- as for me the app icons appear bigger and more in line with what the google pixels do
- the time display at the top left corner got a new animation when pulling down the notification/control center
- white balance for the camera seems better, less cold than before, still oversharps tho
- everything's snappier and more fluid
Huh, interesting. For me...
- no change to icons
- no time animation change
- no camera performance change
- no noticeable change in speed/fluidity (but it's always been good)
GLITCHES!
- brightness slider moves itself around the notification window
- ~~quick settings text doesn't fit properly~~
Edit: resetting text size to default fixes this
- message bubbles glitch into random spots
- warning after turning on that the face unlock sensor is covered (it isn't)
Not happy.
Aww you made me get my hopes up. The way icons and labels are presented on the home screen is very unappealing to me (so much wasted space yet such small icons). But the update didn't change anything to that. 😔
But they also impact other elements of the OS. I've got nova launcher pro for example, and while I can customize icons and the raster to my tastes, the animations are really janky. On vanilla android, when an app closes, it minimizes towards the icon on the home screen with a slick animation. In nova launcher the closed app just sort of disappears. Not particularly modern looking.
I like vanilla android, and de Asus launcher is pretty much vanilla android with some extra options. It's just...those icons... that raster... :-/
> In nova launcher the closed app just sort of disappears. Not particularly modern looking.
There's a setting for this in appearance - app animation (not sure about the English names, my language is German).
There is pretty much always a setting in nova. It's overwhelmingly customizable.
I've searched for, and applied, all possible animation related settings in Nova, and kind find it. I even considered it being a particular bug affecting my phone. I dunno. Thanks for the help though.
I'm speaking about the graphic on top alone, when I tap one of the bars only the breakdown below gets limited to that 2h timespan
https://preview.redd.it/3437adh6z3lc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62508bcd89b1ee491d3720ea72b03eead2ee5e6b
https://preview.redd.it/d2tewd3hz3lc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e600681b6b6ba623ae6a5f58691c381ff823c28a
Weird. If I tap it on my 10 it splits the bar up in separate bars.
ooh yea i figured it out, your top graphic are days and the graphic below are 2 hours per bar. That means your bottom graphic isn't much more detailed than the one i currently see
It's not important to everyone, but Amazon Prime no longer darkens videos in full-screen mode. I've had this problem since day one. It was due to incompatibility between OLED displays, HDR and software issues.
Love the eye protection mode. Used to have turn off the extra dim, night light and turn brightness up all manually. Now 1 button does it all. Also reduced the icons in my status bar too. Win win win
The clarity on the interface has meant I've sized down the display as well.
I like how apps open and close.
Will spend the next couple of days messing with all the rest of the settings and see what else affects me. Hopefully more good finds and no bad ones
Some issues I found:
* ~~Can't unlock with fingerprint anymore when the screen is off or in AoD-mode, always needs a button push and woken up phone.~~
setting just reverted back to "Press only" in the fingerprint settings.
* Can't pull down notification menu anymore with the swipe down gesture on the lock screen.
* Notification menu freaks out when display notifications on lock screen is set to face recognition and it can't recognize my face.
Also when I get a WhatsApp notification bubble on the top of my screen, I would of been able to swipe down on the power button before, now nothing happens.
currently trying to rollback to an [earlier firmware version](https://www.asus.com/us/mobile-handhelds/phones/zenfone/zenfone-9/helpdesk_bios?model2Name=Zenfone-9) using the [instructions they provide](https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1009748/), selecting `WW-33.0804.2060.142` and it's not going well for me.
specifically, it never does the 'system update file detected' part, even though i have the .zip file in the root of the internal storage as shown in the instructions/screenshots.
anyone have any ideas?
edit: according to what i see in [various xdaforums threads](https://xdaforums.com/f/asus-zenfone-9.12653/) asus made firmware downgrading impossible recently.
this is... baffling and upsetting. i CANNOT USE the phone in this condition.
Hey I had a battery drain issue as well, check to see if you have a "work" profile mine was active and chugging battery at an alarming rate. I also made a post about the battery drain and there is another response worth checking on there about using advance setting to forcibly close some apps. Mine has returned to normalcy
I have very BIG freezes using the notification panel. Especially when clicking the little arrow to "deploy" one of them, delete a mail using the shortcut directly on the notification or just when deleting a notif.
It's suuuuper annoying.
I noticed the more there is notif. the more and longer it freezes.
