[Q] s5 on/off button tweak?? - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello
this is martin from Holland,my English is not so good but I will do my best.
I am new to android,before I had an iPhone 5s but now with a s5 goes the world open for me.
but I have a little problems with my on/off button,when I have the phone in my pocket trough walking moving etc etc the on/off button is pressed
so my screen wil light up and that is accu usage.
is there a tweak or mod so I can set it to 2 short presses or one long press that the button will then activate.
I have omega 2.0 installed are there other nice tweaks,repos or a better rom I can google?
with kind regard martin

I find it to a problem, so what i did, i set up an unlock pattern at the lock screen.
So now i always need to do the unlock pattern and the phone does not switch on by mistake anymore
Also read this for minimal battery use in lock screen
http://www.hi-galaxy-s5.com/2014/04/14-things-every-galaxy-s5-owner-should.html
Post 12 is verry interesting

geert000 said:
I find it to a problem, so what i did, i set up an unlock pattern at the lock screen.
So now i always need to do the unlock pattern and the phone does not switch on by mistake anymore
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I know but then you have still the problem that the phone lights up for 50 times an houer.

Hello,I think it is not your on/off button, but the home button.
So install xposed framework with the wannam app,and you can shut down the homebutton to wake up the screen.(I am comming from Holland too)
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When it is your on /off button,then buy a Ringke slim case,it is a little bigger then the S5 so the buttons are a little in the case.

vegerfrancois said:
Hello,I think it is not your on/off button, but the home button.
So install xposed framework with the wannam app,and you can shut down the homebutton to wake up the screen.(I am comming from Holland too)
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When it is your on /off button,then buy a Ringke slim case,it is a little bigger then the S5 so the buttons are a little in the case.
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I'll think you have a point there about the home button
I changed it right away.
Thanks
I'll survive the first week on android of my life.

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Using the phone and then the screen going black after lock it and reusing it

I've had the Galaxy S5 about 3 weeks now, and this has been happening increasingly and its rather annoying
I would use the phone, lock it and when i got to use it, only the buttons light up, phone would vibrate and restart
Has anyone encountered this and found a solution? Or is it a device problem
DelonHolmes said:
I've had the Galaxy S5 about 3 weeks now, and this has been happening increasingly and its rather annoying
I would use the phone, lock it and when i got to use it, only the buttons light up, phone would vibrate and restart
Has anyone encountered this and found a solution? Or is it a device problem
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Same thing here. Except for the vibrate and restart. I'll get a text or email open and I lock it up, the next time I try to unlock, only the buttons light up for a few minutes. It seems to correct itself after those few minutes.
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DelonHolmes said:
I've had the Galaxy S5 about 3 weeks now, and this has been happening increasingly and its rather annoying
I would use the phone, lock it and when i got to use it, only the buttons light up, phone would vibrate and restart
Has anyone encountered this and found a solution? Or is it a device problem
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Whoops, just saw there is a thread about this here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2721844

[Q] Nexus 4 screen going bersek / 3 buttons are not responding

hi,
My nexus 4 is acting weird, the 3 touch buttons are not responding and the screen gives erratic movements, like it automatically jumps up n down.
the button does work in landscape mode however the part where the touch buttons are originally located doesn't work.
I did factory reset, no go.
Its out of warranty!
this fone is crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
My Nexus 4 has the same problem:
- soft buttons (back, home, menu) often do not work
- after pressing power and power again (screen off, screen on) it often starts to work for a moment
I turned on "visible touches" in developer menu and I can see touches on these soft buttons! So, phone does register touches but nothing happens.
=> I assume it is a software problem
- I tried to switch deskop app to default, disable camera app, chrome app ... nothing helped.
Use Gravitybox, he has an option to increase the size of the navigation bar, I had the same problem and the gravity box helped me very well, I hope it helps you too, works great on 127%, use this number also download Xposed and install the framework and then gravitybox for this ...
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Restart the phone will not work, you can try if you want to try, but that was the only solution I found .. also change rom, any rom will solve, is a hardware problem ...

