Galaxy S5 :: After Lollipop - Recent Apps And Home Button Sometimes Don't Work
Mar 1, 2015
I'm an unhappy victim of the great Lollipop Update. Now without warning the Recent Apps button and the Home button just stop responding periodically. Like I'll be in a phone call and want to take a picture or look something up and pressing Home or Recent Apps does nothing. If I restart the phone then they work as expected even when in a call. Eventually though, they just stop working.
I've been reading about others having bad luck with Lollipop. So I thought I'd just go back to 4.4.4 because everything worked then. So far, I've downloaded Kies3 and done a complete backup. I decided to try a factory reset to see if that would make Lollipop behave. Nope. Within 20 minutes the buttons stopped again. It's not always in calls, it's just that I can't restart the phone when in a call to make it work and that is not usable.
So, before I go regrade back to 4.4.4 - why the buttons just quit every so often and maybe how to fix it?
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Jul 24, 2015
I've turned it off and left it off. The recent apps button did work but it will not work now but the home button and back buttons still work.
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Dec 24, 2015
When browsing trough one of my favourite news sites, I noticed when pressing the return button, it does the same as the recent apps button. It brings up the list of all my recently used apps.
I have tried a bunch of things like clearing the cache, getting a third party app to get a return button on the screen, even a full factory reset.
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May 21, 2015
So on my S6, the Recent Apps button is no longer working or even lit. When I open several apps, I'm unable to use that button.
I cleared cache, etc. VZW is offering me a new phone, but it's "factory reconditioned" and I'd like to keep this one.
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May 17, 2015
I have a s6, and my recent app button works automatically without me touching it.
If i touch the button it doesn't work.
If i touch the back the button it works and both the lights on the side buttons work.
But if i touch the recent apps button it doesn't work.
It will automatically work by itself and it does so to the point where i can use my phone, it keeps bringing up recent apps, split screen view, i cant even use my phone because the menu button keeps automatically pressing/working by itself. I don't know what caused this..
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Apr 25, 2015
I'm using Nova Launcher. Whenever I exit my applications with the home button, it directs me to the homescreen selection/dial (not sure what the appropriate name is). . :/
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Mar 27, 2015
I have an unlocked M7, just recently updated from 4.4.2 to 5.0.2. No it's not rooted or anything like that.Now for some unknown reason the Home button has only one function: return to home screen. If I double-click it, nothing happens. No "recent apps" screen. If I hold it, nothing happens either. No app menu opens. The key doesn't even vibrate anymore, I think it used to?
The reason I know the key works at all is that it does actually get me to the home screen if I just "click" it I have tried clearing the cache (in the recovery menu), no difference. I have turned on/off all possible settings, no difference. I even booted into safe mode, no difference.
This is the info in the info screen: Android: 5.0.2HTC Sense: 6.0Software: 7.19.401.2HTC SDK: 6.55Kernel: 3.4.10-g4dad4ceVersion number: 7.19.401.2 CL482424 release-keysCW: M7_UL_K44_SENSE55_MR HTC_Nordic_News/95333.
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Oct 1, 2013
After I updated to Lollipop, the "close all" button in recent apps has disappeared. Strange to take away features in a "update", ....
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Apr 19, 2014
So I've had the M8 for a couple of weeks,I've NEVER used the 'Recent Apps' button, except to clear out all of the recently used apps, thinking maybe its gonna free up some memory and make the phone faster or something. I wish you could modify this button to maybe something you actually USE more, like 'Settings', or go back to the much missed 'Menu' button. I have immediate access to over 50 apps/actions on my home screen, so it would actually be slower to bring up the 'Recent Apps' screen to access an app.
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Dec 16, 2014
Is there a way to clear recently opened pages without having to swipe each one individually?
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Oct 25, 2015
For some reason my recent apps button stop working. how to get back to working?
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Jul 6, 2012
My home button doesn't work anymore. how to make it work again?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
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Dec 17, 2014
It does it intermittently, and I suspect it's because the whole phone is lagging - too many little background things running I suppose.
Assuming it's the lag problem (making a single press lag so long it seems like a long press), what are some strategies for clearing out less necessary tasks the phone is doing?
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May 22, 2015
Samsung S6 recent apps inoperable. Lollipop Android 5.0.2..Saw on net something about Google updates have removed the function?
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Jul 15, 2015
I use my phone now. The recent apps/multiwindow thing keeps popping up, no matter what I'm doing and even if I quit all my running apps. Despite restarts and complete phone drainage, this problem keeps occuring for the past month or 2.
I use my phone to play games a lot (like several hours a day), have active Line group conversations, use Facebook app frequently w/its Messenger app, and I also use Dodol Launcher for my phone too. I really don't want to go to the factory default method of fixing things, especially since it's a major pain to reinstall all the games that I have installed. However, a quick search through google doesn't seem to show any results about this continuous recent apps popup bug.
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Feb 26, 2012
Don't know what's happen. Phone isn't rooted. Normally when I flip my home screen and I want to go back to my first home screen I press the homescreen button. But now it doesn't do anything?
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Feb 9, 2015
My moto x 2014 with Lollipop is constantly redrawing the home screen and closes background apps very quickly. I tried to use runtastic yesterday and it kept closing when ever I put it to the background. I check the ram and usually have 600mb free. Is there a way to get it to use all that ram?
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Apr 1, 2012
my iphone 4 home button does not work
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Apr 23, 2012
The home button only works if I push down real hard. I've tried rebooting the phone and putting it in with rice (a little bit of water got on the phone)
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Apr 28, 2012
why does the home button not work
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May 1, 2012
I just dropped my iphone for the first time. It didn't have an otter box, just a thin plastic cover. It landed on it's screen but shows no screen damage whatsoever. Now I can't use the home button. I can listen to my music and play games just fine, but when it comes to getting back to the home screen with the home button it doesn't work. It makes the usual clicking sound, but nothing else. I got it to the home screen a couple of times by pushing the button with alot of force but I'm affraid that will damage it more. What should I do? Is it fixable? Do I have to take it to be repaired or can I fix it at home?
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1, no cracks or scratches on device
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May 3, 2012
When I press the button nothing happens. I cannot get out of mail.
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May 5, 2012
my iPhone 4 updated to ios5.1 and the home button does not work.
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May 8, 2012
im having problems with my iphone3gs home button i have the old software (4.3) so i cant get assististive touch
its happened many times before but this time ive tried fixing holding the button down for 30seconds and im getting no response at all i also dropped my fone does this add to it ?
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.3
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Sep 11, 2014
I cannot get my home button to work. I get Sir i every time I push it.
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Mar 27, 2012
After half a day new iPhone 3GS stopped working properly. Home button doesn't respond. It works only when I plug iPhone to the computer.Voice cotrol runs by himself unexpectadly. iPhone 3GS with preinstalled iOSx 5.0.1. Should I update to the new 5.1 or downgrade to the 4.0 version?
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Apr 7, 2012
how come the home botton doesnt work sometimes?
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iPhone 4, iOS 4
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May 31, 2012
Most of the time my iPhone is fine, but then 2 or 3 times a day the home button stops working and I need to power the phone off and back on again to get it working properly.
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Jun 19, 2012
The home button on my iphone doesn't work...
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Jun 24, 2012
my home button from the iphone doesn't work very well. I have the Apple Care Protection Plan. Will Apple repair the home button for free?
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