Modify number of quick settings on Samsung Galaxy

April 3, 2017, by Santiago Comment

If you slide the notification bar down, you will see several quick setting buttons for turn various things on or off. Wifi, bluetooth, Location, sound, for example. On some Samsung Galaxy, the number of quick settings can be easily changed.

This option is available on devices Samsung Galaxy with Android 7 or higher, As the Galaxy S7, for example.

For increase or decrease the number of quick settings available the notification panel must be displayed completely (swipe from the top of the screen down once and then a second time). Then touch on the three dot button top right and touch «Button layout«. In the following screen you can configure the number of buttons: 3×3 (three columns by three rows), 4×3 Y 5×3. Those are the only eligible values, but below is how to change to custom values.

Increase or decrease more rows and columns for quick adjustments

6 × 3 layout not originally available.

In this case the configuration is more technical. Requires the sending some commands to the device, via PC.

To choose a specific number of columns or rows For quick settings, it is required to have the ADB tool installed and correctly configured on the PC. The ADB drivers must also be installed on the computer, USB debugging enabled on the cell phone and the fingerprint activated. To confirm that everything is correct, with the phone connected to the PC, open the ADB program and enter with a Enter the following command:

adb devices

If a screen appears on the PC screen character string, then everything is correct and ready to proceed. Enter the following commands to alter the number of columns and rows in the quick setting panel:

To change the number of columns when the phone is vertical (Change the X to the desired number. By default it is 4):

adb shell settings put secure qs_tile_column X

To change the number of rows when the phone is vertical (Change the Y to the desired number. Originally it is 3):

adb shell settings put secure qs_tile_row Y

To change the number of columns when the phone is horizontal (Change the Z to the desired number. The default is 6).

adb shell settings put secure qs_tile_column_landscape Z

The number of rows in landscape mode is 2 and this value cannot be changed.

If you enter the value 0 on the number of rows or columns, the user interface will throw an error. Enter the value of 2 or greater to fix it.

Recommended provision of quick settings

If you want to have more buttons in the quick settings than what the original configuration offers, the 5 × 3 layout (5 columns by 3 rows) is the recommended maximum for when the phone is in portrait mode. For the landscape mode setting, the optimal number maximum of columns is 8. A larger column or row value is no longer aesthetically or functionally appropriate.

This information has been tested on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge con Android Nougat. It should work on other Galaxy with this Android system. If you want to try it on another brand of device, please confirm how it went for you.