yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] kaiowas82:
It's plenty of guides on xda, you can refer to the galaxy nexus guides too as it's the same.

Download apk manager, decompile, do your modifications, compile back.

Don't sign the apk as its not needed for system apk.

As soon what you'll modify to make the navbar smaller is just an XML file (use notepad+ for that), copy the folder meta-inf and the file android-manifest from the original apk to the new one with 7zip or any equivalent.

Push with adb.

Sorry if I don't go more into details, i dont have much time, but if you follow any of the guides and this few indications of mine there are no chance of mistake. Make a backup anyway, boot loop can happen :)

I'll upload my framework when I get to my PC.

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Apparently with hardkeys off and navbar on there is no way to get into svoice settings

Here's the link to the framework. Remember to rename it before pushing it. :)

http://temp-share.com/show/f3YgA5vXn
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] adoq111:
I replaced your framework-res.apk but it seems that it is from Android rom, not Sammy rom. It works - buttons are thinner :)

I cannot recompile my own framework.. :(
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] eldecanopy:
I think resizing frameworks camera is a possible solution... another temporal solution that i found is installing camera of 4.1.2 that works great but it don't have all features that sammy has.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] kaiowas82:
Its from a Samsung stock ROM, but, as I said in my previous post, the framework is themed with jb domination by vertumus. ;)

Anyway, good to know that works even if the theme is not applied. :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
Here's the link to the modified soft-keys (pure stock). install zip by CWM

http://www.4shared.com/zip/vtDRZDa0/Softkey_MOD_.html
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] wings76:
Thanks! It works great. :)

hmm so in the future, if i don't want it anymore, how can i disable it?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
Works on sammy jb rom?

+1 on how to revert
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] imam88:
d u know how to turnoff/deactive physical button?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] wings76:
Yeah, I'm on Omega v31. ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
Thanks! Waiting for the mod to revert back before trying it out
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
To disable the on screen soft key nav just

change this line qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in the build prop and restart.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
Is there an alternate link? I dont want to sign up just to download the file
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
Softkey Style for Stock DLJ4
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] maxq1:
comment out lines on /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl, like so...

# key 158 BACK
# key 172 HOME
# key 139 MENU

physical home button, however, will still wake up the device (which i prefer) and long pressing on it will bring up s-/google- voice. if you wish otherwise, you can disable it altogether by editing the line on gpio-keys.kl (same directory as above)...

# key 172 HOME WAKE

then turn off lights via settings/display/touchkey light duration. works on both ics and jb sammy roms. HTH
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] zorro12010:
Do you also now how to change the colour of the menu key and back key. I installed lightmanager and light flow, but they don't seem to have the possibility to change the colour.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] edwardob:
great ..but how do you download from that site...i'm going around in circles????
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] freddy1991:
how can i disable it, if i dont wanna use it anymore
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] edwardob:
change qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
Just sign in (its free) :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] freddy1991:
THanks

i thought i could just delete the "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0" and reboot

will this also work???
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] edwardob:
yeah

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fed up signing up everytime i want to do something

can someone upload it somewhere else..ie dropbox or something
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
New Link http://www.mediafire.com/?78fewfflw5s9ten
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tomcop:
Unfortunately your mod (in zip file) is not working for me. I have official stock JB ROM for Slovakia.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mehms:
Is there a way to change the mapping so that it doesn't go to S Voice on long home button press?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
Thanks

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The file didn't work. I just manually added the line

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The fle didnt work i just added it manually
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] NemesisRE:
So houssam10001 is making advertisment in my thread so I will make this in "his"

Enable On Screen Nav Soft Keys
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] edwardob:
works fine for me thanlksssssssssssssssss
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
I would like to thank Nemesis for his MOD "Enable On Screen Nav Soft Keys" :good:

so I modified his MOD to work on Stock JB ROM :

1- Create new folder in /System name it "addon.d" with root explorer

2- flash attached ZIP in CWM :)

NAV_HomeWake: enables Navbar, maps the Homekey to wake the device (nothing else) and disables Softkeys

NAV_Remove: Removes the mod

Note: for more info about this ZIP check http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1918166"
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] x111:
On the UltimaRom, it's work almost good.

