I'm really enjoying AOKP over HTC's flavor of ICS, but there's one thing that really bothers me, and that's the app switching behavior. I know a lot of people prefer having a dedicated menu key, but I honestly don't care for it. I'd much rather use the on-screen menu buttons and have a dedicated key for app switching. Is there any way to change this behavior to mimic stock ICS, or is this something integral to AOKP and cannot be changed by a menu setting?
In a root explorer go to
system/usr/keylayout
and edit
/system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl
Then change the
249 to APP_SWITCH
Then there is line from Build.Prop that needs to be removed
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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Or you could just hold down the home button which brings up the app switcher and then u have the best of both worlds
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kleeman7 said:
In a root explorer go to
system/usr/keylayout
and edit
/system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl
Then change the
249 to APP_SWITCH
Then there is line from Build.Prop that needs to be removed
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
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Editing synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl went fine, but I cannot find qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in /system/build.prop. Am I looking in the wrong place?
Protogon said:
Editing synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl went fine, but I cannot find qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in /system/build.prop. Am I looking in the wrong place?
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Did you reboot? And does the key work properly? Maybe in aosp roms don't need to have that line, it may auto detect and give you a menu key.
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kleeman7 said:
Did you reboot? And does the key work properly? Maybe in aosp roms don't need to have that line, it may auto detect and give you a menu key.
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After I rebooted, the app switch key now brings up an icon-based Recent list, not the ICS task switcher. Also, apps still don't have any in-app menu keys. Going to revert so I can use apps properly again.
Protogon said:
After I rebooted, the app switch key now brings up an icon-based Recent list, not the ICS task switcher. Also, apps still don't have any in-app menu keys. Going to revert so I can use apps properly again.
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Try asking in the rom thread. I thought this might work, sorry it didn't.
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kleeman7 said:
Try asking in the rom thread. I thought this might work, sorry it didn't.
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Unfortunately, it seems that until I've reached a whopping 10 posts, I'm unfit to ask a relevant question in the appropriate development thread. I guess I'll just have to wait till I do hit 10 posts, or just hope that one of the devs sees the thread. Thanks anyhow.
I'm running Aokp milestone on my HTC One X. Is there a way to temporary disable the HTC home menu keys and just use the Galaxy nexus style menu keys?
Cognac_Sipper said:
I'm running Aokp milestone on my HTC One X. Is there a way to temporary disable the HTC home menu keys and just use the Galaxy nexus style menu keys?
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I don't know if there's an option to disable the capacitive keys in Settings, but it's feasible to remap the buttons to nothing in /system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi-touchscreen.kl.
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Does anyone know if u are able to reprogram the search button as multitasking? If not is anyone here capable and willing to reprogram it for some of us who I'll use it because I rarely touch the search button. Anyone else would like this except for me? Btw I'm running eagesblood, Thanks in advance
I second that request. That'd be way more useful than the search button
Do you mean the recently used/running task list? That's accessed by pressing home one the first home screen.
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I would love this. Seem to remember CM7 having custom application launching for touch and hold search button so it might be a feature that just hasn't been implemented yet.
I have seen customizable keyboard modifications for devices with physical keyboards in order to remap some of the less useful keys to something worth while. When I have more time I may try to dig it up and see how complicated it is. Anyone care to tackle this? I probably don't have the knowledge to complete.
Волк said:
Do you mean the recently used/running task list? That's accessed by pressing home one the first home screen.
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I know u can long press home but that is time consuming sort of in a way and I get annoyed by doing it.
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You can customize the home key in cm9 like you can customize the search key in cm7. You need to install Apex launcher. It have a lot of features you would like. This launcher do everything like cm7. Try it out.
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Can you just remap it with Button remapper or Tasker?
kookooktchoo said:
Can you just remap it with Button remapper or Tasker?
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Button remapper won't work because it doesn't remap the long press stuff like multitasking.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450138
[HOWTO] Remap hardware button to ICS recent apps
Is that what you're looking for?
Волк said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450138
[HOWTO] Remap hardware button to ICS recent apps
Is that what you're looking for?
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Yeah that is is, has anyone tried this yet on our phone? I went back to cm7 so can't try this atm. Ill switch back to ics when i don't need my phone for anything important.
