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Im playing around with my newly rooted hero all day long but i feel im missing a bit of the techie geeky part of the equation..
I learned that by holding down home and power button during start takes the phone to the recovery screen (if you have a rooted phone) and the back + powerbutton returns fastboot screen.
I dont want to f##k anything up by messing about with it without any prior knowledge, so i ask you guys.. are there any cool functions, easter eggs or similar that arent well known (like in the first 10 pages on this forum)?
for instance, a verbose boot would be awesome, especially if it was a button combo to activate..
are there any more boot combos other than the above mentioned ones?
Holding down home will show a pop up of running programs; useful to switch between programs.
When the screen is off, double press the menu button and this will bypass the lock screen.
JBNAquatics said:
Holding down home will show a pop up of running programs; useful to switch between programs.
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that's not quite right. the programs shown are the most recent started programs, not necessary running programs (and of course mor programs are running in the background...). but it's really a handy feature.
i once managed to get to the android home screen that you get on phones like the Magic but i cant remember how i did it
kccl said:
i once managed to get to the android home screen that you get on phones like the Magic but i cant remember how i did it
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You get that by manually deleting Rosie.apk from the system/app folder.
Or by deleting its cache.
Then when you hit Home it will ask for you to choose the HTC or Android Home. As long as you don't select the use as default option, it will continue to do this.
TheBrit said:
When the screen is off, double press the menu button and this will bypass the lock screen.
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You're awesome.
G8D said:
You're awesome.
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Thanks.
G8D said:
You're awesome.
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You can just press menu from the lockscreen, no matter what button you pressed to wake the phone.
In the new ROM there's no camera zoom function on the screen by default. It can be accessed by the menu...
But who wants to do that?
Just swipe your finger up the screen the zoom slider appears, then swipe where you like to adjust the zoom level.
(from the Modaco forums)
Eh ? What zoom function ?
Explain please
joemax said:
Eh ? What zoom function ?
Explain please
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I believe he's talking about the camera's zoom...
Ah, now the word 'camera' has been added to the post it all makes sense
Switchbitch said:
Thanks.
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Wasn't intending to steal your thunder
One additional thing I found: Holding down the power button for 1-2 seconds will get you a menu where you can choose between powering off the phone, silent mode, vibration mode, airplane mode and internet connection.
Holding down the 'back' button in the browser will get you to your recently visited pages aka history.
Fleahole said:
One additional thing I found: Holding down the power button for 1-2 seconds will get you a menu where you can choose between powering off the phone, silent mode, vibration mode, airplane mode and internet connection.
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How else do you turn off the phone? I assumed everybody has to do this anyway.
With the new rom, you can touch the screen to focus that specific area. Okay everyone knows this. But do you know you don't have to click the trackball to take picture? Just tap and hold at the screen, it will focus on that area and then take picture.
busterz said:
How else do you turn off the phone? I assumed everybody has to do this anyway.
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LOL like that one, useless point he made there!
Is there someway to set hardkey for taking picture for example volume key up? It would be lot easier to use camera.
good idea!!
I'm curious about this too. Although I use custom ROMs (freyberry), I try to reassign buttons via the settings menu, but NO buttons appear in the list, so can't be reassigned. Odd.
that would be great, hope someone to find a way!
I'd like this too, but don't expect a positive response. If we wanted to assign one hard button to a different one then I could believe that happening. But it's not a button that you want to emulate - it's touch on the screen, and that's a completely different thing. I think it would mean hacking the actual camera app to get what you're asking.
Fingers crossed that I'm wrong
somebody managed to do it on the iphone, so hopefully they can do it on this!
variskarhu said:
Is there someway to set hardkey for taking picture for example volume key up? It would be lot easier to use camera.
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It's a good idea - but I don't really miss a hardware camera button too much. Would love it if the volume keys could be remapped in the camera application to act as zoom in/out instead. The current zoom in/out process is a real pain.
bennyhillslovechild said:
The current zoom in/out process is a real pain.
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Isn't it digital zoom?
Why bother?
Taking photo of myself requires so much effort without the hard key!!
Hope someone can come out with something for this.
Anyone tried AEBPlus?
I am looking for the same .. its tough to take pics when you have a greasy hand
myth1001 said:
Taking photo of myself requires so much effort without the hard key!!
Hope someone can come out with something for this.
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Not such a crazy request - just out on holiday at the moment and as usual I often snap quick shots of my wife and I in front of the major sites - the best way around this is to put the phone in self timer mode. 10 seconds is best i found as it gives enough time allow the camera to autofocus when moving it into position.
