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i can't seem to find my task manager anywhere on my phone (i9305). does it even have one?

Press and hold the home button and the multitasking screen will show and have 3 icons at the bottom. Select the one furthest to the left on the bottom of the screen and you will have the task manager.
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I've had the issue with this.. Holding down the home button did nothing.. A restart fixed it..

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close applications with home button

does anyone know a possibility to have the home button on the td2 closing an active application. its kinda hard to press the upper right X with the fingers and would be nice to have it on that button... ohwell it should close the app and go to the homescreen actually any chance to get that working?
Settings / All Settings / Personal / Buttons and there you can change function of your button (initial value is "Today")
actually i only have 1 button to configure there.. and im not even sure which one is that... its called button 1... ??
this is the answer button long pressed.
i use that for soft reset program
In most applications the back key acts the same as pressing the 'X' on the top right corner.
Only in Opera, as far as I know & maybe YouTube, that thee back key will act as 'Back'.
sadly this is not true.. even if i configure the answer button to ok/close it does not work properly. for example.. i open calendar and use the back button or press answer button a long time it will not close it - its still visilbe in the tasklist in upper right corner of the screen.
or is there maybe an app which will shutdown all open tasks when phone goes to standby mode?

[SOLVED] Accessing the CM9 taskmanager through shortcut??

To close my recent apps I have a widget of"android assistant" which closes all the apps at one touch.
And to view the open apps through the default task manager in CM9 I have to press and hold the home button for a few seconds. I was wondering is there any way to access this task manager through a one tap on the scren .considering the times I have to press the home button.. it might get spoilt or loose over time.
Have you guys got any tips to do this?? I also tried "simple text " app but there is no action as to access the task manager.
I did take a look at "tasker" and it had a way to kill all apps or selective apps. I think that could be helpful in a way ..
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ryandigweed said:
To close my recent apps I have a widget of"android assistant" which closes all the apps at one touch.
And to view the open apps through the default task manager in CM9 I have to press and hold the home button for a few seconds. I was wondering is there any way to access this task manager through a one tap on the scren .considering the times I have to press the home button.. it might get spoilt or loose over time.
Have you guys got any tips to do this?? I also tried "simple text " app but there is no action as to access the task manager.
I did take a look at "tasker" and it had a way to kill all apps or selective apps. I think that could be helpful in a way ..
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Don't know of anyway to do that, it's very possible though to make such a shortcut in my opinion.
However the button is of high quality and you don't have to worry about it.
Or you could always flash the on screen keys mod and use that instead.
Cheers.
MR.change said:
Don't know of anyway to do that, it's very possible though to make such a shortcut in my opinion.
However the button is of high quality and you don't have to worry about it.
Or you could always flash the on screen keys mod and use that instead.
Cheers.
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I think that the on screen keys are a bit waste of space. I have used some iphones in my past, and the main button often got loose (shakey)
ryandigweed said:
To close my recent apps I have a widget of"android assistant" which closes all the apps at one touch.
And to view the open apps through the default task manager in CM9 I have to press and hold the home button for a few seconds. I was wondering is there any way to access this task manager through a one tap on the scren .considering the times I have to press the home button.. it might get spoilt or loose over time.
Have you guys got any tips to do this?? I also tried "simple text " app but there is no action as to access the task manager.
I did take a look at "tasker" and it had a way to kill all apps or selective apps. I think that could be helpful in a way ..
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Install Nova Launcher from market and Configure the home button in Settings.
Now Just press home button one time and its done
Or apex launcher, you can reconfigure the home button for a 1 press & the task mngr should show in now time, or put an action icon on home screen.
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I would prefer using the action shortcut.Will i be able to do that with Apex launcher.
Thanks for the launcher ideas, if i can't get a shortcut made, ill reconfigure the home button to open the task manager on one tap, but then won't it conflict with the actual 1tap idea of the home button? :S to get to the homescreen?
ryandigweed said:
I would prefer using the action shortcut.Will i be able to do that with Apex launcher.
Thanks for the launcher ideas, if i can't get a shortcut made, ill reconfigure the home button to open the task manager on one tap, but then won't it conflict with the actual 1tap idea of the home button? :S to get to the homescreen?
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Its just replace the previous action (Home Screens)

