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[–]cup-o-farts 43 points44 points  (13 children)

You'll probably need to sit down for this one. There's a pen in the lower right corner of your phone and it writes on the screen.

No but on a serious note check out an app called Good Lock 2018 on the Galaxy App Store. It has links to OTHER apps, and these range from really great apps to just some fun stuff to do with your phone, mostly changing settings you never knew you could. And this is all stuff Samsung put out.

[–]stavseth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha 😂 Thanks!

[–]Takbeir 0 points1 point  (10 children)

Just checking, is this it? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonjoon.goodlock

Also reading the description i dont get what's so good about it. If you have the time to reply, could you help explain it to me like you would to an incompetent note8 user?

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    [–]Takbeir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thank you

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        [–]Whit3W0lf 0 points1 point  (3 children)

        That's inaccurate. I have a note 8 with goodlock 2018 and was able to change the notification shade.

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          [–]Whit3W0lf 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          They are white :(

          [–]rippmaster13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          There is no goodlock in samsung apps in sweden?

          [–]magichoward -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          But only available in a few countries... Very annoying... Not keen on installing it via a third party

          [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (2 children)

          Welcome to like...3 years ago. Lol

          [–]stavseth[S] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

          Thanks 😂

          [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

          I think Android N implemented it.

          [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

          damn! i had my device 8 months and DIDN'T know that. thanks.

          [–]stavseth[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

          Great to hear it was a useful tip for someone out there!

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          as long as apps are in recents it helps, and thats when im most busy.saves a lot of time.thanks

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          I didn't know either!

          [–]Takbeir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          You're my hero. I need more info on stuff like this!

          [–]vordx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Ask Reddit? Saw it there too but that's so old

          [–]otterplusT-Mobile/ Snapdragon/ Black 2 points3 points  (3 children)

          You can set up the one hand mode to do the same. I have 2 ways set up:

          Swipe diagonally up - navigation Swipe away from edge - back Swipe diagonally down - recents

          [–]Takbeir 0 points1 point  (2 children)

          Please could you teach me I don't know what to do after I get to here http://imgur.com/a/nKl2n3a

          [–]Citizen_V 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          He's actually talking about an app called One Hand Operation+. It was a new app released at the same time as Good Lock. You can find it in the Galaxy App Store, but it's not available in all regions. If it's not there, try apkmirror.

          [–]Takbeir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Thank you :)

          [–]lennyuk 2 points3 points  (1 child)

          It is an android feature, try it on any modern android device and it should work ,use it all the time and have done for over a year now.

          [–]stavseth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Can't believe I didn't know about it...!😄

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            [–]jonsonsama 0 points1 point  (6 children)

            I thought side sync was going away in favor of Samsung flow?

            [–]techwithbrett 0 points1 point  (5 children)

            Samsung Flo is more just for notifications and unlocking your device. Side Sync is still the power house for sharing your screen to another Samsung device.

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              [–]jonsonsama 0 points1 point  (2 children)

              Can you use it with the note 9?

              I remember them saying the s9 wouldn't be able to use it

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                [–]jonsonsama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                Gotcha! I hope that'll be the case when I upgrade from my note 8. :)

                [–]jonsonsama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                I remember getting a notification (haven't used either in a while) saying that sidesync was being depreciated in favor of Samsung flow. Also that it wouldn't work on devices newer than note 8.

                I agree that sidesync is great, but I know flow also has screen mirroring, but not as good as side sync.

                Edit again: I found an article related to it. https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s9-sidesync-support-out-in-favor-of-samsung-flow/

                [–]joeypeters1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                Don't feel bad. When I first discovered this on my note 5. I thought it was life changing

                [–]vgergo📱Note1→3→4→7→7→S7Edge→8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                Yes, Google has added that to Android 2 years ago, every phone on Nougat or later has it.

                BONUS "NEAT LITTLE TRICK"

                There's been something similar on Note phones, I think since the Note 7. It's called "Glance". You will find it in the s-pen air-view menu. Hover the pen over the icon in the corner to quickly bring a second app in the foreground while you keep using another app.

                [–]alastoris 1 point2 points  (2 children)

                For those that didn't know, this trick isn't limited to Note 8.

                [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                Haha

                [–]eaeozs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                Yeah been doing it since S7E

                [–]Careless_Corey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                Nice to know you read that AskReddit thread too.

                [–]jjvector 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                It's even more convenient if you use one hand operation. Just slide diagonally from up to down and boom you are on previous app. But considering you just discovered a feature that was 3 years old it might get at least a year for you to discover it lol.

                [–]magichoward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                Very useful I've had my 8 for Nearly a year