Let me preface this by saying I don't know jack squat about how development is done, I just know some of the lingo, so feel free to ignore this and move on, but I have a request for something I'd like to see and don't believe it would be too awfully difficult to do for an experienced developer.
I've had my EVO for about three days now and love it, but there is one thing that is kind of annoying and I don't understand why HTC did this.
The phone has no capacitive menu button. Where I thought one was is just an app switcher button. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but because it exists in place of a menu button, when I go to many apps, the whole bottom of the screen gets turned into a big, Nexus-style menu button. Just a big waste of space.
What I'm asking for if someone will create a rom that changes nothing about Sense, the phone's UI or anything, just tweaks two things: Make the app switcher button into a menu button and make the app switcher feature come up by long-pressing the home button just like it used to in Android-past.
Like I said, this is a selfish request, so feel free to blow it off.
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727413
disclaimer: I haven't tried it; just googled.
Dude, that option is available in almost every rom as well as instructions on how to get rid of the 3 dot on screen menu that takes up unnecessary space in some apps
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First off, you should post this in Q&A not development. Also, every rom has this ability and the mod is out there so do your homework and find it.
This has already been done.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681034
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This section of the forum is only for developers posting their work.
But as others have mentioned nearly every custom ROM has the recent apps key remapped to a menu button
crankybot said:
Let me preface this by saying I don't know jack squat about how development is done, I just know some of the lingo, so feel free to ignore this and move on, but I have a request for something I'd like to see and don't believe it would be too awfully difficult to do for an experienced developer.
I've had my EVO for about three days now and love it, but there is one thing that is kind of annoying and I don't understand why HTC did this.
The phone has no capacitive menu button. Where I thought one was is just an app switcher button. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but because it exists in place of a menu button, when I go to many apps, the whole bottom of the screen gets turned into a big, Nexus-style menu button. Just a big waste of space.
What I'm asking for if someone will create a rom that changes nothing about Sense, the phone's UI or anything, just tweaks two things: Make the app switcher button into a menu button and make the app switcher feature come up by long-pressing the home button just like it used to in Android-past.
Like I said, this is a selfish request, so feel free to blow it off.
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As Ripply said, this is available in pretty much every Rom in the dev thread. Have you flashed any roms yet? Plus, this is a general section.
Mods please move....thanks
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Leoisright said:
As Ripply said, this is available in pretty much every Rom in the dev thread. Have you flashed any roms yet? Plus, this is a general section.
Mods please move....thanks
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I have not tried any custom ROMs with this phone yet. I had the Hero and used to mod it all the time, but it broke and I had the less developer-friendly Samsung Replenish and my modding sorta stopped after that.
Just to chime in here to say that although I see why people want to remap their recent apps key to a menu button, I don't think that the savvy members of the android community (i.e. people like us who frequent sites like xda) should really be doing so. It's against Google's philosophy to move away from the menu button and more towards the action bar. This choice has already been in place for over a year, and it's time for users, manufacturers, and developers to honor it, if only to help against these arguments of android fragmentation. Frankly, it's a little unacceptable that the SGSIII features a hardware menu button (or that both the new Evo, which I own, and the SGSIII to still have hardware navigation buttons).
I really think that we should be pressuring app developers to update their products instead of regressing our phones.
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If you spent 5 mins reading the forum you would have found the answer to this countless times.
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corcgaigh said:
If you spent 5 mins reading the forum you would have found the answer to this countless times.
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And if you would've spent 2 mins reading this thread you would see that this has been pointed out to him already
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My wife recently got a Vibrant, and she hates the bottom 4 required buttons on her home screens (Phone/Contacts/Messaging/Apps). She does not text, and wants to get rid of the messaging button. Is rooting the phone and installing a custom theme the only way to do this?
Also, what is the "lag fix" supposed to fix? She hasn't complained much about anything, and I haven't messed with her phone enough to see any serious problems with it.
