Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable or Disable Mobile Data From Home Screen in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

A couple weeks back, an insider named Chantal sent me an email and asked me a way to add mobile data button to her Samsung Galaxy S5 home screen. However, since Samsung Galaxy S5 doesn't have the default option or widget to let you turn on or off mobile data from home screen, then you need to install a third-party mobile data widget app from the Play Store to do so. To make it clearer, as the example, we'll use the mobile enabler widget app to let you turn on or off the mobile data from home screen.

How to turn on or off mobile data from home screen by utilizing data enabler widget?
Before doing this steps, make sure you have an empty space in your home screen. See the following steps to install the data enabler widget and then add it to home screen so that you can use it to quickly enable or disable your mobile data connection:

1. Open Play Store app.
2. Find the Data Enabler Widget app and then install it into your phone.
3. Once the installation is completed, the data enabler will be added to your widgets list.
4. Press the Home key to go to your home screen.
5. Long press the Recent apps key or long tap in a blank area of the home screen and then tap Widgets .
6. Find the Data Enabler 1x1 widget.
7. Tap and hold the widget and then drag it to the home screen.
8. Release the widget to place it on home screen.
9. Now, you can quickly turn on or off your mobile data connection simply by single tapping the data enabler widget on home screen. The arrow icon within the widget turns white when it's enabled.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Face Tag Feature Manually in the Stock Gallery App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

When the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app is enabled, your phone will scan your photos using facial recognition to detect faces within the photos. When your phone detects a face within a photo, a white frame will be appeared around the face to let you tag a contact to that face. However, your phone may fail to detect a face within a photo due to some reason, e.g: face angle, face skin, skin colour, facial expression, light conditions or object's accessories(e,g: glasses, hat, etc). Fortunately, if your phone fails to detect a face within a photo then you can still tag a contact to the face manually with ease.

How to manually tag a contact to a face in a photo in the stock Gallery app?
Assuming that the face tag feature is enabled, you can manually tag a contact to an undetected face within a photo by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Gallery app.
2. Tap an album and then tap the required photo.
3. Long tap on the desired face you want to tag. It'll quickly bring you to the tag face screen.
4. If needed, you can adjust the tagged area by dragging .
5. Tap Save button to save the changes.
6. Select the required contact.
7. The selected contact has been tagged to the selected face.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Edit or Remove a Name Tag in a Photo in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Face tag is a neat feature that can be found in the stock Gallery app which will let you to tag a name or a contact to the detected face in a photo. However, in case you have accidentally tagged a wrong contact to a face within a photo then you can correct it by editing the name tag so that you can tag the right contact to the face. If needed, you can also remove the name tag from the face with ease.

How to edit or remove a name tag in a photo?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap an album and then tap the required photo.
3. Tap the name tag and then tap .
4. Editing a name tag:
• Tap Edit tag.
• Select the required contact you want to tag to the selected face.
• If you'd like to set the face as the caller ID of the selected contact, tap OK button and then follow the on-screen instructions. If not, you can tap Cancel button.
• The selected contact has been tagged to the face.
5. Removing a name tag:
• Tap Remove name tag.
• The name tag of the selected face has been removed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Remove White Frames Around Faces Within a Photo in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Face tag is a Facebook-like feature that can be found in the stock Gallery app. This is a neat feature that will let your phone scans your photos using facial recognition to detect faces within the photos. When a face has been detected, a white frame will be appeared around the face to let you tag a contact or name to the face. But, as same as other features, this feature is loved by some but hated by other. Thus, if you're distracted with the white frames around the faces when viewing your photos then you can easily get rid those frames from your photos by disabling the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app.

How to turn off the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Gallery app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Scroll the screen to the very bottom.
4. Clear the checkbox next to the Face tag to disable it.
5. The face tag feature has been disabled and the white frames around the detected faces within pictures will be removed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Face Tag Feature in the Stock Gallery App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

The stock Gallery app in Samsung Galaxy S5 has a Facebook-like feature named face tag which will let your phone to scan faces in a photo using facial recognition. If your phone recognizes the face, a white frame will be appeared around the face to let you tag a name or contact to the face. If you have tagged a contact to the face, you'll be given with the option of calling, texting or emailing the contact when you tap the face tag.

How to enable the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app?
Before tagging a face in a photo, make sure the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app settings is enabled. If needed, you can use the following steps to turn on the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Scroll the screen to the very bottom.
4. Check the box next to Face tag to enable it.
5. The face tag feature has been enabled.

How to tag a contact to a face in a photo in the stock Gallery app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap an album and then tap the required photo.
3. Here you'll see a white frame appears around the recognized face. FYI, your phone may fail to recognize a face in a photo due to the face angle, face skin, skin colour, facial expression, light conditions or object's accessories(e,g: glasses, hat, etc)
4. Tap the face and then select from the following options:
• Me: select this option if the recognized face is you.
• Add name: select this option to tag the required contact to the face.
5. The selected face has been tagged. You can tap the face tag to use some additional options, e.g: call the contact, send a text or email message to the contact, etc.

As a note, once the face tag feature is enabled, your phone will automatically learn to recognize faces in the photo therefore if you have ever tagged a contact to a face in the past then your phone will suggest the contact name when you tag the same face in other pictures.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add a Wait Into a Contact in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 has two features that can help you to call number with extensions with more easily: pause and wait. If a pause will set your phone to wait for 2 seconds before dialing the extensions number once the call is answered, while a wait will set your phone to wait your action before dialing the extensions number. By adding a wait into a contact, once the call is answered, a pop up with the extensions will appear to ask you whether you want to dial the extensions number now. This pop up will remain on the screen until you decide to dial the extensions number or cancel it. Given the function, you can use a wait if you're going to call somewhere that requires you to listen to the entire automated message before you can select any menu or extension.

How to add a wait into a contact?
As the example, say that you're going to call your friend whose phone number has extensions. The regular phone number is 1234567899 and the extension is 231. You can add a wait and the extensions number after the regular phone number so that you can set your phone to dial the extensions number at the time you want. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap to edit the selected contact.
5. Tap the phone number field to edit it and display the on-screen keyboard.
6. Tap and then tap . It'll insert a semicolon (;) after the regular phone number.
7. Tap and then enter the extensions number.
8. Now, your friend's phone number will look like this: 1234567899;231
9. Tap Save button to save the changes.
10. Tap next to the phone number to call the selected contact.
11. When the call is accepted, a pop up will appear to ask you whether you want to dial the extensions number now. Tap Yes button to let your phone dials the extensions number, or tap No button to cancel it or remove the pop-up from the screen.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Automatically Call Contacts with Extensions in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you often make a call to a contact whose phone number has extensions, instead of entering the extensions number manually each time you call him, you can make it simpler by setting your phone to automatically call the extensions. All you have to do is by adding a pause or a comma(,) after the regular phone number and then add the extensions number. By doing this, once the call is answered, your phone will wait for 2 seconds before dialing the next set of the extensions number after the pause or comma(,).

How to add a pause into a contact for auto dialing extensions?
As the example, say that you're going to call your friend at his company. Your friend's company phone number is 1234567899 and the extensions is 231. You can set your phone to automatically call the extensions by adding a pause and the extensions number after the regular phone number by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap to edit the selected contact.
5. Tap the phone number field to edit it and display the on-screen keyboard.
6. Tap and then tap to insert a pause or comma(,) after the regular phone number.
7. Tap and then enter the extensions number.
8. Now, your friend's phone number will look like this: 1234567899,231
9. Tap Save button to save the changes.
10. Tap next to the phone number to call the contact.
11. When the call is accepted, your phone will automatically call the extensions number after waits for 2 seconds.