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S6 Touchscreen Sensitivity Setting

After I restarted my Galaxy S6 in Recovery Mode a few days ago to clear the Cache Partition, the Increase Touch Sensitivity option under Settings/Display disappeared. I am sure it was under Settings because I have selected this option to use the phone while wearing gloves not long before clearing the Cache Partition. I searched the web for a solution and read on some sites that the S6 does not feature this option, while on other sites they state that indeed it does, and it should be under Settings/Display/Increase Touch Sensitivity. I have not updated my software nor have I downloaded any 3rd party apps before clearing the Cache Partition. My S6 has the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS that came built-in with the phone when I bought it new.

Does the S6 have the Increase Touch Sensitivity option in Settings?
If so, where can I find it or why did it disappear after clearing the Cache Partition?
Is the Increase Touch Sensitivity setting a function of the phone (hardware) or the Android OS (software)?

NB: I should mention that the reason I cleared the Cache Partition is due to a minor water damage that caused the stereo headphone jack to stop working and the Split Screen function to intermittently launch on its' own. A couple of hours in a rice bag eventually solved this problem and everything went back to normal.

Please help!
 
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My S6 is up to date on it's operating software and like you I cannot find it... but like you the setting seems familiar. My daughters S4 has that setting.
My S6 has "Settings", then "Display and wallpaper"... It is not there.
I believe this was on my S3 also... but not the S6.
The strange thing is that in my case the Increase Touch Sensitivity was actually in the Settings on my S6 before I cleared the Cache Partition as I mentioned above. Why it has disappeared is a mind boggling enigma! I'm wondering if some automatic update that I'm not aware of removed that feature recently! Stranger yet is the fact that there is no definite answer on the web whether the S6 actually features this function or not, unless different versions based on different carriers or countries differ in this case. The S6 user manual does not contain any instruction on this feature, inferring that the S6 does not have it. Hoping some techie out there might be able to provide the answer!
 
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