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FB button assignable?

Is that FB assignable to a different task or app? I don't use FB.
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FB Button?
astro49 said:
Is that FB assignable to a different task or app? I don't use FB.
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Does anyone have an idea yet? This device seems fine apart from the FB button and it would great if it could be changed.

no idea with the FB-Button ?

I can't believe that the FB button is not user assignable. I don't actually own one of these phones but I am very interested (as I love physical keyboards)
I'd rather it be a Google+ button! or maybe control the camera or something that's actually useful.

Not sure, but you can disable it or switch to camera.
You need to be rooted
Install rootexplorer app or similar
go to: /system/usr/keylayout/
tap mount r/w
edit chacha-keypad.kl
put a # in front of 184 HTC_SHARE to disable it or change HTC_SHARE to CAMERA
save
then switch back r/o
then reboot
(if you switch to camera, you need to long press fb button for camera)

zebdi said:
Not sure, but you can disable it or switch to camera.
You need to be rooted
Install rootexplorer app or similar
go to: /system/usr/keylayout/
tap mount r/w
edit chacha-keypad.kl
put a # in front of 184 HTC_SHARE to disable it or change HTC_SHARE to CAMERA
save
then switch back r/o
then reboot
(if you switch to camera, you need to long press fb button for camera)
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Cheers mate!
Thanks a lot, it worked like a charm. Now I need to see which shortcut should I assign it to (not using the camera that much as I have a DSLR ).

I'm gonna try this later
Sent from my Chacha

zebdi said:
Not sure, but you can disable it or switch to camera.
(if you switch to camera, you need to long press fb button for camera)
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exist any trick to assign the button as power on/off switch ?
cheers, Peter

zebdi said:
Not sure, but you can disable it or switch to camera.
You need to be rooted
Install rootexplorer app or similar
go to: /system/usr/keylayout/
tap mount r/w
edit chacha-keypad.kl
put a # in front of 184 HTC_SHARE to disable it or change HTC_SHARE to CAMERA
save
then switch back r/o
then reboot
(if you switch to camera, you need to long press fb button for camera)
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Hi, I think if we had a way to change it so it can access any application (not just the camera) would be more 'productive' and a whole lot cooler (Twitter, Skype, Google+). Then you could purchase customizable same size stickers to give it a more 'refreshing' look.

greddy said:
exist any trick to assign the button as power on/off switch ?
cheers, Peter
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Yes, change it to POWER. I haven't tried it yet but it should work. (try long press)
So:
# column 4
key 184 CAMERA - works with long press
haven't tried
key 184 POWER

hi
after getting s-off and finally rooted
my "@" sign became "£" sign (on FN+Y)
help would be very much appreciated
curently on software: 1.21.707.2
tnx a lot

Alex C. said:
Yes, change it to POWER. I haven't tried it yet but it should work. (try long press)
So:
# column 4
key 184 CAMERA - works with long press
haven't tried
key 184 POWER
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If you change line 184 to POWER you can only power off, you can not wake it up

Try WAKE_DROPPED and check if that one works.

Alex C. said:
Try WAKE_DROPPED and check if that one works.
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NOPE! Doesn`t work and DON`T try it, I messed up my keyboard, now some letters don`t work
I put back CAMERA and everything is back to normal

Hmm, weird.. Sorry for that then.. I'll perform some tests and check to see which command is the correct one. I presume you rebooted the phone after you changed the file, right?

Alex C. said:
Hmm, weird.. Sorry for that then.. I'll perform some tests and check to see which command is the correct one. I presume you rebooted the phone after you changed the file, right?
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Yes I did...

