Just Got a Galaxy S25? Change These 11 Settings Now!

Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy S25 series has been released, and many users are getting their devices delivered. Congratulations on becoming a Galaxy S25 owner! But before you go about daily driving your Galaxy S25 device, there are a few crucial things you need to know and do.

We’ve compiled a list of several changes and settings that you adjust adjust, especially if you’re a first-time Galaxy smartphone user. Each user has their own preferences, so brands enable basic settings instead of performance modes by default for general use. It’s always recommended to customize settings according to your liking as soon as you get the device.

Must Change Settings for Your Galaxy S25 Series

The Galaxy S25 is a premium series that typically costs around $1000, and is a beast among premium phones. But you may not get its best performance out of the box. To optimize the device performance, you can tweak settings. Following these must-change settings will help you fully take advantage of your smartphone’s capabilities. Let’s get started.

Get Good Lock

Good Lock is the best customization tool for Samsung devices. It is the official app now available in all regions. In the app, you can add various modules that help you customize different aspects on the device such as home screen, lock screen, control center, UI, fonts, keyboard, and more.

You can easily install Good Lock on your device just like any other apps from Galaxy Store or Play Store.

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Uninstall The Apps You Will Not be Using

Samsung phones in particular, regardless of the price point, come with a number of pre-installed apps. Some of these apps will be first-party Samsung or Google apps, and some will be third-party apps. Uninstall the apps that you don’t want by long pressing on an app icon and tapping on Uninstall.

Removing bloatware will help you save some storage space. However, you may encounter some apps that cannot be uninstalled easily. To remove such apps, you can use adb commands as mentioned in this guide.

Change Your Screen’s Resolution

Your Galaxy S25 series devices (except base model) come with a high-resolution display. By default, the resolution has been set at FHD+ for better battery performance. If you want to take advantage of that gorgeous 2K AMOLED display, you can follow these steps to change the display resolution.

Open the Settings app on your Galaxy S25 device.
Now, scroll and tap on Display. Finally, tap on Screen Resolution.
Tap on the QHD+ option. You can now enjoy the sharpness and bright colors of the AMOLED 2K screen on your Galaxy S25 series.

Adjust The Color Modes

Some users like to have the color profile of their device between a warm tone and a cool tone. You can easily change and customize this to your liking by following these steps.

Launch the Settings app on your smartphone.
Tap on Display, followed by Screen Mode.
Here you can choose between Vivid and Natural.
If you want, you can also tap on Advanced Settings to adjust the RGB values.
You can also adjust how vivid you want the screen to be.

Adjust That Refresh Rate!

All the Galaxy S25 devices come with a 120Hz refresh rate display. You get two options Adaptive and Standard. The Standard option doesn’t provide smooth scrolling but gives better battery performance. The Adaptive option enables 120Hz for smooth scrolling but drains the battery faster. You can choose according to your need. For example while traveling, you can switch to Standard for better battery life.

Open the Settings app and tap on Display.
Now, tap on Motion Smoothness.
Tap on Standard if you want the fixed 60-hertz refresh rate. If you want the higher 120-hertz refresh rate, tap on Adaptive.

Enable Dolby Audio

All high-end Samsung Galaxy smartphones come with Dolby Audio support. This enhancement improves the audio levels and lets you change the sound levels based on the content you are consuming. Follow these steps to enable Dolby Audio on a Galaxy S25 device.

Launch Settings and choose Sound and Vibrations.
Tap on Sound Quality and Effects.
Finally, tap on the toggle to switch on Dolby Audio.
You can play with the equalizer settings.
To set how Dolby Audio adjusts audio, tap on Dolby Atmos and pick from the four options: Auto, Movie, Music, or Voice.

Enable Battery Protection

With One UI 7 on the Galaxy S25 series, you can now decide up to how much percentage you would like your phone to charge. To increase the life span of your device battery, it’s recommended to limit charging to 80 to 85% and avoid letting your phone drain completely. Here is how you can enable this and protect your device’s battery.

Open Settings and tap on Battery.
Scroll and tap on Battery Protection.
Switch the toggle on.
Now, pick from Basic, Adaptive, or Maximum.
If you select Maximum, it lets you pick from 80, 85, 90 and 95%.

Change Your Ringtones and Notification Alerts

Keep the alert tones and ringtones on your Samsung Galaxy S25 unique. Don’t be that guy who just leaves this at default, who runs to their phone whenever someone’s Samsung Galaxy device rings. Here is how you can change that.

Open Settings and tap on Sounds and Vibrations.
Tap on Ringtones and choose a ringtone from the many options available.
Similarly, tap on Notification sounds and choose the notification alert of your choice.
You can make things more interesting by playing with the vibration type as well as the intensity.

Process AI Data on Device Only

Are you someone who doesn’t like all their data being stored on the cloud? Well, with Samsung’s Galaxy AI tools, you can choose between processing all data via the cloud or if you would like to have it take place locally on your device. This gives you better privacy control over your data. Here is what you need to do.

Open Settings and tap on Galaxy AI
Scroll to the end and switch the toggle to On to enable on-device processing.
Do note that some Galaxy AI tools require online processing to give the user the best results possible.

Enable Dark Mode

Dark Mode is one of the best features that have come to almost every operating system out there. And, when you use an AMOLED display, Dark Mode helps with saving a bit of battery as the panel doesn’t have to power up every pixel. Enable dark mode by following these steps.

Launch Settings and tap on Display.
Simply tap on the Dark radio button to enable Dark Mode.
If you want to set Dark Mode automatically at a certain time, tap on Dark Mode Settings.
You can choose the Sunset or Sunrise option, or set up a custom time.

Adjust the Animation Speed

The animation speed on the Galaxy S25 series with One UI 7 are good. But, what if you wanted to make it faster? Well, you can do that by following these steps.

Open the Settings app and scroll to About Phone.
Now tap on Software Information and scroll to Build Number.
Tap on it 7 times to enable Developer Options.
Go back to the Settings app and at the bottom you should see the Developer Options.
Tap on Developer Options and switch the toggle to On.
Now, scroll down to where you see the Drawing sub-menu.
Tap on the Window Animation Scale and set it to 0.5x.
Do the same for the Transition and Animation duration scales.

Extra: For unlimited wallpapers, you can download our PhoneWalls app on your Galaxy S25.

Closing Thoughts

This concludes all the settings and adjustments that you must do when you get your brand-new Galaxy S25 device for an improved performance. This is only just the start to daily driving your Galaxy S25 device. If you’re someone who wants to make their Galaxy S25 device stand out and look unique, wait around for our guide to customizing different elements. If you have queries, feel free to drop them below.

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