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Wake with volume?

Just wondered if there are any hacks to wake up the DHD with the volume rocker rather than the power button?
I have the track pad to wake mod on my Desire and this makes things a LOT easier but as there is no track pad and no hardware front buttons on the DHD I wonder if the volume keys can be used instead?

There is a similar thread already a couple of pages back and there's an app to customise the keys to do what you want.

Widgetlocker will also let you select to wake on home button, and I think volume buttons, I think its much better than other lockscreens so worth looking at.
Tasker will also do this on long press of the search button, if thats helpful.

"No Lock" from the Market works (by BoD). Very simple and FREE.

Thanks, I'll see if I can find the other thread and check these out!

NZtechfreak said:
Widgetlocker will also let you select to wake on home button, and I think volume buttons, I think its much better than other lockscreens so worth looking at.
Tasker will also do this on long press of the search button, if thats helpful.
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Still not got round to looking at Tasker yet but I intend to do so. Given that the DHD 'buttons' are capacitive this will still work?

I think so, but I couldn't say for sure. I have Widgetlocker set to wake on pressing the back key, which is capacitive in my Galaxy S, so I would assume it does.

NZtechfreak said:
I think so, but I couldn't say for sure. I have Widgetlocker set to wake on pressing the back key, which is capacitive in my Galaxy S, so I would assume it does.
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Sounds highly likely then, thanks!

[Q] No menu-button?

Hey,
I would like to know how the menu button works on this phone when there ..is no (only back, home and "apps" button)?
Because it is defenitely needed.
Thanks

menu button are always shown inside the apps

rest0ck said:
Hey,
I would like to know how the menu button works on this phone when there ..is no (only back, home and "apps" button)?
Because it is defenitely needed.
Thanks
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Yea usually the app itself has the menu button built into it. Or sometimes it's the rom depending on which one it is.

with on-screen buttons you can customize the navigation bar to your liking rather than needing to conform to hardware buttons.
im a big fan of mechanical buttons, but if youre giving me touch buttons let me customize them.. which is what googles doing with the nexus line

Google got rid of the menu button a long time ago. There is no such thing as "menu" in Android 4.0 and later. The three dots in the action bar is called action overflow.
Don’t call it a menu
Not only should your apps stop relying on the hardware Menu button, but you should stop thinking about your activities using a “menu button” at all. Your activities should provide buttons for important user actions directly in the action bar (or elsewhere on screen). Those that can’t fit in the action bar end up in the action overflow.
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http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-menu-button.html

rmkilc said:
Google got rid of the menu button a long time ago. There is no such thing as "menu" in Android 4.0 and later. The three dots in the action bar is called action overflow.
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-menu-button.html
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i can use my menu button

Okay, I didn't knew that ..sounds good, thanks

mazdarati2 said:
i can use my menu button
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You didn't read the article.

rmkilc said:
You didn't read the article.
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i did

[Q] Enable Onscreen Menu Button

I have rooted my Note 3 and remapped the navigation buttons to match the galaxy nexus I came from. Now that I don't have the menu button is there a way (maybe in the build.prop) to enable the onscreen menu button? If not is there a way to enable all onscreen navigation buttons for the note 3? I tried the "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0" approach but it caused system ui to crash. Thanks.

Looking for this as well. Got the same UI crash when adding that kind.

Why would you want to when we have hardware buttons?
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Gvaz said:
Why would you want to when we have hardware buttons?
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I remapped my hardware buttons to match my galaxy nexus onscreen buttons (from left to right: Back, Home, Recent Apps). As you can see I don't have a menu button mapped. A lot of apps have the menu button in the UI but it doesn't show up if your device thinks it has a hardware menu button. So what I am looking for is a way to tell android that I do not have a hardware menu button. Thanks.

could you keep us updated if you find anything? could you make a quick tutorial how you were able to remap the buttons, or does it work exactly like on the s3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34848407

smoothjeff said:
could you keep us updated if you find anything? could you make a quick tutorial how you were able to remap the buttons, or does it work exactly like on the s3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34848407
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Yes it looks like it is exactly the same. Wish I could have found that guide when I was searching lol.

Do the correct icons appear to the right and left of the home button with this mod?

chhaggerty said:
Do the correct icons appear to the right and left of the home button with this mod?
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Unfortunately not. I just turned the touch key lights off in display settings.

Has anyone figured this out yet?

Disable capacitive buttons while typing

Does anyone know how to disable the capacitive buttons while typing? I keep accidentally hitting them.

