Essential Remapper

Take full control of your Nothing Phone's Essential button.

Essential Remapper lets you map the Essential hardware button to any action you want: take screenshots, record your screen, launch apps, toggle your flashlight, control media, and much more.

Three gestures (single press, double press, long press) can each trigger a different action, giving you instant access to your most-used shortcuts. Every press is paired with beautiful visual feedback in two styles: one inspired by Nothing's signature aesthetic, one that matches native Android.

Fully optimized for every Nothing and CMF Phone with an Essential button.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO

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• Take a screenshot

• Record your screen, with adjustable resolution, frame rate, and optional microphone audio

• Open the camera app of your choice, even from the lock screen

• Toggle flashlight on/off

• Toggle screen rotation lock

• Switch between Ring and Vibrate modes

• Toggle Do Not Disturb

• Trigger voice assistant

• Media controls - play/pause, next track, previous track

• Launch any installed app

• Launch app-specific shortcuts

• Launch specific app screens (deep-link to any activity)

Plus Camera Shutter mode: while the stock camera is open, the Essential button becomes a shutter button and takes the shot instantly. Works with the lock screen camera too.

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THREE GESTURES, THREE ACTIONS

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Each gesture can do something different:

• Single press - quick tap

• Double press - two taps within a configurable window

• Long press - hold for a configurable duration

Adjust gesture timing precisely to match your preference.

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PREMIUM VISUAL FEEDBACK

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Two beautiful overlay styles that animate when you press the button:

• Nothing style - animated glow on the button edge with Nothing's signature aesthetic

• Stock Android style - clean circular icon popup with native Android theming

Both adapt to your device orientation, show state-aware icons (flashlight on/off, rotation locked, ringer mode, DND, recording status), and are fully customizable.

Pick your own glow color, adjust hold duration, and toggle effects.

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SUPPORTED DEVICES

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Nothing Phone (3), Phone (3a), Phone (3a) Pro, Phone (3a) Lite

Nothing Phone (4a), Phone (4a) Pro

CMF Phone 2 Pro

The app does not work on phones without the Essential button (Phone 1, Phone 2, Phone 2a, CMF Phone 1).

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MADE FOR NOTHING'S AESTHETIC

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• Material 3 design tuned to Nothing's design language

• Dark theme with true OLED black

• Material You dynamic colors or custom accent

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PRIVACY-FIRST

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• No analytics, no tracking, no ads

• No data collection, nothing ever leaves your device

• All settings stored locally on your device

• Screenshots and screen recordings go straight to your phone's gallery and nowhere else

• Accessibility Service used only to detect button presses and perform the actions you set up - never to read screen content

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REQUIRES

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• A Nothing or CMF phone with the Essential button

• Android 13 or newer

• One-time guided setup, right from your phone with built-in wireless debugging (no computer needed), or via Shizuku or ADB

Backup and restore your settings anytime as a JSON file. Reset to defaults if anything goes wrong.

Not affiliated with Nothing Technology Limited.