Want item "turn on/off" in setting or somewhere else. In addition, perhaps if it's possible, improving works, find some bugs after reboot when I installed/upgraded Rom and installed this mod, I need reinstall Rom and mod, and after that manually turn on this mod and reboot.

p.s. I got how switch manually, but it's not cool.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
How about just wake when pressing home button but not disabling the two other soft keys
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
How did you manage to get it work on omega V31? Pls guys can someone teach me??:( I follow the steps but it ain't working..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
Dont use the flashable fil

Just add a line in build prop

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Where do I add it to? Omega ROM zip> system??
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] deejay6901:
dont be an idiot.. read the op, its mentioned there.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Lol what's your problem asshole.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] deejay6901:
its u who have problem. try to read first before you ask. its just a few pages away... :D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mustang2012:
Lol..... Yeah good on you mate. It was well deserved :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] uberto.costanzo:
hi, i have install and work good in stock jb, I can have smaller mean lower? take up too much screen. thanks for work and reply
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Yeah whatever ok. Lol. Don't your understand English ass? I said I FOLLOWED ALL the instructions in the OP but I still can't have it. Seriously you are dumb.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] kaiowas82:
So, if u really did, you know the answer to your own question
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] masterex567:
Quite an old trick.

but thanks for sharing anyways.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
Is this an old trick on a sammy rom?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Electribe:
hello first sorry for my bad english,

i had tested it, it works. but now i dont can wake up my device. no button turns on my galaxy. i set the file gpio-keys.kl back to original, but i dont can wake up. any solutions for the problem?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33606671

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After Enabling soft key , use this MOD

http://www.mediafire.com/?78fewfflw5s9ten
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Calain80:
What would I need to change so that in that zip so I get the "HomeCamera" useage? I think that would be a great change esp. as the normal sammy camera button is harder to use if you this mod.

btw: Great work of both of you! :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Where do I find system/build/prop?

Edit: or is there a flash able zip for this awesome mod to my FoxHound ROM which is a Sammy Base ROM?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tomcop:
no system/build/prop but /system/build.prop, it's in root of your device.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Hmm could you give me direction to do it? What I did was went to my Downloads-> FoxHounds rom-> Unzip-> and head to system/Build.prop and insert the text. Reboot. But I'm not getting it. I have also flash the Zip file from the earlier page but I'm not getting it either:( I really love this pls someone help.:(
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Can someone help me?:( Like teach me a step by step one? Thank you kind soul in advance.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
You can read the first page
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] x111:
somebody please, can fix that camera mod for button mod, because in the camera right now I have just half at button which make a picture.

[CAM-MOD] ["Note 2 Camera"] 24.09. 30Mbit/192kbit/Hardkey-Vol.UP/SLOW/FAST-MOTION

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1691145
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
+1 to this.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] adoq111:
The same is with stock camera..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Guys. I had followed the instructions from the OP. But could someone really teach me how to navigate to system/build.prop in the right way?:/
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] deejay6901:
i so pity you boy.. i dont know if you are just plain stupid or a dumb ass... instructions on first page and on some pages are already given and is very plain and simple. if you cant do it then DONT DO IT!! you're just spamming the thread!! :thumbdown:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tomcop:
At first you need root. Then some file explorer, I have ES File Explorer. In its settings you need to setup root settings, tick all options there. Then navigate to / folder, through the favorites menu. There you have folder system and file build.prop, edit it and write there things from the OP. Save, reboot. And that's it. http://xdaforums.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] amosljl1995:
Thanks a million TomCom!:)

mod edit: please be respectful of other users.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] thecrucible:
Thanks for pointing me there. For my S3 running CM10 I also had to make that change in /system/usr/layout/sec_touchkey.kl in order to fully deactivate the capacitive touch buttons. Good thing, CM10 includes an advance setting that allows you to disable the touch button backlights as well.

Great guidance!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] makalolo:
already try but overlap my TWL... how to make it small?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] thecrucible:
Not sure bro. I am not on TW. Post a screen shot of the overlap
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] winuxguy:
possible LCD burn-in in the future?

It works great!!! I just have one question though, wouldn't this cause burn-in on the LCD if used for a long time? the reason I asked it's because I use the phone a lot of times in playing games and these soft keys stay on their.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] chaitumtx:
help me

hi guys help me to add power key and menu key on soft keys im using omega jb v 31 rom sry for my bad english
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] x111:
:good:

+1

and how about burn-in on the super amoled plus display SGS3 ?

Somebody know how to remove blue line on the top this mod ???
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] deadman13:
I got boot loop after flashing this mod. Im using omega v31 with jellybean fusion themes mod. Do i need a clean install without mod to use this? Any other matters so i can make it smaller? Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Deimozzz:
Hi Guys. How to change the order of buttons, need - back, home, menu.

And how to fix the camera in stock XXDLJ4.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
Is there a way to add the power button?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sephoron:
Is There a way to Put the Homescreen Indikator points move a little bit up?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33586487
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] baste07:
thanks, is there one where it's visible?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mybeshoo:
Dear all , Thank you in advanced about this wonderful Post . i have some questions!

