[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] boston909:
Connections:

- Wi-Fi > : ADVANCED > View More > Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep > While Charging / OFF

- Data Usage > Data Saver: ON

- NFC: ON

- Mobile hotspot and (bluetooth) tethering > OFF

- Location (OFF) > Location method: Batery saving

-- Google Location History: OFF

-- Google Location Sharing: OFF

- More connection settings

-- Nearby device scanning > OFF

-- Download booster > OFF

Sounds and vibration

- Sound mode: Sound

- Vibrate while ringing: OFF

- Use Volume keys for media: ON

- Vibration Intensity > Incoming Call: 1 / Notifications: 1 / Vibration feedback: OFF / Hard Press vibration feedback: 50%

- Ringtone > ...

- Vibration pattern: Basic call

- Notification Sounds > ...

-- Email Notifications > OFF

- Do not disturb: Mon-Sun: 22:30-07:00 / Allow 'alarms only'

- Touch sounds > OFF

- Screen lock sounds > OFF

- Charging sounds > ON

- Vibration Feedback > OFF

- Dialling keypad tone > OFF

- Keyboard sound > OFF

- Keyboard vibration > OFF

-- ADVANCED

--- Sound quality and effects

--- Dolby Atmos: ON

Notifications > turn off for relevant apps

Display

- Auto brightness: OFF

- Blue light filter: 21:55-07:00 / Opacity: 2

- Screen zoom and font > Font Style: HandelGothic / Screen Zoom: Small / Font Size: Medium

(Nova settings > Desktop > Icon layout > Font: Normal / Size = smallest)

(Nova settings > Folders > Icon layout > Font: Normal / Size = smallest)

- Screen mode: Adaptive Display

- Full screen apps: ALL apart from non-screen usage apps, such as Tesla Unread etc.

- Easy mode: Disabled

- Edge screen: Edge Panels: OFF / Edge Lighting: Always

- LED indicator > ON

- Status Bar > Show recent notifications only: ON / Show battery percentage: ON

- Navigation bar > Show and hide button: ON / Apply current theme: ON / Hard Press: 3

- Screen timeout > 1 minute

- Block accidental touches: ON

Wallpapers and themes

- Themes > Black Onix

Advanced features

- Smart Stay > OFF

- Games > Game Launcher > ON

- One-handed mode: OFF

- Finger sensor gestures: OFF

- Quick launch Camera > ON

- Multi window > ALL OFF

- Smart capture > ON

- Palm swipe to capture > OFF

- Direct call > OFF

- Smart alert > ON

- Easy mute > OFF

- Swipe to call or send messages > ON

- Send SOS messages > OFF

- Direct share > ON

- Video enhancer > OFF

Device maintenance

- Battery > [top right] Advanced settings > App power monitor: ON / Fast charging: ON

- Unmonitored Apps: BoxSync / Greenify / Nova/Prime / Rugos Icons / SABS / SwiftKey / TeslaUnread

- Always Sleeping Apps: ALL apart from: BoxSync / Greenify / LifeMeter / Nova / PayPal / Rugos / SABS / SwiftKey / Tesla / WhatsApp

- Power Saving: MID - background network usage: OFF / AOD: OFF / Speed Limiter: ON / Decrease brightness; 10% / Res: WQHD+

- Performance mode: Optimised

Apps > [top right] > Default apps

- browser app: chrome

- calling app: contacts

- messaging app: messages

- home screen: nova

[top right] > App permissions > SMS: disable GOOGLE / GOOGLE PLAY STORE / HANGOUTS / MAPS

Lock screen and security

- Screen lock type > Pattern, Intelligent Scan, Fingerprints

- Always on display > OFF

- Notifications > ON

-- Hide content: OFF

-- Notification icons only: OFF

-- Transparency: MID

-- Auto-reverse text colour: ON

-- Show notifications from: ALL APPS

-- Where to show: Lock screen and Always On Display

- Find My Mobile > TURN ON remote controls / others: OFF

- Other security settings > Send security reports > OFF

Cloud and accounts > Accounts:

- Samsung Cloud : Settings

-- Sync settings: ALL OFF

-- Auto backup settings: ALL OFF

-- Show Samsung Cloud icon: OFF

- Google > Sync Account> ONLY Sync CHROME

- Reddit > SYNC DISABLED

- Saumsung Account > SYNC NONE

-- Backup settings

-- AUTO BACKUP > OFF

- WhatsApp > SYNC ON

- Backup and restore > backup data: ALL OFF / restore data: ALL OFF / GOOGLE ACCOUNT: backup my data: OFF

Google

- top corner (3 dots) > Usage & diagnostics > OFF

- Location > OFF

-- Location History > OFF

-- Location Sharing > OFF

- Search > Voice > Voice Match > Say "OK Google" any time: OFF (all options)

Accessibility

- Services >

-- Greenify - Automated Hibernation > ON

-- Nova Launcher > ON

General management

- Language and input > Language > English (UK)

-- Default Keyboard > Swiftkey Keyboard

-- Swiftkey Keyboard > Theme: Nickel / Size: Smallest

- Autofill service: Autofill with Google

- Text to Speech > Samsung text to speech settings

- Report diagnostic information > OFF

Developer Options

- USB Debugging > ON

- Animation Scale > 0.5x for window/transition/animator

- Limit background processes (7th from bottom of list) > At most, 3 processes