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Disable Soft Capacitive Buttons

Since i use vegan tab and have all the soft buttons on the screen at all time (home, menu, back) is there anyway to disable the capacative ones so that i dont actually hit them while holding the tab?

bump ^^^ anyone??? robeet?

I asked something like that earlier, but no one responded. There's a thread under Themes and Apps about Settings Catcher. Maybe a concept like that could be used, in the opposite way (assign invalid activities), to essentially make the keys do nothing?
Jim

This is definitely possible to do.
Use Root Explorer to go to /system/usr/keylayout. I am guessing it's the file gpio-keys.kl in that directory.
For a guide as to how this works, check out this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695936
I haven't tried it yet, but I'm guessing you can map those keys to something like ENDCALL that doesn't have a meaningful activity associated it with it on our tablets. Or maybe there's a null activity or something like that.
You'll have to experiment a bit. I haven't tried any of this yet myself.

hmmm, pull out the device back and unclip it?
Seriously though, I'm not certain. Possibly it's linked to the file /usr/keylayout/tegra-kbc.kl. So you might be able to REM out some of these and it could actually disable the tactile buttons.

How would you get out of a full screen app that hides the status bar?

WickedStyx said:
How would you get out of a full screen app that hides the status bar?
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thanks, was thinking the same lol

WickedStyx said:
How would you get out of a full screen app that hides the status bar?
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pmcnano said:
thanks, was thinking the same lol
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Yeah i didnt think of that. damn... its just annoying when im in the browser or something and i hit it by accident

I was hoping to find an app/hack that would let me set the duration of a soft key press required to register as a stroke. It would then be easy to make a widget to turn the delay on and off for times when you know you will be more prone to bump the buttons.

TheMongol said:
I was hoping to find an app/hack that would let me set the duration of a soft key press required to register as a stroke. It would then be easy to make a widget to turn the delay on and off for times when you know you will be more prone to bump the buttons.
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I'm bumping this to see if anyone has any ideas on the above or disabling them completely. I (or one of my kids) *always* bump one of the capacitive buttons while using the gtab. It is frustrating, infuriating even, when you're in the middle of something and BAM, you have to start over.
TIA!

If you could get rid of the buttons you can just use button savior. I'm using the zeam launcher in fullscreen and barely ever touch the buttons on the side now

wordweaver27 said:
I'm bumping this to see if anyone has any ideas on the above or disabling them completely. I (or one of my kids) *always* bump one of the capacitive buttons while using the gtab. It is frustrating, infuriating even, when you're in the middle of something and BAM, you have to start over.
TIA!
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I use 'Button Remapper' to map the hard buttons to 'focus' which effectively disables them. I then use 'Buttton Savior' to provide on-screen buttons.
Works well and ends the frustration of the buttons not being back-lit or accidently hitting them when holding the tablet.

Thank you! I think that will do the trick. Do you use the galaxy tab version?
ETA: just searched the market from my Droid and saw a third vanilla version of button remapper. I will go with the assumption that its this one.
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Dead Space works on Evo4G

I posted this in the Evo3D forum (since I upgraded to the 3D) but I do still have my OG 4G and recently installed DeadSpace, which is "exclusive" to the xperia Okay right now... But if you look you can find it
Well, it works on the original 4G as well! And plays pretty well I might add? I was surprised.
One little caveat with the game is the lack of a dedicated "lower weapon". But that can be worked around by simply bringing up the in game menu and exiting it. It lowers the weapon. But if you want a dedicated button. You can do this.
OK. This isn't a mod of the actual game... I'll (pretend i know what I'm doing and) look into it though.
This is an edit of the phones actual keylayout file in order to trick the game into thinking we have an L1 button to.make lowering the weapon much easier.
First. Make a backup...for me? And you... Help me help you and just do it.
Either adb pull /system/user/keylayout/supersonic-keypad.kl
Or
Use root explorer and just text edit that file. We want to change key 115 from VOLUME_UP to BUTTON_L1
Remember to back up!! Save the file and reboot.
If you did an adb pull. You'll need to remember to adb push the file you just edited.
"Adb push supersonic-keypad.kl /system/user/keylayout/"
After the restart. Load up dead space and Viola! Easy weapon lowering!! If you want the function of that key back, restore your backup and reboot.
A problem with this method is you lose the ability to actually up volume..unless you change the file back and reboot again :/
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This is awesome! However, I do like keeping my Volume Up functionality :-/ is there a way to do this for my Home button or something? And does functionality return to normal for these buttons once the game is exited? I'm playing on a Samsung Galaxy S2. I'd much prefer to do this with the Home button since it's a hard physical button on the SGS2 rather than a soft key. I think everyone can agree we'd rather a modded version of the game where we have a method of lowering our weapon easily, heh.
Also, instead of pulling up the menu and exiting to lower weapon, I find that double-tapping on yourself to do the quick 180 turn is more convenient for lowering without a button mod.

