If you have the new firmware Android Lollipop installed on your Samsung Galaxy S5, then you will possibly notice after some time an unknown symbol in the status bar . This icon is in the shape of a star. What the star icon in the notification bar of your Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android lollipop means, we want to explain to you in more detail.
The Star is one of the new features and is called "interruptions" mode. It can be activated under Android Lollipop in the settings of the Samsung Galaxy S5. If the interruptions mode is set as "Important" a star symbol appears in the notification bar of your Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android lollipop. The status of "Important" in the "interrupt mode", which is also called "priority mode", means that only calls and notifications appear which you have previously considered as important.
For the classification of the interruptions mode navigate from the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5 to:
Menu --> Settings --> Sound & Notifications --> interruptions
You now what the star icon on your Samsung Galaxy S5 in Android Lollipop means and how to change settings in the interruptions mode. To turn off the interrupt mode quickly, press once on the volume button and then select one of the following modes:
- None
- Priority
- All
Select "All". Finished!
The star icon is now hidden and the interrupt mode in Android Lollipop disabled on your Samsung Galaxy S5.
