Related
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6p9eqe
AE Button Plus
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
p18trg said:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6p9eqe
AE Button Plus
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
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what is????????
you need to tell people what they are clicking on
here is a whole explanation bout the app and this has been talked about in the athena section
This utility extends functionality of hardware keys on Windows Mobile devices. It allows you to:
intercept almost any standard button: application buttons, WM5 SoftKeys, Volume slider, Action and even Red/Green phone buttons
distinguish up to 4 different keypress events on each button grabbed (single, double, triple and "long" keypresses).
remap each of the keypress events to "virtual" application button or assign them directly to one of the wide set of built-in actions
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
Has anyone actually tried this on Diamond/Raphael?
I can't seem to get this to work :/
KozzioU said:
Has anyone actually tried this on Diamond/Raphael?
I can't seem to get this to work :/
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phone buttons work - but other have problems due to TF3D
There is already a thread regarding button issues - so try a search
Update: http://rapidshare.com/files/265248702/zImage-08-08-09-custom
No changes on my end, just updated to today's kernel source and repatched.
Here is the better version:
After trying a variety of combinations of keys, shifting, etc...I've come up with what *I* like best. There are plenty of better ways, if I could get them to work, but I've ended up with some severe limitations:
- Can't use shift with call, end, power or camera buttons
- Can't detect long vs short keypress
So, I've disabled shifting entirely. Yes, I loose a couple keys (home and left rotate...home can be done with end if setup to do so, and I don't care about rotation that much).
Everything is the same as the default builds except:
- Power is menu instead of home
- Volume keys do volume control
- Camera is back
Included in the file is the two source files I've changed, which go in kernel/arch/arm/mach-msm
Anyone else who knows how to compile the kernel should be able to change the layout...if you need help, let me know and I'll do what I can.
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I've slightly remapped the vogue's buttons.
Before we start, I want to be clear: This is a dirty hack. The buttons are not customizable. But IMHO it's better than what we have.
Just download (see above for new link) and replace your existing zImage.
All I did was swap the GPIO settings in vogue-board.h
Add this to the bottom of the file, and comment out the original #define lines near the top.
Code:
#define GPIO_VOLDN 29
#define GPIO_POWER 41
#define GPIO_VOLUP (VOGUE_GPIO_MISC5_BASE+7)
#define VOGUE_GPIO_CAM_BUTTON 42
Power and volume down switched.
Camera and volume up switched.
Power = Menu
Camera = Back
To rotate screen, use vol up + left.
To change volume, use vol up + power or camera.
For me, this will result in much less use of the volume keys, saving some wear and tear.
Hope you like it!
Edit: Seems volume down is the only key that will turn the screen back on now...will look into fixing that.
I think I'll pass. I'm sure some people will like it better, but I like the idea of my volume keys being associated with the audio volume, even if I have to use a shift-key to do it.
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I think I'll pass. I'm sure some people will like it better, but I like the idea of my volume keys being associated with the audio volume, even if I have to use a shift-key to do it.
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Hopefully that will happen eventually.
This is definitely a step in the right direction though, my volume slider is starting to get pretty shaky. Its got lots of side to side movement.
grantemsley - finally something i wanted to get done for a long time, can u pls explain how you did it - this is the combination i like, seeing that i dont use the d-pad much (with a nice touch screen and all.... )
i like the d-pad - down : menu
d-pad - up : back
volume up : volume up
volume down : volume down
power : power
camera : rotate screen
pls help me customize my zImage. what do I need to package the zImage already available..
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grantemsley - finally something i wanted to get done for a long time, can u pls explain how you did it - this is the combination i like, seeing that i dont use the d-pad much (with a nice touch screen and all.... )
i like the d-pad - down : menu
d-pad - up : back
volume up : volume up
volume down : volume down
power : power
camera : rotate screen
pls help me customize my zImage. what do I need to package the zImage already available..
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I like this idea, although I occasionally use the d-pad. No way to add a shift to make the d-pad still the d-pad, or use a long press or something? Or is that too complicated for the fix atm?
I should start reading about android coding.
