why is it appears after update to 4.4.2 ?
how do i cancel it ?
thank you!
That is the way it's meant to be on android, the only reason it was missing was because people weren't used to it. The reason is galaxy phones with their crappy hardware buttons, considering you have onscreen navigation keys this button is equal essential and easy to use.
Is the onscreen menu button still present in 4.4.2 or is it replaced by recent activity?
Is there a way to remove it?
It's now stock to show all the time on Android 4.4 it's Google way to force company's to get rid of menu buttons and use Google. Which I Perfer since I hate menu buttons but love the three dots
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So ****ing annoying...
Why in 4.2 it was missing?
zoolly said:
why is it appears after update to 4.4.2 ?
how do i cancel it ?
thank you!
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Is that chrome you are on ??
Even if google forced it to be, it wont be there on the native browser.
Chrome is exclusively a Google product so all the changes will be present in the latest versions.
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Is their anyway to remove the 3 sony buttons that are in the middle of the home screen?
Could you please clarify: Which Sony buttons? Do you mean the Mini Apps at the bottom of the screen? Or do you have some shortcuts in the middle of the screen? What happens when you long-press them?
The "Back, Home and Recent Apps buttons" yes you can if you have a rooted tab, you can try searching Google Play for: Tags: Honeybar, Remove Honeybar, there is one app that can do this.
No you can't those are system apps, you could try it with a rooted devices but i can assure you this can give you major problems, but you can also try to block those apps except the ? app and 2 other apps ( forgotten which names ) hhmmppf,, but these 3 are links, if you block one of these apps, the other two will be blocked to so i always use sony webpage urls from the app drawer, so i can't remove the other two , this is the safest way
falcon26 said:
Is their anyway to remove the 3 sony buttons that are in the middle of the home screen?
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As mentioned before, if you are talking about the Back, Home and Recent Apps buttons, then you probably shouldn't. They are important parts of the Android OS and navigation is difficult without them.
try kill or rename /system/app/SystemUI.apk.
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try kill or rename /system/app/SystemUI.apk.
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POssibly not a great idea as SystemUI is a very important framework file and can sometimes lead to bootloops if its missing or damaged. Just my experience.
Yeah. Terrible idea. Deleting or renaming that file will knacker your tablet.
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I think he means the ir buttons and windowed app button.
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Warren_Orange said:
I think he means the ir buttons and windowed app button.
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Ah right. Don't have ICS on my Tablet yet so I'm not sure about them. However, if previous software has been any indication, there would not be any way to remove those buttons without some serious ROM modification, and a few framework changes, all of which would be quite complex on a device as locked down as the S.
when you hold the house/home button a google icon pops up, is there any way to edit this menu & add custom apps pls?
custom roms
im_cannonfodder said:
when you hold the house/home button a google icon pops up, is there any way to edit this menu & add custom apps pls?
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as far as i know, it is possible in custom roms such as aokp and such
hassanman1997 said:
as far as i know, it is possible in custom roms such as aokp and such
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ah ok thank you. stupid waste of a button if all you can have is google, & absolutely ridiculous you've got to hack your hardware to edit a menu option. guess they are continuously trying to remind us that the hardware we purchase is actually theirs, it wont be long before modifying your systems is criminal & punishable by 10 years in prison for blocking a few adds or is that the nsa/gchq!
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ah ok thank you. stupid waste of a button if all you can have is google, & absolutely ridiculous you've got to hack your hardware to edit a menu option. guess they are continuously trying to remind us that the hardware we purchase is actually theirs, it wont be long before modifying your systems is criminal & punishable by 10 years in prison for blocking a few adds or is that the nsa/gchq!
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Thanked wrong lol
That feature is there because Google implemented it in AOSP code. Sony works over that, and they do not remove stuff like that...
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On my Z1 I managed to remove that "Google Now / Google Search" thingy normally appearing after a long hold of the home icon.
I went into configuration / apps / all (translated from German model) and deactivated "Google Search".
My personal device usage revealed no drawbacks so far.
itsjustmeagain said:
On my Z1 I managed to remove that "Google Now / Google Search" thingy normally appearing after a long hold of the home icon.
I went into configuration / apps / all (translated from German model) and deactivated "Google Search".
My personal device usage revealed no drawbacks so far.
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It's an option, but it disables the app as a whole. That's not exactly a solution...
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Hello,
So as you might already know, Google is trying to kill the hard menu button by integrating a soft menu button inside all apps.
Is there a way to disable this? I'm running the latest cyanogen (i9300) and I can't find a way to disable it.
It just takes space and I don't even use it.
Thanks,
badchip said:
Hello,
So as you might already know, Google is trying to kill the hard menu button by integrating a soft menu button inside all apps.
Is there a way to disable this? I'm running the latest cyanogen (i9300) and I can't find a way to disable it.
It just takes space and I don't even use it.
Thanks,
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Google isn't trying they've succeeded. Phones as of late no longer have hardware but instead on screen ones. But to your question though i think you can only do it if a rom has support to do so.
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For some reason long pressing the menu button on my s4 brings up my recent apps as opposed to Google now on my s4. I'm unrooted, completely stock. This feature used to work. Haven't had the kitkat update as I'm on Verizon. Anyone else have this problem?
