Since Nokia 3 has good old 3 capacitive buttons for navigation. Is there something called 'always active capacitive buttons' since everyone knows that capacitive buttons doesn't work after the screen is off.Can Nokia make it work even after the screen is locked?
If they can they should integrate double tap the home capacitive button to wake up or lock the screen and for the unlock screen feature Nokia should let users to set 3 combination lock system for the capacitive buttons. And when the users taps the capacitive buttons in correct order the screen unlocks.They could also use swipe system in capacitive button if that's possible.
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I have a disability so I have weak hands and limited finger dexterity. I am not able to hit the tiny hardware power button and volume button on the HTC EVO. It also seems most new 1ghz android devices have the same setup for waking the screen by power button only, so for many with disabilities like me, it will be a problem for most of the new capacitive screen phones.
Is there a way to modify the OS to wake the screen from touching the screen or the capacitive buttons?
Or a way to dim the screen 90% and go to lockscreen, to save on battery life?
Even better would be a voice wakeup home screen feature with a magic word like "Android" or "Droid".
I know turning on the screen by touching it or the capacitive home row buttons is not practical for everyone who puts their phone in their pocket, but many of us in power wheelchairs mount it to our chair so it is never in a pocket.
My wheelchair has 2 GRP-22 12V batteries, so I could get power for all day very easily. I know the screen can burn out at some point, but I usually upgrade every year or sooner anyway. Id just rather not have the screen lit all day.
I have at least 50 friends around the country with the same physical issues (MD) and there are thousands more, so this is a huge need for future smartphone users with disabilities.
I'd appreciate any input and if any of you programmers out there want a new challenge, I am glad to help test it!
Thanks!
Cyanogenmod roms have a setting for using the menu button to unlock the phone. You have to root your phone to install it.
Edit: strike that, it's late and wasn't thinking. It only bypasses the unlock screen. There is an app called no lock that will let you use the camera and volume buttons if that would be easier to unlock.
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Yep, NoLock from the market can awake the phone with the volume buttons.
Yeah the volume buttons are not any easier.
I may be able to use the power button if I could flip the phone screen orientation around so the power button is at the bottom.
From what I understand, the capacitive home buttons are part of the screen so if the screen is off, the buttons off. So what I am envisioning is setting the phone to timeout to lockscreen and dim down 90-95% so the screen is dark, yet the capacitive home button will work. Any programmers think that is possible?
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i had a question re locking and unlocking the screen. At the moment i press power button to lock the screen. then to unlock i press power button to wake up the screen and then move the onscreen ring to unlock the phone.
My previous phone was xperia arc s and had three hard buttons on the bottom which i would press to wake up the screen. I quite miss that, especially for unlocking the phone.
any alternatives other than to always keep the screen awake!
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"Screen off and lock" for turning it off. Works very good.
For turning it on I've seen a few apps that use the proximity sensor (i.e. put the phone with the screen against the table and it switches off, pick it up and it switches on). Not a great battery drain, but I don't know if leaving the proximity sensor always on could damage it...
Some ROMs have a setting for waking the screen with the volume rocker, and there are also a couple of kernels that have "sweep to wake". Thats where you sweep your finger across the soft keys at the bottom of the phone, from one side to the other. Other than those two thing thats about it for alternative ways to wake the screen.
Hi,
the keys on the type cover to control the display brightness do not work. Is there a driver missing? Also the mute key does not work whereas the search and share key do work perfect. My Surface Pro 3 is just a couple of hours old and I did not install anything yet.
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the keys on the type cover to control the display brightness do not work. Is there a driver missing? Also the mute key does not work whereas the search and share key do work perfect. My Surface Pro 3 is just a couple of hours old and I did not install anything yet.
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Umm, try holding the Fn key and tapping the Caps key. That toggles the status of the function keys.
OR Hold the Fn key and tap the required function key as when in toggled state the roles are reversed.
But then, as far as I know there is no brightness key for the display there. What looks like a bright light icon is actually a short cut to the Settings menus.
Didja read the manual???
Hi thanks for the information. I found out that these keys do not control the display brightness but the brightness of the type cover' keys.
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You can use the Galaxy Button Lights app to turn off the touch key lights but is it possible to simply control the brightness of them?
They're rather bright when you're in bed in the dark.
Has anyone figured out a way to dim the capacitive buttons? Are the LED's used by Samsung even dimmable?
Is there any way to disable backlight of capacitive buttons ?
I mean, is it possible for the buttons under the screen to be switched on when the screen lights up?