I'm running CM10 with the NavBar mod and have no need for those gaudy soft keys to the left/right of the home button on the S3. How can I make them go away?
Figured it out. For others: ES File Explorer - go to /sys/class/leds/button-backlight and change brightness to 0.
in AOKP there is a setting in device options to turn the lights off, but I am wondering if there is a way to disable the keys altogether, ie. maybe a .zip or through a file explorer?
davidtb12 said:
in AOKP there is a setting in device options to turn the lights off, but I am wondering if there is a way to disable the keys altogether, ie. maybe a .zip or through a file explorer?
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System>usr>keylayout > sec_touchkey. Open as text and put # in front of the first two lines like in the screenshot. Also, check out sec_keys to modify home key function. Just change from 'home' to 'camera' or 'power'
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prenedo said:
System>usr>keylayout > sec_touchkey. Open as text and put # in front of the first two lines like in the screenshot. Also, check out sec_keys to modify home key function. Just change from 'home' to 'camera' or 'power'
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perfect, thanks so much
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Had another thought, could I edit the home button to 'wake' and long press for camera?
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davidtb12 said:
perfect, thanks so much
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Had another thought, could I edit the home button to 'wake' and long press for camera?
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The perfect combo.... it won't work though. If you change to camera it won't wake device. I've been setting it to power, as I didn't seem to use it for camera as much as I thought. And now with customizable Nav bar ring I have easy access to camera.
Also, wanted to add that a reboot is required after making the necessary changes..
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can this b possible for galaxy fit....here's the link its possible for galaxy s...can we do it on fit??????
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453547:)
well the power button actually locks the camera on fit, so a modded version of the camera app could perhaps do the trick
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perhaps you should give it a try.
I was asking my self the same question... The closest i got was this app on the market that lets you use the volume keys to take a snapshot. https://market.android.com/details?...xLDEwNCwiY29tLmJleW9uZHdlYi5yb2NrZXIuZnJlZSJd there is also a paid version.. google it
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so, how we turn off our phone?
if power button to take snaps?
https://market.android.com/details?...xLDEwNCwiY29tLmJleW9uZHdlYi5yb2NrZXIuZnJlZSJd
App is force closing on my device,when I opened the app for the first time,I pressed the +volume for take a photo but suddenly the app hangs and it is not opening now.
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Just flashed CM10 and cant edit my contacts. Is this normal?
jentzschman2000 said:
Just flashed CM10 and cant edit my contacts. Is this normal?
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You should be able to edit contacts that you have created. But you can't edit contacts that have come from Google+ solely.
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Why? I was able with ICS?
jentzschman2000 said:
Why? I was able with ICS?
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Yea, good question. I'm a little bummed too that I gotta do it through Google contacts on the computer.
i had no issues editing my contacts with jelly bean. i just went to the app drawer>people> then clicked on a contact. then i hit the settings button (menu button) then clicked edit.
s10shane said:
i had no issues editing my contacts with jelly bean. i just went to the app drawer>people> then clicked on a contact. then i hit the settings button (menu button) then clicked edit.
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Just put JB on my root EVO LTE and I have tried this to no avail. Dont laugh but where is the freakin menu button??? Im so use to ICS I'm lost without those extra buttons...lol
cjones46402 said:
Just put JB on my root EVO LTE and I have tried this to no avail. Dont laugh but where is the freakin menu button??? Im so use to ICS I'm lost without those extra buttons...lol
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My menu button was the recent menu button. If u just pressed it real quick it was the settings button and if u held it down it would pop up the recent apps.
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My menu button was the recent menu button. If u just pressed it real quick it was the settings button and if u held it down it would pop up the recent apps.
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I'm having the same issue, tapping the recent menu button just brought up the recent menu. The one S doesn't have a menu button it seems like. anyone find a solution to this?
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s10shane said:
My menu button was the recent menu button. If u just pressed it real quick it was the settings button and if u held it down it would pop up the recent apps.
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RatedR4Rudy said:
I'm having the same issue, tapping the recent menu button just brought up the recent menu. The one S doesn't have a menu button it seems like. anyone find a solution to this?
