However, there are a few changes that might not be appreciated in the same manner. One among them is the changes to the WiFi Quick Settings toggle. Up until now, (till Android 11), you could easily enable/disable the WiFi by simply tapping on its icon from the Quick Settings. And if you wished to access the WiFi Settings menu, then you just need to perform a long press on it. However, with Android 12, Google has removed the ability to directly turn on/off WiFi from the Quick Settings toggle. Instead of that, you will now get a new minimized WiFi menu from where you could disable/enable WiFi or switch networks. So what’s wrong with that? Well, two things. First off, you will now have to perform an additional step to enable or disable WiFi in Android 12/13. Secondly, since we could already access the WiFi settings menu by long pressing on its icon, why was there a need to add another WiFi settings menu, albeit in a condensed form? No doubt these issues have infuriated quite a few users and rightly so. Fortunately, there does exist a method through which you could revert this change. And this guide shall show you how to do just that. Given hereby are the instructions to bring back the WiFi toggle in Quick Settings on Android 12/13.
Bring Back the WiFi toggle in Quick Settings on Android 12/13
There’s currently a cat and mouse game going on with Google regarding this tweak. One on hand, the developers manage to find out a new workaround but are then patched by Google in the subsequent weeks. So there is no universal fix that stays active forever. At the time of writing, the first method is working perfectly with Android 12 and 13. So you. should start off with that one and if that doesn’t work out, then move over to the subsequent workarounds.
Method 1: Using ADB and Wireless Debugging [Non-Root]
This was the first method to bring back the WiFi toggle in Quick Settings on Android 12/13. If you have a rooted device, then you don’t even need to deal with wireless USB Debugging. Just launch Shizuku and tap on Start under ‘Start for rooted devices’. You will then get a Magisk prompt, tap Allow. You may then start off with STEP 10 from above.
Method 2: Via ADB Command [Non-Root]
Method 3: Using ADB Commands [Non-Root]
Method 4: Via Tasker [Non-Root]
Method 5: Via ADB Commands [Root]
Well, Google seems to have got hold of the first method and hence has patched it in the November build of the latest iteration of Android. It has been removed via the implementation of this code change. So as of now, the only way out is to root the device, inject a setting as a feature flag and then use it to bring back the WiFi toggle in Quick Settings on Android 12/13. Here’s how [Credits: XDA Senior Member raimondas-rimkus]:
Concluding Remarks
So with this, we round off the guide on how you could bring back the WiFi toggle in Quick Settings on Android 12/13. It’s never a great move from the search engine giants to force an unnecessary change to its offering. Rather, they should have given this option to the user as to how they wish to treat the WiFi setting. Anyways, this is how things stand as of now, and the aforementioned tweak is the best (and perhaps the only) way out. And as before, the OS’s open-source nature once again comes to our rescue! What are your views on the same? do let us know in the comment section below. Likewise, all your queries are welcomed in the comments.
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