Ok, the story is, my phone goes to sleep every 30 secs to save battery. And since I'm still very excited about it, I turn it on quite often, just to check . And the only way to turn on from sleep (as far as I know) is pressing the power button. Well, that means that button will be pressed a lot! I'm just worrying that it will soon have problems. It would be much cooler if we can touch some Android button down there, Home button for example, to turn on the phone. Do you know anyway to do that?
PS: I tried to google as well as search through out this forum, but the keywords are pretty common, so it's really hard though.
I wouldn't want the capacitive buttons activating my phone, think of all the butt-dialing
I think Widget Locker allows for any hardware button to wake up the device, so then you'd be able to distribute the fun between your volume rocker and the power button.
Widget locker does allow the use of the volume rocker to wake up the phone.
a short term fix or you might be to got o settings-->Applications-->Development-->Stay awake....
so as long as you are charging the screen will not sleep. dont forget to change the setting back if you walk away for a bit... or go to bed
Thanks guy. I think the volume button is good enough
Rumur said:
Widget locker does allow the use of the volume rocker to wake up the phone.
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thanks rumur, i going to give widget locker a try.
i hate it must reach for power button to wakeup!
i like "Simply Lockscreen", it also turns on cappy with volume buttons.
give it a try
On a similar note, do you all have any app tips that will allow me to do something special with the volume button while the screen is off (maybe long press or double click, or press both volume buttons at once) that will in turn toggle silent/vibrate on and off?
Back when I had my Nexus One, I had to use trackball wake since my power button broke. Reports of power buttons breaking were rampant. However, I haven't heard reports of the Sensation's power button breaking. So is using volume wake even necessary on this device?
some people have problem with the power button failing sometimes.. others just like to use the vol. buttons . i dont use it
I use the volume wake because I find it more convenient. And even though there have been no reports of the power button breaking, it seems on the fragile side ;D
hey everyone, is there any way to disable the volume controls when the screen is locked? i accidentally hit it sometimes when i am at work and its in my pocket.
i found this app to be helpful for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hourdb.volumelocker&hl=en
Didnt work, I can still press the volume buttons while off- turning on the screen-changing the volume.
I'm just wondering if everyone else is having issues with the volume rocker wake on the various CM and PA builds or if it's just my device. When the option is ticked in settings and the when the device's screen first goes off the volume keys WILL wake the device. If I allow the device the sit for a few minutes and then attempt to wake with the volume keys then they do not function.
I have a Galaxy SII (i9100 which I believe shares the same kernel that we're running) running CM9 and use this feature daily as it saves wear-and-tear on the power key.
I've looked for keymap files thinking that perhaps the issue may lay there but on both my phone and on the tablet the CM builds don't define specific keymaps for these devices so I don't suspect that's the issue.
Any help/thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Have just loaded the latest update and I cannot find or I have forgotten how to active the wake volume up down button.
nvmd found it.