[Q] Don't you miss the "option/menu" button?? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hi.
I'm considering buying a GNexus, but I don't understand why people are not missing that button?
I have legend, incredible s, sensation, nexus s, s2 and now I have One X and I'm really annoyed that the button is missing, but then thought the same thing would be with the GNexus.
So... Is there a shortcut that I'm missing or how do you live without it?
And don't understand why Google wants this, so there must be a reason ;-)
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I live without it. For the better. :screwy:
let it be.

AOKP
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I love the menu button...:sly:

Boom older setup but had menu then too
for me, by me and I love you

Thanks for the answers.. Will try aokp for my one x then ;-)
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sirholm said:
Thanks for the answers.. Will try aokp for my one x then ;-)
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Oy, vey. AOKP helps in the case of the Galaxy Nexus, which uses the screen itself to display buttons. The One X displays a menu button in a weird bar thing that HTC added to Sense 4. AOKP won't be able to help your One X as it has these Nexii.

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Oy, vey. AOKP helps in the case of the Galaxy Nexus, which uses the screen itself to display buttons. The One X displays a menu button in a weird bar thing that HTC added to Sense 4. AOKP won't be able to help your One X as it has these Nexii.
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Agreed
for me, by me and I love you

Menu button sucks. Apps that over-use it as a crutch offer a worse experience.

I hate to waste screen space for that button and wasting time pushing the wrong iconed onscreen button
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No, I don't miss it. It's ugly and the action bar makes so much more sense.
My gripe is with the app developers that are too lazy to update their UI for integration with these new design styles.

sirholm said:
I hate to waste screen space for that button and wasting time pushing the wrong iconed onscreen button
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huh?

martonikaj said:
huh?
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He refers to the Sense 4 menu style.
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rmcsc said:
He refers to the Sense 4 menu style.
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Well that's HTC's bad design going with hardware buttons, coupled with app developers dragging their feet.

Personally I miss it.
However in app, there is a menu in the taskbar which is supposed to replace it.
The suppression of the search button, is sometime more problematic...
In my opinion, it would be better to offer the user the choice of which buttons he wants (or doesn't want) to have.

AOKP -> Big menu button in the navbar and the small menu button removed to make more space in the navbar.
Too long; didn't read: AOKP.

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Button Function

Are there any root applications that will let you remap what buttons do what? The CM9 build doesn't have a dedicated Recent Apps button, and instead has a menu button.
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That was rude. I found a way to do it, maybe it'll work for this device.
no buddy it doesn't work as far as i know
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paarthdesai said:
no buddy it doesn't work as far as i know
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Yeah, I figured that out. Man, all I want is the recent apps button to actually bring up recent apps.
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the reason the buttons are mapped the way they are in CM9 is because of the following reason: CM9 DID'NT Play well with the way they are mapped for Stock\Sense, only 1 button would work...so hence the way they are now, it's fully functional and you will have to live with it.
-Lloir
Do you actually did the recent apps button useful? I thought it was annoying.
MonsterNo7 said:
Do you actually did the recent apps button useful? I thought it was annoying.
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That's the way Android is moving towards. A home, back and recent apps button. Having the menu button in each app makes a lot more sense. Also, how did it not play nice? CM9 is ICS and they are ICS buttons...
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That's the way Android is moving towards. A home, back and recent apps button. Having the menu button in each app makes a lot more sense. Also, how did it not play nice? CM9 is ICS and they are ICS buttons...
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simple answer, dont use CM9 if you dont like it.....CM9 is NOT sense etc the buttons were binded for SENSE
Lloir said:
simple answer, dont use CM9 if you dont like it.....CM9 is NOT sense etc the buttons were binded for SENSE
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Don't get angry, it's still better than sense. It's just a small grievance. I still don't really understand what you mean by "binded for sense" though. The buttons are the stock android 4.0 buttons.
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Noctourniquet said:
Don't get angry, it's still better than sense. It's just a small grievance. I still don't really understand what you mean by "binded for sense" though. The buttons are the stock android 4.0 buttons.
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oh if only that were true....wifi\bluetooth etc etc would had been sorted on day 2 ICS SENSE does not = AOSP ICS (CM9)
also this is thread for CM9 stuff helps keep it all in one place etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715639

Check this app out!

