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Feature Request: Lollipop Galaxy S5 Multi Users

I found a website that listed the top 15 features of Lollipop. One of those features is the Multi Users mode. It allows you to share your phone to a stranger without them accessing your information; kinda like a PC.

After trying to figure out how to access it, I ended up chatting with a Verizon agent. and I even looked at a Video who has Lollipop + Galaxy s5 + Verizon........it is not available.

So I'm requesting a feature request. There are times where I lend my phone to a stranger so they can make a phone call and I seriously was looking forward to this Thank you

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bearone21

i don't let strangers use my phone.

Ann154

Samsung has to include what is usually a tablet only option in their writing of the code for the Android OS used on their devices. It might also be a function of the stock UI which of course Samsung doesn't use since their have written their own custom UI called TouchWiz.

jegesq

Isn't this essentially what Private Mode is meant to accomplish (look in "Settings" for "Private Mode")? Private Mode is supposed to shields from anyone else's view (including someone you may allow to have access to your phone) info from apps that you designate as "private". Kind of like a "multi-user" feature, but since a phone only has one registered user, it's a way to achieve something at least a little similar. At least that's how it appears to work. Never tried it though myself.

burpleneon

One of the reasons I got this phone was to be able to use this new feature when it was released. I let my daughter use the phone on car trips and wanted to have a separate log-in with her apps. Not Happy

Ann154

Don't the Samsung phones have a kid mode?

burpleneon

Yes, but she is a teen. I want her to have access to her own browser with her own bookmarks and apps. The same with email etc. That is the advantage of a multi-user option.

Klue

The reason this feature was never implemented by Google, was what to do with incoming calls and text messages for the primary account holder, as they would come to the phone regardless of who was signed on. Sending them straight to VM was not the answer as the phone owner would not get the important calls right away. So without some sort of lockout method for calls and notification method for the same calls for the owner, this feature was not installed.

alt1052

My favorite feature is the one where my battery dies by noon and my WiFi won't connect to any network.

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