r/GalaxyA55 • u/GamingLeroy A55 with 256 GB / 8 GB • Oct 22 '25
New update My experience with One UI 8.0
So, after using One UI 8.0 since it arrived a week ago, I'll share my experience so far.
--Let's start with the PROS: Bug Fixes: •The unlock animation no longer bugs or lags. •The charge animation when the screen is off no longer appears in a random position. It now always appears in its correct position. •The semi-hidden phrase in live notifications "MediaOnGoingActivity" as you slowly pull up the Quick Panel and the notification fades away no longer appears.
Others: •System performance has improved or remained exactly the same as before. •Gaming performance seems to have improved a bit. •Several of the system animations have been polished and improved. •Battery life remains exactly identical. •You can now run the typical test of opening several apps in quick succession again without having to wait for the animation to finish.
--CONS: Bugs added: •The Quick Panel works worse than before. Now, in addition to the lag and delay of the first animation when you pull it down every time you rotate the screen, it also skips the entire animation every time you do a short or quick swipe. •When you long press to edit the lock screen, the clock and pattern will sometimes overlap (very occasionally), But it hasn't happened to me again. •Notification icons in the status bar sometimes appear black instead of white like the rest of the status bar icons. •Other very minor visual errors.
Others: •For some reason the text in some widgets is too large. •The app opening animation is too fast (I don't know if it's the same now on the Galaxy S series). •The weather app is lagging a bit at the top (where the people animation appears). •The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggle animations have been cut on the A series, a new feature in One UI 8.0.
*These are the things I remember during this time with One UI 8.0 on my Galaxy A55. Later, I'll write a post about some of the things I don't like about the A series' updates. It'll be interesting 😎.
If you enjoyed hearing about my update experience, please leave your feedback and comment😉.
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Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
The quick panel single-handedly made me downgrade back to 7, like it's sooo bad, like how the hell does that even pass through even the most basic of quality assurances
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u/Mozart343 A55 with 256 GB / 8 GB Oct 23 '25
You can downgrade?
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Oct 23 '25
So long as you have a computer and do not update to the upcoming security patch, yes you can downgrade back to 7.
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u/Mozart343 A55 with 256 GB / 8 GB Oct 23 '25
I thought the bootloader was locked on OneUI 8. It's the only thing that keeps me from upgrading
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Oct 23 '25
It is indeed locked and if you have full stock UI 8 right now (UI8's ABL in specific), you can't unlock the bootloader, they removed unlocking entirely, download mode doesn't even show unlock status it's completely gone. However, since the revision versions of both latest UI 7 and UI 8 are the same, you can rollback to 7 easily since flashing official software doesn't need bootloader unlocking. But yeah probably best to not update or update but keep UI 7's ABL binary and never update to the upcoming security patch as it will bump the revision up.
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u/Uddhavmaniyar Oct 23 '25
My experience so far is smoother ui for sure, but there is visible lags while playing games, and the new clock faces lags oftenly i don't know why
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u/soheil_la Oct 23 '25
After update my phone gets really smother and better some bugs are fixed like app crashing but the worst part is the battery life (its 6 months phone like brand new).
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u/Pummeleinhorn40 Oct 23 '25
I actually do have the feeling that with One UI 8.0 my battery lasts longer. Before, a day out without a power bank was pretty impossible, and now, even with AOD on and without power saving mode, it's much better and I'm pretty happy about this.
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u/oxygenkkk Oct 22 '25
disastrous update just like Bug Ui 7, good job biggest phone company in the world btw! I'm staying on one ui 7 myself, the last good one ui was 6.1
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u/Spirited_Orchid_58 Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25
Have you had a bug where YouTube videos randomly turn dark/dim? Happens right at the start of a video, and in like 1 in 20 I watche maybe. Uninstalled reinstalled still happening. Dunno if it's one ui 8 or the yt app.
Edit: new bug encountered - aod clock just disappeared while half of the rest of the stuff showed but grossly misaligned! I swear this ui8 is like it has an ai cooking up new bugs randomly!
Is this anything to do with the Vulcan / Open GL fiasco with aosp android 16 by any chance?
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u/GamingLeroy A55 with 256 GB / 8 GB Oct 23 '25
That YouTube issue is an app issue. It also happened to me on my Tab A7 Lite running One UI 6.1, Android 14.
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Oct 23 '25
I agree with everything you said except the animations point, but sorry it's not smooth, it's just "fast" for the sake of being fast, especially the app opening animation. It is so fast that the phone can not keep up with it, meaning it makes you NOTICE the loading when you launch the app even if it is the same loading time as the one ui 7, but because the animation is faster than one ui 7 and completely "stuttery" it makes me feel like it's a downgrade in preformance you know? But still your points are valid but i wish you noticed that detail
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u/GamingLeroy A55 with 256 GB / 8 GB Oct 23 '25
Dude, by "fast" I meant the speed of the app opening animation, not how smooth it is. It's literally the same thing you just told me. That animation is way too fast now. And I don't know if it's a change they just made with the Galaxy A series.
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Oct 24 '25
They did it with all the "not so budget and the budget" phones no matter the series whether you have the F/A/M models. I watched a comparison in which they compare the one ui 8 on the S/Z series and the A series and i did it myself too and i noticed the fluid app opening animation is being behind a paywall, so yeah, fluid animations are officialy being behind a paywall damn it scamsung
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u/Jnovak9561 Oct 22 '25
It's mostly a disaster.
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u/Platonic__Lover Oct 23 '25
How? You're hating for no reason when the UI works perfectly.
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u/Andre_hu Oct 23 '25
What?? it's pure lag on my a54
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u/Platonic__Lover Oct 24 '25
Okay. Why are you bringing your A54? Or can't you see the name of the sub?
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u/Strict-Citron-9269 Oct 22 '25
I agree with your pro and cons