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Help Change what "Back" and "Recent Apps" buttons accomplish.

DanC9

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Aug 16, 2016
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Hi,

I have a Galaxy S4 and I just bought an S7 Edge today, I just have one small confusion.

Years ago I setup my buttons on my Galaxy S4 so the "Recent Apps" button instead opens settings for whatever app I'm on.

I also had it so doing a long press on the home button opened Recent Apps.

Is there a way to customize this on the S7 Edge? I loved having the ability to open settings rather than recent apps with the bottom left button.

Thanks,
-Dan
 
Perhaps other launchers might have the feature to define key actions (I know that TW and Nova certainly do not)

My feeling is however, that you can only do this by rooting and installing a custom rom or Xposed.

Thanks, I've been using Nova for years for small icons, with getting my s7 edge I've noticed some aspects Nova Pro offers that I now require. I'll just save up some Google Rewards for a couple months and purchase it. Or just flat out buy it.

Thanks nonetheless.
 
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