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Help assigning action to left and right soft keys

does anyone know how to enable when u press and hold raight soft keys start menu come up.and left soft key and everrthing got close,,any regedit??????

Install smartskey.

I refuse to answer / respond to a thread that does not have a Title that helps anybody else in the future to find information. People complain about not being ble to find stuff here, well this doesn't help at all. This is now the 2nd or 3rd thread with a subject like this (and they are different topics in each).
Learn to post properly please as it will only help the community.

mfrazzz said:
I refuse to answer / respond to a thread that does not have a Title that helps anybody else in the future to find information. People complain about not being ble to find stuff here, well this doesn't help at all. This is now the 2nd or 3rd thread with a subject like this (and they are different topics in each).
Learn to post properly please as it will only help the community.
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you just responded to it. just kidding. seriously though, i couldn't agree more. give some indication of what your looking for/need help with in your title.

Thread title changed!
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search for softkeyapplet.cpl

read the information on Smartskeys in this thread. some of the custom rom builders have it pre-installed in their roms, since the program definitely helps with one handed use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=256525&highlight=smartskey

Mods...

Please lock/close old threads as this forum has grown immensely in the last three months; it became out of hand. If the thread is dead and if the issues it has are old, they can still be accessed by the search engine, however, they should not take the first page space.

would you like to add this to your pointless threads that take up first page space list?

Maybe you should ask for your thread to be merged with the same type of thread that's on the main page?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365305

Lets start here...
Wasnt trying to sound like an A$$ but i believe we leave them open to try to prevent dup threads in the future.. we like it when people actually search!

[Forum Request] Separate Sub-Forums

The theme and apps sub-forum is getting pretty crowded. Is there any way we could separate it into two sub-forums? One for themes and one for apps?

No, I thinkk, it's just okay so.
I did a few themes and it works fine at XDA.

I wouldn't mind separating them... just my opinion.

It might seem ok now, but as theming gets a little easier, and the wealth of ROMs spread - it is going to get hard to find threads. I agree with having themes and apps separate.

drpfenderson said:
It might seem ok now, but as theming gets a little easier, and the wealth of ROMs spread - it is going to get hard to find threads. I agree with having themes and apps separate.
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+1 on that

+1 too, at the moment it is fine, but it will get worse overtime as more apps and more themes come out and more nexus one owners arrive

I sorta mentioned this in the cyan thread except I suggested different threads for each major release so it was easier to follow peoples' findings. Even with different sub forums for themes/apps/roms, sifting through 100s of pages to read what others are finding to see if an upgrade is right for you is a very daunting chore.
Any help with sorting though will make the user experience more digestible me thinks

+1 I made a topic about this earlier

more sub-forums, means more threads, more sub-threads under master-threads (for each release as suggested above) create even more threads, more threads create more confusion and more noobs posting "help I can't get root", "my phone lost root after nand restore", "my phone turned into bacon" in more threads and sub-threads then ever, making it even harder to navigate and find answers.
what XDA would really need is a tag cloud

+1 to that as well.

+1 for split.

shmigao said:
more sub-forums, means more threads, more sub-threads under master-threads (for each release as suggested above) create even more threads, more threads create more confusion and more noobs posting "help I can't get root", "my phone lost root after nand restore", "my phone turned into bacon" in more threads and sub-threads then ever, making it even harder to navigate and find answers.
what XDA would really need is a tag cloud
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Unless you can tag specific posts as the starting off point for certain releases (CM5b1 starts at post 25 in thread 1234 vs CM5stable4 starts at post 567 in thread 1234), a tag cloud wouldn't fix one particular issue
My biggest gripe is sifting through a ****ton of pages/posts to find out what people are having problems with to see if an upgrade is worth it or to skip a cycle and see what comes next. No, sub forums will not resolve that gripe but possibly creating a new topic for each major milestone would.
Sub forums however become not required with a tag cloud. I would love the ability to simply click "themes" or "trackball colour" or "cyanogen"...

making sub forums makes it easier to search for stuff....

personally I would like to see a split between discussions about issues and apps for rooted devices from those that are about stock apps / devices. There is a lot of good stuff in the forums for me (non-rooted) but there is (rightly) a lot of discussion about rooting and apps that need root - It would help me if I could filter these out.

Very low quality posts: new rules needed?

I come here every once and a while to see what's new with my HTC Dream, but I always dread it because it's so cluttered with useless posts. There always seems to be 20+ pages of people asking whether this or that feature works in a particular ROM, or just saying they will install it, or "cool, thanks". Maybe there should be some more posting guidelines? For example,
* If you start a thread, please keep the OP updating with an FAQ as questions are asked. And let people know once you've updated the OP as well.
* If asking a question, make an effort to see if it's been asked already.
* Rate the thread 1 - 5 stars instead of either thanking or bashing the OP without providing any other real content.
* Get rid of post count display. I've seen this help on other forums.
* More moderators for each board, if needed.
Anyway, it's great so many people are into this and eager to post, but let's try make the information a little easier to access for everyone.

How to tweak a rotation app

I think I've read nearly every thread concerning the various rotation apps, including BsB Tweaks, PLToggle, ChangeScreen et al.
I've tried them all, and I have the RotateScreen utility that comes with the Energy ROMs. The problem I'm having is that with all of them the SpbHome screen will not consistenly return to landscape mode for me. It works when the various rotation apps are configured to turn it, and are active or activated. But once I leave the home screen and come back it either won't go into landscape mode, or it does so momentarily before returning to portrait.
Has anyone figured out the right way to tweak or configure any of these utils so that they consistent do what they are supposed to do with Spb? It could be something about Spb, but I don't think so.
Thanks

what you're looking for is here, next time make a search before opening a thread

jjollyroger said:
what you're looking for is here, next time make a search before opening a thread
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Next time try reading the whole post before you make unneeded comments. Like I said I read nearly every thread, and certainly every one I could find. I do admit I didn't search the General area, I limited my search to Themes and Apps. Searching these boards is not the most straightforward thing to do.
But anyway, in the interest of being courteous, thank you for the tip. I'll read it and see if it helps.

no intent to hurt you, it was just a suggestion, cause is already plenty of unnecessary threads on xda....
I've another one: xda is well linked to search engines , so the first place to look in is here
you have to admit that the answer was not so hidden.. don't take this as an offense again

jjollyroger said:
no intent to hurt you, it was just a suggestion, cause is already plenty of unnecessary threads on xda....
I've another one: xda is well linked to search engines , so the first place to look in is here
you have to admit that the answer was not so hidden.. don't take this as an offense again
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It wasn't hidden no. It was just in a forum that was arguably not the best place for it to be, and one that I didn't search for it in.
I wasn't hurt, just a bit P.O.'d. As I said searching these boards is not always easy or straightforward. I've been around here for more than 5 years and have searched for things about as often as I've posted in that time. That being said I will admit that I have only tried using something like google once or twice to go beyond a particular forum to look for search results. I usually use ixquick as my search engine but I'd imagine it works about the same, I'll try that next time.
One side benefit to "unnecessary threads", like this is that it helps others to find things when they might not be using the exact search terms that the "necessary threads" contain. Like leaving breadcrumbs on a trail, it can help to find your way to your destination.
Thank you again for the tips.
oh, and to help others reading this, the first link that jjollyroger posted, to the cab that mamv put together to resolve this problem seems to work well. I've only used it for a few minutes so far but in that time my Spb Home screen has not failed to come back in landscape orientation after leaving it for other Spb windows, as well as other apps.