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Idk if someone already found this but i thought i would post it anyway you can get into the stock recovery by
1. pressing and holding the x key on the keyboard
2. without letting go of the x key turn on the phone
up to here its the same as the droid 1
3. you should get a yellow triangle and android logo to show up
simply press the search key on the keyboard srry
4. and your in

Seems to work ok but pressing the search button does nothing for me... just sits there and does nothing. Have to pull battery to reset. I must be missing something... ??
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You may have done it this way but...
You have to hit the physical search button on the keyboard
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vampireincubi said:
You may have done it this way but...
You have to hit the physical search button on the keyboard
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Wow, its always the simple things.
Yes, make sure you use the search button on the slide out keyboard, not the one on the bottom right of the screen. That was my problem now it works fine.
Thanks vampire

lol srry for got to say it was on the keyboard my bad

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769549
original post by me just so you know and it probably shouldn't be in development but rather General.
Please search before you post or at least skim the topics to save from having lots of double posts, thanks.

[Q] Does Mesmerize not support Search/Menu long presses?

Hello community, I will admit that I am a Mesmerize n00b but I've been using a N1 for a long time. One feature that I liked (maybe it's just an HTC thing) is that I could long press menu to show/hide the softkeyboard, and more importantly, I could long press the search button to get Google Voice Search.
I have searched around the forums for the last few hours for the keywords "Mesmerize" and "Long Press". I can't figure out any way to launch google voice command from a hardware key.
I don't particularly care if it is the SAME way, I'd just prefer not to have to go back to the home screen and THEN click on an app-- it's harder to do while driving.
I'm wondering if the device does not physically recognize long presses of that button.
I've got SU, EB16, , if any of that helps.

My brother, who works at USCC, says that he got one out of the box and that Long-press search works by default. Mine never did though, even before modding. Perhaps mine has a slight defect?

Ive noticed this, however it's a non issue for me. When you bring up quick search, I just press the mic if I want to voice command. Anyone know of an app that allows you to assign commands to the soft keys? I want to say the dev for 'clear default home' might have a solution. I could be wrong.
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I know that you could do it on stock mez, but the modified roms or 2.2 don't seem to support it. Also I can't mute my ringer by using the volume keys, I have to press the power button. Which doesn't matter cause if I'm silencing the ringer I'm most likely not going to answer. All pros easily out weigh all the(like 2) insignificant cons I have experienced.....
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There is a market app called Button Shortcut that has been suggested to me but it does not work. It's a non-root app. I tried a similar search and found a root app for hard buttons but it didn't support long presses.
The search continues, thanks for your input.

I thought I would conclude this thread with the following information:
I went all the way back to 2.1, Stock, and the long press indeed DOES work. It is only in the leaked EA11 and EB16 that it does not work for me. I thought I would mention this just in case somebody else notices the same problem and searches for this thread.
Thanks to those who contributed.

Hate to pull this out of the grave, but I've got the latest EC10 PnP installed now and long pressing the search button still doesn't work for me. Also voice commands don't work, but that's probably a topic for another thread.
I don't know, it's maddening that I can't voice command this thing and it makes me want to return the phone.
Any suggestions? I can't seem to find anybody here complaining of the same thing... Thanks in advance.

Have you tried downloading Froyo from uscc to see if it works on their release?
If that doesnt work, there is a thread about "suggestions for roms". You could post your request on there.
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Disable home screen button when keyboard open??

I did some searching to see if this was possible on android and couldn't find any good info.
I am still not used to onscreen keyboards and on the One S in particular I keep hitting the home button when I type (it has happened twice since I started writing this)
Am I the only one with this problem? Does anyone know of a way to disable the home button when the keyboard is up?
Thanks
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It seems like a good idea, but is probably very hard. The home button is kinda coded to work the same way always, regardless of what app is open

Yea I kinda pressed the home button too at first but just practice typing without trying to hit the home button and you should be all set, its not easy to type without pressing the home button but it takes some time to get used to...
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It's damn near impossible! Been using touchscreen keyboard on different phones for years (how I miss my G1), and never had this problem...I feel like Homer trying to phone his children in that one episode of the Simpsons...."mash the keypad to continue"

Try SwiftKey keyboard, it detects where spaces go so you don't need to press space

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Home button

Is there anyway to remove the circle that pops up when pressing the home button via the tablet? I am referring to the circle that has the other circle that says Google in it. I suppose one could call it an alternative route to Google Now/Search.
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Only time I saw that circle was when I didn't change the method of locking the tablet. And now that I use a password, Pressing home (both on screen and in dock) does nothing if the tablet is already unlocked. When locked they also do nothing until the password is keyed in....

Do you have any other intention for long pressing the Home key? I ask this because the Google Now shortcut only shows on a long press. It doesn't appear when you simply tap the key to go Home, so it's not going to bother too many people.

Ahhh, so that's it. I'm guessing the OP needs to change he long press timeout to medium or long to prevent this from happening....
I already have mine set to medium, so that's why I didn't see it. It didn't occur to me to long press.
@OP: Settings --> Accessibility --> Touch & hold delay - change to medium / long. You're inadvertently long pressing the home button and that is why you're seeing what you're seeing.

Okie dokie. It doesn't affect performance or anything but I don't use that method when opening Google Now so I didn't like having it pop up every time.
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[Q] Binding "multitask" to hardware

anybody know the softkey binding for the multitask/recent apps button so i can bind it to my hardware menu button? the softkey i'm talkiing about is the right of the three navigation buttons.
also, does anyone know how to bind "back" to my right click?
thanks

There is one that is RECENT_APP but it isnt quite the same menu. it shows all the recent apps, but you cant use that menu to swipe apps away. you can access this menu also by ALT+TAB then hold down ALT while selecting.

yeah alt+tab is not what i am looking for. i need the one where you can swipe apps away

i have been scouring the entire internet to be able to do it myself. But I cant seem to find anything on it. I did find one article about doing it on a phone with its hardware keys, but i couldnt get it to work one the dock.
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vampyric_blood said:
i have been scouring the entire internet to be able to do it myself. But I cant seem to find anything on it. I did find one article about doing it on a phone with its hardware keys, but i couldnt get it to work one the dock.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450138