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Hello all:
I have been experiencing a particularly vexing problem with my captivate. At random intervals, the search interface displays on the screen without any of the buttons on the bottom of the phone being pressed. This seems to be particularly true when holding the phone in landscape (playing Angry Birds). My hand is nowhere near the end of the phone with the buttons, so I don't understand how this can be happening.
Any advice/help that can be offered will be appreciated.
T
Happens on mine every now and then too, usually when I'm driving and the officer is mounted on the windshield, so my hands are no where near it.
I've seen other posts about it. I don't think there's any fix except a replacement.
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Officer = phone. Oh swype.
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capacitive button problem. I have it too but on the menu key. Rare but very annoying. Perhaps its dust?
There are quite a few people complaining about it.
even my search key gives this issue.....isnt there a way to disable that key..??i rarely use it....
btw, wouldnt it be cool if the search key was changed to a camera key for takin pictures.....its way lot easier than focusing and clicking by tapping on the screen...
neo_31591 said:
even my search key gives this issue.....isnt there a way to disable that key..??i rarely use it....
btw, wouldnt it be cool if the search key was changed to a camera key for takin pictures.....its way lot easier than focusing and clicking by tapping on the screen...
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Hmm, if yours has the problem, it would be rather detrimental to performance if you were to map it to camera shutter, wouldnt it?
Thanks to all. I had searched but hadn't seen anyone that had the same problem (time to brush up on my search skills?). I will consider a replacement, because it really sucks when I have a perfect shot in Angry Birds and the search interface comes up.
T
My original Captivate had a problem where the Home button would get "stuck".
The phone would start buzzing and going to the Home screen violently and over and over again.
I got it exchanged.
Probably a similar issue.
Yep, same problem here. Although I haven't seen it happen since I went back to stock and did the OTA update through Kies.
Not sure if that actually is why it's not happening though.
you can edit the Melfas-touchkey.kl file and disable the search key
system/usr/keylayout/Melfas-touchkey.kl
neo_31591 said:
even my search key gives this issue.....isnt there a way to disable that key..??i rarely use it....
btw, wouldnt it be cool if the search key was changed to a camera key for takin pictures.....its way lot easier than focusing and clicking by tapping on the screen...
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i could not get the camera to work when i tried, but may give it another shot.
impulsek2 said:
you can edit the Melfas-touchkey.kl file and disable the search key
system/usr/keylayout/Melfas-touchkey.kl
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You can do better than that; you can assign it to the CAMERA, just replace the text SEARCH with CAMERA in that file and reboot. I tried it, it works, and pressing the key while in camera mode takes the picture! It's quite nice actually. Long press for voice search no longer works, however.
Haven't seen this posted yet and each phone is a little different. Curiously it's more like the Note II than the SIII.
1) Open Root Explorer
2) Navigate to: /system/usr/keylayout/
3) Press 'Mount R/W'
4) Long hold 'gpio-keys.kl' and choose "Open in Text Editor"
5) Remove "WAKE" from the line "172 HOME WAKE"
6) Back out, Save, Reboot
Enjoy
How can you set double tap to something else? Say google voice search..
lowspeed said:
How can you set double tap to something else? Say google voice search..
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I think that would require a modification to a framework jar. Ill see if I can find it.
lowspeed said:
How can you set double tap to something else? Say google voice search..
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Home2 shortcut app should work. Simply download it, follow the instructions, then disable the home button shortcut in the svoice settings.
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How do u get it back to working
micadee6453 said:
How do u get it back to working
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Never mind i figured it out
micadee6453 said:
Never mind i figured it out
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Editing your first post would have sufficed.
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shoman94 said:
Editing your first post would have sufficed.
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Thanks ill do that next time:good:
Why would you want to do this unless you could reassign it or add another way to wake up device?
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SysAdmNj said:
Why would you want to do this unless you could reassign it or add another way to wake up device?
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Well... the power button wakes the phone up just fine. I also worry that it can get pressed while in my pocket.
Coming from the Galaxy Note I enjoy the Home Button to wake the phone instead of always having to use the Power Button.
