I have a Motorola Droid X that has four hard keys @ the bottom, of which the MENU one is broken, it randomly sticks/makes stuff open, etc... Any app/mod/apk there to DISABLE the hard buttons and install software buttons like the newer phones have? on screen buttons?
Softkeys is an app that places soft keys over the Droid X screen.
It's not on par with the Galaxy Nexus's soft keys, but it is still an alternative.
Also, it requires root.
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My answer in this thread may give you another option. You will have to look into it yourself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1876968
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How can I get an keyboard with arrow for my Desire Z?
Does that Exist?
A Droid 2 (Milestone 2) as an alternative
zung0207 said:
A Droid 2 (Milestone 2) as an alternative
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What is that?
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What is that?
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It's a completley different phone by Motorola I don't think he read that you do currently already own a Desire Z
Are you talking about an alternate touchscreen keyboard? Of the more popular ones on the Market, Thumb Keyboard is the only one that seems to have arrow keys. The arrow key layout reminds me of the old stock HTC touchscreen keyboard on Windows Mobile devices.
But why not just use the optical trackpad to move the cursor, instead of clogging up screen real estate with arrow keys?
You could map 4 buttons to up/down/left/right. Maybe the 2 program buttons, the extra shift, and the search? Do a search for key mapper, it's been posted here before.
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Z Arrow
ill_dawg said:
You could map 4 buttons to up/down/left/right. Maybe the 2 program buttons, the extra shift, and the search? Do a search for key mapper, it's been posted here before.
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Or maybe help "Z Arrow" app on market ...
'Keyboard from Android 2.3' is free from the Market and has arrow keys that 'collapse' in and out when you need them by holding the spacebar key and dragging up to activate, or down to deactivate. Screen real estate is preserved when you don't need them plus i reckon the gingerbread keyboard is pretty impressive in itself.
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Smart Keyboard Pro has an option (its off by default) to turn on a dpad/arrow. Works good.
if you want it on the physical keyboard you can do what i did and use button remapper to change shortcute keys 1 and 2 to left and right, work so much better for terminal then the track pad.
hello everyone, i thought the PRO was the perfect phone just before i start typing with it, i found the first row at the qwerty keypads are too close to the soft action buttons (menu,home,back,search) , so every time im writing something i actidentaly hit some of these soft buttons and lost all myscreen text ive wrote...
just wondering if there is such app to make these action buttons works as long press them or disable them for good to use for example "SWKey v1.0.9 – Button Savior for Android"
it's very annoying when you have been writing a lot of text and you dissmiss it because this damn phone layout, anyone experiencing similar problems/froustrations?????????
Yeah I had.the same problem at first. But if it makes you feel better, you do get used to it and so it gets easier to avoid the soft buttons over time.
That is of course, assuming you are still new to the pro.
I still do it on occasion, but its become very rare.
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Button Savior would be fine with me. I wonder how you disable the stock buttons though. Seems like Google Search is popping up all the time on accident.
HTC One just features 2 buttons i.e HOME and BACK no MENU key. Obviously menu key is not required by many apps on holo interface it is somewhat useful in certain apps.
Htc one will utilize the home key long press for menu. Initially it will be frustrating but once getting used to it wont make you feel awkward
Multitasking comes by DOUBLE TAPPING the home key. This is great i think users will find it great once they actually start using device.
Though you can change the button behaviour from settings just like htc one x so dont worry 2 buttons are enough for every task easily
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Looked around and didn't see this being brought up. Is there away to out the multitasking app instead of the menu button and bring back the 3 dot menu button back in apps? Hate freaking menu buttons and having to long press the home.
I remember figuring out a way to add software nav buttons on an S4 manually by editing some lines in the system but since the soft nav bar is already present I don't think that would work. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Root, and there's a few nav bar replacements in the play store that autohide as well.
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Looked around and didn't see this being brought up. Is there away to out the multitasking app instead of the menu button and bring back the 3 dot menu button back in apps? Hate freaking menu buttons and having to long press the home.
I remember figuring out a way to add software nav buttons on an S4 manually by editing some lines in the system but since the soft nav bar is already present I don't think that would work. Any ideas? Thanks.
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I'm with you, I think its stupid to have a dedicated menu button when android already has this covered.
