I'm very annoyed.
While using stylus I have to switch to fingers to use function buttons
Home button has no light and its basically a blind expeidition to find it
Did no one play with it before selling it?
You bought it without proper research it seems...
I can't share your feelings though, I've never been more satisfied with a mobile phone (and had quite a few of them since '97...)
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You can do a stylus gesture to activate the menu button - an up arrow like this /\
and to activate the back button a back arrow like this <
I don't have a problem finding the home button as it is slightly raised. Even in the dark, it is easy to find. In fact, that's how I waked up my phone and have no problems in the dark. I might just take you a week or so to get used to where the home button is, and you'll literally be able to push it with you eyes closed.
You cant exactly research these tiny nuances.
True about the gestures but then again, finding the pen button is another challenge.
When you insert the pen the phone knows so theres a wacom sensor in there. Why cant they put more under the buttons? Its just so strange like they said f it we are done.
And the home button is just as strange, they worked on the lighted capacitive back and menu but they said f it and stuck in the home button.
And last thing, the keyboard sucks. Swift is kinda cool but swiping is completely bad, nothing like real swype. Im going to try install the beta but too bad it wont support one sided operation.
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You cant exactly research these tiny nuances.
True about the gestures but then again, finding the pen button is another challenge.
When you insert the pen the phone knows so theres a wacom sensor in there. Why cant they put more under the buttons? Its just so strange like they said f it we are done.
And the home button is just as strange, they worked on the lighted capacitive back and menu but they said f it and stuck in the home button.
And last thing, the keyboard sucks. Swift is kinda cool but swiping is completely bad, nothing like real swype. Im going to try install the beta but too bad it wont support one sided operation.
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wanna shift to N4? im shifting to Nexus 4 asap..
seems like you share the basic problems i have...
Are you rooted ? If yes then just add qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to build.prop and you'll get on-screen buttons
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That does look cool and i could turn off the button leds but then im wasting lcd. And I FING want the search button back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And why no home gesture for s pen!?!?!?!?!?
Dumbest post I've read all week. If you can't find the S-pen button quickly and without looking, then you need to have your motor skills tested. Also, the home button is raised and directly in the middle. Get a marker and draw a map on your screen.
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^ I'm fairly sure the OP is just trolling. No one is -that- stupid.
I am NOT trolling. I have a long history on these boards. I like to lay back in bed in the dark and low brightness. My eyes cant see the buttons when they are adjusted to the screen.
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I am NOT trolling. I have a long history on these boards. I like to lay back in bed in the dark and low brightness. My eyes cant see the buttons when they are adjusted to the screen.
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It's below the bottom of the screen (in the middle) and it is raised.
I don't see how you find it so difficult. I'm sure a blind person could fine it quite easily.
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I know one can reprogram it, but when it isn't reprogrammed what does it do?
My backlight on the keyboard has been on before but it never seems to come on now - even whe I press the backlight button and cover the light sensor. How does it work? Any way I can have the keyboard backlight on whenever the device is open?
What is the backlight button for?
PS - I wonder what percentage of posts on this forum are done on a universal... This was.
I think the only raison-d-ètre for that button is to start discussion threads like yours. It's a bit like bureaucracy. It starts very small but then grows into a self sustaining monster.
The question is not "What is the button for?" , it is rather "Will you be able to accept that it has no purpose" ?
.. but does it have no purpose? we have a question, a response, and now a response to that response. I argue that this ingenius button is not a part of the device, but a social agent and we have created an ad-hoc community built around the presence of this otherwise purposeless plastic.
Alright a more straightforward question:
What effect does pressing the button (when not using the reassignment hack) have?
Guys, in my case when Im using XDA Exec for typing or working long and then I stopped for 60sec ......... backlight goes auto-off , by simply pressing the button backlight ON or tapping on the screen!
For keyboard light, if i put thumb on it and press any key on keyboard then backlight goes ON.
So isnt it normal and expected behavoir? if you noticed more or less could be an exception
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What effect does pressing the button (when not using the reassignment hack) have?
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Alright, let me rephrase my question - WHY can yo not accept that it has no purpose? Don't think too much about it, I want a spontaneous answer.
Because on a device as expensive as this I assume that everything has a purpose, considering that space is a factor.
Isn't it meant to force enable the keyboard backlight when the ambient light is too dark? Ie, light sensor detects it's dark; however, backlight times out after X seconds; pressing useless backlight key detects ambient light and renables keyboard backlight without stuffing a character in the keyboard message queue.