I don't believe that's possible with a stock ROM right now. I'm not aware of any app or Xposed module that will do it, either, though those options would require you to root your phone.

rczrider said:
I don't believe that's possible with a stock ROM right now. I'm not aware of any app or Xposed module that will do it, either, though those options would require you to root your phone.
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I thought i was the only one. I keep hitting the home button when i hit space. I found that you can position the stock keyboard to pad the bottom so it's not right on top of the home button, not sure for other keyboards

peramikic said:
I thought i was the only one. I keep hitting the home button when i hit space. I found that you can position the stock keyboard to pad the bottom so it's not right on top of the home button, not sure for other keyboards
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I never even thought of moving the keyboard... Haha. SwiftKey? let's me undock it, so it's a good enough solution.

Disable Home-Button if soft-pressed

I don't know why Samsung made the onscreen home button working even if you don't press it and just touch it. So is it possible to "disable" the home-button when I just touch it and make it only work if I press it hard so it gives the force feedback?

Jemand222 said:
I don't know why Samsung made the onscreen home button working even if you don't press it and just touch it. So is it possible to "disable" the home-button when I just touch it and make it only work if I press it hard so it gives the force feedback?
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You can increase the sensativity of the hard press so it always acts as a press so you know
Go to settings - display - nav buttons and move the slider to more sensative

ElBeaner said:
You can increase the sensativity of the hard press so it always acts as a press so you know
Go to settings - display - nav buttons and move the slider to more sensative
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That's only for a hard press, so when locked, or in full screen for example. I don't think we can disable soft presses generally yet.

ElBeaner: Thanks for your help but thats not what I wanted.
I thought that there is no normal touch on the home button when all the reports came about the new force touch button. I was expecting that Samsung replaced the old button with the force feedback one. But they just added normal on screen buttons like they are on 100s of other android phones. And I really don't see no need for the force feedback button because all it does you can also do with touching the button and not pressing it.
It would be great if Samsung changes the behaviour so that only a real press on the home button is working and not the touch.

Wait so you want the on screen button to only work when its pressed hard? :silly:

peachpuff said:
Wait so you want the on screen button to only work when its pressed hard? :silly:
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Yes, I would actually prefer it if that was an option.

Skander1998 said:
Yes, I would actually prefer it if that was an option.
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And what phones have soft buttons that only work as hard buttons? Zero, stick to phones with physical buttons instead rather than hoping for an imaginary feature.

Actually I like the idea of pressure on the button as an option. We know it could be done if programmed right as the ability is right there, pressure sensitivity is built in under the screen.

This would be such a great idea. One of the reasons I hate onscreen buttons so much is that it's so easy to accidentally miss the space bar and tap the home button instead.

peachpuff said:
Wait so you want the on screen button to only work when its pressed hard? :silly:
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Silly indeed

I'd actually prefer this too. It's weird that their whole promotion was around a pressure sensitive home button, but the way they set it up, it literally has no purpose.

Moostafa29 said:
I'd actually prefer this too. It's weird that their whole promotion was around a pressure sensitive home button, but the way they set it up, it literally has no purpose.
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You can press it to wake the phone up, you can press it to go home if you're watching a full screen movie or playing a game and the onscreen buttons aren't shown... ya i guess it's useless.

Interesting topic. So why has Samsung included a hard press home button? It doesn't​ do anything.

i would also prefer this , im in the same boat , useing messages app , and having the floating buttons show up is anoying

I'm pretty sure this is how the iPhone 7 home button works. It is not a physical button but a pressure sensitive area where the button used to be. Different actions for different amounts of pressure.

It would be great to have the whole display everytime and if you need the back button and the task manager button you could swipe them up (like on fullscreen apps) and you have always the sensitive home button. That would be 1cm more screen and no accidental clicks on the home button.
I guess that it has a reason why Samsung built a button but doesn't use it for real. And I found one possible reason: If you touch the display above the button and slide your finger to the center of the button you can't press it. You have to hit the button directly to press it.

ex-28 said:
i would also prefer this , im in the same boat , useing messages app , and having the floating buttons show up is anoying
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Its been like this since forever on any nexus/pixel devices, get used to it.

peachpuff said:
And what phones have soft buttons that only work as hard buttons? Zero, stick to phones with physical buttons instead rather than hoping for an imaginary feature.
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I agree with the original poster. With the soft touch intact, what is the purpose of the hard press? You can't get to a hard touch without a soft touch so it is pointless, also, I use immersive mode so if I swipe up the nav bar, invariably it's from the centre so I accidentally trigger the home key.

mydan said:
I agree with the original poster. With the soft touch intact, what is the purpose of the hard press? You can't get to a hard touch without a soft touch so it is pointless, also, I use immersive mode so if I swipe up the nav bar, invariably it's from the centre so I accidentally trigger the home key.
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Hard press (3D touch) is to make you always able to go home even when navbar is not present,
As for the rest of situation, soft press is more than enough to serve the function
So I dont really think enable only the hard press is actually a good idea.

otonieru said:
Hard press (3D touch) is to make you always able to go home even when navbar is not present,
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Thank you... why can't people understand this?