I just installed Commandr for Google Now, and it requires me to enable it as a service in my settings. When I go to do this I am unable to hit "Okay" and thus cannot enable it. This persists with all other options including talkback. I able able to hit "Cancel" but when I tap "Okay" nothing happens. I know that part of my screen isn't dead as I can tap other things in that area.
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Did something change in the play store? all the sudden the menu button isnt there anymore for me. its just the back button and the search button so i have no way to get the the "My apps" area.
are you running a custom ROM? in some of them the 3dot-menu is disabled.
Try to setup the right button (from the 3 red bottom buttons on your phone), that it toggles the menu. It's somewhere in settings -> Display & gestures (I think)
Unfortunately I can't tell you on which point exactly at settings you can configure this, cause I'm running a custom ROM where this setting is at another position.
Or even try to short or long press that button for showing the menu (in Play store and any other app that has a menu).
My phone froze on me and I put out the battery but I noticed that :
1. I cannot receive calls. I can make calls, but when anyone calls me, it will ring twice on their end and then go to voice mail. My phone does not react at all.
2. My phone will not use the security grid. It will not enable either by widget or by going to the phones menu > security and enabling it. You can enable it, power phone off and back on and it goes right to the desktop. No lock screen period.
3. The home and search buttons on the bottom of the phone do not function. They vibrate like they are working but will they will not do anything.
4. And finally, when doing a long press on the power button, the airplane mode and other options do not appear. The only option available is the "Power Off" button.
Please, if anyone has experienced this or has an idea on how to fix this issue or what caused it, please let me know.
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
I couldn't seem to find a thread that solved this issue that I had and so I started a new one in an effort to try and explain things as simply as possible because that's how I'd like things to be explained to me. If you have the MM update 6.0.1 then you will be able to put your phone to sleep as well as wake it up by simply double tapping. Here's how :
Double tap to sleep: Go to Settings > Security > Device Administrators and select Xperia Home. If the slider is green then it has been selected. Next, go to your home screen, hold down your finger on the home screen and the following options should appear at the bottom of the screen - Widgets, Wallpapers, Themes, Settings. Go to Settings and under the heading "Advanced" select the option "Double-tap to sleep".
Double tap to wake up: Go to Settings > Display and select the option "tap to wake up"
Hope this helps.
I can't seem to find any sort of way to turn this action off, as it makes my hardware search button unusable for anything else.
for a while I thought I had an issue with the ROM on my phone and this button, but it seems it was Greenify all along. I've been using it since August and must have activated said device administrator down the line.
so, I went in on a similar phone and found that it was Greenify doing it all along.
Now, when I long-press the Search button on either phone, it brings the notification up asking if it can be allowed, and I do not want this.
this is a Motorola Droid 4 and a Motorola Droid Razr MAXX that this is both happening on, running LineageOS 14.1. as I see it, these are among the oldest phones able to run 14.1, but all the more need to run Greenify for screen-off battery savings, especially since these are low-RAM devices (1GB, 838MB of which is able to be utilized).
with Greenify installed, the search button is unmappable in the system settings; Greenify takes it over and never lets go. it also prevents from anything being mapped for short press as well; it becomes a dead button able to do nothing except sleep the phone if the device administrator for Greenify is active and a "hey, do you want to activate it?" nag button otherwise if the button is long-pressed or accidentally long-pressed. this is release, not beta.
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Now, when I long-press the Search button on either phone, it brings the notification up asking if it can be allowed, and I do not want this.
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with Greenify installed, the search button is unmappable in the system settings; Greenify takes it over and never lets go. it also prevents from anything being mapped for short press as well; it becomes a dead button able to do nothing except sleep the phone if the device administrator for Greenify is active and a "hey, do you want to activate it?" nag button otherwise if the button is long-pressed or accidentally long-pressed. this is release, not beta.
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This is still happening even after the recent update. This is annoying and I do not like it that Greenify is forcibly latching it onto a hardware button that I'd like to use for other things.
I would understand if this was a Bixby button thing for newer Samsung phones, but this is not a samsung phone.
What if you go to Android Settings > Apps > cog wheel > Assist & voice input, under Assist app, does it say Greenify? If yes, try changing it to None.
Edit: Okay I just found out I can add a search button to the on screen navigation bar (am also on LineageOS 14.1). And indeed, long pressing it turns off the screen and hibernates any apps pending hibernation.
This while Settings > Long-press action on nav-bar is unchecked and Assist app is set to None. Then again, I now realize these settings are all about the home button, and you were talking about the search button. So I'm afraid all I can do is confirm the behaviour you described. I'm using the latest version from Play Store, v3.9.9.1.
I don't have a Screen Off Device Administrator though, but my device is rooted. Also,
with Greenify installed, the search button is unmappable in the system settings
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I don't have an option in Android Settings > Buttons to remap the search button, do you? Might be device specific (I don't have one of the phones you mentioned, nor a hardware search button).