topic Re: Re: Samsung Navigation bar removal in Galaxy S24

Swipe Gestures Hiding Nav Bar is back!

Robin621k — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:42:56 GMT

They heard you, Samsung has brought back the ability to hide your Navigation Bar and Swipe Gestures.

You will have to download Goodlock and specially NavStar once installed toggled on NavStar, Enable extra gesture settings.

Go to settings. Display, navigation, show more, have fun again.

Ps. If you already have both apps and you are not seeing those options, Open Goodlick again scroll to NavStar, tap on the more, go to store, there will be an update waiting. For some reason it isn't showing up in updates

DO NOT remove option to hide nav bar

userSu5b4NcSPD — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 07:58:53 GMT

Both myself and MANY people on Reddit are upset by Samsung's apparent decision to remove the option to hide the navigation buttons. It seems we're being forced to move to either Android gestures with a permanent bar shown at the bottom of the screen or use standard nav buttons which are also always visible. Samsung has had the option to hide nav buttons for a long time now and many power users prefer it since it allows more screen space and a cleaner experience. Here is the reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/19b3c35/samsung_is_removing_the_option_to_hide_android/

Re: Re: DO NOT remove option to hide nav bar

userSu5b4NcSPD — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:28:17 GMT

My understanding is that circle to search is activated by a long press on the "home button" the same way assistant is currently activated. It works just fine for for me with a long swipe up from the invisible home button location. I can't figure out why circle to search wouldn't work just as well that way.

Why are you getting rid of the Gestures?

ET923 — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:05:10 GMT

One UI gesture nav is much better than the Google gestures, removing them makes absolutely no sense.

Re: Why are you getting rid of the Gestures?

SoloQuest74 — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:48:04 GMT

IKR...Samsung is CLUELESS!!! I may have to move over to Pixel phones. Samsung has lost their mojo.

Re: Why are you getting rid of the Gestures?

TipsyTrex — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:00:20 GMT

Preach

Re: Why are you getting rid of the Gestures?

Summest — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:43:55 GMT

You can't convince me. I still like the old NAV bar, but modified. 😀

Re: Re: Why are you getting rid of the Gestures?

MrShujin — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 04:58:58 GMT

Same here, the navigation bar is what I use and never the gestures

Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

Iceblu12177 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 06:54:55 GMT

I also noticed Samsung has been deleting my threads anything that pertains to this!

So right now I am on the Galaxy s22 ultra, I recently pre-ordered the Galaxy s24 ultra.

I was just reading that the Galaxy s24 ultra will be shipping with the new UI 6.1

And what they did was they removed the ability to hide the gesture hint bar at the very bottom of the screen which I have read a lot of people including me are upset about Not only does it push up your keyboard it also takes away some of your screen size. This is all for the use of Samsung's new circle to search feature which you can also disable in settings but they did not give you the option to hide the gesture bar on the bottom which I am extremely aggravated about! Not only does it push your keyboard upward by 5 mm it also pushes up your icon dock throwing everything off I went so far as to try and cancel my pre-ordered Galaxy s24 just because of it and I wasn't the only one trying to do this!

Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

ba-deeny-ba- — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:20:12 GMT

Samsung, how might i address the fannatical tresspassers?

Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

Iceblu12177 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:26:47 GMT

Have no idea what you mean

Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

Dark9065 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:06:15 GMT

That is really sad that they remove this feature. I really want to return the s24 plus now.

Re: Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

Iceblu12177 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:07:30 GMT

Yeah I felt the same way I'm getting mine today but unfortunately UI 6.1 is only going to trickle down to your device soon enough

Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

Ekamek — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:35:19 GMT

I usually wait to try things out myself before getting worked up. It is as easy as a software update or using Good Lock. It's probably removed from the stocked OS because the customization is done with ever expanding capabilities of the Good Lock tools.

Don't start a fight until you have the S24 in your hands.

Re: Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

Iceblu12177 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:24:01 GMT

I'll let you know today soon as I get it

Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

TheTechTitan — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:32:45 GMT

Hopefully Goodlock will come up with a way to hide it.

Re: Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

Iceblu12177 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:33:17 GMT

And now I'm hearing from people that are saying that the colors are washed out so bad on the s24 ultra

Re: Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

TipsyTrex — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:08:17 GMT

It was removed because Google circle search requires you to press the nav bar like a button. Goodlock can make it less visible but cannot remove it completely.

Re: Samsung UI 6.1 forces gesture hint bar!

TipsyTrex — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:10:06 GMT

Preach. This is a terrible decision by Samsung.

Re: Why are you getting rid of the Gestures?

TipsyTrex — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:06:21 GMT

Everyone, please consider leaving requests for removing the gesture hints via reviews on the navstar store page. Those reviews are read directly by the developers and have the best shot of garnering a reaction.