S5 Notification shade - S Finder & Quick Connect Buttons - Where are they?

[felloffthetruck]

I've seen these two buttons on several S5's but on my Verizon model they are not there.
Not that I even want them, just wondering where they are hiding.

 

[brothamoveson]

It's a carrier specific thing it's not on my AT&T S5. I was wondering the same thing.

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[puremeerkat]

They're there on my ATT S5. Just have to expand the quick toggles.

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[felloffthetruck]

They're there on my ATT S5. Just have to expand the quick toggles.

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Huh?

 

[bassplayrguy]

They are on my ATT S5 as well. Pull the menu down with 2 fingers.

 

[felloffthetruck]

They are on my ATT S5 as well. Pull the menu down with 2 fingers.

and then what?

 

[Netherscourge]

They're both on my Sprint S5 - right underneath the Quick-Setting Toggles.

I didn't see any setting for them in the Notification Panel Settings menu, but they might have toggles for them in the individual S-Finder and Quick Connect Settings Menus. Maybe look in there to turn them on?

 

[bassplayrguy]

and then what?

s finder and quick connect are on this menu, when you pull down with 2 fingers.

 

[williams448]

He's talking about these oblong buttons. My AT&T does not have them either.


Posted with my badass Galaxy S5

 

[anon(772365)]

Yeah, apparently only T-Mobile kept those buttons on the notification pull down. Verizon, AT&T and Sprint removed them before releasing the phones.

 

[toonzizhere]

They're on my sprint version.

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[djeaux]

I'm curious how to remove these buttons from the "shade." Neither of these features is useful to me, and the buttons are annoying since I use a Nexus 7 with a "standard" Android set up. (As a side note, adding garbage that only works with other Samsung devices reeks of Apple-ism.)

 

[George-Alexandru Popa]

Option 1:
If your Android is version 6 or above, you should have the option to change it in the Notification panel settings, found by using 2 fingers to drag the notification bar and pressing the "pencil" icon. Just untick S Finder and Quick Connect.

Option 2: (Advanced! requires rooting which may void your warranty)
1 - Download a file explorer with root capabilities like ES File Explorer.
2 - Open the app, enable root folder access.
3 - Go to "/system/etc/permissions/ "
4 - Find the file "com.sec.feature.findo.xml", and delete it.
5 - Reboot!
6 - You may now proceed to unroot.

Option 3: (Expert! requires rooting and extreme system modification)
You may recompile SystemUI.apk to remove the 2 buttons. More details here (https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/root-how-to-remove-s-finder-quick-t3161432)

Option 4: (Advanced! requires rooting which may void your warranty)
1. install "ES File Explorer" and enable root explorer.
2. browse to root->system->build.prop
3. open "build.prop" with text-editor and edit the last three letters of this line: "ro.product.name=" (example: "ro.product.name=trltexx" to "ro.product.name=trltvzw")
4. save and restart.