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Samsung Good Lock: A Treasure Trove of Customization and Productivity Tools

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When Samsung started focusing on expanding the customization of its Galaxy devices, the company introduced a very useful suite of applications, Good Lock, which comes with a plethora of modules and offers several customization features for several built-in functions. However, behind the development of Good Lock, there is a story.

Samsung Good Lock was first released in April 2016, but the company later left it from its focus. After emerging demands from users, the Korean giant brought the refreshed version of Good Lock in 2018. It was re-released for some high-end Galaxy devices at that time, including the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S9, and Note 9 series devices, which were running on Android Oreo. Now, after adding some extra functionality, the company has added some more modules, which come with each major update of One UI. Like now, with One UI 6, we have a variety of modules.

Samsung Good Lock Camera Assistant, now available for Galaxy A54 and A53 devices

These modules are mainly divided into two categories: make-up and life-up. In the make-up category, all the modules that are able to customize the USSR interface are listed, including Theme Park, Pentastic, Wonderland, Lockstar, Keys Cafe, NavStar, Home Up, ClockFace, Quick Star, and Edge Lighting.

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Meanwhile, the Life Up category is filled with modules, which provide the option to manage the functionalities of different functions. This list also includes several modules, including Nice Catch, Nice Shot, Edge Touch, One Hand Operation+, Routines, MultiStar, Camera Assistant, Registar, and Sound Assistant.

Samsung Good Lock Modules and their uses available with One UI 6

Theme Park: This module helps you design your own theme. There are several options available that will offer different customizations, like changing the color of the style, editing the color of the icon or of the tray, applying different icon packs, and many more.

Pentastic: With this application, users can easily make changes and make customizations to the functioning of S-PEN. For example, you can select different times for the formation of the Air command and also choose different sounds for the stylus.

Wonderland: Wonderland allows users to customize the available wallpaper, or they can also create original wallpaper by mixing their images with the help of different functionalities.

LockStar: It helps users make changes to the lock screen and personalize it according to its comfort. You can easily add or remove things from the screen.

Keyscafe: As the name suggests, Keyscafe provides different customization options for your keyboard. For example, you can adjust the size of the key according to your use and also add different types of effects. It also offers different games that can increase your typing speed.

NavStar: NavStar brings the functionality to make changes in the navigation bar, such as changing the color, hiding it, adding useful buttons, and also adding your favorite image to the icon.

Home Up: Home Up provides a plethora of features that can apply the different features that help you decorate the home screen of your device. For example, you can adjust the blur effect for a better look and customize recent app window types and folder pop-up styles.

Clock Face: Clock Face provides a variety of options to create your own clock style for the lock screen as well as the home screen. It also includes a pre-loaded style that you can apply directly.

Quick Star: With this module, users can easily customize the Quick Panel. For instance, you can change the layout and setting of Google Basic Panel, which is blocked by Samsung, and a handful of other features.

Edge Lighting+ is the latest module that was previously available for tablets and foldables. It works as a notification indicator, replacing the traditional notification light.

Nice catch: Nice catch is work as a reporter that provides detailed information about the ringer mode, call mode, toast, advertisement screen, sudden wake-up of your phone, charge setting volume, muted media volume, blocked notification, muted notification, and sounds.

Nice shot: With the help of a nice shot, you can set up the functioning of screen capture and screen recording. For example, you can change the format of saving media, like PNG and JPG, and you can also remove the system UI element for a better screenshot.

Edge touch: It helps you to restrict the edges so you can perform the tasks related to the task without getting disturbed by the unintended touches.

One Hand Operation+: The One Hand Operation module is very helpful for users because it brings customization to them so they can easily use their devices with one hand; in other words, it is able to add different functions that can be managed by one person easily.

Routines+: Routines+ provides some advanced features to Bixby Routines so you can make more powerful routines. There are some more conditions added, like unlock with a fingerprint, read text aloud, arrow key, and touch macro.

MultiStar: This module gives you the facility to customize the multi-window accessibility for your device, and with the new updates, it has also brought some new features for foldable devices.

Camera Assistant: The camera assistant comes with additional customization features for the stock camera. With new updates, it has been equipped with several new features, like optical quality crop zoom, adaptive pixels, and a priority for focus over speed.

RegiStar: It allows you to rearrange the settings of the home screen, hide the options, and change search settings; it also allows the customization of back-tapping; and for the Fold 4 devices, it also brings action according to the pressure of the screen.

