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anyway to remove soft keys/navbar when gaming?

Hello is there a way to remove the Navy bar when gaming ? It would be really nice to just press the volume down two times and the up volume button once or a different combination to exit the game . Just for the games I wouldnt mind having the soft keys for the apps . Hopefully this gives someone an idea and an app could be done just for the g2.

fabyprado123 said:
Hello is there a way to remove the Navy bar when gaming ? It would be really nice to just press the volume down two times and the up volume button once or a different combination to exit the game . Just for the games I wouldnt mind having the soft keys for the apps . Hopefully this gives someone an idea and an app could be done just for the g2.
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Not that I've seen. I've been going back and forth using LMT, GMD Auto Nav and just the regular nav bar for a few days. Can't get used to the double-step. Wish there was a way!

try full!screen its free in the play store

GMD auto hide soft keys. Learn to use it and you can always have extra screen real estate. And yes out gives a full screen to games.

(How To) disable softkeys/ Home Button

So I found it really annoying when watching Netflix and accidentally hitting back or recent apps softkeys. Which pauses or exits out of movie everytime I do. Because of placement of soft keys (Navigation buttons) on Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4. (Which is where I hold the tab in landscape)
So I found a way to disable back/ recent apps and Home buttons. Temporarily
Settings /Device /Accessibility
Scroll to very bottom
Enable interaction control
Use volume down and home at same time to enable
Uncheck all checkboxes
Now soft keys (Navigation buttons) and home are disabled.
Usefully when watching a movie and holding with your hand on softkeys.
(Have to disable multi window to enable this feature)
If helped, thanks would be appreciated.

trevor7428 said:
So I found it really annoying when watching Netflix and accidentally hitting back or recent apps softkeys. Which pauses or exits out of movie everytime I do. Because of placement of soft keys (Navigation buttons) on Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4. (Which is where I hold the tab in landscape)
So I found a way to disable back/ recent apps and Home buttons. Temporarily
Settings /Device /Accessibility
Scroll to very bottom
Enable interaction control
Use volume down and home at same time to enable
Uncheck all checkboxes
Now soft keys (Navigation buttons) and home are disabled.
Usefully when watching a movie and holding with your hand on softkeys.
(Have to disable multi window to enable this feature)
If helped, thanks would be appreciated.
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I tried to do this on the demo units in Best Buy but I couldn't get it to work. Could it be the demo software they had on it?

dimcorner said:
I tried to do this on the demo units in Best Buy but I couldn't get it to work. Could it be the demo software they had on it?
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Possibly idk? Works on mine. Sometimes tablets/ TV have a retail firmware on them which isn't the same as what you take home. So could be possible

This worked for me.
http://brandtkrueger.wordpress.com/...ation-buttons-on-the-galaxy-s3-requires-root/
Home key had to be disabled in both of the below locations. This completely disables the hardware keys so make sure to enable the on screen keys first.
Note: The onscreen keys don't show up in landscape mode for some reason so I use LMT launcher for the few times I need navigation keys in landscape.
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kirbo20 said:
This worked for me.
http://brandtkrueger.wordpress.com/...ation-buttons-on-the-galaxy-s3-requires-root/
Home key had to be disabled in both of the below locations. This completely disables the hardware keys so make sure to enable the on screen keys first.
Note: The onscreen keys don't show up in landscape mode for some reason so I use LMT launcher for the few times I need navigation keys in landscape.
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gpio-keys.kl
Sent from my SM-T320 using xda app-developers app
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Does anyone know how to disable the back light on the capacitive keys? I've been able to disable the buttons from functioning and I've got LMT launcher installed but I'd really like to stop them from lighting up if possible.

The only thing that stops me from buying the tab pro 8.4 at the moment are the hardware keys. I am used to on screen buttons and as I can see in some review-videos and as some of you already mentioned, if you hold the tablet in landscape you could accidentally come in touch with the capacitive keys or the home button. Therefore I am very interested in how you can handle the tab pro 8.4 with hardware-keys disabled and on screen keys enabled. Can anyone share some screenshots how it looks like?
kirbo20 said:
Note: The onscreen keys don't show up in landscape mode for some reason so I use LMT launcher for the few times I need navigation keys in landscape.
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So at the moment there is no way to have googles on screen buttons in landscape mode?

I use xposed additions to remap buttons from single click to long press on my son's 8.4 since he kept accidentally hitting buttons and getting frustrated. Not exactly what you are looking for but it has helped us here. Take a look at button Savior on the play store as well. You could use xposed additions to disable buttons and then use button Savior buttons.
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navigation bar soft keys for s4

navigation bar soft keys for s4
my touch key is danged, and i need to have navigation bar soft keys
i had enable them by root in build.prop
but it eat my screen from down, and it come in black
anyway i can make them hid in app, or make the color with non?

I don't think the stock ROM has such features.

so which rom have? am searching with no luck . but in youtube i saw some ppl with same issue, once they enable it, it come handy and hid in app and in back it is clear color..not same what i have...and both me and him are on 5.0.1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qvo_UYBPAk&t=68s
same as this

Broken capacitive button fix

Thanks for all your help over the years folks. I have a predicament of my own to solve now.
My S7 Edge SM-G395F has had some minor water damage, the only thing that seems affected is the capacitive 'back' and 'recent apps' buttons. Not working at all, and I've gone through all the possible standard fixes (hard reset, safe mode, factory reset).
I was wondering if anyone has managed to fine a way through roms, hacks etc to move these buttons above the originals and home button. I'm using an app to have floating buttons at the moment but no matter where I put them they get in the way, and repair is beyond my price range now.
So looking for a way to keep my phone more functional by adding a bar above a the home button permanently to use these close to the originals in a dedicated space and losing a little space from the screen itself.
Happy with room/flashing etc, any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

my buttons work fine but I always use an app called GMD Gesture Control to use gestures instead of tapping back and recent keys. the app doesn't have a navigation bar so it will not take the bottom part of the screen.
just download the pro version, not the lite one, and you'll find it the best app for replacing your broken keys' behavior.

HD8 Navigation Bar (Soft Keys) Issues

I'm running an unrooted Amazon Fire HD8 tablet with nova launcher. Yesterday, I noticed that the navigation bar at the bottom of the tablet (with the back button, home button and recent tabs button) was not disappearing from the screen like it has previously done, with the buttons being constantly on. Previously, these soft keys would only appear when the bottom of the tablet was pressed.
I've performed soft resets and restored to factory settings, before using a backup to restore but had no luck hiding these buttons.
Can anyone help get these soft keys hidden, as they are permanently on screen!

Try this, maybe it will do.
Get into an ADB command prompt, and type, "adb shell settings put global policy_control immersive.navigation=*" (Remove the quotes)
This will enable permanent immersive mode with only navigation bar hiding. You will have to swipe up from bottom to access navigation bar.
Good Luck!

Will this also work with the fire hd 10.1 2017 model??

fleebleflam said:
Will this also work with the fire hd 10.1 2017 model??
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You can try it. But I think not

Ok, i don't really want to mess anything up, so need to know for sure, its brand new, and wanted a sure way of doing this mod. Just curious, but Why do you think not?
TIA.