Don't like pressing the Home button? Np. Just swipe on it.

[chanchan05]

I never understood the I don't wanna press the home button bit. My Galaxy S is still good to go after 6 years, and so is my Note 2 after 2 years of use.

 

[aldo82]

I wouldn't say I'm worried about wearing the button out. But having come from phones with soft buttons, I find the physical button a bit slow and clunky. It's quite loud sometimes too! I actually like the capacitive buttons and don't miss on screen buttons. But I would really like it if the home button was capacitive too. It could still be a physical button for waking the screen or for this that like it but then work as a capacitive home button for those that want that functionality. Basically like the easyhome app except I didn't think it worked that well. Wish Samsung would bring that in as an official feature!

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[srikat]

Same here. Just used to Nexus style capacitive buttons. What issue are you facing with EasyHome?

 

[aldo82]

Same here. Just used to Nexus style capacitive buttons. What issue are you facing with EasyHome?

I had issues with certain apps opening if the app was running. After reinstalling it that went away but I then found it stopped working a bit too easily. I.e. clear all your recent apps out and it stops working. That's not what I expect from a system type app.

Also not sure if the capacitive layer is designed to be active all the time. If it's normally off then I would worry about the reliability of the part if it is now switched on all the time. Of course if Samsung implemented the feature then I'd be happy that the part could cope with it

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[srikat]

clear all your recent apps out and it stops working

You are right. It is doing that here as well. But I reopened the app and all is well again. I can live with that. I usually don't do CLOSE ALL.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

I had problems with it just not working sometimes, as if it had been swapped out of memory. But then it would suddenly start working again. The permanent notification setting didn't always work, either.Sometimes the notification would just go away.