Universal Switch keeps trying to turn on. (Samsung S6)

[Guest218923]

I activated Universal Switch once because I wanted to try it out but I soon found out it disabled my screen and it was unresponsive to my touch and I was unable to do anything. So I waited for the battery to drain hoping it would be able to disable itself. It didn't. After fiddling with it for a while, I found a way to turn it off using a mouse and turning it off in the settings but after a while, it turned itself back on. So I repeated the step with the mouse and furthermore I disabled the switches so it no longer turned on automatically. However I found that didn't solve the problem as now it would pop up "To enable Universal Switch, tap settings and add at least switch." every few seconds. I can't figure out a way to fix this. Please send help.



(Also the pop-ups pile on each other. If I leave it for a while, I have to click cancel multiple times as they seem to stack on top of each other.)

 

[Tim1954]

Can you get into notifications, find universal switch and disable any notification from it?

 

[Guest218923]

I can't block it from notifications because it is not a seperate app. It's part of the accessibility options from settings and even then there seems to be no way of blocking it from popping up.

 

[belodion]

I'm not familiar with Samsungs, but 'add at least switch' sounds odd. Are you sure this is genuine?

 

[Akshay Sudheer]

I activated Universal Switch once because I wanted to try it out but I soon found out it disabled my screen and it was unresponsive to my touch and I was unable to do anything. So I waited for the battery to drain hoping it would be able to disable itself. It didn't. After fiddling with it for a while, I found a way to turn it off using a mouse and turning it off in the settings but after a while, it turned itself back on. So I repeated the step with the mouse and furthermore I disabled the switches so it no longer turned on automatically. However I found that didn't solve the problem as now it would pop up "To enable Universal Switch, tap settings and add at least switch." every few seconds. I can't figure out a way to fix this. Please send help.



(Also the pop-ups pile on each other. If I leave it for a while, I have to click cancel multiple times as they seem to stack on top of each other.)

Hi bro.. i also gone through your same situation... and i got it cleared ryt now... so .. go to the settings open dextirity - then open unversal switch - then you will find settings button on top right corner .. click on it and delete all the switches... hope you problem get solved..

 

[Motaz Jarrah]

Hey man, I'm not sure if you resolved your issue or not, I mean it's been over 2 years now, but here's how I fixed it.

Go to Settings ->Accessibility -> Direct Access: Switch off direct access on Universal Switch or all switches if necessary.

This solution is based on Android v8.