We all know what it's really meant for - VJCandela!
Guys, it's getting a bit tense in here. Let's all go out for a latte, eh?
V
With such an intense discussion I think caffiene would be an excellent idea
Mines a Mochalatte with 2 sugars, Ta V
Back on topic....dunno
If we're headed to Starbucks, could someone grab me a quad-shot venti white mocha with cream, and sprinkle some cinnamon over it please?
Damn I need a coffee!
all points raised here are right. VJCandela is the best use for it, in day to day life it served no real purpose before reassignment unless you ignored your Uni until it turned the backlight on the screen off.
Typical. Looks like Starbucks paid for the buttons to be installed as some kind of post-phone-sale invenstment.
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unless you ignored your Uni until it turned the backlight on the screen off.
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Ignored? How dare you!!!........cancel PReDiToR's coffee order!!!
PReDiToR: no coffee. Check.
QuaCKeReD: 1 "girly" Mochalatte.
The rest of you, keep supping those groin-frying electromagentic waves.
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PS - think you've got it bad? My Mio A701 doesn't have a power key :shock: Anyone got a spare StarBucks key I can use for the time being?
M'kay. I was looking at an assortment of "remaps your softkeys" programs, and I'm either too stupid to see it, or it doesn't happen. It's also possible I'm searching using the wrong terms. I am a little slow sometimes...
I want to press the center button on my dpad, and have it open the Start Menu. I'm using WA2 to gain cascading menus, and I'd love to be able to completely launch a program without using the touchscreen or pulling out a stylus.
If it's already been done, can someone please point me to it? If it hasn't been done, whose butt do I need to start kissin'?
Here's a shot of what I'm talking about, just in case my mis-speaking is confusing you. When I press that button, I want that menu to open!
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have you ever heard about smartskey???
Look out for it..
is the answer for your prayers... You will not remap your center button, however a long press on the left softpad key will open your program menu.
Good luck
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have you ever heard about smartskey???
Look out for it..
is the answer for your prayers... You will not remap your center button, however a long press on the left softpad key will open your program menu.
Good luck
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Yes, I've heard of it. No it's really not the answer to my prayers.
I don't really care for the smartskey method (it would take too long to explain, but I don't like it, and that should suffice for explanation), and I don't get why you can't remap that center button...it doesn't do anything in the Today view (or much in anything else, other than "execute" whatever is focused).
Thanks anyways for the reminder. If all else fails, I can fall back on that as an unsatisfying workaround.
Got any other suggestions?
M'kay, it's not freeware, but it does have a free trial. AE Button Plus is capable of doing what I want, within reason.
I have to double click my center button (reserving single click for selecting highlighted items, etc.) to open the start menu. I'm actually okay with this as a solution.
Still, this program, as good as it is, is more bulky than I'd like (nearly 1/3 MB!) for such a seemingly simple action. I'd expected this to load pretty small, and was surprised by the relatively large package.
I know it's cheap of me, but I'd still welcome any (free/smaller footprint) alternatives to this...
Try HButton it does everything and more, i love this app.
you are able to map 6 apps on 1 button and you can even use your slider to scroll.
check this
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Try HButton it does everything and more, i love this app.
you are able to map 6 apps on 1 button and you can even use your slider to scroll.
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At first blush, this appeared to be what I was looking for. However, I cannot figure out how (if it's even possible) to reassign one of the five HButtons to activate from the center button on the dpad, or how to distinguish that from, say, clicking the dpad once to OK a procedure or popup message.
Not really interested in clicking and holding (for example) my Messages button to open the start menu.
I feel rather silly for being so picky, but there you have it. I'm picky.
After wrestling with all of these, I'm slightly embarrassed to say that charly_mx had the best suggestion, right off the bat. It's not perfect, but launching Start from my left soft key isn't terrible, just not what I wanted.
Sometimes, you just don't get what you want, so you take what you can get, and so I have done that.
Apologies to anyone that I annoyed (esp. charly_mx).
HD2 is a large phone , so everytime I want to press the hardware buttons , I have to reposition my hand and the buttons are kinda hard to press as well.I'm having wrist pain from pressing the back and home button on the HD2. Does anyone know any virtual or on screen back button apps ?
Virtual on-screen BACK-HOME-MENU-SEARCH Key Wanted!
I feel the same and I want it too. May some talented guys write an APP to replace the Hardware keys (HOME, MENU, BACK and SEARCH) with Software ones. Thanks so much!
