Not sure if you guys are aware, but if you keep the menu button pressed for a couple of seconds it becomes a search button?
winwiz said:
Not sure if you guys are aware, but if you keep the menu button pressed for a couple of seconds it becomes a search button?
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I'm aware of this, just when I tried out pressing the buttons haha
But I've read this once, cause it works the same way in SGS I as far as I can remember
Awesome! Thanks!
Does that mean however there will be no "one button" way to get to voice search?
Shammyh said:
Does that mean however there will be no "one button" way to get to voice search?
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Double clicking the home button opens Samsung's voice control app.
i would like a search app equivalent (as in my atrix when i am in applications section i can press search button and i can search witin my own installed apps)
i see no equivalent for this on the galaxy, am i missing something?
but how can I add an installed app to the researchable item list of "Google search"?
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I was just wondering if it is possible to add shortcut to a search button.
For example, after I installed quick settings from market, I noticed that it added itself to the search button. I would like to add few more shortcuts.
Can anyone suggest how i can do that.
Thanks.
Update: I found a program on the market called "button shortcut" but it seems it can only add one shortcut to the search button menu.
Anyone?
I think it's a pretty neat thing to have.
If you use button remapper, you can use that button for other purposes such as launching the camera, but besides that, the app would have to be set to set a shortcut on the search button or it won't work.
xriderx66 said:
If you use button remapper, you can use that button for other purposes such as launching the camera, but besides that, the app would have to be set to set a shortcut on the search button or it won't work.
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Thanks for the reply. I don't want to remap the button because the button will only perform one function. Instead, I want to be able to long press the search button and select the app I made shortcut to. The question is how do I put a shortcut to an app into the search button menu?
You use button shortcut like.you said. Clear your default, long press it, it will give you.a choice box. Check button shortcut. You have already set the app you want to launch within that app. Short press, search, long press dialer or whatever.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
demize! said:
You use button shortcut like.you said. Clear your default, long press it, it will give you.a choice box. Check button shortcut. You have already set the app you want to launch within that app. Short press, search, long press dialer or whatever.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
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Yeah, button shortcut works for a single app only. I want to be able to put at least 2 or 3 app in that search menu.
Orochi77 said:
Yeah, button shortcut works for a single app only. I want to be able to put at least 2 or 3 app in that search menu.
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Yeah thats what i was talking about in my previous post...
The app that you want there has to be programmed to show up there, else every app would show up there, thats why you need to contact the dev to request it, or do it yourself, idk how so i can't give you tips, guides etc.
xriderx66 said:
Yeah thats what i was talking about in my previous post...
The app that you want there has to be programmed to show up there, else every app would show up there, thats why you need to contact the dev to request it, or do it yourself, idk how so i can't give you tips, guides etc.
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Ok thanks
This isn't a too much of a big deal, but curiosity kills me. Since the SGS 2 looks like it lacks a dedicated search button, I wonder if it has a substitute?
What I appreciated on my Nexus One is the search button which is excellent to Google something on the fly and to activate Voice Search. So I'm just wondering if the SGS 2 will have something to generate a quick search or if the U.S. variants will have search buttons?
like the first galaxy S i9000 , you will be able to long press the menu button to simulate the search button
And for the voice search double pressing the home button will do the trick as seen on the vids floating the web
Search seems like the biggest waste of.a button ever. Never missed it on the i9000 at all.
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touness69 said:
like the first galaxy S i9000 , you will be able to long press the menu button to simulate the search button
And for the voice search double pressing the home button will do the trick as seen on the vids floating the web
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I never used my search-button as it is now, but if the menu-button long-press is assigned to search, how do you switch on and off the on-screen keyboard?
On other android-devices a long-press of the menu-button will activate/deactivate the on-screen keyboard.
SBS_ said:
I never used my search-button as it is now, but if the menu-button long-press is assigned to search, how do you switch on and off the on-screen keyboard?
On other android-devices a long-press of the menu-button will activate/deactivate the on-screen keyboard.
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I have a Hero, never ever have I had to long press the menu button to get the keyboard up/down. It comes up when it's needed, it disappears with a press of the "hide keyboard" button or the back button!