Touch key light not working after rooting

So i just got an S5 Sm-g900H and rooted with cf auto root and i found out that the touch key light for the "menu" key has stopped working. The back light for the "back" button works. Please can someone help me get it working again or help me with the stock XXU1ANG3 KERNEL so i can flash it. Its driving me bonkers please someone help
Only the menu light?
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See " save battery option " and disable
The battery saver option is disabled but it's still not working
check the touch key light duration in settings maybe its always off.
It's not always off. Only the recent button back light us off. The back button back light works

Tap/knock on?

Just wondering if the s7 will have a knock on feature to turn the phone on without pressing the power button. Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere. Thank you.
Why would you need that?
Just press the home button... It is one click instead of two for a knock on...
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JasonJoel said:
Why would you need that?
Just press the home button... It is one click instead of two for a knock on...
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Also, it has always-on display mode now. Which means just touching the screen alone will turn it on.
The always on thing doesn't appeal to me, I'm glad it can be turned off.
Bjray said:
Also, it has always-on display mode now. Which means just touching the screen alone will turn it on.
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It doesn't. At least the one I was playing around with didn't unlock by touching the screen once. It's possible that is also a software thing can be turned on and off.
I didn't check to see if tapping the screen would wake it up, but I believe it does have the feature, but I personally would prefer just using the home button or power button.
Thor said:
It doesn't. At least the one I was playing around with didn't unlock by touching the screen once. It's possible that is also a software thing can be turned on and off.
I didn't check to see if tapping the screen would wake it up, but I believe it does have the feature, but I personally would prefer just using the home button or power button.
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Really? That's very odd behavior... Must be like you said, could be a setting.
I believe only ips screen technology exists for tap on
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Brava27 said:
I believe only ips screen technology exists for tap on
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Not sure why the type of display would matter.
I had the feature on my Note 4 through a mod. So I believe it's more accelerometer based as well. The LG G3 need the feature because of the god awful placement of the only button that could wake the device. The S7 doesn't really need it because of the home/power button.
I come from the LG G2 and if there is something missing on the S7/Edge, it is the Knock-On feature. I got very used to it, it's great in the car while the phone is in the cradle, etc.
Bjray said:
Really? That's very odd behavior... Must be like you said, could be a setting.
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Not odd at all. The idea of unlocking a phone by simply touching the screen is less then ideal. Just picking the phone up would end up unlocking it. No thanks.
Beefheart said:
Not odd at all. The idea of unlocking a phone by simply touching the screen is less then ideal. Just picking the phone up would end up unlocking it. No thanks.
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My N6 does not do that. Never had a problem with it.
EDIT: Actually it just wakes the screen. Not fully unlock, still have to swipe to unlock.
Which happens to be the exact same result as pressing the power button. So I guess OPs' question is halfway answered.
I'm hoping it will have some sort of this feature. Coming from an LG G2 and G3, I absolutely love the double tap feature.
As another posted stated, I use it in my car a LOT and where it's mounted I can easily lightly double tap the screen whereas having to physically depress the home button would likely take more effort.
It won't... None of the Samsung phones do...
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Galaxy S7 (edge) supports D2TW for the "Alway on" mode.
