I've been using a Galaxy phone for so long that I didn't realize the rest of Android has dropped the menu button in favor of a recent apps button. Now that Samsung has fallen in line with the GS5, they seem to have replaced the home button long press functionality with GVS, a la Siri, something I find genuinely useful.
Is it possible to obtain this functionality on the Note 3 or another Galaxy phone still rocking a menu button?
If you double press the home key on the note 3 it will bring up the "s voice"menu. Essentially Samsung's crappy version of Google search. There is an app called something similar to "s for switch voice" that will open up Google search rather than Samsung's search.
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I multi-task a lot and switch between apps often. Instead of using the physical home button of the S4, is there a way I can have a feature that maps the function to either the menu or the back button and access it only when I long-press it? I feel like I would wear down the physical button and it takes more effort.
Thanks!
mindstormer said:
I multi-task a lot and switch between apps often. Instead of using the physical home button of the S4, is there a way I can have a feature that maps the function to either the menu or the back button and access it only when I long-press it? I feel like I would wear down the physical button and it takes more effort.
Thanks!
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I know how you feel when using the home button. After long searching, I found an app that uses swipe gestures on screen to activate actions like going to home screen and bringing up the recent app. This is a $0.99 app called Swipe Home Button in the Play Store. For what it is worth, definitely a buy. There is also a trial for you to try, so it can't hurt to check it out!
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I bought galaxy s4 last month but I am not happy with functionality of the home and sensor buttons. In my opinion switch application (the list of all previously opened apps) is very important button and I am not happy to wait whole second holding down home button to get simple alt+tab feature. At all this big hardware button does not fit in the whole picture and its the biggest mistake of this phone. Now I cannot remove it but at least I want to use it as much as little I can. So I want to switch menu button and "hold home" buttons. Its far more sensible to make separate sensor button for switching app than use it for menu functionality. I didn't root my phone and I don't want to root it but if its needed to get rid of this stupidness I will make it. So is there any way to switch menu button and "hold home" button?
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without losing other home button functionality such as double tap to launch camera and the triple tap ability?
Currently it does Now On Tap and you have to say the launch phrase to do a voice search but I'd like if it just went straight to voice search. I'm able to do that but I haven't found an app that can do that and still keep the camera quick launch ability.
Triple tap?
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You can set triple tap to make it so that the screen shrinks down for easier 1 handed use, I didn't specify though since I couldn't remember what it's called.
@ohmimpotence , did you find a way to set long press to Voice Search? On my old S4 double tap launched voice search, with help of app called Home2Shortcut, I was able to switch it from s-voice to google. I assumed they made it long press on S7 since double press is camera, and there is button for app switcher. I would really like to get to Google voice search by long home press, straight from sleep mode. It is very handy while driving.
May this helps -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/themes/voicesearch-tap-t3556995
Moving my sister from her failing Nexus 4 to my barely used Samsung Galaxy S4 Play Edition (stock, not rooted).
They both run Android 5.1, so the transition is not a huge problem. She'll eventually get over the switched position of the softkeys, we all do.
BUT I am feeling like a real idiot because I simply cannot invoke the Recent Apps feature. If you press the bottom left key you get a menu. Bottom right is “Back” and if you press the home key you get Home. If you long-press Home, you get the setup page for what I think of as "Google Now" or the Google App.
She does not use Google Now ("why should I") so we've done a barebones config of that, but the behaviour persists when long pressing home.
So how do you invoke the recent apps? She uses it as a fast switcher between currently open apps. I cannot help but feel that I am missing something really obvious here....
This is almost a dealbreaker.
Here are the specifics of the unit:
Model: GT-I9505G
Android Version:5.1
Baseband version: I9505GUEUDPF1
Keenel Vesion: 3.4.0-2921977
Build Number: LMY47O.S008.160601
Remember, this is the Play edition and so it never had TouchWiz on it.
Suggestions?
TIA
OP here: Answer is double-press home button
Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition double-press home button to get the "Recent Apps"
Leaving this here for the next idiot who, like me, couldn't figure this out.
Also, recent apps persist across reboots.
There's a conflict here. The recents button is the home button (long pressing). Unfortunately, Google now also uses the same activation method.
Since she doesn't use Google now, maybe you can remove the launcher or Google now altogether?
Or have you tried double press?
Pwnycorn said:
There's a conflict here. The recents button is the home button (long pressing). Unfortunately, Google now also uses the same activation method.
Since she doesn't use Google now, maybe you can remove the launcher or Google now altogether?
Or have you tried double press?
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Thanks. We were writing at the same time. Double-press works.
I recently bought the T-Mobile variant of the OnePlus 6t and I was watching a video about some features that could be turned on and one of the features they were talking about was a long press the power button to activate Google Assistant when I go into settings and go to the button and gestures tab there is no option to turn on the long press for Google Assistant the only option there is a double tap for camera.? Is this something that was removed from the T-Mobile version only and if so does anyone know a way to get that feature back or even an app to add the feature?
I was wondering about this also.
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I recently bought the T-Mobile variant of the OnePlus 6t and I was watching a video about some features that could be turned on and one of the features they were talking about was a long press the power button to activate Google Assistant when I go into settings and go to the button and gestures tab there is no option to turn on the long press for Google Assistant the only option there is a double tap for camera.? Is this something that was removed from the T-Mobile version only and if so does anyone know a way to get that feature back or even an app to add the feature?
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Supposedly it's coming in an update.
Already well covered here. It's not there yet. Some say it will supposedly come with one of the updates. I haven't seen anything officially stating that. So take it for what it's worth. There are plenty of ways to launch it though, gestures, long press the home button if you have one, or just set up "Hey Google".
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I recently bought the T-Mobile variant of the OnePlus 6t and I was watching a video about some features that could be turned on and one of the features they were talking about was a long press the power button to activate Google Assistant when I go into settings and go to the button and gestures tab there is no option to turn on the long press for Google Assistant the only option there is a double tap for camera.? Is this something that was removed from the T-Mobile version only and if so does anyone know a way to get that feature back or even an app to add the feature?
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go into Navbar and Gestures, then customization and you will have the option
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go into Navbar and Gestures, then customization and you will have the option
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Not on the T-Mobile version.
It only has options for long press/double press of home, recent, back buttons. Not for power button.
Which means if you do the guestures only navbar option, there's no button press for assistant.
Unless you install the app and just put a shortcut on the home screen.
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Not on the T-Mobile version.
It only has options for long press/double press of home, recent, back buttons. Not for power button.
Which means if you do the guestures only navbar option, there's no button press for assistant.
Unless you install the app and just put a shortcut on the home screen.
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Sorry I missed long press power, had home on my brain
But long press home brings up Google Search Assistant - same as if you said "OK Google"
That's the default that I see and get from following PapaMag's suggestion - granted its not the power button but if you are looking for search Google search assistant - its there
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But long press home brings up Google Search Assistant - same as if you said "OK Google"
That's the default that I see and get from following PapaMag's suggestion - granted its not the power button but if you are looking for search Google search assistant - its there
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Well the whole reason you would use the power button is if you used only gestures and had no nav bar.
It is also missing a huge feature called quick launch. It for whatever reason is missing from the T-Mobile variant and without going through the troubles of flashing to stock can anyone help or find a solution as to how to reenable it?