Re: New always on display update?
Left the phone in a dark room (not completely dark) for nearly 9 hours without touching/moving it and the AOD didn't disappear this time. Not sure if I restarted the phone after the AOD update before, so perhaps restarting it has fixed the disappearing issue.
I think this update is very good, assuming screen burn-in isn't a problem, which I'm quite sure it isn't as above. I can now leave the phone in front of me rather than to the side/behind me as the irritating sudden movements are gone. I do notice that every 30-60 minutes, the bigger jumps are still occurring (as expected, given the changelog describes this), and this is just fine given it will prevent screen burn-in. These bigger jumps that occur once an hour are essentially not distracting at all too.
Anyway, here are the main practical changes since the update of AOD to version 1.1.22:
-Slightly dimmer overall, especially in low light conditions
-Doesn't jump around every minute now. Makes (almost) imperceptible movements every minute, and randomly jumps every 30-60 minutes
-Bug fix (haven't seen this bug described on the internet, but I noticed it from day 1 and kept quiet about it hehe) - when phone goes into standby, AOD immediately disappears for about 10-30 seconds before coming back on. It appeared to happen randomly, but I managed to fairly consistently reproduce this bug by tapping the "sensor" area (I think it's the light/proximity detector etc?) in fairly bright conditions just to the left of the top earpiece while the phone was going into standby and AOD was meant to turn on (that is, tapping the "sensor" area during the 2-3 second pause before AOD turns on when phone goes into standby). I think before the update, this tapping of the "sensor" area confused the AOD regarding whether it should switch off or on (we know it switches off when it's in close proximity to something, like in a pocket or if it's face down on a surface), but following the update, this issue seems to be fixed. Not sure if it's intentional or not though, as it's not in the changelog. However, since the update, I haven't noticed this bug in any form. So good stuff from Samsung!
Overall, I've been quite impressed with Samsung - the two main bugs (quite minor to be honest, but still) that I noticed since getting the phone have been fixed! The bug above, and this bug was fixed with the April update:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...y-s7-slight-wake-up-lag-sd-card-inserted.html