Posts tagged quick-settings

Android N's new Calculator shortcut. Screenshot: Android Police.

Android N’s new Calculator shortcut. Screenshot: Android Police.

When you need a calculator quickly to work something out, having to unlock your phone, open the app drawer, and find the calculator app can be a pain. But not in Android N, where the Calculator app is just a couple of taps away, and available on the lock screen.

Marshmallow has something up its sleeve? Photo: Google

Marshmallow has something up its sleeve? Photo: Google

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is packed full of new features and big improvements to performance and efficiency — but there’s one new addition you probably knew nothing about.

It’s called “System UI Tuner,” and it’s a secret menu that provides access to a whole host of customization options that were previously unavailable on Android without root access.

Cyanogen OS 12 comes to the OnePlus One. Photo: Cyanogen

Cyanogen OS 12.1 is here. Photo: Cyanogen

Cyanogen this week began rolling out its latest CyanogenMod 12 nightlies, which bring some “much needed” new features, including dynamic Quick Settings tiles and Wi-Fi priorities. The releases also bring IMAP push improvements that promise to improve battery life and networking usage.

Get your Quick Settings toggles back in a snap. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Get your Quick Settings toggles back in a snap. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung has released a new app that promises to bring back absent Quick Settings toggles on the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. The release comes just days after users found that some toggles were mysteriously disappearing and not coming back.

Are all of your toggles present in Quick Settings? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Are all of your toggles present in Quick Settings? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge may be two of the best Android devices you can buy today, but they aren’t without their teething troubles — and the latest is by far the most mysterious.

Some users are finding that the toggles inside their Quick Settings menu — which allow you to active and deactivate features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Power Saving with just a tap — are disappearing at random.

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