Is there a way I can setup a gesture for spen to long press home button. To bring up recent apps/ task mgr?
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or even press home button to take back to home screen (without physically pressign button obviously)
daz_2000 said:
or even press home button to take back to home screen (without physically pressign button obviously)
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I dont think so, I wish there was a forward gesture and a going back to home screen gesture. Oh well ill settle for great battery life
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Can someone tell me how to do a screenshot. I know I can swipe my hand across and do one but when I press home button and power button nothijg happens. Thanks
You can take a screenshot by pressing home and power button at once.... you might have done something wrong. Try doing it again.
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Hold them down a few seconds
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Also this should go in q&a section
jithendra194 said:
You can take a screenshot by pressing home and power button at once.... you might have done something wrong. Try doing it again.
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I had the same issue and finally realized I was not holding the buttons down long enough. Hold until you see the screenshot notification top left.
Thanks guys. I wasnt holding the buttons long enough.
Is it possible to rebind Home button to open Google now with a single press ?
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you can disable s-voice when u double tap the home buttont hen use nova launcher and set it to open google search. i tried it with a display model but it didnt open up google now with the image header, just the search part of it. trying to figure out a way to do the normal way
Its possible to assign the home button to google now by double press instead of s-voice. You just have to enable this feature in sVoice settings. After that you have to disable the sVoice app in the application manager.
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You do realise you can press and hold the menu button on the home screen to start Google now...?
If it didn't open up straight away and you just get the search bar, then press the menu button in the search screen and go to settings to turn on Google now. It'll open Google now the next time you press and hold the menu button from home.
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nniicckkss said:
You do realise you can press and hold the menu button on the home screen to start Google now...?
If it didn't open up straight away and you just get the search bar, then press the menu button in the search screen and go to settings to turn on Google now. It'll open Google now the next time you press and hold the menu button from home.
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It doesnt start straight away, I still need to press google now button. Also it may sound strange but I hate a delay when holding a hime button...
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jodvova said:
It doesnt start straight away, I still need to press google now button. Also it may sound strange but I hate a delay when holding a hime button...
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Once I've set up Google Now on my phone, (as in turning it on in the search settings menu, opting in to the service, then selecting and setting up the 'cards'), when I long press the menu button, it does start up Google Now, in search mode with the cards all listed below.
OK, another option is to long press the Home button (with Google Now already set up, otherwise set it up as mentioned above) then press the square 'g' icon just above the Home button. This starts Google now in normal mode. If its not set up, then it starts in search mode only.
I get the OP's point.
Double pressing is faster long pressing.
It really is.
By the way, turning off the shortcut to Svoice (double pressing) makes the home button actions faster.
nniicckkss said:
Once I've set up Google Now on my phone, (as in turning it on in the search settings menu, opting in to the service, then selecting and setting up the 'cards'), when I long press the menu button, it does start up Google Now, in search mode with the cards all listed below.
OK, another option is to long press the Home button (with Google Now already set up, otherwise set it up as mentioned above) then press the square 'g' icon just above the Home button. This starts Google now in normal mode. If its not set up, then it starts in search mode only.
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Ok, maybe im missing something here.
Ive setup Google now and disabled (and also uninstalled sVoice). Now when I long press home button, I get into recent apps and there if I touch G button on the screen I go to Google now.
Is it possible at all to start Google now just with a long press ? (Without a need to touch G button)
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CorruptedSanity said:
I get the OP's point.
Double pressing is faster long pressing.
It really is.
By the way, turning off the shortcut to Svoice (double pressing) makes the home button actions faster.
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I didnt notice any difference. The phone still needs to distinguish a difference between a single press and a long press, right ? A single press gets you to a home screen.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eikatou0.appspot.home2shortcut
The link above is for home2. You can use the app to assign google search (google now) to a double tap of the home button
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I didnt notice any difference. The phone still needs to distinguish a difference between a single press and a long press, right ? A single press gets you to a home screen.
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Correct. Device still needs to distinguish between single/double tap & long press.
But omitting sVoice from the double tap resulted in single tap being faster. Long press action is more or less the same.
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I simulated it again just now.
I mapped s vice to double tap. Entered 4 apps and single pressed. Took about 2.5 seconds each time to go home.
Unmapped s voice. Took a second or a bit less.
I'll try to upload a video.
To reiterate, going to recent apa by long press takes the same time though.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eikatou0.appspot.home2shortcut
The link above is for home2. You can use the app to assign google search (google now) to a double tap of the home button
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Awesome ! Thats what Ive been looking for !
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There you go.
Video,demonstration.
http://youtu.be/U5edzLNVDjg
I am not a big fan of giving Google its own button when I have a google search bar on my home screen and can just say "ok Google"
On my Note 4, I was able to program long press "home" to link to a shortcut - all I had to do was disable s-voice and i was prompted to select an action. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to do this on the S7 Edge.
For what its worth, the app shortcut I run is called "last app switcher" that allows you to toggle back and forth between two apps (very useful for apps that do not support split display). It even ignores the home screen, so you can go App1, home screen, app2 and then use long press home to get back to app1.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abhi.lastappswitcher
Get an app called All in one gestures. It can remap the home button
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darock159 said:
Get an app called All in one gestures. It can remap the home button
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Yup, and Home 2 Shortcut for the double tap.
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Only problem is the phone might slow down and get chuggy if you enable any accessibility options.
is there a way to set that side to take a screenshot or switch it to be the power button?
screenshot - i don't know if there is an app that does not have gui and take screenshot and auto exit.
As for the power button, I have try to search for an app, but they all triggers the "require pin" lockscreen. (fingerprint unlock won't work.)
And according to Blackberry, as of right now there no way to mount it just like the power button.
Yes there is
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Go to convenience key in settings, press all shortcuts... to use it as a screenshot button come down to media and productivity and press capture and annotate.
To use the convenience key as a power button. Same procedure; settings, convenience key, all shortcuts then come down to device and press lock screen. This should security lock and power off your screen.
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Yes but for the screen lock it requires device administrator so fingerprint doesn’t work after that to unlock and you gotta put a passcode.
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Yes there is
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Go to convenience key in settings, press all shortcuts... to use it as a screenshot button come down to media and productivity and press capture and annotate.
To use the convenience key as a power button. Same procedure; settings, convenience key, all shortcuts then come down to device and press lock screen. This should security lock and power off your screen.
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When screen capturing with the convenience key and the Notable app, the 3 icons from the convenience key stayed on screen. Is there a way to get rid of it before the screen capture?
convenience key is not able to set any shortcut. Not showing the option to set it.