EDIT: Also, what does having a "hardware locked" phone mean, what does it prevent you from doing, and how can I figure out if my wife has a hardware locked phone?
Rattor said:
My wife recently got a Vibrant, and she hates the bottom 4 required buttons on her home screens (Phone/Contacts/Messaging/Apps). She does not text, and wants to get rid of the messaging button. Is rooting the phone and installing a custom theme the only way to do this?
Also, what is the "lag fix" supposed to fix? She hasn't complained much about anything, and I haven't messed with her phone enough to see any serious problems with it.
EDIT: Also, what does having a "hardware locked" phone mean, what does it prevent you from doing, and how can I figure out if my wife has a hardware locked phone?
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First off, I think if this is your wifes phone and you and she are unfamilar to modding its best to do as little as possible to get what you need. That said, if she hasn't complained about lag, don't worry about it. If you are interested, then lag is created because samsung uses a proprietary file system rfs which is a little slow. Lag fixes try to remedy this by either adding an ext2/3 partition, or totally replacing the file system with ext4. This last is for advanced users and I would not recommend.
Hardare locked refers to some devices that are unable to get to recovery or download mode by using the volume buttons and power button. There are threads to explain how to do it. Use them to see if your wifes is one.
As for the big ticket of your thread customizing your home screen, there are numerous launchers on the market. I like launcher pro, and adw launcher. Im pretty sure you dont even need to root to use them, there are free versions in the market. Good luck.
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First off, I think if this is your wifes phone and you and she are unfamilar to modding its best to do as little as possible to get what you need. That said, if she hasn't complained about lag, don't worry about it. If you are interested, then lag is created because samsung uses a proprietary file system rfs which is a little slow. Lag fixes try to remedy this by either adding an ext2/3 partition, or totally replacing the file system with ext4. This last is for advanced users and I would not recommend.
Hardare locked refers to some devices that are unable to get to recovery or download mode by using the volume buttons and power button. There are threads to explain how to do it. Use them to see if your wifes is one.
As for the big ticket of your thread customizing your home screen there are numerous launchers on the market. I like launcher pro, and adw launcher. Im pretty sure you dont even need to root to use them, there are free versions in the market. Good luck.
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Thanks for your quick reply.
I am not new to modding. I have pretty seriously modded my Evo 4G (custom kernels, deodexed ROM, customized themes, etc...). It's just I am unfamiliar with the Vibrant and its root process, and I don't want to do anything to it until I know the ins and outs of messing around with it.
If I can mod her home screen without rooting, then that's probably as far as I'll go. However, I've told her to look over the themes here to see if she finds one she likes, and I'm fairly certain I need to root to install a custom theme if she decides there's one she likes.
Rattor said:
Thanks for your quick reply.
I am not new to modding. I have pretty seriously modded my Evo 4G (custom kernels, deodexed ROM, customized themes, etc...). It's just I am unfamiliar with the Vibrant and its root process, and I don't want to do anything to it until I know the ins and outs of messing around with it.
If I can mod her home screen without rooting, then that's probably as far as I'll go. However, I've told her to look over the themes here to see if she finds one she likes, and I'm fairly certain I need to root to install a custom theme if she decides there's one she likes.
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Ok then, most theming i've seen on the vibrant is for the status bar, and not the bottom. Most roms end up supplementing touchwiz launcher with something like launcher2 or adw launcher. You might want to take a look at eugene373's frankentwiz. Hes modified touchwiz so you can edit the bottom dock and app drawer. Or if you dont want to go that far he posted the default launcher in the dev section that you Adb push to system/app its literally the default launcher from the g1 days. Its what I use.
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Just use LauncerPro or ADW.
I got it for my girls Mytouch Slide. She doesn't need root. I doubt your wife needs the lagfix... the phone is fine just how it is for normal use.
HG! said:
Just use LauncerPro or ADW.
