I would like to disable the red and green phone buttons on a Windows mobile 5 device completely.
What I can achieve currently is the following (using AB button plus):
- Disable the red and green button for short clicks.
However holding down the red button still enables flight mode.
Ultimately I would like to be able to do the following:
- Disable the red and green button without using any third party software (I could write my own c# application to do this, any code suggestions?)
- Disable flight mode through the red button (I could write my own c# application to do this, any code suggestions?)
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I have a great idea. With the problem most brown/bronze G1 users are having with their keyboards in low light situations (see here for more info) I had an idea for an app.
We need an app that controls the keyboard backlight based on ambient lighting. It can use the camera to poll the light level and enable/disable the keyboard backlight accordingly. Ideally, it would be configurable in terms of what levels trigger the backlight off and on.
This would probably cause a small drain on the battery, but would more than likely be counteracted by the savings from the backlight being off when not needed.
And, thinking about it now, it could also control the display backlight level! Darker surroundings=dimmer backlight, and vice versa.
Any thoughts or aspiring developers want to work on this?
Ryan
The problem for me (I have a black G1) is that the keyboard doesn't stay lit up. This is really annoying when the screen is on but the keys go dark.
Ideally, the keys would simply stay backlit anytime the keys are open. Especially when its dark out... the keys going dark can get rather frustrating.
I totally and completely agree with the idea, however I was thinking a little differently.
The ambient light is not always a good tell tale sign of whether or not I can see the keyboard, especially since the camera is facing down when I am typing. I was thinking of a simple keypad shortcut that would turn off the backlighting. It could be reset once you close the keyboard or reset using the shortcut again, or the option of both.
If I had any clue how to do it myself, I would. I am just one of those hopeless G1 users who has to beg for apps.
Thanks.
Keyboard backlight off
I just put a small application in the Android Market that turns the keyboard backlight off. It doesn't even show anything on the screen, so it is easy to use by binding it to a keyboard shortcut with Settings->Applications->Quick launch.
The application is in the Market in Applications->Tools and it's called Dark Keys.
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I just put a small application in the Android Market that turns the keyboard backlight off. It doesn't even show anything on the screen, so it is easy to use by binding it to a keyboard shortcut with Settings->Applications->Quick launch.
The application is in the Market in Applications->Tools and it's called Dark Keys.
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Hey can you fix it to where you're able to enable the backlight again? I'm able to turn the backlight off, but not on again if needed. Any maybe integrate a GUI to let users choose on and off.
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I just put a small application in the Android Market that turns the keyboard backlight off. It doesn't even show anything on the screen, so it is easy to use by binding it to a keyboard shortcut with Settings->Applications->Quick launch.
The application is in the Market in Applications->Tools and it's called Dark Keys.
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Any way you can give the option to keep it on as well? I have the black g1 and when im texting at night its a pain in the butt when it keeps turning off!!
steffann said:
I just put a small application in the Android Market that turns the keyboard backlight off. It doesn't even show anything on the screen, so it is easy to use by binding it to a keyboard shortcut with Settings->Applications->Quick launch.
The application is in the Market in Applications->Tools and it's called Dark Keys.
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I just dl'ed it last night and I love it! Thanks for creating this app. BTW, to reenable the backlight just wait til the other hard keys go out, then move the trackball.. Although it WOULD be nice to do it via keystroke...
Ryan
stats555 said:
Any way you can give the option to keep it on as well? I have the black g1 and when im texting at night its a pain in the butt when it keeps turning off!!
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thats real easy to do. open up power manager, edit whicher setting you want the keyboard to stay on for (or change them all), goto stay awake > keyboard > enable. now anytime you have the keyboard out, the keys stay on.
tehseano said:
thats real easy to do. open up power manager, edit whicher setting you want the keyboard to stay on for (or change them all), goto stay awake > keyboard > enable. now anytime you have the keyboard out, the keys stay on.
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Cool thanks never played around with power manager before, thanks for the tip!
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FYI: I just released Dark Keys 2.0, which includes most of the suggestions I received from users.
isn't this in the wrong section?
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FYI: I just released Dark Keys 2.0, which includes most of the suggestions I received from users.
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awesome app- i have a black G1 and always hated it how the keyboard light went off, esp. at night. Now with your app i can have it stay on whenever the KB is open.
