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Long End Key remap

Hi. Suppose I just want to remap the long end key press button to something other than the HTC dafault. Do I need AEBPlus for that? I assume that would be a overkill for remapping just one button. The HTC interal app only allows to either display the quick list or make 4 other actions. I was wondering if I can change that to something else without using the AEBPlus app. I just wanted to run the comm manager rather than the htc options
Thanks

Don't get your hopes up about AE Button cause it don't work if your using touch gl. Apparently touch fl keeps regrabning the keys so sometimes they work snd sometimes they dont. I gave up. i think ot might work better with the hold button but like i said i got frustrated snd gaveup when thr suthor told mr there was nothing he could do..

craigwillie said:
Don't get your hopes up about AE Button cause it don't work if your using touch gl. Apparently touch fl keeps regrabning the keys so sometimes they work snd sometimes they dont. I gave up. i think ot might work better with the hold button but like i said i got frustrated snd gaveup when thr suthor told mr there was nothing he could do..
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Actually I don't need it working with the TouchFlo, as I don't use TF. I only want to remap the long end press button to the comm manager. Of course it would have been great to also map a long press on the Home button or the Back button but I think I read that's not possible even without TouchFlo ?

what no one answered ? wow i thought that's easy,a metter of registry or link change. quite disappointing.

I am also looking for a way to change the back button to run some other program...

How to assign a shortcut to EndKey, SendKey ....
Not tried myself on TP, but maybe it's useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356322

Create a shortcut in your windows directory called long_end.lnk
whatever the shortcut points to will run when you long press the end key.
There are a few of these hard press shortcuts
long_end.lnk
long_send.lnk
long_power.lnk
long_ptt.lnk
short_power.lnk
short_ptt.lnk

I can remap all the buttons except the Long End. Somehow the Long End button is mapped to the phone Lock. Where can I disable that and allow for my own?

Start, settings, system tab, long press end key
if you don't see what you want there ... we might have to figure out how to disable the long press htc software

I cooked my own rom and I didn't put in long press end key. I assumed it wouldn't have installed any reg settings for it, guess I'll have to check. Thanks!

For some reason if you don't add HTC Long End to the ROM, it will stick on one setting and can't be changed. Weird, but fixable. If you install HTC End Key (the cab is somewhere on here) it will override the previous setting and then you can either select your preference from within the program or create a custom link. Not sure about the second idea working, since I haven't tried it myself, but I've been able to override HTC End Key when it was installed on previous phones. You could also consider un-installing it after installing it if all else fails.

baub said:
For some reason if you don't add HTC Long End to the ROM, it will stick on one setting and can't be changed. Weird, but fixable. If you install HTC End Key (the cab is somewhere on here) it will override the previous setting and then you can either select your preference from within the program or create a custom link. Not sure about the second idea working, since I haven't tried it myself, but I've been able to override HTC End Key when it was installed on previous phones. You could also consider un-installing it after installing it if all else fails.
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Yeah, I recooked the Long End Key Press in, but there isn't a custom selection part of it so that must be a different version of End Key software. It's ok not too important.

AEB
Just for those who wonder, AEButton can remap everything (single, double, triple, long presses) on all keys except two: Long Green and Long Red.
You either need to disable Long End Key software or find some other way to hard map these.

Using my HTC Touch Pro. I am still unablet to map the Long press End Key to something other than the limited options that the HTC Long Press End Key program settings offer.
I simply wish to map the long press end key to run a different program. I tried the suggestion offered on this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1783616#post1783616) but it doesn't work. I put a file called Long_End.lnk in the windows directory, soft reset the device and still it doesn't map to that. Only displays the HTC 'quick list'.
I am not running TF3D.
Anyhelp ? To map to any program I choose ?
Thanks

So no buddy managed to map the End button long press to some other program than the options that the HTC's prg in the settings allow ?
I want to remap the End key to open Phone Weaver Profiles which is much more useful than what the HTC Long End Pressapp offers.