What I'd like to see is Google Voice search shortcut while holding the Power Button instead of the Task Manager.
ZPaul2Fresh8 said:
Coming from the Galaxy Note I enjoy the Home Button to wake the phone instead of always having to use the Power Button.
What I'd like to see is Google Voice search shortcut while holding the Power Button instead of the Task Manager.
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Just long-press Menu to bring up GNow...then you not only have access to voice search, but the famous GNow cards that might answer your question, anyhow.
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Just long-press Menu to bring up GNow...then you not only have access to voice search, but the famous GNow cards that might answer your question, anyhow.
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That and also in any app, long press on the menu button acts as the search button within the app.
Just throwing this out there - I read here and in the .kl file that it is not good to mess with the generic.kl file. Does anyone know which would be the best .kl file to edit?
I want my volume keys to wake the phone and when i add wake to those keys in the generic file, my power button no longer sleeps the phone...
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Why would you want to do this unless you could reassign it or add another way to wake up device?
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As mentioned, Power button works the same. I don't need two ways to turn it on. I keep my phone in a belt case and it's tight enough that just putting it in the case turns the phone on. I'm tired of checking to see, so I did this mod today. Actually, it's one the biggest reason I rooted today! Mod worked great, thanks given. Much happier now.
jejb said:
As mentioned, Power button works the same. I don't need two ways to turn it on. I keep my phone in a belt case and it's tight enough that just putting it in the case turns the phone on. I'm tired of checking to see, so I did this mod today. Actually, it's one the biggest reason I rooted today! Mod worked great, thanks given. Much happier now.
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What mod?
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What mod?
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See post #1 of this thread.
jejb said:
See post #1 of this thread.
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Well I guess you need the Google Voice search shortcut while holding the Power Button instead of the Task Manager. Enjoy.
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Well I guess you need the Google Voice search shortcut while holding the Power Button instead of the Task Manager. Enjoy.
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Task manager still works the same as before. I don't use Google Voice or Google Now.
lowspeed said:
How can you set double tap to something else? Say google voice search..
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simply remove S Voice...
Hi everyone,
Really interested in people's thoughts on the Bixby Button.
Initially I hated it, but after a) accidentally pressing it less since thanks to muscle memory, and more importantly b) the ability to make it do anything other than launch Bixby (such as double press for Google Assistant, long press for flashlight) I have found myself appreciating the existence of this extra button. So much so in fact, that speculation it could be removed in the Galaxy S10 have kind of dissapointed me.
So what do you think? Should the Bixby button stay, or should it be removed? Vote in the poll and share your thoughts in the comments!
It needs to go. Just go away.
If you could natively remap the button to whatever you choose, that would be great, but in the stock incarnation its terrible. Just horrible.
I disabled all of packages related to Bixby. In turn, it disabled the button.
The only thing it ever did for me was get accidentally hit and bumped.
die and move the volume buttons lower, until then I'm using bixby remapper as a screenshot, play/pause, skip and previous tracks shortcuts
KryptonKal-El said:
die and move the volume buttons lower, until then I'm using bixby remapper as a screenshot, play/pause, skip and previous tracks shortcuts
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Which remapper are you using?
I'm using ButtonMapper by flar2.
Single tap: nothing
Double tap: Google Assistant
Long Press: Flashlight
I'm finding that it adds value to me (only in the scenario remapping tools exist) and id rather see it kept around.
Bixby
The Bixby button is nothing more than a bloody nuisance.
I accidently activated it so many times that I turned Bixby feature off. I hope Samsung are reading this.
Cheers
Aussie
I remap it using bxactions.
Single: Google Now
Double: Samsung Pay
Hold: Google Assistant
Samsung just needs to admit that Bixby is a failure. It was a cool concept with the S8, but they took WAY too long to fully release it, and when they did, it was pretty terrible. Hell, I'd rather use Cortana than Bixby, and that's saying something...
Neither, I'd just like them to offer us the option to switch it to Google Assistant
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Which remapper are you using?
