Help Question about home button

[Europa76]

I'm thinking of buying this smartphone. I just have one concern. I find the dedicated search button on my HTC very very useful. The search button is obviously missing on Samsung G2, but I heard that the hardware home button actually works as search when pressed and held. Can you confirm it really works that way? Thanks

 

[SMFire]

I'm thinking of buying this smartphone. I just have one concern. I find the dedicated search button on my HTC very very useful. The search button is obviously missing on Samsung G2, but I heard that the hardware home button actually works as search when pressed and held. Can you confirm it really works that way? Thanks

The capacitive menu button doubles up as a search button. Not the home button

 

[Europa76]

Thanks. So what does the home button do when pressed and held or double pressed??

 

[N1vag]

If you press and hold the home button it goes to a list of the most recently used apps and if you double tap it it goes to the voice controls (which can be disabled).

 

[daivik]

Thanks. So what does the home button do when pressed and held or double pressed??

MENU touch & held = search feature

 

[brykins]

If you press and hold the home button it goes to a list of the most recently used apps and if you double tap it it goes to the voice controls (which can be disabled).

How do I disable this? Getting right on my nerves, the voice controls popping up.

 

[stevehy]

How do I disable this? Getting right on my nerves, the voice controls popping up.

Settings, motion, uncheck double tap.

 

[brykins]

Settings, motion, uncheck double tap.

That's the facility to "double tap" the whole phone, not to double press the home button.

 

[stevehy]

That's the facility to "double tap" the whole phone, not to double press the home button.

If you look at what is says by the check box:

 

[brykins]

If you look at what is says by the check box:

 

[stevehy]

I thought that about tapping the top of the phone also, but have you ever tried that? It does not work. Other than rooting and installing new kernel I know of no other way to disable this.
I am obviously wrong about the motion uncheck.

 

[sleeco]

Double tapping my home button brings up "Voice Talk"

 

[brykins]

I thought that about tapping the top of the phone also, but have you ever tried that? It does not work. Other than rooting and installing new kernel I know of no other way to disable this.
I am obviously wrong about the motion uncheck.

I have tried it, and no - I couldn't get it to work either!

Looks like we are stuck with the double-press home key anyway ([Q] Change the double-press home key? - xda-developers) which is a shame considering Android is supposed to be customisable to how we want to use our devices, and some of us just don't want to TALK to the damn things.

 

[stevehy]

I have tried it, and no - I couldn't get it to work either!

Looks like we are stuck with the double-press home key anyway ([Q] Change the double-press home key? - xda-developers) which is a shame considering Android is supposed to be customisable to how we want to use our devices, and some of us just don't want to TALK to the damn things.

Actually, don

 

[daivik]

Actually, don

 

[stevehy]

True, but that's Samsung's doing isn't it?
(btw I take it there's no way to change Vlingo to Google, without rooting?? )

Yes, that is Samsung

 

[Peninsula]

To switch from Vlingo to Google: Settings > Voice input and output > Voice Recognition.

 

[stevehy]

Does not change the home button mappings, still remains as Vlingo.