nik3r said:
Just for those who wonder, AEButton can remap everything (single, double, triple, long presses) on all keys except two: Long Green and Long Red.
You either need to disable Long End Key software or find some other way to hard map these.
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That's not the full story ....
on ex: HTC HD
there are buttons:
"Green Key", -> mapping possible but without Long Press
"Home Key" -> nothing possible !!!
"Back Key" -> not really mapable (mapping possible, but always send to wanted mapping ~backspace and jump back to Homescreen and then the mapped button will execute - little bit strange ..)
Longpress also doesn't work
"Red Key", -> mapping possible but without Long Press
tried with aebutton also (last version)
some additional ideas ?
cu camel

Proto732 said:
Start, settings, system tab, long press end key
if you don't see what you want there ... we might have to figure out how to disable the long press htc software
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HI!
I'm another one that tried everything to remap the long end key without that HTC app and no solutions.
What we really need is to know how to disable that app from the system.
Anyone help us!

Re-mapping keys / Creating or re-assigning keyevent

OK, I've looked around but can't find an answer. Or at least an answer that I can understand. Basically what I'm trying to do is add the ability to quit/exit an app. I've read all about the differing opinions on quitting an app versus pressing back. However, just for my own self-teaching purposes, I want to learn how to do this. I'd like to be able to long-press or double tap a key to either immediately exit an app, or bring up an alternate pop-up menu that allows you to choose an action.
I am thinking specifically in relation to the Browser. The quit option was more necessary pre-CM6 because often times, it would take forever to load the home screen after pressing "home" in order to stop using the browser. A simple exit/quit option that some apps have, usually acts much quicker. Everyone knows that if you've been browsing through a bunch of webpages, hitting the back button repeatedly is a pain in the ass. The other option is to hit menu-->windows-->then close all the open windows-->then hitting the back button once the new window pops up because browser automatically opens a new page once all open windows have been closed.
Another annoyance is not being able to quickly get to your home page. Is there a way to remap/reassign/whatever, keys so that on long-press or double-tap of say, menu, or trackball, a menu pops up which has a "exit/quit" option and a "home page" option?
Another option is to add to the menu (when you hit menu), a "quit/exit" or "homepage" option.
Any help would be appreciated.

So much for a "supporting community". Way to help each other out.
What your trying to do should be located in the /system/usr folder. It has the key information you are trying to edit.

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So much for a "supporting community". Way to help each other out.
What your trying to do should be located in the /system/usr folder. It has the key information you are trying to edit.
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Yeah, most people are probably trying to figure out a way to tell me I posted in the wrong section or that I need to use the search function. Thanks for your answer but I am familiar with the /system/usr files...I don't see anything in there relating to an action that quits/exits an app. Is there a specific action that is called when someone presses menu while using an app, and the menu brings up options including quit/exit?

Really? Nobody?

The keymap files are stored in /system/usr/keylayout, open them up and have a look at the things you can assign to keys.
Pull-edit-push the correct version for your handset hardware and reboot, changes will take effect. Obviously Magics are sapphire-keypad.kl and G1s are one of the trout files. Most G1s are trout-keypad-v3.kl though you can confirm your specific hardware version with getprop.
Have a search for "keymap" and "keylayout", you'll find there's already a bit of work been done of this, for example this auto key-changer.

I appreciate the help but I guess I'm not explaining myself properly. I have looked at the files in /system/usr/. I know how to remap a key so that, say...volume down = pause music, or change the menu key to have it end a call if I wanted...I know I'm not using the correct terminology all the time but when looking at the various .kl files, there are various "actions" that can be attributed to a particular key. For instance, keys 107 & 62 = Endcall, key 158 = Back, key 10 = the number 9.
In the column next to the numerical keycode in each of the .kl files, there is an "action" that results from pressing the particular key. The action I am looking for is a "quit" and/or "exit" action to apply to a particular key. Let's say I wanted to have key 231 in the sapphire keypad, kill the app I am using. Right now, pressing key 231 = CALL button. Is there a keyevent such as Kill_app or something to that affect that I could put in place of the CALL action so that key 231 = Kill app?

[Q] How do I disable hardware keys (recent apps and back)?