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bxactions from Jawomo, I paid for the pro version.
Bixby is good for in Phone stuff. But they should give us the option to remap it.
Those who say it should go away: If it was a Google Assistant button, would you feel the same way? It looks like the LG 7 will have a dedicated assistant button, and the Pixel XL2 has a dedicated "squeeze" action for Assistant, and no one complains about that.
I don't use Bixby, but by using a 3rd party app to use the Bixby button for other things I believe it's fairly useful.
Bixby Button Remapper works great. Just press it and Google Now opens up. It is fine for me.
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Those who say it should go away: If it was a Google Assistant button, would you feel the same way? It looks like the LG 7 will have a dedicated assistant button, and the Pixel XL2 has a dedicated "squeeze" action for Assistant, and no one complains about that.
I don't use Bixby, but by using a 3rd party app to use the Bixby button for other things I believe it's fairly useful.
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Correct, if it were Google Assistant than I would love it. But its not... Its Samsungs home brew assistant crap.
Scott said:
Correct, if it were Google Assistant than I would love it. But its not... Its Samsungs home brew assistant crap.
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But it's easy to make it open Google Assistant, you know.
DIE!!!!!
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Maybe someone can help me here.
I have a problem when I disable the Bixby button and press again comes the message from Samsung Reminder.
I really do not know how to turn it off and hope someone here can help me.
Senaxo said:
Maybe someone can help me here.
I have a problem when I disable the Bixby button and press again comes the message from Samsung Reminder.
I really do not know how to turn it off and hope someone here can help me.
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Haven't heard of this one, on the bright side, it's still more useful than Bixby
You could try Button Mapper (made by @flar2) to see if it could help you set single press = nothing.
Uncustomisable Bixby button is the worst thing a smartphone can have and it's death is a must, and it should not be even remembered as a nightmare post its demise. Only if Samsung gives "full freedom" to customize, it should be considered.
Has anyone already found a way to disable or remap the Google Assistant button? I find it hugely annoying as even when the phone is off (but unlocked due to smart unlock) if the button is pressed accidentally it opens up the phone, it's happened several times now. I've already contacted LG, but they were of no help.
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Has anyone already found a way to disable or remap the Google Assistant button? I find it hugely annoying as even when the phone is off (but unlocked due to smart unlock) if the button is pressed accidentally it opens up the phone, it's happened several times now. I've already contacted LG, but they were of no help.
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Tru settings open extension.
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Thanks, that works!
Still waiting for the remapping feature
There is still no way to remap the button?
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LG G7 Thinq Google Assistent Button remap
Please anyone... Start an petition for that.
Its really annoying thats the button isnt remapable.
Please start an petition.
Thank u
TheArt. said:
There is still no way to remap the button?
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After disabling google assistant I disabled the google app and now my launcher (evie) has taken control of the home button. Definitely an improvement
Nexusjob said:
After disabling google assistant I disabled the google app and now my launcher (evie) has taken control of the home button. Definitely an improvement
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Okay. Thats interesting. Where i can find the option for that button?
Thank u
Hunter1986GER said:
Okay. Thats interesting. Where i can find the option for that button?
Thank u
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My launcher has no options for modifying what it does when I long press the home button in the absence of Google assistant. By default I get this:
Hey forum peeps
I was curious if it possible to remap the buttons. I would love to do it on my terms haha
Jzharris86 said:
Hey forum peeps
I was curious if it possible to remap the buttons. I would love to do it on my terms haha
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The bottom button is not yet possible. There are only SPay. Perhaps there will be third-party software. You can go to the top. Everything is in the settings.
MrBigRed said:
The bottom button is not yet possible. There are only SPay. Perhaps there will be third-party software. You can go to the top. Everything is in the settings.
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I hope someone is working on that
Same here. I really don't understand why Samsung did not allow us to use the "Press once" and "Double Press" on the back button! Ridiculous
Definitely need full button change options...
Downloaded an app called Button Launcher, tried to remap the second button long press to Google Pay but unsuccessful, still defaults to Samsung Pay.