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Can't add apps to home screen in stock 2.3.4

When I hold an app icon and try to add it to my home screen, I select the option "add to home" and it send me to my home screen without any kind of icon. Help?
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atrix103 said:
When I hold an app icon and try to add it to my home screen, I select the option "add to home" and it send me to my home screen without any kind of icon. Help?
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Sounds like your home screen is already full. Try moving some of the apps from your main home screen ( the middle one) and place them elsewhere. If the middle one is filled up, it will usually just take you to the home screen and not carry the shortcut for the app forward.
Else, try moving to an empty home screen(any except the middle one) and push and hold down on an empty space. Then, you will see an option saying "Shortcut" or something. Click on it, choose "application" and then select the app you want on that specific home screen and it will just carry it to that empty space you selected earlier.

atrix103 said:
When I hold an app icon and try to add it to my home screen, I select the option "add to home" and it send me to my home screen without any kind of icon. Help?
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If you have a home replacement app installed(launcherpro, adwlauncher, etc.) uninstall it and then try. Had the same problem, uninstalling the replacement launcher fixed it. Blur is garbage.

i just had pretty much the same issue. i just installed Go Launcher and the only way to add things onto the home screen is to hold down on the home screen you want to add to, then press add application and then there's a check list for the apps you want to add to that screen.
i know it's off topic, but blur does suck, i was okay with it until i tried other home replacement apps, went back to blur and it physically hurt.

Thanx guys but im perfectly aware of how to add stuff to the home screen and
When its full or not. As for launchers I have 5 different launchers installed including stock MOTOBLUR and I use home switcher for froyo. So for the time being ill just work with a lil' ADW here and a lil' launcherpro. Thanx anyway guys
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Apps wont move to home screen
hey duys im having the same issue. i long hold an app and press add to home and just goes to home screen without adding it. my home screen is not full and iv rebooted my device a couple times i havent downloaded any launchers but i did just root my phone. could that be it???
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just realized is was because of an anti-theft app called snuko.
uninstalled and everythings working fine!
thanks anyways

Nice job bro! This thread was growing mold.
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Galaxy S6 Tips and Tricks

1. Double tap home button to launch the camera in under one second.
1B. Disable the double-tap quick launch in the camera options to get rid of the delay when pressing the home button. It's a neat feature, but makes the home button much more quicker. (Thanks to @B1aze)
2. Use themes to change the look of your phone (limited as of right now; will be more widely available in the coming weeks to developers/themers).
3. Go into your App drawer and long press an icon as if you want to move/delete it. The small circles with the red '-' sign will let you either delete an app (if third-party) or disable it (if built-in).
4. Hold the power key for more than 7 seconds and the device will reboot. Hold VolUp+Home+Power to boot into recovery. Hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot into Download Mode.
5. Whenever you want to take a "selfie", you can simply frame the image first, and then put your finger on the heart rate sensor under the LED light at the back in order to take one.
6. When downloading a large file (30+ MB) and you have LTE AND are near WiFi, activate Download Booster! Settings--->More Connection Settings--->Download Booster. It combines both your WiFi and LTE connections into one for amazing DL speeds.
7. Notification reminders! Settings--->Accessibility--->Notification reminders.
8. Don't forget to claim your free 100 GB cloud storage with OneDrive!
9. Private mode... You can hide content from prying eyes, including photos, videos, music, web history, and such. To activate it, go to Settings--->Privacy and safety--->Private mode.
10. Do Not Disturb mode. Dare I say... Better than Google's implementation of "priority notification only" mode. You can set a schedule for it, who IS/ISN'T allowed to contact you while it's on, etc.
11. Screen Pinning. Go to Lock Screen and Security--->Other Security Settings--->Pin Windows.
12. Customize your screen grid (4x4, 4x5 or 5x5) by pinching in when on the home screen.
13. Developer Options.. To enable this, go to Settings--->About Device--->Tap "Build Number" 10 times and you will unlock Developer Options!
14. Make your device a bit faster by going to Developer Options and setting window animation scale, transition animation scale & animator duration scale all to 0.5.
15. When you are in an app (Chrome, Gallery .... whatever) and you drag your finger from the upper right corner to somewhere in the middle of the screen the app shrinks which makes it more usable with one hand. (Thanks to @derWolf_)
16. You can have changing lockscreen wallpapers by changing it in the settings and selecting multiple wallpapers in the selection box. (Thanks to @altimax98)
17. For those having issues with Snapchat videos, go into Developer settings (see #13) and uncheck Nuplayer.
18. For better results with the fingerprint scanner, register your thumb multiple times for it to be more accurate.
19. Screenshot by holding power+home at the same time or using palm swipe to capture (turn on in settings).
20. Direction lock... Settings-->Accessibility. New way of unlocking your phone.
21. Under voice wake you can use Svoice to set a custom phrase to wake up the phone directly to listening for a command. (Thanks to @benjmiester)
22. If you rest any registered fingers over the scanner, it'll light up which registry it is. Helpful is you need to redo the fingerprint. (Thanks to @hayabusa1300cc)
23. Really debloat your GS6 (no root needed!)
24. Cell standby drain? Go into recovery mode and wipe your cache, power off phone completely then reboot.
25. Go to the dialer, and press the green dial button. It will load the last dialed number. (Thanks to @Jrhoop)
26. Disable the capacitive lights with no root required! (A LOT OF THANKS to @Averix)
26B. How to disable capacitive button lights. (ADB)
27. The volume down button can be used to take pictures when the camera app is running. (Thanks @segag)
28. Use volume keys in default messaging app to increase/decrease font size. (Thanks @jambo89liam)
29. If you want to enable grayscale without going into super power saving mode, go to settings -> personal -> accessibility -> direct access and turn both direct access on and grayscale. Once you do this, a triple tap of the home button will toggle grayscale on and off. (Thanks @shappy0869)
30. Pinch in/out in the Gallery increases/decreases the number of the thumbnails. Swipe right from the left edge of the screen shows a panel for the albums. (Thanks @akira888)
Will be adding as time goes on, feel free to add your own and I will add it to the OP!