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grantemsley - finally something i wanted to get done for a long time, can u pls explain how you did it - this is the combination i like, seeing that i dont use the d-pad much (with a nice touch screen and all.... )
i like the d-pad - down : menu
d-pad - up : back
volume up : volume up
volume down : volume down
power : power
camera : rotate screen
pls help me customize my zImage. what do I need to package the zImage already available..
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This control scheme looks very appealing to me as well...+1
Grantemsley, could you post another zImage with this config?
I'm currently at work at my real job, but playing with the code a bit in between things. I'm working on rewriting this the proper way, so that I can add additional shift keys.
There are two things I need to know:
- Where is the code that controls which button(s) will turn the phone on from standby. If I remap the power button, I end up with no buttons able to turn the phone on...I basically can't continue without finding this.
- Assuming we have any 1 key as a "shift" key, and every other key is remappable, what do you think the ideal layout would be?
Note: This will never be user configurable unless someone else figures that part out...but we can compile our own kernels with our preferred layout.
myshinynewtouch said:
i like the d-pad - down : menu
d-pad - up : back
volume up : volume up
volume down : volume down
power : power
camera : rotate screen
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I would vote this layout - keeping the power button as it currently is, but change the camera butto9n back to being the [alt] key for rotating, etc... just so that there were a few more options.
The d-pad up and down for back and menu respectively is what I am REALLY looking forward to.... and the volume switch back to controlling volume.
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I'm currently at work at my real job, but playing with the code a bit in between things. I'm working on rewriting this the proper way, so that I can add additional shift keys.
There are two things I need to know:
- Where is the code that controls which button(s) will turn the phone on from standby. If I remap the power button, I end up with no buttons able to turn the phone on...I basically can't continue without finding this.
- Assuming we have any 1 key as a "shift" key, and every other key is remappable, what do you think the ideal layout would be?
Note: This will never be user configurable unless someone else figures that part out...but we can compile our own kernels with our preferred layout.
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Power: Power
End: End/Power Off
D-Pad Up: Back
D-Pad Down: Menu
D-Pad Left: Rotate
D-Pad Right: ?
Camera: Shift
Shift + D-Pad: Standard D-Pad
That's how I see it being ideal.
grantemsley said:
I'm currently at work at my real job, but playing with the code a bit in between things. I'm working on rewriting this the proper way, so that I can add additional shift keys.
There are two things I need to know:
- Where is the code that controls which button(s) will turn the phone on from standby. If I remap the power button, I end up with no buttons able to turn the phone on...I basically can't continue without finding this.
- Assuming we have any 1 key as a "shift" key, and every other key is remappable, what do you think the ideal layout would be?
Note: This will never be user configurable unless someone else figures that part out...but we can compile our own kernels with our preferred layout.
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K, I dunno where the code is, so I can't answer that... but as for my ideal layout:
- Keep Camera button as shift
- Volume key does volume (non-shifted)
- Power button is Home
- Shift-Left is "back"
- As for suspend... I dunno, maybe double-tap the power button? Or just leave it as the Red key.
As far as never being user configurable... I'm not too certain how this all fits into the kernel, but if it could be incorporated as a module rather than built into the kernel, then that could be overcome. It wouldn't be simple. We'd need a UI front-end, which would be easy enough, but the back-end would essentially have to edit the kernel source, rebuild then reload the module. And even that probably isn't possible, as I'm quite sure android doesn't include gcc.
You guys really use the dpad that little? I use it all the time while web browsing.
TheKartus said:
Power: Power
End: End/Power Off
D-Pad Up: Back
D-Pad Down: Menu
D-Pad Left: Rotate
D-Pad Right: ?
Camera: Shift
Shift + D-Pad: Standard D-Pad
That's how I see it being ideal.
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I see a few people want to map functions to the non-shifted D-Pad. This makes no sense to me. I like having the D-Pad as a D-Pad. My ideal configuration would make my phone usable to anyone I hand it to. My biggest beef with the current key layout has nothing to do with me using the phone, as I'm used to it... but I like to show off android to people, and it's kinda lame when they can't figure out what the buttons do without me explaining. I'd like it to be simple for someone to pick up an Android Vogue and just use it. Of course, there's no button physically labeled "Menu," so the lock screen will always be confusing to them.
