Help Noob question on "Back" button functionality

[Kiri]

This is my first android device and i'm loving it... but one thing that irks me is the use, or lack thereof, of the back button.

As I am navigating menus and options in the Settings, I cannot simply go back one menu using the back key. For example, if I go to Settings->Battery Manager->Battery Profile Options and want to go back to the Settings screen, I cannot.

Pushing the back button does nothing and I can only go back to the Settings menu by going Home, then re-entering.

Another quirk regarding the back button is when reading emails. Using a regular email account such as Hotmail, I cannot simply read an email and go back to the inbox using the button.

It makes navigating the phone very tedious

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[Kiri]

Sorry to bump so early but I just want to know if my button is malfunctioning or not. Thanks!

 

[Lars]

My back button works fine. You are talking about the hard button between Home and Search?

 

[Airmaxx23]

My back button works fine. You are talking about the hard button between Home and Search?

Yeah, like he said, you should be able to just use the hard back button.

 

[Kiri]

Yeah i'm talking about the back hard button. Aw man. I guess I will have to go to the verizon store tomorrow to see if they can fix it. I did think it was weird that I couldn't use the back button in the setting menus!

Thanks guys

 

[tbAF]

My back button occasionally acts like I pressed the search button and I'm pretty confident I've not. It brings up a search window when it happens.

Anyone else have this problem where the back button key occasionally brings up search instead?