When I turn on my phone from standby I am surprised to find that to unlock the phone, ad well as wiping down I can also press the menu key.
Is this normal? It seems to override the whole protection which wiping provides.
Can the menu key option be disabled?
yes it is normal. All Android phones do this as this was the standard on earlier Android phones.
Some people prefer it to swiping. I am one of those people.
I know of no way to disable it, but it has been covered quite a few times in the sapphire and Hero forums. I'd also check in the nexus forums as well.
Hope you find what you're looking for.
Ok. Thanks for the clarification.
oh i didnt know that, ... so if you put it in your pocket and the menu button got pressed by accident that it would be unlocked, .. hmm ... not very cool
irkan said:
oh i didnt know that, ... so if you put it in your pocket and the menu button got pressed by accident that it would be unlocked, .. hmm ... not very cool
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You need to press power button before to wake up the phone, and, after that, press menu button... I think it won't happened so many times...
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but i thought you cannot "accidently" press the Touchscreen of the Desire because it is not responsive to something unorganic?!
exactly.
But as has been said, you would have to press the power button, and then press the menu button.
And anyway, I've had my Hero since August, and that unlocks with two presses of the menu button which is easier to do in a pocket and its never happened to me so far.....
Is there an app/widget to just simply lauch the lock screen?
Aha. Very good point about the organic pointer requirement. That should stop most of the accidents.
fooXeh said:
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but i thought you cannot "accidently" press the Touchscreen of the Desire because it is not responsive to something unorganic?!
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XDAgeek said:
Aha. Very good point about the organic pointer requirement. That should stop most of the accidents.
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the screen receives only organic requests, ... but not the menu button!
if you turn off the display from above and put it in your pocket than this doesnt matter, because its very hard to "accidentally" press the power button in the first place.
but am talking about what if you left the screen, just locked the device and put it in your pocket, ... if you pressed the menu button accidentally than you can keep pressing search, back, menu, home buttons accidentally while in your pocket
irkan said:
but am talking about what if you left the screen, just locked the device and put it in your pocket, ... if you pressed the menu button accidentally than you can keep pressing search, back, menu, home buttons accidentally while in your pocket
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How can you lock the screen and not need to hit power to wake it up?
mhewitson said:
How can you lock the screen and not need to hit power to wake it up?
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That's what I've been trying to find out too!
O and O said:
That's what I've been trying to find out too!
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Why on earth would you want to do that?
Because would like the display to time out but without me having to press the button but I also want it to be locked.
O and O said:
Because would like the display to time out but without me having to press the button but I also want it to be locked.
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Why though?
Don't get me wrong I'm not having a go at you but how hard is it to press an extra button or to just let it timeout.
i also think that it would be great if we could press any harfware key to wake up the device... i think thats a great feature on hd2.
mr.vandalay said:
i also think that it would be great if we could press any harfware key to wake up the device... i think thats a great feature on hd2.
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I agree 100%. My hands aren't that big and it can be annoying at times having to stretch my index finger all the way to the top. Would be so much better it it could be done with my thumb (using one of the bottom hard keys).
I'm not moaning, just voicing my opinion.
I love this phone too much for it to be an issue.
Yep, I want it to be like on my Hero.
is there some progress on the situation above?
yes there is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683902
basically you do it like this
enter recovery
adb-nilezon shell mount /system
adb-nilezon pull /system/usr/keylayout/bravo-keypad.kl c:\
edit bravo-keypad.kl to your liking --> loacted in c:\ on your comp
adb-nilezon push c:\bravo-keypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout/bravo-keypad.kl
adb-nilezon shell reboot
if you edit bravo-keypad.kl like this (add WAKE_DROPPED on key 139) than when you press menu button you'll wake up your device, you can assign back, home or search key for this... the choice is yours
Code:
key 102 HOME
key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED
key 158 BACK
key 217 SEARCH
key 107 ENDCALL WAKE_DROPPED
key 116 POWER WAKE_DROPPED
key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
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just don want to press the home btn to wake up the phone so many times to avoid possible damages to the button
thx
Use the power button then
But then he would be damaging that button instead
Kpkpkpkp said:
But then he would be damaging that button instead
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right ......
You would have to be clicking on the button for years to break it, unless your pressing it wrong.
Spybreak said:
You would have to be clicking on the button for years to break it, unless your pressing it wrong.
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u sure? coz i dont have too much confidence on the quality of these kind of buttons, not only for this i9000, but for all
Well of course I can't guarantee it, but if the button should break anytime soon it will definitely be covered by samsung's warranty. I mean, worrying about something like this is pretty neurotic.
Your phone could drop any time and break, might as well wrap it in bubble plastic to avoid it.
power button ain't bad. i trust it more than the home button to be honest.
It would be nice to re-assign buttons generally. The back button is too easy to press by mistake and stop/close/quit things you didn't want to.
snaff said:
It would be nice to re-assign buttons generally. The back button is too easy to press by mistake and stop/close/quit things you didn't want to.
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in the debug log, i found that if the phone is in sleep mode, touching the menu/back key didnt raise any event
Hi!
My friend has a Play and she asked me how to make screen go blank and lock.
