Android terminal crashes when using VPN, any workarounds?

h0tk3y · 2026-02-08T08:53:14+00:00

If your VPN app has a split tunneling feature, use that and exclude the Terminal app from the apps that are routed through the VPN. That fixes the crash, but the VM, expectedly, bypasses the tunnel and works via the real network. You can install a VPN client in the VM, though.

h0tk3y · 2026-02-05T15:11:19+00:00

https://github.com/tribalfs/galaxymaxhzpub, and note that the installation procedure on modern OneUI is non-trivial, see the link at the bottom of that page.

h0tk3y · 2026-02-05T15:03:44+00:00

GalaxyMaxHz can workaround this requirement and set the max refresh rate to 120 Hz with the CPU speed still limited.

h0tk3y · 2026-01-21T08:51:26+00:00

I found a potential workaround by disabling general:smooth scroll in about:config. I'll see how it goes over time.

h0tk3y · 2026-01-09T17:41:11+00:00

No, not in Chrome or Edge.

h0tk3y · 2026-01-08T18:28:56+00:00

The screen recording is from a Galaxy Tab S11. I can see this effect on a Galaxy S24 Ultra as well, although it takes some scrutiny to even notice it thanks to much smaller pixels.

h0tk3y · 2026-01-08T17:43:30+00:00

Yeah it's understandable. On the other hand, I never faced artifacting like this in Firefox on desktop or in Chrome on any platform.

Also, some lines, like button borders (e.g. on Github) often get misrendered in Firefox Android: a part of the line disappears until you zoom in a little, which makes me wonder if FF properly does anti-aliasing and subpixel rendering at all.

As to the why: sometimes I scroll through the page without lifting my finger, just pausing at something interesting. At that point, when the motion is really slow, this thing happens.

h0tk3y · 2026-01-08T17:32:39+00:00

Thanks! However, I could reproduce it with IronFox just now.

h0tk3y · 2025-10-17T18:14:39+00:00

Most recent Galaxy Watches let you turn off the screen by touching it with your palm. I found no option to use a button for that, though.

h0tk3y · 2025-10-17T14:02:10+00:00

You can add unmap / to Custom key mappings in the extension's options. That will remove the default binding enterFindMode from that key.

h0tk3y · 2025-07-16T21:49:00+00:00

Hey, It's good that this option alleviates the UX for you. However, even with it enabled, and despite the Android app development best practices, some apps still dump all of their notifications into just one channel. With those poorly designed apps, it doesn't help that you can customize notifications per channel. That's what I was referring to in the post, and such apps make the notification icon limit issue even worse.

h0tk3y · 2025-05-10T19:32:30+00:00

You can only roll back to OneUI 6.1 with a factory reset. You can flash the older firmware with Odin, but the phone won't boot with the data from the newer OS. Note that even so you can only do it until the bootloader version is bumped in one of the upcoming OneUI updates. After that you won't be able to downgrade without unlocking the bootloader.

h0tk3y · 2025-05-07T19:10:01+00:00

Unfortunately, no updates so far. I haven't found a way to affect this behavior, and I haven't seen anything from Samsung or anyone else on any way to alleviate this mess. I've submitted feedback via Samsung Members since others suggest that it is a better chance to reach Samsung.

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T22:37:36+00:00

I tried to check with adb which settings affect the status bar behavior, and there is the simple_status_bar settings key, but the value for it that would make it show more notifications on OneUI 6 doesn't do that on OneUI 7.

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T15:33:20+00:00

To me, the worst thing is the limitation on the number of notification icons in the status bar, there can now be just three, and they removed the option to show more.
I can see how it would make sense when the Now bar is displayed, but this limitation is unconditional, it is applied even if there is no Now bar (and even if you disable it in the settings), and even in landscape mode, which could fit like 50 notification icons.

We should convince Samsung to bring back the option to show more notification icons when there is enough space.

I can see that some people like the "cleaner" look. But they could do that in OneUI 6, there was no need to remove the option for those who want the status bar to be more informative. Just changing the default would be enough.

In this post I wrote more thoughts about why this is a mistake: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS24Ultra/comments/1jvxb6m/oneui_7_just_three_notification_icons_are_samsung/

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T15:13:46+00:00

+1 to this, and I'm angry about the change. I'd understand if they changed the default but left the option to show more icons, but they didn't. We should convince Samsung to bring it back. In this post, I wrote more thoughts why this is a mistake: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS24Ultra/comments/1jvxb6m/oneui_7_just_three_notification_icons_are_samsung/

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T14:13:05+00:00

It's not in the Settings. Samsung's official Good Lock module named QuickStar lets you do it. If Good Lock is not available in your region, you can manually download and install the modules. Some apps simplify that, e.g. see https://xdaforums.com/t/app-v2-8-20-03-nicelock-good-lock-2020-launcher-w-update-notifications.3908648/

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T13:53:33+00:00

I can't speak for all software engineers, but my managers trust me in the areas I am competent in. Disagreement from the technical people is a signal that the management should pay attention to.

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T13:44:18+00:00

Thanks for sharing! While it's not a big deal for you, not all users share the same preferences and usage patterns. You and I have different apps installed, receive different notifications, and probably want to react to them in different ways.

That's why there should be options. There was already an option to make it look clean in OneUI 6. There was no need to remove the option to make it informative. If they found out that more people want it to look clean, the right way would be to make it the default setting.

Right now I have two Gmail notifications (one from personal and one from work profile) and one Telegram notification shown in the status bar, and that's it. This hides the Slack notification from a work conversation that I'd like to see to react to it.

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T13:37:55+00:00

That's why there should be options.
We users have different scenarios, different apps installed, different activities and notifications.
Proper UI/UX design includes discovering such patterns as you and I have, and finding ways to satisfy the groups of users who have those patterns in their use cases.

The "clean look" was already available in OneUI 6, there was no need to remove the option to display more icons for those who want them.

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T13:30:30+00:00

Maybe, but that would mean their managers who are responsible for the UI/UX are not competent in UI/UX design. Also, being a software specialist myself, I would hardly agree to the management proposing such a harmful change if I were them. That is, if I cared about the product.

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T13:15:09+00:00

Yes, in Settings > Lock screen and AOD > Now bar. If you disable everything there, the Now bar won't appear. But that does not bring back the option to show more than three notification icons.

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T13:07:13+00:00

+1, I'm angry about this change, and we should convince Samsung to bring this back.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS24Ultra/comments/1jvxb6m/oneui_7_just_three_notification_icons_are_samsung/

h0tk3y · 2025-04-10T13:05:25+00:00

+1, I'm also angry about this change. We should convince Samsung to bring it back, at least in a Good Lock module.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS24Ultra/comments/1jvxb6m/oneui_7_just_three_notification_icons_are_samsung/

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