Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable or Disable Keyboard Sound Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

When you set the sound profile in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge to the sound mode, you can use the keyboard sound feature to have your phone plays a click-like sound when the Samsung keyboard is tapped.

How to enable or disable the keyboard sound feature?
You can turn on or off this feature by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Sounds and notifications.
3. Tap Ringtones and sounds.
4. Scroll down the screen and then tap the ON/OFF switch next to Keyboard sound to enable or disable this option. When the switch turns green , means the keyboard sound feature is enabled and your phone will play a sound when you're tapping the Samsung keyboard.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable or Disable Screen Lock Sounds Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

If you set the sound profile in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge to the sound mode, you can set your phone to play a click-like sound when you're pressing the Power key to lock the screen and performing screen lock type to unlock the screen by enabling the screen lock sounds feature.

How to enable or disable the screen lock sounds feature?
You can turn on or off this feature by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Sounds and notifications.
3. Tap Ringtones and sounds.
4. Tap the ON/OFF switch next to Screen lock sounds to enable or disable this option. When the switch turns green , means the screen lock sounds feature is enabled and your phone will play sounds when you're locking and unlocking the screen.

As a note, when you're using swipe as the screen lock type, your phone will play different sounds when locking and unlocking the screen, depending on the screen lock effect you're using. As the example, if you choose water droplet as the screen lock effect, your phone will play a water-drop-like sound when locking and unlocking the screen.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable or Disable Dialling Keypad Tone Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

When you set the sound mode as the sound profile in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, you can enable the dialling keypad tone feature to have your phone plays a tone when the dialling keypad in the stock Phone app is tapped.

How to enable or disable the dialling keypad tone feature?
You can turn on or off this feature by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Sounds and notifications.
3. Tap Ringtones and sounds.
4. Tap the ON/OFF switch next to Dialling keypad tone to enable or disable this option. When the switch turns green , means the dialling keypad tone feature is enabled and your phone will play a tone when you tap the dialling keypad in the stock Phone app.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable or Disable Touch Sounds Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

When you set the sound profile in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge to the sound mode, you can enable the touch sounds feature to have your phone plays a sound when you make selection on the screen(e.g., tap an app or widget icon, tap an option, etc), or when you tap the Back key or the Recent apps key.

How to enable or disable the touch sounds feature?
You can turn on or off this feature by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Sounds and notifications.
3. Tap Ringtones and sounds.
4. Tap the ON/OFF switch next to Touch sounds to enable or disable this option. When the switch turns green , means the touch sounds feature is enabled and your phone will play a sound when you tap the screen or the soft keys(the Back key and the Recent apps key).

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Adjust Volume Level in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

When the sound profile in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is set to the sound mode, you can adjust the volume level for call ringtone, media(music, video, games, etc.), system sound(touch sound, screen lock sound, keyboard sound, etc.), and notifications to suit with your need. As the example, you might want to lower the call ringtone volume when you're in a quieter environment, or you might want to raise the notifications volume when you're waiting an important message and don't want to miss it, etc.


How to adjust the volume level?
As the example, we'll adjust the sound level by using two different methods: from the settings menu and by using the Volume key.

Method #1: From the settings menu

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Sounds and notifications.
3. Tap Volume.
4. To adjust the volume level, slide the volume adjustment bar next to Ringtone, Media, Notifications, or System to the left to lower the volume or to the right to raise the volume.

Method #2: By using the Volume key

1. On any screen, press the Volume up key or the Volume down key.
2. Tap next to the call ringtone volume adjustment bar to go to the volume settings menu.
3. To adjust the volume level, slide the volume adjustment bar next to Ringtone, Media, Notifications, or System to the left to lower the volume or to the right to raise the volume.

As a note, when you're playing media files, e.g., music, game, video, you can adjust the sound by tapping the volume icon within the app or by pressing the Volume key.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Change Sound Profile in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

In the normal condition, you will probably choose to set the sound profile in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge to the sound mode so you can easily know when you have calls or notifications by hearing the sound. However, you can change the sound profile to the vibration mode if you want your phone only vibrates when you have calls, or to the silent mode if you want to silence all sounds except the media sound without turning off the phone.


How to change the sound profile?
As the example, we'll do so by using two different methods: from the notification panel and from the settings menu.

Method #1: From the notification panel

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel.
2. Tap Sound/Vibrate/Mute button to change the sound profile in your phone. The button will change depending on the sound profile you're using:
• : this button will display when the sound profile is set to the sound mode. In this mode, your phone will play sound for incoming calls, media, notifications, and system.
• : this button will display when the sound profile is set to the vibration mode. In this mode, your phone will vibrate for incoming calls, play sound for media, and silence for notifications and system.
• : this button will display when the sound profile is set to the silent mode. In this mode, your phone will mute all sounds except the media sound.

