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[MOD] Switch HOME and MENU Buttons - Hate the physical home button?

Do you hate the physical home button like I do?
Do you wish you could use the capacitive menu key instead of home, and assign much rarely used menu key to the physical button?
Just flash the attached file in Recovery.
The second file is for returning to the original setup if you wish.

awesome gonna try this
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works great u rock!!!
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I especially like how the physical button still wakes the device. so I can hit it to wake the device, then double tap menu for svoice

i wonder if there is a way to make the "back" button long press = context menu. then can avoid the physical button all together

Hey I tried it on my vzw gs3 and it didn't work. :O
Sent from sexy a** Galaxy S III

idelgado782 said:
Hey I tried it on my vzw gs3 and it didn't work. :O
Sent from sexy a** Galaxy S III
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This is for the international Galaxy S3. For the USA versions, there is a separate forum on XDA since most things aren't compatible.

Pitnefor said:
i wonder if there is a way to make the "back" button long press = context menu. then can avoid the physical button all together
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I think context menu might slow things down. But I understand where you're coming from, we have 5 options for 2 capacitive buttons so 1 option will have to be assigned to the physical button. I guess it depends on individuals on which button is the least used. For me is the Search button. Maybe a proposal like this :
Capacitive Menu Button
Short Press : Home
Long Press : Menu
Physical Home Button
Short Press : Home and Wake
Long Press : Search
Capacitive Back Button
Short Press : Back
Long Press : Recent

lukesky said:
I think context menu might slow things down. But I understand where you're coming from, we have 5 options for 2 capacitive buttons so 1 option will have to be assigned to the physical button. I guess it depends on individuals on which button is the least used. For me is the Search button. Maybe a proposal like this :
Capacitive Menu Button
Short Press : Home
Long Press : Menu
Physical Home Button
Short Press : Home and Wake
Long Press : Search
Capacitive Back Button
Short Press : Back
Long Press : Recent
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I would like that ... Much !!

+1

This is great, specially if we implement the new options
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Love this. Does this mean that long press menu brings up 'Recents Menu' ?

ryshah said:
Love this. Does this mean that long press menu brings up 'Recents Menu' ?
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Yes! Both keys are completely switched with all functionality, except that the physical button will still wake the device.
To other suggestions about more functionality, unfortunately I can only switch keys, I can't change the long press functions and such.

Great. Thanks

Does this work with cm9 or only sammy roms?

Works flawlessly with my device. Thank you OP.:good:

Awesome!

aydc said:
Yes! Both keys are completely switched with all functionality, except that the physical button will still wake the device.
To other suggestions about more functionality, unfortunately I can only switch keys, I can't change the long press functions and such.
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Hopefully one day it can be done like the HTC ONE X!

thanks, it works. but now my menu button does not vibrate anymore. it vibrates only in long press....

Installed it, running perfect!
This is how Samsung should do it.
Thanks a lot!!
Edit:
Short press menu button open menu
long predd menu button open taskmanager would be perfect!

gaetanolip said:
thanks, it works. but now my menu button does not vibrate anymore. it vibrates only in long press....
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anyone???

aydc said:
Do you hate the physical home button like I do?
Do you wish you could use the capacitive menu key instead of home, and assign much rarely used menu key to the physical button?
Just flash the attached file in Recovery.
The second file is for returning to the original setup if you wish.
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I hate the home button but I hate more the lack of recents button.
Is there any way to swap the menu button functionality with that of "show recents"?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

[Q] Anyone know of a way to get menu overflow button?

Anyway to get the menu overflow button into all apps and disable menu key or make it multitask key? Xposed modules or Roms? I loathe the menu key. All of my other devices have software buttons so I'm always thrown off when going to my note. Thanks

supremekizzle said:
Anyway to get the menu overflow button into all apps and disable menu key or make it multitask key? Xposed modules or Roms? I loathe the menu key. All of my other devices have software buttons so I'm always thrown off when going to my note. Thanks
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xposed module: 3-dot menu mod do the job(add soft menu key). Install it, activate in xposed and restart.
PS. And Samsung did it again wrong, because the menus are ugly in all their apps (light grey icons on a white background).

delete

Good stuff. This restored the 3 dot menu in Chrome after Google yanked it out in the last update.

