How To Disable Or Enable Hardware Navigation Bar This is for any of you who may want to enable or disable the Navigation Bar in Android 4.0 and up. Some ROMs have this feature enabled by default, but not everyone likes it as it does take up some screen real estate . Conversely, some people really like the functionality of the virtual softkeys and may want to enable them. If you’ve got Android 4.0 or better and you’re rooted, this how-to mod will let you modify it either way. To Disable or Enable the Navigation Bar : Download ES Explorer In ES Explorer settings -> Root settings, tick ‘Root Explorer’, ‘Up to Root’ and ‘Mount File System’ Exit settings and tap ‘Up’ in the top row of icons. This will bring you to the root of your file system. Navigate to ‘System’ Scroll down until you see ‘build.prop’. Tap it and then tap ‘Open with ES Note Editor’ Scroll down until you see ‘qemu.hw.mainkeys=’ or ‘ro.show.navigationbar=” If you see ‘qemu.hw.mainkeys=’, set to 0 (