This app is so funny... What do you guys think of it?
http://goo.gl/T3Q0Z
thanks
thanks
Ah. Useful for torturing me kids in the morning. The UI is a little ugly but easy, & simple. Perfect. Thanks OP.
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JohnnyEpic said:
Ah. Useful for torturing me kids in the morning. The UI is a little ugly but easy, & simple. Perfect. Thanks OP.
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What would you suggest to improve the UI ?
hotboyray said:
What would you suggest to improve the UI ?
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Perhaps its my 'font'.. But...
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For starters. Smaller buttons. Maybe black them out with blue outline. (Holo)
Perhaps' Say it' button on top. Maybe highlight background white or silver if anything is in the box, black if not. Just to show people what to press after they type. (letters or words)
Maybe the MyApps and Rate in the menu option. (pressing menu) The ability to turnoff shake to clear. You can add a banner somewhere that ask for people to support you by checkibg out your apps. How about 'About' section. What your using to make this happen (tts,google, who you are, email contact etc. etc..)
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Yes holo would be a nicer touch
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JohnnyEpic said:
Perhaps its my 'font'.. But...
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For starters. Smaller buttons. Maybe black them out with blue outline. (Holo)
Perhaps' Say it' button on top. Maybe highlight background white or silver if anything is in the box, black if not. Just to show people what to press after they type. (letters or words)
Maybe the MyApps and Rate in the menu option. (pressing menu) The ability to turnoff shake to clear. You can add a banner somewhere that ask for people to support you by checkibg out your apps. How about 'About' section. What your using to make this happen (tts,google, who you are, email contact etc. etc..)
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Thanks man, I will add the ability to turn off shake to clear in next update. I felt having the say it button right above the keyboard was more convenient. Im limited to what i can do, i made the app with MIT app inventor. Im still trying to learn java. But thanks for the feedback!
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Thanks man, I will add the ability to turn off shake to clear in next update. I felt having the say it button right above the keyboard was more convenient. Im limited to what i can do, i made the app with MIT app inventor. Im still trying to learn java. But thanks for the feedback!
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Keep at it. Your light years ahead of me.
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[Q] Any mod of JB pull down notification bar??

I have just upgraded to JB from Venom 2.7.1. Kinda miss the Venom tweaks a lot. Is there any mod for the notification pull down where you can put pictures in the background or quick launch app or something like power widget stuff (where you can turn on/off wifi, data, etc..)
Not yet, Viper team will work on that after Offiial JellyBean release in Europe
Abandoned ViperX for now...had to try JB... try this for pull down (wifi on off...and other stuff)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.settings
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igie said:
Abandoned ViperX for now...had to try JB... try this for pull down (wifi on off...and other stuff)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.settings
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Had a huge battery drain running that app..
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use power toggles widget it has both Homescreen widgets and notification center widgets and it's fully customizable !
I'm currently using SwitchPro. It's extremely customisable and very battery friendly.
Here's how I've set mine up...
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MrBadgerMilk said:
I'm currently using SwitchPro. It's extremely customisable and very battery friendly.
Here's how I've set mine up...
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Is that switch pro widget by LEO?? I checked on Google play, the description only mentioned ICS compatibility, didnt know it work also on JB??
You can try Notification Toggle,it's free and i'm using it since i bought the One X.
jeyml said:
You can try Notification Toggle,it's free and i'm using it since i bought the One X.
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Have you tried on JB ROM? does it work flawlessly??
kuailan said:
Is that switch pro widget by LEO?? I checked on Google play, the description only mentioned ICS compatibility, didnt know it work also on JB??
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Yep! It's the by Leo. The only thing that I've found not to work is the flash/torch switch. I don't ever use that, though, so it doesn't bother me.

