Z Fold 4 Cover screen navigation button placement is off-center

[usmctsc7]

A couple of days ago, my buttons took themselves off-center, only on the cover screen. I couldn't find any setting to realign them to the center. How can I fix this? I found that restarting the phone recenters them, but I don't want to do that every time.

[Samsung_Moderator]

That is frustrating. We recommend starting with the most recently installed app. (You may have to boot in and out of Safe Mode again to correct the buttons.) Uninstall the app and test the phone a day or two to see if the buttons shift again.

Also, submit feedback in the Members app: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Tips-Tricks/How-to-Send-Feedback/ba-p/3001692 It's possible the developers may see something in the data logs causing the buttons to shift.

Keep us posted!

[usmctsc7]

Hello. Just to provide an update, I deleted a bunch of new apps recently downloaded within the past 2-3 months that just weren't very significant. That did not end up solving the problem. Now this is even more concerning because I evaluated the list of recent apps during one instance of this weird occurrence, and all the apps were either Samsung or Google proprietary, or apps that I'd been using for years. It just doesn't make sense why this suddenly started occurring only a couple weeks ago when it appears to be from the result of an app that I've been using for a very long time. Unless my OS in itself somehow became corrupted. I truly wonder if anyone else is dealing with this unusual phenomenon of only the cover navigation buttons suddenly getting stuck to the side of the screen...

[Samsung_Moderator]

Hi, thanks for updating us. It is really odd that rebooting safe mode corrects it temporarily, but it doesn't seem to be caused by an app. 

Did you try resetting the app settings? 

[LongHiker]

@usmctsc7 Interesting... I'm not seeing that on my Fold 6 cover screen. Have you tried going into Display settings and toggle the button location from right to left and back?

[usmctsc7]

Hi. Do you mean the order? I only have the option to switch the back and recent buttons. Doing so did not resolve the issue.

[LongHiker]

NVM, it looks like the setting i was referring to only exists, and applies, when you unfold the phone.