Another tip, if you want to get rid of that small delay in the home button, disable the double-tap quick launch in the camera options. It's a neat feature, but I like my snappy home button more.

B1aze said:
Another tip, if you want to get rid of that small delay in the home button, disable the double-tap quick launch in the camera options. It's a neat feature, but I like my snappy home button more.
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Thanks. Keep em coming!

Really great tips. I was unaware of the themes option. I hope someone makes a theme that is more in line with stock android. I kinda hate the colors Samsung choose for the dialer and the menus.

S5, too?
Lots of these seem to be applicable to the S5 also, although I guess due to the categories on the XDA forums, there'd be no way of sharing it between the two devices easily.
Great tips though!

One more: when you are in an app (Chrome, Gallery .... whatever) and you drag your finger from the upper right corner to somewhere in the middle of the screen the app shrinks which makes it more usable with one hand (I wouldn't call it one-handed mode, because.... well it isn't, but feel free to name it as you wish)

PhoneArena made a list with 36 tricks and tips!
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-and-Galaxy-S6-edge-36-tips---tricks_id67772

derWolf_ said:
One more: when you are in an app (Chrome, Gallery .... whatever) and you drag your finger from the upper right corner to somewhere in the middle of the screen the app shrinks which makes it more usable with one hand (I wouldn't call it one-handed mode, because.... well it isn't, but feel free to name it as you wish)
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I'm pretty sure they call it windowed apps
Edit according to the last link it's called pop up view.

derWolf_ said:
One more: when you are in an app (Chrome, Gallery .... whatever) and you drag your finger from the upper right corner to somewhere in the middle of the screen the app shrinks which makes it more usable with one hand (I wouldn't call it one-handed mode, because.... well it isn't, but feel free to name it as you wish)
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Added, thanks!

Another tip:
You can have changing lockscreen wallpapers by changing it in the settings and selecting multiple wallpapers in the selection box

altimax98 said:
Another tip:
You can have changing lockscreen wallpapers by changing it in the settings and selecting multiple wallpapers in the selection box
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No freakn way?? SO I don't have to use Muzei for that anymore, haha sweet!

Phone is officially out! Share your tips and tricks guys if ya have any :good:

Is there a way/trick to order the apps in the app tray (alphabetically).

crobo said:
Is there a way/trick to order the apps in the app tray (alphabetically).
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Tap the "A-Z" button at the top of the app drawer.

wildmaiden said:
Tap the "A-Z" button at the top of the app drawer.
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Not all versions have that button. I imagine it will come in a future update.