[REQ] NavBar Mod

Hi devs.
This might be an extra thread so if it is, I apologize and it can be locked. I've searched for one but couldn't find.
I've been getting used to using the stock browser rather than what Google called chrome.
On it is a lab feature for quick control like illustrated below.
Is there any similar or possible mod for NavBar to appear this way through out Android system on Nexus 4?
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slimldj said:
Hi devs.
This might be an extra thread so if it is, I apologize and it can be locked. I've searched for one but couldn't find.
I've been getting used to using the stock browser rather than what Google called chrome.
On it is a lab feature for quick control like illustrated below.
Is there any similar or possible mod for NavBar to appear this way through out Android system on Nexus 4?
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Um... There's an app for that... Forgot the name though
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kyokeun1234 said:
Um... There's an app for that... Forgot the name though
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I'd really love to find one. To have the full screen capability.
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Found it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
Although this doesn't make the phone fill screen, I bet you can get a ROM that takes navigation bar out.
Also follow the installation instruction provided on the link!
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AOKP has a feature called "Expanded Desktop" which can be toggled through the power menu that allows the NavBar to be hidden.
Check that out.
There's also Button Savior which can be hidden until you want them back. I like them.
Toaster Strudels said:
AOKP has a feature called "Expanded Desktop" which can be toggled through the power menu that allows the NavBar to be hidden.
Check that out.
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Its actually on my CM10.1 as well. I just wished there was a sort of gesture to the CM version. Instead of pushing the power button for expanded screen.
Hopefully someday.
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On paranoidandroid, in beta 8 and beyond there's a setting that lets you reduce the navigation bar to 0%, which gets rid of the navigation bar but still keeps the status bar.
I've been using my nexus like this with LMT, and it works perfectly, with the extra 80 something pixels from navigation bar. it looks really nice.
There is an app. it is called hidebar
www.ppareit.github.com/HideBar
it stays in the notifs and when you tap it it removes the buttons until you touch either the top or bottom of the screen which brings them back.
have fun

[SOFTKEYS] Htc One Style

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For best results, set the size of the navigation bar to 36 dp
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they look good but i don't think i want "htc" as a softkey on my nexus 4 =) better make ones from htc one x they would fit far better than from new htc one
edit: i made the softkey from htc one x myself
and thats how they look like on liquid rom if anyone wants them
How am I supposed to use these image files? Running CM10.1
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How am I supposed to use these image files? Running CM10.1
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you can either install roms that support changing the image file on navigation bar (ex. xylon) or replacing the image files on your rom zip file using any zip/rar program.
hope that helps.
eRajesh said:
How am I supposed to use these image files? Running CM10.1
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Hi,
Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005937&highlight=softkeys, scroll down after the softkeys and there is some different methods.
I actually like the HTC logo
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MarcPlusTwo said:
I actually like the HTC logo
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Buy a HTC then :laugh:
Xenon fate said:
For best results, set the size of the navigation bar to 36 dp
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I guess this is nice, for those who wants a "HTC One copy" Ty for the softkeys.
Since the HTC logo makes no sense I made this real quick http://imgur.com/32YRoUa
I went ahead and did this Nav bar theme on my N4 for kicks & giggles. Love the option to do such things. Already freaked out a few of my friends as they thought I had an HTC. Good stuff I will look up more Nav bar themes that I can do.
HTC soft keys, touchwiz looking launcher. You're literally killing your Nexus.
Xenon fate said:
For best results, set the size of the navigation bar to 36 dp
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Is there anyone could replace HTC to Nexus? I think it will be better
I mean the word "nexus" like on the back of phone, not X logo
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x2 to ^
Definitely don't like the HTC logo as a soft key
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Oh my god I never use horrible htc phone
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if you do not care, it's no use to say that it is horrible!
do not use it and that's it! :good:
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