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You guys really use the dpad that little? I use it all the time while web browsing.
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Yeah, I used the D-Pad all the time in WinMO, but since switching to Android, I don't touch it, unless I'm playing a game or something. If it doesn't make sense to re-map the d-pad, I'm good with that. Using the camera button for back kind of makes sense, or even the shift-left combo...
If my volume rocker gets less use than currently, it's all good.
Edit: I browse using the touch screen only and it is very accurate, even zoomed out...
Also, I don't ever hand the phone over to someone else anymore, because it NEVER seems to make sense to them, but I can see Craig0rs point...
TheKartus said:
Power: Power
End: End/Power Off
D-Pad Up: Back
D-Pad Down: Menu
D-Pad Left: Rotate
D-Pad Right: ?
Camera: Shift
Shift + D-Pad: Standard D-Pad
That's how I see it being ideal.
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I like this layout best, so that's a +1 from me. That volume toggler wasn't made for industrial use like the d-pad and I really don't use the d-pad to select items very often since I can just touch what I want.
Also, I'm glad you guys started talking about the shift key...because in all the frigging reading I've done on android over the last week, I have somehow managed to miss that the camera button is the shift key for volume toggle ["head banging on wall"].
rhorton said:
Yeah, I used the D-Pad all the time in WinMO, but since switching to Android, I don't touch it, unless I'm playing a game or something. If it doesn't make sense to re-map the d-pad, I'm good with that. Using the camera button for back kind of makes sense, or even the shift-left combo...
If my volume rockjer gets less use than currently, it's all good.
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Going back though is a function used very commonly, it would be a pain to have to hold a shift/alt button in order to go back.
I understand people not wanting to remap the dpad, and craigOr has a point about usability.
How about something like this:
Volume Up: Up
Volume Down: Down
Power: Wake, Home
End: Suspend, End
Camera: Back, Shift?
Camera + Left: Rotate
D Pad: D Pad
Is it even possible to make the camera function as back if pressed, and a shift if held?
My ideal layout would be:
Power: single press for suspend/resume.....long press for power off menu.
Volume slider: volume
Send: single press for phone dialer.......long press for home
End: single press for end call....long press for menu
Camera: single press for back.......long press for rotate:
Dpad: dpad
Center button: single press for select.....Long press recent programs
zenulator said:
My ideal layout would be:
Power: single press for suspend/resume.....long press for power off menu.
Volume slider: volume
Send: single press for phone dialer.......long press for home
End: single press for end call....long press for menu
Camera: single press for back.......long press for rotate:
Dpad: dpad
Center button: single press for select.....Long press recent programs
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I was under the impression that the Red key's function gets changed by android depending on whether it's in a call or not. This would cause a huge problem with your layout, as it would take a lot more work to get the menu up during a phone call.
Thus far, I do not know how to do long keypress vs short keypress.
Also, there has to be at least 1 button that is not shiftable...which will be the button used to wake up from standby (since I still haven't gotten the dev tools working right, I can't tell why shiftable keys aren't waking the device up...)
zenulator said:
My ideal layout would be:
Power: single press for suspend/resume.....long press for power off menu.
Volume slider: volume
Send: single press for phone dialer.......long press for home
End: single press for end call....long press for menu
Camera: single press for back.......long press for rotate:
Dpad: dpad
Center button: single press for select.....Long press recent programs
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When thinking about layouts I was under the impression that we had to keep the same functions, just move them to different keys. If the power button could suspend and wake the phone, that would be ideal... but is it possible to change all the different functions around like that?
Hello everyone, I'm sure many people will be interested to know that AE Button Plus is working perfectly with LEO and support english, french (which I use), spanish, deutsch and ten other languages. BTW, this is my first post, so every comments are welcome
The HD2 may be a touch device, it still has 7 buttons and I use them for variaty of functions, including switching on/off BLUETOOTH, WIFI or TORCH. You can even assign any button to run an application. The program is VERY stable and VERY convenient.