Daniel
Anyone actually know how to use it as a search button? I thought it would be long press or press the whole button down, or something like that, but can't figure it out.
Long press menu button (left button) is search on the X10.
Edit: I think the magnifying glass image means zoom
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WickedStyx said:
Long press menu button (left button) is search on the X10.
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On my phone long press of menu button triggers the on screen keyboard.
lornova said:
On my phone long press of menu button triggers the on screen keyboard.
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Yes and when you type it will start searching.
Ehm, didnt know that.... -_-'
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o'wow thanks!! I didn't know that it's been bugging me for months, and I always knew the keyboard was there, I just thought it was stupid having a popup keyboard, when the keyboard would always pop up when you could type lol
(now I know why...)
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o'wow thanks!! I didn't know that it's been bugging me for months, and I always knew the keyboard was there, I just thought it was stupid having a popup keyboard, when the keyboard would always pop up when you could type lol
(now I know why...)
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lol, i didn't know that either. But i guess it's not fully functioning
I tried it in ASTRO and i can get only the results from the 1st letter i type. ( i mean i can't continue and type the hole word like "bluetooth" or "music" it just register the 1st letter like "b" or "m" )
Oh wow! I thought that was a glitch! Thanks for the info
lol i love how se tries to improves the ui so that every1 thinks their features are bugs^^
btw thanks a lot for the info - i always used the button to hide the keyboard (but it didnt work very well )
KingCifer said:
lol i love how se tries to improves the ui so that every1 thinks their features are bugs^^
btw thanks a lot for the info - i always used the button to hide the keyboard (but it didnt work very well )
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That's a feature on every Android phone without a search button.
Nimche said:
Yes and when you type it will start searching.
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WOW, I had no idea... Thanks a lot!
Ohhhhh! I'm so stupid for not thinking of that!
Guess nobody here used the user guide application on the phone... Neither did I.
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We all rooted then installed titanium backup, then removed it :s
Hi,
Ever since I got my Desire HD I've not been much of a fan of the camera (really bad quality when it's dark) and standard camera app. It's quite hard to press the button when taking photos and not looking directly on the screen. Do you know how o use one of the physical buttons like the volume ones to take a picture? Or do you have any other advice, e.g. a free phone app where you could at least press anywhere on the screen to focus and shoot?
Thanks a lot!
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Hi there. When I take the photos to myself I mostly use the option of face recognition. It works pretty fine and takes foto just after catch your face in a frame and, by the way, you will hear it so that way to have a time to smile so you don't need to press anything! Cheers.
If you buy the pro version of Vignette, there's an option in its' settings to take a picture with the volume keys.
Cheers!
RE
In 2.3 version there is the same option... you can assign shooter to volume keys or to "find" button.
xumuk37 said:
In 2.3 version there is the same option... you can assign shooter to volume keys or to "find" button.
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2.3 version of what? And where is the setting?
After reading this thread I downloaded the free vesion of Vignette.
That allows me to use either the volume button or touch anywhere on the screen to take a photo. I have a "flip" case on my DHD and that makes it a little awkward, but touching the screen is simples.
As the free version is classed as a demo I don't know if it will keep let me use these methods or not.
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Hi there. When I take the photos to myself I mostly use the option of face recognition. It works pretty fine and takes foto just after catch your face in a frame and, by the way, you will hear it so that way to have a time to smile so you don't need to press anything! Cheers.
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Someone's smoking something fun
xumuk37 said:
In 2.3 version there is the same option... you can assign shooter to volume keys or to "find" button.
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You mean in the Gingerbread update? Seriously?? That would be awesome!
SupremeBeaver said:
You mean in the Gingerbread update? Seriously?? That would be awesome!
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I'm using GB, but I havn't found that setting. Could you tell us where it is?
In the camera app press menu -> advanced options. Create shortcut there.
Create shortcut? After going to Camera -> menu-> Advanced just tick which buttons you want to use.
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Create shortcut? After going to Camera -> menu-> Advanced just tick which buttons you want to use.
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You are using CM7, right?
istinet said:
You are using CM7, right?
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The signature doesn't lie
I've seen it, thats why i asked. I always forget to spdate mine (thats why i have no sign ATM). Anyway thanks for the reply, but i'm on RCMix, so there's no such setting on my DHD
Anyone know how to take screen shot on Fascinate? I know I have done it before, saves them in gallery! Lol
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icemanwbs said:
Anyone know how to take screen shot on Fascinate? I know I have done it before, saves them in gallery! Lol
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Hold down the back button and the power button at the same time.
