. - in the other hand: how to know which mode the phone is in? Is there really no way to add ringer mode to the quick shortcuts bar? - green indicator for location is over battery percentage - that is not useful when switching the device on and the weather app for example is refreshing - I simply would like to know what percentage is left. - app switcher: - screenshot button is in the way, close all apps button is on the side, only visible after extra scrolling to the left, (why not put both buttons besides each other?) - app switcher just zooms away but doesn’t move to previous app, no option to do so - ah, I found out that tapping the button again moves _directly_ to the previous app in app switcher (as could holding the ‘back’ button longer) - launcher: cannot save icons (positions as a backup for example for restoring only this at a later time) - Notification on display: - is it really not provided to have edge lighting? Maybe that is a Samsung thing, but it is quite useful to have something a bit more unobtrusive than whole screen flashing. - Edge lighting ([Edge lighting and LED notifications on Galaxy phones](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00084922/)) does not hinder to read the notification from screen, and takes some more seconds than full screen flashing, which is also quite helpful. - This project seems to include edge lighting: [GitHub - ShaDisNX255/NcX\_Stock · GitHub](https://github.com/ShaDisNX255/NcX_Stock) - Battery use: - seems to be a bit better than stock Samsung - but used as before with a handful of apps from Google store, battery drain is worse - like 10% during night in airplane mode. - but I was able to minimize it to 1% by denying most apps the RUN\_ANY\_IN\_BACKGROUND permission. - I didn’t look so deep into the sources but wonder if there could still be some battery tweaks be applied, maybe things like [alarmtimer: Minimize wakeup time · rainbowdashh/android\_kernel\_samsung\_beyondlte@6a3589d · GitHub](https://github.com/rainbowdashh/android_kernel_samsung_beyondlte/commit/6a3589db2c022aced0cd64d6f1c26d3a5fdc6f0d) or [PM / freezer: Reduce freeze timeout to 1 second for Android · rainbowdashh/android\_kernel\_samsung\_beyondlte@16297ab · GitHub](https://github.com/rainbowdashh/android_kernel_samsung_beyondlte/commit/16297ab2fb6fc95a34709f77c37bd933b6875fc0) and some more via [https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-oneui-6-1-port-14-extremerom-for-galaxy-s10-series-v1.4682577/](https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-oneui-6-1-port-14-extremerom-for-galaxy-s10-series-v1.4682577/) via [Commits · Ocin4ever/EternityKernel · GitHub](https://github.com/Ocin4ever/EternityKernel/commits) (also used by other roms like [Making sure you're not a bot!](https://git.halogenos.org/halogenOS/android_kernel_oneplus_sm8150/-/commit/1c30baadd65db40609c348436b49d8ffa7f015a8) etc.) - On the other hand: battery saver doesn’t seem to dim display brightness, so I am going from 10 to 1 percent with full brightness. - Bixby button - can be set to some useful actions - that is totally nice. On Samsung, I used button mapper and uninstalled all Bixby stuff in order to get press-and-hold to activate the flashlight. It seems that for doing this I still need button mapper. - Power button - sometimes does not switch the screen off, especially when pressing it with the thumb and having the rest of the hand over the device. Sometimes it needs multiple tries to get the screen off. - I found out that setting the power button to digital assistant seems to mitigate a lot of this, but not completely. (That’s a bit counter-intuitive, as it sounds 🤦) - Power Menu / power off / restart - pressing the power button longer does display the menu to power off/reboot etc. But selecting reboot or power off instantly does its action without asking for confirmation. - It would be nice if it could be set to require PIN to reboot/power off like modern iPhones, but as I read at [https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/255615/require-password-to-turn-off-for-all-android-devices](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/255615/require-password-to-turn-off-for-all-android-devices) that would eventually not make sense because of force-reboot via press-and-hold being not deactivatable. - Camera app - feels also like lo-fi, compared to Samsung, but that’s also due to LineageOS, I presume. I will try out gcam and other things… - Gallery app - as it seems this app uses `mtime` to sort images. That’s not helpful, now all of my photos are from the date I restored them. - I also was unable to set `mtime` to the values of `ctime` via adb 🤷 (at least now I know the difference between mtime and ctime) - Screen brightness - ootb when set to automatic, it is much too bright for me indoors. This also adds to less runtime since the battery is used more. - Is there somewhere a kind of offset to be set? - Aurora Store doesn’t have