Sevael said:
Not all versions have that button. I imagine it will come in a future update.
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Ah .. interesting. FWIW, T-Mobile's S6 does.

crobo said:
Is there a way/trick to order the apps in the app tray (alphabetically).
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I reordered all mine manually. But only had about 50 apps so not too bad.

crobo said:
Is there a way/trick to order the apps in the app tray (alphabetically).
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I am not a fan of touch wiz, so downloaded the Google Now launcher, and the app drawer automatically organizes apps in alphabetical order.

noeffintalent said:
I am not a fan of touch wiz, so downloaded the Google Now launcher, and the app drawer automatically organizes apps in alphabetical order.
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I prefer Nova (prime), it does the same, plus much, much more!:good:

You use Svoice to set a custom phrase to wake up the phone directly to listening for a command. Under voice wake. I woke, wrote, and sent a text with (look ma) no hands!
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dubble click notification to wake screen on in nouget

hallo,is there a way to alert appears regularly on the lock screen, we can click and get to the home screen? I saw this APK file but forgot where?

This seems to be on stock Nougat firmware. I can double tap the notification area of Always On screen to wake the phone

Yes I know, but there is APK file All he does is send "notification" as soon as you tap it opens the Home screen. Quite simply, just that I do not remember who brought it here somewhere.

I had a tasker profile running to show empty notify icon through alert setting. So that I can double click the icon to wake pattern lock screen and then fingerprint to unlock works.

shameemindia said:
I had a tasker profile running to show empty notify icon through alert setting. So that I can double click the icon to wake pattern lock screen and then fingerprint to unlock works.
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Try this...without pressing any button (for Edge users) .... just swiping edge screen (it should be activated) and then lightly touch the Home button to recognize fingerprints... [emoji6]
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Xode said:
Try this...without pressing any button (for Edge users) .... just swiping edge screen (it should be activated) and then lightly touch the Home button to recognize fingerprints... [emoji6]
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This works. Thanks.

Xode said:
Try this...without pressing any button (for Edge users) .... just swiping edge screen (it should be activated) and then lightly touch the Home button to recognize fingerprints... [emoji6]
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I hate that and lot slower than other methods. Double tap notification to unlock is lot faster and easier than pressing home button.

shameemindia said:
I hate that and lot slower than other methods. Double tap notification to unlock is lot faster and easier than pressing home button.
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Yea.... it is all a matter of habit [emoji6]
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Gilad.i said:
Yes I know, but there is APK file All he does is send "notification" as soon as you tap it opens the Home screen. Quite simply, just that I do not remember who brought it here somewhere.
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Hi...have you checked the Play Store? .. has a ton apk. that it can make...
https://www.google.de/search?hl=en-...w&gws_rd=ssl#fpstate=aig&gfe_rd=cr&gws_rd=ssl
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shameemindia said:
I hate that and lot slower than other methods. Double tap notification to unlock is lot faster and easier than pressing home button.
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I suppose everyone has their own preference as I find it simpler to just press the home button. Wakes up screen and unlocks at the same time. Faster and easier for me.

shameemindia said:
I had a tasker profile running to show empty notify icon through alert setting. So that I can double click the icon to wake pattern lock screen and then fingerprint to unlock works.
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Can you please share this profile with us? Thanks

Create new task --> then add task --> Alert --> Notify.. then give any title and return back. Click play button to run task.

App
Share you this awsome app

Weird Additional Lock Screen On My S8

Hi Guys,
I have Iris and fingerprint and lock screen pattern set up as my unlock options. I used to just use one of the three mentioned and go straight in to my home screen. However this morning the phone has been presenting an additional swipe to unlock screen. I cant find anything in the settings to disable this and it's very annoying.
Any one know what it is and more importantly how to get rid of it?! Image attached.

vermania said:
Hi Guys,
I have Iris and fingerprint and lock screen pattern set up as my unlock options. I used to just use one of the three mentioned and go straight in to my home screen. However this morning the phone has been presenting an additional swipe to unlock screen. I cant find anything in the settings to disable this and it's very annoying.
Any one know what it is and more importantly how to get rid of it?! Image attached.
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Do you happen to have Smart Lock Enable?