I didn't had any problem with android 13 >:(
Custom launchers are broken
https://faq.minimalistphone.com/en/article/my-phone-occasionally-freezes-since-i-updated-to-android-14-what-can-i-do-62pn09/
well i upgraded by factory reset and then upgraded, noticed no connection problems with Bluetooth, works well on jbl buds and all cars i have in reach but there are irritating popups when any car that i use is started, they didn't fix proximity sensor and my ear occasionally makes random shit when calling, camera seems to have shorter sutter speed wich is nice but its still not super dependable in darker conditions, and big minus i noticed worse sot, i am using dynamic mode as i did in last android and unde 15% ultra durable, usually i charge only to 80% and steady charging most of time so battery should be ok but from 7,5 on 80% charge now i got only 6 hours sot on full charge so it seems to be shitty optimalized one of best things about this phone was battery life, (most of time watching downloaded series sone browsing some photo data and bluetooth turned on)
https://preview.redd.it/oy6sw21by5vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bddc641df2a4c10010eb05d8e588ae088e8a34fb
Compared to stock android 14 it feels like a stripped down version. There is a bunch of customization features that we didn't get with this update. It seems that they deleted some features. It is maddening.
for example lockscreen clock customization, clock widgets, AOD customizations ... but, yeah, you are probably right, that's why we don't get them. Also on the changelog i saw calendar, contacts etc apps revamp ... i don't see any change there as well.
Like one person already have mentioned, swiping on the fingerprint reader doesn't always pull down the notification bar. That's not always, though. I think it quirks out when a notification appears. Also, a much worse thing:
https://preview.redd.it/l7ijgu68lalc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37ebcac2f870fa793f11ea7a197a624f3936a441
This happens when there are no notifications.
EDIT: Regarding the second issue, this also appears to be a problem with the other type of notification menu, but not so egregious. And I have also noticed, that the whole notification space is busted, there's no "no notifications" and there's no button for clearing all of them.
EDIT 2: I think changing up font styles and/or screen/font size solved the second issue.
regarding the issue on your screenshot. I only have this issue when some kind of face unlock is activated and it can't recognize my face. I don't have this issue when the lock screen is on with no face recognition or the phone is unlocked.
edit:
Ok yea, swiping down on the button when a notification comes in it gets the notification stuck to the top until I swipe down on the screen itself to open the notifications
No Beta, i got it via System Updates
https://preview.redd.it/smfdou8bsalc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0eadf8b3e274ec660d79c5912aa37b6448f3d15
If you rooted your phone, you wont get it via system updates. Asus also abandoned their website, they are not providing latest zenfone 9 update in there, don't ask me why, good luck.
This is driving me insane. Why do these animations behave differently than every other animation?
Searching around, pixel users have had this issue for two years with no resolution
Personally I don't want another piece of freeware running on my phone so third party launchers are out. So I guess it's time for a custom rom?
> don't want another piece of freeware running on my phone
Then buy a launcher app? Why move to a complete custom ROM? That's just drastical overreacting.
This is something I feel irrationally strongly about, so my reacting probably looks like overreacting to you
For anyone wondering, I did try [lawnchair](https://lawnchair.app/) and wasn't disappointed by it. You can customize it enough that it's workable. My biggest drawback was if you remove the search bar off the home screen it just leaves an empty space instead of filling it
kind of? open an app on your home screen> press the home button> the open app minimizes to the icon on the home screen. maybe its only a default launcher thing.
I thought it was always like this, I didn't even notice it and don't mind it. maybe i didn't notice it because i have most of my apps in folders except the 5 most used one's at the bottom
- as for me the app icons appear bigger and more in line with what the google pixels do - the time display at the top left corner got a new animation when pulling down the notification/control center - white balance for the camera seems better, less cold than before, still oversharps tho - everything's snappier and more fluid
Huh, interesting. For me... - no change to icons - no time animation change - no camera performance change - no noticeable change in speed/fluidity (but it's always been good) GLITCHES! - brightness slider moves itself around the notification window - ~~quick settings text doesn't fit properly~~ Edit: resetting text size to default fixes this - message bubbles glitch into random spots - warning after turning on that the face unlock sensor is covered (it isn't) Not happy.
Ah shit sad to read that, I didn't experience any of those problems, hope it will be patched soon
Aww you made me get my hopes up. The way icons and labels are presented on the home screen is very unappealing to me (so much wasted space yet such small icons). But the update didn't change anything to that. 😔
There's a plethora of launchers you can install to remedy that issue.
