I tried nova and golauncher but I am unable to figure out how to mimic those buttons on the bottom of the screen.
I have a galaxy tab 3 8"
I plan to do a flush install in my dash, and it would make it a lot easier/cleaner if I could cover those buttons up and mimic them on the screen but no luck so far.
thanks
I am sure its possible because some of the reviews online of the different launchers show screen shots and at the bottom of the screen there are small icons of the three buttons. Unfortunately there is no mention of it in the article/ review.
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It depends.
If your SystemUI.apk has softkeys (as they're called) coded in, you can use that code and put softkeys into your statusbar. It's not perfect but having a HOME and a BACK key can be at the top of the screen can be quite handy on larger devices.
Putting a whole navbar in is a lot more complicated though and way beyond my skills.
Sudden thought...can you post a screenshot of your home screen please? I may have an idea..
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My phone has a crack at the bottom of the screen and it has caused those 4 bottom buttons to not work. The back, home etc. buttons. Are there any custom ROMs or apps that will have the ability to do what these buttons do. The rest of the screen works. Thanks
Think i s launcher can help. Don't think the launcher buttons will show in full screen apps though
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There are apps on the market that can do this. I had one, look around on the play store. Its a little arrow, and you tap that for the four buttons. Or, in ics if you get technical you can enable them
Button Savior app works great. Thanks for your replies.
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My phone has a crack at the bottom of the screen and it has caused those 4 bottom buttons to not work. The back, home etc. buttons. Are there any custom ROMs or apps that will have the ability to do what these buttons do. The rest of the screen works. Thanks
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Just spoke with Samsung at 1-888-987-4357.
They will repair for $155.
Seems like the way to go if needing repair.
I have a Note N8013 and the only use for the S-Pen that I know of is hold it down and it'll take a screen shot. Can someone please let me know if there are other uses for the button besides that?
In the app quill, you press the button and then you can delete something you wrote.
that's pretty cool.. I never really check out that app yet. Need to go install it and check it out.
Also if u tap the home screen twice it brings the s note. Another one is tap the screen on the right and slide it left on the browser and goes back to an earlier page. Prety sure that it has more functions.
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Also if u tap the home screen twice it brings the s note. Another one is tap the screen on the right and slide it left on the browser and goes back to an earlier page. Prety sure that it has more functions.
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Cool! Thanks for that tip! Always find it funny why such functionalities are kept non disclosed. But it's fun to discover them like. Almost like small bits of treasures.
the whole GALAXY to NOTE about...counting down from 10 to 1.
Thanks all for the tips. II'm surprised there isn't a thread giving us all functions of the S Pen considering it's a the selling point of this tablet
Here you go...
Back: While pressing the S Pen button, drag the S Pen to the left to return to the previous screen.
Menu: While pressing the S Pen button, drag the S Pen down to open a list of options available on the current screen.
Screen capture: While pressing the S Pen button, tap and hold the screen to capture a screenshot.
After capturing a screenshot, you can draw on it, write on it, or crop it.
Quick note: While pressing the S Pen button, double-tap the screen to launch the Quick note function
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Samsung reportedly losing physical home button i think it should stay as its nice to have physical button what do you people think please vote it will be interesting what you guys and girls think
i would give up the menu button or any other physical button for onscreen buttons only if the bottom bezel is extremely thin, just like the side bezels. Unless otherwise its of no use. having a thick bezel at the bottom and onscreen menu on top of it is lame and a waste of screen space
Psychical buttons are one of the reasons why i bought Samsung phone. All other phones have onscreen buttons, i cant see them well, i cant feel them under my finger. Sony uses onscreen buttons but on their phones there is so much wasted space, on most phones that i saw it was so i didnt like them. I find great that S4 and S4A have psychical buttons, i really like them.
One of the most used things by me is menu button. I dont have to waste time to search those unituinitive 3 dots im just pressing hardware key. Much more often im using menu than switching between apps. For switching im using great app Swipe Home Button.
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If they remove the menu button they might as well remove the home and back button at the same time.
I like them but I wouldn't say no to a pair of stereo speakers on either side of the screen.
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i would give up the menu button or any other physical button for onscreen buttons only if the bottom bezel is extremely thin, just like the side bezels.
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I am may be the only one bothered by the return/back button. when I start or use the camera, I very often accidentally touch it with my "big" finger while adjusting/moving my hands position and that close the camera application . This a real pain and a design mistake.
The best about the sensorless buttons would be to make them customizable upon customer wishes and needs. That way everybody is happy, Ge and Sammy fans.
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i would give up the menu button or any other physical button for onscreen buttons only if the bottom bezel is extremely thin, just like the side bezels. Unless otherwise its of no use. having a thick bezel at the bottom and onscreen menu on top of it is lame and a waste of screen space
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It sounds great having thin top and bottom bezel. But when realize this, you will have bad time gaming..your palm will touch the screen you cannot rest your palm..
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Yes I still want dedicated menu, home and back buttons.
I'm sure the alternatives require taking up user screen space? Otherwise what's the point.
Our galaxy tab 2 doesn't have menu button and annoys me.
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For those who dont like physical keys just install 3 dot menu mod and cover buttons with duct tape. There you go nexus mod
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i hate the we could have a bigger screen if this wasn't there
[I'm helping to tell developers how they can protect their app from being pirated and how they can protect it, in that way you can consider to not worry about your app being patched. too many developers have a bad protection.]
it seems a lot of people would like to keep menu button i hope it stays as i really like having the menu button its nice to have one physical button
They're removing it because it's a waste of space. The 3-dot overflow menu is always there. Why have a button that duplicates functionality?
