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Home button vs lock button press when screen is locked and no lock screen security

Hello,
I've been using my new note 2 for two weeks now.. and I like it so much
I also used sgs2 and 3 before.
I'm not new to android.. I flashed roms, know every single setting in the device, rooted my sgs2 and tried lots of apps to customize them.
Regarding my issue, I like to set my device to none screen security because I always manually lock it with a press on the lock screen button after I do whatever I want to do with it, and to unlock I always press Home button to get back to where I was immediately without the need to swipe the lock screen.
The problem is when I lock it and there is an app running and then press the home button the screen goes to home default screen and do not just unlock the screen and keep it there where I was last, this was not the case with my sgs2 or sgs3.
If I press the lock screen button instead it does what I want but I prefer to use home button because its much easier.
Its not a big issue but its annoying sometimes because sometimes I get popup notification windows while the phone is locked (whatsapp for example) and I press the home button to see it and instead of just turning on the screen to see the window it goes back to home screen and the popup is gone, or in cases where I'am writing an email or reading something and meanwhile talking to somebody, if the screen gets locked, If I press the home button everything is gone. So I have to switch tasks to open my activity again.
I don't know if this is a jellybean issue or hardware (homebutton).
I know its not a big deal but I would appreciate if somebody can help get around this
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It seems to be a jellybean feature no way around unless a mod comes out...
All jellybean roms in Note I had this feature and i remember seeing this thing on SGS III jellybean too

Just install the S Voice app , "voicetalk_NLI.apk".
In S Voice, set "double click active S Voice" will fix the issue.

This actually worked! Thanks
But the problem is that i use another app (home2) to control home button which makes me able to control what app runs when double clicking home or even use a combination of home with back or menu.
Its a very good app if you want to try it.
This leaves me with trying to deal with my original issue tho or just return to old factory setting
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ghellxh said:
Just install the S Voice app , "voicetalk_NLI.apk".
In S Voice, set "double click active S Voice" will fix the issue.
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thanks man! used to annoy me so much having to open the app again
edit. There's one slight problem, now it lags a bit to return back to the home screen..

Google Now - Swipe Up?

I just upgraded to Jellybean. When trying to swipe up to use Google Now, absolutely nothing happens, no matter which screen I've tried it from. Is there a trick to getting the app to come up by swiping? I can tap on the Google icon on the home screen of course, but I'd like to use the swiping feature if possible...

Squiggy45 said:
I just upgraded to Jellybean. When trying to swipe up to use Google Now, absolutely nothing happens, no matter which screen I've tried it from. Is there a trick to getting the app to come up by swiping? I can tap on the Google icon on the home screen of course, but I'd like to use the swiping feature if possible...
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You don't swipe uo to get Google Now to come up. You press and hold the Menu button while on the home screen. That should do the trick.

djomega971 said:
You don't swipe uo to get Google Now to come up. You press and hold the Menu button while on the home screen. That should do the trick.
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Thanks dj!

You can also hold the home key down then click the g button. You can access google now that way no matter what your doing.
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How can i add more apps to that CIRCLE?
I only have google now and there is a lot of space for 4 more shortcuts..

Home Button Question

When my screen turns off and I press the home button to wake the screen, any applications or notification popups I had disappears as the home button is being too "aggressive" and immediately takes me to the home screen.
Did I miss a setting somewhere to prevent this?
Thanks.

It seems the only way to prevent this is by enabling Swipe Lock. I guess this is why it's enabled by default?

I'm having the same problem no matter what I do when the screen times out and I press home it takeme back to my home screen. ..Have you found a solution yet?
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pezlomd said:
I'm having the same problem no matter what I do when the screen times out and I press home it takeme back to my home screen. ..Have you found a solution yet?
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No solution yet. And doesn't seem like there is one.

ThaiM said:
No solution yet. And doesn't seem like there is one.
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In S-Voice app, bring up settings, make sure option to "Open via the home key" is checked. This will allow the home button to only wake the device when the screen is off. Unfortunately, this also introduces some lag when pressing the home button, as the software is waiting to see if you register a double click.

VTEChump said:
In S-Voice app, bring up settings, make sure option to "Open via the home key" is checked. This will allow the home button to only wake the device when the screen is off. Unfortunately, this also introduces some lag when pressing the home button, as the software is waiting to see if you register a double click.
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I hate that lag, that's why I unchecked it and ran into this Home Button problem.
The lag is pretty bad, like 2-3 seconds. Not practical.

