I've got a XDA Mini S which I was given. It works fine, except the power button is faulty. I can press the soft reset button to switch it on, and any button unlocks the phone, but I have to just wait for the screen to time out when I'm done doing whatever I'm doing with it.
Is it possible to reassign the power button to another button, e.g. the voice recorder? I know it wont work to switch the phone on from powered down, but can I lock the phone with another button, maybe via an application or config tool?
abo999 said:
I've got a XDA Mini S which I was given. It works fine, except the power button is faulty. I can press the soft reset button to switch it on, and any button unlocks the phone, but I have to just wait for the screen to time out when I'm done doing whatever I'm doing with it.
Is it possible to reassign the power button to another button, e.g. the voice recorder? I know it wont work to switch the phone on from powered down, but can I lock the phone with another button, maybe via an application or config tool?
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try to use the AE button Plus for remapping hardware buttons! You can download it at http://ae.inc.ru/index.php
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hi, recently damp got into my xda mini s and disabled all the button, after a while it thought that all the buttons were pressed down, so i tried dryin the device out and it seemed to sort everything out except for the power button, the device thinks that the power button is constantly pressed in so it will either switch the screen off or ask if i want to switch the device off. i was wonderin is there any way that i can completly disable the power button and use another button like the camera button to be the power button instead? many thanks
With a broken power button, is there any way I can get my xda2 into bootloader mode so I can change the ROM?
i doubt it unless you take it apart and shortcurcit the to points that the powerbutton is connected to
would prob be easier to put in a new button then i guess
I may be wrong but doesn't the power button actually put the phone into suspend mode?
Would it work to map the "suspend" function to another button (like the calendar button)? Or does a hard reset only work with the usual specific hardware buttons?
no it's not the only function
clicking on a suspece software shortcut
while reseting the device dont result in a hardreset
I have a solution. i have the same problem. Get a paperclip, and insert it into the hole where the power button should be. Slide it in until your device turns on/off. Then hold it there carefully, and press and hold the ACTIOn key and the reset button.
Works for me!
Is there anyone developing any utilities to be able to power on a PDA (mine is ipaq 210) by pushing an assigned hardware button.
There are no existing ones that power on that I could find.
thanks
The power button?
WONDERFUL! You just made my day!
wearefree said:
The power button?
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Obviously I should have been more specific and mentioned that the power button was the only way I could turn it on on the 210.
I want to be able to turn it on with another hardware button assigned like I did on my Axim X5 (and other PDA's).
I think u can do it with AE Button Plus.
Not exactly what you are looking for...
...but under Settings>Button Lock you can select to not lock buttons so that your PDA turns on with every button.
I agree with above, mine turns on with every hardware button I press, not just the power button? Does yours turn off fully or go into standby?
I do not have the button lock option on the ipaq 210. I also emailed the developer of the AE Button to check on the fuctionality as it was not listed on his site (only the power off and the display off were there).
thanks for your replies and suggestions.
I have the same question.
Some devices seem to only allow power button to activate the device.
For 210, I know only two ways able to turn it on: press power button or plug-in/out power cable.
Don't like your power button? Hold the volume up key and press the camera button all the way down. Also works vice versa - hold down camera button, push volume up. Random discovery.
Nice, but still takes "a lot of effort" )
That's a nice fail-safe in case the power button breaks.
this didnt work for me...
didnt work for me either
I hae noticed that some of these key combinations "stop working" after a reboot. For instance, I used to be able to wake the phone by double-clicking the "up" button. After a reboot, this went away. Now it somewhat works if I quadruple-click the vol. up button, but not conistently. If the Camera + up stops working after reboot, I'll post. I *do* have pattern lock enabled, not sure if that affects it.
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When i press power button there is a problem in touch screen it doesnt works.... i triied everythig bt when i wake up my device wit power button it stops working.. so i HOW WOULD i have to DISABLE the function of POWER button to completely disable only this button ... i tried BUTTON REMAPPER bt it didnt work for me also tried .. ANY other suggestions???
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When i press power button there is a problem in touch screen it doesnt works.... i triied everythig bt when i wake up my device wit power button it stops working.. so i HOW WOULD i have to DISABLE the function of POWER button to completely disable only this button ... i tried BUTTON REMAPPER bt it didnt work for me also tried .. ANY other suggestions???
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The issue with the touch screen after pressing the power button is a hardware issue so it doesn't really matter whether you disable the function of the power button, what you need to do is make sure you don't use the power button to wake the screen up and find an alternative way to lock the screen (there are plenty of widgets/solutions on the Play Store).