Do any roms have the 3 dot bar removed and remapped the multitask key to the menu instead.
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no buddy not yet.
but you know there isnt yet, but you still made a thread to ask. there are only 3 roms out. give it some time man
There's a mod for exactly that. No ROM with it baked on. It's too polarizing an issue.
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im not a dev so i dont post in those forums, rather ask here in general.
but thank you man
flex360 said:
no buddy not yet.
but you know there isnt yet, but you still made a thread to ask. there are only 3 roms out. give it some time man
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j0ser said:
Do any roms have the 3 dot bar removed and remapped the multitask key to the menu instead.
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No ROMS do but you can flash this mod found here. He has one for stock and viperROM. It will remove the three dots, remap menu to recents, and remap long home press to recents. If you aren't unlocked you can extract the apk, jar, and kl files and push them to your phone and set permissions to rw-r--r-- if you have root.
I kinda want a mod where you just long press the recent apps key to get the menu. I don't really like remapping the menu button to the recent apps and longing pressing home for recent apps.
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I kinda want a mod where you just long press the recent apps key to get the menu. I don't really like remapping the menu button to the recent apps and longing pressing home for recent apps.
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+1 I could get behind that one.
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I kinda want a mod where you just long press the recent apps key to get the menu. I don't really like remapping the menu button to the recent apps and longing pressing home for recent apps.
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I believe there is something in the works that let's you choose what you want the buttons to do..as of right now I beleieve the current remapped keys were just what the majority were looking for.
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In a couple weeks, the Developer section for the HTC EVO 4G LTE should be overflowing with mods. I'm sure at least one of them will do what I want.
But I'm really hoping for a AOSP themed ROM though.
Flashing both in the dev section remap buttons worked for me
Flashing vipers first http://db.tt/xlvj8foG
Than http://db.tt/CW6nSF9V the stock one from the op removed dots and allows long press home recent apps .
If you want a step further flash vipers newest update i did it it changed battery icon size but that's about it anf noe enabled the recent app button to long press search and still has menu option
I'm on freezas Rom twrp recovery
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You can easily do that in Sense. Go to Settings > Display, gestures & buttons > Recent apps button and select how you want the multitask button to act
Back in June, which is when this thread is from, that wasn't an option on the stock ROM.
It wasn't added in until the first ota update.
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Hi guys,
Does anybody knows where is the menu button in ICS... it looks it has 3 button, back, home and multitask...
I hope that the menu won't be in each app becasude that will mean no old app until huge upgrade...
They said the buttons change as you need then I'm sure a menu button will pop up if needed.
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odst0016 said:
They said the buttons change as you need then I'm sure a menu button will pop up if needed.
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Yes but I saw all the videos and sometimes 3 dots appear next to the multitask button but is not clear if that is the menu button or what it does. I think they should have left multitask to the longpress home and give us a menu button always there... It will be a pain in the ass for older apps and for cooking. For now this is a fail as for the absence of smart dialing
my questions is this -> will it be able to remove the on screen buttons and use the hardware ones for older phones?
I had the ask loaded and built am ICS emulator, I'll test on one of my apps this morning and report back.
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I would hope so...that would take up some much needed screen real estate on a smaller screen.
Just tried in the emulator and I had no buttons, I will have to look into updating my app for ICS.
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So my fears are real... no menu button for third party apps... that is so wrong
Right, a have to update the apps to show the buttons.
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So my fears are real... no menu button for third party apps... that is so wrong
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Nonono, the way it works (based on my understanding and playing with the 4.0 emulator) is this:
On a device with no hardware buttons (Galaxy Nexus):
Menu button shows up if the app has a menu (makes sense)
On a device with hardware buttons (most devices):
Soft keys don't show up, multitasking comes up by long-pressing home button (confirmed in emulator)
That's how it works I believe
The soft-keys don't show up in the emulator because it's emulating a device with hardware keys
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The one big UI change you could make to your apps to really take advantage of 4.0 is adding an Action Bar to your app (they demonstrated this in the Gmail app I believe).
No action would be needed to support regular menus though
What about the search button? I always use it. sigh.
And I'm guessing on older phones, they can access the multitask menu by holding down home?
Question - I installed the ICS SDK and was trying to tinker with it to make the soft buttons appear, but it's not happening. What settings do you use for an instance of the emulator to force the soft buttons to exist?
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Just tried in the emulator and I had no buttons, I will have to look into updating my app for ICS.
