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I am a Touch Pro which does not have a PTT button.
Any suggestions on how to reach the camera quickly? What is your quickest way to get to the camera?
remap the center button on your phone to start up camera
mobileSCR Gscroll, map the capacitive area of the screen(where the buttons are), really useful(can choose any sequence of taps to do anything, open application)
or AEButton... what' the use of a volume rocker? just use one button to get to the volume page and use the touch screen to change the setting...(one problem would be changing vol on the fly like during a phone call... that case, change the setting, one-button press = default volume behavior, two-button press = whanever you want, three -button, long press, whatever you want
mputtr said:
remap the center button on your phone to start up camera
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Thanks! I will try to do this but I cannot find the built in remap ap on NRGs rom, still looking for it :-D
@paperWastage: Thanks for the tip! If I cannot find the built in software I will install AE buttons.
you cant remap the center button. i think he was being pedantic. maybe you can set a button to be voice command and say "start camera".
I just have the camera in the programs... Slide over to programs and press camera...
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you cant remap the center button. i think he was being pedantic. maybe you can set a button to be voice command and say "start camera".
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actually... i was serious. There is a fuze keyboard config software floating somewhere in the raphael forums. It might be able to let you remap the centerbutton.
but why would you want to remap your center button.
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but why would you want to remap your center button.
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I have to agree as this is a very important function.
Mayne a Long press center button maybe more appropriate.
I cant seem to find any remap built in software on the NRG rom. My Touch dual had one which allowed me to remap some basic buttons like volume button.
Looks like AEbuttons is the answer for me. Will try to test it first and update you guys.
If you go to Setting and on the Personal Tab there is a Buttons setting and you can change the receive call button (press and hold of course) to whatever you want, including the camera.
Also a good idea to go over to the Systems tab and change the Long Press End Key Setting to Lock Device or something else than Turn Airplane mode on/off, god that sound is annoying when Airplane mode is turned on
it depends on the rom or software if you have the unlocked all buttons. honestly theres no faster way to get there than start > camera or photos tab > camera. if you dont have an american phone with a ppt button, there wont really be a faster way.
i actually did not mean to map the single click. I thought it was obvious i meant the long press.
using softkey manager you can replace one of the softkeys on the homescreen, as ur using an NRG rom im guessing your two softkeys on the home tab are "action" and "contacts"? ive got rid of the contacts, because a. i could jus use the people tab, or b. jus press the call button to bring up the dialer... and have replaced it with camera
the softkey manager should be under utililites/tweaks... it is on mine and im using an NRG rom
hope this helps.
Hi all,
I want to use the footprints tool but unfortunaley I have an issue to take the photo.
If I want to take a "normal" photo I have to touch the display (this little icon that appears on the display). But I don't have this option, if I want to take a photo with the footprint tools.
How do I take photos there? Can I change the settings somewhere so that I can take a photo by pressing a key?
Thank you for your help!
Bye
Caessa
Hi, i have the same problem like above. I have installed footprint to my touch2. Unfortunately, touch2 does not has its own shutter button. It depends on onscreen shutter button. footprint does not have onscreen shutter button. Can any suggest on how to take photograph. can the shutter button assigned to any keys like - long press call button? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Where did you download Footprints?
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to take a photo with footprint you have to press return.....
on the mega I've found two ways:
1st one, free, is VolDpad (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552947)
2nd one,not free, AE Button Plus (http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php), remap Volume up or down Long press to return....
I've found that VolDpad is far more stable than ABEP, but less configurable...
Have fun.
Zog.
Hi Uppy. The footprints can be downloaded from here. forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4652165&postcount=1
Thanks Zogzerg, but voldpad is to remap volume keys to Dpad. I want to remap the shutter key. The remapping can be to either a physical button or on screen at the bottom taskbar. I just want a shutter key to take picture... can be anywhere. (footprint lacks onscreen shutter key)
Hello, there are a few footprints cab's floting around here on XDA. Most are for devices with enter button......http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4174400 this link is to a solution for Rhodium; a QVGA device without such a button. This may work for you.....have not tried myself or checked the thread
How do i get it on my M2D Tab ?
I installed the Navipanel and Footprints, but its only on my start menu .. Under a Multimedia tab.. help?
Hi Frank Caarls. Thanks for the reply. However there is no workaround for this problem in that thread. I have checked many threads but nothing seems fruitful so far. Hi deepakmk, u may need to enable it through homesettings.xml.
How do i do that?