As well, the menu button is unintuitive when there isn't actually a menu. The 3-dot overflow menu doesn't have this problem; it just disappears.
Changing it to a Recent App capacitive button adds functionality, since it's much faster than long-pressing, and much more intuitive to find. It also greatly increases how fast you can navigate your device, which is why Google implemented in their navigation bar.
Times are changing, and for the better. Keep up!
I originally had a Sony Xperia S but once they removed physical buttons from new models I went to Samsung.. I don't know what's the point of adding physical buttons to the screen.. It makes the bottom of your screen ugly black and wastes important space for nothing.. And the big problem is tapping it while you're driving or not looking at the screen, Just awful.. Don't do that Samsung !
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I originally had a Sony Xperia S but once they removed physical buttons from new models I went to Samsung.. I don't know what's the point of adding physical buttons to the screen.. It makes the bottom of your screen ugly black and wastes important space for nothing.. And the big problem is tapping it while you're driving or not looking at the screen, Just awful.. Don't do that Samsung !
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They didn't. They just swapped the menu button for Recent Apps.
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I originally had a Sony Xperia S but once they removed physical buttons from new models I went to Samsung.. I don't know what's the point of adding physical buttons to the screen.. It makes the bottom of your screen ugly black and wastes important space for nothing.. And the big problem is tapping it while you're driving or not looking at the screen, Just awful.. Don't do that Samsung !
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You should asked Google that question. They designed Android and not Sony. Samsung is still living in the Gingerbread era, they should move with the times.
Is this thread talking about just the menu button? Or the physical home button? Or all the buttons at the bottom??? What I read is Samsung is replacing the menu button with the recent app button(which I find its way better as it really speeds up multitasking)... Not about removing the physical home button or all the buttons to become on screen buttons.
On a 5'' or bigger phone the menu button makes one hand handling easier!
Plain and simple. I am going to miss it.
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I want touch capacitive physical button. Like those used on HTC One but keeping the Samsung home menu back three button layout. That would be perfect for me, seriously.
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I am a heavy multitasker so the answer is easy ... menu button should have disappeared long ago ... and replaced with the recent apps button ... because long pressing the home button isn't very efficient and doesn't feel nice at all ...
As someone who has always used samsung devices it will be strange to not have a menu button
Hey all ,
Just wanted to ask a quick question, I just installed nova launcher on my nexus 5 and there is an option to remove the dock (menu, phone ect..)and oly the home button back and task manager are left at the bottom of the screen. Is there a way to add to the stock buttons e.g. If i want an menu button inbetween the 3 other buttons. I have seen it before but dont really know how to do it. http://tapatalk.com/tapatalk_image....vZC8xNC8wMS8xNi9vcmlnaW5hbC9lOWVydWh1ai5qcGc= Just the bottom bit.
Thx for the help
I use apex and just use gestures like swipe down to hide dock and swipe up to view dock....probably same on nova.
Edit might have miss read your question.
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I'm using an app called soft keyz, you have to pay but it's alright and it has those ps looking ones.
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What do you think that is the best type of home button in a smart phone?
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What do you think that is the best type of home button in a smart phone?
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It is especially interesting to hear opinions of people that have used many sorts of home buttons.
For long time I thought that I would prefer capacitive home button over physical but I see a few advantages with physical:
- it is a safe spot to rest your thumb without accidentally pressing a capacitive button
- it is a faster way to switch power on from a sleeping phone than trying to find a power button from the side of the phone.
About virtual home key I really don't have experience, but as a prejudicious tought I dislike the fact that it eats pixels from the screen. I really don't see any other good reason for virtual keys than saving costs of capacitive keys. If there is such reasons, please share.
I've used them all. I hate physical buttons, so I use GMD gesture control on my s3.
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I've used them all. I hate physical buttons, so I use GMD gesture control on my s3.
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I can see GMD being better on a tablets.
But for the common 4-5" smartphone screen users most if not all functions are usually performed single handedly via the thumb, so something PIE CONTROLS would be a much easier method to execute commands requiring less than an inch of on screen GESTURES.
And since it also displays the time/date and battery life you also don't need to have a status bar take up the precious screen space.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol
I really like the capacitive home button on the HTC One X, but could also get accustomed to a virtual solution since it's way more flexible.
Especially using pie it seems to be a lot more space saving.
Capacitive, but I can use virtual also if the screen type != Amoled which thankfully is the case with Nexus 4/5. Wouldn't want a burn-in like the gnex.
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I can see GMD being better on a tablets.
But for the common 4-5" smartphone screen users most if not all functions are usually performed single handedly via the thumb, so something PIE CONTROLS would be a much easier method to execute commands requiring less than an inch of on screen GESTURES.
And since it also displays the time/date and battery life you also don't need to have a status bar take up the precious screen space.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol
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Thanks for the tip. I tried pie controls and it's pretty good, but I think I still prefer GMD. It has more options like turning off the screen or switching between apps. I usually use two hands on the phone anyways, though I could see it being useful if you had to use one hand.
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Thanks for the tip. I tried pie controls and it's pretty good, but I think I still prefer GMD. It has more options like turning off the screen or switching between apps. I usually use two hands on the phone anyways, though I could see it being useful if you had to use one hand.
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You can also use PGM2 AKA touch control app to turn screen off by swiping the very bottom of the screen from Left to right or viscera and turning screen on by swiping up from bottom of screen gesture like on BB10 devices or double tapping the screen like on the LG G2.
Pie controls also has recent apps button for switching between open apps.
Only time I use more than 1 finger is for certain games in landscape mode.
Even zooming in/out can be done using an app like:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiumiu.ca.assistivezoom
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