How to use Samsung Galaxy S6 quick settings?

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• why does my galaxy s6 not have the mobile data quick settings in the notification panel. even when i select edit, it is nowhere to be found, however i have every other one????

  • I'm having this issue too. My friend has S6 and his is on the notification panel automatically. I do NOT see on mine however, even after I press on edit...

    • For me also

      • hey guys. I used to have it, but today it desapeared. wth!

    • Sane here

    • Hy brother.. u can fix this ! Please download n instal "Quick panel restore" in Galaxy Apps .. mobile data packet is back ! 100% work .. im try n my s6 back to normal

      • Thank you so much. It worked

  • same here, I dont have a mobile data button either :(

    • Can you enable mobile data in data usage page?

      • Yes, I can go all the way into the setting and turn on and off mobile data,but I don't seem to have the shortcut in the quick settings panel. I also have a switcher widget that used to be able to switch on and off mobile data, but the icon doesn't show there either. Does this have anything to do with provider? I have a tmobile s6 edge.

        • Yes, this is very likely a special "feature" requested by your carrier.

    • I had the mobile data show up in the quick notification panel when you slide it down. it has now dissapeared and not in any of the selectinos that I can add as well.

      • It can be due a minor update. Just wait for a new update in a few days.

        • Same here at first i have my mobile data after 1 month after i bought my s6 i cant find it anymore

        • For which update must we wait? I updated all my apps that needed to be updated? I restarted the phone (S6 egde) And still i can't add or fix my mobile data button???

        • You need wait for a firmware update from Samsung, not app update.

          Of course, you can also backup the phone and reset the phone to bring back the icons.

    • Hy brother.. u can fix this ! Please download n instal "Quick panel restore" in Galaxy Apps .. mobile data packet is back ! 100% work .. im try n my s6 back to normal

      • Thank youuuuu Aar so much it worked like charm.

• I cannot find my mobile data quick setting button if anyone does know how to get it back in the panel please reply

• my mobile data shortcut button just gone missing today on my s6 edge ... no were to be found in notification panel, not even in edit, is there a way to get it back ?

  • The same problem on my Galaxy S6 just gone the shortcut today on 11/06! I don't understand why? My phone is an unlock version!

    • Go into were it wants you to a factory reset and reset the settings and you will not lose any apps or pictures however it will change all you settings back to factory and this will make the mobile data quick button come back

      • it will delet everything

  • well i just do a factory reset to get it back... ... luckily my phone is only 1 week old xD doesn't have much thing in it

• If you lose your mobile data quicl setting button this how tou fix it with have to fulli g factory reset ypur phone and lose everything!!! Go into were it wants you to a factory reset and reset the settings and you will not lose any apps or pictures however it will change all you settings back to factory and this will make the mobile data quick button come back

• Is there a way to add a camera shortcut to the quick system panel

  • No, you cannot change available items in quick settings.

  • With the S6 , you can press the home button twice and it will go into camera mode.

• The mobile data and the hotspot icons are missing from my quick settings panel too, since few hours ago. Yesterday they were there and I currently have used them.
  Does anybody know why are missing ?
  What should I do to have them back ?

  • Did you tap EDIT to see all available icons?

  • Due to software update

• Same problem I've experienced just now on my S6 edge.. My Mobile data shortcut icon gone missing.. I was just using this morning and suddenly it's nowhere to be found even in edit screen... Is there really no other way than factory reset? Does it mean after doing factory reset, it can go missing again and I'll have to factory reset again?
  It's so annoying.

• Mine too went missing this morning. Seems a lot of users are having this issue.
  How do we Fix it ?

• Mine did the same thing yesterday too. The mobile data, private mode, and Bluetooth icon are missing. Ugh

  • Same me today 12 june 2015 no icon private mode and mobile

• If I do a factory reset, will my pictures, music, and texts be deleted??

  • Yes, all these files will be removed.

• I had the same thing happen to me today. The Mobile data shortcut icon just disappeared. Spoken to Samsung help and they say have to do a factory restart. . .but if anyone knows another way it would be great!

• Got a gs6 probably the worst phone i've ever had

• Also here mobile date and hotspot setting gone today .wht to do nw .any solution. .

• Mine too. Mobile data, hotspot and private mode are gone. Reply if you solved the problem

• Go to search and type mobile data. You can turn it on from there.

  • But its not "quick" anymore.

• Do you think that they will fix it in an update soon?

• My mobile data button has disappeared too today!it was right there yesterday!!I searched the phone upside down and tried to fix it ,no good!I think its due to some software update!now what to do?am so annoyed I like being able to turn the data off and on quickly at will.

  • I'm the same. frustrating

• Wheeew! I thought I was the only one having this problem. I have been cheking in internet for hours just to get any info on how to get the mobile data back icon onto the quick setting panel. I am sure it was still there last night before I charged it but this morning it was just gone. From what I heard they are rolling out the lollipop 5.1 version so I think updating the os would solve this problem.

• Same issue here...How can we fix this problem?

• What the hell! We're having the same issues on the S6! I lost my mobile data icon just now on my s6 edge! how the hell can that be! anybody know how to fix it???