Method #2: From the settings menu

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Sounds and notifications.
3. Tap Sound mode and then select from the following options:
• Sound: select this option to turn on the sound mode and set your phone to play sound for incoming calls, media, notifications, and system.
• Vibrate: select this option to turn on the vibration mode and set your phone to vibrate for incoming calls, play sound for media, and silence for notifications and system.
• Mute: select this option to turn on the silent mode and set your phone to mute all sounds except the media sound.

As a note, when your phone is in the silent mode, press the Volume up key once to switch to the vibration mode and twice to the sound mode. When your phone is in the vibration mode, press the Volume up key once to switch to the sound mode.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Disable and Re-enable Applications in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge comes with some default or built-in apps. You might find that some of them are useful for you, but the others are not. Since those default apps can't be uninstalled, if you want to clean up your phone from those apps and free up some space, you can alternatively disable them. When an app is disabled, it can't be used or accessed by you or other apps that are related to this app.


How to disable applications?
As the example, we'll disable an app by using two different methods: from the apps screen and from the app manager menu.

Method #1: From the apps screen

1. On Home screen, tap Apps to go to the apps screen.
   
   
2. Tap Edit at the top right.
   
   
3. The default apps that can be disabled will have this icon .
4. Tap the required app you want to disable, e.g., Samsung Gear app.
   
   
5. A pop up window appears on the screen to warn you that disabling the selected app will also disable all the features related to this app. Tap Disable to continue disabling the selected app.
   
   
6. If you'd like to disable more apps, repeat from the step #4.
7. Tap Done button to go back to the apps screen.
   
   
8. The icon of the apps that you have disabled will be removed from the apps screen and home screen.

Method #2: From the app manager menu

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Applications.
   
   
3. Tap Application manager.
   
   
4. Swipe the screen from the right to the left until you see the All tab. All installed apps will be listed here.
5. Find the required app you want to disable, e.g., Samsung Gear app, and then tap it.
   
   
6. Tap Disable button.
   
   
7. A pop up window appears on the screen to warn you that disabling the selected app may cause problem with other apps that are related to the selected app. Tap OK button to continue disabling the selected app.
   
   
8. If the selected app had been updated, a pop up window appears on the screen to tell you that you have to replace the selected app with the factory version if you'd like to disable it. Tap Uninstall to continue uninstalling update of the selected app and disabling it.
   
   
9. To disable more apps, press the Back key and then repeat from the step #5.
10. The icon of the apps that you have disabled will be removed from the apps screen and home screen.

How to re-enable disabled apps?
For some reason, you might want to re-enable disabled apps, e.g: when you have accidentally disabled a wrong app, when you encounter error while using an app that is related with the app that you have disabled before, etc. You can use the following steps to re-enable a disabled app:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Applications.
   
   
3. Tap Application manager.
   
   
4. Swipe the screen to the rightmost to access the Disabled tab. All disabled apps will be listed here.
5. Tap the required app you want to re-enabled, e.g., Samsung Gear app that had been disabled before.
   
   
6. Tap Enable button to re-enable the selected app.
   
   
7. To re-enable more apps, press the Back key and then repeat from the step #5.
8. The icon of the disabled app that you have re-enabled will be re-displayed in the apps screen. If you'd like to be able to access this app from the home screen, you have to add the shortcut of this app again to the home screen manually.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Show Weather Information on Edge Screen in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

When the main screen in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is off, you can set your phone to display some information on the active edge screen for easier access to those information, one of which is the information about the latest weather conditions in your current city.


How to enable the option to show weather info on the edge screen?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Edge screen. Alternatively, if the people edge or apps edge feature is enabled, you can quickly access the edge screen menu by dragging the edge screen handle towards the centre of the screen to open up the edge screen and then tap .
   
   
3. Tap Information stream.
   
   
4. If the Information stream is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on. The switch turns green when it's enabled.
   
   
5. Scroll down the screen and then tap Weather.
   
   
6. Slide the ON/OFF switch to the right to enable this option and show weather info on the edge screen. The switch turns green when it's enabled.
   
   

How to view weather info on the edge screen?
When you have enabled the option to show the weather info on the edge screen, you can use the following steps to view the info on the edge screen:

1. While the main screen is off, swipe the edge screen upwards then downwards or vice versa in one quick motion to turn on the edge screen.
   
   
2. The weather info will be displayed on the edge screen.