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Ahhhh ok. Thanks. Hey btw, read a lot of your posts. Very informative & helpful. Thanks for doing that!
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ccampos784 said:
Hold down the back button and the power button at the same time.
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I'm on stock GB right now from telus... but when I do this my screen just shuts off. Same thing happened on froyo. Realy wish I could figure this out, eliminate the need of an app.
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Maniac
MrManiacNF said:
I'm on stock GB right now from telus... but when I do this my screen just shuts off. Same thing happened on froyo. Realy wish I could figure this out, eliminate the need of an app.
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Maniac
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Maniac - I believe you and I have the exact same configuration at this point. The other day I took 2 screen-shots - was pretty sure it was a double tap on home (I have the screen-shots saved in the gallery under screen-capture). For the life of me, I CANNOT replicate the behaviour - this has happened to me a few times.
Appears like the guts of doing it is in Android, but you sometimes just trip over the functionality every now and again. Not sure why they keep missing this one, seems like an obvious feature.
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Maniac - I believe you and I have the exact same configuration at this point. The other day I took 2 screen-shots - was pretty sure it was a double tap on home (I have the screen-shots saved in the gallery under screen-capture). For the life of me, I CANNOT replicate the behaviour - this has happened to me a few times.
Appears like the guts of doing it is in Android, but you sometimes just trip over the functionality every now and again. Not sure why they keep missing this one, seems like an obvious feature.
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Thanks for the reply, I've never got it to work. Ever. So now that I know it is possible, I'm going to try to figure this out. It would be awesome, very simple, but awesome.
I will report back if I make any progress.
Maniac
I've tried every combination of buttons, none worked.
MrManiacNF said:
I've tried every combination of buttons, none worked.
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Do the telus roms include a (I may be wrong on the name) ScreenCaptureService.apk within system/app? Because that was needed for the above mentioned methods of stock froyo screen capture.
good day.
yea I do have that file in gingerbread, had it in froyo as well. I don't think it has anything to do with screencapture as such. I copied the file to my pc, extracted it and it contains a couple common .xml you find in all APK's and shutter1.ogg file. Which I'm thinking is the sound for the camera.
I've looked through the manual and I couldn't find anything about taking screenshots.
I bet if it can be done it's going to turn out to be something so small and easy.. that's always the way these things work out.
Maybe menu and down thats miui shortcut I believe
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As of right now I have 43 unwanted screen captures. All from just pressing the power button alone. LAME!! and more so annoying because the screen won't turn off unless you back out of an app.
Keep me Fascinated.
Hymizzle said:
As of right now I have 43 unwanted screen captures. All from just pressing the power button alone. LAME!! and more so annoying because the screen won't turn off unless you back out of an app.
Keep me Fascinated.
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How did you make this happen?
A button was probably phantom pressed along with power
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I'm on official 2.2
For me to screen capture I have to hold the back button until it vibrates (like one second) and THEN press the power button while continuing to hold the back button.
Works every time for me. Some applications don't handle it well and the long hold of the back button takes you up one level...
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I'm on official 2.2
For me to screen capture I have to hold the back button until it vibrates (like one second) and THEN press the power button while continuing to hold the back button.
Works every time for me. Some applications don't handle it well and the long hold of the back button takes you up one level...
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I am on ccampos's PWGB beta 3 and it works the exact same way for me. Long press on the back button and a quick click of the power button.
On Gummy GBE I hold the back button and press the home button. The quality of the screen grabs is lower than drocap though.
Sorry for the upcoming caps.. but besides a video I can't get my point across any other way...
I"VE TRIED EVERYTHING.. to get a screenshot working without 3rd party app. Maybe I'm nuts, but, this is just something that is bugging me for some time now.. since 2.2... I won't stop until I figure it out.
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Sorry for the upcoming caps.. but besides a video I can't get my point across any other way...
I"VE TRIED EVERYTHING.. to get a screenshot working without 3rd party app. Maybe I'm nuts, but, this is just something that is bugging me for some time now.. since 2.2... I won't stop until I figure it out.
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Take your phone, set it on the ground, get in your car, run over phone. There you go.....your screens shot. No 3rd party app needed.
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Take your phone, set it on the ground, get in your car, run over phone. There you go.....your screens shot. No 3rd party app needed.
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HAHAHA LOL... nice.. I need that
Kingali1997 said:
A button was probably phantom pressed along with power
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No phantom button was pressed, just power button. My brother, friend and I have this problem and its very annoying. Maybe there's a screen capture flu going around in my area.
Keep me Fascinated.