I peronwly love the menu button

Duly.noted said:
I peronwly love the menu button
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Agreed.
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wingdo said:
Agreed.
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Now to find a way to turn the menu button into a task switcher button and set long press home to google now

Youre right ... Listen to me get xposed modules install gravity box jellybean version... and use their pie controls.... make them appear on left side.... so use ur left thumb to acces home button and recent task on pie.... and your right thumb for the return button ... i know the feels... since that threw me off too ... this way you can comfortably navigate without sacrificing screen estate... .. trust me it rocks... contact me if you have more questions .. youre welcome

rajackar said:
Now to find a way to turn the menu button into a task switcher button and set long press home to google now
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Long press home to Google Now can be done with Xposed. Both my phone and tablet work like that. I use Switchr for task switching with the activator in the bottom left and Button Savior Pro on the bottom right.

mine does that automatically. it also tried opening dolphin for some reason LoL

New Quick Way Into Settings?

Just picked up my Note 4! With the replacement of the settings button with the Multi-Tasking button (which I love) how is everyone getting into their settings? Wondering if there was another quick settings option outside of placing a shortcut on the home screen. Loving the phone!!

Long press the multitasking button.

this did not work on mine, i have since installed nova yet again and not long pressing the open apps button works.
There are quite a few things they took away from this note that was on the note 3.

I decided not to install Nova yet, but he is right long pressing works. Looking forward to some blogs putting up guides and screenshots of all the new and "hidden" features.

Just pull down the notification shade...there's a settings button. Lol.

I think they mean the per-app settings button rather than the main device settings app.
I too love the multitasking button. Long hold press on home button was making me die a little bit every time on the note 3. This is much better.
Now, if I could stop accidentally invoking multitasking thinking I am going to get an app settings menu to drop down! Doh

Jennygirl said:
I think they mean the per-app settings button rather than the main device settings app.
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Well, long-pressing the multitask button works for me to get access to the overflow/menu....

App specific options/settings menu? I dunno how else to explain it. Not all apps have them and the functionality is app-dependent. I.e. in chrome it pops up a menu with options like <- and -> and find in page etc. Now you have to long press the bottom left softkey to get to that instead of a single tap.
Main phone settings app you get to by tapping the gear button in the notification screen- which hasn't changed. Seems like that is what you were referring to. There has never been a softkey to get to that- that I know of
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Overflow menu, yeah. Sorry didn't know what the heck to call that thing. Sorry for the confusion

Remap multitask to menu?

Any way to do this without root on the Note 4? I believe HTC offers this option on their M7 and M8 phones, so I really hope Samsung did the same since they switched it.

yes please! I believe it can be done but uncertain without decompiling the app doing some recoding and then recompile the results into a .apk file.

Hold the button down....it's menu with a long press of the multitasking button

justpastfinish said:
Hold the button down....it's menu with a long press of the multitasking button
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That's the exact opposite I want.

justpastfinish said:
Hold the button down....it's menu with a long press of the multitasking button
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Thanks! I'll take it over the three dots or lines at the top.

Hobox10 said:
That's the exact opposite I want.
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haha me too i want menu one touch menu and recent long press of home button

I didn't realize the back button still did menu with a long-press. Glad to have learned that rather than having to search the 4 corners of the screen to see where the menu in whatever app is hidden.

When root is found, it should be a simple thing to flip the functionality of it right?
Also, anyone else wish there was a flashlight quick toggle in the notification tray?

Custom navbars not working

Hi.
So I've been trying to get my navbar buttons to work as they did in my previous phone. What would be:
Recent apps short press: open menu
Recent apps long press: search
Recent apps double tap: open assistant
Home button short press: home
Home button long press: recent apps
Home button double tap: split screen
Back button short press: back
Back button long press: kill app
Remaping the buttons doesn't seem an option since the soft keys are not detected as buttons. I rooted my device as well.
I've tried several methods using other apps that should replace the stock navbar but those despite being shown they do nothing.
I would also like to have it so the home button is disabled when typing.
I would really appreciate some help. Thanks
-Device: OP5T
-OS: OOS9.0.5
-Rooted with magisk. Twrp recovery. No xposed

Most of the functions you listed can be achieved by using the navbar customization built into Oxygen OS. (Settings->Buttons->Navigation Bar->Customization) The kill app button could probably be done with Tasker.

FevenKitsune said:
Most of the functions you listed can be achieved by using the navbar customization built into Oxygen OS. (Settings->Buttons->Navigation Bar->Customization) The kill app button could probably be done with Tasker.
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Although it is true the actions themselves are available on the stock menu apart from search and kill app. The short press action cannot be changed

Ah, didn't notice the menu one. Just for curiosity, do apps still support a menu button function? I haven't seen a hardware menu button in years.

FevenKitsune said:
Ah, didn't notice the menu one. Just for curiosity, do apps still support a menu button function? I haven't seen a hardware menu button in years.
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Oh yes they do. All of the ones I use at least it just opens whatever menu the app has that you would access by pressing on 3 dots. I just hate that some apps use other methods so you always have to think how to open the menu as oposed to just pressing the same thing