New to Z1 and can't find option/menu button

Hi guys how r u all
Am new to the Xperia Z1 and really can't find the option button anywhere
I mean in Samsung there is a menu button lower right
In Htc you long press the home button the menu appears
Where is it in the Xperia.
For example in Facebook application cant find it to set settings
In messages in facebook app for example before i press the menu button and can delete conversation and many other options
But cant find it here with Z1
Help!
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ashouhdy said:
Hi guys how r u all
Am new to the Xperia Z1 and really can't find the option button anywhere
I mean in Samsung there is a menu button lower right
In Htc you long press the home button the menu appears
Where is it in the Xperia.
For example in Facebook application cant find it to set settings
In messages in facebook app for example before i press the menu button and can delete conversation and many other options
But cant find it here with Z1
Help!
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like all nexus devices and on screen keyboard devices, in 4.0 there was a button on the apps which acts as the menu button (its called action menu or something), you only need to look for 3 vertical dots or play with the apps.
the facebook app have its settings on the left tab at the end of all the crap, there you can find the settings
Asadroid said:
like all nexus devices and on screen keyboard devices, in 4.0 there was a button on the apps which acts as the menu button (its called action menu or something), you only need to look for 3 vertical dots or play with the apps.
the facebook app have its settings on the left tab at the end of all the crap, there you can find the settings
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Yup but in messages u cant delete conversations caise no action button.
Seriously whats the use of 2 button with basically of the same function. The home and task bar button
Should be integrated in 1 button only home button one press then long press brings the task manager.
So is it the same with all launchers?
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ashouhdy said:
Yup but in messages u cant delete conversations caise no action button.
Seriously whats the use of 2 button with basically of the same function. The home and task bar button
Should be integrated in 1 button only home button one press then long press brings the task manager.
So is it the same with all launchers?
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in the messenger app and in the facebook app, you need to go to the messenger section (facebook app) long pres the conversation and then an optional menu will appear.
BLAME facebook for a poorly done app man, they should implement better ways to navigate through the damn app
Reminds me of the ios
??
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ashouhdy said:
Hi guys how r u all
Am new to the Xperia Z1 and really can't find the option button anywhere
I mean in Samsung there is a menu button lower right
In Htc you long press the home button the menu appears
Where is it in the Xperia.
For example in Facebook application cant find it to set settings
In messages in facebook app for example before i press the menu button and can delete conversation and many other options
But cant find it here with Z1
Help!
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it took me a while to get used to it too..
try to look for 3 vertical dots !!!
it's menu or setting most of the time!
choihan06 said:
it took me a while to get used to it too..
try to look for 3 vertical dots !!!
it's menu or setting most of the time!
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Yea.... thats the only thing i dislike about the phone
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ashouhdy said:
Yea.... thats the only thing i dislike about the phone
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It's the same with all Android devices that use stock or close to stock above 4.1. The real blame is with poor and lazy app development of which Facebook is a good example.
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tiny Taiwan has the elusive options button.
ashouhdy said:
Hi guys how r u all
Am new to the Xperia Z1 and really can't find the option button anywhere
I mean in Samsung there is a menu button lower right
In Htc you long press the home button the menu appears
Where is it in the Xperia.
For example in Facebook application cant find it to set settings
In messages in facebook app for example before i press the menu button and can delete conversation and many other options
But cant find it here with Z1
Help!
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That button is essential for things like search in webbrowser.
sony made in China no options button like Htc in Taiwan has.
spacelite said:
That button is essential for things like search in webbrowser.
sony made in China no options button like Htc in Taiwan has.
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Honest question. What makes a physical button "essential" for this, and an onscreen button (depending on the browser, that will be either on the navigation bar, on the rightmost part or on the title bar, besides the tab button) not fit? Specially when pressing either of them will have the exact same effect?
Yes, I was used to the TouchWiz way on my previous phones, and I thought that having the menu button fixed on the same position all the time was the only way to do so. Now I see that (a dedicated physical menu button) the same way as I see the fixed menu bar on Mac OS: it has some nice points, but overall it's a waste of good space. Note that the Android application design guidelines asks for an onscreen overflow button (the three dots button). Some manufacturers change the behaviour to remove the onscreen button and assign the same function to a physical key. Some developers screw up the design in epic fashion (Facebook). But there's no way around it: the onscreen menu button is how Android is meant to be, at least since the last major overhaul on ICS. Anything other than that is either a manufacturer's attempt at "differentiation", breaking the expected design of apps, or an app's utter failure to adhere to a very simple set of rules.

Menu icon missing on app on S5

Tried loading Lorex Mobile Lite on new S5 today. App appears to load fine. When I run it splash screen shows up then blank screen with "No DVR set up hit menu> add connection. There is no menu button anywhere on screen. Running 4.4.2 The same app on my wife's Nexus 7 tablet running 4.4.2 shows a menu button to right of the return button on bottom of screen an then works correctly. Any idea how to get menu button to show up or atleast get into menu?
Rumbleweed said:
Tried loading Lorex Mobile Lite on new S5 today. App appears to load fine. When I run it splash screen shows up then blank screen with "No DVR set up hit menu> add connection. There is no menu button anywhere on screen. Running 4.4.2 The same app on my wife's Nexus 7 tablet running 4.4.2 shows a menu button to right of the return button on bottom of screen an then works correctly. Any idea how to get menu button to show up or atleast get into menu?
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I've run into this on a few apps. no settings menu icon in the app, no settings menu to the left of to the home key...
if you press and hold the multi tasking button the settings menu will come up.
Russ77 said:
I've run into this on a few apps. no settings menu icon in the app, no settings menu to the left of to the home key...
if you press and hold the multi tasking button the settings menu will come up.
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Tried that. The app was not offered as on option to open in multi mode.
Rumbleweed said:
Tried that. The app was not offered as on option to open in multi mode.
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open the app you are trying to access the settings menu of.
press and hold the button to the left of the home button.
the settings menu of that app will then open.
pressing and holding what used to be the settings button still functions as the old settings button.
Russ77 said:
open the app you are trying to access the settings menu of.
press and hold the button to the left of the home button.
the settings menu of that app will then open.
pressing and holding what used to be the settings button still functions as the old settings button.
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Worked perfect. was pressing the multi-tasking button. Thank You. :good:

Is there a hack to use phone in car mode?

While phone is connected to car I can only open apps with notifications (by dragging a top bar). Is there a way to get to home screen?
On my phone you can press the recent button then press another app and home
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sdmark said:
On my phone you can press the recent button then press another app and home
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There is no recent button on mine
Anyway I want to get to home screen, not just recent apps.

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