Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Customize Notification Panel

In Samsung Galaxy SIV, accessing notification panel by swiping your finger from the top of the screen to the bottom will allow you to enable or disable certain option which is displayed as the quick setting buttons. By default, there are 10 quick setting buttons appears in there. They are likely: Wi-Fi, GPS, Mute/Sound/Vibrate, Screen rotation, Bluetooth, Reading mode, Mobile data, Blocking mode, Power saving and Multi window button.

See also: How to Enable and Use Multi Window Feature in Samsung Galaxy S4

As another thing in this phone, you're also allowed to customize the notification panel, allows you to control which the quick setting buttons you wish to display at the top of the notification panel as well as to display or not the brightness adjustment bar in there.



How to customize notification panel?
Below are the steps to do so:
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap My device tab.
  3. Tap Display.
  4. Tap Notification panel.
  5. Depending on your current settings, tap Brightness adjustment to enable or disable this option. When the box next to the option is checked means the brightness adjustment will be displayed in the notification panel, allows you to adjust the screen brightness from there.
  6. Under Set the quick setting buttons section, you can customize the quick setting button appears at the top of the notification panel. To change quick setting buttons go to the step #7, to remove quick setting buttons go to the step #8, to add quick setting button go to the step #9, while to rearrange quick setting button go to the step #10.
  7. Change quick setting buttons
    By default, there are 10 quick setting buttons displayed at the top of the notification panel. If you don't like these default, you can change them to the desired quick setting button by following the steps below:
    • Tap and hold the desired quick setting button in the notification panel section and then drag it to the quick setting button you wish to change with in the available buttons section or vice versa.
    • Release to exchange them.
  8. Remove quick setting buttons
    If you want to remove certain quick setting button from the notification panel, then you can do so by following the step below:
    • Tap and hold the desired quick setting button you wish to remove in the notification panel section and then drag it to the blank spot in the available buttons section.
    • Release to remove the quick setting button.
    • Removed quick setting button will be a blank spot which will allow you to add another quick setting button later.
  9. Add quick setting buttons
    You can do this if there's a blank spot available in the notification panel section. Well, here's the step:
    • Tap and hold the desired quick setting button in the available buttons section and then drag it to the blank spot in the notification panel section.
    • Release to add it to the notification panel.
  10. Rearrange quick setting buttons
    To reorder the position of the quick setting buttons in the notification panel, kindly do as follows:
    • Tap and hold the desired quick setting button in the notification panel section and then drag it to another quick setting button in the same section.
    • Release to exchange their position.
  11. If you want to reset edited notification panel and go back to the default settings, tap Reset button and then tap OK button.

As a note, this will be more useful if you places the most frequently used quick setting button in the notification panel to make you more easier and faster when you want to enable or disable them.

7 comments:

  1. Can't swipe the notification panel. Any help?

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    1. Hi Chad&Tessa Shively,
      Thanks for coming.
      Did you make any change before encountering this issue?
      Theoretically, you should be able to access the notification panel by swiping down the top of the screen using your finger.
      However, if you're in the talk back mode, you can access the notification panel by swiping down the top of the screen using two fingers.

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  2. Can't access notification panel ,multi window view and recebt button not working on galxy gab 4, not sure what went wrong.. pls help..

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    1. Hi Junie Jacob,
      Thanks for coming.
      Do you remember what have you done before encountering this issue?
      Have you tried to restart your phone?
      Have you tried to long press the Back key (when multi-window is on) to display the multi-window tray?

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    2. I tried that before but nothing .....honestly don't know what went wrong.

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    3. Hi Junie Jacob,
      If you're not in the talk back mode and didn't do any change to your phone, then I have no idea for you except if you don't mind performing factory reset. But, you have to remember that it'll erase all of your files and uninstall all of downloaded apps.

      Other way, you can bring your phone to the nearby Samsung service center and ask them to fix your phone.

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