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We’ve mentioned before just how good Android users have it in regard to customisation. From our guide to changing the camera and keyboard to the Home Screen Launcher on Android operating systems, for those who like to personalize their phone you shouldn’t look past the Android operating system.

Utilizing said Android operating system is the LG G3 and true to form LG have given users the ability to customise the way their phone operates.

One of the areas which you can manipulate to suit your style is your home screen buttons. A highly useful feature given that these must be some of the most used of any buttons on the phones interface.

Changing these around can help you navigate more easily through your phone and allows you the opportunity to have what’s most important to you more readily available.

So here’s a quick guide to changing the buttons that appear on your home screen:

First of all, access the Settings App and from here go through the Display tab before opening the aptly named Home Touch Buttons Menu.

Now you’re at the customization stage. The first thing that will appear before you is the button combination menu which allows you to modify the back, home and task switch keys.

You can’t get rid of the default keys- and we’re not sure why you would want to- but you can add some keys which will allow you to perform different tasks.

Here are the additions you can make to the default keys:

Notifications – Access your notifications more easily.

QuickMemo+ – This will give you access to LG’s note taking app and its inbuilt screen shot and annotation functions.

Dual Window – Allows you to simultaneously view to windows, useful for those who love to multi-task.

Once you’ve added the buttons you wish to, you can continue on personalizing your experience on the Home Touch Buttons Menu.

Now you can alter the colors of the buttons from the Colors Menu. There isn’t a whole lot to choose from, in fact there are only four options: white, black, white gradation and black gradation, but still it’s an additional touch.

Many LG G3 users enjoy the phone due to its large 5.5” screen and when you’re enjoying apps and media it’s not ideal to have the default home buttons taking up a portion of the screen.

Luckily, you can hide these home buttons by accessing the Hide Home Touch Buttons menu. From here you can tick and untick the apps in which you do and don’t want the Home Touch Buttons appearing in.

It’s particularly useful for games aficionados and people who watch videos on their LG G3 but it’s still incredibly easy to access the Home Touch Buttons once you’ve removed them by swiping up on the screen. So just because they’re no longer permanently visible onscreen doesn’t make it an issue!