I got it for my girls Mytouch Slide. She doesn't need root. I doubt your wife needs the lagfix... the phone is fine just how it is for normal use.
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Considering the most she uses it for is to play Sims and other games (stealing my phone when she wants to play Angry Birds), and for surfing the web, I think she'll be fine without root, just using a new launcher. She just really didn't like the fact that 1/4th of her bottom dock was taken up with a useless icon.
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Considering the most she uses it for is to play Sims and other games (stealing my phone when she wants to play Angry Birds), and for surfing the web, I think she'll be fine without root, just using a new launcher. She just really didn't like the fact that 1/4th of her bottom dock was taken up with a useless icon.
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You don't need a new launcher to replace the sms icon at the bottom of the dock. Open the app drawer-> menu-> view type-> customizable grid-> menu-> edit ...
Then you can drag any other icon on the dock to replace the sms icon. Press the back button to confirm, then you can switch back to alphabetical grid.
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::egg on face:: I also learn something new every day.
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Also, if you look around this forum you can find the Angry Birds apk and install it on your wifes vibrant.
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renster721 said:
You don't need a new launcher to replace the sms icon at the bottom of the dock. Open the app drawer-> menu-> view type-> customizable grid-> menu-> edit ...
Then you can drag any other icon on the dock to replace the sms icon. Press the back button to confirm, then you can switch back to alphabetical grid.
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Thanks for that tip. Although I think I will be getting her ADW Launcher anyways since it's much more customizable, and not as overloaded as TouchWiz. Plus I found a theme for ADW I think my wife will love.
Just as a follow on, is it normal for you to have to hit the soft buttons (menu, home, back, search) multiple times to get them to actually register? I've noticed that if they are not lit up, I have to hit them once or twice to get them to light up, and then again to do the action I was trying to do.
Rattor said:
Thanks for that tip. Although I think I will be getting her ADW Launcher anyways since it's much more customizable, and not as overloaded as TouchWiz. Plus I found a theme for ADW I think my wife will love.
Just as a follow on, is it normal for you to have to hit the soft buttons (menu, home, back, search) multiple times to get them to actually register? I've noticed that if they are not lit up, I have to hit them once or twice to get them to light up, and then again to do the action I was trying to do.
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When I first got my vibrant I did, but I think it's because the touch sensors are very specific. As in, you have to hit the home button dead on for it to register. Once I got used to the button locations its not been a problem.
Btw, if you touch anywhere on the screen the buttons will light up ... Helpful when its really dark.
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all you have to do is....
1.go into app drawer
2.press menu and select view type
3.then select customizable grid
4. then go into your app drawer again and select edit
5.then select and hold an app and drag it in dock where the msg app is
6.and that's it
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renster721 said:
When I first got my vibrant I did, but I think it's because the touch sensors are very specific. As in, you have to hit the home button dead on for it to register. Once I got used to the button locations its not been a problem.
Btw, if you touch anywhere on the screen the buttons will light up ... Helpful when its really dark.
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completely agree with this. You've kinda be dead on or cover the majority of the button. Adw is a great choice. It's an awesome and absurdly customizable home alternative. Plus it's free
Thanks for everyone's help. I ended up going with ADW and the iDroid theme (my wife adores the little android droid mascot). Very easy to setup and looks very nice.
So I just got done rooting my HTC Amaze. I'm using the BeastMod Rom. The Phone looks great and performs even better. Except I have a Wi-Fi Error preventing me from turning on Wi-Fi.
I've browsed the forums for similar issues and came across solutions like "reinstall MIUI" and really tech-savvy stuff. I'm not the most technologically gifted person so if anyone can provide solutions in layman's terms, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
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Also, the personalize function doesn't work.
flash a right kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426959
Read FAQ. Look under kernel it is a worth it.
