For some reason after lollipop upgrade the long press of the home button takes me to a search page with Yahoo. How the hell did Yahoo get on an android phone lol. I really don't want anything to happen with the long press of the home button but if something does have to happen then Google Search would be preferable. I have the AT&T Note Edge. I looked through all programs and there is nothing for Yahoo listed.
Has anyone else encountered this on there device?
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Hi there,
One issue has been bothering me since my Wizard times until now: the lack of a calendar button on the "connected" page during a call. Many times I find myself fumbling with the stylus while in call to open the calendar in order to schedule or postpone a meeting. Am I the only one in this case? I couldn't find anything on the forum dealing with this. I'd be grateful if someone could point me to a solution even if possible reassign another button like contacts,note... beside reassigning a hardware button ( these are very rare on an Elfin ).
Thanks
Press the home button it takes you back to the home screen. Press it again it takes you the the preview of all 7 screens at once. I don't know if theres an app for it but I would like to be able to assign the home button to something else such as app drawer, music player or camera... instead of previewing all 7 screens at once.
anybody? no?
I don't think to many people would care for this, not to say there aren't some that do. Home being home just seems more functional IMO. I don't really see the need for it to be linked to something else when there screen is right there with a widget/shortcut.
But to each their own, hopefully someone can whip this up for you =], or you can take the adventurous route and try your hand at it.
I myself would like to reassign the search button as a dedicated camera button.
use adw and you can change the home button to show/hide status bar
+1 on that as well
Hi all,
Just did the OTA update for 4.1.1 and I'm eager to try Google now, but I cannot seem to get to the main screen. What I mean is that if I swipe up from the softkeys and bring up google now (or by any other method), the main screen appears for a second, then jumps to the search screen. The option to opt-in and use Google Now does not appear at all and there is no response to pressing the menu button when I am on the google now main screen.
Any ideas on why this is happening?
Thanks!
For me the main screen is just the one when I press the "Search" soft key when I am at home screen, or the search bar at the top of the home screen.
You have to activate/opt-in by hitting Search Key>Menu button>settings. It's the first item to select in the settings.
Thanks for the feedback.
I took some screenshots to clarify my issue:
When I get to the google now home screen by either hitting the search key or the top search bar, it looks like this: db.tt/9jaob1Rv (sorry I cant directly post pictures yet, add the http in front)
At that page, the menu button does nothing until the screen changes to look like this: db.tt/TKsdxrBM (again, put the httpin front)
When I click the setting screen, I get these options with no mention of Google Now: db.tt/Mf4jqMvM (again, put the http in front)
Any ideas?
Thanks
That's odd. Could it be because you're in Canada? It might be a regional thing. I wish I knew how to help, but that's the only thing I can think of. I don't see why you wouldn't get GN though since it's available in a ton of languages.
Are you using a gmail.com account as your main account?
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Are you using a gmail.com account as your main account?
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You sir are a genius! I usually use my university address because it uses the gmail engine but when I added a gmail account, it gave me the option to use google now.
Thanks to everyone that helped!
I have rooted phone with custom rom Paranoid Android(4.1.2) and stock kernel. I was wondering, before even ICS android version, I absolutely loved the default hardware search button(beside the menu and home key) where when you press it during web browsing, it will read as the search function to enter in a url instead of manually touching the screen to do it. Now after ICS I think when they implemented the new search key on our phones, it now brings up a new page from whatever we were doing before on the phone from gaming, to browsing or whatever, to the google page which imo has never once served a purpose for me to use.
How would I change this hardware function back to what it was before? When you can use the button to search on anything rather than bringing up the google page?
+1
I have ran to the same problem, being used to being able to press the hardware search key, for example in the google play store app, to go to the search.
It is not that hard to press the on-screen search button in theory, but I have really got used to using the hardware key. Also it is kind of annoying, as the google now is not exactly the fastest thing loading on the NS, and it takes some time. Sometimes, when doing something else, I accidentally press the search button, and the I have to wait for it to load up before I can close it...
I don't know if ParanoidAndroid has button remapping, but if it doesn't, this will do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788719
Cheers.
I found it quite annoying too so I did some digging. I found this zip which restores in app search function. Simply flash this zip in recovery and you'll be able to search in apps using tge search button in jellybean roms.
http://www.mediafire.com/?4dia2nf760nznw0
Hope I helped
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Hi, i was wondering if you guys can help me remap my home touch buttons to work how they used to (on some devices). Ive tried to get used to how it is now but i just cant get comfortable. I checked another thread thats similar to what i want done but not quite exactly what i was looking for.
I use the back button, home button, and recent apps button. My goal is to long press the home button and have recent apps open and use the recent apps button as a general settings button (instead of having to long press the recent apps to get there). Im basically trying to acheive the LG Optimus G setup. Its a minor tweak and i'd enjoy the phone even more this way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! If theres a thread that I missed that fits my needs plzz direct me to it! Thanks!