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Power button for call answer?

Is there a mod or an app that allows use of one of the physical buttons to answer and end a phone call? Capacitive screens don't work with gloves, so to answer I always have to take my hand out and that's troublesome.
I never realized how much of a difference physical buttons make during winter time and Nor' Easter's
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And to kill 2 birds with one stone...is there a mod that will allow me to type someones name in the dialer when I have the keyboard open? I think its stupid to only be able to use the 10 digits to type someones name out when I have all 26 letters at my disposal..
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Instead of hitting phone and trying to type their name you could hit search and type it.

i like that idea... i've missed a few calls trying to answer my phone with gloves on

A_Flying_Fox said:
And to kill 2 birds with one stone...is there a mod that will allow me to type someones name in the dialer when I have the keyboard open? I think its stupid to only be able to use the 10 digits to type someones name out when I have all 26 letters at my disposal..
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Yes, you can type out the first name of the person you want to call (on the touchscreen dialpad, im going to try the physical right now)
Edit : nevermind, doesnt work with the physical keyboard, you probably knew that. Sorry for the misunderstanding
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Is there a mod or an app that allows use of one of the physical buttons to answer and end a phone call? Capacitive screens don't work with gloves, so to answer I always have to take my hand out and that's troublesome.
I never realized how much of a difference physical buttons make during winter time and Nor' Easter's
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I know this isn't the question you asked, but it might be a solution... there is a mod you can do to your gloves to make it work
Cut a small piece from a static shielding bag (the kind a hard drive or motherboard gets shipped in), cut a small piece (5mm x 5mm possibly, may need to experiment) and glue it to the fingertip of your glove. When done, you will have turned the finger of your glove into a capacitive stylus, and you will no longer need to remove your gloves to use your phone.
Apart from that, if you are running a Froyo rom, you can set the powerkey to end your call, but dont know of anything to answer your call. To set it to end your call, go into your settings menu, go down to accessibility, if a box pops up saying no accessibility applications found, just hit cancel, then check the box next to 'The power key ends calls'.

A while back this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849075) was posted as an instruction to get the power button to end calls on pre-Froyo ROM's. I'll bet there is some way to map that key to do what you want, but I don't know what you would replace "power" with...
I experimented with it just now by changing it to "call" (as found in the qwerty.kl file) but that didn't work.
Perhaps a Google search on epic key mappings might turn up the "command" that you'd need to manually associate with key 58.

Try Tedds droid tools its free in the market. It allows camera button to answer calls.

[Q] N4 has no Voice Dialing / Voice Assitant?

I just received my phone today.I know that there is "Voice Search" and "Google Now" built in, but I cannot seem to launch them from the lock screen using a headset.
I have also tested the headset (3 button), and it does work; I can play and stop music both locked and unlocked screen and Google Now activates when I hold middle button unlocked, but nothing happens when the phone is on lock screen.
As far as I am concerned, "Google Now" & "Voice Search" are useless unless I can activate them while they are in my pocket, for driving and walking. Furthermore, when I ask it to send a message to someone, it simply displays the message, not repeating it to me, or asking me if I would like to send. I see lots of reviews, claiming "Google Now" is far superior to S-voice and Siri (iPhone) but in my opinion, they should not be categorized together, "Google Now" simply does not do the things I need it to do. If at any point, I need to look at the screen, or press something on the screen, the whole purpose of Voice activation is rendered useless. I cannot be the only one out there with this problem. I am open to any suggestions to solve this issue, or else I must go back to iPhone for the sake of the voice dialing that is headset activated, as well as the ability to read out my messages and send them.
I have tried 3rd party apps like Headset Button, with no luck and it still does not allow Google Now to run in the background with screen off, and requires another third party app, Screen Off & Lock to do just turn off the screen with a different combination of presses on the headset. The lack of any sort of physical button on the N4 is also another problem.
I am open to any suggestions or comments if I am simply just missing something from the features. Please excuse me if I sound rude or a hater, all I am trying to do is find out the problem to my issue, and potentially inform others if they have the same needs as me.
Cheers. :good:

So because it doesn't do the things YOU need it to do, they shouldn't be categorized together?
If you want to access Now with your headset then turn off the screen lock function.

AFAIK, I don't think Google Now will do the things you want it to do out of the box. If you're willing to use third-party apps, though, I think you may be able to get the behavior you need by using Tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm). A quick search also turned up this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonalight&hl=en), which supposedly can read/send text messages by voice alone.
As far as physical buttons go, well .. that's something you're just going to have to get used to, sorry

tengen said:
AFAIK, I don't think Google Now will do the things you want it to do out of the box. If you're willing to use third-party apps, though, I think you may be able to get the behavior you need by using Tasker
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How would Tasker accomplish this?

thanks for all the responses
is there itleast a way i can activate voice dialing from my headset button, i feel like that must be a feature for driving
i now have no lock screen, and when holding down the middle button of my headset, still get nothing
please help.

vicson88 said:
thanks for all the responses
is there itleast a way i can activate voice dialing from my headset button, i feel like that must be a feature for driving
i now have no lock screen, and when holding down the middle button of my headset, still get nothing
please help.
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I have the same issue , headset button doesn't start voice while screen is off even if there is no screen lock ... Bit daft
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Easy mode hides mute and headset buttons