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If anyone is still having trouble with this I found the solution:
Menu > Settings> Interface - System> Hardware Keys> select Enable Actions> and you can choose any of the 3 buttons to make a Long Press bring up the menu
RatedR4Rudy said:
I'm having the same issue, tapping the recent menu button just brought up the recent menu. The one S doesn't have a menu button it seems like. anyone find a solution to this?
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If anyone is still having trouble with this I found the solution:
Menu > Settings> Interface - System> Hardware Keys> select Enable Actions> and you can choose any of the 3 buttons to make a Long Press bring up the menu
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I guess I could have told them to do that. Lol but that only works if you have android 4.0.4 if I remember right.
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s10shane said:
I guess I could have told them to do that. Lol but that only works if you have android 4.0.4 if I remember right.
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Does work with 4.1.2
Does anyone know where the action for longpressing the home button is stored on TW roms? I'm on Synergy, and want to change the longpress of the home from the recent apps switcher to the menu button, but I cannot for the life of me find where that is stored. I found where nearly everything else is stored, but I just need to know where the longpress of the home button action is stored, so I can change it to MENU. Thanks!
There's an option to change hardware key settings on paranoid android. Its an aosp cm10 ROM.
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It cannot be done to my knowledge unless the developer has incorporated it into the rom.
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It cannot be done to my knowledge unless the developer has incorporated it into the rom.
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It CAN be done. You just need to find a launcher that supports it.
I use Nova launcher and you can assign an action to the home key to open whatever you want. It's not the longpress, its the press once for homescreen then when you're on the homescreen you press it again and another action comes up. Thats the action you can define using Nova.
Try this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eikatou0.appspot.home2shortcut
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Valid point, but if you just want to run the rom standard tw, your stuck with what was built in.
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Interesting app, looking into that now.
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Does this still hold true? I have remapped my menu button to back and my back button to recent applications, but am now in need of a menu key. I would like to long press home to get menu. Any ideas on how I can do this?
DrewBot said:
Does this still hold true? I have remapped my menu button to back and my back button to recent applications, but am now in need of a menu key. I would like to long press home to get menu. Any ideas on how I can do this?
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I know this is a vague response but I don't know where exactly, just am about 99% sure it's code is found in b the android.policy.jar, as this is were the long press for menu/back is found my guess would be the home and power button coding is found in that .jar
Coming from the Galaxy Nexus I always loved the soft keys and the ability to change them the way I like. Well the Galaxy SIII has physical ones so I found a mod that allows them to be seen at the bottom of the screen. This is not my work, it is posted over in other SIII forums and I was just the guinea pig to try here. Follow the direction below! PLEASE make a back up prior to even though you can mod it back!
** I am on clean rom 5.5.1 so it worked fine I have no idea if it works for others, try it and let me know! **
***** Please Make a Backup Before You Try*****
How To Enable
navigate to system/build.prop
go to the bottom of the page ( document )
add this line
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
save
reboot
check
How To Disable
change this line
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
to
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
in the build prop and restart.
How To Disable The Physical Buttons
navigate to /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl
put a hash tag in front of the lines
key 139 menu
key 158 back
so they will look like
#key 139 menu
#key 158 back
save and reboot
How To Disable The Physical Lights at The Bottom
Go to display/touch key light duration and turn off
If you want to mod the soft keys further after enabling them decompile the systemui and go to the drawable-xhdpi and mod the TW pngs there then recompile and place into a flash able zip and flash in recovery!
The attached zip is a camera mod that allows you to use your volume up/down keys to take pics just in case the soft keys are larger than the camera switch! As usual make a back-up before flashing in recovery!
If you like or use this hit the thanks button please!
camblue said:
Coming from the Galaxy Nexus I always loved the soft keys and the ability to change them the way I like. Well the Galaxy SIII has physical ones so I found a mod that allows them to be seen at the bottom of the screen. This is not my work, it is posted over in other SIII forums and I was just the guinea pig to try here. Follow the direction below! PLEASE make a back up prior to even though you can mod it back! I am on clean rom so it worked fine I have no idea if it works for others, try it and let me know!
How To Enable
navigate to system/build.prop
go to the bottom of the page ( document )
add this line
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
save
reboot
check
How To Disable
change this line
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
to
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
in the build prop and restart.
