I used to have the Droid before I got the Droid X, and several apps were able to modify the behavior when I held the search button for a few seconds. Both Dialer One and Handcent SMS both had that capability, so that when I held down Search, I had a choice to start the voice dial, Dialer One, or a new SMS message. And I could set a default action (Dialer One in my case). However, those options don't come up when using the X. Any idea on how this can be fixed?
And on a similar note, is there a way to launch a custom app when double-clicking the home button instead of only the preset ones?
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Is there a way to map a hardware button to display the Notification popup (New Mail, Voice Mail, Reminder) while in another application? I know you can go back to the Today screen and use the left Smart Button, but I would prefer to do it without leaving that screen.
I currently use SmartsKey and AEButton to remay my buttons all over the place, but from what I can tell neither of them can do this.
Any thoughts?
I currently have over 200 contacts and I notice the smartdial search is getting slow and I have to wait 1-2sec before pressing another key (as soon as no contacts are found its quite fast).
Is there a way to force a delay so that:
wait 200milisec. if no other key was pressed, search the contacts as usual. if other key is pressed, print it and reset the timer.
This would allow me to write the number or initials fast and then wait a few seconds for the search instead of waiting a few seconds for each button I press.
paulo_andre said:
I currently have over 200 contacts and I notice the smartdial search is getting slow and I have to wait 1-2sec before pressing another key (as soon as no contacts are found its quite fast).
Is there a way to force a delay so that:
wait 200milisec. if no other key was pressed, search the contacts as usual. if other key is pressed, print it and reset the timer.
This would allow me to write the number or initials fast and then wait a few seconds for the search instead of waiting a few seconds for each button I press.
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With that many contacts, I'd recommend voice dialing them. Use your phone's built-in recorder. It's not magical or anything, but it's adequate, and much faster than typing half the phone number in by hand, and you're one button click from activating it. Just be sure to use a consistent method for recording, such as "first name, last name" for all your dials, and as long as you know the name, you've got it licked.
the problem is with these many contacts I don't remember the name, I have to start typing what I remember and then choose from the list. And usually what I remember is similar to 5-6 contacts so I can't use voice dialing
What about a scrolling directory, like PocketCM?
again, that would be fine if I remembered the first name, but sometimes I remember the first, other times the middle, even others the last... I really need a full search like the native smardial but that search should only be made after I stop typing and not after every key
Good luck, then. Sorry.
Actually, pocketCM DOES allow you to search by first name, last name (probably middle name too), or phone number. Try it and see if it's any faster. It might be, since it caches all contacts, and doesn't have to connect to outlook's database. Caching also has a downside - it will take some time when you start the program before you see any contacts. But when you keep the program running in the background and don't close it, only minimize, it's not a big problem.
To start searching, bring up the pocketCM's dialpad (phone button in default skin), and start typing.
I tried it and it's actually slower than the native smartdial. This because I have to write the name in the keyboard instead of just using the phone buttons to enter text.
paulo_andre said:
I tried it and it's actually slower than the native smartdial. This because I have to write the name in the keyboard instead of just using the phone buttons to enter text.
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If you're in PocketCM, you can click the phone icon to call up a dial pad. Start entering the desired number, and the directory will start narrowing the list of numbers that match until you have the one you want.
You really should give this program a chance, instead of dismissing it without actually using it as it was intended (which is to have many ways to get to the desired phone number as quickly as possible). Your patience will be rewarded.
The Take-Call/Answer button appears to haveseveral functions:
It switches to the phone app (Good)
It answers an incoming call (good as prevents having to use the slide)
It dials the last number in the Calls list display (bad)
I keep finding that I double-press the button by mistake and end up dialling someone without intending to do so.
Is there any registry hack that can eliminate this last function. I have tried using Mobile Magic to assign the key to "switch to phone app" but then I can't use it to answer an incoming call which is a bit of a pain.
Or do I need to find an alternative dialler?
personally I find that disabling the green button from answering calls is a good thing - it means that you don't accidentally press it when taking it out of your pocket for example! you could try AE Button Plus and set long press of the green button to "press green button" and short press to "launch program" -> "phone" that way if you accidentally double-pressed the green button it wouldn't call the person, but would still load the phone dialer and could still be used to answer calls, just holding buttn instead of pressing...
Closest solution I can think of...
Sounded promising - thank you. Unfortunately I can't get a long keypress to generate an "green button press". I have decativated the usual long-keypress action but still no joy.
I even tried implementing a "double keypress" for answer but it only works sporadically.
Slider for Calling?
The Take-Call/Answer button appears to haveseveral functions:
* It switches to the phone app (Good)
* It answers an incoming call (good as prevents having to use the slide)
* It dials the last number in the Calls list display (bad)
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after my touch hd didn't make an international phone call of several minutes today from my pocket, I didn't realize how right were your words.
So, I unbinded the Green Phone Button with AEB Plus and I reassign "Key 1 (Press)" to act as Green Phone Button. From now only pressing for a while the talk/send button will actually call the dialer.
However, the most gentle touch on a contact in the default dialer will make a call... which most of the times really annoys. What would be really cool and solve many problems is to use a slider for making the phone call (not only for answering). I searched conscientiously in the forum and I found no solution.
An alternative solution would be to use other contact manager, like Yota Contacts, for example. But, having a slider for making a call would be so cool
Is there any way (or app) to program long press, double click, or triple click etc, shortcuts for the trackball?
There are 5 buttons which can be exploited in multiple ways. Currently there are 8 static global functions:
- Back then "end"
- Options then Keyboard
- Home then Recently used
- Search then voice search
- Trackball press for enter
handcent adds a quick compose option where voice search is so it made me wonder if there are any apps or ways to create custom shortcuts.
I know multiple taps are out on the touch-sensitive buttons but I don't particularly use the search button so there's two shortcut's I'd prefer to allocate.
Something like double-press on the iPhone button shortcuts; messages, iPod etc.
After talking with some other folks and experimenting, I've come to the conclusion that the problem is adw related. If I use launcherpro or stock tw, I can long press the search key and voice search automatically starts (or whatever app I set it to). When using adw launcher however, long pressing the search button only gets me an "application is not installed on your phone" message.
Anyone else have this issue or found a solution (other than the obvious one of changing launchers)? I've tried stock and nonstock ROMS to no avail, but never flashed off of dj05...
Yep, same here. It started after the last adw update. Workaround is to doubletap the search key or singletap to open search, then longpress to open voice search.
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Well, if you press search, then long press search, the voice search pops up...
I'm not sure if it's a bug or not. Not sure what is causing it, but that's the current workaround.
Yeah, I learned of the voice search workaround, but I use launchkey to remap my long press to more useful functions (for me) and it no longer functions with ADW.
Thanks for the quick response. I hope ADW is planning on integrating a long press function in the launcher itself, saving me one more application, rather than it being a bug.