Hi Guys,
I've spent a good while searching this and other xda forums but whereas there are similar requests none are as basic as mine.
On my Diamond, under Settings, was an app called Key Lock. This had 3 simple options, one of which was; "When Device is Off: Lock all buttons except Power Buttton".
Like others I am forever turning my phone on by mistake because of the volume buttons.
Can someone port this to HD? IS there a cab?
I know that you can Lock the HD but this makes turning it back on a bit of a pain.
Likewise I'd prefer not to have to use S2U2 or AEBPlus.
Just wondered if anyone had managed to recreate the Diamond functionality of disabling all keys when the screen was switched off?
Thanks for any help guys.
ziggyred said:
Hi Guys,
I've spent a good while searching this and other xda forums but whereas there are similar requests none are as basic as mine.
On my Diamond, under Settings, was an app called Key Lock. This had 3 simple options, one of which was; "When Device is Off: Lock all buttons except Power Buttton".
Like others I am forever turning my phone on by mistake because of the volume buttons.
Can someone port this to HD? IS there a cab?
I know that you can Lock the HD but this makes turning it back on a bit of a pain.
Likewise I'd prefer not to have to use S2U2 or AEBPlus.
Just wondered if anyone had managed to recreate the Diamond functionality of disabling all keys when the screen was switched off?
Thanks for any help guys.
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Not sure about cab you requested but have you tried using LockMeLite V1.3?
Cheers FS,
It's not quite what I was after but the best compromise I've found yet.
I use a media player all the time and I can see even LockMeLite becoming a pain after a while...
I just think it must be possible to simply disable the volume keys on the HD whilst the screen is off, as the Diamond uses virtually the same hardware and OS.
It might be something as simple as a reg key...
Thanks again.
Try using AE Button Plus and assign the volume up/down to a double-press instead. I doubt you'll press them twice in quick succession accidentally.
Thanks guys for your help.
Finally found the file I was after in another post:
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Attached if of use to anyone else.
the keylock.exe doesn't work on my HD2
Slightly confused what affect this has on the HD since the 4 buttons down bottom are always off unless the phone is on. So if the phone is in standby (screen off) they don't do anything already. Or is this for the volume keys?
Svegetto said:
Slightly confused what affect this has on the HD since the 4 buttons down bottom are always off unless the phone is on. So if the phone is in standby (screen off) they don't do anything already. Or is this for the volume keys?
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Wow, congratulations on not reading the whole thread before posting a comment... It's not very many posts...
Ziggyred; said:
Hi Guys,
I've spent a good while searching this and other xda forums but whereas there are similar requests none are as basic as mine.
On my Diamond, under Settings, was an app called Key Lock. This had 3 simple options, one of which was; "When Device is Off: Lock all buttons except Power Buttton".
Like others I am forever turning my phone on by mistake because of the volume buttons.
Can someone port this to HD? IS there a cab?
I know that you can Lock the HD but this makes turning it back on a bit of a pain.
Likewise I'd prefer not to have to use S2U2 or AEBPlus.
Just wondered if anyone had managed to recreate the Diamond functionality of disabling all keys when the screen was switched off?
Thanks for any help guys.
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This must vary from ROM to ROM - because NRG's Phoenix 2 from Dec 25 does not come out of sby when the volume keys are pressed. I assume you're using a stock ROM - I can't remember what Stock 6.1 does, it was so long ago. ;p
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Guys - another quick hack.
Still in beta subject to your reports.
All it does is shows the today screen for as long as you hold down the button it is assigned to.
So, install the cab; assign it to a hardware button in the control panel.
Press and hold that button and today screen should pop up (you'll see a little icon in the top left). Let go, and you should go back to where you were. Theory being, say you're in a call but want to look at your Today quickly. Pop in, pop out.
If you want to stay in the Today screen, just click on the little icon in the top left.
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The cab will install two versions, normal and TodayButtonOFF.
TodayButtonOFF will cause the PocketPC to switch itself immediately off when you've finished looking at the today screen. This is so that you can assign a hardware key and use it to switch on the PPC, look at today screen, and immediately switch off when you're finished.
This version is still slightly flaky, but try it and see if it works.
Please report how it goes.
Do not launch it directly by stylus click in programs menu. If you do, it'll go to the Today screen but you'll lose your hardware buttons for 45 seconds, at which point it will reset the buttons. You can launch it by the action button as normal (hold it down).
I'm not sure how this works with program redefiners like buttonmax etc. Please report!
Vijay
cab
anyone tried this yet?
