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Bring Back Airplane Mode & Audio Toggles to Your Nexus 5's Power Menu

Jan 19, 2015 11:11 PM
Smartphone screen displaying power and airplane mode options on a floral background.

In an effort to make things simple and more secure, Google decided to slim down the power menu in Android 5.0. What once provided a quick link to shut your device down, turn on Airplane mode, and toggle volume states, has now been relegated to a simple power switch.

Power off button displayed on a screen.

Lucky for us, developer Gar Ynych has created a flashable ZIP that will revert these changes and restore functionality to the Nexus 5's power menu. In a few simple steps, you can add the volume toggles and Airplane mode switch right back where they belong.

Prerequisites

Download the Flashable ZIP

To begin, point your Nexus 5's web browser to this link. Ynych's mod will begin downloading immediately, but wait until it has finished before moving on to the next step.

Bring Back Airplane Mode & Audio Toggles to Your Nexus 5's Power Menu
Smartphone notification indicating a completed download.
Bring Back Airplane Mode & Audio Toggles to Your Nexus 5's Power Menu
Smartphone notification indicating a completed download.

Boot into Custom Recovery

Next up, it's time to boot your device into custom recovery. From a powered-off state, press and hold your Nexus 5's volume down and power buttons simultaneously.

3D rendering of a green robot with propellers and a digital screen labeled "Start."
Android recovery mode interface displayed on a device.
3D rendering of a green robot with propellers and a digital screen labeled "Start."
Android recovery mode interface displayed on a device.

This will bring up Android's bootloader menu. From here, press the volume down button twice to highlight "Recovery mode," then press the power button to select it.

Install the Mod

Before you flash anything in custom recovery, it's always a good idea to make sure you have a fresh NANDroid backup on standby. With that out of the way, go ahead and tap the "Install" button, then navigate to your device's Download folder and select the "power_menu.zip" file.

Smartphone screen displaying a menu with various options.
Bring Back Airplane Mode & Audio Toggles to Your Nexus 5's Power Menu
Smartphone screen displaying a menu with various options.
Bring Back Airplane Mode & Audio Toggles to Your Nexus 5's Power Menu

Next, just swipe the slider at the bottom of the screen to install the mod, and when that's finished, tap "Reboot System."

A person interacting with a smartphone application interface featuring options for settings and information.
Smartphone screen displaying a technical interface with options including "Reboot System" and "Install."
A person interacting with a smartphone application interface featuring options for settings and information.
Smartphone screen displaying a technical interface with options including "Reboot System" and "Install."

When you get back up, your power menu will have all of the pre-5.0 options. Note that "Mute" now enables Priority mode, but otherwise, the functions are the same as they were on KitKat.

Power off notification on smartphone screen.

Before the mod

Settings menu with options to power off and enable airplane mode on a smartphone.

After the mod

Power off notification on smartphone screen.

Before the mod

Settings menu with options to power off and enable airplane mode on a smartphone.

After the mod

Which option are you more excited about having back in your power menu, Airplane mode or the volume toggles? Let us know in the comment section below, or drop us a line on Facebook, Google+, or Twitter.

The next big software update for iPhone is coming sometime in April and will include a Food section in Apple News+, an easy-to-miss new Ambient Music app, Priority Notifications thanks to Apple Intelligence, and updates to apps like Mail, Photos, Podcasts, and Safari. See what else is coming to your iPhone with the iOS 18.4 update.

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