Easter Egg?

[rjglenn]

May not be news to anyone, and maybe no one cares cause few on here use it, but I did stumble onto an undocumented feature with the stock launcher. You can switch sides with the phone button and the snap out menu button. Press & hold the snap out button and slide to the other side. I have my phone button on the left and the snap out menu on the right. Makes it easier to get to the dialer and harder to use the menu, but I rarely use it anyhow and wish I could make it disappear completely. I know there are lots of other launchers, but each one seems to me to have one issue or another that make it not work satisfactory.

 

[runsondiesel]

Have you tried the Zeam Launcher? Lightweight and all the features I need. I beefed it up with Speed Dial Folder. That adds a shortcut on the home screen (I have only two home screens) within which you can create folders to store app shortcuts. I have them grouped as Performance, Tools, Games etc. Some I have in the first screen down. I like drilling down better than scrolling through pages of apps. YMMV.

David

 

[callmecolt]

I did not know this. Thanks for the tip. It does make getting to the phone menu easier.

 

[Bubba NJ]

Thanks for sweet tip!

 

[Spil]

Actually, this isn't an "undocumented feature" ... check out the user manual, page 38, near the bottom: "If you drag down the Snap Out Menu icon on the Home screen, the bottom edge of the screen turns red. If you keep dragging the Snap Out Menu icon to the opposite corner of the screen, it remains there." And the interactive manual on the support.verizonwireless.com site is even more specific (under "Home Screen -> Snap Out Menu"): "To change the Snap Out Menu from right-handed to left-handed: 1) Tap and hold the Snap Out Menu icon; 2) Drag the icon to the side of the screen you prefer." Of course, it doesn't specifically say there that this switches the phone icon to the opposite side of the screen as well.

I almost never use the Snap Out Menu anyway ... with the Commando's five home screens, all my favorite apps are neatly grouped and within easy reach, so there's not much need for an additional "shortcut" way to get to them.

 

[jova33]

User manuals are for n00bs. You always set that aside and let your manliness guide you. Then when you mess up, there's always the manual to help.