This exceptional app has the ability to reassign function to (almost) every physical button of your device, including the volume button. Moreover, it has the ability to assign different functions whether you press the button ONCE, TWICE or LONG PRESS. It very simple to use and work wonderfully with my HTC HD2 (as wall as many other Windows Mobile Device). I've used it for more than a week and I can't report any bug, even though I installed many other apps, tweak and so on.
I'm using the evaluation version (you have pay 7.99$) by the fact that it shows a splash screen when device starts up. But you can believe I will pay the damn Russian guy who created the app, many even donate more!!!
I wanted to share my experience with using this app, since it's not very known in this (great) HD2 forum. Also, I want to show you the way I've been remapping the buttons, to show how useful it can get. Feel free to comment!!! Once you install the program, softreset and assign the AEBPlus to a shortcut and you're ready to rock! By the way, the icon is quite ugly, but that's just a minor issue .
THIS IS THE WAY I REMAPPED HD2 BUTTONS (in brackets, the way AEPlus "calls" the button)
Volume up.
Single press: volume up
Long press Backlight up
Volume down.
Single press: volume down
Long press Backlight down
Hang up (green phone button)
Single press: switch vibration mode on/off (and shut down the volume)
Double press: switch torch on/off (run application "TorchButton v2.3")
Home button (button #00ED), added manually
Single press: unchanged, impossible to remap ??
Double press: switch bluetooth on/off (impossible to make it different than the "Home button"...)
Long press: impossible to remap ??
Windows button (windows key)
Single press: ok/close (close the window, but not the program still runs)
Double press: windows file explorer (you can choose to run another explorer, for example Total Commander)
Long press: close active application ("really" close the application)
Return button (also button #00ED, added manually, see ISSUE below)
Single press: unchanged (actually I chose no action, but the original function remains)
Double press: switch bluetooth on/off
Long press: switch wifi on/off
Power button (red phone button)
Single press: unchanged (shuts down backlight)
Double press: unchanged
Long press: unchanged (actually, I use it with "Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen v1.1")
KNOWN ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
- Absolutely no bug !
- Bluetooth. The function included with this program doesn't work (apparently because HD2 uses Widcomm bluetooth, unlike its predecessors). To solve this, I simply assign the desired button with the application "ToggleBTh.exe" (credit to Dextrosan http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587493). I copied the file to the folder "Program Files" and created a shortcut in the "windows/start menu/programs" to be able to make it appear in the program list.
- Backlight level. To adjust the backlight, you have to access the settings of the program. Click options -> backlight settings (scroll down !). There you can adjust the darkest level you wish (0 = minimum backlight) and the brightest level (10 = 100% = maximum backlight , less if you want to save battery life) and backlight step (2 = 20% is fine with me). Beware, when you assign a button with function backlight level, you have to choose in the subsequent menu if you want "backlight down", "backlight up" or even "backlight level" 0, 2 (= 20%), 4 (= 40%) and so on.
- Manually add Home button. Home button is not listed in the program, so you have to add it manually. Choose "File -> Add button" and follow instructions. Actually, there's a trick... If you press the Home button, it will close the window and go back to your home page. You'll have to go back in the program using the task manager.
- Home and Return button cannot be remapped individual. For some reason, when you manually add Home button, it's called #00ED and when you assign actions, these actions also work with the Return button... Actually, these actions even work BETTER on Return button than Home button. Single press and Long press actions will not work with Home button, but they work with Return button. Weird, huh? Even if you manually add Home button (then called #405C) and assign actions for the button, it won't work at all, and the Return will still execute actions listed with the button #00ED. All in all, it's a minor issue. Just remember that I can't remap single or long press for teh Home Button.
EDIT: Dec, 20 I also use the function "control volume directly" so that the volume buttons control SYSTEM volume directly and not the ring volume. Also, this nice function disable the ugly pop-up volume window that appears and have the annoying tendency to change ring volume first !!! This function is located in the menu "Options -> Other options -> Control volume directly". You can check or uncheck it.
That all folks, hope this little work will be useful for many.
Much help is appreciated to try to solve the Home/Return button issue.