This means:
- Display off
- Double Tap
--> Screen show "always on" content, for example the clock
You can't double tap and unlock your phone.
Proof (in German):
Beginning: 10:05 min:sec
Exactly: 10:20 min:sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-7wJM7hcc
Beefheart said:
Not odd at all. The idea of unlocking a phone by simply touching the screen is less then ideal. Just picking the phone up would end up unlocking it. No thanks.
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Funny, that's not a problem with LG phones. You need to tap the screen twice in close succession. Just touching the screen won't turn it on.
Why not?
JasonJoel said:
Why would you need that?
Just press the home button... It is one click instead of two for a knock on...
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The guy wants to knock on. Is there a knock on solution? We already know we can push the power button SMH
The people here with all the defense about DT2W (double-tap-to-wake). Its a feature by default on many phones with large screens now - LG, Asus and many others.
And just like any other feature, it can be simply "switched off". It will only read a double-tap if the proximity sensor is not blocked. So pocket-taps are not accounted for.
The advantage of it is mainly when its lying on the table and you dont need to grasp the phone to look at notifications. The secondary advantage is that it will greatly reduce wear & tear on the buttons. I love this feature. DT2W will get you to the lockscreen. If you want to fully unlock it, you'll have to find a hack for it, or disable the lockscreen altogether.
Pressing a button is much more difficult than tapping the screen twice. You'll know it once you have it.
thedisturbedone said:
The advantage of it is mainly when its lying on the table and you dont need to grasp the phone to look at notifications. The secondary advantage is that it will greatly reduce wear & tear on the buttons. I love this feature. DT2W will get you to the lockscreen. If you want to fully unlock it, you'll have to find a hack for it, or disable the lockscreen altogether.
Pressing a button is much more difficult than tapping the screen twice. You'll know it once you have it.
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Seriously? "much more difficult" Are you physically handicapped? I had an LG with tap to wake, now I have an S7 Edge. Neither is "difficult," and I don't have to "grasp the phone" to look at notifications. I can press the home button while the phone is sitting on a table just as easily as I could double tap the screen on the LG.
Double tap is convenient, but the lack of it is hardly a deal breaker. Grow up and stop with the hyperbole.
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heypetro said:
The guy wants to knock on. Is there a knock on solution?
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No.
It would likely require a custom kernel to have the digitizer active without the screen on.
lynx2k50 said:
Galaxy S7 (edge) supports D2TW for the "Alway on" mode.
This means:
- Display off
- Double Tap
--> Screen show "always on" content, for example the clock
You can't double tap and unlock your phone.
Proof (in German):
Beginning: 10:05 min:sec
Exactly: 10:20 min:sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-7wJM7hcc
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He didn't double tap to switch on the screen. He double tap -> failed -> press power button to on the device.
meyerweb said:
Seriously? "much more difficult" Are you physically handicapped? I had an LG with tap to wake, now I have an S7 Edge. Neither is "difficult," and I don't have to "grasp the phone" to look at notifications. I can press the home button while the phone is sitting on a table just as easily as I could double tap the screen on the LG.
Double tap is convenient, but the lack of it is hardly a deal breaker. Grow up and stop with the hyperbole.
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No.
It would likely require a custom kernel to have the digitizer active without the screen on.
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Despite your unnecessarily offensive expression of opinion, I still stand by mine. Its certainly not a deal breaker. But if a kernel implements this, I would go for it without a second though.

