Hi, I recently changed my rom (coming from slimbean), and in the previous one I had the possibility to configure the long press action of the soft keys, now, in shostock3 (current rom) I don't have that option. I was wondering if any of you knows a way to have something like that again? I did search, but I don't know if I'm looking where I shouldn't as I can't find anything and there must be any app that can do what I ask, anyway, Thanks!
You might be interested in experimenting around system/usr/keylayout/
These are the files defining the key roles ...
mahanddeem said:
You might be interested in experimenting around system/usr/keylayout/
These are the files defining the key roles ...
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Will do, thanks for the info.
a_lleras said:
Hi, I recently changed my rom (coming from slimbean), and in the previous one I had the possibility to configure the long press action of the soft keys, now, in shostock3 (current rom) I don't have that option. I was wondering if any of you knows a way to have something like that again? I did search, but I don't know if I'm looking where I shouldn't as I can't find anything and there must be any app that can do what I ask, anyway, Thanks!
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Do you have a skyrocket?
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Do you have a skyrocket?
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Well, trying to find the post I just found out that I was posting here and not in the i777 forum, how silly lol. Anyway, I did some research and it turns out that keylayout files just modify the action of pressing the key, but to modify the long press action I have to modify something in android.policy.jar.. aand, that goes out of my knowledge, will have to learn how to later..
a_lleras said:
Well, trying to find the post I just found out that I was posting here and not in the i777 forum, how silly lol. Anyway, I did some research and it turns out that keylayout files just modify the action of pressing the key, but to modify the long press action I have to modify something in android.policy.jar.. aand, that goes out of my knowledge, will have to learn how to later..
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Ok, I was just making sure you weren't flashing skyrocket kernels so you don't brick your non skyrocket phone.
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Hey guys,
Stock ROMs are my favorites; they bring stable experience for daily basis except for the ultra speed. (but stable means the most for me sometimes)
I used to root my previous phone only for some simple purpose, screenshots for example; then a few days ago I found a trick (from a forum written in Chinese, http://bbs.gfan.com/android-3345443-1-1.html) to do this without root permission.
Just press Power/Lock + Menu key (at the bottom left), the sticky note app will show up with an instant screenshot. Save it and you will get the screenshot in your /sdcard/quicknote/snapshot/ directory.
Hopefully this trick could help you out.
Note:
I've tested this on ME865, the Atrix 2, Asian Pacific version.
Other versions and models may not applied for this shortcut... sorry that I didn't noticed this before
Great! Thank you!
U sure this works on the a2?
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I tried this several different ways and I was unable to duplicate this on the MB865, I am guessing this only works on the ME865.
Thanks anyhow though.
jimbridgman said:
I tried this several different ways and I was unable to duplicate this on the MB865, I am guessing this only works on the ME865.
Thanks anyhow though.
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Same here...
However if you do want a good free no-root-necessary (on the A2 at least) then get Screen Grabber... by default it is set to use root but it works when you uncheck the "use root" option.
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Did not work for me either, however as stated above, ScreenGrabber works great.
jimbridgman said:
I tried this several different ways and I was unable to duplicate this on the MB865, I am guessing this only works on the ME865.
Thanks anyhow though.
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Sorry for my mistake, I confirm this shortcut works on ME, but not tested on MB.
I'm using an Asian Pacific ME865 device sales at Hong Kong.
Thats it. To capture screenshot, you need to do three combination keys.
Press "power on/lock + vol down + camera button". Hold three keys for 3 sec.
Tested on atrix 2 ics.
Y is this necessary.? We have stock screenshot capability right! Just hold power and volume down key together for 3-4 sec.!
Sent from my phone's mind.!
Lifehacker7 said:
Y is this necessary.? We have stock screenshot capability right! Just hold power and volume down key together for 3-4 sec.!
Sent from my phone's mind.!
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This was for GB.
Sent from my "security" enabled smartphone.
eikichifirst said:
Thats it. To capture screenshot, you need to do three combination keys.
Press "power on/lock + vol down + camera button". Hold three keys for 3 sec.
Tested on atrix 2 ics.
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Lifehacker7 said:
Y is this necessary.? We have stock screenshot capability right! Just hold power and volume down key together for 3-4 sec.!
Sent from my phone's mind.!
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Did either of you look at the dates of the original posts... almost a year ago now. Did you not think that things were different on 2.3.6 than they are in ICS now?
Please think and read thoroughly before posting or replying, including when and why someone might have posted something. I understand both of you are noobs, so consider this your first little slap on the wrist.
Be glad it was I that did this, as others may not be so nice in the future. We are a good group here, but not reading and making posts that are not well thought out or just plain not researching will get you things you do not want in here.
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Oh and by the way, Welcome to our little slice of XDA!!!
I am one of your devs in here, and I am sure you will see a lot of me.
Now, go read these threads, please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857631
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778853
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
Lifehacker7 said:
Y is this necessary.? We have stock screenshot capability right! Just hold power and volume down key together for 3-4 sec.!
Sent from my phone's mind.!
