Samsung is the biggest manufacturer of Android phones inwards the world, but that doesn't hateful these handsets are perfect out of the box. In fact, most of these phones accept several annoyances initially—here's how to railroad train many of these.
Note: We're using a Milky Way S9 here, but the same rules should apply to most modern Milky Way devices.
Remove Any too All Bloatware
Right out the box, pretty much all Samsung phones come upwards alongside a lot of extra garbage installed. Some of it may live from your carrier, roughly may live from Samsung itself. While y'all should larn the selection of whether or non to install Samsung apps during the setup process, these tin all the same live easily removed if y'all afterward create upwards one's heed y'all don't require them.
To larn started removing bloatware on your phone, line downwards the notification shade too tap the cog icon inwards the upper correct corner. On the Settings menu, tap the "Apps" option.
In the Apps menu, tap on whatsoever app y'all desire to larn rid of. There volition probable live i of ii options here: Uninstall or Disable. While the erstwhile removes the app from your phone, the latter only puts it inwards form of a "dormant" mode. It won't present upwards inwards the app drawer, too y'all won't larn notifications from it. For all intents too purposes, it's gone.
That said, roughly organisation apps can't live removed or disabled—this is mostly truthful for those that are a pith component of the system, similar Bixby Vision. Since it's component of a bigger app tool—Bixby—disabling it would pause other functions, therefore Samsung doesn't let it to live disabled.
Get Rid of Bixby (or Remap the Button)
If you're using a modern Milky Way telephone that has a Bixby Button—like the S9 or Note 8, for example—there's a practiced conduct a opportunity that y'all don't actually desire (or need) it.
Fortunately, y'all tin plow Bixby off. Samsung doesn't include a uncomplicated tap-and-disable push for Bixby—it' a multi-stop process. Fortunately, nosotros have a total tutorial on shutting Bixby down.
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The affair is, alongside Bixby turned off, y'all accept this superfluous push on the side of your phone. If y'all desire to brand utilization of that button, y'all tin remap it. This isn't a characteristic that Samsung supports natively, therefore you'll require a third-party app for it. Again, nosotros have a total explainer too tutorial, therefore cheque that out if you're interested inwards getting to a greater extent than from the Bixby button.
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Disable Milky Way Apps Notifications
It may non come about correct away, but eventually Samsung's ain app store—Galaxy Apps—will probable showtime to displace y'all crazy alongside notifications. To larn rid of these (or terminate them earlier they start), you'll require to disable notifications for Milky Way Apps.
First, opened upwards the Milky Way Apps store—it's inwards the Samsung folder if you're using the stock launcher—and too therefore tap on the iii point bill of fare push inwards the upper correct corner. On the dropdown menu, select the "Settings" command.
On the Settings page, select Notifications. On the App Notifications page, slide the "General Notifications" toggle to the off position.
No to a greater extent than annoying notifications for you!
Disable Edge Panels
Ever since the S7 Edge, Samsung has been all close "Edge Panels"—little menus on the side of the display that add together functionality. The affair is, if y'all don't utilization Edge Panels, they exactly larn inwards the way.
Fortunately, y'all tin plow them off. Jump into Settings > Display > Edge Screen, too and therefore tap the "Edge Panels" toggle to plow them off.
Customize (or Disable) the Always On Display
Always-on displays are a fantastic agency to larn at-a-glance data without having a major deport upon on battery life. On whatsoever Milky Way telephone that includes Always On Display, y'all tin tweak it to become far fifty-fifty to a greater extent than useful.
To customize this feature, caput to Settings > Lock Screen too Security > Always On Display. Here, y'all tin customize the schedule when Always On Display is enabled (so it's non distracting at night), the brightness level, too what content to show.
To become a stride further, caput to Settings > Lock Screen too Security > Clock too FaceWidgets. Here, y'all tin alter the clock style, every bit good every bit the widgets that present upwards on the Always On Display—which for roughly reason, Samsung calls "FaceWidgets."
If you're non into the Always On Display, y'all tin also plow it off past times sliding the toggle adjacent to Always On Display inwards the Settings > Lock Screen too Security menu.
Set the Navigation Bar to the "Correct" Layout
Ask whatsoever Android purist too they'll say you: Back-Home-Recents is the proper layout for the navigation bar. If you're coming from a stock Android telephone (or many others), the Recents-Home-Back layout tin live jarring—muscle retentiveness volition mess y'all upwards often.
The practiced intelligence is that y'all tin alter it. Since Samsung lastly dropped that lightheaded dwelling push alongside the S8 too moved to onscreen buttons, they're customizable. Head into Settings > Display > Navigation bar > Button Layout to railroad train it.
Make it Feel More Like Stock Android
Okay, therefore this i is a little more subjective than the others. If y'all desire to utilization a Samsung phone, but prefer the experience of stock Android, y'all tin brand that happen.
There are a few steps to this process—changing the launcher, using custom themes, switching to all Google apps, too more. We have a detailed guide will walk y'all through all the steps to larn a to a greater extent than stock-like experience from your Milky Way phone, therefore I advise checking that out. The best component is that y'all tin pick too select the changes y'all make—it's non an all-or-nothing form of thing.
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