Nope it's not that, Smartlock puts a small padlock on the standard lock screen.
I've tried disabling smartlock and I can confirm ts not related to that.

you have an app that is acting like the lockscreen, find it and remove it

Might be power saving or performance mode
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timrock7 said:
you have an app that is acting like the lockscreen, find it and remove it
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That was my assumption as well - has to be a 'google' app but I cant seem to locate it.
I've flicked performance mode off and it's still present.

It has to be another app. Probably an app that has additional stuff on it you didn't know about. My mom and dad's phone had an additional lock screen due to a cleaner app they installed. I was like wut.

That's without a doubt a third party lock screen

Had the same issue
It is a third party app
I had one called ManFIT
I uninstalled it and was good to go

Definitely an app that you recently downloaded or one you have that updated. Work for tmobile we get this all the time with old people that let their kids download anything. It's a free game/theme/file cleaner/battery saver/virus cleaner/emoji keyboard. If it's an app you need for something else you can revoke certain permissions for it to get rid of the fake lockscreen.

I have the same issue
I'm having the same issue and it's extremely annoying.
As soon as I use my fingerprint to unlock my screen I'll hit the button to close out apps, and it is first in the list, and it's called "lockscreenplugin" and has a picture of what the android system apps is like (little green monster)
But I cannot figure out how to disable it as it's not listed in the apps in settings (even showing system apps)
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Once you unlock your screen and your stuck on the swipe one......in the top left corner I noticed 3 dots, I tapped it and it said turn off now......see if that helps

Steve dillon said:
I'm having the same issue and it's extremely annoying.
As soon as I use my fingerprint to unlock my screen I'll hit the button to close out apps, and it is first in the list, and it's called "lockscreenplugin" and has a picture of what the android system apps is like (little green monster)
But I cannot figure out how to disable it as it's not listed in the apps in settings (even showing system apps)
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Once you unlock your screen and your stuck on the swipe one......in the top left corner I noticed 3 dots, I tapped it and it said turn off now......see if that helps
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The three dots in the top left of this annoying screen lock is the answer! I got this new lock screen yesterday and it's been driving me crazy; it even shows ads for Lyft and Facebook. I had to touch the area of the three dots about six times before a pop-up message appeared, asking if I wanted to disable it. Then it asked again if I was sure. Afterward it is completely disabled. THANKS!!!

No three dots
Steve dillon said:
I'm having the same issue and it's extremely annoying.
As soon as I use my fingerprint to unlock my screen I'll hit the button to close out apps, and it is first in the list, and it's called "lockscreenplugin" and has a picture of what the android system apps is like (little green monster)
But I cannot figure out how to disable it as it's not listed in the apps in settings (even showing system apps)
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Once you unlock your screen and your stuck on the swipe one......in the top left corner I noticed 3 dots, I tapped it and it said turn off now......see if that helps
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I'm getting this annoying lockscreen as well. However there are no three dots in the top left. I have an ad in the middle of the page and a notification bell in the top right corner.

Samsung Record Screen

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MRU_n13QFYCTag2UVERDK-QacxK10ap-/view
https://youtu.be/EoRso3RtJIM
Download the apk from Google drive. Then download the 'quick shortcut maker ' from Google play.
Go to the widget and choose the 'quick shortcut maker' icon, and drag to the the home screen. Tap the 'quick shortcut maker' icon and search 'record screen' . Choose the 1st one, Create the file and the 'record screen' will replace the quick shortcut maker icon. Do the second one for the record screen setting. Go to the widget, drag another quick shortcut maker to home screen , tap it and choose the 2nd record screen. Create it. Remark. The 2nd screen record is for screen record setting. Enjoy.

the shortcut app not do a shortcut to the screen recorder ??!!

I understand nothing....
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Sylar82 said:
the shortcut app not do a shortcut to the screen recorder ??!!
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Do u have any screen recorder app installed? Just uninstall them. And install the apk twice.