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Ah, sorry mate yea only two keys..post while watching walking dead sux..lol
eikichifirst said:
Ah, sorry mate yea only two keys..post while watching walking dead sux..lol
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welcome to the A2 community !
Yup in ICS we use just the power key + volume down key combination to take a screenshot
BTW do read the links posted by jim above.. theyre quite helpful, and just to let you know, some of old posts are related to GB, so do watch out for that post date before you reply to anything, can get very confusing otherwise.
Anyways, good to see a walking dead fan here :good:
Power button + Down volume key @Atime for 3-5 sec.. Not sure abt time just hold u will here a sound .. :cyclops:
cyberman007 said:
Power button + Down volume key @Atime for 3-5 sec.. Not sure abt time just hold u will here a sound .. :cyclops:
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Had you bothered to read through the thread, you would've noticed that this question was answered over a year ago. Next read before posting.
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Dear all,
some pages, e.g. Flickr, have hotkeys available, to make the navigation faster.
But,
there is a problem, when I want to use these on our beloved Sensation, due to no possibility to open the keyboard, without having a textfield selected on the screen.
Hopefully, I am wrong.
So please,
If you have an idea, how to open the keyboard when ever I want - please, let me know.
Many thanks in advance for your response.
All the best,
Mario
Try holding down the menu key, that used to work on my Nexus One. Doesn't on CM9, but might on others.
Rusty! said:
Try holding down the menu key, that used to work on my Nexus One. Doesn't on CM9, but might on others.
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It used to work on Gingerbread, bit now it seems it's been removed from ICS :/
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Many thanks dudes.
But...
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Can anyone help the Personalize button in the settings to delete it in the Rom?
Although he is not working, but I would rather him have gone.
Not sure about this but isn't the icon and info in the systemui.apk? I could be wrong.
Sent back in time to find Marty.
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Not sure about this but isn't the icon and info in the systemui.apk? I could be wrong.
Sent back in time to find Marty.
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No is all right!
Have since been deleted from the Personalize xml.
Unfortunately, he's still there?
Instructions would be great.....
Speedy_01 said:
No is all right!
Have since been deleted from the Personalize xml.
Unfortunately, he's still there?
Instructions would be great.....
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Sorry speedy, above my pay grade. I only tinker and want sure of my response. Might want to hit up the One X guys or possibly another HTC forum. I'm sure they have some ideas.
Sent back in time to find Marty.
I will pay someone $10 if they can make a flashable mod. All I want is to skip music tracks when the screen is off by holding the volume +/- button. We do not have lock screen music controls so this mod wuld be very useful for some people. If $10 isnt enough PM me and we can discuss. Help me out ppl lets get one of our great devs on this! Devs have made this mod for the Intl version of the phone but the .zip is rom specific. Im on Rooted stock vzw.
TokedUp said:
. We do not have lock screen music controls .
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There are a few options for this, both PowerAmp & PlayerPro will give you lock screen controls.
The app headset buton will allow you to skip or go back using any headset controls.
Does he get the $10?
Farabomb said:
Does he get the $10?
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Most likely not since his way you have to do through the lockscreen. The guy wants to skip/switch songs with the volume keys and not through a lockscreen widget.
JetBlue said:
Most likely not since his way you have to do through the lockscreen. The guy wants to skip/switch songs with the volume keys and not through a lockscreen widget.
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Lol, I want that feature myself (hell, I'll kick in $10 myself)
That is really the only thing I really really miss from my Rezounds running innefibilis duex ROM.
jmorton10 said:
Lol, I want that feature myself (hell, I'll kick in $10 myself)
That is really the only thing I really really miss from my Rezounds running innefibilis duex ROM.
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i've been messing with the android.policy.jar for a few days, messed with the files the guys on the international version have for baking it into a rom, and I am officially stuck haha.
still messing with it, just not exactly sure what I am missing.
TokedUp said:
All I want is to skip music tracks when the screen is off by holding the volume +/- button. We do not have lock screen music controls.
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I'm just using the stock Google Play and I have lockscreen controls (rev/ff, pause and play) I am using the PIN method to unlock the phone ....
Beemer533 said:
I'm just using the stock Google Play and I have lockscreen controls (rev/ff, pause and play) I am using the PIN method to unlock the phone ....
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I think if you where using a swipe unlock, you would lose the onscreen controls
TokedUp said:
I will pay someone $10 if they can make a flashable mod. All I want is to skip music tracks when the screen is off by holding the volume +/- button. We do not have lock screen music controls so this mod wuld be very useful for some people. If $10 isnt enough PM me and we can discuss. Help me out ppl lets get one of our great devs on this! Devs have made this mod for the Intl version of the phone but the .zip is rom specific. Im on Rooted stock vzw.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787907
It meets all the requirements you have specified.
Awaiting my $$, PM me for my PayPal address. Thanks!
jbzcar said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787907
It meets all the requirements you have specified.
Awaiting my $$, PM me for my PayPal address. Thanks!
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You linked him to a ROM, not a mod.
Anyway, @ TokedUp - I'm assuming you want the mod for stock ROMs such as the one you're running now and Synergy?
