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A16: ghost actions and unresponsiveness, battery icon is awful

(Topic created: 07-16-2025 03:52 PM)
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Samsung stopped supporting my Note 9, for me, the best phone possible for my job. Then they removed the audio jack with subsequent iterations. I still use my Note 9 but connect through a hotspot. I bought a cheap A16 to use as a hotspot. Then, I made the mistake of installing the update (7). Possibly the worst update in 30 years of using Samsung devices. Now I discover I can customize my phone a little using Good Lock. I was happy to learn that I can get rid of the illegible, worthless battery status icon at the top of my phone but wait, oh no I can't because Samsung excluded my phone from compatability.

 
The A16 is garbage. I fight with ghost actions and unresponsiveness daily. My next phone is Apple.
 
 
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Mujibar
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If Good Lock doesn't work for you, install Fine Lock from the Play Store. You will be able to download the same GL modules.1752699521516.jpg
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Yeah, great advertising app. There are so many ads and the ux is so convoluted that I can't figure out how to download anything but advertised apps. Adding this 1 hour, life sucking waste of my time to my list of Samsung failures and the reason I stopped buying anything of consequence from Samsung several years ago.

I don't care anymore. Samsung is not worth my time anymore. Thanks for your help.
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meself
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Interesting
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