Anyone miss the menu button on the bottom?

[doublestack1]

Thinking about selling my S4 for the Droid Maxx. After playing with on at a vzw store I noticed there is a multitask button on the right, center home button and back button on the left. Does anyone miss having the menu button?

I am unhappy with the call quality on the S4. The lag is annoying and bloatware is using up a lot of valuable ram / storage.

Pete

 

[VMdoug]

I have not missed the menu button but I'm coming from a Nexus 4 that didn't have one either. You get used to it...

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[CrazyRussian007]

The menu button on the MAXX is re-mappable to the recent button: short press on the recent button = recent apps, long press on the recent button = menu. I think this setup is much more convenient than having a dedicated menu button

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[nhjosh]

That's exactly what I did. I was somewhat unhappy with my S4 for the same reasons, so I got the Maxx and sold my S4 on Craigslist. I missed the menu button for a couple days.. then got used to it and don't miss it at all anymore. Cheers!

 

[kurpaige]

Don't miss it at all. Tho I wish I could do menu being the short press and resent being the long press

Sent from my XT1080

 

[russel5150]

I do not miss mine that was on my note2. It would wake the screen up and I didn't like that. I like having only the power key to wake the phone up..

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[doublestack1]

Is re - mapping done through settings? I didn't notice that set up on the store demo model.

 

[SteelGator]

I do not miss mine that was on my note2. It would wake the screen up and I didn't like that. I like having only the power key to wake the phone up..

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It is rare that I have to use the power button. The phone knows when I pick it up, so I unlock from the active notification screen. I have only used the power button a couple times when the screen has timed out on me.

 

[viper81]

Is re - mapping done through settings? I didn't notice that set up on the store demo model.

It can be found in display settings.

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[viper81]

Don't miss it at all. Tho I wish I could do menu being the short press and resent being the long press

Sent from my XT1080

I agree. I use menu way more often than recent.

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[Chiplg]

I use the menu button all the time. It I don't understand why it was removed. Not all apps have a menu button on screen, nor should they. I'd rather my screen be used for the app instead of common buttons, that's Apple's domain.

 

[bigv5150]

Viper81 thank you I have been missing that option.

 

[viper81]

I use the menu button all the time. It I don't understand why it was removed. Not all apps have a menu button on screen, nor should they. I'd rather my screen be used for the app instead of common buttons, that's Apple's domain.

I agree and that's probably why they offered the option of mapping the long click of task list button to menu.

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[doublestack1]

Happy it is still available. Now the only thing stopping me from upgrading is the handset volume. Seems a lot of folks are complaining they cannot hear the other party during a regular call. Perhaps it is a sweet spot issue. Will check it out during my next visit to vzw.. Thanks again for your help

 

[Casen]

Handset volume is low, but the back speaker.... The only phone I have ever had to turn down for being too loud.... Outside......

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[doogald]

I upgraded from a gingerbread phone and, after using the menu button for almost 4 years, yes, I did miss having it. After ten days I'm now used to the onscreen control. It doesn't take long to get accustomed to it.

 

[Nreeldeep]

Happy it is still available. Now the only thing stopping me from upgrading is the handset volume. Seems a lot of folks are complaining they cannot hear the other party during a regular call. Perhaps it is a sweet spot issue. Will check it out during my next visit to vzw.. Thanks again for your help

Noone complained that they couldn't hear during a regular call. The volume seems to be a bit lower than what we're used to. We have 2 Maxxes in my house and an S4. The Maxxes top volume is a bit lower than the S4 in my house. But you can definitely hear the caller. The volume could afford to be a tick louder.
Ironically, the Maxx 's speaker is crazy loud. Might be the loudest in the industry.

 

[russel5150]

The call volume or me has been loud and clear... Coming from a note2, which was also loud and clear I haven't had any complaints since switching. My calls have been very clear.. One of the reasons I wasn't afraid to switch back from Samsung to motorola

Using my Moto Droid Maxx

 

[Patrick Pittman]

I upgraded from a gingerbread phone and, after using the menu button for almost 4 years, yes, I did miss having it. After ten days I'm now used to the onscreen control. It doesn't take long to get accustomed to it.

I added the menu function to the task button and love it. Does the same thing with one less button.

 

[T8te]

Thank you so much for posting this. I actually have apps where the Android version doesn't have any onscreen menu functionality because it relied on the menu key on the phone.