Onscreen buttons - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is it possible to have onscreen buttons on the SGS3? Or at least remap the menu button with the recent apps button? Coming from the One X, I miss it :-\
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XanoZuke said:
Is it possible to have onscreen buttons on the SGS3? Or at least remap the menu button with the recent apps button? Coming from the One X, I miss it :-\
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This works well on my GT-P6810
Button Savior (Root)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey
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Questions go in the Q&A thread please remember that in the future.
As for your question if you long press your Home button it will display your recent apps.
Mark.

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long press menu button for task manager

hey guys... is there anyone who knows an app that lets long press on menu or back button to show the task manager... i feel uncomfortable using the long press home button to switch between apps.. any suggestions please...
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Multitask shortcut in the Play Store.
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thanks for the suggestion but it doesn't seem to have the app switcher that i wanted... i want the same thing as the one that shows up when you long press the home button.. i just want it to show up when you long press the menu... instead of the search function, i want the app switcher...
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Use Nova Launcher.
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jomblass said:
hey guys... is there anyone who knows an app that lets long press on menu or back button to show the task manager... i feel uncomfortable using the long press home button to switch between apps.. any suggestions please...
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This is probably what you're looking for. Works a treat and no more long pressing home
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28315128#post28315128
corkie1 said:
This is probably what you're looking for. Works a treat and no more long pressing home
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28315128#post28315128
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its touchwiz/widget bound. you can launch it only from homescreen.

Broken Home Button

Home buttons broken, Is there any way I could make another button go to the home screen? Such as long pressing back button or something
It won't fix your physical broken button but, download Button Savior from the store.
android4545 said:
Home buttons broken, Is there any way I could make another button go to the home screen? Such as long pressing back button or something
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Are you rooted?
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
Pixelation said:
Are you rooted?
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
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Good call. Gotta be rooted for BS.
Pixelation said:
Are you rooted?
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
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Yes
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Maybe go to the button remapping thread...
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This may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
tallyforeman said:
This may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
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button remapper app doesn't work with X2,
try manually remapping
edit: read Mod] Search button as Camera button (key remapping)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403013
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Go to our button remap thread, i did not say use tge app, dev forum, its in the top 10 recent threads... Read it
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Remapped it! And all it took what switching the word SEARCH to HOME
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android4545 said:
Remapped it! And all it took what switching the word SEARCH to HOME
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Glad you got it working. I have a question about the buttons though, are they supposed to have an LED backlight behind them?
catawalks said:
Glad you got it working. I have a question about the buttons though, are they supposed to have an LED backlight behind them?
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Yeah. When the screen is awake a white light should come on behind them.
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Hmm, well then I guess mine are broken.
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So now the home button is somehow pushing itself, is there a way to completely disable the button?
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android4545 said:
So now the home button is somehow pushing itself, is there a way to completely disable the button?
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Have you deleted HOME from the original home key in the file? If not I would try that and see if that works.

Any way to remap buttons?

Is there any way to remap the the menu or back button to bring up the multi-tasking menu through long press?
Check out my other post. I use this app and it works well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784831
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Change menu button long press app

Hello, I wanted to know is there a way to change which app launches when you long press the menu button? Currently it's Google search.
I'm on a rooted Xperia S, if that matters.
Thanks in advance!
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You can do it by using some launchers like holo launcher.
In holo launcher settings you can select which action you would you like to perform when pressing menu button for a long time...
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I'm using apex, sadly it doesn't support the menu button but I found an option to use gestures for that, thank you.
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(Q) Long press menu mod?

Is there a mod that can open an app when the menu button is held down? I know some launchers use this but I want to be able to use it everywhere, not just in the launcher. Thanks!
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I'm not sure about the menu button but I think there's something called home2home or something that let's you change what holding the home key does. I'm not sure though so I could be wrong
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