Sorry kinda noob at this ><
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hi uppy. The footprints can be downloaded from here. Forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4652165&postcount=1
thanks zogzerg, but voldpad is to remap volume keys to dpad. I want to remap the shutter key. The remapping can be to either a physical button or on screen at the bottom taskbar. I just want a shutter key to take picture... Can be anywhere. (footprint lacks onscreen shutter key)
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read my post !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The shutter key for footprint is return !!!!!!!!
Zogzerg, the RETURN key DOES NOT work. It exits the application and nothing happens.
Can u tell exactly what changes u did? Enlighten me..
what programme was assigned to the return key? (start>settings>personal>Buttons)
not OK, return.
short example with AE button plus,
for volume up key (hard), assign
1 click:volume up
Long click:RETURN key (soft) AND NOT "OK" button or it will close the app
and for Volume down key (hard), assign
1 click:volume down
Long click:taskmanager
that's my setting, it work well with footprint......(to take a picture i longpress volume up)
btw, aebp is a little buggy with the (hard) back button (<--), so don't try to remap it.
with voldpad, first install it, then run footprint, add (+), then to take the picture :
double click volume down WITH hold
that's it: click and cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick......
Zog.
Paranoid Club meeting this Friday. Now ... just try to find out where!
zogzerg said:
not OK, return.
short example with AE button plus,
for volume up key (hard), assign
1 click:volume up
Long click:RETURN key (soft) AND NOT "OK" button or it will close the app
and for Volume down key (hard), assign
1 click:volume down
Long click:taskmanager
that's my setting, it work well with footprint......(to take a picture i longpress volume up)
btw, aebp is a little buggy with the (hard) back button (<--), so don't try to remap it.
with voldpad, first install it, then run footprint, add (+), then to take the picture :
double click volume down WITH hold
that's it: click and cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick......
Zog.
Paranoid Club meeting this Friday. Now ... just try to find out where!
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in my version of a AEB the button should be long press ENTER
there is no return option
zogzerg said:
not OK, return.
short example with AE button plus,
for volume up key (hard), assign
1 click:volume up
Long click:RETURN key (soft) AND NOT "OK" button or it will close the app
and for Volume down key (hard), assign
1 click:volume down
Long click:taskmanager
that's my setting, it work well with footprint......(to take a picture i longpress volume up)
btw, aebp is a little buggy with the (hard) back button (<--), so don't try to remap it.
with voldpad, first install it, then run footprint, add (+), then to take the picture :
double click volume down WITH hold
that's it: click and cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick......
Zog.
Paranoid Club meeting this Friday. Now ... just try to find out where!
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I also installed footprints on my mega. Also, ae button plus. I cannot find the return option you talk about as an action to long press volume up. Got any more hints about what we should do? I tried other actions available there as well. None of them seemed to trigger a new footprint photo
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I also installed footprints on my mega. Also, ae button plus. I cannot find the return option you talk about as an action to long press volume up. Got any more hints about what we should do? I tried other actions available there as well. None of them seemed to trigger a new footprint photo
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you have to choose long press = ENTER then save and exit
when you launch footprints press and hold volume up when you release photo will be taken
can you tell me when you installed footprints does your home weather still update??
bowker1 said:
you have to choose long press = ENTER then save and exit
when you launch footprints press and hold volume up when you release photo will be taken
can you tell me when you installed footprints does your home weather still update??
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I tried with enter too and still doesn't work. When I release after long press volume up, it just shows the volume program. As for my home weather, it still updates, but just once. After that, it crashes TouchFlo and I'm just stuck with the "tap here to launch touchflo" message. I think I'm going to uninstall this because of this home weather inconvenience and my not being able to trigger new footprints
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I tried with enter too and still doesn't work. When I release after long press volume up, it just shows the volume program. As for my home weather, it still updates, but just once. After that, it crashes TouchFlo and I'm just stuck with the "tap here to launch touchflo" message. I think I'm going to uninstall this because of this home weather inconvenience and my not being able to trigger new footprints
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what version of aeb are you using if its the demo version it will not change anything you need full version it will work with ENTER got mine working fine
maybe try to set another button for someting else to check it is setting the buttons
p.s. there is a fix for home weather you have to link it with your wether tab i think its better this way anyway search and you will find many threads on home wether fix
deepakmk said:
How do i get it on my M2D Tab ?
I installed the Navipanel and Footprints, but its only on my start menu .. Under a Multimedia tab.. help?
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Well. I have exactly the same problem.
