Hello - I've been following this thread a bit. 4 days into this Note10+ and I'm a bit upset of how dumbed down the OS is. I may go back to my Note 5, still on the fence. The screen was brighter on that phone too.
It's funny to me that there is no notification light....something so simple. Strangely I have noticed what looks like a notification light to the right of the front camera about the size of a notification light, maybe it is a few pixels in size. I don't know if it is a glitch or something, but sometimes when i miss the thumbprint reader (which sucks) from an off screen, the screen will AOD wake with the thumb outline. But also for just a second, a little white light lights up next to the camera. I can reproduce this 4/5 times. I wonder what that is. I'll try to snap a pic of it.
As for the issue at hand, I'm on a 4 day old Note10+(Verizon), latest update. Latest google play version of this app.
I have tested several combinations of options based on what I've read here. What I have found is that there is NO option to get it working as designed other than ONE.
It will work correctly when you have AOD settings in aodNotify set for "Tap to Show". Granted you would have to single tap on the screen when you want to check for notifications, but both the edge lighting and the camera ring display as intended. The thing is... I don't believe its a true screen wake because it triggers the AOD display and not the lockscreen. So that makes me think it can work in AOD but something from a "screen off" pre-state is not letting it vet properly for a full display.
Something interesting though is that when the app option for AOD is set for "Only on Notification", the AOD triggers on alert and stays on until I clear the alert. (Even after you've woken the screen and are moving around. I verified this live while looking at the AOD Setting. As soon as you swipe the alert it turns off AOD, as intended). If i have the AOD clock or something then that would stay visible until I cleared the alert.
So then with that, personally I don't really need edge lighting or the camera ring. (I do like the camera ring though) to really work when I really just need something to trigger the AOD on alert and keep it on until i clear rather than what the stock settings provide. Even if there was an additional option in the app for just a small dot of color to display somewhere near the top of the screen would be great IMO. Even that little slice of the camera ring would technically suffice on a basic, basic level. If I were to chose not to display the clock it'd be a virtually blank screen. The thumbprint always on is annoying too. Waiting for the days of independent pixel brightness control.
Samsung Edge lighting: ON
Native AOD: OFF
aodNotify - AOD: Tap to show
aodNotify - Compatability mode: OFF
Sorry for the long post. As a Sys Eng I tend to be thorough. Hope this helps!