SIGNATURE
- Device: HTC HD2 codemane "Leo"
- Rom: 1.48.406.1 (7 1294) FRE
- Manila: 2.5.192 116 19.0
- Radio: 2.05.51.05_2
INSTALLED SOFTWARES & TWEAKS
- Net 3.7 Compact Framework
- AE Button Plus 2.6.6.1
- BsB Tweaks v1.5
- TorchButton v2.3 (use your flashlight as torch, SOS etc...)
- Total Commander 2.51
- WMLongLife-0.60.205 (fine connexion manager)
- Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen v1.1
is their a way to config the take picture on screen button a hardware button
DAMIEN123_666 said:
is their a way to config the take picture on screen button a hardware button
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Of course, as long as you find an exe which does that automatically whenever invoked. You can do pretty much anything as long as you can associate it with a specific utility. I use the program with my ipaq 210 and am very pleased with it, with a resistive screen it's even more useful.
Now, if only I wasn't dead-dumb enough to let slip from my hands this leo for 430EU on ebay... who knows how long will I have to wait to find another one at that price.
theemed said:
Of course, as long as you find an exe which does that automatically whenever invoked. You can do pretty much anything as long as you can associate it with a specific utility. I use the program with my ipaq 210 and am very pleased with it, with a resistive screen it's even more useful.
Now, if only I wasn't dead-dumb enough to let slip from my hands this leo for 430EU on ebay... who knows how long will I have to wait to find another one at that price.
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ok ive can boot the camera app but cant take picture, any ideas
I'm using this program also for a while.
I'm used to use the power/hangup red button to go back to the today screen but can't find a way to get that working.
It takes me a while to figure out the working posibilities but it's useful anyway.
Great post! Thanks for sharing with us.
Disable the volume window !
I also use the function "control volume directly" so that the volume buttons control SYSTEM volume directly and not the ring volume. Also, this nice function disable the ugly pop-up volume window that appears and have the annoying tendency to change ring volume first !!! This function is located in the menu "Options -> Other options -> Control volume directly". You can check or uncheck it.
Thx for all.
It works very well
DAMIEN123_666 said:
ok ive can boot the camera app but cant take picture, any ideas
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uhm, sorry no idea you still need to associate that hardware buttom combo through AE with an executable file which takes the shot, it's up to you to find a exe trigger for that
rzasharp said:
Hello everyone, I'm sure many people will be interested to know that AE Button Plus is working perfectly with LEO and support english, french (which I use), spanish, deutsch and ten other languages. BTW, this is my first post, so every comments are welcome
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can you share you aebutton config file? i don't install it, i just copy it from my old device (eten) but there not enough default buttons
rzasharp said:
Hello everyone, I'm sure many people will be interested to know that AE Button Plus is working perfectly with LEO and support english, french (which I use), spanish, deutsch and ten other languages. BTW, this is my first post, so every comments are welcome
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your first post is excellent. this realy helped me.
i've almost forgot about aebutton on my used blackstone. hd has no true hard keys. now i have a leo and aebutton came back with me. i can confirm that aebutton works perfectly on my leo. even more than i need.
rzasharp said:
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- Bluetooth. The function included with this program doesn't work (apparently because HD2 uses Widcomm bluetooth, unlike its predecessors). To solve this, I simply assign the desired button with the application "ToggleBTh.exe" (credit to Dextrosan http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587493). I copied the file to the folder "Program Files" and created a shortcut in the "windows/start menu/programs" to be able to make it appear in the program list.
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if you already have Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen then no need for you to use togglebth. touch x leo power 12 icons have wifi and bluetooth toggles working well on leo.
rzasharp said:
- Home and Return button cannot be remapped individual. For some reason, when you manually add Home button, it's called #00ED and when you assign actions, these actions also work with the Return button... Actually, these actions even work BETTER on Return button than Home button. Single press and Long press actions will not work with Home button, but they work with Return button. Weird, huh? Even if you manually add Home button (then called #405C) and assign actions for the button, it won't work at all, and the Return will still execute actions listed with the button #00ED. All in all, it's a minor issue. Just remember that I can't remap single or long press for teh Home Button.
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ok. so we have something special on our leos.
- htc sense.
- green button - send key.
- red button - end key.
- home button. this key is stucked with htc sense.
- back button.
