Gadgetory

depending on what kind of phone you have the home button does different things of course one tap always takes you home but a double tap or a long press does something different on the s4 for example a long press launches the list of recent apps and a double tap launches s-voice some phones let you change these settings but on the s4 and many others you're stuck with what you've got unless of course you've got to work around with my setup a long press still launches the list of recent apps but watch this a double tap launches the camera here's how it's done go to the Google Play Store and install the home to shortcut app for free when it's done installing launch it directly from that download page you'll see it's a pretty bare-bones app which is ok once this is set up you won't really have to look at it again here in step one choose the app you want to launch whenever the home button is double tapped for me I'm choosing camera but it can be whatever app you want quick access to no matter where you are on the phone for now keep this interval setting at normal you can change it later if you find you want the response to be faster or slower finally down here choose the launcher you're using if you don't have a launcher like apex or go launcher installed or you have no clue what I'm talking about choose your default launcher for me that's TouchWiz and you're almost set hit the home button then choose home to shortcut and hit always now let's see if it works give that home button a double tap and you should see your shortcut in action if you're on the s4 and it's still launching s-voice go to the s-voice settings and uncheck this option that should fix it if you're liking this shortcut business home 2 also lets you program combos like home and in the back button or home and then menu give them a try if you want quick access to other apps too all right guys if you have any questions hit me up on Twitter and check out how to do Netcom for more Android tips and tricks for Xena I'm Sharon Vaknin