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The Motorola Moto Z Play (model number XT1635-02, XT1635-01 and XT1635-02) is a droid smartphone that was released in September 2016. The Moto Z Play can be easily distinguished by the word “moto” placed at the top and the square home button placed at the bottom of the front of the phone.

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Where are my home, back and open app buttons

I seem to have lost my home button my back arrow and open apps button on the bottom of my Motorola MOTO Z2 play

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Have you tried swiping up from the bottom of the screen?

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In the Moto app, under moto actions, turn off one button nav

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Yeppers, indeed

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Its not an option when I open moto actions, there is no one button nav

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Also + above items, no one can call me but i can call out. all accounts on my phone are gone too.

Power pack did not detected by phone.

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Look for the "Moto" app and open it. Go to the "Moto Actions" menu and see if you enabled "One Button Nav", which allows swiping the fingerprint sensor to replace those 3 buttons. If not, enable and then disable that feature and see if the buttons return.

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That fixed it!

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Thanks, back to normal :)

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Yay! That worked. Thanks. Moto app , motions actions, swipe off One Button Nav

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How when I don't have a button??

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I went thru these steps. Even after turning it off, it didn't change. Only after I turned it back on again, THEN turned it off it finally gave me my 3 buttons back. I do not like the one button nav. It didn't see m to respond many times when I was trying to swipe it right or swipe it left.

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open the Moto app ---moto actions--turn off one button Nav

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If you don't find the one-nav button, go to settings-system-gestures.

Change option from gesture nav to three button nav

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Okay, this happened after updating Motorola. Pressing the Moto app brought up a screen with information that you could not tap on. Going to settings ,display, one touch, then pressing off returned the icons for the back button.

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I don't have that option in my settings. what do I do now?

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Very helpful go to settings-system-gestures.

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•GO TO SETTINGS

•OPEN SYSTEM SETTINGS

•OPEN GESTURES

•TURN ON 3-way NAVIGATION

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thank you!!!!

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Settings>system>gestures>system navigation >select 3-button navigation

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THANK YOU! I got my new Moto G and those buttons were gone. I was so upset and wanted to through the phone out the window. Thanks to your post all is right in my world again. :- )

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What buttons were gone for you, because I got a new moto g pure, two days ago, and my two side buttons are Soo deep in phone I can't use n are gone and without the case on I bought my two side buttons are gone and I can't use the side buttons at all I don't know how to fix at all without the case on I can't use my side buttons at all

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it's a software issue, there some complicated ways to bring it back, the easiest way to do this is via factory data reset. this was done on a moto z2 play

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it's occurring after installing a soft ware updated security patch

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Where are my arrow back open app and my slider at the bottom of my screen at I want them

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Did your phone drop in water? If you accidentally drop your cell phone in water, you need to dry the water immediately, otherwise it will damage your phone, Including LCD screen cannot touch.

If it's not water problem, you can try the following method.

1. Wipe the screen with a clean and dry cloth to make sure that your touchscreen is clean. Make sure that your hands and fingers are clean and dry before using the touchscreen.

2. If the Moto Z2 Play gets too hot, the touch functionality may be affected. Let it cool off and then try using the touchscreen again.

3. Remove any protective case or cover from your Moto Z2 Play to verify it's not interfering with the touchscreen.

4. Try to tear it down and check whether its LCD screen flex cable is loose.

However, if the methods above can not fix the screen problem, then you should turn to the hardware solution: change a new screen. Here we also provide a video repair guide for Z2 Play LCD screen replacement.

I hope this will help you!

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Nope NONE of that HELPED ME WITH THIS AWFUL PHONE! WISHED I HAD NEVER GOTTEN IT NOTHING BUT T R O U B L E !!!

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i hear ya ..i actually purposely got rid of home buttons at bottom of screen to try finger pad but hate it and now absolutely no way of getting it back! No one button nav option!! ..ill try factory reset.

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Enabled the one button nav then turned it off, that got the three buttons back. Thanks! What a dumb idea in the first place.

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Get the NOVA LAUNCHER app! It allows complete individualization for icons, screens, buttons on the bottom, app drawer....and so much more. been using it on last three phones (or maybe 4).

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I downloaded back button app. It works

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Thank you for your help. It did solve my problem. Next time, this site will be my first stop.

Thanks again.

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Whenever I go to it it says an era Df-Dferh-01 occurs on it every time I go to my Google Play store can you please fix it

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Whenever I go to my Google Play store and era occurs DF-DFERH-01 occurs every time I go to my Google Play store can you please fix it it would mean a lot to me cuz I haven't been able to download games

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Please fix my phone or I'll rate this as a bad website

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Show me on my Motorola G7 where the home screen app is

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Can anyone help me

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Well, On my moto g power, you drag up from the bottom to go to your home screen.?

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On my Moto G Pro Stylus I have the 3 "anchor" buttons on the bottom: back arrow - circle (Home button) - block (shows open apps).

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What happened to my back button and my home button

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Click on home screen settings - system - gestures - system navigation - and then click on 3-button navigation. The buttons will be set on the lower part of the screen

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I also have this problem too

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I have the 3 bottoms on the bottom. Somehow I held and did something. And the bottom that shows all the apps and places I went in. Don't do anything when I tap it. The other 2 work.

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