By long pressing the HOME button I can bring up 3 commands one being the google button or Google item.
Is there any way to put this as a short cut on the home screen??
When I click the search box on the home screen it doesn't bring up the same Google window (with the mountains) in the background.
I want to have this on my home screen so its easer to access.
jetpack101 said:
By long pressing the HOME button I can bring up 3 commands one being the google button or Google item.
Is there any way to put this as a short cut on the home screen??
When I click the search box on the home screen it doesn't bring up the same Google window (with the mountains) in the background.
I want to have this on my home screen so its easer to access.
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If you use any rom that has the Android Navigation Bar along the bottom (or at least has support for it), that will give you exactly what you are requesting. Because if you hold down the home button on the Navigation bar a small popup menu will appear allowing you to select Google Now (Google window with the mountains).
Otherwise, put a shortcut to "Google" from your app menu on your homescreen.
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I've searched everywhere, but didn't find a solution for the following:
when you hold the bottom left hardware touchkey you'll get a popup browser with google search.
And if you hold the center key a window appears with recent programs.
Is there a way too change these shortcuts into something of my own choice?
My s2 is rooted, so maybe there is an app that will do the trick?
Like you, I'd love to remap the menu key to home and home key to menu. We use the home key much more often than menu and it's harder to press a physical key. However, I haven't found such a mod yet.
Remapping keys
I am looking for a way to remap long press of back key (i.e. hold down right key) to something else. Haven't found anything yet.
Now I am using SwipeSwitcher - I configured top left swipe to run Quicker, top right swipe to run a task switcher (I am using PreHome), bottom right swipe to run recent apps (I couldn't find an app to run ICS recent apps, I installed Nova Launcher and assigned the swipe action to its recent apps shortcut).
Holding the menu button to bring up google only works on the homescreen. How can I create a shortcut to access it from anywhere, even inside other apps?
hold down the home button to get the recent switcher and on the bottom there will be a button.
snapple232 said:
Holding the menu button to bring up google only works on the homescreen. How can I create a shortcut to access it from anywhere, even inside other apps?
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If you are on a Touchwiz ROM with their stock features, just bring up the multi-tasking/recent apps screen and there is a Google Now button at the bottom.
Hello so I've noticed sometimes when I'm in an app, say chrome, or a game and I press the home button it always takes a few seconds for the press to register and go back home. Is there a way to get rid of the home button lag?
NoFanboy said:
Hello so I've noticed sometimes when I'm in an app, say chrome, or a game and I press the home button it always takes a few seconds for the press to register and go back home. Is there a way to get rid of the home button lag?
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this is because of the double tap home button to open the camera, at least most likely, it means the phone waits a moment to check for the 2nd press of the home button before treating it like a single home button press.
This can be disabled by going into the camera, then camera settings, then turn off "quick launch"
Hi all. It may seem a silly question and probably it is but there are apps (in this case Touchdown mail client) that haven't an icon to open the in app settings menu. With my previous phones I used a physical button, usually long press on the back button, to open it. But how to do it with the single button p9000? Thank you.
Very good question, they seem to have forgotten about apps that need a physical key for menu, have you tried enabling the softkeys to see if the menu button appears on them for you? Can the "Smart Button" not be setup to be the menu key? or is it only to open apps? I not played with it myself..
Still searching how to have the MENU inside applications, softkeys does not work !
I would ask the software maker! The phone maker won't add more physical buttons.
And multiple press are always software driven!
Even if the phone maker did, that won't help you out with the old hardware...
Doesn't seem to be an answer anywhere online so here goes:
Go to settings > Navigation bar > Turn On.
Go to app you need a menu on > swipe up from bottom to bring up the Nav bar.
Three dots appear on the end of the nav bar. Done.
If the three dots don't appear; click on the recent tasks button and then go back into the app and they should come up.
Tried and tested with EZ Drop.
- Doesn't seem to work with apps with the built in "three dots" menu.
I use ‘Menu Button (No root)’ by JetToast free on the Play store, to get round this problem.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jettoast.menubutton
My Home screen style is: Drawer
System navigation key combination is: 3rd from the list
So, when I press the round HOME button it takes me to the Page 2 right away rather than to Page 1 ... Why so?
I must have changed something somewhere ... Goggle Play Service perhaps?
Under Apps, I did Reset app preferences and Show system processes but it didn't bring back the correct Home button function!
Any help please?
Thanks
gen5000 said:
My Home screen style is: Drawer
System navigation key combination is: 3rd from the list
So, when I press the round HOME button it takes me to the Page 2 right away rather than to Page 1 ... Why so?
I must have changed something somewhere ... Goggle Play Service perhaps?
Under Apps, I did Reset app preferences and Show system processes but it didn't bring back the correct Home button function!
Any help please?
Thanks
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Just pinch out on your home screen and choose your home screen by pressing this