Friday, May 3, 2013

How to customize the Galaxy Note 2 notification panel - CNET (blog)

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 notification panel is a nice feature for quickly toggling key settings. If your Note 2 is running 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, you can now customize the notification panel to make it even better.

Galaxy Note 2 notification panel settings (Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee / CNET)

The notification panel in the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is a convenient feature That Allows you to quickly toggle key settings, like Bluetooth, GPS, Airplane mode, and so on. If your Galaxy Note 2 has been updated to 4.1.2 Jellybean, you can now customize the notification panel, except on the AT & T variant. If you have an AT & T Galaxy Note 2, we have third party app suggestions for you at the end of this post.

To customize the notification panel, go to Settings> Display> Notification panel. You’ll see one check box for displaying brightness adjustment on the panel, then two rows of buttons That are Currently shown on the notification panel. You’ll see another overpriced row of buttons That are available to place on the notification panel, whichinclude the new options: S Beam, NFC, Smart stay, and Sync. Long-press, then move the buttons around to reorder, add, or remove them.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 notification panel setting (Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee / CNET)

Now you can choose only the notification panel buttons you want and in the order you want them.

Galaxy Note 2 notification panel: old vs. new

The default notification panel is on the top and the customized notification panel on the bottom.

(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee / CNET)

If you happen to have the original Galaxy Note and it’s been updated to Android 4.1.2, you’ll have the notification panel setting as well. Oddly enough, if you have the AT & T version of the Galaxy Note 2, It appears thatthis feature has been omitted from the 4.1.2 update. In That case, you May want to check out 1Tap Quick Bar and AntTek Quick Settings, a couple of Android apps That victim similar functionality.


Editors’ note, May 3, 2013 : Updated to include third-party app alternatives for AT & T Galaxy Note 2 users.

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