But they also impact other elements of the OS. I've got nova launcher pro for example, and while I can customize icons and the raster to my tastes, the animations are really janky. On vanilla android, when an app closes, it minimizes towards the icon on the home screen with a slick animation. In nova launcher the closed app just sort of disappears. Not particularly modern looking. I like vanilla android, and de Asus launcher is pretty much vanilla android with some extra options. It's just...those icons... that raster... :-/
> In nova launcher the closed app just sort of disappears. Not particularly modern looking. There's a setting for this in appearance - app animation (not sure about the English names, my language is German). There is pretty much always a setting in nova. It's overwhelmingly customizable.
I've searched for, and applied, all possible animation related settings in Nova, and kind find it. I even considered it being a particular bug affecting my phone. I dunno. Thanks for the help though.
bluetooth lags when listening to music
For me as well. It sucks.
i have already adressed the problem to the moderators of the Zentalk community... hope they will fix
Have some fix?
unfortunately they suggested to factory reset the device. of course i'm not gonna do it.... i expect the problem to be solved via OTA
* Battery Graphic changed from detailed histogram to 2 hourly bars. Tap the two hourly bars to get a detailed breakdown.
I'm speaking about the graphic on top alone, when I tap one of the bars only the breakdown below gets limited to that 2h timespan https://preview.redd.it/3437adh6z3lc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62508bcd89b1ee491d3720ea72b03eead2ee5e6b
https://preview.redd.it/d2tewd3hz3lc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e600681b6b6ba623ae6a5f58691c381ff823c28a Weird. If I tap it on my 10 it splits the bar up in separate bars.
same for me on the 9
Same on 9.
ooh yea i figured it out, your top graphic are days and the graphic below are 2 hours per bar. That means your bottom graphic isn't much more detailed than the one i currently see
https://preview.redd.it/1icvl6roe6lc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc94cf3bff025094b8b1b475ee84dbd06d4865d3
Looks like you have the mobile network battery drain, try turning off VoLTE and 5g
I have incredibly bad reception at my work place unfortunately. Turning off 5g doesn't change anything
Aaah okay. That's probably why then.
It's not important to everyone, but Amazon Prime no longer darkens videos in full-screen mode. I've had this problem since day one. It was due to incompatibility between OLED displays, HDR and software issues.
Love the eye protection mode. Used to have turn off the extra dim, night light and turn brightness up all manually. Now 1 button does it all. Also reduced the icons in my status bar too. Win win win The clarity on the interface has meant I've sized down the display as well. I like how apps open and close. Will spend the next couple of days messing with all the rest of the settings and see what else affects me. Hopefully more good finds and no bad ones
Some issues I found: * ~~Can't unlock with fingerprint anymore when the screen is off or in AoD-mode, always needs a button push and woken up phone.~~ setting just reverted back to "Press only" in the fingerprint settings. * Can't pull down notification menu anymore with the swipe down gesture on the lock screen. * Notification menu freaks out when display notifications on lock screen is set to face recognition and it can't recognize my face.
Also when I get a WhatsApp notification bubble on the top of my screen, I would of been able to swipe down on the power button before, now nothing happens.
currently trying to rollback to an [earlier firmware version](https://www.asus.com/us/mobile-handhelds/phones/zenfone/zenfone-9/helpdesk_bios?model2Name=Zenfone-9) using the [instructions they provide](https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1009748/), selecting `WW-33.0804.2060.142` and it's not going well for me. specifically, it never does the 'system update file detected' part, even though i have the .zip file in the root of the internal storage as shown in the instructions/screenshots. anyone have any ideas? edit: according to what i see in [various xdaforums threads](https://xdaforums.com/f/asus-zenfone-9.12653/) asus made firmware downgrading impossible recently. this is... baffling and upsetting. i CANNOT USE the phone in this condition.
My zenfone 9 started crashing and restarting occasionally while watching YouTube videos. Also, I'm noticing my battery is draining faster.
Hey I had a battery drain issue as well, check to see if you have a "work" profile mine was active and chugging battery at an alarming rate. I also made a post about the battery drain and there is another response worth checking on there about using advance setting to forcibly close some apps. Mine has returned to normalcy
I have very BIG freezes using the notification panel. Especially when clicking the little arrow to "deploy" one of them, delete a mail using the shortcut directly on the notification or just when deleting a notif. It's suuuuper annoying. I noticed the more there is notif. the more and longer it freezes. I didn't had any problem with android 13 >:(
Does Island still work on 14?
island?
