Android Jelly Bean: fix search button [migrated]

Posted by Jon Rodriguez on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Jon Rodriguez
Published on 2012-10-16T04:31:42Z Indexed on 2012/10/16 5:10 UTC
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I just upgraded my Nexus S from Android 4.0.something (I forget the subversion) to Android 4.1.1.

The magnifying glass button used to be really useful -- it would trigger a search function within whatever app I was using. For example pressing it within the Maps app would search for a place, or pressing it within the Facebook app would search for a friend.

But now, the magnifying glass button launches a google search no matter what the context is! This is extremely annoying and makes a lot of apps harder to use, especially Maps.

How can I use a setting or a patch to revert the magnifying glass button to its old behavior?

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