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Cyrene said:
For some reason long pressing the menu button on my s4 brings up my recent apps as opposed to Google now on my s4. I'm unrooted, completely stock. This feature used to work. Haven't had the kitkat update as I'm on Verizon. Anyone else have this problem?
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That's the intended behaviour. It comes like that when stock.
I think Google Now should be swipe up from bottom of screen; not sure as I've never installed it.
Cyrene said:
pressing the menu button on my s4 brings up my recent apps as opposed to Google now on my s4.
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So, your S4 behaves differently than your S4. That's weird.
Seriously, that's how it's supposed to work. Go into Google Now, settings/help, where it's explained. Long press home is on Google Play edition phones (swipe up is for Nexus phones).
Ok, but I have googled this all over the place. Other people on other forums say the same. Long Press menu brings up Google Now. Additionally, my phone used to do this until last week.
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Cyrene said:
Ok, but I have googled this all over the place. Other people on other forums say the same. Long Press menu brings up Google Now. Additionally, my phone used to do this until last week.
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Have you tried a factory reset? Since you're not rooted, that should reset everything... but there's also the full-wipe MK2 Odin tar to really reset everything.
mike.s said:
So, your S4 behaves differently than your S4. That's weird.
Seriously, that's how it's supposed to work. Go into Google Now, settings/help, where it's explained. Long press home is on Google Play edition phones (swipe up is for Nexus phones).
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No, long press menu should bring it up. Looks like you might have to factory reset your phone OP. It doesn't even work on the homescreen?
joshm.1219 said:
No, long press menu should bring it up. Looks like you might have to factory reset your phone OP. It doesn't even work on the homescreen?
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LOL. Who is Google to contradict your expertise?
To open Google Now, follow the steps for your device:
Android 4.1+ devices: Touch the Google Search bar at the top of the screen. You may be able to swipe up from the bottom of the screen on certain devices.
Nexus devices: Swipe up from the bottom of any screen.
Nexus 5: Swipe to the leftmost Home screen.
Google Play edition devices: Touch & hold your phone's Home button.
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mike.s said:
LOL. Who is Google to contradict your expertise?
Google
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Did you even read what you posted? That's for nexus and gpe devices. The Samsung S4 on stock Touchwiz is not either of those things.
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Let me simply point out your lack of reading comprehension:
"Android 4.1+ devices: Touch the Google Search bar at the top of the screen. You may be able to swipe up from the bottom of the screen on certain devices."
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The S4 is an "Android 4.1+ device," and it works exactly as described.
But if you knew how to read, you could download the user manual for the phone, and discover how Samsung says it works:
Home: Press to display the Home screen, or Lock screen if the device is locked. Press and hold to display recent applications or launch Task Manager or Google Search.
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...which again confirms that the OP's phone (and my own, which is running "rooted" stock) is working as both Google and Samsung describe.
But, maybe you like the taste of crow, since you've asked for a second serving.
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Let me simply point out your lack of reading comprehension: The S4 is an "Android 4.1+ device," and it works exactly as described.
But if you knew how to read, you could download the user manual for the phone, and discover how Samsung says it works: ...which again confirms that the OP's phone (and my own, which is running "rooted" stock) is working as both Google and Samsung describe.
But, maybe you like the taste of crow, since you've asked for a second serving.
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Really whipping out the manual? Lol in the section you're referring to, it also doesn't mention that long pressing the back key toggles the multiwindow tab. It's not a complete guide to those functions.
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So since 9.0 update broke multiwindow feature. I used it as long press on multitasking button for split screen. Is there an app or something to get it back without root?
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So since 9.0 update broke multiwindow feature. I used it as long press on multitasking button for split screen. Is there an app or something to get it back without root?
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Do this: tap on the app icon at the top of the app when you're in the recents screen, there is a split screen option there. Do me a favor though, try it and see how well it works. When I do it, the app only takes up a tiny bit of the screen at the top, I try to slide it down but it just slides back up. It is there but to me it seems buggy or at least difficult to use. Let me know
Update: I figured it out. You select to open one app in split screen, and then choose any other app and they will both share the screen.
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So since 9.0 update broke multiwindow feature. I used it as long press on multitasking button for split screen. Is there an app or something to get it back without root?
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Multi-Window is not broken in Android 9. All that happened with it (and other features, I don't have a full list readily available) was a change in how we use said features.
Someone else asked the same question recently. Thread below will be of help to you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/multi-windows-options-pie-s9-t3903497
I know they changed it, but I should have explained it better. I wanted to know if there is a way to get as we had it on Oreo? On oreo, there was a way to assign long press of multitasking button to split-screen current app. And I want to know if I could get that back?
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I know they changed it, but I should have explained it better. I wanted to know if there is a way to get as we had it on Oreo? On oreo, there was a way to assign long press of multitasking button to split-screen current app. And I want to know if I could get that back?
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Checking the users manual for Android Pie for our phone's the only way to do app pairing now is via the Edge menu.
If you want other methods then you can refer to the thread I linked (someone posted an app suggestion for what your asking in the thread). Otherwise check the Google Play store and see if there is an app that will do the trick.