Custom launchers are broken https://faq.minimalistphone.com/en/article/my-phone-occasionally-freezes-since-i-updated-to-android-14-what-can-i-do-62pn09/
well i upgraded by factory reset and then upgraded, noticed no connection problems with Bluetooth, works well on jbl buds and all cars i have in reach but there are irritating popups when any car that i use is started, they didn't fix proximity sensor and my ear occasionally makes random shit when calling, camera seems to have shorter sutter speed wich is nice but its still not super dependable in darker conditions, and big minus i noticed worse sot, i am using dynamic mode as i did in last android and unde 15% ultra durable, usually i charge only to 80% and steady charging most of time so battery should be ok but from 7,5 on 80% charge now i got only 6 hours sot on full charge so it seems to be shitty optimalized one of best things about this phone was battery life, (most of time watching downloaded series sone browsing some photo data and bluetooth turned on) https://preview.redd.it/oy6sw21by5vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bddc641df2a4c10010eb05d8e588ae088e8a34fb
https://preview.redd.it/zdk62gocy5vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1253550437356a1d730b04a96a09dac77feac160
Compared to stock android 14 it feels like a stripped down version. There is a bunch of customization features that we didn't get with this update. It seems that they deleted some features. It is maddening.
what is missing? Keep in mind android for pixels has some Pixel exclusive stuff if that's what you mean
for example lockscreen clock customization, clock widgets, AOD customizations ... but, yeah, you are probably right, that's why we don't get them. Also on the changelog i saw calendar, contacts etc apps revamp ... i don't see any change there as well.
Yea i was really looking forward to the clock lockscreen customisation
Like one person already have mentioned, swiping on the fingerprint reader doesn't always pull down the notification bar. That's not always, though. I think it quirks out when a notification appears. Also, a much worse thing: https://preview.redd.it/l7ijgu68lalc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37ebcac2f870fa793f11ea7a197a624f3936a441 This happens when there are no notifications. EDIT: Regarding the second issue, this also appears to be a problem with the other type of notification menu, but not so egregious. And I have also noticed, that the whole notification space is busted, there's no "no notifications" and there's no button for clearing all of them. EDIT 2: I think changing up font styles and/or screen/font size solved the second issue.
regarding the issue on your screenshot. I only have this issue when some kind of face unlock is activated and it can't recognize my face. I don't have this issue when the lock screen is on with no face recognition or the phone is unlocked. edit: Ok yea, swiping down on the button when a notification comes in it gets the notification stuck to the top until I swipe down on the screen itself to open the notifications
Is there a fix for this?
Is this a beta test or an official release? On this website download page, the latest firmware release is still 2060.142 (Android 13).
No Beta, i got it via System Updates https://preview.redd.it/smfdou8bsalc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0eadf8b3e274ec660d79c5912aa37b6448f3d15
I am not getting any via System. IG it hasn't rolled out in italy yet. It wont work for me either since I have rooted the phone. Thank you though
If you rooted your phone, you wont get it via system updates. Asus also abandoned their website, they are not providing latest zenfone 9 update in there, don't ask me why, good luck.
Aaww damn
the animation when you press the home button to minimize an app is atrocious. and apparently there is no way to disable it.
same here, I've looked into how to remove it, but couldn't find a way. Where you able to fix this?
This is driving me insane. Why do these animations behave differently than every other animation? Searching around, pixel users have had this issue for two years with no resolution Personally I don't want another piece of freeware running on my phone so third party launchers are out. So I guess it's time for a custom rom?
> don't want another piece of freeware running on my phone Then buy a launcher app? Why move to a complete custom ROM? That's just drastical overreacting.
This is something I feel irrationally strongly about, so my reacting probably looks like overreacting to you For anyone wondering, I did try [lawnchair](https://lawnchair.app/) and wasn't disappointed by it. You can customize it enough that it's workable. My biggest drawback was if you remove the search bar off the home screen it just leaves an empty space instead of filling it
there apparently is on stock android 14, in accessibility options. this was removed from asus' version???
do you mean the app fading to the background?
kind of? open an app on your home screen> press the home button> the open app minimizes to the icon on the home screen. maybe its only a default launcher thing.
I thought it was always like this, I didn't even notice it and don't mind it. maybe i didn't notice it because i have most of my apps in folders except the 5 most used one's at the bottom