As far as I know, there's no way to get M2D Footprints Tab to work even enabling it in HTCHomeSettings.xml file.
Any solution???
Another idea...
sorry if anyone is getting annoyed with me posting ideas all the time, and nothing else.
maybe there is already an app like this, i havent found one though...
i was taking pictures today, and couldnt help but notice, if you turn it (hd2/leo) upside down in landscape mode, the volume rocker (volume up, the top end) is in the perfect place for a hardware camera button, to actually take the photo. with the softkey camera button, its a little awkard... but the volume rocker would proved a nice feel to taking a photo, and improve things like timing, maybe.
Also, you can't listen to music while taking photos anyway, let alone make a call, so actually, in that moment in camera mode, those buttons are sitting around with nothing to do...
but, alas, i know nothing about things like this... mapping hardware buttons and such.
i should learn, but right now time is just something i dont have too much of.
let me know what you think, and if there is an app like this already, please, link it!
personally i think the "pick up" key would make a nice "shutter" using the volume rocker as zoom in and out. This topic has come up several times about mapping the shutter to a button.
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personally i think the "pick up" key would make a nice "shutter" using the volume rocker as zoom in and out.
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Shutter!!!! thats the word i was looking for..
I think it would be great if these functions could be configured by the user.
i think for me, the pick up key and other buttons would make a better zoom.. but i think the volume rocker has potential as a zoom function given that it is in fact, a rocker.
but the zoom on the hd2 isnt very substantial, that could nee improvement too.. if at all possible.
found
found this:
http://www.scilor.com/leocameraanykey.html
try it
on the pro2 with the KB config app i used to always remap the vol up key to take pictures but for some reason when i remap the key the same way i have for a long time, it just wont work any more!!! its to bad because i used to love having this as a option!!!
If you have root, you can edit this file:
system/usr/keylayout/melfas-touchkey.kl
.. and replace the word SEARCH with CAMERA and now your search button is a camera button! It will not only open the camera, but once the camera is open, it will take the photo.
Note that a long press on this key will no longer open voice search if you remap it.
To perform a search without this key available, you can long press on the MENU button.
AWESOME
just tried it, its working!
i think i like this
i had "camera shortcut" or whatever installed....
i like the not having to do a long press to get my camera installed and long menu press just makes it so i get to search anyway....
Thanks!!
Wow thats awesome it worked perfect! Except for some reason when i press the button, it goes to camera fine, but when i press another capacitive button to say go home or back out of it it seems like an LED that brightens the buttons goes out, but then it works fine after you press another capacitive button?
Cog v2.2 9.1.1
Basically, I read some user feedback from Knyghtryda's Camera Mod and came up with this very simple solution. I converted the Power Button to be the camera shutter, which also works for recording and 2.3.4 GB, and does not require a modified camera.apk. The Search Button was converted to function as power on/off. I made these changes by modifying the system/usr/keylayout files.
Honestly, I find this configuration awkward unless I am taking pictures. The search button is my least favorite button and normally only hit it by accident. If this is not an ideal configuration or you can't live without a search function, just give me suggestions.
I'm not a developer or anything, I just like to experiment with my android. If anyone, dev or not, has any suggestions or improvements feel free to comment.
v1.0
Power Button=Camera Shutter, Search Button=Power on/off, No Search Button Function
Issues 8/5/2011
I haven't confirmed this with Gingerbread, only with Froyo: If you remap power button to any other button, it will function as power button but if the screen is asleep and not plugged in for a period of more than about 10 seconds, you have to press original power button followed by the new power button to wake the screen.
I have also tested a few button remapping apps made for other devices, but do not seem to be compatible with Froyo. I will be testing Gingerbread next.
Added Key Configurations
Search Button=Camera Shutter, Power=Default
Credits:
Knyghtryda- idea for the shutter and scripts
Jack$on- idea to relocate power to search button
Installation Instructions
To Change Button Configuration
Run key_remapper.zip or key_remapper_GB.zip for respective firmware version in CWM.
To Return to Default Key Configuration
Run keymap_reset.zip or keymap_reset_GB.zip for respective firmware version in CWM.
DO NOT RUN WRONG VERSION: The files look very similar but I have ran Froyo zip on GB on two occasions and all of the bottom row buttons stop working.
I think making the Search button the default camera button would work better in the long run. Don't like the camera.apk hack.. i end up with a power menu a lot popping up.
Also the power button is just too close to the lens for me.. annoys me.
Is this a configurable mapper?
