Is there Any way to add a on-screen buttons to Sense 4.0 ROM? i edited framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk, but I got bootloop. Maybe I've done it wrong. Does anyone know how to do it?
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Sorry but WHY, they just use valuable space of the screen.. If the screen had been all the way down and there where no soft buttons, there was a point in it, as the nexus..?
Then I can take a black spray, paint a buttons below screen, or remove them in other way, and have Sensation modified as f*uck I polished back housing, I`m gonna paint a picture of Android pissing on apple on plastic piece of back housing, remove buttons below the screen, but I need to have on-screen buttons But I don`t know how to do it
I found an app called "Button Savior". It adds buttons that I want, but they cover part of screen, that I need. If there is no way to add native on-screen buttons, is there any way to make a empty bar at the bottom of screen? then I can put Button saviour there.
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There used to be two onscreen button (Answer and To_Voicemail) on incoming calls on the G1/Android. See image 8 at http://www.helloandroid.com/node/258 . I dont see them on my G1. Is there some setting to enable them, or did Google take them away in their infinite wisdom?
yep they're gone. the link of pictures you provided was from the v0.8(?) sdk
It was kinda redundant as the answer/decline hardware buttons are right below the screen
Still it would be nice to have it. Its there is all WIndows Phone does your Phone have Hardware Button or not. It fact Pressing on Screen is easy rather then Hitting then Button Beyond Body level in G1
The phone has tiny hardware buttons, it would be a lot more convenient to have those large on-screen touch buttons. It was retarded for them to take that away.
Report issue at Open Source Android Site, They will answer that
jayandro said:
The phone has tiny hardware buttons, it would be a lot more convenient to have those large on-screen touch buttons. It was retarded for them to take that away.
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make your fat ass fingers lose some cot damn weight, stop your cot damn complaining, it does not need those buttons on the screen.
We need that Large onscreen Buttons It very convenient to have Large Button to tap on screen Small Button like we have on G1 that to at surface level is hard to press from Left Hand while Driving
hetaldp said:
We need that Large onscreen Buttons It very convenient to have Large Button to tap on screen Small Button like we have on G1 that to at surface level is hard to press from Left Hand while Driving
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it is not hard to press, stop crying, on other HTC the answer and hangup button on the screen caused problems, trying to get the phoen out the holster and it touches one of those buttons, and maybe you didnt want to answer the phone for that person, i am glad the buttons are hard to press because i dont want to be answering the phone trying to get it off my hip to see who it is.
Why is it so hard to push the left and right keys? they should have made it just like the up and down keys.
I want to play frogger and you just cant do it lol
Is there anyway around this?
I agree. It is SOO HARD
is there any way to "hard mod" it by like dremaling holes in the faceplate and just attaching little button nubs to the sensor? anyone tried this? i would rather it worked than looked pretty....seriously htc, what the heck.
just find the point between the home icon and phone icon an press it over and over on each side it really is a "sweet spot" as described in another thread. Once you get it it will come naturally, at least for me it did
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just find the point between the home icon and phone icon an press it over and over on each side it really is a "sweet spot" as described in another thread. Once you get it it will come naturally, at least for me it did
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I've had my Fuze since launch and it is still hit and miss. The bad thing is gaming, when you really rely on the buttons... you don't have time to look down and get the thumb placement 100% right. This is the problem.
What I would LOVE to see happen is to completely get rid of the Today and Back buttons, since I never use them anyway. The Red End key works as a Today button and I'm accustomed to using the X close button to minimize/close my apps.
With the Today and Back buttons disabled it would be much easier to use Left/Right because then you wouldn't have to worry about ending up at the today screen.
OR an even better solution would be to simply re-assign the Today and Back keys as softkeys (which could then be reassigned in the game's button mapping) or remap the hard keys to Left/Right for easy use. Either way it would work pretty well.
For the time being... I wonder if you could place a small circular sticker on the "correct" placement... thus fooling the sensor that every time it is pressed it "see's" the sticker thinking it is your thumb and triggers left/right actions.
OR if that doesn't work... what about finding the correct placement location and installing some kind of "dimple". Like a small half-bubble-like sticker that will enable you to "feel" where the correct spot is. This way when your playing, you could at least find the dimple, and press... all without looking.
Just a few ideas. I haven't tried any of them, so if anything works let me know.
