Notification bar on samsung galaxy J6

[waters4444]

Recently I noticed my notifaction bar will not drop down on my galaxy J6 the only time I can pull my notification bar down is when I'm on the lock screen. And not when I'm actually using the phone? Any suggestions. Already tried reset and hard reset.

 

[nickdalzell]

What launcher are you using? the original Samsung one or a third-party? I asked because many third party launchers (such as ADW and Nova) have the ability to hide the notification bar entirely.

Also (and never thought I'd ever hear myself say this) the J-Series Samsungs are no longer supported. They've been replaced with the A-Series. I am not even certain if any J-Series phones are VoLTE compliant, which is required today.

 

[ocnbrze]

i don't think Nova has this feature. i can't find one on my phone using Nova.

@waters4444 try putting the phone is safe mode and see if the issue goes away or not. if it does not in safe mode then something is wrong. you can then try flashing a firmware update to see if that fixes the issue. if it does not than it might be a hardware thing even though it works on the lockscreen.

go here for firmware updates:

Download firmware updates for your Samsung mobile phone and tablet

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www.sammobile.com

just make sure you get the correct firmware update. flashing the wrong one could screw up the phone.

 

[nickdalzell]

Nova 7 (the current version) does have that feature under advanced settings. I used it to hide the status bar on my A13 5G last year, as I had replaced it with HTC style toggle switch widgets and a battery widget to Gingerbread-ify the modern OS it used.

 

[ocnbrze]

Ok I found it. It's actually under settings>look and feel>toggle on/off show notification bar.

But if you slide your finger down from the top of the phone, the notification bar week still show up...... so I don't think this is the issue with the op.

 

[waters4444]

Hey, I'm using the original Samsung launcher. I dont have any third party apps or launchers installed. I'll give safe mode a shot

 

[waters4444]

No luck in safe mode either. Might be time for a new phone for such a small feature it's very annoying not being able to pull the notification bar down.

 

[ocnbrze]

yeah your phone came out in 2018. things like this will happen over time with your current phone.

but if you are willing flashing a firmware update might fix it. there is a guide that comes with the firmware at sammobile. it will explain how to flash the file.