V
First of all, its a great tool!!!
The bad side -
I'm using AE Button plus. This enables, single-double-triple clicks for each button (rather its configurable). When I have this running in the background, it doesnt work...otherwise, it works great.
Besides, I dont think i can ever live without AEBP, as i've pretty much mapped everything to something or the other!!
Fix this, and i'm sure i'd be using it, its extremely handy!!!
Also, great work....i'm using the VJDialer and VJSms, and its an amazing little app!!!!
Best,
San
dreamtheater39 - thanks for the tip and feedback
I didn't think it would work with AE Button - I used to use it but have stopped using it recently (I might be writing my own version :wink
I think this tool is useful, but I think most of us use something like ButtonMax or AEButton, so it's a shame it doesn't work right now - I'll work on it!
Have you tried the poweroff version? That's quite a useful tool - use it to switch on the PPC, look at Today, and switch off again.
V
I did try the TodayToggleOFF as well...
Its very useful especially when on a phone conversation to check my calendar!!
I managed to get it working fine now....here's what i do...
I've disabled manipulation of my camera button by AEBP. I dont have multiple clicks for the camera button, but i have ToggleToday assigned which I find really realllyyy useful!!!
Thanks again!!
San
Good idea - didn't think of that!
I think this is a tool that I will actually use - I'm doing a few hacks to make the today screen more useful, so having quick and easy access to it helps I think.
V
Vijay, this app sounds like a great idea. I always go back to my today screen on a call.
I'll give it a whirl and let you know.
Is this program still available?
It sound promising
I would also like to give it a try...
Xadaa: I've updated my webpage with this app.
Sorry for the slow updates, I've got no XDA devs access at work Nightmare!
V
I've got this mapped to the camera button on my wizard, and i love this little app. It's been working without any problems for about two weeks now.
Thanks a lot for this program
My single problem is thatMy pjone doest turn on when I press the hard button I have assigned to TodayButtonOFF. It goes off when I release it and works great while i am pressing it.
Great software
Thanks. I have it assigned to my PTT button on my Tilt. Works great!!
Heres the cab again if anyone wants to try it.
I know one can reprogram it, but when it isn't reprogrammed what does it do?
My backlight on the keyboard has been on before but it never seems to come on now - even whe I press the backlight button and cover the light sensor. How does it work? Any way I can have the keyboard backlight on whenever the device is open?
What is the backlight button for?
PS - I wonder what percentage of posts on this forum are done on a universal... This was.
I think the only raison-d-ètre for that button is to start discussion threads like yours. It's a bit like bureaucracy. It starts very small but then grows into a self sustaining monster.
The question is not "What is the button for?" , it is rather "Will you be able to accept that it has no purpose" ?
.. but does it have no purpose? we have a question, a response, and now a response to that response. I argue that this ingenius button is not a part of the device, but a social agent and we have created an ad-hoc community built around the presence of this otherwise purposeless plastic.
Alright a more straightforward question:
What effect does pressing the button (when not using the reassignment hack) have?
Guys, in my case when Im using XDA Exec for typing or working long and then I stopped for 60sec ......... backlight goes auto-off , by simply pressing the button backlight ON or tapping on the screen!
For keyboard light, if i put thumb on it and press any key on keyboard then backlight goes ON.
So isnt it normal and expected behavoir? if you noticed more or less could be an exception
Anjow said:
Alright a more straightforward question:
What effect does pressing the button (when not using the reassignment hack) have?
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Alright, let me rephrase my question - WHY can yo not accept that it has no purpose? Don't think too much about it, I want a spontaneous answer.
Because on a device as expensive as this I assume that everything has a purpose, considering that space is a factor.
Isn't it meant to force enable the keyboard backlight when the ambient light is too dark? Ie, light sensor detects it's dark; however, backlight times out after X seconds; pressing useless backlight key detects ambient light and renables keyboard backlight without stuffing a character in the keyboard message queue.
We all know what it's really meant for - VJCandela!
Guys, it's getting a bit tense in here. Let's all go out for a latte, eh?
V
With such an intense discussion I think caffiene would be an excellent idea
Mines a Mochalatte with 2 sugars, Ta V
Back on topic....dunno
If we're headed to Starbucks, could someone grab me a quad-shot venti white mocha with cream, and sprinkle some cinnamon over it please?
Damn I need a coffee!
all points raised here are right. VJCandela is the best use for it, in day to day life it served no real purpose before reassignment unless you ignored your Uni until it turned the backlight on the screen off.