I was frustrated trying to see the hard buttons in the dark, so I bought a 10 pack of 1/4" diameter rubber O-rings at Home Depot (Danco #60, #96774, less than $3), and super-glued one to the right of each hard button, on the right edge. They are small enough that they do not extend beyond the top or bottom of the G-Tab.
Best way is to use super-glue with a brush applicator. Hold a ring with a tweezers, brush a TINY amount of super-glue on the bottom, carefully place and apply.
Photo is attached - works great for me in the dark.
Good Idea!
Good idea...but, the solution I have found is to use the Vegan rom and all of your buttons are in the the tool bar up top. I think that is the thing I love the most about that rom. I hate the fact that viewsonic didn't backlight their menu buttons
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or Use Button Saviour and disable the backbutton on the tablet with remapper.
I hate keep touching that back button on the tablet. YMMV.
I couldn't live without Button Savior It tucks all the buttons you need in a tab on the right side of the screen. The tab hides (OSx Dock style) when not in use, and rotates based on your orientation.
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I couldn't live without Button Savior It tucks all the buttons you need in a tab on the right side of the screen. The tab hides (OSx Dock style) when not in use, and rotates based on your orientation.
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+1 for Button Saviour,
That and I have VEGAn as my daily driver as it has "Home" "Menu" and "Back" keys on the Notification bar. GoJimi showed a preview of this feature and a few others with the CM/VEGAm merge on his website.
I patiently wait for that Beta.
ah chooooo! Someone needs to clean their screen
JK. Good Idea. But I use a program that pulls out a side menu with those options so I dont need the buttons.
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Scott
AWESOME IDEA!!!! i am going to hit home depot tomorrow on the way home! i am always hitting those damn buttons it seems... THANKS!
glow in the dark puffy paint
the solution i came up with was glow in the dark puffy paint. i placed a drop of it to the left of every soft key. i was quite surprised that the screen didnt wash out the light emitted from the paint. took a lil trial and error to get the proper placement of the piant. if you put it too close to the soft keys it desensitizes parts of the virtual keyboard. i also found that the white glow in the dark paint is better than the green.
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the solution i came up with was glow in the dark puffy paint. i placed a drop of it to the left of every soft key. i was quite surprised that the screen didnt wash out the light emitted from the paint. took a lil trial and error to get the proper placement of the piant. if you put it too close to the soft keys it desensitizes parts of the virtual keyboard. i also found that the white glow in the dark paint is better than the green.
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I like that idea. Sounds like you have to be a bit careful though. Still may have to try it.
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or Use Button Saviour and disable the backbutton on the tablet with remapper.
I hate keep touching that back button on the tablet. YMMV.
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Just installed button mapper and button saviour. Its an awesome combo. I was hoping to just shut them off but I was able to re map them as a dpad. Now its even easier to select small, close together links while surfing the net or scroll through a PDF or ebook. Pretty cool.
Still wish there were back lights. Saw pics of a home mod using blue leds online but never saw any instructions.
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Still wish there were back lights. Saw pics of a home mod using blue leds online but never saw any instructions.
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This might be the thread, has lots of instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899132
I did the same type of thing, but I used those black nail head covers you can get at the home improvement stores. I put superglue on the back side and stuck it to the side of the tablet next to each soft button. Then in the dark I can just feel and tap. I like the LED methods though better!
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This might be the thread, has lots of instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899132
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Yes... that's the mod (by ThaiGai)...
and here's what it looks like (with just 2 of the 4 LEDs hooked up)...
- michael
I tried nova and golauncher but I am unable to figure out how to mimic those buttons on the bottom of the screen.
I have a galaxy tab 3 8"
I plan to do a flush install in my dash, and it would make it a lot easier/cleaner if I could cover those buttons up and mimic them on the screen but no luck so far.
thanks
I am sure its possible because some of the reviews online of the different launchers show screen shots and at the bottom of the screen there are small icons of the three buttons. Unfortunately there is no mention of it in the article/ review.
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It depends.
If your SystemUI.apk has softkeys (as they're called) coded in, you can use that code and put softkeys into your statusbar. It's not perfect but having a HOME and a BACK key can be at the top of the screen can be quite handy on larger devices.
Putting a whole navbar in is a lot more complicated though and way beyond my skills.
Sudden thought...can you post a screenshot of your home screen please? I may have an idea..