Do I have to remove az screenrecord? Is there any way to screen record with power button menu or another shortcut?
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very easy thanks pro

Nice. Seems to be a Samsung preloaded app. Legit.
If you use Nova, you can just use the 'activity launcher' built in widget to create the shortcuts.
Wish there was a way to get this to show up in Quick Settings!
Anyone know how to add items to that?
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the shortcut app not do a shortcut to the screen recorder ??!!
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No, it's an extracted Samsung systems settings file.. not an actual app. it works great though, and this is a sweet find.
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andronikal659 said:
Do I have to remove az screenrecord? Is there any way to screen record with power button menu or another shortcut?
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You can keep az screenrecord if you want. this one will have nothing to do with any other recording app you have installed on your device.

i just tested it on my note9 (n960f) and it works great.

Nice share!
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In case if anyone was wondering it work on Snapdragon as well. Worked perfectly on my N960U.

It's working.thank you. Wish it can be added in quick setting as well. How about bxActions mod with "launch shortcut action" , can that be done?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rascarlo.quick.settings.tiles
Use this app to make a quick settings tile. It worked for me using this record screen apk on my note 8

Xepher97 said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MRU_n13QFYCTag2UVERDK-QacxK10ap-/view
https://youtu.be/EoRso3RtJIM
Download the apk from Google drive. Then download the 'quick shortcut maker ' from Google play.
Go to the widget and choose the 'quick shortcut maker' icon, and drag to the the home screen. Tap the 'quick shortcut maker' icon and search 'record screen' . Choose the 1st one, Create the file and the 'record screen' will replace the quick shortcut maker icon. Do the second one for the record screen setting. Go to the widget, drag another quick shortcut maker to home screen , tap it and choose the 2nd record screen. Create it. Remark. The 2nd screen record is for screen record setting. Enjoy.
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Thanks for app it works but couple of things:
1- Why internal sound is muted when you start recording? it will comeback when you stop it.
2- Game launcher record method has more quality and sound works just fine while recording.
isn't the app is just an extension for samsung own recording so it should be the same?
any idea if there's newer Record Screen version that fix these issues?
Thank you,

Doesn't work for me
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Thanks, work good [emoji1360][emoji1360]
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My phone is not working exynoss varyant
SM-N960F cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi

I have exynoss varyant it works but i can't see it in quick setting, what am I doing wrong?

yusef388 said:
Thanks for app it works but couple of things:
1- Why internal sound is muted when you start recording? it will comeback when you stop it.
2- Game launcher record method has more quality and sound works just fine while recording.
isn't the app is just an extension for samsung own recording so it should be the same?
any idea if there's newer Record Screen version that fix these issues?
Thank you,
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Second shortcut is settings has option for quality and sound

Amazing, works just like you show in the video, but I would love to have it by default on the quick button grid. Any chance this will come with an OS update?

Xepher97 said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MRU_n13QFYCTag2UVERDK-QacxK10ap-/view
https://youtu.be/EoRso3RtJIM
Download the apk from Google drive. Then download the 'quick shortcut maker ' from Google play.
Go to the widget and choose the 'quick shortcut maker' icon, and drag to the the home screen. Tap the 'quick shortcut maker' icon and search 'record screen' . Choose the 1st one, Create the file and the 'record screen' will replace the quick shortcut maker icon. Do the second one for the record screen setting. Go to the widget, drag another quick shortcut maker to home screen , tap it and choose the 2nd record screen. Create it. Remark. The 2nd screen record is for screen record setting. Enjoy.
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Thank you kindly

not sure since when but our phones alredy have the screen recorder apk. so no need to download that Chinese version from OP.
you just need to launch the proper screen recorder activity. i use the nova launcher for its activities options:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher
so just create a widget on your homescreen as you normally would then when choosing the widget choose 'activities', then scroll to " record screen" and choose the correct one.( there are 3 activities for screen recorder so choose 1st one)
if you want the quick tile then just use the tiles apk from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rascarlo.quick.settings.tiles
use that app to create a new activity tile. choose record screen as the main activity and choose the 1st of 7 available sub activities.
hit the 3 dots next to the activity you want and save.
go back and then Rename this activity because you can.
Now go to your quick tiles/button order and add activity1(once you add it to your active tiles the custom name you gave will appear)
com.sec.app.screenrecorder.activity.LauncherActivity
is the actual activity if anyone was wondering.