1. green button.
i can do any thing with this key. but i leave long press unchanged beacause my vangrieg_incall_lock_ita had added long_send.lnk that link to phone on my \windows and i don't want to interfere into it. now long press on send key = phone. this is a vital function, right? so let it be.
2. red button.
i can't do any thing, but "Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen" can.
so for me end key has single press as normal and long press by "Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen". that is more than enough. power off is a vital function also.
3. home button.
as said, this key is stucked with htc sense. so you can not change single press anyway. you can do somethings with double, triple and even long press but firstly it takes you to home screen then do your commands. for long press see next item.
4. back button.
this is exactly "ok key" on aebutton. you even don't need to add it manually. you can do everything with this key except long press. long press works only when you are on a certain program interface. this does not work when you are on htc sence interface. to get this long press work on anything, anywhere and anytime you have to assign the same action you want to do to HOME KEY LONG PRESS. and voilà !!! this works 4u.
Thanks for your appreciation of my thread.
Still, If you are really "hardcore hardware fan" you can use AEBPlus to assign even the double tap and triple tap of the keys
To oainot. About the bluetooth toggle, If find it quicker and simpler, to double tap on one button, turn on my headphones and get going out in the snow. I use it literally everytime If get out of my apartment. Just think: would you prefer to switch the light off your apartment with a long-click (+ click in a menu) or with a simple double-click? Just a matter of taste I guess. The best is to have to choice!
To satoo. Here's my configuration file. I should tell you that my system is in french. I managed to put "english" as language in the program, but you can still get some french word (calculatrice = calculator i think; Explorateur de fichiers = file explorer; ). See attached file.
Merry Christmas!
oainot said:
if you already have Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen then no need for you to use togglebth. touch x leo power 12 icons have wifi and bluetooth toggles working well on leo.
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I am in entire agreement with you.
one key like hold red key ,we can switcher wifi on/off, bt on/off.
So，in an identical manner，
I set one key (ex:hold vol up) to active phoneweaver ,with which i set some usefull profiles :
mute mode: switch vibration mode
day mode: loudly volume
night mode: max or min backlight level as you like
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each mode we can define (backlight level,vol lvl,differents rings,wifi on/off,bt on off)
here is phoneweaver 2.0 with XXXX，sorry for my english
oainot said:
your first post is excellent. this realy helped me.
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same from me
oainot said:
2. red button.
i can't do any thing, but "Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen" can.
so for me end key has single press as normal and long press by "Touch X LEO Power 12 icons actionscreen". that is more than enough. power off is a vital function also.
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i would like to switch the action of the red button the other way round.
i would like long press red button to lock the phone and turn off backlight and single press red button to launch the Touch X Power 12 icons actionscreen. I cant seem to achieve this does anyone have any ideas?
rzasharp said:
Thanks for your appreciation of my thread.
Still, If you are really "hardcore hardware fan" you can use AEBPlus to assign even the double tap and triple tap of the keys
To oainot. About the bluetooth toggle, If find it quicker and simpler, to double tap on one button, turn on my headphones and get going out in the snow. I use it literally everytime If get out of my apartment. Just think: would you prefer to switch the light off your apartment with a long-click (+ click in a menu) or with a simple double-click? Just a matter of taste I guess. The best is to have to choice!
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Merry Christmas!
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ok. i've get it. you are absolutely right.
Audio Oblivion said:
same from me
i would like to switch the action of the red button the other way round.
i would like long press red button to lock the phone and turn off backlight and single press red button to launch the Touch X Power 12 icons actionscreen. I cant seem to achieve this does anyone have any ideas?
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i'm afraid it is not possible.
single press of red key may controled by basic input output system, not the operating system (windows mobile), not the htc sense or not any other resident program.
may be this should be that for power on the phone by single press while operating system is still not running.
may be someone could hack the key someway. i dunno. if aebutton had a button assume called "power key", it could be possible to try.
Assign Softkeys Functions
I changed the setting to reassign functions of softkeys. AE Button shows the setting properly, but it does not work.
any suggestion?
thanks
msrox said:
I changed the setting to reassign functions of softkeys. AE Button shows the setting properly, but it does not work.
any suggestion?
thanks
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yeah.
i forgot softkeys is not controled by aebutton.
