Home button - what home button? :)

[Gadgetdude]

In my endless quest to tweak my GN3 I recently decided to look into how much I could eliminate the need to use the physical home button. My home button doesn't seem loose but I do have to wonder how well it will hold up in the long run being clicked 100+ times a day (I - like a few others here - do suffer from N3OCD and am constantly messing with my new phone!). I think some of the other custom launchers might do similar things, but for the time being I'm sticking to TouchWiz and saving the exploration of the custom launchers for a later time when I get bored with it.

Here are a few cool apps that you might want to check out to reduce or eliminate the need to use your home button:

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ls?id=it.android.smartscreenon&token=OAFWnd-0 (Smart Screen On - wake up the phone using the proximity sensor)
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ewma.swipehomebuttonfree&hl=en&token=QRwXwaTL (Swipe Home Button - as the name implies, use swipe gestures to replace the home function an much more)
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...id=mohammad.adib.switchr&hl=en&token=qQ69Haq5 (Switchr - this one is my new favorite - swipe from the side to switch between recent apps)

Anyone else come across similar apps?

 

[UJ95x]

Thanks for sharing
I know Tasker can be set up to wake up with the proximity sensor as well
Haven't had any issues with my S4 after almost 6 months though

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[Eclipse2K]

I've been using a Droid Maxx so I have Active Display to turn the screen on. This eliminated the need for a power button or in Samsung case a home button for that. The rest I haven't tried but I'm going to pass on to a friend because he's been looking to do this.

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[Golfdriver97]

Interesting idea. But I think the physical home button wearing out/getting damaged is why onscreen keys are becoming more common.

 

[Eclipse2K]

Interesting idea. But I think the physical home button wearing out/getting damaged is why onscreen keys are becoming more common.

Possibly. I do know with the size of the Note that on screen buttons would be nice. Heck you could have more screen real estate (or at least the feeling of more)

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[UJ95x]

Interesting idea. But I think the physical home button wearing out/getting damaged is why onscreen keys are becoming more common.

That...and smaller bezels allow for bigger displays

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[Golfdriver97]

Possibly. I do know with the size of the Note that on screen buttons would be nice. Heck you could have more screen real estate (or at least the feeling of more)

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Very true.

 

[blitz118]

I use swipepad and I never have to hit the home button to get any of my apps. I also have no apps on home screen when using swipepad. I hate the look of cluttered home screens with apps all over the place.