The apps the poster above is speaking of does not fix this issue as it also hides the buttons, which is just dumb. Just be patient, I'm sure we will have a fix soon!
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This may be my only gripe about this phone, I have tried several of the options, but you have to hide it or tour home screen icons in the dock get lost.
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While using the Note 2 I was able to go to the (root) system file and mess with the nav bar. Im going to play with this in a few. I'll report back.
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While using the Note 2 I was able to go to the (root) system file and mess with the nav bar. Im going to play with this in a few. I'll report back.
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With the S4 I was able to manually add the On screen nav buttons with a line of code. Default android soft buttons are back home and multitask LG edited that to the menu button which is annoying. Let me know what you find. I'm going to try some stuff my self
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While I would like to have a dedicated multitasking button, I don't think the menu button is a waste or stupid. There are still numerous apps that don't adhere to Google's new rules for a software menu button and they result in a black bar on the screen. LG dodged this by adding a dedicated software menu button. If you want to see how annoying it is, just pick up an HTC One (or DNA, or One X) and it will make more sense. What they did is emulate the Optimus G Pro (and Samsung's Touchwiz) with software buttons to give the same feel (hold home for multitasking, back and menu). I see why they did it. But yeah, it would be nice if they'd add an option for a multitasking button as either a fourth option or in place of the menu. It would certainly make more sense than the notification shade toggle.
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While I would like to have a dedicated multitasking button, I don't think the menu button is a waste or stupid. There are still numerous apps that don't adhere to Google's new rules for a software menu button and they result in a black bar on the screen. LG dodged this by adding a dedicated software menu button. If you want to see how annoying it is, just pick up an HTC One (or DNA, or One X) and it will make more sense. What they did is emulate the Optimus G Pro (and Samsung's Touchwiz) with software buttons to give the same feel (hold home for multitasking, back and menu). I see why they did it. But yeah, it would be nice if they'd add an option for a multitasking button as either a fourth option or in place of the menu. It would certainly make more sense than the notification shade toggle.
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The main reason I did not get the One was because of the stupid buttons. First not on screen and second only 2 buttons.
I do think it will only be a matter of time until someone makes a zip to add the recent button back. Wish I knew how
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Looked around and didn't see this being brought up. Is there away to out the multitasking app instead of the menu button and bring back the 3 dot menu button back in apps? Hate freaking menu buttons and having to long press the home.
I remember figuring out a way to add software nav buttons on an S4 manually by editing some lines in the system but since the soft nav bar is already present I don't think that would work. Any ideas? Thanks.
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So my solution to this after 2 days of fiddling with the phone and trying EVERYTHING actually turned out for the better. The setup I have is using GMD gesture control for my buttons and auto hide navbar to have the navbar gone. This app let's you slide certain regions of the screen and trigger different conditions. I have no buttons at all on my screen and have slide functions that work perfect exactly where the Normal buttons would go. Slide up on the left is menu, slide in middle is home, and slide in right is recent apps. My back button is set by my thumb and it works out much better than I could have hoped.
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So my solution to this after 2 days of fiddling with the phone and trying EVERYTHING actually turned out for the better. The setup I have is using GMD gesture control for my buttons and auto hide navbar to have the navbar gone. This app let's you slide certain regions of the screen and trigger different conditions. I have no buttons at all on my screen and have slide functions that work perfect exactly where the Normal buttons would go. Slide up on the left is menu, slide in middle is home, and slide in right is recent apps. My back button is set by my thumb and it works out much better than I could have hoped.
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Thanks I'm going to try this.
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Apps that have their own 3-dot menu
Thanks for the research on this topic. Does anyone know if the GMD app allows an app to retain its 3-dot menu functionality? I've encountered several apps that won't work with the G2's menu softkey preventing you from accessing the app's options.
thanks in advance!
My Moto X Style has faulty screen : small part of the screen does not register touch & ghost touch probs.
I really like the MXS camera so I would like to continue using the MXS as a 'camera'.
What I've done so far is to install the app Touch Lock to disable screen touch.
Now I can use the power button to switch the MXS on-off.
Use double twist to bring up the camera.
What I now need is to use the volume keys to take a pic. How do I do that ? I cannot find "Volume Key Action".
btw : If you know a better way to use the camera with a locked screen please let me know.