I have ManualNooter 4.4.28 installed and I can't figure out how to switch between apps. On my Mesmerize I hold down the home button and it will bring up a list of my last used apps.
I tried holding down the N button and tried double-tapping the N button but neither seem to work.
Help?
Sounds like you may have the soft keys virtual home setup kind of borked. Might want to try looking there.
Related
i tried to use the new system.ext2 today but i got SOD so restored back to original version.
now my home hardware button isn't working, any ideas' why it would stop? or how to fix it?
tried a search but looking for home button seemed to turn up random results
ta very much, love this place
Have posted this in android forum but no luck::::
Any ideas?
Originally Posted by corollatercel
Does anyone else have a problem with the windows button not bringing up the menu in most screens? It works at the home page, web browser and market but inside of most programs downloaded or not the menu button just takes you back to the home screen. Anyone know a fix for this? I'm using the desire build 5.7 with cotulla's new zimage.
i've searched High and low to see if someone has posted it already and couldn't find a solution.
I have had a similar issue with trying to use android.
I have a euro hd2 with 2_12_50_02_2, using chucky gtx rom, installed following task 29.
The rom seems to work well in windows with the problem of non-functioning hard key buttons in the WINMO also. It seems impossible to assign functions to the hard keys via the windows settings - only the send key option is displayed. The send key (green) button works fine for bringing up the dial pad and the end key (red) works fine also. The start button appropriately brings up the windows menu in this rom, though i have noticed that it does not work on other roms. Currently my home key and back key do not appear to do anything in the WINMO under chucky gtx rom!!
This presents no problems in WINMO as htc sense is easily navigated use touchscreen only and to be honest i never even touch the hard keys. However, this presents a massive problem in ANDROID - the android becomes impossible to navigate as I cannot ever go back or use the home key to get to the main screen. This is the same in sense or launcher mode.
I am using a clean fat 32 4gb class 2 micro sd, desire build v 5.7 from gamesquare and tried all the latest zimage files from cotulla and others but always the same problem. the send key is working fine but then i cannot get out of the dial pad. pressing the end key puts the sense in lock and screen off and i can long press this to power down but if i unlock then i am just stuck at dialpad or where ever i was when i locked. the windows key seems to bring up context menu fine and long press brings up key board in android. The home button does seem to wake from sleep sometimes i think, back button does not seem to work at all.
I have tried changing the rootcfs as well but this did not do anything. I had the same problem on FROYO build so im guessing it might not be an android problem. I am using JMZ dual boot on new rom installs without any other programs on windows or anything else other than android on the microsd.
I have not tried any stock roms to see if they solve the button issue in WINMO but cant really understand why they dont work so well in ANDROID or are they linked as android is ontop of windows?
Ihave found a workaround by installing "soft home key" app from market place which is helpful. but still looking for a fix. All very frustrating!!!
Searched everywhere on xda for answers to no avail. even googling for days!!!
PLEASE HELP. I think im not alone if above post is anything to go by
seem to have the same problem myself.
a short press of the windows button goes home, a long press brings up the recent apps; not the menu.
same issue here
i looked at the files located under /system/usr/keylayout and they all indicated that the correct functions were assigned to the correct keys
anyone else have any ideas?
Just remove the Android file from SD, then reload. Done. These builds are not complete yet. Crap is bound to go wrong.
i think the word we are looking for ..is.........beta
can be closed
I had the same problem...The home button on my rooted Nook Color stopped working. I finally stumbled on the answer. I double clicked the home button and it brought up settings. The home button was set to softkeys instead of home. Just change it and it works again.
I have Button Savior on MIUI rom on Kindle fire the only small issue is that the buttons shrink after some time or reboot any simple fixes?
Try Virtual Button instead. It's awesome. It allows you to set up to 8 different commands including recent app, back, volume up and down, show notification screen, search, and home. You can size both the buttons and the main trigger icon and move it around. Can even change the color.
I still have button savior on my Kindle, but stopped updating it because it seems to take root access away from Virtual Button, which makes no sense. VB does not take root accessed away from BS. So just install Virtual Button second and all works great.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk
Well there is nothing you can do about reboot you have to hit the tab to bring the buttons out, but there is a setting for auto hide you can set to never. That should keep the buttons out most of the time but some programs that take over the screen like games can make the buttons hide again.
I registered on here for this specific question, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
I recently rooted my Nook Simple Touch (1.1) with TouchNooter 1.1. Everything was working perfectly, except the home button. Every time I would press it, it would ask to open with 'Home' (later I found out this is the standard Nook home screen) or something else I could not remember that would send me to the Android home screen.
So a few hours after I rooted I selected Always open with 'Home' (the Nook home, not the Android home). Attempting to reverse this I re-rooted my Nook with no luck. Then I tried restoring it, but Button Saviour is still on the side! How is that possible?
I remember it saying I could reverse the problem by going to the Android settings app. But I can't do this because I can't reach the Android home!
So my question is: how can I clear the setting? I'm using Mac OS X. Thanks in advance
I followed this guide to reset my Nook: [N2E] Recovery and Source for Nook Touch (see Kohr-Ah's post) and re-rooted and everything was back to the way it was
Thanks anyways XDA
corbin052198 said:
I followed this guide to reset my Nook: [N2E] Recovery and Source for Nook Touch (see Kohr-Ah's post) and re-rooted and everything was back to the way it was
Thanks anyways XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you come across this issue again, the simplest method is to put a second launcher in /data/app folder of TouchNooter, use the card again, this will force the choice to come up again.
