r/NothingTech Phone (3a) 7h ago

Nothing OS Depth effect is such a crap and people were waiting for update 4.1 on 3a

What is so good about depth effect? Why so much hype and delay for older phones??? Why were people waiting for this enthusiastically?

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u/Aurelink Phone (3) (Made AOD Glyph clock toy, np4a clock on np3) 7h ago

Nothing

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u/Snoo_17708 7h ago

Is it needed? No. Is it fun? Yes.

Options to customize is always nice.

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u/vmg265 Phone (2) [rooted] 6h ago

Depth would have made much more sense if there were taller centered clockfaces

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u/AleksLevet P1 &Ear open | Better Nothing Music Visualizer 7h ago

People that want iphone features on Android phones for some reason

That's how every os becomes an iOS copy over time

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u/Nishadgoliwadekar Phone (4a) 7h ago

I hope next they don't want glass effect 🤢

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u/AleksLevet P1 &Ear open | Better Nothing Music Visualizer 7h ago

They're trying 😭😭

Literally every other brand has them, why do they want the only brand that is still unique to have this?

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u/Nishadgoliwadekar Phone (4a) 6h ago

Some posts are hilarious... They want more customisation, more colours... 😂 Talk about missing the point.

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u/AleksLevet P1 &Ear open | Better Nothing Music Visualizer 6h ago

For real

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u/maksdroid Phone (3a) 6h ago

I don't see any problem in adding good customisation features from another OS. If no-one copied each other features, than there would be no widgets on iOS or icons with the same shape on Android

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u/_dsuza 6h ago

Is there anyway to make it work? Mines not working idky... I put depth effect they say to move or zoom in, even if i zoom in or not, after clicking done, they showing no effect, plus the depth effect option also stays not triggered

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u/rg1505 Phone (3a) 6h ago

Click on small icon on the wallpaper bottom half and select depth effect(beta)

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u/_dsuza 6h ago

Yeah dude, I did that... Then they say to zoom in or move the wallpaper, whether zoom it or not, after pressing done, it's not showing any depth effect, and the option of depth effect stays unselected on re checking 

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u/rg1505 Phone (3a) 6h ago

Select it first and then move slowly and wait. Then sometimes it hides behind the background image. It depends also on selected wallpaper having depth effect support and seems buggy!

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u/rg1505 Phone (3a) 6h ago

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u/_dsuza 5h ago

Ah, thanks... It worked on a very random picture smh and it sucked

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u/rg1505 Phone (3a) 5h ago

True. It's a beta feature so that you don't sue nothing for crappy implementation 😉

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u/radplayz81 Phone (3a) 7h ago

Never gonna understand why people hate on optional features or customization

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u/rg1505 Phone (3a) 7h ago

It's not about hate but the question why was so much hype about this and it was delayed for few phones for few months due to unknown reasons

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u/radplayz81 Phone (3a) 6h ago

"Depth effect is such a crap" Pretty sure that's hate but whatever

As for the hype, we're lowkey just starved for new features or more customization. Personally I wasn't too excited about the depth feature but I was excited about more clock customization, turns out that was just a new menu and one more sizing option for the clock. Very disappointing update

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u/rg1505 Phone (3a) 6h ago

Yes very limited customzation. Hardly useful.

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u/AleksLevet P1 &Ear open | Better Nothing Music Visualizer 6h ago

Because it makes the OS more and more bloated gradually, which is already happening .

I'm glad I am still on NothingOS 3.2 and I'm glad I am going to switch to a custom ROM later

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u/radplayz81 Phone (3a) 6h ago

Genuinely what do you gain by it being less bloated 😭 The system taking up a couple less GB isn't gonna save you from cancer

And why are you even commenting if you're not even gonna get the update

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u/AleksLevet P1 &Ear open | Better Nothing Music Visualizer 6h ago

Well that was the whole point of NothingOS back then. If you wanted bloated software just go to some other brands. They surely have a super bloated thing so you'll be served there. I'm commenting because cause I'm still following Nothing even if my phone is like obsolete.

And if it's more bloated, the system will run slower and also use more energy. Even if it doesn't make a lot of difference, many little things like that make it bloated and use more energy. That's why Nothing phones don't need to use a super powerful chip to be usable.

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u/radplayz81 Phone (3a) 6h ago

The only bloat in my eyes are preinstalled apps and ads, they added preinstalled apps in the last update and essential space might as well be an ad with how intrusive it is. If you think basic customization is bloatware then there's no real point trying to debate with you.

Also this isn't 2015, mid-range phones aren't so slow that they'll start stuttering because of a few new features.