• Lolz ... it seems that Samsung is missing around... it's a shame that we see such problem. I've S6 and I lost my mobile data icon too which appears to be a lousy update ... they better fix it soon or we may just save the time and switch to Apple's.

• Started work at 2300 on the 12/06, turned off mobile data on the notification panel due to free wifi at work, 4 hours later left the workplace for some lunch and tried to turn back mobile data on through the notification panel and its GONE!?!? WTF!?!?

  • the same happens to my S6 but even though the mobile data icon has disappeared, it still provides internet access. looks like this icon is in the notification panel but it's invisible.

• Same thing here. Mobile data icon disappeared today. Anybody found a fix yet besides wiping the phone? I have an S6 edge

• I've lost my mobile data and hotspot and a few other quick setting options on my gs6! I had it yesterday and it just disappeared today. My phone is hardly 20 days old... Anyone knows a fix??

• I have the same issue. I thought I was going crazy. My mobile data quick launch button has gone. Was there this morning and now it's vanished. If anyone knows how to fix this without a factory reset that would be great.

• I cannot find my mobile data quick setting button if anyone does know how to get it back in the panel please reply

• Good to know I'm not the only one with this problem. I'll just wait for the update then. Am way too lazy to reset my phone. It doesn't bother me that much yet.

• I lost mobile data abd hotspot icons ftom quick panel today!!!
  Wgay is happening :@

  • Probably due to an faulty update. You have to wait for an update.

• I am reporting same problem too! This morning (June 12) I lost mobile data, mobile hotspot from quick settings. Any way to get them back!

• Same with me here. Lost the icon last night. Well will wait for the update anyway. If Samsung will not fix this, they will be the same with Apple where you still nees to go directly to the settings and have it enable. The one function of Samsung I like is just the one swipe and you will be able to disable the mobile data in tap.

• My s6 got a little crazy yesterday with my mobile data and hotspot icons vanishing in the afternoon even though i had it in the morning! Then at night it wont recognise my fingerprints nor my backup password which i know is 100% right. Had to log in via google which thankfully work. It still wont let me access the fingerprints section and wipe the memory and password. Other than factory reset, I hope there is a solution out there or an update from Samsung? Please advise me if anyone has a solution for me other than factory reset. Ive been using this for 2 months already so alot on it

  • Fingerprint can only be cleared through reset of your fingerprint is not recognized and backup password is not working. There are no other ways you reset fingerprint.

    • Thanks. Thats such a tedious process now to get everything set up again. Oh boy. I do love samsung but their updates always cause problems

• Does any one know when next update will be out to sort this problem?

  • No confirmation on the releasing date yet.

• I spoke to Samsung South Africa, they are aware of the problem. They took my email address and said they would send a mail once it has been resolved.

• This is plain crazy. You pay for the phone little fortune and u wont get what u paid for initially. Is this stealing? I want this icon back by the end of tbe day or I will give the pho e back to the provider. You cannot mess with someones phone cos now it gives me winders if they can switch my settings arround what else these guys van do to my privacy? First u have to agree to google terms and conditions giving them everything you owe in ur phone now samsung who else f f sake!!!! Enough is enough!

  • I hate to see how you'd react if something actually serious happened in your life. An icon has gone missing...it will come back with a new update. It's hardly the end of the world is it?

• Faced exactly the same problem with my s6 edge. The mobile data, hotspot and private mode icons just disappeared n first, I got scared that I have messed up my settings.. Even my hubby thought so n then we realized it's happening everywhere. Samsung better act fast on this one .. Irritated.

• Same here. I thought I had misclicked my phone setting too because I just installed a new app. It's scared me! I don't want to do factory reset. Hopefully Samsung could fix it asap, as I like the feature so much.

• Mobile data icon went missing after the system update!!! Pls fix the pblm asap...

• samsung/ provider i want to return s6....too much problem...mobile data icon disappeared......phone cannot recognize thumb print....

• Most of my shortcuts disappeared and I am shocked it even happend now.. sofware update please be due not to soon I want everything back to the way I use to see all the shortcuts, not impressed right now.

• I mean quicky :(

• I have just experienced the same problem today 14th June 2015. Mobile Data icon disappeared under quick settings panel. Samsung, do something. Thanks

• Same problem here in Belgium. Mobile data, hotspot and private mode gone overnight on S6 Edge without approval of any update. 14 June 2015. Irritated.

• Same thing with me as well. I got the mobile data disappeared from couple of days and till today (June 14th) I couldn't find any reasonable solution. (I don't want to reset my settings..)

• I ve lost the 3 quick shortcuts in the notificatiom panel as well. Data, private mode and the wifi hotspot toggle.

  • The missing toggles for mobile data, hotspot and private mode in galaxy s6 and s6 edge quick settings panel are caused by a recent firmware update on some regions. Samsung will issue a new update shortly to address this issue.