a checkbox to disable updates for each app? Previously I had Google Maps at an older and snappier version, but now I cannot opt out of updates. - App Icon shape: isn’t there a setting to leave it as is without enforcing a circle, square or whatever shape? Of course there are also a lot of things that are better ootb in Iodé compared to Samsung stock ROM 👍 (That’s why we are here 🚀) This is not to lament on bad things but rather to inspire easing the transition for users coming from other systems like Samsungs. Maybe some tiny things can be tuned… 🤩 Funny thing is that the Google Maps and eBay app both seem to not work. The Here Maps app works mostly, but Gmaps doesn’t get to download any maps, even when totally unblocked and signed in with my account. Maybe I broke something here? greetings ---
**Author:** ![Luzi](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Luzi](https://community.iode.tech/u/Luzi)\ **Post date:** [3 October 2024 23:00 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/2 "2024-10-03T23:00:55Z")
Thanks for sharing this! I’m also using iodé on different S10 models but the S10e is my favorite and also my daily driver. I came across some of your points but got used to LOS-based Android real quick. And now I’m loving it. The biggest downside for me rn is to be still on Iodé 4.x bc there is no OTA-update to A14 available. What still bothers me are: app switcher: hate that the close all button is on the left side, it should definitely be where the screenshot button is) launcher: i think you might be save those with seedvault - the integrated backup solution camera app: I tried a lot with gcam versions from bsg and msg and others but could find none that was stable, with working selfie cam and easy access to gallery. I went back to aperture and in the meantime open camera. app icon shape: no, just one shape for every app i guess… maps works with me. have no problems with it at all. maybe just keep it updated? 😃 or better just switch to organic maps 🗺 regards ---
**Author:** ![mmoole](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mmoole](https://community.iode.tech/u/mmoole)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2024 20:48 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/3 "2024-10-07T20:48:46Z")
I really wonder what could be the reason having misery shutting off the device. I now have disabled double-tap power button and disabled assistant for power button (which makes no difference as there is no assistant). So there is nothing on the power bottun left as functions except - one tap: switch on/off - press and hold: power menu. Still, it happens quite unexpectedly often that after pressing the power button, even multiple times, the device won’t shut off. Then, after pressing again, again, and again, it somehow does shut off, and instantly on again since I pressed the button faster and didn’t see it switching off and couldn’t stop pressing the button. Before flashing iodé, there was exactly no problem with the power button, The system could even very precisely distinguish between pressing for shutting off and holding for starting the camera app. Is there some way to find out more via log files? Or is there some way to reset system settings limited to that in some way? On the other hand, I would not use GoogleMaps regularly, but from time to time it’s quite handy, for example if you are on holidays and need to look at fotos from ratings for finding something to eat. I also looked around in order to find a modded Gmaps app… I whish there was some automation app that could also switch the built-in profiles as the Bixby app could 🤷 greetings ---
**Author:** ![mmoole](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mmoole](https://community.iode.tech/u/mmoole)\ **Post date:** [14 October 2024 21:07 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/4 "2024-10-14T21:07:31Z")
funny thing happened last evening: I got Google Maps working completely as it should. (It is super helpful for example in holidays as you can see photos etc. of food stands or other interesting stuff that’s not yet opensourcely available). I was reading those posts: > **[Google Maps doesn't show the map](https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/google-maps-doesnt-show-the-map/17908)** > > Hi. I just installed SailfishOS 4.5.0.24 on my Sony Xperia 10 III and I installed Google Maps with the Aurora Store. However, I cannot use Google Maps as the map is blank: Google Maps Go doesn’t have this issue and show the map correctly.... > **[MicroG Device Registration get new identity since old one is blocked](https://community.e.foundation/t/microg-device-registration-get-new-identity-since-old-one-is-blocked/58339/2)** > > /e/OS technically can’t guarantee Google-dependent Apps (not only Apps by Google) to work all the time. /e/OS can only do its best, which at times might not be enough. So, whatever a possible solution might be in this case, you either