Is there anyway to remove the circle that pops up when pressing the home button via the tablet? I am referring to the circle that has the other circle that says Google in it. I suppose one could call it an alternative route to Google Now/Search.
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Only time I saw that circle was when I didn't change the method of locking the tablet. And now that I use a password, Pressing home (both on screen and in dock) does nothing if the tablet is already unlocked. When locked they also do nothing until the password is keyed in....
Do you have any other intention for long pressing the Home key? I ask this because the Google Now shortcut only shows on a long press. It doesn't appear when you simply tap the key to go Home, so it's not going to bother too many people.
Ahhh, so that's it. I'm guessing the OP needs to change he long press timeout to medium or long to prevent this from happening....
I already have mine set to medium, so that's why I didn't see it. It didn't occur to me to long press.
@OP: Settings --> Accessibility --> Touch & hold delay - change to medium / long. You're inadvertently long pressing the home button and that is why you're seeing what you're seeing.
Okie dokie. It doesn't affect performance or anything but I don't use that method when opening Google Now so I didn't like having it pop up every time.
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I'm usually one who doesn't like to sit and wait around having to hold a button to get something to work, and I don't usually have a heavy hand so I prefer a very short press and hold period. Is there any way to modify how long we have to hold down the home button to see the recent apps?
I changed the home button action in nova launcher so that it first goes to my main home screen. If it is already there a single press of the home button opens the recent apps list.
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But what about if you aren't already at your launcher? Say... you're using Chrome and want to go to recent apps, right now it takes a press an hold of around 2 seconds or so. I would like to know how to change this to reduce it to a second or perhaps less.
In that case I hold it until the recent apps shows up. So I guess nova launcher settings only help if you're not in an app.
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But that's exactly my point, is that right now you just hold it until recent apps shows up, which is like two seconds. To me personally, this is too long. I usually have quick hands and do everything really quickly, the long press I use for Swiftkey is set to 200ms. This is why I think it would be nice to change the recent apps to maybe a second or so, I'm just not sure how to go about doing this.
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But that's exactly my point, is that right now you just hold it until recent apps shows up, which is like two seconds. To me personally, this is too long. I usually have quick hands and do everything really quickly, the long press I use for Swiftkey is set to 200ms. This is why I think it would be nice to change the recent apps to maybe a second or so, I'm just not sure how to go about doing this.
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I was thinking of the same sort of thing before discovering Sheffy007's nav bar thread. I now think the nav bar is a more elegant solution.
If you're not a fan of the Nav Bar, you could study the changes he made to the key files and possibly swap home and recent apps (pressing home brings up recent apps, holding home brings up the home screen).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30048716
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Would a launcher help this issue?
Couldn't you set the double click assigned to the siri like Samsung voice to go to recent apps instead? That would be much faster...
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On cm10 I have my recent apps set to long press menu, it's less annoying than holding the physical home button just my. 02
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I'm fine with the use of the long press home button for recent apps, I just wish I didn't have to hold it for so long, although a double press wouldn't be bad either.
It seems like this should be an easy fix though, if we can just figure out where the file is that says to wait 2000ms before bringing up the recent apps, it should be as simple as changing that to a smaller number, shouldn't it?
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I'm fine with the use of the long press home button for recent apps, I just wish I didn't have to hold it for so long, although a double press wouldn't be bad either.
It seems like this should be an easy fix though, if we can just figure out where the file is that says to wait 2000ms before bringing up the recent apps, it should be as simple as changing that to a smaller number, shouldn't it?
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I looked through the SQL Lite DB on my device (TW based ROM), /system/usr/keylayouts and decompiled framework-res.apk, twframework-res.apk, and SystemUI.apk. I briefly looked through everything and the closest thing I could find was in framework-res/res/values/integers.xml
<integer name="config_longPressOnHomeBehavior">2</integer>
I don't think that's it, but it's worth a shot (nandroid first). Anyone else know where button duration is set?
I think this closely relates to what mybook already found, but I found this in framework-res/res/values/public.xml:
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7946 | <public type="integer" name="config_longPressOnHomeBehavior" id="0x010e001d" />
Still has nothing to do with the duration, but it might be able to lead us to the duration.
I've noticed since flashing CM10 that the long press seems to much quicker, around a second or so, meaning this must be possible somehow.
I was searching for the exact functionality when i got to this thread, and I was disappointed. Surely someone in XDA can accomplish something like this?
I was hoping there would be a file somewhere in the root dir that holds the settings to this long press duration in an integer. Something like the sys/class/leds/led-backlight/brightness file that sets the softkey brightness to zero, effectively turning it off, which is really useful for night reading.
Has still nobody figured it out? :crying:
Hello there,
Just trying to figure out if there is a button on the keyboard dock that wakes up the screen. I seem to have pressed every key on it but haven't had any luck.
Is pushing the power button on the tablet the only way to wake the screen? Is there a setting I am missing that will let me wake it from the keyboard as well? Thanks!
