Home button issue - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

Ok, first off I know what your gonna say, its key binding... I can assure you its not.
This just happened today, didn't install anything but a contacts+ app last night. When I press the home button in the center, it opens my recents apps. When I press towards the sides, it goes home like its supposed to. I didn't drop my phone at all today or yesterday. This just started about an hour ago. No updates, no nothing.
Any ideas??
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Casper34 said:
Ok, first off I know what your gonna say, its key binding... I can assure you its not.
This just happened today, didn't install anything but a contacts+ app last night. When I press the home button in the center, it opens my recents apps. When I press towards the sides, it goes home like its supposed to. I didn't drop my phone at all today or yesterday. This just started about an hour ago. No updates, no nothing.
Any ideas??
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Did the home button function normally before installing the contracts+ app? If so I would recommend uninstalling the app until you can figure out if the problem is related to the app or checking the settings within the app to see if any settings are causing a conflict.
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Is your home button sticking at all when you press in the middle? Sounds like it may be a bit and causing your press to register as a long press

shimp208 said:
Did the home button function normally before installing the contracts+ app? If so I would recommend uninstalling the app until you can figure out if the problem is related to the app or checking the settings within the app to see if any settings are causing a conflict.
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Well removing it did the trick... but there is no setting in the app at all for the hardware keys....
Do you have any recommendations for a contacts app, by chance?
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Casper34 said:
Well removing it did the trick... but there is no setting in the app at all for the hardware keys....
Do you have any recommendations for a contacts app, by chance?
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go contacts perhaps

dragon1357 said:
go contacts perhaps
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I just installed a few and I like pixel something but it didn't do what I wanted it to do. Just installed go contacts, I use go chat and love it... so ill give a try. It does not do what I want it to do either, but ill stick it out. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Dots on the top of the screen?

Sorta feel silly for asking and posting this but its bothering me lol. The dots on the top that show what screen your on when you swipe left or right. Well i thought they faded out when you swiped to a screen and stoped. Mine sre there all the time. Did or do they fade out or am i losing it? I installed a home app and uninstalled because it messed things up. If the dots did fade how can i turn this back on? Also was looking around for away to do a factory reset but cant find where to go? Thanks for the help
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MagillaGorillaX said:
Sorta feel silly for asking and posting this but its bothering me lol. The dots on the top that show what screen your on when you swipe left or right. Well i thought they faded out when you swiped to a screen and stoped. Mine sre there all the time. Did or do they fade out or am i losing it? I installed a home app and uninstalled because it messed things up. If the dots did fade how can i turn this back on? Also was looking around for away to do a factory reset but cant find where to go? Thanks for the help
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This looks like a home app feature. Check the preferences of ur home app. Need not reset phone when tinkering with ur home app can do the trick. If ur home app, does not support it u may have to switch to a different home app that has this feature.
On stock touchwiz forthe captivate the dots do not disappear.
This is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
Have stock home not using an app. Its what came with phone. Someone doesnt know were i can find where to mess with home options? Thanks
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The dots don't disappear for a reason. You can tap on a dot and go directly to that page without having to swipe through them. That's why they remain visible.
You can't make them disappear, no matter how hard you try haha. If your looking for customization I would suggest ADW.launcher or launcherpro. Both are on the market and I really enjoy both. If you have other questions feel free to ask
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Just an FYI, if and when and depending on how the Froyo update comes for the Captivate, if you are running a non-stock launcher you may have issues getting the update.
bradleyG said:
You can't make them disappear, no matter how hard you try haha.
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Don't make blanket statements. When I close my eyes they disappear.
opcow said:
Don't make blanket statements. When I close my eyes they disappear.
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You just think they do. Just like the light in the refrigerator.
Miami_Son said:
You just think they do. Just like the light in the refrigerator.
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It works on you too. Goodbye! (and be glad I didn't crush your head between my thumb and forefinger)
opcow said:
It works on you too. Goodbye! (and be glad I didn't crush your head between my thumb and forefinger)
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No, no...not that!

Holding down the menu key won't bring up the keyboard!

I hate how holding the menu key down doesn't bring up the keyboard on this phone like it did on the n1. Is there a potential fix or workaround for this?
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Can anyone else replicate this. Holding the menu button should pop up the keyboard no matter what you are doing.
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Nope, just you. Try a reboot. Maybe Factory Reset after that.
jsauce75 said:
Can anyone else replicate this. Holding the menu button should pop up the keyboard no matter what you are doing.
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Mine doesnt come up either, but why are you trying to bring it up? We have the dedicated search button for that....
jsauce75 said:
Can anyone else replicate this.
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It seems to depend on what you are doing. In Firefox, it works as expected. In the stock launcher or in the browser, you can hold the menu key until you're blue in the face and it won't pop up the keyboard.
Works in cm7!!
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I need it to search within a playlist from spotify.
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Its not working for me either, very frustrating... i use my boxee remote keyboard by holding down on the menu button.
jsauce75 said:
Can anyone else replicate this. Holding the menu button should pop up the keyboard no matter what you are doing.
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I've had 3 G2x's. This hasn't worked on any of them.

Screenshots in shutdown?