How To Disable The Physical Buttons
navigate to /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl
put a hash tag in front of the lines
key 139 menu
key 158 back
so they will look like
#key 139 menu
#key 158 back
save and reboot
How To Disable The Physical Lights at The Bottom
Go to display/touch key light duration and turn off
If you want to mod the soft keys further after enabling them decompile the systemui and go to the drawable-xhdpi and mod the TW pngs there then recompile and place into a flash able zip and flash in recovery!
If you like or use this hit the thanks button please!
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didn't work for me. it did however put a nice black triangle in the top left of my screen. lol
LOL sorry man,,,what rom are you on?
Thebear j koss said:
didn't work for me. it did however put a nice black triangle in the top left of my screen. lol
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Hey Cam. Great work buddy. About to try. How did you change the colors?
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Thanks! Once I enabled the mod I decompiled the systemui and changed the tw pngs in the drawable-xhdpi folder. Just made it transparent!
jdub251 said:
Hey Cam. Great work buddy. About to try. How did you change the colors?
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no problem. i'm always backed up. i'm on cleanrom 5.6, but i'm running dark horse theme. i'm guessing their theme stops this. also do the hard keys still function after doing this?i've tried to get these to work but to no avail.
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jdub251 said:
Hey Cam. Great work buddy. About to try. How did you change the colors?
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did it work for you?
If you use text editor in root explorer you should be able to delete/undue the mod and reboot.
Thebear j koss said:
no problem. i'm always backed up. i'm on cleanrom 5.6, but i'm running dark horse theme. i'm guessing their theme stops this. also do the hard keys still function after doing this?i've tried to get these to work but to no avail.
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i just restored my backup. i had to anyway...
I have the soft keys but can't disable the hard keys. Any suggestions?
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I didnt screw around with that. I just went into settings/display and changed the touch key light duration to off,,,that way the still work just in case but dont light
jdub251 said:
I have the soft keys but can't disable the hard keys. Any suggestions?
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Sorry dude, worth a try.
Thebear j koss said:
i just restored my backup. i had to anyway...
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I even changed it to look like the other keys with the hash tags with quotation and spaces. Really want to disable those because I'm always accidentally hitting them. Lol. Have the soft keys though. My other keys don't vibrate but still work even after reboot.
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there is a way, one time i tried doing this and i had my hard keys disabled and no softkeys. that was a pain in my a$$... lol
Thebear j koss said:
there is a way, one time i tried doing this and i had my hard keys disabled and no softkeys. that was a pain in my a$$... lol
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Lol. I made sure I had the soft keys and they worked first. Lol.
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Got them. Thanks Cam... Now if only someone made a flashable zip to turn them blue... Lol
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Lol. I made sure I had the soft keys and they worked first. Lol.
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haha. i didn't mean to do it. whatever i did, just disabled the hardkeys and didn't give me the soft keys. luckily i was backed up and had was able to reboot into recovery...
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here you go jdub-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788780
If you pm me your systemui I can change the color to blue for you and send you back a flashable zip,,,let me know
Thebear j koss said:
Got them. Thanks Cam... Now if only someone made a flashable zip to turn them blue... Lol
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i just noticed how easy it is to get the lights off. lmfao.
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camblue said:
If you pm me your systemui I can change the color to blue for you and send you back a flashable zip,,,let me know
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will do.
Yeah I was searching and found it,,,I would rather do that than disable them,,,just me
Thebear j koss said:
i just noticed how easy it is to get the lights off. lmfao.
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will do.
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Woo hoo. I disabled the hw keys. How can I send you my system ui? Copy and attach? The keys to disable hardware keys are in sec_touchkey.kl
Aight go on hit the thanks button. Lol
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I saw the command that enables it, but doing that doesn't actually seem to do anything on my phone.
Is there a step I'm missing, or anything else I can do to get two button nav back?
Thanks!
Before you do the command you have to have the 3 button nav bar selected. Make sure USB debugging is on, and USB setting should be file transfer instead of charging the phone
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If that works and you now have the 2 button setup after doing those steps, just know if you change back to gestures or make changes to the nabar, it'll go back to the 3 button. So you'll have to do those steps again if you want the 2 button back
That did it! Thank you!
Oneplus7pro said:
That did it! Thank you!
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No prob!
Can you please share the command?
I want that too. Actually i want "Long press Home button Sreeen Off" function.