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HD2 is a large phone , so everytime I want to press the hardware buttons , I have to reposition my hand and the buttons are kinda hard to press as well.I'm having wrist pain from pressing the back and home button on the HD2. Does anyone know any virtual or on screen back button apps ?
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I feel the same and I want it too. May some talented guys write an APP to replace the Hardware keys (HOME, MENU, BACK and SEARCH) with Software ones. Thanks so much!
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Goog point. But designwise not very much. It would ruin the nice ui i spend so much time in
I believe the latest archos android tablets have something like this.
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I like it as it is
"You're holding it wrong"
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"You're holding it wrong"
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Hmmm...sounds like a thing that Apple would answer if this was about one of their products.
Man up and get bigger hands sissy!
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Man up and get bigger hands sissy!
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True dat bro.
when people comment that my phone is TOO big, I just say, "It complements me "
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when people comment that my phone is TOO big, I just say, "It complements me "
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Is it...?
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Its big but its thin. Which is very awesome because its easy to pull it out of your jeans without much work. and with the kickstand battery cover its awesome too. plus you want the harware call, back button, so when u get a call in winter times outside you wont have to pull ur hands out of your jeans
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Realistically, I don't think an onscreen back button would be a very easy app to code.
It would have to show over every screen, so a stationary widget wouldn't suffice, and worse yet, it would have to show over every app, which would be even tougher.
Consider that there are like a hundred alarm clock apps in the market, and maybe four of them work properly all the time, and of those four, three of them probably use so much system resources that they slow your phone down and drain the battery.
Maybe an exaggeration, but theres alot of truth in it.
We would all probably be better off buying a couple spare sets of hard keys, and somebody write a real good tut on how to replace them, than to hold our breath for an onscreen back button
To answer the original poster's question:
Well.... it depends on what you're trying to accomplish with the back button.
If you're main concern is going back and forth between views in a single app, or overall use of the back button I suggest some key remapping.
If you are right handed, the back button might indeed be uncomfortable to press one handed. But if you switch it with the home key or the green key, you might get less sore, since your hand won't have to move so awkwardly. Of course, the pictures on the buttons wouldn't match their function (which bothers some) but it's an idea nonetheless.
Another, perhaps more intriguing remap idea would be to remap the volume down key to be a back key (you can always use a widget for real volume control.)
If you're only concerned about app switching, I suggest trying the app "Smart Taskbar (sidebar)" from the market. That might help you. It has an on-screen dot that you press to open a list of apps, shortcuts, etc. That way you don't have to use as many physical buttons to navigate between apps.
Anyway, in conclusion, if I were in your situation, I'd remap volume down to be the back button. Here is a thread that helps with remapping.
A few other threads on basically the same topic, but due to many people's HD2 hardware buttons failing due to excessive use from Andriod. Software buttons are the answer to this, but nothing has come out yet.
Hi, sorry for my english level.
I am looking for a virtual/on screen back button (I think that the physical back button is cheap - endurance problems ?).
I don't want to create a new topic... do you have information ? I don't find it in this topic.
Thx in advance
Is it virtual next and previous buttons ? Thx.
(down right and down left)
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go to market and search for zmooth or button savior.or if you have cm or typhoon rom look for tablet tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031607
Hey everyone,
I recently got my Samsung galaxy s4 and I keep getting this weird looking car mode / notification screen. I'm not sure how it happens I just lock my phone I get that
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I've been getting it for days but its only there for about two seconds its been driving me crazy. Today i I finally took a screenshot and it disappeared right after
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Its part of Google Now. You probably searched some directions or have your home or work programmed in there, so when it knows you are away from that area it will show you how much time to get back to home or work, or the directions you searched for.
Pull down the notification bar and you should see it there like "Time to get Home xx mins" or similar. Just swipe it away if you don't want to see it.
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Hey everyone,
I recently got my Samsung galaxy s4 and I keep getting this weird looking car mode / notification screen. I'm not sure how it happens I just lock my phone I get that
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I've been getting it for days but its only there for about two seconds its been driving me crazy. Today i I finally took a screenshot and it disappeared right after
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That is part of the air gesture stuff, turn it off in the motions and gestures, air gestures, quick glance. This is the correct procedure.
I like it.
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That is part of the air gesture stuff, turn it off in the motions and gestures, air gestures, quick glance.
I like it.
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Yeap he's right,
I thought he was referring to the driving notification icon.