My father has this device and has vision limitations and I set the display to use the Easy Mode. He told me that when he is on a call the mute and headset buttons don't show up. He has difficulty reading the top bar even with the large font selected. I think what would work for him instead of enlarging text in the bar would be to have a lock screen that has large icons/widgets that would be a way to fix this? Also is there a way for him to open either Waze or Google Navigation from a contact and also if S Voice would do this.
Also I don't want to anything that could be an issue with AT&T and his warranty. I know this might be a lot do but any help is appreciated.
Thanks

cjunkie said:
My father has this device and has vision limitations and I set the display to use the Easy Mode. He told me that when he is on a call the mute and headset buttons don't show up. He has difficulty reading the top bar even with the large font selected. I think what would work for him instead of enlarging text in the bar would be to have a lock screen that has large icons/widgets that would be a way to fix this? Also is there a way for him to open either Waze or Google Navigation from a contact and also if S Voice would do this.
Also I don't want to anything that could be an issue with AT&T and his warranty. I know this might be a lot do but any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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1.) Easy Mode does disable those functions when you're in a call. On a phone call, the only options displayed are "Mute", "Hide/Unhide Keypad" and "End Call".
2.) There isn't a way to "fix" the native lock screen with larger icons/widgets. The only enhancements you can make is the clock/date size from small, medium or large. If you do want customization for the lock screen, maybe search the Play Store for a lock screen launcher they may add the customization you want.
3.) If he is using a Galaxy S 4, Google Navigation is integrated into Google Maps now. Voice commands with S Voice will open native apps pre-installed on the phone such as this. That shouldn't be a problem. Waze, which is not native and is installed via the Play Store, probably will not open via S Voice. Again, there may be easier ways to do it. For example, I don't use S Voice on my GS4, I use Google Now.
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-get-google-now-samsung-galaxy-s4
Easier and integrates well with Android devices.
Hope this info helps!

[Q] No hardware button to open keyboard?

Hi, most phones I've used have a menu button which you can long-press to pop open/closed the software keyboard, which is invaluable for searching/filtering menus and lists, or checking under the keyboard for text/UI that's hidden by it... this was an important compromise for a software keyboard since you can't access it any other way if you can't open it.
The S5 doesn't have a menu button, and long-pressing the other buttons doesn't open the keyboard. What gives? Is there any way to get this functionality back or reprogram the buttons? or am I just stuck without a keyboard when the device doesn't want to open one for me, and stuck with one when it does?

TK9K1 said:
Hi, most phones I've used have a menu button which you can long-press to pop open/closed the software keyboard
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Most phones don't have that feature, so you are just missing a feature that you like that happened to be on your previous phones.
The S5 will auto open the keyboard whenever you are in an app or editable line where text can be typed. I gind that that works just fine. You could remap a hardware key with an app like xposed. You can probably assign that function to the floating toolbox. Or use one of the myriad third party apps to pull up the keyboard from a swiping gesture. Or in many other ways.
The S5 menu can be pulled up in most screens by a long press on the recent key i.e. the softkey to the left of the home button.
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Where do you need a keyboard besides of when the system opens it for you if you have to write something down?
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fffft said:
Most phones don't have that feature, so you are just missing a feature that you like that happened to be on your previous phones.
The S5 will auto open the keyboard whenever you are in an app or editable line where text can be typed. I gind that that works just fine. You could remap a hardware key with an app like xposed. You can probably assign that function to the floating toolbox. Or use one of the myriad third party apps to pull up the keyboard from a swiping gesture. Or in many other ways.
The S5 menu can be pulled up in most screens by a long press on the recent key i.e. the softkey to the left of the home button.
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Hmm, a swiping gesture seems like it might be a halfway workable solution. I really don't like the toolbox or the swipe in/out menus though. They just get in the way of interacting with the UI in normal ways. Unfortunately there is no workable way for me to root this device for me to use xposed.
atilla88 said:
Where do you need a keyboard besides of when the system opens it for you if you have to write something down?
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lists, menus, app drawer, etc... anywhere you want to filter or jump to an entry by typing, like you would in a desktop OS.

TK9K1 said:
... anywhere you want to filter or jump to an entry by typing, like you would in a desktop OS.
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But this isn't a desktop OS. It is an OS running on a device that has a very constrained amount of physical space. If you don't like the design decisions and tradeoffs, then knock yourself out customizing your phone.
Nevertheless the design works very well for the vast majority of users. If you always want ready access to a keyboard, you should consider getting a physical, RF or bluetooth keyboard.
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fffft said:
But this isn't a desktop OS. It is an OS running on a device that has a very constrained amount of physical space. If you don't like the design decisions and tradeoffs, then knock yourself out customizing your phone.
Nevertheless the design works very well for the vast majority of users. If you always want ready access to a keyboard, you should consider getting a physical, RF or bluetooth keyboard.
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Believe me, I would sell my firstborn son to the robot devil for a modern android with a decent physical keyboard... It just happens that nobody makes one.
But that's besides the point. I'm talking about functionality of the soft keyboard, and UX in general. It would be much better if I could open the keyboard when I want to, and that's what I want to do.

Why do it that way when you can just use Multi window and add a shortcut to every app using Multi window manager and all you do is long press the back key and you've got all your shortcuts.

Trigger voice search in Android Auto programmatically ?

Does anyone know the intent that should be used to trigger voice search on a phone running the Android Auto app ?
I have tried calling android.intent.action.VOICE_ASSIST - which does bring up voice search, but it appears to be the full google assistant window, as it covers 2/3 of the screen, and sits on top of the screen if no command is heard.
I also tried android.intent.action.VOICE_COMMAND, this looks more like the voice search that is started from within Android Auto (only covers the top 1/4 of the screen, and disappears when finished listening) - but this doesn't appear to accept any voice input.. despite showing that it's listening.
Anyone have any ideas if there are other actions that can be called to kick off the voice search ? - I'm basically looking to replicate touching the mic button in the top right of Android Auto.
Thanks!

Did you ever find an answer to this?