One suggestion, and i am not sure it is possible, can you make it so it's a timer thing- say, it would turn off after 1min, 2min, or 3min. etc
***edit**** it seems to be turning it off automatically some times- it is obviously dark keys doing it as the notification keeps coming up......
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FYI: I just released Dark Keys 2.0, which includes most of the suggestions I received from users.
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Great application! Thanks!!! Like many others, I hate when the keyboard backlight goes blank on me, and this app keeps the keyboard lit so long as it is extended. This app truly has the "Zen of Android" - just like the old Palm Treo had the "Zen of Palm".
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I just put a small application in the Android Market that turns the keyboard backlight off. It doesn't even show anything on the screen, so it is easy to use by binding it to a keyboard shortcut with Settings->Applications->Quick launch.
The application is in the Market in Applications->Tools and it's called Dark Keys.
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GREAT APP! I just added a desktop icon and tap it once to make the keyboard lights stay ON. Or, I can tap it again to turn off the light, but it's ON that I need! Thanks a bunch
oes it stay on these days? last time i tried it it kept turning off the keyboard while i was typing and at other strange times...
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oes it stay on these days? last time i tried it it kept turning off the keyboard while i was typing and at other strange times...
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Yep, your right. It worked fine until I plugged it in to charge. Next morning it was all BUGGY as it would "auto turn off kb light" when the phone "auto rotates".
I wish someone would write an app that has the option of "keyboard (and home keys for that matter) ALWAYS ON when kb open". Being always ON is so important to me! When the kb light goes off on my BLACK G1, the keyboard is "invisible" unless the screen is off!
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Yep, your right. It worked fine until I plugged it in to charge. Next morning it was all BUGGY as it would "auto turn off kb light" when the phone "auto rotates".
I wish someone would write an app that has the option of "keyboard (and home keys for that matter) ALWAYS ON when kb open". Being always ON is so important to me! When the kb light goes off on my BLACK G1, the keyboard is "invisible" unless the screen is off!
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Do you have Power Manager installed? It also manages keyboard on/off so you might have conflicting apps.
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Do you have Power Manager installed? It also manages keyboard on/off so you might have conflicting apps.
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Wow, your right, I do. ...and I just have to edit the stay awake to enabled while keyboard open. I guess if I didn't have power manager, dark keys app would be mandatory to keep lights ON (or off if needed)
Thanks for your help!
Old topic but about the very similar thing....something that popped into my head recently that I do not think anyone has asked about...I searched but couldnt find anything on it...
The led light on the top of the phone (speaker is) can change multiple colors, I definitely assume that the hkb has also LED lights underneath. Catch my drift?
So any good coders out there know if there is any api or functionality possible to alter the HARDWARE keyboard lights to any color like the missing call app??? That would be amazing!!
Thanks
@johnnylicious - yes, wrong section. Should be in the
@steffann - I installed your app (although I want the backlight ON feature I don't really need/want Power Manager) and received a continuous error/force close message. It was all I could do to get Gscript open between force closes... But, I used Gscript to write a logcat output text file (attached).
Please let me know if you can see what the issue was. I would like to use your app.
I'm a new Relay user and I can't use CM-10 (need wifi calling) so I'm trying to make the best out of the stock ROM Rooted. I don't like that the keyboard backlight goes out after a few seconds and doesn't seem to even have a sensor to keep it on in dark rooms so I re-downloaded the Tasker App from the Play Store which I haven't used in a while.
To get the keyboard to stay on when slid open I had to do the following:
1. Open Tasker.
2. Choose [Profiles] from the top menu.
3. Click the [plus sign] at the bottom to add a new profile and select [State] from the drop down.
4. Select [Hardware] from the State Category menu.
5. Select [Keyboard Out] from the list of choices here.
6. Tap on the Tasker Icon at the top of the screen and select [Backlight On] from the popup menu.
7. Make sure the toggle switch is set to on for your new profile.
8. Now go to you phone's Sytem Settings > Display > Touch Key Light Duration > and select Always Off (This will allow tasker to take control and have the keyboard backlight stay on when slid open but the Relay's back and menu keys will no longer light up. I can live with this to have my keyboard light on when typing.
9. If this didn't work, make sure Tasker is set to on in System Settings > Accessibility
BTW if someone knows a better way to accomplish this please share.
Edit: Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm using Nova Launcher. I think with the Touchwiz Launcher, apps that use accessibility cause Talkback to speak even if you have it turned off. I could be wrong about that but I had problems with the Light Flow app and accessibility before.