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How'd you get the emulator to show the soft buttons?
I have not figured out how to get the soft buttons to appear, the emulator still shows the hard buttons from previous versions.
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Yes but I saw all the videos and sometimes 3 dots appear next to the multitask button but is not clear if that is the menu button or what it does. I think they should have left multitask to the longpress home and give us a menu button always there... It will be a pain in the ass for older apps and for cooking. For now this is a fail as for the absence of smart dialing
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How? if older apps have Menu button functionality, the Menu button will appear. Not really that hard to understand.
they should do away with the menu button. i've personally found the best apps don't utilize it or utilize it very little. the more you have to dig into menus and settings the worse it is for user experience. if i recall, the new native google apps have the equivalent menu function in the top right corner. iOS apps essentially have the settings button in the same spot too. if ICS is all about UI and user experience, we need to see some consistency. for non-native android users, the menu button is not intuitive.
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does the soft keys have long press ?? if yes may be long press on multi task button gives u menus
Hey guys,
I guess this question is answered with this video ...
dipito31 said:
Hey guys,
I guess this question is answered with this video ...
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And what video might that be?
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they should do away with the menu button. i've personally found the best apps don't utilize it or utilize it very little. the more you have to dig into menus and settings the worse it is for user experience. if i recall, the new native google apps have the equivalent menu function in the top right corner. iOS apps essentially have the settings button in the same spot too. if ICS is all about UI and user experience, we need to see some consistency. for non-native android users, the menu button is not intuitive.
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Why should they do away with the menu button? Who cares if it's not intuitive for non-native Android users? Why take the menu button and all of the options that come with it away from the people who are smart enough to use it because some people aren't smart enough to use it? The people who don't know it's there wouldn't know any difference in the first place if it was done away with. The rest of us would.
Has anyone figured anything else out about this now that there are videos everywhere? I still haven't seen any evidence that the menu button exists. Google added the menu button to all of their apps, are all the other apps left out?
Just wondering whether this will be possible because holding down the menu button to multitask seems a bit primitive.. if it is possible I could be tempted to upgrade or at least try out the S3
Thanks
I personally like it on the home button but yes, it can definitely be implemented on the menu key in a future ROM.
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Don't see why not, the task switcher key on the HOX was made as the menu key in some ROMs, so I don't see why it couldn't be reversed on the SGS3.. however I don't see why you'd want to either way.
WOuld be a very nice future if it can be remapped, but it has already been asked many times for sgs2 and for other mobiles but no one was successful in it . we can remap the keys via editing the file simply, but for long press there is no details in that file.
At least on HOX custom ROMs they replaced the recent apps key back to menu
The menu key is one reason to buy the S3 for me though.
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harise100 said:
The menu key is one reason to buy the S3 for me though.
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True that.
ok so i just got the evo 4g lte.. coming from the 3d.. on the 3d we had a menu botton.. where or how do i get into the menu on the lte!!??? i dont see it in the lil book either!!!! lol i goingf craqzy!!! plaese help!!!!! thanks
Pull down the notification bar, find the settings button at the top right.
ICS did away with the menu button, now apps have their own built-in menu button (looks like three dots, usually).
SilverZero said:
Pull down the notification bar, find the settings button at the top right.
ICS did away with the menu button, now apps have their own built-in menu button (looks like three dots, usually).[/Q aight sweet! thanks for getin back bro..
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I think it's stupid how they did it. I found the menu key much more useful then the recent apps physical button. Some apps the menu key spans across the entire screen on the bottom. Not sure what they were thinkin, I'm getting used to it but holding home to bring up all your recent apps and clicking one was much better than swiping back and forth.
Go to this thread, I believe it has a mod to do what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681034
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Hey guys-
This mod (flashable in recovery) will remap your recent apps button to a menu button and remove the on-screen 3 dot menu. Most people prefer this.
Unfortunately, I haven't had time to edit your android.policy.jar yet so you won't be able to longpress anything for recent apps menu.
So basically you lose access to the recent apps menu, but this gets rid of the 3-dot on-screen menu button and makes your recent app hardware button a menu button. In the future, this limitation will be fixed.
To revert, flash the UNDO.zip
Think we could flash one from the Evo 4g LTE? Or is the .Jar file different.
jar is probably different.
Lovin this one Con, great job.
This 3 button remap is key...I'm playing around flashing different test builds and this damn mod should be factory.