Typical. Looks like Starbucks paid for the buttons to be installed as some kind of post-phone-sale invenstment.
PReDiToR said:
unless you ignored your Uni until it turned the backlight on the screen off.
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Ignored? How dare you!!!........cancel PReDiToR's coffee order!!!
PReDiToR: no coffee. Check.
QuaCKeReD: 1 "girly" Mochalatte.
The rest of you, keep supping those groin-frying electromagentic waves.
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PS - think you've got it bad? My Mio A701 doesn't have a power key :shock: Anyone got a spare StarBucks key I can use for the time being?
Hi!
If someone could deal with this:
I am looking for tweak or application which turns off backlight - not just dim the display to lower level after some time.
I want to completely turn off backlight to 0% and when the screen is tapped the backlight is on again.
Any solution for this?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards
please ask questions in the Questions & Answers section of the forum.
thanks
DavyR said:
I am looking for tweak or application which turns off backlight - not just dim the display to lower level after some time.
I want to completely turn off backlight to 0% and when the screen is tapped the backlight is on again.
Regards
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Yup, this problem annoys me aswell.
This is a major design-improvement mistake in wm6, and all wm6 devices suffer from it. The OLD wm5 backlight behaviour was way better.
This new behaviour actualy make the native windows Device lock function unusable. Also, wm is much more stable if you never suspend it, and battery performance is almost the same.
I even searched for a wm5 downgrade rom for my eten m800 (wm5 does not have the dimming "feature"), but without success.
I still hope someone will manage to get a fix for this to function like in the wm5 days (my mio a701 was able to do it easely).
I would very much love something like this too. That the power button would just switch off the backlight instead of powering off the device. I've tried to search but all I've found is something that would turn the screen off but you'll still need to press the power button to turn it back on and not tapping on the screen.
nir36 said:
please ask questions in the Questions & Answers section of the forum.
thanks
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Cant you people see that post
Your question should be posted at Q&A ,try this application http://www.flytrap.it/default.asp?p=blackme#eng
Let's make this forum neat and clean, post to the right section please.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=456
Try ScreenOff
http:
//www.appliedpda.com/downloads/list/for_free
I use that to turn the screen off without turning off the connection when listening to music. I just tap the power button to make it come back on.
They also have ScreenOn to make the screen come on. But why not just use the power button?
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Thank you for your sugestions of posting to Q&A forum, but this is not a question, this is a developement request. It is not posible actualy to do this with available apps, we tried them all.
WildSioux:
thnx, i know screen off, but we want to get rid of using power button.
Al we need is some patch that disable wm6.x backlight dimming instead of turning off.
thnx,
and if you still consider that this topic is in the wrong section we will start a new one in Q&A, or maybe some moderator will move it if it is posible.
townkat said:
WildSioux:
thnx, i know screen off, but we want to get rid of using power button.
Al we need is some patch that disable wm6.x backlight dimming instead of turning off.
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Did you see the "ScreenOn" program they have? I haven't tried it. But perhaps the screen could be turned off via ScreenOff. The turned on with ScreenOn by mapping it to tapping on the screen (ftouchsl...)
Could anyone recommend some small and simple application to restart the device? Opening the back cover to access the reset button is too much pain...
htchd2na said:
Could anyone recommend some small and simple application to restart the device? Opening the back cover to access the reset button is too much pain...
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Try the "reset and wifi" cab in this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584415
It creates 2 shortcuts in your start menu - 1 to toggle wifi on and off, and 1 to reset the device.
I've got both in my quick links, which is nice
I like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554177
Works well with my HD2.
Touch X Powerbutton actionscreen ver 1.2.cab by smaberg is an excellent application and well worth installing.
Install it to device memory and then soft reset. Now holding the right most button (screen on/off) for about 3 seconds will bring up an action screen where you can toggle many functions as well as soft resetting your device or turning it off.
Works perfectly on the HD2 and I would recommend it
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htchd2na said:
Could anyone recommend some small and simple application to restart the device? Opening the back cover to access the reset button is too much pain...
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Why not just turn it off and then on again, using the power button?
If your device is so frozen that you can't do that, you'll be unable to access any applications to do it either....surely? Or am I missing something here...
sunking101 said:
Why not just turn it off and then on again, using the power button?
If your device is so frozen that you can't do that, you'll be unable to access any applications to do it either....surely? Or am I missing something here...
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Try installing TCMP and when your screen freezes... tell me what is your work-around
mskip said:
Touch X Powerbutton actionscreen ver 1.2.cab by smaberg is an excellent application and well worth installing.
