diff --git a/crates/shell/src/mobile_surface.rs b/crates/shell/src/mobile_surface.rs
index 7c1b3c51..2ae2fdf3 100644
--- a/crates/shell/src/mobile_surface.rs
+++ b/crates/shell/src/mobile_surface.rs
@@ -1173,8 +1173,7 @@ impl PhoneSurface {
         } else {
             let bottom=rect(screen.pos.x,screen.pos.y+screen.size.y-24.0,screen.size.x,24.0);
             if phone.screen==PhoneScreen::App || phone.keyboard>0.5 {
-                let band=if android {rect(bottom.pos.x,bottom.pos.y,bottom.size.x,bottom.size.y+phone.insets.bottom)} else {bottom};
-                self.rounded(cx,band,0.0,if state.style.dark {rgb(28,28,31)}else{rgb(244,244,248)});
+                self.rounded(cx,bottom,0.0,if state.style.dark {rgb(28,28,31)}else{rgb(244,244,248)});
             }
             let nav_ink=if phone.screen==PhoneScreen::App || phone.keyboard>0.5 {
                 if state.style.dark {rgb(238,238,242)}else{rgb(30,30,34)}
@@ -1187,7 +1186,7 @@ impl PhoneSurface {
                 let cue_ink=if phone.screen==PhoneScreen::Home {ink}else{nav_ink};
                 self.rounded(cx,cue,10.0,alpha(cue_ink,0.12));
                 self.d.icon_centered(cx,Ico::ChevronUp,cue,12.0,alpha(cue_ink,0.90));
-            } else if !(android && phone.insets.bottom>0.0) {
+            } else {
                 self.rounded(cx,rect(bottom.pos.x+bottom.size.x*0.5-60.0,bottom.pos.y+12.0,120.0,4.0),2.0,nav_ink);
             }
             self.hits.push((bottom,PhoneHit::Home));
diff --git a/phone/BACKLOG.md b/phone/BACKLOG.md
index ef1ec24c..bb00df71 100644
--- a/phone/BACKLOG.md
+++ b/phone/BACKLOG.md
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ Found in the review of the second sync from mobile on 2026-09-25
   sync; an old id stays in Android placements and in `wm/launcher.hides`.
   Unneeded while the public catalog is empty.
 
-- [ ] **HUB-05 — P3: Small cleanups after the App Hub merge.**
+- [x] **HUB-05 — P3: Small cleanups after the App Hub merge.**
 
   - `apps::is_linked` (`crates/shell/src/apps.rs`) is called only by its
     test.
@@ -687,6 +687,12 @@ Found in the review of the second sync from mobile on 2026-09-25
   `<id> names no app for the card runner`), and `bundled_catalog()` filters
   its rows once, through `catalog_visible`.
 
+  Fixed on 2026-10-03: the non-floating navigation branch draws its band and
+  pill without the `android` conditions it could never meet. `apps::is_linked`
+  stays: since #309 the system agent's grants call it to tell which native
+  apps this build links (`native_system_tools` in
+  `crates/shell/src/system_chat/grants.rs`).
+
 - [x] **CAL-01 — P2: Host the Calendar module from mobile PR #11.**
 
   Everything else in PR #11 (`feat/calendar-module`) is present; Calendar