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Split screen here, settings menu gone

TIMtheELT

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Aug 24, 2016
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On my S3 and my Note 3, the button to the left of home button was a menu button that accessed the settings menu in whatever app I was running.

I upgraded to a Note 4 when I changed carriers a couple of years ago and that button changed to the current cascade app button. I learned that if I did a long hold of that left side button, it would perform the old function of accessing the app menu.

I just upgrade from my old cracked Note 4 to the Note 7 and that left button changed function again.

So, the point.... Does anyone know how to access menus using the physical buttons on the phone? A long press now attempts to activate the split screen mode.

I have a couple of apps I use that do not have easy access to the menu so I would use physical button to access the menu. No more!

Any tips? Sorry for all the words.
 

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