Thoughts? Lot of wasted dead space between the buttons as well as failure to register presses seems to be a problem common to smaller-screen androids. Rather silly to have the phone vibrate because it registers you touched a button, but the button click doesn't actually happen-- ie you don't return to home screen, don't actually go "back", etc...
Is this something we could change?
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Nowadays we see more new devices equipped with touch-sensitive buttons (non-hardware buttons). I sometimes wonder if these touch-sensitive button actually are prone to a accidental touch (or press). If yes, they are, then does it mean that it's better to have hardware buttons instead?
I'm a bit confused regarding these kind of buttons. What do you think about this?
I used to have an HTC Magic, but now I'm using an LG Eve, and I seriously miss those hardware buttons... I constantly accidentally press the back and home keys, closing whatever I'm currently doing, or occasionally the won't respond at all, and I press them three or four times before they actually do something. Also, a trend I've noticed looking at the phones coming out, many phones with capacitive buttons seem to be missing the important ones, like the dial button, the end button, and the search button. Also, watch out for the type of trackpad. On my Magic I had a trackball, which is fairly standard, but the Eve has just a button that acts as a menu button, no scrolling possible. Look really carefully at the input methods when choosing a phone.
I've had some bad experiences with touch sensitive buttons. As jascayne says, I constantly pressed the buttons accidentally (motorola droid).
So I should never go for a phone with touch sensitive buttons.
So so, this means touch-sensitive buttons aren't reliable. next time when I buy a phone I'll pay attention to the type of buttons.
Exactly.
I have a disability so I have weak hands and limited finger dexterity. I am not able to hit the tiny hardware power button and volume button on the HTC EVO. It also seems most new 1ghz android devices have the same setup for waking the screen by power button only, so for many with disabilities like me, it will be a problem for most of the new capacitive screen phones.
Is there a way to modify the OS to wake the screen from touching the screen or the capacitive buttons?
Or a way to dim the screen 90% and go to lockscreen, to save on battery life?
Even better would be a voice wakeup home screen feature with a magic word like "Android" or "Droid".
I know turning on the screen by touching it or the capacitive home row buttons is not practical for everyone who puts their phone in their pocket, but many of us in power wheelchairs mount it to our chair so it is never in a pocket.
My wheelchair has 2 GRP-22 12V batteries, so I could get power for all day very easily. I know the screen can burn out at some point, but I usually upgrade every year or sooner anyway. Id just rather not have the screen lit all day.
I have at least 50 friends around the country with the same physical issues (MD) and there are thousands more, so this is a huge need for future smartphone users with disabilities.
I'd appreciate any input and if any of you programmers out there want a new challenge, I am glad to help test it!
Thanks!
Cyanogenmod roms have a setting for using the menu button to unlock the phone. You have to root your phone to install it.
Edit: strike that, it's late and wasn't thinking. It only bypasses the unlock screen. There is an app called no lock that will let you use the camera and volume buttons if that would be easier to unlock.
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Yep, NoLock from the market can awake the phone with the volume buttons.
Yeah the volume buttons are not any easier.
I may be able to use the power button if I could flip the phone screen orientation around so the power button is at the bottom.
From what I understand, the capacitive home buttons are part of the screen so if the screen is off, the buttons off. So what I am envisioning is setting the phone to timeout to lockscreen and dim down 90-95% so the screen is dark, yet the capacitive home button will work. Any programmers think that is possible?
One of the down sides of having such a large screen is the amount of travel your finger has to do to get to the power switch to turn the display on.
is there a hack or an app that can allow me to customize the capacitative buttons (home, menu, back, search) to turn on the phone? (not from a power off state, but from a suspend state)?
Other potential solutions could be remapping either of the volume keys, or maybe using the accelerometer to determine the orientation of the phone and then wake up the screen.
Yes, I am looking for the same thing. The power button on Inspire is not that well designed. I can't really tell if i am pressing it or now. I am afraid the button will broke since it doesn't have the press down feeling. I think everyone has the same problem on this button.
I think only midgets and girls have this problem. Are you a midget or a girl?
lol jk
try widgetlocker
you can wake up phone with volumes button !
Just wanted to double check the power button isnt the same as the volume button as in you dot click it in right?
its a touch sensitive button? or is mine faulty?
Mine requires a push it moves quite a bit but feels solod can tell when it pushes the switch
Mine deffinatly requires a touch that requires the button to move. Just touching the button does nothing so it is not touch sensitive, but it is not hard to move the button either.
have anybody face this issue? when i holding my phone, the capacitive buttons are being pressed although i am not touching them. Especially, capacitive button on the right, is being holded pressed.
i think the buttons are too much sensitive. is there any way to change the sensitivity of the capacitive buttons?
how can i solve this issue?
Sometimes i have the same problem.