I know this is not the correct forum. If you hard core android you probable look here before any of the other forums first.
I found this app call lock now on the market.
I'm using "Lock Now Free" on my Android phone. Check it out here: http://whatsonyourandroid.appspot.com/details?p=jp.hamachi.android.locknowfree
Screenshot link:http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/lock-now_lccb.html
It lets us power down screen in a various ways,instead of pressing the endcall key
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I have the option on my "Today" screen to lock the device via tapping "Device unlocked." Is there a way to remap the Mail button or the Internet Explorer button on top of the phone to lock the device?
Thanks.
hoxbox: there is.
Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45851&highlight=device+lock
But use Matt's app, not mine. His is better
Have a read of the Forum guidelines as well if you're not familiar with the forum... essential reading for all.
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Hi peeps !
Searched all over the forum, but couldn't find the answer.
Is there a way to assign a function to the Power On/Off button other than to turn the Athena on / off ?
I typically, for instance, would like to bind the "DisplaySwitch" psShutXP shortcut to the Power Button so that when i press it, it doesn't turn the Athena off but only the screen.
Additionnaly, if one knows how to assign a sequence of actions to the Power Button (like "locking the device + switching screen on / off"), that'd be great.
Thanks guys !
Turning off only the screen is the default action for the power button...
There is an app that many on here use (I can't think of the name) which lets you reassign most of the buttons on the Athena, including the OK and Windows button, to many different functions. You can also hack the registry to reassign the camera/comm/browser buttons if the standard reassignments that Windows Mobile gives you aren't enough - but really odd things like locking + screen off may require you to also write your own small app first.
Hi there, thank you for your answer.
Actually, the Power button must do something more than just flicking the screen off, like scaling the CPU down, spinning out the microdrive, flushing a bunch of buffers, etc.
I'm asking because of a problem I posted about in the forum (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353456), about my Athena being strangely slow, and its CPU being 80% used by nothing that I can see or find, when I wake it up using the Power button.
I'm trying to see if I can circumvent the problem if I can't manage to find its source and solve it, in fact.
I used AEButtons Plus, which works pretty well with ALL buttons but the Power one, and I couldn't find a reference to it in the registry either.
Thanks for your time !
Yup, that's the app I was thinking of. I don't use it so I couldn't think of the name. Sorry to hear of your slowdown problems, I've been monitoring that thread. I agree that it sounds like a hardware problem at this point.
You need DevieLock.cab. It can be set to switch off the screen and lock the device. It can by mapped to any button but Power on/off though.
Thanks man, gonna look it up right away !
is there an app to do this? id like to set it so that only one button or possibly the volume button can wake the screen instead of all the buttons
Yeah especially when the power button can wake the phone...and turn it off ! From the lockscreen! Atleast on typhoons build
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there is an app in the market that allows you to set all hardware buttons to actions... specifically for me it allows me to use the volume rocker to lock and also wake the device.
Sorry but i cant place the link but the app is free in android market and is called
'Button Remapper'
when you set the actions just tap apply and the device will automatically hot boot and is all reversible should you want to go back to original config
Yeah, but before try out button remapper I highly recommended a backup of your system. I install it last month and it work. But than, after a normal reboot, all hardware buttons doesn't work anymore. No chance to make it work again even not with the default settings in button remapper.
This app is the only app that I can find on the market that allows remapping power button function of waking up screen to other hard buttons such as volume buttons. This app works like a charm, but only with one small problem: IT DOES NOT WORK WITH A LOCK SCREEN
to use this app, you have to disable lock screen, then you can use your volume buttons to wake your device up. If lock screen is enabled, then pressing volume buttons would not do anything. I've contacted Destil and he said that it just will not work with lock screens on Honeycomb and ICS, but he did not elaborate on why it doesnt.
anyone know how to make this app work with lock screens? the app is open source.
Market link
Go here to download apk
I've seen few threads about this here but none of them had a conclusive answer. Is there a way to change the home button hold duration, holding it for 2 seconds to open the recent apps is really annoying. I've seen some ROMs have this as a setting, so there's probably a way to do it on stock Android, or not?
bump!! There must be a way somehow
Don't know about home button delay setting, but I prefer Xposed Addition. So you can tap and hold menu key for recent apps compared using physical home button