I also noticed some odd behavior, when I try to set the WAKE_DROPPED parameter to assign the "screen wake" capability to other keys than the power button.
Let's say for example, that I added WAKE_DROPPED next to HTC_SHARE in the .kl file & I rebooted properly.
Then the screen will sometimes wake up when I press the FB key...but sometimes, never. The behavior seems completely random.
Also noticed the same behavior when trying to enable WAKE_DROPPED for other keys such as END_CALL for example.
My rom : default sense from latest OTA
Version : 1.54.401.2
S-OFF+ Root + CWM installed
azerty keyboard

I still have to look into this but time is not on my side, once again.
+ I'm using SuperOSR and CM builds and QWERTY layout.

astro49 said:
Is that FB assignable to a different task or app?
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Yes, this is possible even on unrooted devices.

riorim said:
I also noticed some odd behavior, when I try to set the WAKE_DROPPED parameter to assign the "screen wake" capability to other keys than the power button.
Let's say for example, that I added WAKE_DROPPED next to HTC_SHARE in the .kl file & I rebooted properly.
Then the screen will sometimes wake up when I press the FB key...but sometimes, never. The behavior seems completely random.
Also noticed the same behavior when trying to enable WAKE_DROPPED for other keys such as END_CALL for example.
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Actually this is not random...
The Chacha CPU is sleeping most of the time when screen is off, even Wifi is turned to max saving and prevents to receive data. Only some internal events wakes CPU up. And it wakes up on few seconds some times to times, to allow gmail sync and other things. It can stay up to several minutes without waking up.
In case the Chacha CPU is sleeping no key except the power button can wake it up.
In case the CPU is in wake up state, which is not often when screen is off, some other buttons can turn back the screen on.
As example, most of the time, right after screen turns off, you can turn back screen on with call button within 5 seconds or less, but later, only power button can because CPU went to sleep.

Home offscreen button during typing

Is anybody else having this issue? I am coming from Galaxy S4, where the home button is actual physical button, so there I didn't have any issues, but with OPO, when typing, many times when I try to hit spacebar, it hits the top of the Home button. Before it comes up, I do not want to use on screen buttons, I like the size of the screen and don't want it up with software buttons.
I was wondering if anyone has/could write a script to set the buttons to
(Menu)
Short press - Menu
Long Press - Recent Aps
(Home)
Short press - Nothing
Long Press - Home
(Back)
Short Press - back
Long Press - nothing
Or of there is an app that would give me a bit more control over the buttons... or something that can help with this. This is absolutely the only issue I have with the OPO otherwise I love the phone.

shiroimin said:
Is anybody else having this issue? I am coming from Galaxy S4, where the home button is actual physical button, so there I didn't have any issues, but with OPO, when typing, many times when I try to hit spacebar, it hits the top of the Home button. Before it comes up, I do not want to use on screen buttons, I like the size of the screen and don't want it up with software buttons.
I was wondering if anyone has/could write a script to set the buttons to
(Menu)
Short press - Menu
Long Press - Recent Aps
(Home)
Short press - Nothing
Long Press - Home
(Back)
Short Press - back
Long Press - nothing
Or of there is an app that would give me a bit more control over the buttons... or something that can help with this. This is absolutely the only issue I have with the OPO otherwise I love the phone.
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Because i currently am running CM12 i can't give exact insturctions but it should be somewhere in settings -> buttons -> ? over there you should be able to give the buttons other values. It is something like menu button: recent apps switcher and if you press that you can change it to a few other things. If this doesn't fill your needs, ask a bit more around I know it is there, because i saw it once.

Watermelons said:
Because i currently am running CM12 i can't give exact insturctions but it should be somewhere in settings -> buttons -> ? over there you should be able to give the buttons other values. It is something like menu button: recent apps switcher and if you press that you can change it to a few other things. If this doesn't fill your needs, ask a bit more around I know it is there, because i saw it once.
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Yes it is there, but the option for "Home Short Press" is not there, that is hard coded. At least on the ROM I run (LiquidSmooth)

What I need to know is this:
Which key mapping is for Short Press Home, Long Press Home and Long Press Menu. I am within /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl to adjust the mapping manually, but can't seem to find the correct mapping for those 3.
*EDIT*
Ok, so found the key for Home and that is 172, but that disables both the short and long press...

shiroimin said:
What I need to know is this:
Which key mapping is for Short Press Home, Long Press Home and Long Press Menu. I am within /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl to adjust the mapping manually, but can't seem to find the correct mapping for those 3.
*EDIT*
Ok, so found the key for Home and that is 172, but that disables both the short and long press...
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I'm sorry but with this i can't help.
Have you also tried the official OnePlus Forums?