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Under power saving or battery settings, there's the option to select "Wake screen on keyboard press" (or something. Can't check atm, my battery is empty.) Check that.
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Under power saving or battery settings, there's the option to select "Wake screen on keyboard press" (or something. Can't check atm, my battery is empty.) Check that.
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Ah, just found it under power management. Hmm, says that it takes more power to use this feature. I'm wondering how much that will drain my battery by having this feature enabled. Didn't realize it would use more power just to enable this.
Thanks!
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Ah, just found it under power management. Hmm, says that it takes more power to use this feature. I'm wondering how much that will drain my battery by having this feature enabled. Didn't realize it would use more power just to enable this.
Thanks!
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It takes more power because your keyboard needs to stay "awake" all the time to get ready when you hit the key to turn the screen back on.
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Hello there,
Just trying to figure out if there is a button on the keyboard dock that wakes up the screen. I seem to have pressed every key on it but haven't had any luck.
Is pushing the power button on the tablet the only way to wake the screen? Is there a setting I am missing that will let me wake it from the keyboard as well? Thanks!
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All I do is fold the screen and then pull it up again, this way I never have to use the power button.
I have noticed since yesterday's Jelly Bean update (4.1.1) that if you have an app open (say a browser for example) and you let your screen timeout, when you press the home button it will turn the screen on screen up and take you back to your home screen. Used to with ICS it would just turn the screen on and you could continue in the app. Now it takes you all the way back home and you have to re-open the app to continue in it.
I was wondering if everyone is getting this same result or if it is just me.
Thanks!
I just tried it with Google Now and it returned to the app. I tried the Android browser and it returned the app as well. You might want to power down, pull the battery, then restart. Updates can sometimes act a little wonky at first. Occasionally (and unfortunately) a hard reset can FINALLY make an update work correctly.
Fixed this issue on my phone. The solution for me was to set up S-Voice, then go into it's settings and check the 'open via home key' option. After this, pressing the home key once simply wakes up the screen instead of also taking it to the home screen. Hope it works for you too!
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Yea, that fixed it. I don't like S-Voice so I had that option turned off. Apparently it works different with this update then it did with ICS.
I've actually went in there and enabled that option then went into Application Management and disabled S-Voice. Now, if I accidently double tap my home button it just goes to a black screen for a second then back to the home screen. (Better than opening up S-Voice)
Thanks for your help!
I've found if you use a pattern password the home button "feature", to go back home works like how it used to
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Nice find! Now my dilemma is, whether the added "lag" when single tapping the home button is not as annoying as being taken to the home screen when pressing the home button after the screen times out. Having the double tap for S-Voice setting disabled speeds up that home button responsiveness.
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I find the lag to be to annoying when s-voice is enabled. A fast press of the power button will wake up the phone without closing the app you are using and you can keep s-voice turned off.
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Nice find! Now my dilemma is, whether the added "lag" when single tapping the home button is not as annoying as being taken to the home screen when pressing the home button after the screen times out. Having the double tap for S-Voice setting disabled speeds up that home button responsiveness.
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grr, I couldnt agree more. I turned off that feature to reduce home button lag in ICS, now it closes any app open. Hopefully theres a fix
We'll find out. I dislike these small, unnecessary changes that Samsung has implemented. Horizontal pinch to expand notifications is another unnecessary change on VRBLK3.
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Fixed this issue on my phone. The solution for me was to set up S-Voice, then go into it's settings and check the 'open via home key' option. After this, pressing the home key once simply wakes up the screen instead of also taking it to the home screen. Hope it works for you too!
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Ohhhh thank you so much! This was driving me CRAZY! :laugh:
Oh, I spoke to soon. I have tried the S Voice option but it still takes me back to home when I wake with the home button :crying:
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Ohhhh thank you so much! This was driving me CRAZY! :laugh:
Oh, I spoke to soon. I have tried the S Voice option but it still takes me back to home when I wake with the home button :crying:
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I feel your pain i also suffer from this same problem i had ics stock rom upgraded to hpyer drive rl14 and after that my home button only wakes up to a long press nothing seems to work i even reassigned soft keys functions so home would do back option and same thing,
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Ive been using Slimbean on my Sgs for months, and there I can configure the menu button action.
Im using short press to have contextual menu, long press to switch between apps.
On the tf300t with Inheritance (and other roms as well, i guess), the menu button acts as a recent apps switcher.
Is there a way to chose its function as well ?
Thanks
That's actually a recent apps switcher button. Samsung chose not to follow googles design protocols and altered the way the buttons work from stock. There's supposed to be a three dot button somewhere in every app to act as a menu button, and when app developers don't do this, this ui adds one to the Nav bar temporarily.
Short answer, no, I don't believe it can be changed. And frankly for good reason.
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How can i alway show the menu button on the navigation bar? Look at the screenshot. See the three dot button, I want that to always show no matter which app I'm in.
Im pretty certain its possible. Just wanna make sure its already been attempted before I go wasting the time lol. I'm on cm10 stable btw.
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