On my Arc, I just touch the power button for a short press.
I am off to search some more....
Ofiaich
you press the power button ? (the same on you BOOT/START your play)
tap it once and it goes BLANK AND BLACK!!
Thanks!
it does not seem to on hers...
maybe she is being too gentle!! I will see her tomorrow again and I will try.
Ofiaich
ofiaich said:
Thanks!
Ofiaich
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ahem
im not realy sure why it cant lock itself down,im sure she just didnt press the button
Thanks again for your quick reply!
I will teach how to press the button tomorrow!
Maybe she is too gentle!
Ofiaich
Don't be hard on her. The Power button is hideous: ill designed, hard to locate if you don't have the device in your hand and, to add insult to injury, they chose that place to put the LED notificaction light, something which is supposed to be highly visible.
and also make sure that the back cover is on firmly (clicked in from top to bottom, left and right), as that can make it a little tricky to push the bottom properly.
or to save the hassle of fighting the button, search the market for an app that gives you soft buttons (puts a little sliding menu on the screen, which extends to give you on screen buttons that emulate things like power buttons, home buttons, call buttons, all sorts really)
In such small screens, a row of dedicated buttons like Button Savior is a waste of screen real estate. And she would still have to switch on the phone with the button.
Logseman said:
In such small screens, a row of dedicated buttons like Button Savior is a waste of screen real estate. And she would still have to switch on the phone with the button.
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i cant remember what app i tried out, but it only takes up a very tiny tab on the screen. almost unseen. which can be moved to wherever you like. and you could even change if you need to only tap the tab, or hold it, to open up the soft button selection. and if someone is having trouble with the power button, you only need to use the home button to bring the screen back online.
got the new phone but cant reach the menu button with one hand usage, is there a way to map the search button to be the menu button? thanks
ericizzy1 said:
got the new phone but cant reach the menu button with one hand usage, is there a way to map the search button to be the menu button? thanks
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The one thing I've alway wated wit the epic was to be able to remap button becaue I hate the power button...I always wanted one of the capacative buttons to unlock but something aboutthem not bing active with the screen off restricted his....
But I have never seen it done with them
I was thinking since we have root and we have a Hardware Keyboard it would be nice to actually have a Hardware button for the Camera.
So I started Searching around on how to do it. I found an application that claimed to be able to do it called "buttonremapper". Unfortunately this program only sees the Menu and back button. 2 buttons I do not wish to remap.
I did find a program called Keynrtracker on XDA that allows me to see the ID's of every button pressed including the Hardware buttons.
I researched a little more and found where the Key mapping files are located:
"system/usr/keylayout"
In here, there are many files that have to do with the keyboard. I found the one to modify is the:
"STMPE_keypad.kl"
this file has all the keys and I simply wanted to change the Search button from the keypad to bring up the Camera so I did this:
key 217 CAMERA WAKE_DROPPED
where previously 217 was:
key 217 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED
"Wake dropped" is to tell the button to wake up if asleep or not.
Make sure you backup before have root and save. Reboot to load changes.
Well it now works I have a Hardware Camera button. One thing I noticed is I have to Hard press the button and hold not just click. Anyone know why? Added benefit is once the camera app is open, it also takes pictures by pressing on that same button.
JB
nice ^__^
It sounds like you re-mapped long press search, which normally goes to google search, which is why you may have to hold it down longer. Does a short press bring up the normal search menu?
Nardholio said:
It sounds like you re-mapped long press search, which normally goes to google search, which is why you may have to hold it down longer. Does a short press bring up the normal search menu?
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Short press on its own does nothing. Pressing it with any other key does a normal search.
dudejb said:
I was thinking since we have root and we have a Hardware Keyboard it would be nice to actually have a Hardware button for the Camera.
JB
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I'm assuming, you want to have it set as a 1 key touch operation instead of setting it up in quick launch configuration like Search + C.
pics can be taken using the OK button by default.
clockwork58 said:
I'm assuming, you want to have it set as a 1 key touch operation instead of setting it up in quick launch configuration like Search + C.
pics can be taken using the OK button by default.
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Agreed 1 touch I also like the ability of knowing I can change any key on the keyboard like that useless "www.com"button.
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This issues has been solved!
Anyone have the issue where when you use the home key after you release the press their is a audible clicking noise, nearly like something is lose in the home key.
Edit, I now realise that I was use a little bit too much force with my press, this maybe why. Now I wonder if this home key is prone to breaking
Ming Wu said:
Anyone have the issue where when you use the home key after you release the press their is a audible clicking noise, nearly like something is lose in the home key.
Edit, I now realise that I was use a little bit too much force with my press, this maybe why. Now I wonder if this home key is prone to breaking
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You understand that the home key is not a button right? It just a capacitive key.
Dont press it, just tap it.
Of course it will break, if u press something that wasnt supposed to be pressed, LoL
otonieru said:
You understand that the home key is not a button right? It just a capacitive key.
Dont press it, just tap it.
Of course it will break, if u press something that wasnt supposed to be pressed, LoL
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Turns out I have a screen protector that's causing issues as it has a raised ring around the homekey. The clicking noise is the screen protector.