I managed to disable the back button by going to /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and adding # in front of key 139 menu and key 158 back but the recents button still works after rebooting. This was the old method when the left button was a menu not recent apps button. Which button number is for recents?

3bs11 said:
I managed to disable the back button by going to /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and adding # in front of key 139 menu and key 158 back but the recents button still works after rebooting. This was the old method when the left button was a menu not recent apps button. Which button number is for recents?
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You can do that with an app from Play Store. The app is called All in one Gesture. It allows you to change actions on all keys on your phone. It worked for me.

Ninolina said:
You can do that with an app from Play Store. The app is called All in one Gesture. It allows you to change actions on all keys on your phone. It worked for me.
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Thanks a lot!

3bs11 said:
I can't customise what the short press does
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That screen look a bit different on my S6. Did you activated it when it asked for it? When you first started it did it asked you for something?

3bs11 said:
I managed to disable the back button by going to /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and adding # in front of key 139 menu and key 158 back but the recents button still works after rebooting. This was the old method when the left button was a menu not recent apps button. Which button number is for recents?
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I just did this myself. I made the same mistake as you did, such that the recent key/button was still operational. I then realized that it's not a menu button, but it's an app switcher function, hence "recent". Under "# samsung", there should be "key 254 APP_SWITCH". That's the one to disable the app switcher key or "recents" button.
Hope this helps out anyone out there looking for this.

How do I get to this coding

hoang51 said:
I just did this myself. I made the same mistake as you did, such that the recent key/button was still operational. I then realized that it's not a menu button, but it's an app switcher function, hence "recent". Under "# samsung", there should be "key 254 APP_SWITCH". That's the one to disable the app switcher key or "recents" button.
Hope this helps out anyone out there looking for this.
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hi, sorry for bother you but can you tell me how to do that? my recent apps key is always pressing and i go in holidays so i don t have time to take the phone to warranty.. can i perform that without root? thank you

macgaitas said:
hi, sorry for bother you but can you tell me how to do that? my recent apps key is always pressing and i go in holidays so i don t have time to take the phone to warranty.. can i perform that without root? thank you
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To disable the capacitive button , you need root.

Rakcoon said:
To disable the capacitive button , you need root.
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Thank you for your answer. the phone is three months old and already got a problem ..Basically is unusable the recent tab is always pop up..

macgaitas said:
Thank you for your answer. the phone is three months old and already got a problem ..Basically is unusable the recent tab is always pop up..
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Dont root the phone. Take it to samsung for warranty claim when you get a chance.
They should be held accountable for the defect. Good luck.

macgaitas said:
Thank you for your answer. the phone is three months old and already got a problem ..Basically is unusable the recent tab is always pop up..
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Rakcoon said:
Dont root the phone. Take it to samsung for warranty claim when you get a chance.
They should be held accountable for the defect. Good luck.
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Just to verify, do you have any type of case on the phone, and if so, does the button do the same thing if you remove the case.
Otherwise, Rakcoon is correct. They should fix it under warranty.

THe best way to do is, add: qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 in build.prop, reboot and done.
There is another way to do is: Disable the hardware/back keys through: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and add # in front of key 139 menu and key 158. Also add the same to key 254 APP_SWITCH
Hope this helps..

vdbhb59 said:
THe best way to do is, add: qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 in build.prop, reboot and done.
There is another way to do is: Disable the hardware/back keys through: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and add # in front of key 139 menu and key 158. Also add the same to key 254 APP_SWITCH
Hope this helps..
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Thanks to the above listing, I was in the middle of factory resetting my Samsung S6 back to stock (but still rooted) and my physical keys (app switcher and back buttons) wasn't working. I had to go in build.prop and generic.kl and reset them back to default values (e.g., put 1 for the mainkeys value and remove # in front of 158 and 254). Now the physical keys are working.

I font know

hoang51 said:
Thanks to the above listing, I was in the middle of factory resetting my Samsung S6 back to stock (but still rooted) and my physical keys (app switcher and back buttons) wasn't working. I had to go in build.prop and generic.kl and reset them back to default values (e.g., put 1 for the mainkeys value and remove # in front of 158 and 254). Now the physical keys are working.
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You are always welcome mate.

