Easier access to data switch

[maksjood]

Is there a faster and easier way to toggle the mobile data on nougat? cause this is exhausting the way it is by default! 

[najodleglejszy]

@maksjoodhow do you toggling data on and off? because you can pull down the notification pane, tap the mobile data icon (a circle with a grid inside of it), and then tap the on/off toggle.

[maksjood]

isn't that a lot of work @najodleglejszy ?

[najodleglejszy]

@maksjoodsorry, I don't see how a swipe and two taps are "a lot of work".

[maksjood]

It depends on how many time are you to do that in a day! unfortunately for a phone with short battery life like this, I have to turn on and of data whenever i'm about to use data and not! 

This is not important my friend; so you're saying no easier way is there to toggle data?

[maksjood]

What's that now?

[najodleglejszy · Accepted solution]

@maksjoodwhoops, I had a connection problem, pressed back and then "submit" without checking if the comment content got saved, sorry ^^

as far as I know it's the quickest way to toggle data on and off. I know there used to be some widgets in Play Store that you could toggle data with after tapping them, but I'm not sure if they work on recent Android versions (post-Kitkat).

[Roadrunny76]

In Android 6, you pull the bar down, press the data icon and that's it: you switch it on or off - 2 steps. In Android 7, there is an extra step - 3 steps. I assume the change was introduced in order to avoid accidental data turn on, due to costs of using data. 

[maksjood]

Isn't there anything in the develoler mode? not that I'm a developer!

[Roadrunny76]

None at all, as far as I know. You just have to get used to it, like all the others. I know it is not covenient, but what if you enable it by mistake, get a big update, the phone downloads it and you find yourself with a big invoice?There are a lot that have small monthly data packages. I think it is a good thing.