GabrialDestruir said:
If you come across this issue again, the simplest method is to put a second launcher in /data/app folder of TouchNooter, use the card again, this will force the choice to come up again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Alright, thanks
I'm aware that this is slightly offtopic but found that Button Saviour is useless (for me) and only consumes precious CPU. Just map "n" button to "go to desktop" in AWD settings and the only thing You loose is the back arrow but that one can be accesed from the upper bar (that with clock and battery) so 99,9% of the time Button Saviour is useless.
I've notices a slight improvement of Nook overall speed by uninstaling it.
You can uninstall it by apps like "root uninstaller" along with others systems apps (like gmail, music) (this topic pops up in google cause it has ambigious title so Ive just added this for others)
After I rooted, I can't go to the android home. Always goes to nook home. When I click the button savior it just say "Button Savior has ben denied superuser permission". Tried to connect using adb to uninstall Button savior but it doesn't work. Tried to root again using touchnooter 2.1.31 but no luck. Please help.
Soea said:
I'm aware that this is slightly offtopic but found that Button Saviour is useless (for me) and only consumes precious CPU. Just map "n" button to "go to desktop" in AWD settings and the only thing You loose is the back arrow but that one can be accesed from the upper bar (that with clock and battery) so 99,9% of the time Button Saviour is useless.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought I can live without button savior but in several apps I am using the upper bar is not available.
ssc742 said:
After I rooted, I can't go to the android home. Always goes to nook home. When I click the button savior it just say "Button Savior has ben denied superuser permission". Tried to connect using adb to uninstall Button savior but it doesn't work. Tried to root again using touchnooter 2.1.31 but no luck. Please help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
did You try long pressing the home button in button saviour? it should open a window with curently opened apps, i dont think this will help much but try it
cceerrtt said:
I thought I can live without button savior but in several apps I am using the upper bar is not available.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it just hit me theres another way
1.open Nook Touch Tools
2.select "B&N buttons"
3.select "'n' button goes to home directly"
4. (optionally) select "'reading now' button action" and choose "orientation" (so You can change orientation with one click by clicking that book icon in upper left corner)
5.select "Long press 'n' button action, change it to "Open recent app dialog"
6.select "show extra action buttons in recent dialog"
7.now you can access "back arrow" by long pressing the "n" button (physical button), i know its not the best (cause you have to press it like 3 sec) but it works xD
that's also my setup but I stay with the button savior (as a backup option) because sometimes it is more comfortable than longpressing "n" button, which doesn't work 100% and takes time.
Was able to fixed the issue. I restored to original and re-root again.
Thanks
I didn't find much utility in Button Savior. Except for the home button it mostly said "This feature requires 2.2".
With the "n" button hacked, the lower left hardkey as back and the lower right hardkey as menu I don't need anything more.
I would miss the original functionality (previous and next page) on the right side. I have just lower left button remmaped to Back. It would be great if NookTouchTools (cant remember the exact name) could allow to define also long press actions for hardware buttons (I would use those for menu access).
Once I got to Android home screen, I re-mapped my buttons. I'm right handed, so I usually don't use the left buttons. The top left button is Menu, the bottom left button is back, and long press home button is Android home. After that I killed Button Savior
Exactly the same for me.
I have searched quite some time to find answers to this so I will ask this here. I would like to trigger application executions or tasks (volume up for example) by pressing combinations of keys. So far, it seems no app accomplishes this neither does modifying any system file. I believe it requires something to detect multiple keypresses. Reason being is I would like to keep my Nook stock in appearance and only enter into an alternative launcher when needed. I quite like the aesthetics of the stock Nook but the available tools on android are indispensable. So, basically I am looking for something that will launch ReLaunch when I press both hardware down keys at once but ignore everything else. Perhaps trigger volume up and down by pressing "n" and up or down on either side. It's possible to do this in distros of linux but I have no idea about android or this version in particular. Does anyone know of any solutions? Thanks!
For combo buttons like that you'd have to hack android.policy.jar
You could always just use ButtonSavior instead.
That has popup softkeys on the screen.
If you have rooted with NookManager Nook Mod Manager allows you to assign actions to long presses. For example, I have a long press of the n button assigned to ReLaunch. A short press acts like normal and brings up the B&N quicklaunch.
I have the Fire HD 10 11th generation running Fire OS 7.3.2.3. I used Fire Toolbox v28.2 to assign custom Launcher Action to the Home Button. The problem that I have is that upon restarting the system, the Home Button is missing and I cannot recover it. The back and recent buttons work just fine. Regardless of the launcher used (I tried Nova Launcher and the system default), the Home Button will not appear. I have searched this forum but did not find an effective way to recover the Home Button (There was the suggestion to use Device Setup App, but I cannot find a version of the app that will run on my device). I do not want to do a Factor Update as it would mean reinstalling all of my data. Any assistance is appreciated in getting the Home Button back. Thanks.
No sure if you solved the problem.
I had got the same problem with you, and got solved by using Fire Toolbox client Installer (.exe) instead of Portable (.zip).
My Home Button now shows in screen.