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That is part of the air gesture stuff, turn it off in the motions and gestures, air gestures, quick glance. This is the correct procedure.
I like it.
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Ok how do I make it appear? Im not sure what gesture im making for the phone to show this?
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Ok how do I make it appear? Im not sure what gesture im making for the phone to show this?
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When the phone is on a flat surface like a desk, you wave your hand over the top where the LED is, the LED will light up shortly and then screen will come on for a few seconds to show you the notification screen you attached earlier
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When the phone is on a flat surface like a desk, you wave your hand over the top where the LED is, the LED will light up shortly and then screen will come on for a few seconds to show you the notification screen you attached earlier
Dixit
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Just to add - the idea is to show you why the LED is flashing without unlocking your phone. If the light is blinking it could be from missed call, text, email, etc. That screen shows you but it also has icons for weather, driving directions, etc.
I have been using this feature, but i am not sure it is any better then tapping the home button - since that wakes up the phone, and you will see notification icons in the top to tell why the LED is flashing. Now that i think about it, i may turn this off
your welcome
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Thank you, if you just waited a bit longer I would've thanked you lol.
Finally figured it out this thing is being driving me crazy. its a stupid feature pressing the home button is much quicker and more convenient. It would be nice if it works when your driving while the phone is on a stand but being on a flat surface I don't see any use of it.
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Thank you, if you just waited a bit longer I would've thanked you lol.
Finally figured it out this thing is being driving me crazy. its a stupid feature pressing the home button is much quicker and more convenient. It would be nice if it works when your driving while the phone is on a stand but being on a flat surface I don't see any use of it.
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Given that it took you days to figure out what it even is, you might want to give it more time before you conclude it is a stupid feature.
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Given that it took you days to figure out what it even is, you might want to give it more time before you conclude it is a stupid feature.
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Hahaha then enlighten us Mr. George !! it takes a millisecond to press the home button and figure out what notifications you have , how long does it take for the sensor to see your hand motion?
Ok, question was asked and I gave you the answer, it is now solved, OP you need to say Solved in the header, and close this before it becomes a bashing event. There are enough of these threads already.
Thanks
On the N8, 10.1 one can use a two finger pich to change keyboard modes (fixed, floating, split). On the 12.2 you cannot. this is especially annoying when in multiwindow mode and it defaults to the tiny floating keyboard. Am I missing a setting or is there a workaround?
+1 for any info on this. I thought the keyboard button was on every configuration of the keyboard, but it doesn't seem to show up in the multi window keyboard.
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+1 for any info on this. I thought the keyboard button was on every configuration of the keyboard, but it doesn't seem to show up in the multi window keyboard.
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This key?
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Oh jeez. I swear it doesn't always show up. But. ..Yeah that one!
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Sneaky little thing
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When you hold that button you can select one of the options that shows up. Whichever one you choose will be the default from then on until you choose another one
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When you hold that button you can select one of the options that shows up. Whichever one you choose will be the default from then on until you choose another one
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Not as elegant or easy as with the two-finger gesture. Also, doesnt always revert to ABC keyboard after putting away pen.
Would like to see the two-finger gesture ported over. Its embarrassing to show off multiwindow, have small keyboard pop up. Is there way to default to full keyboard regardless of window configuration?
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Not as elegant or easy as with the two-finger gesture. Also, doesnt always revert to ABC keyboard after putting away pen.
Would like to see the two-finger gesture ported over. Its embarrassing to show off multiwindow, have small keyboard pop up. Is there way to default to full keyboard regardless of window configuration?
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Not that I know of. Maybe you could something to uninstall. I thin there is a keyboard on the app store that can be set up similarly
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Not as elegant or easy as with the two-finger gesture. Also, doesnt always revert to ABC keyboard after putting away pen.
Would like to see the two-finger gesture ported over. Its embarrassing to show off multiwindow, have small keyboard pop up. Is there way to default to full keyboard regardless of window configuration?
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Wasnt just embarrising today, it slowed me down. Remoted in to my files and had webmail side by side, had to fiddle to get full screen keyboard.
I will say this thing has saved my ass 100 times over already. Its def. works in a highly professional environment (in this case, $1bln+ bond closing). Very useful to carry around the room, fix documents etc.
This is a nice alternative to the samsung keyboard. It isnt quite as ergonomic as the built in one but it wont default to a mini one when you are using the multi window
It is called hackers keyboard and is free on the play store. It is highly configureable and should be exactly what you are looking for.