I am getting weird connection issues (sometimes it connects, sometimes doesn't both for wifi and network) and also I've been getting alottt of restarts (pretty papers flying screen), and I'm not sure why? I am using the latest beast mod
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papcoz said:
flash a right kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426959
Read FAQ. Look under kernel it is a worth it.
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I love you. <3 <3.
Oh wait, the personalize function still doesn't work. I hit the Personalize option and it just takes me to the homescreen.
Personalize function button is not working with the custom rom.
But to access them, you can press setting button (second soft button) and press personalize function or just touch and hold anywhere in home screen without shortcut for 3-5 seconds and personalize function will pop up.
If you are a person who is dying for using personalize function button, download launcher app from the market.
LOVE my new EVO LTE (hardware) -- waiting on a couple software fixes for a few things.
i remember reading a thread where you could map an ICS android's dedicated camera button to voice search on soft-press. You know, the one-push of the button, instead of the holding-it-down which brings up the camera.
I love ICS but i HATE that google removed the dedicated search button!! I used that all the time. For everything...
anyway, i used the search and i simply can not locate that thread anywhere. Any help is appreciated.
This one?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671936
Its under Development. Hope this helps.
I agree with the search button comment... I just ended up adding a google search bar to the top of every panel like on the Nexus. I am starting to get used to tapping on it. But in apps, it does get occasionally frustrating-- though my love for the phone outweighs it dramatically
i agree, the phone itself is too awesome to get worked up over the search thing, but still... i miss it bordering on need it.
I'm glad to see someone is working on this, that is awesome, but that wasn't what i was looking for. it was in another phone's boards, it was done, and if i remember correctly, it only worked on ICS that had a dedicated hardware camera button. it wasn't a "remap any button you like hard or soft" thing...
i found this, which helps (and i did the same thing, put one on each homescreen ) voice-search button
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.companion.GVButton
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still, it would be nice to have that button lower-right-side bring up the voice prompt! i had just gotten used to using voice-commands for everything only to have them take that away!
Dang, sorry that wasn't it.
I'm on exactly the same page. I was really enjoying using voice commands with ICS on my 3D with just a tap on the bottom, but now I just have to stretch my hand a tiny bit farther to get to that search bar [totally just realized a little while ago theres a mic on the bar for voice search too ].
But yes, here's to hoping someone cooks something up!
for remapping the list to menu, it's this thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671936
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26830800
check this. boo-ya
Had the iPhone 4s for about 6 months and had the EVO LTE for the past 3 weeks. Before my iPhone, I had the EVO 3D and EVO 4G. I found love for both phones, which is why I want to switch to the White S3. Seems like a potential great hybrid. However, there are some things I'm forseeing as a possible problem. Hopefully, there are ways around.
~When using exchange eMail, many of my eMails have pics integrated into them. My iPhone showed the pics as part of the eMail. EVO's make me download each pic as separate files. Can the S3 do it like my iPhone?
~What are the tactile buttons on the S3? I thought the one on the left was the menu button, but was told that was wrong. With that, how do you multi-task without the button and what is the button on the left?
~When playing music through my car stereo with my EVO LTE and I change songs, there is a weird digital noise blip. Anyone notice this with the S3?
~What's so horrible about TouchWiz that are sending people into Frenzy's in other threads? Personally, I think TouchWiz makes the phone look more like iOS.
~On the launch bar, is there a way to move where the apps launcher drawer is? I like it in the middle. Is that customizable?
Again, these are small things that I like, and any help is greatly appreciated
virgil1528 said:
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~When using exchange eMail, many of my eMails have pics integrated into them. My iPhone showed the pics as part of the eMail. EVO's make me download each pic as separate files. Can the S3 do it like my iPhone?
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My gs2 can and if the gs3 can't I'm sure there an app for that
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This is weird as Hell Man! I had the same exact phone you did and in the exact same order.
Irrelevant but I had to point it out LOL.