need an... > **[GBox & GSpace + spezielles microG - als Ersatz für Huawei Geräte mit...](https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/huawei-emui-harmonyos-ohne-google-dienste-inklusive-apps.4065/gspace-alternative-installation-mit-erweiterten-funktionen-verwendbar-mit-und-ohne-microg.1004930-page-18.html)** > > Jetzt hat es mich erwischt...nur bedingt Google Connect. Festgestellt habe ich es in meinem laufenden Google Play Store unter Gbox 1.5.5, weil ich mal wieder alle Apps manuell aktualisieren wollte -\> stürzt direkt ab > > Emui 13.0.276 auf einem... so I went to microg settings, and checked/unchecked some settings just in order to set them to the settings they already had. I also changed the ping interval of cloud messaging when on Wifi from 15 to 10 minutes. And I also gave permissions via adb for location. Afterwards I reinstalled Gmaps, and voilà, it works now. In hindsight this shouldn’t make sense because I really did not change some crucial settings. But maybe some part of microg was hung up or something like that, and that got it working again… 🤷. For shutting off the screen I have now added a quick shortcut that can be accessed via swiping down the notification bar. That works 100%. So to sum it up: most problems can be solved by the technical savy user, but for the average user, some things should be solved before we can speak of a flash-it and use-it directly ROM, I would say 👍 greetings ---
**Author:** ![bogviking](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bogviking](https://community.iode.tech/u/bogviking)\ **Post date:** [21 September 2026 09:28 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/5 "2026-09-21T09:28:18Z")
> [@mmoole](#): > > app switcher: > > - screenshot button is in the way, close all apps button is on the side, only visible after extra scrolling to the left, (why not put both buttons besides each other?) I want to echo the complaint about the app switcher: it is really tedious to have to scroll all the way to the left to find the ‘Close All’ button. that should be where the ‘Screenshot’ button is (which I can’t yet find a use for). Closing all apps at once is a very common task. Any chance of tweaking this in the next update @brinerustle ? ---
**Author:** ![brinerustle](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@brinerustle](https://community.iode.tech/u/brinerustle)\ **Post date:** [22 September 2026 09:31 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/6 "2026-09-22T09:31:12Z")
iodé is based on LineageOS, which in turn depends on [AOSP defaults](https://support.google.com/android/answer/9079646?hl=en#zippy=%2Cclose-apps) and so all 3 have this default behaviour. Perhaps samsung wants their OS to be snappier? iodé won’t change this, as this is likely the desired behaviour for most people: one swipe left extra is a good thing: since most people don’t know how to pin or lock apps, the extra swipe to the left keeps people from closing all their apps by mistake and losing work, since recovery isn’t implemented (like, say, closing tabs on firefox). I know this is probably annoying to some (of you coming from Samsung), but will be much more annoying to many more, and unfortunately customization of this isn’t likely trivial. I doubt you will convince google to offer customization in AOSP, but nothing prevents you from proposing a feature request in lineageOS. ---
**Author:** ![petefoth](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@petefoth](https://community.iode.tech/u/petefoth)\ **Post date:** [22 September 2026 14:44 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/7 "2026-09-22T14:44:32Z")
> [@brinerustle](#): > > nothing prevents you from proposing a feature request in lineageOS. Apart from the attitude of the LineageOS developers to feature requests! It seems that the only way to suggest a feature without having the request dismissed out-of-hand would be to implement the feature yourself, then ‘suggest’ it in a gerrit change. And it will probably get rejected immediately because 1. it wasn’t their idea and 2. they are really not interested in new features. It is a shame that the LineageOS developer community is so unwelcoming to newcomers, and to people who would like to help improve LineageOS. ---
**Author:** ![droidkiwi](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@droidkiwi](https://community.iode.tech/u/droidkiwi)\ **Post date:** [22 September 2026 18:49 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/iode-os-experience-coming-from-samsungs-system/3537/8 "2026-09-22T18:49:48Z")
> [@brinerustle](#): > > since most people don’t know how to pin or lock apps, the extra swipe to the left keeps people from closing all their apps by mistake and losing work, Include me in those people who don’t know how (or don’t bother) to pin or lock apps, because most apps in the desktop environment will prompt the user to save if there is an attempt to close them with unsaved work.