• Hey friends i think that it has nothing to do with operators im fro Algeria my S6 edge i bought it fro a store (without any operator) one week later i lost the mobile date icone and the hotspot shortcut too. hope they will find a quick solution for such a very expensive phone

• The same problem here, mobile data, private mode etc. shortcut buttons missing since yesterday (June 15th, 2015), no system update was launched, or at least i did not get any notifications about it, plugged in the charger and afterwards the icons went missing. However my fingerprint reader and passwords are ok. Do not want to do a factory reset, will wait for a new system update, but must say - this isn't funny at all.

• The same issue here..i lost my mobile data,private mode n hotspot frm my quick panel..

• More problems with my samsung s6!!! Now it won't recognise my fingerprints!

  • You can always use the backup password if fingerprint is not recognized for whatever reasons.

• I have the Same issue with my Samsung s6 edge, in New Zealand

• Samsung had software update today (17 June)! Had high hopes that it would fix the missing shortcuts. . .but most disappointing update ever! Still missing! Over this bug! Samsung get your sh*t sorted!

• Am in Nigeria and have the problem i lost 4 icons, mobile data, etc, i almost tore the phone apart searching for it, thank goodness its a general issue. i guess the update wont take long hence it will crash their sales from very poor review by us already having issues enjoying the phone.

• My mobile data quick setting icon also just disappeared last week. I thought I somehow did something wrong but haven't been able to fix it. It's quite annoying as I use it daily!! Wonder how long we have to wait for the fix?

• The same issue in my S6 with Movistar carrier in Chile!

• Yep. Mobile data and hotspot icons have gone missing on my phone too. Not happy Samsung. Hurry up and restore these item to us.

• Ok! Great to know that i'm not the only one faced this problem. This morning i still use the mobile data button and then in the afternoon it had
  disappered.

• Samsung's temporary fix
  Attached is the apk file for Samsung's temporary fix without doing a firmware reset.

  http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3366244&d=1434513759

  • Thanks it works

• Thanks to Aar - it works! Go to Galaxy apps. Download quick panel restore! Restart phone, go to the quick panel, edit and move mobile data back into your favourites

• I have run this app and my mobile data and mobile hotspot icons are still missing?!

  • After running the app, you may also try to clear the cache partition for your Galaxy S6.

• on S5 I was able to display all the quick access buttons, is there any way to do this on S6? or I will can only see 10, and if I need another option, I have to edir everytime?

  • You are not limited to the 10. Tap edit to see and use all quick settings buttons as explained in this page. You can access the first 10 without tapping edit button.

• My first time how my phone how I don't know I lost black I can't see omg my help pease

  • What's the problem? Nobody can help if you cannot explain the problem in detail.

• I have had 2 galaxy's and been brilliant after a I Phone - had a galaxy s6 Car phone warehouse did not even give me instructions - How the fXXX do you down load photos on to your PC. The Galaxy has the best camera on a phone but struggling to dwn load them I don't ask for much. After a divorce I am at my parents with no interenet. and cant get them at work.

  • You may have to install the SmartSwitch on the PC so that the phone can be recognized by the PC. Then you connect the phone to the PC with the USB cable. Once your s6 is recognized, you can copy files between PC and the phone on the PC.

• Hello ! I am completely missing the ENTIRE quick settings panel. In other words, once i go to settings, there is no space for "quick settings" at all. Instead, the menu immediately starts from "connections" and goes on with "device" "personal" etc... Could you guys help me with that ? Thank you !

  • Are you using third-party launcher or easy mode?

    • I am not sure what is a third-party launcher, and I certainly do not use easy mode. The quick settings panel was missing since day one if that helps.

      • The quick settings on setting page are just shortcuts to commonly used items. Some carrier may choose not to have it. So, this may depend on the specific firmware.

        But the quick settings (toggles) in notification panel (shade) should be universal as I know. Did you try to swipe down from the top of the screen, then tap EDIT?

        • The quick settings toggles on the notifications shade part work perfectly. It is just disturbing that i do not have the quick settings on the settings page, which I have seen in every other phone, both in youtube and the ones of my friends.

        • Is there a way to send you a print screen of my phone ?

        • You can post them in Facebook page.

• Hello.
  How can I go to the settings of the hidden toggles directly?
  If I hold them down, I am just able to move them. On my previous S5, I could still access their advanced options.

  • Galaxy S6 removed the feature on this version of TouchWiz. So the settings in quick settings are just toggles. They are not linked to detailed settings page.

• wth i dont havethe app in galaxy appstore now where i should find that tooo ?

  • What app are you referring to?

• I cannot find the Quick Panel Restore app in the Galaxy Store. Has it been removed?

  • It's not necessary. Samsung fixed the issue long time ago already. Did you update your S6?

• My device is note5 and I've done the same you said and after I had downloaded the quickpanel restore, I pressed restore and I got the sign of (already updated) , I checked the buttoms but they are still the same and the mobile data didn't appear .. Please help me if you can.

  • Can you enable mobile data in Settings?

• Any idea why i can't use wifi or bluetooth in quick settings, without opening screen lock? Flashlight and airplane mode works with screen locked.

  • This is the "security" settings added by Samsung. You will need such features only when the phone is stolen.

    You cannot change this. In stock Android, you can change such settings without unlocking the phone.