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~What are the tactile buttons on the S3? I thought the one on the left was the menu button, but was told that was wrong. With that, how do you multi-task without the button and what is the button on the left?
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Left is menu
Multi task is done by holding home
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virgil1528 said:
~What's so horrible about TouchWiz that are sending people into Frenzy's in other threads? Personally, I think TouchWiz makes the phone look more like iOS.
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U answered your own question
We are iPhone haters lol
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virgil1528 said:
~On the launch bar, is there a way to move where the apps launcher drawer is? I like it in the middle. Is that customizable?
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No its not with stock launcher but if you use a replacement launcher like nova launcher (all of stock features and more) you will be able to
If I helped hit the thx button
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virgil1528 said:
Had the iPhone 4s for about 6 months and had the EVO LTE for the past 3 weeks. Before my iPhone, I had the EVO 3D and EVO 4G. I found love for both phones, which is why I want to switch to the White S3. Seems like a potential great hybrid. However, there are some things I'm forseeing as a possible problem. Hopefully, there are ways around.
~When using exchange eMail, many of my eMails have pics integrated into them. My iPhone showed the pics as part of the eMail. EVO's make me download each pic as separate files. Can the S3 do it like my iPhone?
~What are the tactile buttons on the S3? I thought the one on the left was the menu button, but was told that was wrong. With that, how do you multi-task without the button and what is the button on the left?
~When playing music through my car stereo with my EVO LTE and I change songs, there is a weird digital noise blip. Anyone notice this with the S3?
~What's so horrible about TouchWiz that are sending people into Frenzy's in other threads? Personally, I think TouchWiz makes the phone look more like iOS.
~On the launch bar, is there a way to move where the apps launcher drawer is? I like it in the middle. Is that customizable?
Again, these are small things that I like, and any help is greatly appreciated
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1. Not sure since I use Gmail and in the Gmail app, the attachments are on the bottom of the email and I can open them up individually.
2. Left button is the menu button. You multi task by long pressing the home physical button.
3. No sound issues whatsoever. Played great in the car.
4. To me TouchWiz is a little cartoonish but it doesn't bother me as much as others. But I think because it looks like iOS that's the reason people really hate it .
5. No way to move the apps launcher icon to the middle, but you can get a launcher if that's a big deal.
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Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
~If I do root, which I have never done before, does that interfere with updates that come out? The reason I ask is, I may want to switch dialers, where the app drawer launcher is, and a few other minor things
Again, thank you so far
virgil1528 said:
Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
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Yes, they recognize it and there is no on-screen menu button.
virgil1528 said:
Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
~If I do root, which I have never done before, does that interfere with updates that come out? The reason I ask is, I may want to switch dialers, where the app drawer launcher is, and a few other minor things
Again, thank you so far
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The touch keys on either side of the physical home key are recognized throughout the entire OS, apps included.
Also you do not need to root in order to use a different Launcher [to change app launcher location).
On screen buttons have so far only been used on the Galaxy nexus, so the screen space on the S3 is purely for whatever your doing on it.
Also in case your still confused on multitasking, Holding down Home (physical middle button) brings up your running/recent apps, in which you can A: tap the one you want to go to or B: close them out by sweeping them left or right just like the notifications.
And the new touchwiz allows lock screen shortcuts now, just throwing that out there since your coming from an Evo background.
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virgil1528 said:
Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
~If I do root, which I have never done before, does that interfere with updates that come out? The reason I ask is, I may want to switch dialers, where the app drawer launcher is, and a few other minor things
Again, thank you so far
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Dont worry about updates
If you root you will get an update saying that update is available but you can't install it but you can always unroot and install
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When update is coming you don't need unroot dev can update with unroot method.
