How to Remove the Three ICS Dots from HTC One X
When you open an app on your HTC One X running the Android ICS, you see that there are three dots appearing on your screen similar to the screenshot given above. If you don’t like those dots and want to remove them, so you can get full-screen apps on your One X, then follow the instructions given below.
I. Before You Begin:
1. You must have rooted your HTC One X before doing this procedure. Please head to our how to root HTC One X procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.
2. You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed on your phone. Please head to our how to install ClockworkMod Recovery on HTC One X procedure for the installation steps.
3. You must be running on any custom ROM based on ICS.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Download the 3DOTRemover ZIP from here.
III. Removing Three ICS Dots from your HTC One X:
1. Place the downloaded 3DOTRemover ZIP file onto your Desktop.
2. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.
3. Copy the 3DOTRemove ZIP file to your phone’s SD card storage root folder.
4. Disconnect your phone from the PC once the copying is done.
5. Turn OFF your smartphone.
6. Reboot your phone into the ClockworkMod Recovery by pressing and holding Volume DOWN+Power keys together.
7. Choose Recovery from the list of options that are displayed on your screen.
8. From the ClockworkMod Recovery, choose install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.
9. Navigate to the 3DOTRemover file and select it for flashing.
10. Once the flashing is done, simply choose reboot system now from the recovery menu.
There you go ! You have successfully removed the three dots which used to appear in your apps, preventing you to see the apps on full-screen.
If this procedure helped you, then please head to the official thread over at XDA Forum to thank/donate to the original developer of this mod !
If you go into settings, even unrooted, and change the Recent Apps button to act as a Menu button with short press, and Recent apps with long, it removes itself.