Watermelons said:
I'm sorry but with this i can't help.
Have you also tried the official OnePlus Forums?
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Yeah, sadly, someone suggested to come here

If you have root try it with the Xposed Module "Xposed Additions".

holzfeli said:
If you have root try it with the Xposed Module "Xposed Additions".
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Unfortunately can't install Xposed as it tells me that my device does not support it. Is there one specifically built for us?
I get this error :
Xposed is not (yet) compatible with Android SDK Version 21 or your processor architecture (armeabi-7va).
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE: could not load library "libdvm.so" needed by "/data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/cache/app_process"; caused by library "libdvm.so" not found.

shiroimin said:
Unfortunately can't install Xposed as it tells me that my device does not support it. Is there one specifically built for us?
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I can't post the link because I haven't 10 messages :crying:
You have got a private message!

holzfeli said:
I can't post the link because I haven't 10 messages :crying:
You have got a private message!
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Thank you for the link, unfortunately still doesn't work. Same error. I think it is because the ROM I am using is LP and LP uses ART instead of Dalvik and XPosed doesn't work with that. Thank you though for the effort

shiroimin said:
Thank you for the link, unfortunately still doesn't work. Same error. I think it is because the ROM I am using is LP and LP uses ART instead of Dalvik and XPosed doesn't work with that. Thank you though for the effort
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Yes, ART is the problem.

So I came up with a solution for this issue.
The file in question to be working with is /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl
Navigate to this file using a File Browser (Root Explorer is the one I use) that has access to Root and make sure you have R/W rights.
Edit the file above in a text editor > find line : "key 139 MENU" and change it to "key 139 HOME" > and then find line : "key 172 HOME" and change it to "key 172 MENU" > Reboot device for it to take effect after you save
Then, within Settings > Buttons, you can adjust (at least on the ROM I am on), the long and short press of the Menu button.
What comes out is: left button is HOME button, with short/long press actions, middle button is MENU with just long action (set short action to NONE), and right button is BACK button untouched.
This way if I am typing, and want to hit space bar, accidentally hitting the middle button will not bring me to the main screen. It will take a while to get used to it, but it does resolve my issue.

[Q] Onscreen buttons??

Hi people,
Question? Did someone managed the script for using onscreen buttons (back, home & show programs)? I knew the Galaxy s5 can be showed the buttons by editing a script.
Thanks in advance!

You can add this line to your build.prop
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
Note that the soft keys will cover the close all button in recents (in portrait) , some parts of the camera, and cause s-voice settings to force close

piccit said:
You can add this line to your build.prop
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
Note that the soft keys will cover the close all button in recents (in portrait) , some parts of the camera, and cause s-voice settings to force close
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Plus it is pointless on a device that has hardware buttons. Just my two cents

Stevles said:
Plus it is pointless on a device that has hardware buttons. Just my two cents
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Well to each his own. I personally don't like having to physically press the home button. That being said, I turned off the softkeys b/c the little glitches were bugging me.

piccit said:
Well to each his own. I personally don't like having to physically press the home button. That being said, I turned off the softkeys b/c the little glitches were bugging me.
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I hate pressing the button as well, which is why I'm using SwipeHome (and now actually Pie Control which let's me do the same but with a smaller activation area) to just swipe up from above the button onto the screen. Works great!

Thanks guys, i like the onscreen buttons.
I hope in the future we can only put a single touch on the fingerprint/home button to go the home screen.

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.

Multitasking button making problems

Hey,
My multitasking button got fuxked up and it making the multitasking screen and split screen to go up by it self.
Is there a mod to cancel the function of all the physical buttons?
I have a on screen buttons mod so it wont be a problem not using them.
edit: I was able to fix it by putting # before the menu key in the generic.kl file in system/usr/ keys(something)
now the only problem that remains is that the screen change by itself from negative colors mode to the normal colors mod.
is there a way to cancel it? in generic.kl or in other way?
Thanks

someone?

Really?! No one?!

dial *#2663# and tap the first option

elprince_99 said:
dial *#2663# and tap the first option
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doesnt work

please someone!!!! three days and no one can help?!
that **** drive me crazy it doesnt stop

buy a new one