Hi robert, A friend of mine that has this issue wrote an e mail to samsung.He received a reply from them. They stated that this feature wont be available anymore due to a change in security policy from google.It seems from the mail that google is behind this rather than samsung.It looks like we can forget about shortcuts.. 😑 sorry for the news. ... View more

Hello, any answer yet? Also, could you clarify if the same change was made on the galaxy s9 that you can't shortcut anything anymore out of the secure folder? ... View more

Have you checked your wifi settings-->advanced wifi settings-->keep wifi on during sleep = OFF    This setting must be turned to off, else the drain can be really harsh and noticeable.   IF it is not that it could be one of those script miners at work that use your hardware when you browse certain websites without your consent to mine cryptocurrencies..If in doubt, clear your browser cache, plugin data etc and use the phone without surfing to test whether something changes. (You could also disable java script in browser and test that way) Regards..   ... View more

Bring back the possibility of adding shortcuts out of the safe folder in oreo..I cant understand why samsung would remove this. ... View more

It has something to do with the android version, as samsung officially removed the shortcuts in oreo if you use the safe folder.So i fear theres no solution..unless you would revert to nougat for just the safe folder.Let's rant a bit... ... View more

Same issue here.I'd like to have a statement from samsung regarding this issue. Safe folder is extremely important to me, but without shortcuts it's close to pointless from a productivity point of view...fix this please. ... View more