If you want to disable the recent button all you have to do is download all in on gesture. There you can disable any button.

i cant find any of these places where the text is used to block these buttons.. build.prop? system-usr??? what do these even mean

Anyone Else not able to Simulate a "Menu Button" press?

I cannot simulate a menu button press on this phone. Blu's ESL customer support didn't help at all.
On the Note 4, you hold down the recent apps button and the phone treats it like a menu button press. I use a few somewhat legacy apps and not having menu press completely breaks those apps.

RDProgrammer said:
I cannot simulate a menu button press on this phone. Blu's ESL customer support didn't help at all.
On the Note 4, you hold down the recent apps button and the phone treats it like a menu button press. I use a few somewhat legacy apps and not having menu press completely breaks those apps.
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Current apps should not need a menu button. However, if you have old outdated apps you can simulate it with the (weirdly named) built in "suspend button." Settings > Advanced settings > Suspend option. Enable that and it will overlay a round button on the screen. When you need the menu button tap the on-screen button. It will expand and show more buttons. The button with three dots is the menu button. If you'd prefer to hide the "suspend button" so that it's not always visible you can do so by long pressing on it. You can unhide it in the notification panel.

Awesome, that works, but what a sad work around to an issue solved so much more efficiently on other devices.

RDProgrammer said:
Awesome, that works, but what a sad work around to an issue solved so much more efficiently on other devices.
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Sad indeed. I will continue to poke around for another solution to this, with the ultimate goal of remapping that recent apps button to a menu. I am not sure this will be possible without root access though. Good news is there is another thread here on XDA with a bounty/reward of around $200 at the moment for anyone who can get a workable root and TWRP recovery goin for this phone. :fingers-crossed:

RDProgrammer said:
Awesome, that works, but what a sad work around to an issue solved so much more efficiently on other devices.
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True, but as I said no current app should need a menu key. Most new Android phones have no menu key because it's not needed. I have about 200 apps installed and only one needs the menu key workaround because it hasn't been updated in years.

In App Menu button

Idk if you guys are coming from a note 4 or just a general non s6 or s6 edge... but I didn't know they got rid of the long press menu... i just found out that if you long press the back button, it sort of acts as an in App Menu button. Just sharing a tip for those who may not know.

ahq1216 said:
Idk if you guys are coming from a note 4 or just a general non s6 or s6 edge... but I didn't know they got rid of the long press menu... i just found out that if you long press the back button, it sort of acts as an in App Menu button. Just sharing a tip for those who may not know.
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I have an app (maybe multiple) that does not have an in app menu button built in and therefore requires a menu function from the OS. I used to long press the back key in my LG G4 to get into the menu, but can't figuring out how to do it in my video surveillance app on my S7 Edge. If I short press the bottom left (two squares button), the open apps come up. If I long press the bottom left, it tries to take me into split screen mode (which this app doesn't support). If I press the bottom right key, the phone goes back to the desktop. Same results yield in long pressing the bottom right button. Does anyone know how to get into in app menus that do not have a menu button? My Uniden Guardian app requires this menu to exit out of the application or it will show in the notification area in standby mode. The only other way I can exit the app is doing a force close.
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I have an app (maybe multiple) that does not have an in app menu button built in and therefore requires a menu function from the OS. I used to long press the back key in my LG G4 to get into the menu, but can't figuring out how to do it in my video surveillance app on my S7 Edge. If I short press the bottom left (two squares button), the open apps come up. If I long press the bottom left, it tries to take me into split screen mode (which this app doesn't support). If I press the bottom right key, the phone goes back to the desktop. Same results yield in long pressing the bottom right button. Does anyone know how to get into in app menus that do not have a menu button? My Uniden Guardian app requires this menu to exit out of the application or it will show in the notification area in standby mode. The only other way I can exit the app is doing a force close.
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NM, it must be specific to my Uniden Guardian app... The long press back key works in other apps.