Sound Assistant: Sound Assistant offers several customization options for managing the sound-related function on Galaxy devices; for example, you can easily control media volume instead of ringtone when pressing the volume key, and it also allows you to control individual application volumes. Along with this, the module.


Harsh is a seasoned technology enthusiast with a deep passion for Android. Since its announcement in 2007, he has closely followed the evolution of this operating system, gaining a comprehensive understanding of its features and capabilities. His background in Android, IT, and Journalism has equipped him with the skills to analyze and present complex technological concepts in a clear and engaging manner. As the Editor-in-Chief at Samlover.com, Harsh is dedicated to sharing his knowledge and experiences about Android, services, and applications with the world.

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ByteDance wants to kick off TikTok in the US market rather than selling it to an American firm

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TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, would have to shut down TikTok in the US market rather than sell it to an American firm. Following many assertions and statements for years, finally, it appears that ByteDance wants to ditch TikTok from the US market. Menahile, earlier reports significantly suggested that eventually TikTok will get banned in the US and was officially approved by the US House, Senate, and President of the US, Biden.

According to a source shared by Reuters via Android Police, ByteDance, which is the parent company of TikTok, seems looking up to ditching TikTok in the US completely rather than selling it to an American firm, while after the official approval, ByteDance was given the last 270-day deadline that either the company needs to release TikTok from its ownership forever or completely stop TikTok in the US market. 

ByteDance counts a small part of TikTok’s revenue, though:

Meanwhile, the company is currently eyeing over some other legal options, but if all the legal options proved unsuccessful, then it’s quite clear that TikTok would be leaving the US market forever. On the flip side, some sources also reveal that the highly engaging properties of TikTok are due to its core algorithms, while these core algorithms are the most essential section of ByteDance’s technology. Moreover, this ditching of TikTok in the US will not really impact ByteDance’s current operations in the US market, as the company accounts for a small part of revenue through the app. 

Sources further added that last year, TikTok gained about 25% of its revenue from the US market, which significantly means that it could be a sudden decrement within the revenue stream. However, ByteDance’s dedicated app, Douyin, which is certainly a Chinese version of TikTok, Also, no American firm is willing to pay billions to acquire TikTok without its core algorithms. Meanwhile, all these factors significantly indicate that if the legal efforts proved to be a failure, TikTok would have to leave the US market for sure.


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Google Play Store Update Enables Simultaneous App Downloads

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Over the years, Google has made several improvements to its most crucial application, the Google Play Store, and it constantly provides new utility features and improvements. Now, with the latest development, the company is working on a new capability to handle multiple application downloads.

According to the information, Google is looking to bring a new capability to download multiple applications together. Previously, when you tap on the install button of the applications, it starts downloading them one by one. When one application fully downloads, it starts downloading the second application.

However, it is worth noticing that the phenomenon of multiple downloading is limited to only two applications, meaning if you tap on more than three applications to download, it will start downloading two applications while the third one is still pending.

Additionally, the simultaneous download is limited to the new installs, but it will not apply to the update section. We hope that Google may expand the multiple downloads to update phenomenon and may increase the number of downloads together in the next developments.

As per the information, the new change has already started working on several devices, at least for the Android 14 installed devices with the latest version of the Play Store (40.6.31).


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Good Lock Update Fixes Plugin Installation and Deletion (v2.2.04.95)

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Good Lock plays a key role in providing a platform for all the customizing applications or plugins of the Galaxy devices. For information, it provides several types of plugins like NavStar, QuickStar, LockStarCamera Assistant, and many more. With these plugins, users can perform several customizations for the smartphone UI, including navigation bars, lock screens, home screens, notifications, and many more. To manage these plugins more conveniently, the company has started rolling out the update for Good Lock.

Good Lock is receiving a new update, version 2.2.04.95. With the latest update, the company has introduced some new changes that will fix the phenomenon of installation and deletion of modules, so users can easily manage them according to their requirements.

Along with this, the changelog also says to bring some fixes for the security-related functionalities, so if you are also having some issues while using any of the functions of Good Lock or want to get some performance enhancements, then you should go for the latest Good Lock update.

If you want to install the latest version of Good Lock, you can check its availability from the Galaxy Store. If it is available, tap on the update button, but if it isn’t available, you can also sideload the application through some external sources.


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