Nice
Good tip. the lights going out bugged me too.
please help. cant find menu with backlight on
Can't find menu with backlight on. Please help.
hey there,
i just figured out how to do this with a non-rooted phone on ics without tasker.
go to settings, display and touch key light duration. increase it to 6 seconds and that will give you enough time to type..
Weird.
I'm on CM10.2 (131117) and since I set the backlight time (in CM10.2 1309xx, I think) to 5 seconds it will always stay on if I open the hardware keyboard.
Maybe I should write me something with tasker to change this in the opposite direction :laugh:
[Q] Help with possessed keyboard & unusable homescreen column in Galaxy S4 sch-1545?
I am having problems with my new Galaxy Verizon S4 Sch-1545. I have searched forums and google and have been unable to find working solutions for the following 3 problems:
1. On the home screen and all of the other 6 screens, any app icon that is placed into the second column from the right becomes unusable and unmovable. In effect, it becomes a picture of an icon. I can tap and hold an icon in any other column then use it to bump icons in the 2nd column but when I release the icon, the bumped icon snaps back into the 2nd column. The only solution I've found is to use Wondershare Mobilego to connect the S4 to my pc, turn on mirroring so the s4 screen appears on my pc screen, then use my laptop's mouse pad to tap/hold and move icons out of the second column. After they are no longer in the 2nd column, icons become useable again. I made sure Interaction control in settings is OFF and that no part of the touch screen is blocked by the interaction control setting. Turning the phone off/on doesn't help nor does removing the battery. I have Malwarebytes installed and it has found no malware.
2. The Samsung stock keyboard randomly types letters, especially in portrait mode. In fact, I gave up using the keyboard in portrait mode. For example, when I type the letter h, the phone enters the letters gj. Sometimes the backspace key flickers and letters are randomly entered and erased very quickly while I sit there and watch without touching the phone. I have disabled, swype, predictive text, gestures, everything I can possibly find that might cause the phone to enter letters I didn't type. I'm using Touchwiz and have no other launcher installed on the S4. When I tried other keyboards like Smart Keyboard, I had the same problems.
3. In Settings, swype keeps turning itself on no matter how many times I turn it off.
Not a technical person but I'm pretty comfortable with trying technical solutions if need be. I just switched from iPhone (which I'm beginning to regret) and I jailbroke the iPhone after each operating system update so if the problems above call for a technical solution, just point me at the step-by-step instructions
Android version 4.4.2
Baseband 1545VRUFNK1
Kernal 3.4.0 Nov 4, 2014
Build number KOT 49H.1545VRUFNK1
Hardware version 1545.07
Security software version MDF v1.0 Release 3
VPN v1.4 Release 2
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. It looks to me like you're dealing with a hardware failure, specifically a faulty digitizer. I'd suggest you find an app on the Play Store to test your digitizer, it sounds like you have a dead spot/column.
No response in two days, thread closed, thanks.
Assistive Touch is an app which creates a virtual home button right on the Android screen with display and usage as same as the Assistive Touch on Iphone, Ipad. Assistive Touch is fast, smooth and totally free.
You can adjust easily the Android mobile phones just with the floating panel display on the screen. All of your manipulation will be done just with a light touch or keep with one finger.
In addition, you can quickly access apps, games which you love, adjust settings, changes and see the notifications easily.
Assistive Touch is also help you protect the physical button like Home, Recent, Back, Volume,... Assistive Touch has Boost your phone, free up memory (RAM), speed up your device and save energy
Assistive Touch is a small space app which you can download and set up easily and quickly
Features Assistive Touch
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- Opening notifications center: Open notifications center of your mobile phone
- Opening recent apps: Open all your recent apps
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- Virtual buttons: Virtual buttons replace physical buttons (Back, home, recent, volume, power)
- Super flashlight: On/Off as same as the real flashlight
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- Quick settings: Quickly set up mobile phone with the favorite mode (Normal Mode, Silent Mode, Vibrant Mode)
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You can change Assistive Touch symbol on the screen with nice images and totally for free.
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Release beta version OS Style 10 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.assistivetouch.easytouch.os10
Thanks for sharing man! Very useful app! Now we can experience a feature of iPhone on Android! Really Cool!
androidgaming said:
Thanks for sharing man! Very useful app! Now we can experience a feature of iPhone on Android! Really Cool!
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Thank you very much
Release version new style
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.assistivetouch.easytouch2