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You linked him to a ROM, not a mod.
Anyway, @ TokedUp - I'm assuming you want the mod for stock ROMs such as the one you're running now and Synergy?
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It is flashable and it is a mod for the phone.
jbzcar said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787907
It meets all the requirements you have specified.
Awaiting my $$, PM me for my PayPal address. Thanks!
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NO. This is a Rom. Read the OP again.
PureMotive said:
You linked him to a ROM, not a mod.
Anyway, @ TokedUp - I'm assuming you want the mod for stock ROMs such as the one you're running now and Synergy?
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Yes Pure, Exactly. I have not flashed anything on my phone except Mad Industries ICS Blue WiFi toggles. I need this mod for STOCK Rooted. The Bounty is at $20 now since we had another member step up. I cannot guarantee the other guy will give the $ but I promise I will. If there is anything you can do for me Pure it will be greatly appreciated. Loved ur Roms on my now dead Inc btw.
I can confirm that CM10's music player Apollo does this.
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I can confirm that CM10's music player Apollo does this.
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we realize that, but that doesn't help most of us that are running the rooted stock ROMs because CM10 is way too buggy to be a daily driver (for me anyway)
Well shoot. I remember being able to do this on my Droid X. I can't remember what I used for the music player though.
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Look up an app called Sensor Music Control. It's a little different than what the OP calls for, but it's cool. You can slap your phone in your pocket to skip the song. So it takes les effort than holding the volume buttons.
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Rath1on said:
Well shoot. I remember being able to do this on my Droid X. I can't remember what I used for the music player though.
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Yea, my Rezound did this also with innefibilis ICS ROM.
I got used to using that feature & now I really miss it.
jmorton10 said:
Yea, my Rezound did this also with innefibilis ICS ROM.
I got used to using that feature & now I really miss it.
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Well I have been trying to backwards engineer it, but it requires rewriting the windowphonemanager.smali file that is like 8000 lines long and located in android.policy.jar to make it happen. I also don't know smali very well so I am learning as I go. Its rough
Edit: I have been thinking about asking chingy to help me with it. See if he has any thoughts or can take a look. If he can figure it out I'd be happy to make sure everyone donates to him.
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I'm not a developer, by any means, so I wouldn't be of help for a mod. I hope, in the meantime, you can make use of the sensor music player. I just switched to SynergyROM and I wasn't aware of the lack of lock screen control. That music player is now my default.
EDIT - Here's a link for it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zgui.musicshaker&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dsensor+music+player
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I think if you where using a swipe unlock, you would lose the onscreen controls
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Not really, that's how I have it setup with my Amazon mp3 app. It has lock screen controls even if you just have swipe unlock.
So, I was recently reading about how the One will (at some point) be able to be hacked so that the HTC logo can be used as a button. Somewhere around page 4 in the thread, an EVO 4G LTE owner mentioned that there was a ROM for their phone where someone created two "phantom buttons" between the 3 buttons. This was possible (for those who don't know) because the entire bottom portion of the bezel is touch sensitive. This can be seen by dragging the ring on the the lockscreen of Sense ROMs of the screen and still being able to control it. Also, I'm assuming, sweep2wake is made using this same principle.
So my point is, do any developers have any ideas if it would be possible to create these so called "phantom buttons" for our phones? I'm not a dev so I can't help accomplish this, but it's an interesting idea Imo that I felt I'd put out there.
I thought months ago when beastmode kernel was still being worked on by sbryan that he implemented something like that. I can't remember what happened or if I'm just completely wrong.
I've heard talks about it but with regards to sweep to wake widths.
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Should be possible, just part of the digitizer.
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In my phone too the panel below the screen is touch sensitive
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Start from the beginning of the cm10 thread. (Not 10.1)
This was used before it was official and the remap of the app switch key was implemented. Basically it was like an x y coordinate on the digitizer, that the phone was told there was a button there.
+1 I love this idea but what would you use the extra buttons for?
mrgoodpaul said:
+1 I love this idea but what would you use the extra buttons for?
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Maybe a flashlight toggle or a camera launch button.
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mrgoodpaul said:
+1 I love this idea but what would you use the extra buttons for?
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You could use one as a menu button and use the multitasking button as... A multitasking button. Also, a dedicated camera or Google Now button.
I would make a xda button, or perhaps male it start playing terminator 2 from when I left off.
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A dedicated camera button would be nice.
Menu and search. I really miss the search button, believe it or not..
This post was created and transmitted completely in analog.
Yes, its possible and quite easy to add. vmagro (vinvinvinster) did something like this when he was doing CM9 back in the first few months of AOSP since at that point a button remap was not yet decided.
Thing is though, that it modifies the ROM's frameworks so it probably won't make it into any official builds. ever. And even if it was added, it could only act as either:
HOME
MENU
BACK
SEARCH
APPSWITCH
I believe that is it. I guess a MENU and SEARCH buttons could be made between the buttons if desired, but again, it would probably just lead to much more user confusion and stuff. Not sure if its worth it.