Just opened the zip.
I see what you did there. I never have gotten around to doing any mods myself yet, cool, can be configured however by changing the lists.
dlang123 said:
Just opened the zip.
I see what you did there. I never have gotten around to doing any mods myself yet, cool, can be configured however by changing the lists.
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Very simple like I said, some people would be clueless though. Also your idea would work better for me as well.
This is very nice. I hate the power button being on the side of my phone. I feel like I can't use my phone one-handed or have to shift the way I'm holding the phone just to be able to turn the screen on/off.
One quick note... In CWM after installation it says that the power button = search button which is incorrect.
Big thanks! I've been waiting for someone to come up with this!
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I think making the Search button the default camera button would work better in the long run. Don't like the camera.apk hack.. i end up with a power menu a lot popping up.
Also the power button is just too close to the lens for me.. annoys me.
Is this a configurable mapper?
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ya I agree. if u just made the search button a camera shortcut key and a camera shutter key im sure alot of people would use it for sure.
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PKizzo36 said:
This is very nice. I hate the power button being on the side of my phone. I feel like I can't use my phone one-handed or have to shift the way I'm holding the phone just to be able to turn the screen on/off.
One quick note... In CWM after installation it says that the power button = search button which is incorrect.
Big thanks! I've been waiting for someone to come up with this!
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Thanks, I see my mistake on the script.
dlang123 said:
I think making the Search button the default camera button would work better in the long run. Don't like the camera.apk hack.. i end up with a power menu a lot popping up.
Also the power button is just too close to the lens for me.. annoys me.
Is this a configurable mapper?
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Made the Search Button the camera button just for you. I have not tested this on the Froyo build but I do enjoy this configuration better than the other. I have also tested the camera button on the up volume button, but couldn't find a suitable volume up alternative.
sk8tingusmc said:
Made the Search Button the camera button just for you. I have not tested this on the Froyo build but I do enjoy this configuration better than the other. I have also tested the camera button on the up volume button, but couldn't find a suitable volume up alternative.
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which zip do I download to get the search as camera key?
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Can the search key act as a search key normally, except when in camera mode?
kolosok17 said:
Can the search key act as a search key normally, except when in camera mode?
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I can experiment with it, but not sure.
EDIT: I am not having any luck; I am not saying it is impossible, but it looks like you will have to wait for Knyghtryda to release a modified camera app with with the search button shutter, with the system keymap still set as Search. That may solve your problem! I wish I knew how to make longpress of search do camera and shortpress do search, if it is even possible. I will still look into it, I have just given up for the night.
jkat797 said:
which zip do I download to get the search as camera key?
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The search_shutter.zip or search_shutter_GB.zip depending what version you are running.
The key mapper seemed to be working at first but I noticed that if my phone sat idle for awhile the search button (now the power button) wouldn't start the phone back up. I would have to use the power button (modded to be the new shutter button) and THEN press the search button to get the screen to come back on.
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The key mapper seemed to be working at first but I noticed that if my phone sat idle for awhile the search button (now the power button) wouldn't start the phone back up. I would have to use the power button (modded to be the new shutter button) and THEN press the search button to get the screen to come back on.
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Which build are you on? It may have left out the WAKE flag or something. Thanks for letting me know.
Mapping the volume up/down buttons to reflect 'next track' and 'previous track' while the screen is off would be my biggest request.
Can the home button mapped to wake up the phone instead of power? this is my top of the wish list, pretty plzzz
sangweb said:
Can the home button mapped to wake up the phone instead of power? this is my top of the wish list, pretty plzzz
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That shouldn't be a problem, but I think that I forgot to edit an extra file that effects the bottom row buttons and it seems to be on Froyo builds. I am updating this file to test reliability right now.
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Which build are you on? It may have left out the WAKE flag or something. Thanks for letting me know.
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I am on froyo
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Please
sk8tingusmc said:
That shouldn't be a problem, but I think that I forgot to edit an extra file that effects the bottom row buttons and it seems to be on Froyo builds. I am updating this file to test reliability right now.
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I'll be your quality test as guinnea pig if you need one. I know I can use other widget to accomplish this but prefer to avoid 3rd party lock widget because sometime I have to unlock twice. You will be my "God" if you can get it working, Thx.
So I started looking at modding the Camera.apk.. decompiled into byte code.. doesn't look that bad, if I get some time I'll run some diffs on it and the original get what he changed.. and then I'll try to modify it for using the search button. That way search only does Camera if your in Camera.