Being able to just touch the home button to unlock, instead of actually pressing it??

ok. before i received my s7e, i saw on some tips and tricks vid, that you can change having to push the home button down, to get to the fingerprint unlock, to just touching the home button, and the fingerprint unlock will kick in. but now that i've got my s7e, i have watched at least twenty vids, and haven't found it again. a google search turned up nothing. so, does anyone know how to do this? if so, can you direct me to the instructions, or just outline it?
Simple answer you must press the button first
How many threads to you plan on starting with simple questions that can be found all over the forum?
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If the screen is ON, but locked, you don't need to press the button. But for the fingerprint reader to work the screen must be on, so you either need to press the home button or the power button first.
Protip: Or press and hold at same time and it's one fluid motion.
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m3dd0g said:
Simple answer you must press the button first
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Brava27 said:
How many threads to you plan on starting with simple questions that can be found all over the forum?
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meyerweb said:
If the screen is ON, but locked, you don't need to press the button. But for the fingerprint reader to work the screen must be on, so you either need to press the home button or the power button first.
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first, m3ddog, the whole idea is NOT to have to press the home button, but to just touch it. second, brava27, i have searched through out the board, and have not found a single answer to this. what i have found is people misunderstanding this, like the other quotes on here. so if you have nothing substantive to add, stfu! lastly, meyerweb, the whole point is that the screen is OFF. i said when the screen is off, or only the "always on" feature is showing, there is an app, which turns the home button into a capacitive button, so you can just touch it to launch the lockscreen, instead of depressing it. that is the entire reason for the thread, to get to the lockscreen where i can use my fingerprint, without having to acutally depress the home button. hope that clears it all up.
h3ck said:
Protip: Or press and hold at same time and it's one fluid motion.
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what?????? the entire idea of this thread is NOT TO HAVE TO DEPRESS THE HOME BUTTON, but to turn it into a capacitive button. but thanks anyway...
stevae said:
what?????? the entire idea of this thread is NOT TO HAVE TO DEPRESS THE HOME BUTTON, but to turn it into a capacitive button. but thanks anyway...
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Can I ask why you are so against pressing the home button? Is yours defective? Are you trying to avoid wear & tear?
There is a solution of sorts.. install gravity screen pro, which turns on your screen when you pick up your phone.. then you just touch your finger to the fingerprint reader and wala
Stevea, I perfectly understood what you're asking for. It doesn't exist. I told you how it works, and the only way it works. Sorry you don't like the answer, but those are the facts.
ingenious247 said:
Can I ask why you are so against pressing the home button? Is yours defective? Are you trying to avoid wear & tear?
There is a solution of sorts.. install gravity screen pro, which turns on your screen when you pick up your phone.. then you just touch your finger to the fingerprint reader and wala
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yeah, the whole idea is past experiences with wear and tear of home buttons being pressed so much they fail. and my problem with your other solution, if i am right, is that the sensors are always on, looking for you to pick up your device, which kills battery life. if i'm wrong about this, please correct me, however. the other thing is i saw it in a tips and tricks video, and it worked perfectly for the reviewer. but now i can't find that video, and didn't write down what it was. but i might try your gravity screen pro. thanks for the tip.
meyerweb said:
Stevea, I perfectly understood what you're asking for. It doesn't exist. I told you how it works, and the only way it works. Sorry you don't like the answer, but those are the facts.
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meyerweb, you obviously didn't understand perfectly well what i said, because i said that i saw a video, where the reviewer DID use this technique to get to the lock screen several times, so it obviously DOES exist. just because it doesn't come into contact with your little world, does not mean it doesn't exist.
I suspect that the video you saw wasn't actually showing what you think it was. Which is why you can't find it again.
After giving up on trying to enable soft nav buttons without root. I started searching for similar funcationality.. ie use the finger print scanner as a capacitive button.. stumbled across this.. I think this might interest you.. There's an app call easyhome https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.easyhome&hl=en
It doesnt work from the lockscreen, but if you use the power button to turn on, then with this app you could essentially never press the home button.. It seems to work pretty well from my 5 minute look..
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After giving up on trying to enable soft nav buttons without root. I started searching for similar functionality.. ie use the finger print scanner as a capacitive button.. stumbled across this.. I think this might interest you.. There's an app call easyhome https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.easyhome&hl=en
It doesnt work from the lockscreen, but if you use the power button to turn on, then with this app you could essentially never press the home button.. It seems to work pretty well from my 5 minute look..
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After giving up on trying to enable soft nav buttons without root. I started searching for similar functionality.. ie use the finger print scanner as a capacitive button.. stumbled across this.. I think this might interest you.. There's an app call easyhome https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.easyhome&hl=en
It doesnt work from the lockscreen, but if you use the power button to turn on, then with this app you could essentially never press the home button.. It seems to work pretty well from my 5 minute look..
meyerweb said:
I suspect that the video you saw wasn't actually showing what you think it was. Which is why you can't find it again.
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yes, because it's much more likely that i looked right at something, watched it happen, and somehow my vision misinformed me, rather than you just be wrong. seriously man, your powers of deduction suck! i don't need any more input from you, as you've added nothing positive to the thread. find something else to do with your time.
llewelld said:
After giving up on trying to enable soft nav buttons without root. I started searching for similar funcationality.. ie use the finger print scanner as a capacitive button.. stumbled across this.. I think this might interest you.. There's an app call easyhome https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.easyhome&hl=en
It doesnt work from the lockscreen, but if you use the power button to turn on, then with this app you could essentially never press the home button.. It seems to work pretty well from my 5 minute look..
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yeah, i looked at it, but it screws up the fingerprint sensor. so i got rid of it. but thanks for the info. i really appreciate your response.
Found some related info, posted in a different thread => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66028308&postcount=42
Enable 'easy screen turn on' and you can bring the screen up, and unlock it with fingerprint, without any button clicking at all.
Mistaken post
I was about to suggest the wave to wake option
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try easyHome for Samung. It does what u want
You can use the following to turn on the screen and use fingerprint scanner without pressing the home/power button.
1. Open the Settings application and go to the Accessibility settings
2. Tap to open the Dexterity and Interaction settings
3. Touch the Easy Screen Turn On option and make sure it is toggled ON. (If you want to disable the Wave to Turn On Screen feature on Galaxy S7, make sure to toggle it OFF)

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