Ayrlupine said:
I have a Hero, never ever have I had to long press the menu button to get the keyboard up/down. It comes up when it's needed, it disappears with a press of the "hide keyboard" button or the back button!
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The hide keyboard button is only on HTCs Sense keyboard no? It's certainly not there on the stock android keyboard.
I've had instances where the keyboard blocked part of the screen and if I had pressed the back button the program would've closed/gone to a previous screen and I wouldn't have been able to do what I wanted without pulling down the keyboard with a long press of the menu-button.
It might not be a big problem or something that occurs often, but it can be annoying and that's why I ask.
SBS_ said:
I never used my search-button as it is now, but if the menu-button long-press is assigned to search, how do you switch on and off the on-screen keyboard?
On other android-devices a long-press of the menu-button will activate/deactivate the on-screen keyboard.
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You just hit the "Back" button to hide the keyboard
As he just explained, in certain programs (very few) pressing the "back" button to switch off the on-screen keyboard can quit the progrmam you are actually using. But samsung made a very neat trick for that since the first version of the Galaxy S i9000, just swipe down from the upper part of the keyboard to the bottom and the keyboard will disappear, no need for a specific button. I find it very intuitive personnaly, and in the same situation you can also swipe left or right in the keyboard area to switch from letters to numbers view back and forth.
That is an excellent feature. Do any other phones do this?
I don t know any other phone that do so natively, but there is some third party keyboards that copied that (just like CyanogenMod and everyone else copied the wifi, bluetooth etc toggles in the notification bar) "smart keyboard" or "better keyboard" I think.
Meh, I love the design but I love my search button; using Vlingo, I can hold the button and tell my phone to do whatever I want, much better than tgr default Google voice command app.
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That's no big deal, you can easily fix it with a third party app.
And btw it's a matter of time for Android 2.4 Ice cream to come.. and there are rumors that it won't need buttons at all...
d3sm0nd said:
That's no big deal, you can easily fix it with a third party app.
And btw it's a matter of time for Android 2.4 Ice cream to come.. and there are rumors that it won't need buttons at all...
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Doubtful... Why would I want screen real estate taken up with buttons? It works on a tablet, It would be nonsensical on a phone.
samsung hasn't actually officially confirmed if there will be a 2.4 update...
touness69 said:
I don t know any other phone that do so natively, but there is some third party keyboards that copied that (just like CyanogenMod and everyone else copied the wifi, bluetooth etc toggles in the notification bar) "smart keyboard" or "better keyboard" I think.
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They haven't confirmed that the SGS will get Gingerbread either yet I'm running XXJVK which is Android 2.3.3.
Sort of just been pondering about how useless the capacitive search button is to me (and probably a lot of other people) and how I'm a little envious of the physical home button on the International Note, then I came across an article about how a HTC rom dev had switched their capacitive multitask button to perform the function: menu due to app incompatibility. Now I didn't know capacitive buttons could have their function switched but it kind of had me flirting with the idea of how insanely epic a menu/home/back/multitask capacitive layout would be on Ice Cream Sandwich. I wouldn't be jealous of the International Note's physical home button at all if that were the case. I thought this was a little day dream of mine worth sharing. From what I've read it's just a file in system/usr that needs to be edited, I took a quick look but haven't quite figured out which it is yet.
What about you guys, do you like the capacitive search function or would you like to see it something else?
inb4: yo dawg u can just hold down home
multitask with long-press for search would work for me. maybe there is something in the play store than can do this
The galaxy tab has a button remapping app. I used mine to screen off.
rangercaptain said:
The galaxy tab has a button remapping app. I used mine to screen off.
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Can I get a link to test?
sam.jh said:
Can I get a link to test?
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Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865526
I just tried it and it doesn't work.
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I love the search button, especially since it's app-aware for context. I see your inb4, but can you explain why reassigning the search button is better than just holding down home? Is it just a second of time you're trying to recover?
I have my long pressed search button mapped to an app called "AltTabApps" which gives me a longer list of recent/installed apps. Long pressing the home button only gives you 6 recent used apps, which sometimes isn't enough.
