Want to swap your Menu and Back Softkeys?

A number of users have been wanting to swap their menu and back softkeys... I believe it's handy for left-handed people who have smaller hands and can't reach the opposite button. So here's how you do it

1) Root phone
2) Using a root file explorer, navigate to /system/usr/keylayout.
3) Open the file Generic.kl
4) Make the following change:

LOCATE line

# key 139     MENU                         WAKE_DROPPED"

# key 158     MENU                         WAKE_DROPPED"

# key 158     BACK                         WAKE_DROPPED"

# key 139     BACK                         WAKE_DROPPED"

Thank you! I was wondering if there was also a way to swap it for the on screen nav menu?

Sent from my Note 2

You mean you want on-screen navigation buttons, nexus style?

is this right? 3 menus and one back? i don't need a second back anywhere?

Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

I honestly think it's the right handed people who mostly hold their phones in their left hand. Thank you so much for this fix. I've been using button savior but this will be even better.

@Scott, if you want a customized buttons with more buttons, use button savior. You can customize size, location, number of buttons etc, here a pic. I have it setup where if i hit the trigger, the buttons will pop out and go away in 1 second. very convenient. But since I only need back button, this thread is a better way for me it seems.

@OP, Now that i have this setup, is there another line i can change to turn off the lights behind these button permanantly?

edit: nvm there was an option under display to turn those off