Any answer yet?
If I long press the back button in any app, I am immediately taken back to the home screen and once in the home screen, the home screen drop down items pop up. Any solutions for this?

Maybe it's carrier specific? The long-press back button brings up the in-app menu in virtually all of my apps.

On my Sprint GS7E, longpressing the Back button brings up the in-app Menu function.
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I have found a few apps that close when long pressing the back, and some that show the menu properly. I had to find another super simple (no permissions required) grocery list app since Simple Grocery List was one that would close.

Here is the fix I figured out that works in this situation and it would be good to pass this on or write up a document.
Go to phone settings => Accessibility => Dexterity and interaction => Assistant Menu.
Got this from galaxy s6 edge forum have an app with need of menu button and it now work with this work around hope this helps for now my phone is not rooted.

daveid said:
I have found a few apps that close when long pressing the back, and some that show the menu properly. I had to find another super simple (no permissions required) grocery list app since Simple Grocery List was one that would close.
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I'm seeing this too in some apps. Including XDA Premium (Tapatalk). Holding back for the menu seems to think I'm tapping the back button. The app goes back through the previous pages, then quits.
harii_8 said:
Here is the fix I figured out that works in this situation and it would be good to pass this on or write up a document.
Go to phone settings => Accessibility => Dexterity and interaction => Assistant Menu.
Got this from galaxy s6 edge forum have an app with need of menu button and it now work with this work around hope this helps for now my phone is not rooted.
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Not sure how this will help?

the_scotsman said:
I'm seeing this too in some apps. Including XDA Premium (Tapatalk). Holding back for the menu seems to think I'm tapping the back button. The app goes back through the previous pages, then quits.
Not sure how this will help?
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Assistant Menu gives you a few options like home button back button and also a menu button that you can use whilst in any app to open the menu as the long press back button doesn't work on some apps it's just a work around that does work

I don't get the menu button in the assistant menu?

Zamboney said:
I don't get the menu button in the assistant menu?
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The assist menu button is for apps that require a physical menu button to access the menu on any apps. It is used for apps that don't have the 3dot menu option it's just a work around for apps that don't have that option or that not have been updated for marshmallow

Unfortunately doesn't work on apps made with pre Android v4.0 SDK I use an SMS parsing app for bank notifications/login codes and it hasn't been updated since 2 years but works perfectly, just the settings are missing.

Assistant Menu button
Zamboney said:
I don't get the menu button in the assistant menu?
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I found this discussion was very helpful, but it took me some time to work it out.
When the Assistant menu button is switched on (Settings - Accessibility - Dexterity and interaction), a blue symbol with four white squares appears. If this symbol is pressed, a menu pops up with a selection of available tasks. This includes (on page 2/4) a button called "More options". This is the extra Menu button that should be accessible from a long press of the Back button, but is not available in some apps.

Zamboney said:
I don't get the menu button in the assistant menu?
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use this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phoenixstudios.aiogestures
you can assign actions to every key
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Not happy with this at all. Whats wrong with the developers? Why take functionality away? Should be adding more! Why change things for the hell of it? Appart from just being plain annoying, buying the latest S7 edge phone out, and looking forward to trying ps1 emulation out, and cant use ePSXe save function now, or any app menu...

Hello All,
I found a fix. settings==>system==>Buttons==>Home Button. Change the action to open/close menu. or any of the buttons you see there. This works like a charm and if it's a button you dont normally use then even better cause you wont forget which one you chose.
Grilo.
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Hello All,
I found a fix for this. settings==>system==>buttons==>Home button. I chose to change the double tap to open/close menu. You can choose any button on this page and then access the menu.
Hope this helps
Grilo

the_scotsman said:
I'm seeing this too in some apps. Including XDA Premium (Tapatalk). Holding back for the menu seems to think I'm tapping the back button. The app goes back through the previous pages, then quits.
Not sure how this will help?
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This worked for me. It floats a circular object and you tap this and it gives you some quick one touch functions, one of those is the 3 dots in a vertical line, you tap that and your app will then behave as if you'd tapped a physical MENU button.
Thanks for the tip.