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hi i received the my 64gb htc one .i love it .but the only thing i dont like in it is the black bar on the bottom(below home screen).it is really killing the screen real estate .it appears on every app on the phone .it is really disgusting to see htc made such a bad move with sense 5 .phone is loaded with bloat software.i think the sense on htc one x+ is good .can anyone let me know is there anyway to make it transparent.so it looks fine .
thank you guys ...
sush143555 said:
hi i received the my 64gb htc one .i love it .but the only thing i dont like in it is the black bar on the bottom(below home screen).it is really killing the screen real estate .it appears on every app on the phone .it is really disgusting to see htc made such a bad move with sense 5 .phone is loaded with bloat software.i think the sense on htc one x+ is good .can anyone let me know is there anyway to make it transparent.so it looks fine .
thank you guys ...
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Just unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom. Most have it removed. It's because there is a lack of menu button
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You can't really blame HTC for this one. This is due to poor app programming and updating. Google has clearly stated, for 2 years now I think, that apps are to have their own triple block settings button. Yes, most phone manufacturers have kept the hardware button and that has allowed software developers to not care about following the design guidelines that Google has put forth. I think that as more phones forego the menu button, a move which I fully support, the apps will be upgraded accordingly. Blame the apps, not HTC.
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You can't really blame HTC for this one. This is due to poor app programming and updating. Google has clearly stated, for 2 years now I think, that apps are to have their own triple block settings button. Yes, most phone manufacturers have kept the hardware button and that has allowed software developers to not care about following the design guidelines that Google has put forth. I think that as more phones forego the menu button, a move which I fully support, the apps will be upgraded accordingly. Blame the apps, not HTC.
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You can ABSOLUTELY blame HTC for this one.
There are 2 easy solutions to this:
1. Software buttons.
2. The same god dang buttons they used on the ONE X with a long press!
It's terrible that a logo is more important than non-horrible functionality.
I do agree with you that they could have implented that. I think that my ideal set up is to have the HTC logo act as the multitask button and a long press of that or the back button act as the menu button. But I still blame the app developers more for not following long standing Android design principles. In fact, the only reason they get away with it is because the Play store is open. Whenever Apple changes design guidelines, they do not allow the app to be used on the new OS until the app has been updated to follow the new design guidelines. I sometimes wish Google had a little more control over the Play store.
Do people not research a phone before they buy it anymore?
A simple search and / or watching a few of the early video reviews would have shown the button layout and how they function..
It makes NO sense (pun intended) to me that people buy a phone knowing it's features, or lack thereof, then throw tantrums on an internet forum over them..
^^^ fair enough
Know why App developers haven't implemented menu buttons in their apps? Samsung phones have menu buttons.
I don't care for the lack of a menu button myself, and long press on the back button would have made sense to include.
sush143555 said:
hi i received the my 64gb htc one .i love it .but the only thing i dont like in it is the black bar on the bottom(below home screen).it is really killing the screen real estate .it appears on every app on the phone .it is really disgusting to see htc made such a bad move with sense 5 .phone is loaded with bloat software.i think the sense on htc one x+ is good .can anyone let me know is there anyway to make it transparent.so it looks fine .
thank you guys ...
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If you really wanna fix it without rooting, get a different launcher like Nova, Apex or Go. All of them are customizable, down to gestures to use for functions that a 3rd button could provide.
gunnyman said:
Know why App developers haven't implemented menu buttons in their apps? Samsung phones have menu buttons.
I don't care for the lack of a menu button myself, and long press on the back button would have made sense to include.
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I'm running the renovate rom from the international forums and it has an option to make long press of the back into menu which gets rid of the menu bar
raqball said:
Do people not research a phone before they buy it anymore?
A simple search and / or watching a few of the early video reviews would have shown the button layout and how they function..
It makes NO sense (pun intended) to me that people buy a phone knowing it's features, or lack thereof, then throw tantrums on an internet forum over them..
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very true ... they just want to be a "kool kid"
graffixnyc said:
I'm running the renovate rom from the international forums and it has an option to make long press of the back into menu which gets rid of the menu bar
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Yeah I'm on that rom myself. Is nice.