I want to remap left softkey (single click) to HTC Message.
But when I do it the left softkey is still "phone" and the caption is not changed!
msrox said:
I want to remap left softkey (single click) to HTC Message.
But when I do it the left softkey is still "phone" and the caption is not changed!
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Yes, I noticed that the left softkey cannot be remapped by AEB. You'll have to use the newer BsBTweak which works just fine with the left softkey. Find it here
msrox said:
I want to remap left softkey (single click) to HTC Message.
But when I do it the left softkey is still "phone" and the caption is not changed!
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this feature is for devices with physical soft keys. Leo doesn't have them. search the forums for softkey remapper (Today and/or Manila).
As far as physical goes...Android has too many buttons. IMO you only need:
Button 1
Press Once = Sleep
Press Twice = Wake
Long Press = Shutdown/Turn On
Button 2
Press Once = Desktop
Press Twice = AppDrawer
Long Press = Open/Close Dockbar (scrollable dock for heavily used apps such as phone, messaging, music, etc that doesnt take up screen space.)
Button 3
Volume up/down
and possibly a dedicated CAPACITIVE scrolling/zooming button for fast scanning thru the app drawer and/or desktops and/or scrolling/zooming in web browsers.
(this way u can have larger widgets on ur desktops because u have a dedicated app drawer button and not one that takes up space on ur desktop. plus ur not limited to just 7 desktops like u get with HTC preview screens or launcherpro, etc because it would be easy to scroll thru 20 desktops with the dedicated capacitive scroll)
Ok. So if u put the sleep/wake on top of the phone, volume button on the left side, your left with just one button like the iphone and maybe my proposed idea of the capacitive scrolling button (thats if u like that idea).
this would be different from the iphone even though the iphone has one button because its functions are different. the iphone button does BACK+LONG PRESS=HOME. this would do a DESKTOP/APPDRAWER+LONG PRESS= DOCKBAR.
so it has 3 functions instead of 2. add in the capacitive scrolling and u have a simple easy to use device without redundant buttons thats still different from
apples iphone.
-no need for back button. browsers and apps can provide soft buttons in its user interface.
-no need for search button. widgets and apps can be used for this on ur desktop
-no need for settings button. again, widgets and apps can be used on ur desktops. put ur desktops to use!
great if u understood what i said. sorry for the rant if u didnt. just an idea and my 2cents.
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Get an iphone if you want less buttons.
I personally love the back, home and menu buttons, and find them very very useful.
Errr... my three most frequent used buttons are: back, home and menu and you want to remove 2 of them. Yeah, great idea ;-)
Brut.all said:
Errr... my three most frequent used buttons are: back, home and menu and you want to remove 2 of them. Yeah, great idea ;-)
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I agree, the last iphone I used pissed me off hard not having a physical back button....
I agree. back and home are essential! relying too much on soft buttons is silly. Also if you really dont like the OS because of the number of hard buttons then I think you are a little confused.
The hard buttons are usually decided by the manufacturer arent they? maybe your rant should be directed at htc and not android? I could be wrong.
mini_robot said:
As far as physical goes...Android has too many buttons. IMO you only need:
Button 1
Press Once = Sleep
Press Twice = Wake
Long Press = Shutdown/Turn On
Button 2
Press Once = Desktop
Press Twice = AppDrawer
Long Press = Open/Close Dockbar (scrollable dock for heavily used apps such as phone, messaging, music, etc that doesnt take up screen space.)
Button 3
Volume up/down
and possibly a dedicated CAPACITIVE scrolling/zooming button for fast scanning thru the app drawer and/or desktops and/or scrolling/zooming in web browsers.
(this way u can have larger widgets on ur desktops because u have a dedicated app drawer button and not one that takes up space on ur desktop. plus ur not limited to just 7 desktops like u get with HTC preview screens or launcherpro, etc because it would be easy to scroll thru 20 desktops with the dedicated capacitive scroll)
Ok. So if u put the sleep/wake on top of the phone, volume button on the left side, your left with just one button like the iphone and maybe my proposed idea of the capacitive scrolling button (thats if u like that idea).
this would be different from the iphone even though the iphone has one button because its functions are different. the iphone button does BACK+LONG PRESS=HOME. this would do a DESKTOP/APPDRAWER+LONG PRESS= DOCKBAR.
so it has 3 functions instead of 2. add in the capacitive scrolling and u have a simple easy to use device without redundant buttons thats still different from
apples iphone.
