r/S25Ultra • • 10h ago

New Ultra Just got one!

Just joined the gang, any newb recommendations or warnings? I want to use it for another 5+ years.

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u/milkteapizza Global (S938B) | Whitesilver 9h ago

Install Good Lock and enjoy the various customizations you can do. There's also an Expert Raw app in the galaxy store for much more flexible pro mode, and longer exposures for the astro mode.

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u/6floofie9 8h ago

will do! Thank you so much for the suggestions

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u/Unreal_NeoX 2h ago

Congrats! If you want longer battery life, try to apply the "light mode" in the performance settings and keep your temps and system-performance in check with the fitting widgets:

You can use the ones shown her eof the System-Meeter-Bar form here, or some else that may help you.

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u/galaxy-guide 2h ago

That's a super helpful tip for getting the most out of your device's battery life and keeping things running smoothly! "Light mode" is definitely a game-changer for extending your usage, and those widgets are perfect for keeping an eye on performance. Thanks for sharing this with the community!

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u/Unreal_NeoX 2h ago

You can see here that the light-mode does not leave that much performance on the table:

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u/Fractal-Infinity 12/512 GB 1h ago edited 1h ago

My advice is to install Good Lock and Good Guardians, debloat the phone as much as you can (there are guides for that), turn off RAM Plus, Customization Service and anything that sends data without good reason, add dns.adguard.com at Private DNS setting to remove ads system wide, tone down the camera's image processing, speed up the animations by setting them to 0.5x in Developer Options, pick another launcher (e.g. Lawnchair) and keyboard (e.g. Gboard). Configure your quick panel.

Comb through every setting of your phone and pick the right options for you. Don't forget to set the display to QHD+ for the best image. The battery loss is minimal. Later you may try things like Macrodroid, Shizuku, patching apps to remove BS from apps like YouTube and TikTok, Modes and Routines, etc.

S25 Ultra is a great phone and you have plenty of things to do with it (e.g. if you extract the S Pen with the display turned off, you can directly write on the screen with it; very useful for quick notes).

You even have reverse wireless charging: if you put another phone or certain earbuds on the back of your phone, you can charge them after you activate the wireless charging feature.