Hello all,
I recently installed CM10 nightly cm-10-20121012-nightly-evita on my HTC One XL. pretty much everything works great and I am liking the experience. Now I am coming from older cm7 tablet background and very new to HTC One X and CM10 etc. What I find missing is a missing settings button in the applications that I am used to which helps me configure the app. Am I missing something or is there a new way to get things configured ?
An example would be a simple app called basic stock. I add a stock to it and can not add any more stocks because there is no settings button. On my cm7 tablet I am able to do it easily. Similar experience with many other apps.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Deepee
Go to the settings app, when in there look for system and click on it. On the bottom it should say hardware keys, click on that.
At the bottom should be the setting for 3 button menu and I would advise to set another action with the home or apps button to bring up the menu with long press.
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i always remap the keys and also enable the 3dot, i think these should be set as the default settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839514
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This might be a stupid question but.
I have 4.2.1 now on my HTC One S thanks to Dark Jelly, but how do I get to My Apps, and My Wishlist in the playstore?
I'm not sure how that rom exactly works, but try holding down the recent apps button for context menu.
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Yea holding that down does nothing.
Might be a problem with the ROM, not sure. I guess I should post over there.
*yup, a setting on the rom.
Settings-- system-- hardware keys
From there you can set one of the keys to be a shortcut to the menu (long press recent apps key is what I use). Hope that is what you're looking for...
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I know this ROM used to have an option to enable long press on the back button to kill the current app. I think it used to be under developer options. Anyway, on the latest Beanstalk Build I can't find the option anywhere (I'm probably blind). Could someone point me to it please? I've found other threads with mods to enable this function, but I know it used to be built in to the ROM so I don't want to install a Mod if I don't need to.
Thank you!
PS Scott is awesome!
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I know this ROM used to have an option to enable long press on the back button to kill the current app. I think it used to be under developer options. Anyway, on the latest Beanstalk Build I can't find the option anywhere (I'm probably blind). Could someone point me to it please? I've found other threads with mods to enable this function, but I know it used to be built in to the ROM so I don't want to install a Mod if I don't need to.
Thank you!
PS Scott is awesome!
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Its under hardware keys and set it to custom keys. Setting long press on back button to kill.
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selw0nk said:
Its under hardware keys and set it to custom keys. Setting long press on back button to kill.
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Wonderful! Thank you.
To clarify for anyone else reading: Settings > System > Hardware Keys > Enable Custom Actions
Back key (long press) = Kill app
I use the onscreen buttons and the back to kill app stopped working for me. No idea why.
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Hey thanks for this, have been looking for that option for a while now. Never even noticed it was in that menu all greyed out lol
Thanks, i was also searching for it.
Thanks, i was also searching for it.
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Its under hardware keys and set it to custom keys. Setting long press on back button to kill.
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It's gone
Sorry guys, the option is not there on 4.4, is it? Any workaround?
I was wondering if there is a way to completely disable the capacitive buttons on the PACman ROM and just use the navigation bar. There are mods for the GS3 on cm10 but I can't find anything for the one xl.
There an app on the play store search capactive buttons
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There are apps for disabling the lights but not the buttons.
rancor22 said:
There are apps for disabling the lights but not the buttons.
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There is an app in the themes and apps section of the one xl forum.
bkmo said:
There is an app in the themes and apps section of the one xl forum.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912216&highlight=capacitive+buttons
If this is the one you are talking about I already have it installed and while it lets me turn off the LED back-light it does not disable the buttons. If this is not the one could you guide me to the one you are talking about?
rancor22 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912216&highlight=capacitive+buttons
If this is the one you are talking about I already have it installed and while it lets me turn off the LED back-light it does not disable the buttons. If this is not the one could you guide me to the one you are talking about?
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Sorry, I misread. But you may be able to modify the keylayout. Save the original first. Then:
Root your phone. Get a file explorer that can use the root to edit system files. Go to system, usr, keylayout, and open generic.kl with a text editor, find keys 158 and 139 and put a "#" sign in front of both. Save the file and reboot phone. Then use the app to disable the light. They should now be disabled. For the third button it may be 128 but you are going to have to experiment.