-no need for back button. browsers and apps can provide soft buttons in its user interface.
-no need for search button. widgets and apps can be used for this on ur desktop
-no need for settings button. again, widgets and apps can be used on ur desktops. put ur desktops to use!
great if u understood what i said. sorry for the rant if u didnt. just an idea and my 2cents.
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That is steve jobs talk. -_-
LOL...I'm short of buttons. Idea = Long press Menu-> contacts and Long press Back->screen off or Camera, Trackball press -> receive/pickup call at lockscreen.
search button: yep, that button is needless, I never use it.
All other buttons are essential.
The home button and back button are very important. The back button isn't just for going one page in a browser back. Couldn't live with it. The menu button is very important, too, because it's a dedicated button which is the same in EVERY app, so you always know how to find the settings.
And then, volume and power button, you can't remove them.
PS: Two times button hitting to execute a command is silly.
UpSpin said:
search button: yep, that button is needless, I never use it.
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This is where the Galaxy S shines: the menu button acts as both the menu and search buttons.
I think the search button is indispensable. When I want to find any contact or document in my phone, any thing in google it gets me there in one step.
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Lol, this dude is tripping. Giving up my 4 beautiful and all useful buttons. In instead lose screen estate cause every app is gonna make the SAME thing at the bottom as the buttons?
Lol. GTFO
You may have heard of this semi-obscure device that is basically what you are looking for. It is called the "iPhone", if you look it up on the interwebs you may be able to find something about it.
less buttons? seriously? im sorry to hear you cannot afford an iphone if you want it that bad.
I'd agree as well that some physical buttons are very useful to avoid wasting screen real estate with buttons. That said, the HTC Hero has 6 buttons (call, hang up, menu, home, back and search) which is probably a bit OTT as call and hang up are replicated on-screen all the time. But buttons like home, back and menu are essential, as others have said.
The key is that if *all* Android hardware has the same core set of buttons, then developers can rely on those buttons being there and use them intelligently. All too often you see programs which have clearly been ported over from another system without any effort having been made to adapt them to the Android system. Not only do these waste space, but they also feel counter-intuitive to an Android user because they use a different UI model. My particular pet-peeve is apps which forget to take control of the volume rocker for their audio - that makes me accidentally adjust my ringtone volume (which is normally silent!) instead of the app's volume
Umm, sorry for the rant...
Steven__ said:
...All too often you see programs which have clearly been ported over from another system without any effort having been made to adapt them to the Android system...
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Like the pause button on angry birds. Have they realised androids have a button called menu?
I love the 4/5 physical buttons on android, even if you don't use the search button a lot at first, you can always assign that button to something you want.
I wish I had 1 more button...a dedicated forward button...I get a little jumpy with my back button.
Less is not always more. Less is sometimes just less(i.e. iPhone)
mercianary said:
Like the pause button on angry birds. Have they realised androids have a button called menu?
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Well, you could try pressing the Menu button to see that they have!
veetip said:
Well, you could try pressing the Menu button to see that they have!
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Yeah I know. My point is the button onscreen is a waste of space because it it replicated by a hardware button.
The "search" button is more of a Google thing. Its a android phone (google) so they want a search option of there database to be easily accessed.
hi,
I am using wp7 on my hd2 and it's running well but,
the green button is opening the camera app instead of phone..
is there any way to change it?
Thanks
well if you change it, you can't use the camera
its supposed to do that, did you read the 'readme' that came with the wp7 rom?
Keyboard buttons mapping:
GREEN - camera key
HOME - launch search (Bing)
WIN - show home screen
BACK - backward
RED - power
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The hd7 doesn't have a green/send key, and the hd2 doesn't have a camera button.
Maybe we can use the volume Up or Down with 2 purpose - (to raise or down your volume and when you are in Camera Menu to take foto) I saw that in Camera Menu the buttons are pointless..