Galaxy Note 5 quick settings may refer to two totally different things:
This Galaxy Note 5 how-to guide will try to cover both of them.
Similar quick settings buttons can also be found in many other Android devices. For example, in Android Lollipop, the stock Android have some quick settings in notification panel as shown in this guide. Please note, Samsung implemented Galaxy Note 5 quick settings in a special way.
For quick settings in in Settings page, most other Android devices do not have this option.
As explained in Galaxy Note 5 notification panel, near the top of the notification panel as shown below, there are 5 buttons (icons). These are usually called Galaxy Note 5 quick settings buttons.
You can tap the quick settings buttons to activate the corresponding features. If the feature was enabled already, you will turn off (deactivate) the corresponding feature by tapping the button.
This is why they are named as “quick” settings. You can simply toggle on/off the features without navigating to Settings page. You can tap and hold the quick settings button to open the detailed settings page.
For example, as shown in the screenshot below, you can find (yours should be different):
Swipe to the right, you can find another 5 quick setting buttons (just for demonstration, yours are very likely different):
These 10 quick settings buttons can be accessed directly. Other quick settings buttons can be accessed by tapping EDIT button as shown below.
You can put other quick settings buttons in the top based on your needs. Of course, the number of spots is fixed (10).
To view more detailed settings corresponding to individual quick settings button, you can tap and hold the button
. You will normally directed to the corresponding settings page with all options.Tap EDIT as shown above, you will find a few more quick settings button as shown below.
You can tap the button to turn on/off the feature as you did for the top 10 quick settings buttons.
But you cannot tap and hold these 7 buttons to open detailed settings because tapping and holding gesture was assigned to re-arrange the quick settings buttons in Galaxy Note 5 quick settings panel.
For example, in my Galaxy Note 5, there are additional 7 quick setting buttons as shown below:
The available quick settings buttons are different in different regions.
As mentioned, you can re-arrange the location of these quick settings buttons. For example, you may want to move the frequently-used buttons to one of the top 5 spots.
To rearrange quick settings buttons, tap EDIT as shown above, tap and hold a button, and then drag it to another location.
As shown below, for example, you can tap and hold the NFC button, move it to the desired spot, the drop it (release your finger from screen).
S Finder and quick connect are actually 2 nice features.
But some Galaxy Note 5 owners do not like them and therefore want to remove them.
After tapping EDIT as shown above, you can uncheck S Finder and Quick connect as shown above.
Once they are unchecked, S Find and quick connect will disappear in Galaxy Note 5 quick settings panel/notification panel as shown below.
There is another Galaxy Note 5 quick settings in Settings page/app as shown below.
Please note this Galaxy Note 5 quick settings in settings page has nothing to do with quick settings buttons in notification panel mentioned above.
They are totally 2 different things.
In Settings page, because there are so many entries for Galaxy Note 5 settings, Most owners may only use a few of them most of the time.
Galaxy Note 5 allows you to put up to 9 setting entries on top of the Settings page so that you can quickly access them without fiddling around many pages.
You can tap EDIT as shown below to check up to 9 entries.
If you have any questions or encounter any problems when using or customizing Galaxy Note 5 quick settings, please leave a comment in the comment box below.
The community will try to help you.
For other Galaxy Note 5 features and detailed Galaxy Note 5 how-to guides , please check Galaxy Note 5 how-to guides page.
You may also download and read the official Samsung Galaxy Note 5 user manual here.
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My quick settings NEVER drop down; very frustrating. Not with the S pen, or anything else. When I swipe down on the screen, absolutely nothing happens...Please help!
Note 5? You can try to reboot phone to see whether it helps.
The quick settings panel won’t drop down on touch. It works when I’m using S Pen!! so frustrating now... :( help!
You need to swipe down from the top of the screen to show the quick settings.
Hi my quick settings is always dropping down i cant even text because of this. Please help.. thnks
Probably, you accidently touched the status bar.
If quick settings automatically opens, it can be a tough screen issue. Anyway, you can try to reboot the phone to see whether it helps.
If the problem persists, you need to visit Samsung service center to check the phone.
Did that also.but can't resolved.
Someone reported the similar problem before. it was due to third-party themes or launchers.
Anyway, if you are using third-party theme, you can switch to the default one.
Other than that, you probably have to reset the phone if it really bothers you.
The quick settings panel won't drop down on touch. It works when I'm using S Pen. Any possible solution?
You can tap the arrow down button.
Alternatively, you can swipe down again to expand quick setting buttons.
How to lock the bar while my phone is locked, cause now even while it's locked I can turn on and off mobile data, and this is very dangerous in case it got stolen.
No, you cannot. This actually is a feature requested by many users. When you need use find my mobile to unlock the phone, you need internet connection. This option makes it possible.
Connection through mobile data is secure and easy to track.
You cannot enable Wi-Fi connection when screen is locked however.
How can I lock quick settings. My kids always mess up with them :)
Kids mode if the kid is very young.
I can all of a sudden only use 8 out of 9 of my quick settings. It lets me select 9 but i always end up with 8, with an open space on bottom right. How can i fix?
Are you you using smart manager for security scan? Stop it.
I am also facing the same problem.I am not using smart manager as security scan.still I am facing the problem
Are you using the default theme? Can you select the 9th one?
Ya i am using default theme. I can select 9th one.
But end up with only 8 entries.
Not sure. But you can try to clear cache partition to see whether it helps.
Data Usage button is missing in the setting. How to get it back?
Are you referring to quick settings in notification panel? No, data usage button should not be there. Mobile data button is there for you to turn on/off mobile data quickly.
For quick settings in settings page, tap the edit quick settings as shown in the guide to select data usage.
No. I was referring to the Setting page under Connection. There should be a "Data Usage" button below Mobile Hotspot. It was there before until 2 months ago.
Yes, it should be always there. No idea why it may disappear.
You can try to search "Data usage" after tapping the search button in the top right.