Just got this phone and the gesture navigation bugs me a lot. Google or Nokia I don't know who decided not to give us the option to disable this or revert it back to the old navigation buttons.
the goal of this guide is to get this result
Steps:
1.) Install any 3rd-party launcher of your choice. This is a must because otherwise, you won’t have a launcher app left once we’re done with this guide. Make sure you set it as the default launcher!
2.) Connect your Nokia 9 to your PC and make sure the usb drivers are installed
3.) Set up ADB on your PC. theres a tutorial here -> https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
4.) Connect your Nokia 9 to your PC and open up a command prompt in the directory where you downloaded ADB.
5.) Enter these commands
*Make sure you authorized the ADB connection on your Nokia 9. It should say "device" not "unauthorized" in the command prompt*
This will Uninstall the Stock Launcher. This is necessary.
This will re-enable the old style navigation bar after a reboot
Now your phone will reboot and you will have the old style navigation bar on your Nokia 9. Now you can install any launcher you want, personally i chose "Rootless Launcher" from the PlayStore, but thats up to you.
I hope this helps anyone else that didn't like the changes to the Nav bar.
the goal of this guide is to get this result
1.) Install any 3rd-party launcher of your choice. This is a must because otherwise, you won’t have a launcher app left once we’re done with this guide. Make sure you set it as the default launcher!
2.) Connect your Nokia 9 to your PC and make sure the usb drivers are installed
3.) Set up ADB on your PC. theres a tutorial here -> https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
4.) Connect your Nokia 9 to your PC and open up a command prompt in the directory where you downloaded ADB.
5.) Enter these commands
Code:
adb devices
*Make sure you authorized the ADB connection on your Nokia 9. It should say "device" not "unauthorized" in the command prompt*
Code:
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.launcher3
This will Uninstall the Stock Launcher. This is necessary.
Code:
adb shell settings put secure system_navigation_keys_enabled 1
This will re-enable the old style navigation bar after a reboot
Code:
adb shell reboot
Now your phone will reboot and you will have the old style navigation bar on your Nokia 9. Now you can install any launcher you want, personally i chose "Rootless Launcher" from the PlayStore, but thats up to you.
I hope this helps anyone else that didn't like the changes to the Nav bar.
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