Phone : SGS3 GT-I9300 / Stock TW . JB 4.1.1

I did follow the steps :

Edit : system/build.prop

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

/ restart !

And it work with as charm !

But i dont like how it behaves . eg , if you are in T/W home . and you want to go to settings , normally you will press the physical menu button .

but now if you press it nothing happened.

And there is no menu button in the soft keys nav bar ! while you are in the TW / home.

I dont like to have a soft button for recent tasks ! long press on home is good but in this mod , long press on soft home button open "S Voice" !

NOW

What i am looking for is to clone the physical keys order of SGS3 and functions ! " I want to save my home button "

look Number 1 :

###############

Menu - Home - Back

==================

Long press on home i got resent task manager .

Long press on Menu i got Google Now !

====== and i DONT want to disable the real keys ! ==========

The physical home Button i want to make it to take photo if i pressed it while i am on Camera Program .

And if i pressed while the Screen Off , Mob will turn on , if i press it while i am in TW , NOT the camera app . Go Home / Long press . Bring Task !

===========================================

Lock 2

########

Just home key in the middle - Long press bring task manager

and the physical home key still as it

the physical menu key and back key stay as it is !

PS , i did read this ::

Is there any other way , clean and simple

Thank you for your reply !

beshoo
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] x111:
Maybe someone can copy this function from AOKP and CM10 ?

p.s. I prefer Samsung ROM; AOKP & CM ROMs do not work very well.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] rfmalta:
Anyone knows how to change the stock camera app size?? I just cant lose this app!!! thkx
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] edwardob:
have you version latest

[ROM][XXELK4]

this one dont sem to work
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] metalsaur:
its working, i'm on 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Devil1978:
I have a bootloop with 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] edwardob:
same here

which zip you using

maybe we picked wrong one
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] metalsaur:
there's no zip to flash, just adding lines of code onto a text file. check OP
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] edwardob:
i think we're talking different things

i refering to smaller version which is softkey mod zip

dont work latest rom
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] houssam10001:
Updated :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] metalsaur:
sorry but where can I download the soft key mod updated version that works on 4.1.2?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ScottRTL:
I see a lot of questions with few answers...

Does anyone know how to make the menu key persistent?

Does anyone know how to add additional keys, like search?

thanks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ScottRTL:
Anyone notice that they keys are really messed up in landscape? They don't stay in their proper location... they all cram into a single line in the middle of the navigation bar. (This is on a note ii)

Sent from my Galaxy Note II on Rogers Wireless
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] LRC1710:
Man it worked great but I have a problem, the menu button (the three dots) opens recent apps instead of showing the menu, any idea why this happens or how could it be fixed?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] reinaldistic:
I don't get that problem on the Sprint note 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Madarox:
Awesome

Deleted.Wrong thread sorry lol.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ksarius:
Guys how is it in cm10? Also when i hit save, it says operation failed.

Solutions?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] EJ98:
Deleted
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ksarius:
Does anyone lnow how to change from 3 ocons to 5???

Thxxxx
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] SIII.:
I use the zip and i had to reinstall the rom.

If you want smaller softkeys you have to rewrite build.prop and then install one mod from this post:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33586487

I've used the last mod, transparent and resized softkeys.

Sorry for my english.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] norpan111:
This works great, I'm trying to re assign my home button to a camera button instead.. Or someone got a tip what to have the home button to do? The other two touch buttons isn't necessary to have enabled but the home button is so visible :s

Skickat från min GT-I9300 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alvinhoe7291:
I read through almost all the posts here and Im still confused about how to change the size of the soft keys.

I have already managed to add the soft keys by adding this line "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0"

But it is taking up too much space on my screen, can any kind soul explain to me how to make these soft-keys smaller please?

Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience caused.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] metalsaur:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1969306

Stock Soft_Keys [ Styles & MOD ] - Transparent and Re-sized

Download and flash the the resized mod.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alvinhoe7291:
Hello. Thank you for your reply.

"Flash the resized mod", is it the same as flashing custom rom onto the phone?

Do I have to clear cache or anything before flashing?

And how to reverse this process if I do not want the new resized mod?

Thank you very much. Sorry I am very new and I have a lot of dumb questions.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alvinhoe7291:
Stuck in bootloops.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] adrigoool:
Doesn't work on galaxy siii
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] metalsaur:
Hey, you need to flash the one that correspond to your rom. Right now the resized mod only works for ELK4 and ELKC.

I'm sorry about the bootloops, maybe you can try to re flash your rom without wipe(just clear cache and dalvik cache) and reboot.