I think the button does enough multitasking. Short press to search, then long press to voice search or voice talk"hi galaxy" control... I like the voice search because you don't have to access the s voice controls. You could just simply long press search then select voice search and say text blank, "come over after 3" and it will do it... So having there separate functions under one button works for me great.
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I wanted to do this for a while now and finally I got around to it. Basically all I did was to replace search key 217 in system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl to APP_SWITCH. Rebooted and now I have search key remapped to recent apps.
BlackZenith said:
I have my long pressed search button mapped to an app called "AltTabApps" which gives me a longer list of recent/installed apps. Long pressing the home button only gives you 6 recent used apps, which sometimes isn't enough.
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Mine is showing 13 recent apps right now. Have seen more than that before.
I use the search button extensively. Wouldn't want to change it.
Edit: just saw how old that post was.
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Id love to switch the search button for S voice, and set long press to nothing. Then just tap the search button and it opens s voice.
dacho said:
I wanted to do this for a while now and finally I got around to it. Basically all I did was to replace search key 217 in system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl to APP_SWITCH. Rebooted and now I have search key remapped to recent apps.
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Worked perfectly, thanks!!
If you have the Google Now apk installed, the search button launches it.
How do I access it? I read you hit the home button twice but that doesn't work for me.
SirVilhelm said:
How do I access it? I read you hit the home button twice but that doesn't work for me.
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Should be in your apps drawer. Once you access it, hit settings if you want and you can make it activate from the home button presses.
Long press the menu key to activate Google Now though - better than S-Voice in my opinion
Not sure why I didn't see it before, thank you.
Remapping of Bixby key comes to Note8. Samsung pushed update in Galaxy Store.
"remapping" consist to select if you want press 1 or 2 times the button for bixby opening....is not a real remapping.
version 3.0.02.6 installed on my phone right now but I couldn't find such an option.
Nice I got it and couldn't be more happy, update through galaxy store you will update 3 new package
Yup, working great.
Single press opens Google, double Bixby
I've always used bxactions to do this, but the inbuilt remapping now seems much quicker to open Google
Can't find the upgrade anywhere... can anyone get me some more detailed steps to finding the update? TIA
If i swipe left to right, opening bixby home and it hasn't this option. But if i press bixby button opening bixby voice and it has this option.
ikxdf said:
"remapping" consist to select if you want press 1 or 2 times the button for bixby opening....is not a real remapping.
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You can now remap either the single press or the double press to open a quick command, or any other app (such as camera). How is that not "real remapping?"
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rootdude said:
Can't find the upgrade anywhere... can anyone get me some more detailed steps to finding the update? TIA
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Go to your Galaxy Store and check for app updates.
rootdude said:
Can't find the upgrade anywhere... can anyone get me some more detailed steps to finding the update? TIA
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I had to go into the bixby voice setting then to the About Bixby Voice button at the bottom of that screen and it had the update button there, not in the Galaxy Store.
Hope this helps.
orhan.altunkaynak said:
version 3.0.02.6 installed on my phone right now but I couldn't find such an option.
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the update came (v.2.1.04.18). Now bixby key Remappin be actived
Mr. Orange 645 said:
You can now remap either the single press or the double press to open a quick command, or any other app (such as camera). How is that not "real remapping?".
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Because i'm talking about the first update where there is no option to remap single or double press.
Launching an app is nice and all, but i would preffer if i could just put the phone on vibration mode -on or off - but i guess this is not coming so..
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Because i'm talking about the first update where there is no option to remap single or double press.
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Oh. We are talking about the new update that allows real remapping.
@drmilosh
Actually you can map almost any command to the button. Choose from different standard quick commands of define your own, choose from settings...
Playing around, I could set phone to vibrate... As long as you could Bixby to do something, you can map it to the button...
OnnoJ said:
Playing around, I could set phone to vibrate... As long as you could Bixby to do something, you can map it to the button...
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Interesting. I tried but all I could do is do not disturb. Thats it.
No update yet ?
me_ashman said:
No update yet [emoji17]
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Use apkmirror and do by urself.
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wmughal said:
Use apkmirror and do by urself.
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Thanks, I did that but voice wake crashes and can't set up voice recognition.