Newb question

I've recently got galaxy s3 and at first i noticed this feature where when ur calling someone, the screen goes off when it's close to ur ear and comes back on when u move it from ur ear. But i've done a battery reset and now that feature seems to b gone. Now the screen just times out and i have to click home button to wake it up during a call...how do i get the old feature back? Can anyone advise? Thanks

Flash a new rom
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Nabil753 said:
I've recently got galaxy s3 and at first i noticed this feature where when ur calling someone, the screen goes off when it's close to ur ear and comes back on when u move it from ur ear. But i've done a battery reset and now that feature seems to b gone. Now the screen just times out and i have to click home button to wake it up during a call...how do i get the old feature back? Can anyone advise? Thanks
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It's just a setting you need to correct. Do this:
Click and open the phone
Tap the menu button (next to home key)
Click on call settings
Check the auto screen off

thank you very much
pytyper483 said:
It's just a setting you need to correct. Do this:
Click and open the phone
Tap the menu button (next to home key)
Click on call settings
Check the auto screen off
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MA7 Issues?

Alright, so I updated to MA7 update, and everytime I'm in the text messaging app, and screen timesout I hit the home button and instead of turning on the screen and showing me my messaging app, it would turn screen on and show my last message and then get me the task manager screen.
Any one else have issues like that, does seem to happen when I'm not in the messaging app.
Ninja edit, ok so now it seems like everytime I use the home button it gives me the task manager ugh.

no issues here running smooth so far

smooth703 said:
no issues here running smooth so far
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Well did a hard reset it seem to went away.
So before if i let the screen timeout and i press the home button it would turn on the screen and the last viewed window. Now if I let it time out it just goes back to the lock screen, so wondering if this is a setting, or a glitch from before. Kind of nice to now have to swipe to unlock all the time.

Now its back againan this is annoying.
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I just updated and I dont seem to have any problems with this rom other than battery so far. Dropped 30% in an hour..

Someone try it see if it does it to you or not, I have my screen set to timeout after 30sec and smart stay and smart rotation is on.
So open like text messages, wait till the screen timesout and immediatly push the home button, this for me bypasses the swipe to unlock screen and brings up the task manager/app switcher. If I wait more than a few seconds and then hit the home button it turns the phone on to the swipe to unlock screen.
If anyone test it that would be cool.

1FstYOTA said:
Someone try it see if it does it to you or not, I have my screen set to timeout after 30sec and smart stay and smart rotation is on.
So open like text messages, wait till the screen timesout and immediatly push the home button, this for me bypasses the swipe to unlock screen and brings up the task manager/app switcher. If I wait more than a few seconds and then hit the home button it turns the phone on to the swipe to unlock screen.
If anyone test it that would be cool.
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Operates the same as you describe here. . But for all I know it could be that way on every version cause I use the power button to turn the screen back on..
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cherylbaker said:
Operates the same as you describe here. . But for all I know it could be that way on every version cause I use the power button to turn the screen back on..
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Interesting, I liked it on lk8 when I hit the home button it skips the unlock screen and takes me to the last screen im on handy for texts.
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The only issue I have found is with my S-Notes. I had one completely dissappear and a few others somehow became locked and I don't know what the password is so I can't view or delete them.

fupidstucker said:
The only issue I have found is with my S-Notes. I had one completely dissappear and a few others somehow became locked and I don't know what the password is so I can't view or delete them.
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That's kind of weird
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If I hit the wake button right after it times out it goes straight to the app I was in. I like it. I hate the gallery though, it's laggy and freezes almost immediately.
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crookshanks said:
If I hit the wake button right after it times out it goes straight to the app I was in. I like it. I hate the gallery though, it's laggy and freezes almost immediately.
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Its weird that I timed it so its like.
Right after screen turns dark hit home key it opena the task manager.
Hit home key about 3 seconds or so after screen off ot takes me to my last open app.
After about 5 to 10 seconds it locks.
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1FstYOTA said:
That's kind of weird
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My thoughts exactly. I might try restoring to my ma5 and trying to redo it from a fresh download and see if that changes anything.