Samsung A50s oneui 2.5 update review

[Anonymous]

As we A50s got oneui 2.5 on 2nd December 

Here are the new features we got

https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-A/A50s-Oneui-2-5-First-impressions/td-p/6261697

So, now i don't want to mention them again but here in this post i want to mention things in general user point of you. 

Camera : 

 I see some quality improvements in front cam as well as in rear. 

Fast Charging :

 0-100% in 1hr 40min

 0-96% in 1hr 45min

 0-100% in 1hr 55min

Before update it used to be 1hr 30min with max 1hr 40min.

Cable charging :

 0-100% in 2hrs 10min

 36-81% in 56min

Beforw update it used to be 1hr 50min with max 2hrs.

Ram management :

 Avg ram i see 2.4gb with max 2.9gb. Though it was increased from before (avg 2.4gb max 2.6gb) i don't see any lag, shutters while switching between apps also in gaming. Which was my main concern before. So, ram management improved in my opinion. 

Heating :

 Still has those heating issues while gaming. 

Connectivity :

 No issues in connectivity like BT, WiFi, hotspot etc.

Network : 

 No network issues yet. Getting good speed & coverage with jio. 

Restarts : 

 While using secure folder mobile got restarted 7 times in 5days. This happened only while using secure folder. 

Battery backup :

 Seems battery backup is reduced. Though i debloated some apps the Max SoT i used to get before update was 11hrs 30min in 7 tests. 

But after update in 4 tests of full drain max SoT I got was 9hrs. 

Have to see few more days how it performs.

https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-A/battery-Backup-in-A50S/td-p/5949016

Deep sleep drain : 

 Overnight (12am - 7/8am ) is just 1% 🙂

Device care :

 Adaptive power saving which generally changes from optimized to medium below 40% not at all works. Yes it used to work perfect before as soon as battery reaches below 40% or phone is idle for more than 2 hrs optimized changes to medium. Again changes to optimized while charging & battery more than 40% .But now it always stays in medium power saving i have to change it manually to optimized. 

Conclusion :

 Its a good update with some new features but these are some issues i faced.

1. Random Restarts while using secure folder. 

2. Battery backup reduced a little.

3. Useful cards not working.

4. Adaptive battery saving not working. 

5. Charging time increased a little. And the estimated time is always wrong 😆

Note : 

Just for the test purpose i drained & charged the battery full if not i prefer to use mobile between 20-80% 

Settings i use for battery 

https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-M/Tips-to-improve-battery-life/td-p/5039156

Previous review 

https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-A/Samsung-A50s/td-p/6139395

[a50s_iPhone13user · Accepted solution]

sir I think there's a bug in device care my storage used at last night was 32.9gb and today morning it became 33.1gb and interestingly my device was switched off

[Anonymous]

same happened with me today morning but in my case after checking apps it was wcc3 cache which generally lies below 50mb was consuming 300mb today morning.

[a50s_iPhone13user · Accepted solution]

I also have wcc3 but in mine it's cache is only 7mb

[Anonymous]

check with any other app. or if you have google files app check if any app has lot of junk stored.

[Ravishankara · Accepted solution]

I didn't see any dip or improvements in performance. One thing I really liked is Deep Sleep mode which disable the apps after we close. This is the feature I was looking for in Android in many years.
Did not notice any battery drain issue. it was same as before. I get around 9.5 hours SoT. But charging time is increased. Secure Folder / Alt-Z works fine without any restarts till now.

[Anonymous]

Yup deep sleep i already mentioned in my previous post so not mentioned here 🙂🙂
Battery drain i have, before SoT was 11.5 hrs but now it reduced to 9hrs.
Yup charging a bit slow compared to before.
If i use secure folder more than 30min mobile restarts donno why.

[Ravishankara · Accepted solution]

There is no option to disable Vibration. Option is available only for calls. But for regular messages (SMS) or any other notifications it vibrates. We have to select any one in Vibration pattern but can't disable/off. Have you find any option disable it permanently?

[Anonymous]

i too noticed that in S9 when it got 2.5
as of now there is no option to disable that. vibration is default for notifications in 2.5

[Soumen123 · Accepted solution]

battery backup a bit of decreases
And a bug in clock , sometimes it shows wrong time from out of app,but in the app time is right, l clear the app data and also force stop it but still have the issue 😑