I'm using Nova Launcher, which has the option to use gestures for accessing recent apps. If I install this 3 Button Remap mod, my recent apps softkey will act as a menu button, but will the gesture I've set for accessing recent apps work as designed or will it also be remapped and act as a menu button?
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I'm using Nova Launcher, which has the option to use gestures for accessing recent apps. If I install this 3 Button Remap mod, my recent apps softkey will act as a menu button, but will the gesture I've set for accessing recent apps work as designed or will it also be remapped and act as a menu button?
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Probably. It won't break recent apps. If there is something else that can trigger it, it will still work. It just disables your ability to get into it via hardware buttons.
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Probably. It won't break recent apps. If there is something else that can trigger it, it will still work. It just disables your ability to get into it via hardware buttons.
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Sweet, thanks. I'm gonna root and install this mod tonight... I'll post a definitive answer in case anyone else wants to know.
I forgot to include an Undo.zp
I will make that shortly.
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Probably. It won't break recent apps. If there is something else that can trigger it, it will still work. It just disables your ability to get into it via hardware buttons.
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Just installed the 3 button mod... all is well. In Nova Launcher, the gesture to bring up recent apps still works. But this only applies to when you're on your home screen.For viewing recent apps while you're in an app, I've set the menu button (formerly recent apps button), the open recent apps with a long press.
Love this mod.
Any chance you can create a mod like this to remap recent apps to search?
scott8357 said:
Any chance you can create a mod like this to remap recent apps to search?
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I would say yes,
but don't hold me to it.
sounds very cool! thanks!
andybones said:
I would say yes,
but don't hold me to it.
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was guna ask the same thing,, use the recent apps button for menu and long hold recent apps for search? would be tha bomb! ps, thanks again )
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was guna ask the same thing,, use the recent apps button for menu and long hold recent apps for search? would be tha bomb! ps, thanks again )
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its in ukb lte rom...if you dont want to use that rom for it...you can use hans"s stock deodexed rom and pull android.policy.jar...but you need to be deodexed so either rom is necessary
Has there been any more development made on this? I really want to remap the buttons, but I don't want to lose my Recent Apps either.
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Has there been any more development made on this? I really want to remap the buttons, but I don't want to lose my Recent Apps either.
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I'm using ukb lte rom. Recent apps button is now "settings". And long pressing the home button brings up "recent apps". Its perfect, I think.
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joeyd27 said:
I'm using ukb lte rom. Recent apps button is now "settings". And long pressing the home button brings up "recent apps". Its perfect, I think.
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I'm not really interested in flashing a new ROM right now, as I'm pretty happy with Sense as it is. Also, I'm not sure what use Settings is like that. I'd rather have the Recent Apps button do Menu.
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I'm not really interested in flashing a new ROM right now, as I'm pretty happy with Sense as it is. Also, I'm not sure what use Settings is like that. I'd rather have the Recent Apps button do Menu.
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UKB is a Sense ROM and it has the recent apps button as the menu. Plus it has a bunch of other features stock does not come with.
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I'm not really interested in flashing a new ROM right now, as I'm pretty happy with Sense as it is. Also, I'm not sure what use Settings is like that. I'd rather have the Recent Apps button do Menu.
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essentially the difference between ukb and stock sense is
advanced power menu (reboot recovery, hboot, hot boot)
remove htc linkify (app associations)
button remapping (back button is same, but long press home key is recent apps, and recent apps button is a menu key)
edit: and extended quick settings of course
theres a ton of other stuff but id consider those the main differences
I'm not looking for soft keys, I want to change the buttons on the bottom of the phone to do different things. Like this (nexus layout):
Left Menu Button ---> Back Button
Middle Home Button <---> Home Button
Right Back Button ---> Recent Apps (multitasking)
Is this possible?
Many custom Roms support this
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=galaxy+s3+remap+buttons
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=galaxy+s3+remap+buttons
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This is the best answer ever.
xD
Those are terrible answers....
Anyway, if I manage to do what I want with the buttons then there's no more "menu button".
Will apps automatically have the "3 dot" menu or will there be no menu at all?
In light of the fact that the links I provided you with (even if it is in a humorous manner) are of no interest to you, I don't really see I can do anything else for you
It is easy, just edit some files
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Those are terrible answers....
Anyway, if I manage to do what I want with the buttons then there's no more "menu button".
Will apps automatically have the "3 dot" menu or will there be no menu at all?
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That's could be a problem.
1. Change to AOSP
2. Keep menu button and long home for recent
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