Title says it all anyone know how to get a screenshot option in the shutdown menu.. Holding back then hitting home always takes pic of home screen
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Nope. Try again.
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Bear55 said:
Nope. Try again.
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I meant an option 4 screenshots in menu .. Not a screenshot of shutdown memu
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ace5198 said:
I meant an option 4 screenshots in menu .. Not a screenshot of shutdown memu
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Sorry, can't help you there. There are some apps on the Market that take screen shots but I can't recommend any since I never have problems with the built in one.
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Try shootme. Its not in the market any more, but i've found the apk before here on xda.
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I don't think the previous responders get your question. Some roms do support custom boot animations, there are a few threads on the site that explain how to do this. Feel free to look some up.
I think he wants a button in the shut down menu that will take a screenshot of whatever is under the menu. Haha not sure ...
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Similar to what is available in CM7? Don't know how that is integrated, but it would require a decent amount of smali work to get it accomplished.
Obviously the title doesn't say it all. Haha
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imnuts said:
Similar to what is available in CM7? Don't know how that is integrated, but it would require a decent amount of smali work to get it accomplished.
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Precisly.. And I guess the title didn't say it all... When I hold the power button.. I get a menu with a couple options.. airplane mode/power phone off ect.. I want an option for a screenshot button in this menu ... Lol.. 2 clear up the confusion.. And than you all 4 your responses
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ace5198 said:
Precisly.. And I guess the title didn't say it all... When I hold the power button.. I get a menu with a couple options.. airplane mode/power phone off ect.. I want an option for a screenshot button in this menu ... Lol.. 2 clear up the confusion.. And than you all 4 your responses
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i know its late bute Drocap2 (probably have to get the apk from a search as it was pulled from the market) will let you have a notification bar trigger, map screenshotting to the search button, and has a shake trigger if that helps
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ace5198 said:
Title says it all anyone know how to get a screenshot option in the shutdown menu.. Holding back then hitting home always takes pic of home screen
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Honestly, it's a timing issue... I used to have a hard time getting shots by holding Back and then hitting Home, but I've gotten MUCH better at it. It's all in the timing of how you do it, the best way i can explain it is to press back and kind of say "one one-thousand" to yourself then tap Home without moving your finger off of Back. You'll here the camera shutter sound and it'll be saved to your SD card in a folder for screen shots.
This is the only way I take my shots and it works fine, provided you've got the timing down (also, I've only used Froyo ROMs).
KarateExplosion6 said:
Honestly, it's a timing issue... I used to have a hard time getting shots by holding Back and then hitting Home, but I've gotten MUCH better at it. It's all in the timing of how you do it, the best way i can explain it is to press back and kind of say "one one-thousand" to yourself then tap Home without moving your finger off of Back. You'll here the camera shutter sound and it'll be saved to your SD card in a folder for screen shots.
This is the only way I take my shots and it works fine, provided you've got the timing down (also, I've only used Froyo ROMs).
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There are still some things you'll never get a screenshot with. Why not just use one of the screen capture apps like DroCap or Shootme? There are likely hundreds more that do the same thing as well.
imnuts said:
There are still some things you'll never get a screenshot with. Why not just use one of the screen capture apps like DroCap or Shootme? There are likely hundreds more that do the same thing as well.
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i will def give them a shot... thank you!!!

Running beans 9 ROM, WTF IS THIS BUBBLE???

I've provided pics but this mysterious buuble keeps appearing at random, at the bottom of the screen yo. its some sort of pull up app drawer. I can't figure out how it keeps popping up or how to tremove it hahaha not trying to be funny anymore! its annoying. gets In the way of the keyboard and whatnot.
this must be a feature of beans ROM, I'm thinking. I dunno tho, a Google search came up with nothing.
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rybednarski said:
I've provided pics but this mysterious buuble keeps appearing at random, at the bottom of the screen yo. its some sort of pull up app drawer. I can't figure out how it keeps popping up or how to tremove it hahaha not trying to be funny anymore! its annoying. gets In the way of the keyboard and whatnot.
this must be a feature of beans ROM, I'm thinking. I dunno tho, a Google search came up with nothing.
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Is it your multiwindow tab?
sbreen94 said:
Is it your multiwindow tab?
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Bingo! Tap that bubble and move an app to either the top or bottom of the screen and use two apps at once.
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It can be moved around too. It doesn't have to stay on the bottom.
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rybednarski said:
I've provided pics but this mysterious buuble keeps appearing at random, at the bottom of the screen yo. its some sort of pull up app drawer. I can't figure out how it keeps popping up or how to tremove it hahaha not trying to be funny anymore! its annoying. gets In the way of the keyboard and whatnot.
this must be a feature of beans ROM, I'm thinking. I dunno tho, a Google search came up with nothing.
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hold back to get rid of it.
it's multiwindows ported from the note2, I find it completely useless and hate it as I use longpress back to kill apps, I can use menu button instead, but i will NEVER use the "feature" on this phone.
it sucks that rom devs are including it in ROMs, I'd much rather not see it at all or just have it as an add-on instead of forcing it on us.
I honestly never feel the need to have 2 apps open taking up half the screen each, I can just do one at a time, but I can see how it could be nice on the note II with the s-pen.
I did order a bunch of cheapy pens that work on the phone its pretty cool, but the multiwindow feature, garbage.

[Q] weird dialer glitches?

anyone else have an issue where when in dialer and they press the button to go to the number screen they have to press it twice. Everytime I press it, it opens a blank screen and I have to back out then press it again to make the numbers appear. This is between 2 nexus 5's now. My replacement does the same thing. I thought it was a glitch from romming my phone but since google sent me my new one it does it to on stock rooted rom.
Also When I unplug my headset it goes straight to speaker mode and I have to press the button twice to turn it off. Also between 2 phones.
Just want to know if this is an issue for most or just me, and it would be weird its happening with both phones. Thanks
Yes mine does it too. Annoying bug for sure.
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350Rocket said:
Yes mine does it too. Annoying bug for sure.
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thanks, just glad to know Im not alone. Sure L will fix this. I would install another dialer but its one of those things I like to just be stock
This happens to me when I turn off animations in Developer Options.
That explains it because I always disable animations. Thanks.
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Wakamatsu said:
This happens to me when I turn off animations in Developer Options.
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Awesome, Ill try that because I usually disable them as well.
Thanks

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