rkaplan2 said:
This is awesome! However, I do like keeping my Volume Up functionality :-/ is there a way to do this for my Home button or something? And does functionality return to normal for these buttons once the game is exited? I'm playing on a Samsung Galaxy S2. I'd much prefer to do this with the Home button since it's a hard physical button on the SGS2 rather than a soft key. I think everyone can agree we'd rather a modded version of the game where we have a method of lowering our weapon easily, heh.
Also, instead of pulling up the menu and exiting to lower weapon, I find that double-tapping on yourself to do the quick 180 turn is more convenient for lowering without a button mod.
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Or bringing up your Nav Point Guide. Any of those work. And no, after exiting the game the functionality of the button doesn't come back. The only way to get it back is to reedit the file and reboot the phone. I have an Evo3D and have set the lower weapon button to "Focus" on the camera button. I don't lose the function of the actual camera button. Just the first click which is to focus the camera. I don't mind at all because I can still tap on the screen to focus in on something.
Since the GSII has physical buttons you might be able to change one of those. You should be able to change any hardware button except power of course. This mod really isn't as convenient if the phone doesnt have a camera button or some other button that isn't used hardly at all. Lol
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@OP.
Nice walkthrough and thanks for sharing. I doubt I'll personally use this, but still, thanks for sharing and good walkthrough/instructions.
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this is awesome...my only issue is i am having a really hard time finding the apk...
any hint ..

i also cannot find the game any where. im willing to buy it, just cant find it.

[Q] HOME without touching the hardware button?

DroidX, rooted, stock ROM
I came from a rooted Incredible with soft buttons, and dislike the hardware buttons on the X. I installed the brilliant Swipepad, which handles many of the issues, but still haven't found a convenient way to get HOME without that button.
MENU and RETURN would also be nice.
Is there a way to do that?

Lucky You Try Button Savior.. I've been using it for 6 months and it's great, Has menu,screen off, home and others

noguru said:
DroidX, rooted, stock ROM
I came from a rooted Incredible with soft buttons, and dislike the hardware buttons on the X. I installed the brilliant Swipepad, which handles many of the issues, but still haven't found a convenient way to get HOME without that button.
MENU and RETURN would also be nice.
Is there a way to do that?
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You could probably look for a soft keys app. There's a few out there.

godfish said:
Lucky You Try Button Savior.. I've been using it for 6 months and it's great, Has menu,screen off, home and others
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Installed Button Savior and tried various config options, but can't seem to get the trigger to show on my Droid X screen. ???

If you run CM7, you could turn on 'Tablet Tweaks'. It adds honeycomb style home/back/menu to the notification bar (and lets you move it to the bottom rather than the top if desired).

after you install you need to open the app, and go over the settings. Then the trigger pops up

Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
If you run CM7, you could turn on 'Tablet Tweaks'. It adds honeycomb style home/back/menu to the notification bar (and lets you move it to the bottom rather than the top if desired).
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I am running CM7 on my Droid x and my galaxy tab... settings are there on my tab but the tablet tweaks aren't all there on my Droid x, only status bar on bottom option, dead zone option and disable lockscreen option. The settings for soft buttons aren't there, where they are on my tablet. Not sure if it is unique to my rom but my source for Droid x is straight from CM7 site, and I install nightlies almost every day. I'm in no way calling you a liar, but I am wondering if you have first hand experience, as if you do, I would actually like to know how to get the soft key setting, because it would be practical at nighttime to switch off lights on home buttons and use a soft key instead(those home lights are so damn bright at night and you can't lower their brightness like you can the screen, but you can shut them off)
Sprint SGT + CM7 = AWESOMENESS!!!!

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I am running CM7 on my Droid x and my galaxy tab... settings are there on my tab but the tablet tweaks aren't all there on my Droid x, only status bar on bottom option, dead zone option and disable lockscreen option. The settings for soft buttons aren't there, where they are on my tablet. Not sure if it is unique to my rom but my source for Droid x is straight from CM7 site, and I install nightlies almost every day. I'm in no way calling you a liar, but I am wondering if you have first hand experience, as if you do, I would actually like to know how to get the soft key setting, because it would be practical at nighttime to switch off lights on home buttons and use a soft key instead(those home lights are so damn bright at night and you can't lower their brightness like you can the screen, but you can shut them off)
Sprint SGT + CM7 = AWESOMENESS!!!!
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You are correct. I assumed it was there and didn't actually check until just now.
I use CM7 W/GB (RevNumbers builds). They are almost identical to the official nightly builds. I also use CM7 on my G-Tablet. Know that Tablet tweaks was there, and that the Tablet tweaks option was there on my X, I just assumed (my bad) that the options were the same.
After your post, I double checked on my X and I get the same options as you.
Looks like button savior is the way to go.

Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
You are correct. I assumed it was there and didn't actually check until just now.
I use CM7 W/GB (RevNumbers builds). They are almost identical to the official nightly builds. I also use CM7 on my G-Tablet. Know that Tablet tweaks was there, and that the Tablet tweaks option was there on my X, I just assumed (my bad) that the options were the same.
After your post, I double checked on my X and I get the same options as you.
Looks like button savior is the way to go.
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Lol so I'm not crazy? It would be nice if the CM7 team added those features to our x's. I just might go bug the CM7 team and see if I get a reply I can't imagine it would be difficult to add those options to the menu...
Sprint SGT + CM7 = AWESOMENESS!!!!

how to Disable capacitive buttons backlight

How can I do this with out rooting or modification
Is there a App

Can't do this without rooting, you'll need a kernel with backlight dimmer.

Is there any way to actually *disable* the buttons themselves, and not just the backlight?
I really want to convert my Nexus S to a "pure" ICS device with the onscreen buttons only. The problem with simply disabling the backlight is that you still get accidental touches yanking you back to the homescreen at the worst times!

damn I just want galaxy nexus look there has to be a way
People say screen filter works but doesn't shut of the
Back light I heard people say a app called tasker works
But I haven't try it

So is this possible!!!!

pkilla said:
So is this possible!!!!
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Don't see why remapping the keys incorrectly, essentially making them not function, isn't possible. The file(s) to edit should be in /system/usr. Try a Google search on "Nexus S remap."
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You can do as ragnarok said and remap the keys incorrectly (or not at all). Then if you have a kernel which enables backlgiht dimmer (BLD) you can set the delay to 0 and effectively have the always off.
I've noticed that it does flash SOMETIMES even with this setting, but thats because i'd be using them to navigate since i'm not using the onscreen buttons.

Power Button on HTC OneX

Does anyone know of an existing mod or another way to wake my phone? I would prefer to wake the phone with the volume toggles instead of the power button at the top. ::Small hands::
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

wake up "call"
I had wondered about the same thing when i got my one x last week. I find it really inconvenient to wake up the phone using the top button. It seems like you have to put a lot of pressure on it just to actuate it, plus it sits at a weird angle that makes it quite awkward to press. The other concern is the weird placement of the hdmi charger port on the side of the phone instead of the bottom.
Lastly, I find the volume rocker on the right side of the phone placed too close to the center instead of closer to the top (making it easy to press accidentally) and they are much too sensitive. I've lost count of the number of times I've inadvertently increased the volume to the detriment of my ear drums. I did, however, get a Speck case that alleviates that problem, BUT, exacerbates the issue with the power button that is the subject of this thread. its just too hard to actuate the top button with the case on, never mind trying to to take a screenshot using it and the capacitive home button. REALLY awkward...
I've just crossed over from IOS to android so for now I only know iphone. There was an app available from Cydia (app store for jailbroken iphones) that allowed me to assign the iphone buttons to just about anything. I had hoped there was something like this app in Play store but I'm still new to android so I'm having to rely on the members who have been at this for a while.

Well I just found an app in the play store called JustFlip only played with it a little but seems to work on the one x does not use volume but by flipping the phone you can turn it on and off and set how many flips and how fast for it to activate has debug feature but it worked on the first try with default settings have not tested when phone is off for an extended period of time but looks like it has potential will test more and it does not require root
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After playing some more it seems it does not always work and when it does it opens to the app not my home screen. Kinda annoying well it was worth a shot.
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E.Cadro said:
Well I just found an app in the play store called JustFlip only played with it a little but seems to work on the one x does not use volume but by flipping the phone you can turn it on and off and set how many flips and how fast for it to activate has debug feature but it worked on the first try with default settings have not tested when phone is off for an extended period of time but looks like it has potential will test more and it does not require root
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After playing some more it seems it does not always work and when it does it opens to the app not my home screen. Kinda annoying well it was worth a shot.
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Thanks for the attempt. I hope there is something out there that will help with this issue.

Widgetlocker has this as a setting
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JamesR913 said:
Widgetlocker has this as a setting
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Do you know if Widgetlocker will work on the HTC one X? I thought the volume toggle only works on specific phones.

Widgetlocker works but I am not using that specific function.
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pigtaru said:
Do you know if Widgetlocker will work on the HTC one X? I thought the volume toggle only works on specific phones.
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The "Easy Wake" function on WidgetLocker does not work on the HOX.

Volume Rocker Wake works on CM9 Alpha 5
I've been using CM9 Alpha 5 for a few hours now and it's great !
The first think I set was the Volume Rocker Wake as the Power Button is not as easy to press when using most cases covering the power button.
To enable it, go to SETTING --> DISPLAY --> VOLUME ROCKER WAKE
it enables waking the phone by pressing the volume rocker EITHER up/down.
There is no way to specify one or the other
However, it works great ! I'm really liking CM9, my only complaint is the missing HTC Camera which was just amazing with the hardware burst (I'm still looking for a way to flash it if that's even possible).

As stated above, CM9 is your best bet. Or if AOKP is ever released for the HOX.