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Samsung reportedly losing physical home button i think it should stay as its nice to have physical button what do you people think please vote it will be interesting what you guys and girls think
i would give up the menu button or any other physical button for onscreen buttons only if the bottom bezel is extremely thin, just like the side bezels. Unless otherwise its of no use. having a thick bezel at the bottom and onscreen menu on top of it is lame and a waste of screen space
Psychical buttons are one of the reasons why i bought Samsung phone. All other phones have onscreen buttons, i cant see them well, i cant feel them under my finger. Sony uses onscreen buttons but on their phones there is so much wasted space, on most phones that i saw it was so i didnt like them. I find great that S4 and S4A have psychical buttons, i really like them.
One of the most used things by me is menu button. I dont have to waste time to search those unituinitive 3 dots im just pressing hardware key. Much more often im using menu than switching between apps. For switching im using great app Swipe Home Button.
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If they remove the menu button they might as well remove the home and back button at the same time.
I like them but I wouldn't say no to a pair of stereo speakers on either side of the screen.
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i would give up the menu button or any other physical button for onscreen buttons only if the bottom bezel is extremely thin, just like the side bezels.
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I am may be the only one bothered by the return/back button. when I start or use the camera, I very often accidentally touch it with my "big" finger while adjusting/moving my hands position and that close the camera application . This a real pain and a design mistake.
The best about the sensorless buttons would be to make them customizable upon customer wishes and needs. That way everybody is happy, Ge and Sammy fans.
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i would give up the menu button or any other physical button for onscreen buttons only if the bottom bezel is extremely thin, just like the side bezels. Unless otherwise its of no use. having a thick bezel at the bottom and onscreen menu on top of it is lame and a waste of screen space
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It sounds great having thin top and bottom bezel. But when realize this, you will have bad time gaming..your palm will touch the screen you cannot rest your palm..
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Yes I still want dedicated menu, home and back buttons.
I'm sure the alternatives require taking up user screen space? Otherwise what's the point.
Our galaxy tab 2 doesn't have menu button and annoys me.
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For those who dont like physical keys just install 3 dot menu mod and cover buttons with duct tape. There you go nexus mod
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i hate the we could have a bigger screen if this wasn't there
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it seems a lot of people would like to keep menu button i hope it stays as i really like having the menu button its nice to have one physical button
They're removing it because it's a waste of space. The 3-dot overflow menu is always there. Why have a button that duplicates functionality?
As well, the menu button is unintuitive when there isn't actually a menu. The 3-dot overflow menu doesn't have this problem; it just disappears.
Changing it to a Recent App capacitive button adds functionality, since it's much faster than long-pressing, and much more intuitive to find. It also greatly increases how fast you can navigate your device, which is why Google implemented in their navigation bar.
Times are changing, and for the better. Keep up!
I originally had a Sony Xperia S but once they removed physical buttons from new models I went to Samsung.. I don't know what's the point of adding physical buttons to the screen.. It makes the bottom of your screen ugly black and wastes important space for nothing.. And the big problem is tapping it while you're driving or not looking at the screen, Just awful.. Don't do that Samsung !
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I originally had a Sony Xperia S but once they removed physical buttons from new models I went to Samsung.. I don't know what's the point of adding physical buttons to the screen.. It makes the bottom of your screen ugly black and wastes important space for nothing.. And the big problem is tapping it while you're driving or not looking at the screen, Just awful.. Don't do that Samsung !
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They didn't. They just swapped the menu button for Recent Apps.
AnaMajhol said:
I originally had a Sony Xperia S but once they removed physical buttons from new models I went to Samsung.. I don't know what's the point of adding physical buttons to the screen.. It makes the bottom of your screen ugly black and wastes important space for nothing.. And the big problem is tapping it while you're driving or not looking at the screen, Just awful.. Don't do that Samsung !
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You should asked Google that question. They designed Android and not Sony. Samsung is still living in the Gingerbread era, they should move with the times.
Is this thread talking about just the menu button? Or the physical home button? Or all the buttons at the bottom??? What I read is Samsung is replacing the menu button with the recent app button(which I find its way better as it really speeds up multitasking)... Not about removing the physical home button or all the buttons to become on screen buttons.
On a 5'' or bigger phone the menu button makes one hand handling easier!
Plain and simple. I am going to miss it.
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I want touch capacitive physical button. Like those used on HTC One but keeping the Samsung home menu back three button layout. That would be perfect for me, seriously.
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I am a heavy multitasker so the answer is easy ... menu button should have disappeared long ago ... and replaced with the recent apps button ... because long pressing the home button isn't very efficient and doesn't feel nice at all ...
As someone who has always used samsung devices it will be strange to not have a menu button