Install it to device memory and then soft reset. Now holding the right most button (screen on/off) for about 3 seconds will bring up an action screen where you can toggle many functions as well as soft resetting your device or turning it off.
Works perfectly on the HD2 and I would recommend it
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Great!! But no "sound off mode" then it would be perfect!
Try "xda Shutdown". There is a thread ecspecially for this app with tons of skins.
App and skins;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544016
Commaneger skin;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591149
In the Marketplace, there is a freeware named Reboot that works well too
bunkel said:
Great!! But no "sound off mode" then it would be perfect!
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Just press one of the volume buttons on the left side and select "off" or "silent"
I realy dont see the meaning of a link button for a soft reset when you have the "long Power" press button. Its hardware and its responding even when the screen freezes (sometimes ). And overall this "reset links" cannot save you of case removal when the pda is "software dead".
johncmolyneux said:
Try the "reset and wifi" cab in this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584415
It creates 2 shortcuts in your start menu - 1 to toggle wifi on and off, and 1 to reset the device.
I've got both in my quick links, which is nice
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excellent lead you posted mate! its a treasure throve!
Hmm...this F***ed up my bluetooth, now it does not start.....and gives error on device bootup...
Seems that this was not to blame, Tomtom 7 instead
tukmol said:
Try installing TCMP and when your screen freezes... tell me what is your work-around
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Old thread, I know. Just resolved the same issue with TCPMP. Went almost to the factory reset. Accidentally fixed it by connecting to PC over USB. Immediately unfreezed and never occurred again since.
As of late I've noticed that when I wake up my device it'll take me to my tile homepage (or the page I was on previous), then quickly forward me to the lockscreen where I'm prompted to enter my 4 digit pin. This never happened before and I'm wondering what's causing this.
Has anybody experienced this?
Here's a video of the bug that another Omnia 7 user is experiencing:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Omnia7Samsung#p/a/u/0/isi5aKDjnws
Wow, so nobody here has experienced this issue with their Omnia 7?
Mine doesn't do that, but I can definitely see how that would be really annoying. Does the same thing happen when you wake it up with the power button?
Mine doesn't do that either..
I have no password and currently using a transparent lockscreen wallpaper.
Tried it with password and still doesn't do it...
I wonder what is causing it?
My Omnia7 doesn't show this bug, neither I use the lock code nor without.
It happens when I power on the device when it's sleeping. I went over to the Microsoft forums and met some guy from Europe who is also having the same problem. One of the mods said it could be due to the fact that there's an app running in the background. I did a factory reset and still had problems though.
I just hope the phone itself isn't at fault. I wonder if the update will fix this ....
A user in the Omnia 7 forum found the solution to this bug. Apparently if the Automatically Adjusted brightness setting is off, you'll experience the bug. If it's on, you won't have the bug.
Confirmed. Aaand It's even more annoying than I thought. It's a good thing that the brightness thingy works alright
can;t replicate it on my Omnia 7!
Thank you, fik87.
If you have an Omnia 7, could you please try to replicate the bug!
Yep, i can confirm this as well ....
can someone please explain the steps to recreate this bug?
you have to have a PIN
you have to have your screen brightness on high, medium or low
(you have an app running and then press the windows button?)
lock the screen
and press the windows button to siwth on the screen
is that right?
hboos said:
can someone please explain the steps to recreate this bug?
you have to have a PIN
you have to have your screen brightness on high, medium or low
(you have an app running and then press the windows button?)
lock the screen
and press the windows button to siwth on the screen
is that right?
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Have a pin, set your brightness to high or medium. Then put your device to sleep. Now wake it up, and it should flash to the page you were on previous, then take you to you to the lockscreen/wallpaper.
manny84 said:
Have a pin, set your brightness to high or medium. Then put your device to sleep. Now wake it up, and it should flash to the page you were on previous, then take you to you to the lockscreen/wallpaper.
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ooooh
got it working..
you have to do as you said but the brightness set at medium..
high and low doesnt work for me but if I set it at medium then it does flash the screen before the wallpaper.
and yet it disappears after the first two times for me
yes, after first two times it dissapears but after certain time it sometimes appears again.. strange.. Do you think its only omnia 7 problem or WM problem?
Yep I have this too, not a big issue for me, but still it should not happen.
noodles222 said:
yes, after first two times it dissapears but after certain time it sometimes appears again.. strange.. Do you think its only omnia 7 problem or WM problem?
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I believe its Samsung issue. Can someone try this on another WP7 phone?
Try PocketShield PIN lock
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nop never happened.