[solved] Disable soft keys? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Title pretty much says it all, can it be done? I have a weird thing with them where they'll lock up until I turn the screen off, I'd rather just use the navbar in my ROM.
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Re: Disable soft keys?
Well ...it has been discussed many times before and there are some zips here in some threads that do this for you... But i cant upload them from my phone ... Ill get back and share.
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Re: Disable soft keys?
Cool I'll dig around in the meantime.
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Re: Disable soft keys?
Is this what you want? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23780933
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Yup.

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(Q) is there a way to turn off the home button lights?

Whenever I'm watching a video the home buttons tend to annoy me. Does it bother others? Is there a way to fix this?
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Yes, install a kernel with Back Light Dimmer
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[Q]Soft buttons combination?

Hi, is there a way to map function to combination of soft buttons? For example home+search for taskswitcher. Woukd be really cool
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Maybe this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448576 or if you running imm26 this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1548184
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You could try this for remapping capacitive buttons http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464

[Q] On screen keys

When you use the on screen keys how do you take of the other ones I use nstools but they still light up when I start it up and I have to touch them to turn off the light how I permanently turn them off?
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Why you would want to use the on screen buttons with the Nexus S? If you do this, than what are you doing with the real buttons on the bottom of the phone? Isn't that just wasting more screen real estate by using the on screen buttons?
timetosave said:
Why you would want to use the on screen buttons with the Nexus S? If you do this, than what are you doing with the real buttons on the bottom of the phone? Isn't that just wasting more screen real estate by using the on screen buttons?
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I know but I like them do you know how to turn the other ones off?
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Nope. Sorry. Actually trying to find out how to disable some of the notifications (lights) on my built in buttons to potentially save more battery life.
That's easy get nstools app and you'll find it
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bord1er said:
That's easy get nstools app and you'll find it
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Thanks. That was it.
You sure software keys? I think you mean hardware keys lol
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if i reading correctly. if you want onscreen buttons than GET A GALAXY NEXUS!!
TigaTiger said:
if i reading correctly. if you want onscreen buttons than GET A GALAXY NEXUS!!
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Umm yeah I can do that to lol but I had already had them on my nexus s?
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What's the current problem? Setting BLN to 0 turns my cap buttons off (effectively) permanently while using the phone.
Harbb said:
What's the current problem? Setting BLN to 0 turns my cap buttons off (effectively) permanently while using the phone.
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How did u do it is there a app or something I been trying to keep them off
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bord1er said:
How did u do it is there a app or something I been trying to keep them off
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Manually through sysfs or NSTools (same thing). You may need NSTools or an init.d script to do it each boot though.
I used nstools but with nstools everytime I turn off the screen and turn it back on the touch keys would light up still and I have to touch them again to turn of the light I want them to stay off
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I just tried myself using the latest stable Trinity 1320 and with timeout set to 0 and bln on the buttons stay off even after switching the screen on and off multiple times. Unsure what's going on there. What kernel and version are you using?
I was trying it on the maxr1x 19.5 I haven't tryed on v20.0?
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bord1er said:
I was trying it on the maxr1x 19.5 I haven't tryed on v20.0?
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Set delay to 500 Ms not 0
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w8setter said:
Set delay to 500 Ms not 0
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That would keep it off for sure
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Dim/Turn off backlight of capacitive buttons

Some ICS ROMs have annoying always-on backlight of the hardware capacitive buttons.
Try one of these to eliminate/dim that :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deskangel.adjbrightness
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.pruss.superdim
According to ShortbusDriver none of these work.
Can someone confirm this works - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26195948&postcount=4
No didn't work either....that would have been an awesome fix though lol
did you try to toggle auto brightness on and off ?
lights should turn off when screen is off.
No capacitive lights do go off with screen....just never go off as long as the screen is on.... for example when watching video a movie let's say....capacitive keys stay on and bright as ever
I see, it exists in CM7 as well.
Probably kernel related.
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there's a bug in cm7 github for this issue,
I'm pretty sure Team Acid will take care of it.
Yes I'm sure they are on it.....I'm just looking for a way on my own.......
Just use screen filter it has the option built in
brandonc0526 said:
Just use screen filter it has the option built in
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Thanks bro, this actually works, but I have to enable it after each button touch.
I put it as the app to launch when double clicking the screen on Apex launcher (currently on Erikmm's MIUI v4).
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Do you guys want them off completely or a set amount of time?
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a set amount of time I think (and my idea, too)
I think it should be like 5 seconds.
itzik2sh said:
I think it should be like 5 seconds.
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I'll see what I can do
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erikmm said:
Do you guys want them off completely or a set amount of time?
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Timeout please...seemed to be somewhere around 30 secs or so on stock.
edit: now that I reconsider it may have only been like 10 secs top.
I wouldn't mind if the capacitive key lights went off completely but the keys still work....which ever comes first thank you Erik
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carlcj5 said:
I wouldn't mind if the capacitive key lights went off completely but the keys still work....which ever comes first thank you Erik
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I've been looking into it seems like its a change in the light.*.so...
I haven't had a chance to test all roms does anybody know if it's all ICS roms? Or just some?
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I'm thinking its all,I've noticed it with ravers cm9,Brian&JT's cm9,whitehawk's aokp,team acids aokp,and with hebrewaokp.
And now with RemICS
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erikmm said:
I've been looking into it seems like its a change in the light.*.so...
I haven't had a chance to test all roms does anybody know if it's all ICS roms? Or just some?
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It's the same on all ICS roms that I have flashed, and I think I have tested them all
Screen filter is a quick fix...and if you enable navigation bar it works fairly well.

"Swipe across touch buttons to wake/unlock"- is it possible for our phone?

I remember hearing that the developers for some HTC phone made a mod where you swipe across the touch buttons to wake/unlock the phone. Is there a mod like this for our phone? Would it even be possible?
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pisherthefisher said:
I remember hearing that the developers for some HTC phone made a mod where you swipe across the touch buttons to wake/unlock the phone. Is there a mod like this for our phone? Would it even be possible?
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swipe2wake is kernel related :/

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