Backup all your apps using titanium backup, and wipe data before flashing a new rom over. That was the only way I could get everything back the last time I got into a bootloop.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] alvinhoe7291:
Thank you so much. I managed to save my phone. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] metalsaur:
I recommend jkay deluxe framework, it has a navigation bar setting too if you purchase the settings app($1.99). Will be a good step ahead if you want a smaller sized bar at the bottom for more screen real estate.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] krizalvarez:
Question

One question? Can i install this mod in my S3 No ROOT?

How can i do it?

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Hey, how can i do that? Do i have to root my phone?

Please tell me a little more, my real buttons are broke and i need to enable virtual buttons
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Khanster97:
enabling capacitive buttons

ive enabled the softkeys by using the method listed in the thread and I disabled the capacitive buttons by adding a '#' infront of the right lines. now however, when I remove the '#' my capacitive buttons still dont work, how can I get them working again.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Thebear j koss:
did you save the build prop edit then reboot?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Daxx13:
I used the OP MOD, and menu key is missing but the bar is beautifull. Then, how to map the home physical button as menu button?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] gerg004:
Some good and entertaining stuff in this thread lol. Anyway I've read the entire thing, curious to know if anyone knows where the icons are located? Like if I wanted to add the zenyth keys (which I've tried via ZipThemer and also replacing the files in the ROM .zip) I'm researching into making the Nav Bar smaller, but I'd really love to add some sleeker looking icons.

VZW Galaxy Note II - Jedi XC11

Tia

Edit: I realize this is an SG III thread. Maybe its in the same location not sure. For example should be pasting new icons into the SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-xhdpi folder. But I'm not sure that the soft keys for these devices are actually in that folder. As I've done that and they don't change. May have something to do with the fact that there are no soft keys by default on these devices. Anyway if anyone has any idea, it is much appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ThilinaC:
SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-xhdpi

tw_navigationbar_back_normal.png

tw_navigationbar_back_pressed.png

tw_navigationbar_home_normal.png

tw_navigationbar_home_pressed.png

tw_navigationbar_menu_normal.png

tw_navigationbar_menu_pressed.png

tw_navigationbar_recent_normal.png

tw_navigationbar_recent_pressed.png

tw_navigationbar_bg.png

tw_navigationbar_bg_land.png
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] gerg004:
Thank you for this. I'll try pasting the icons and renaming them as such to see if they overwrite and display properly. I will check back later to let you know. Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] gerg004:
I know it bunches the icons but it worked! Sexy as hell from my Verizon Galaxy Note II!

Wow apparently screen shots don't recognize the softkeys. You'll have to take my word for it. They're real, and they're spectacular.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] lmessifan:
I have tried putting the hashtag in front of the line like you said to disable the back and menu keys but for some reason it doesn't work, any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mjheimhe:
how to resize them?? thank you
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Higgy69:
I just followed this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2167176

and it works on OMEGA 43.2!! You only need to do framework-res.apk Compile took a few minutes even on AMD A10.

I changed height and width to 32.

Remember to copy the original APK's AndroidManifest.xml file and the META-INF folder into your new APK using WinRAR / 7ZIP etc.

I forgot and got Bootloops!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ersan18:
some buddy can help me? I have problem button home,back,menu can not vibration?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] naoufalel:
HELP !

what should I do to write this, should be on a specific rom or root or anything ? i have 4.2.2 samsung s3 official and i'm afraid to break it if I do so !!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] MrJimmyPenguin:
system ui has stopped working

I tried this and after doing it I get a pop up saying system ui has stopped working. And it was a pain in the ass to make my phone work. Why does this happen? And how do I put those soft keys
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tony45x220:
Is there any way to keep the menu button over here to the far left activated all the time, it only pops up when I open my messaging and couple of other apps... but it's very convenient.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tony45x220:
Do you have all 4 menu, recent, home, and back soft keys enabled this way!?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Higgy69:
on screen issues with 4.3

I posted this in OMEGA ROM section. My S3 has broken capacitive buttons so for previous OMEGA ROMS I have enabled on-screen keys and then edited Framework-res.apk to reduce their size.

I have just tried moving to 4.3 with OMEGA and have some questions.

1. When enabling onscreen keys (build.prop qemu.hw.mainkeys=0) I get 3 keys off to the right. Can I centre them? Can I add a 4th button in 4.3?

2. I tried editing the Framework-res.apk, but had problems decompiling using APKTOOLV3. I guess things have changed for JB 4.3?

Please see screen shot for what I am trying to achieve (left hand side screen).

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ptisam:
Yeah, I'm also interested in that!