a nice idea, but i have by now triggered it accidentally twice, resulting in MMS messages being sent to two contacts
(most likely by pressing the power button 3 times)
Is there a way to make it a bit harder to accidentally trigger it?
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Today I had this problem for the 2nd time. My Qtek 2020 was in my bag and the phone button got pressed, calling my friend for 51:18 minutes!! How do I prevent this from happening?
There are (at a minimum) two ways of doing this.
1. Start -> Settings -> System -> Button Lock -> "Lock all buttons except Power button" -> OK
2. Place the device in a case (I use the Seidio hard plastic XDA case) while not in use to prevent inadvertent button-press.
2 is easiest, but 1 is pretty much guaranteed to work.
the case
I received a leather snap-case with the device. I believe the inadvertent press of the button (or tap of the screen) may have happened while I was using the device (CALENDAR, TASKS, etc.), although I don't know how. I do know that when I press the green talk button to switch over to the phone, it seems very easy to press it twice and redial the previous number.
As for button lock, how does that affect my ability to answer the phone when it rings?
Button lock does not affect your ability to take a phonecall.
The phone turns on when you get a call, then you can simply press the green button.
I am still wondering why button lock is not activted by default...
I've put my phone in my pocket before, and then found it to have powered itself back on almost straight after being powered off. Then, in my pocket alongside the Jabra and the wired hands-free, I get all sorts of wierd scrawled notes & stuff. I had a new Task yesterday, and at one time my Personal Details had a load of gibberish written all over the place.
The Faux-leather thing the XDA2 came with just seems too bulky to me.
Best bet is to power it 'off,' leave it on the side for a minute and power it 'off' again if it wakes up on its own. And, if you leave it in a bag, check for messages/missed calls when you get back. And make sure to turn it off even after a call you don't pick up.
I've got a note 3 sm-n9005 NOT rooted and my phone keeps unlocking itself in my pocket. I *think* what's happening is that my menu button is being pressed accidentally against my leg or the pocket (depending on which way it's in the pocket) and it's waking it up. I'd prefer not to root, but I was wondering if there was anyone here who had the same issue and / or know of anything i should look for/check on to make sure i didn't set something else that might be doing this or ways that i might be able to prevent this from happening. it's actually a pretty severe battery drain, and also i end up going into programs, dialing numbers, entering text... how do i solve this?
P.S. I had an original note (sgh-i717) and it had capacitive buttons on the face which were completely inactive unless i woke the phone by pressing the power button on the side. this configuration not only worked BEAUTIFULLY but the interface was much more usable and less likely to break. I really wish they'd do away with the physical menu button. it sucks. - and also, where'd the search button go? it was super useful for activating google now and i configured long-press to launch the camera which was super useful.
while i'm on the topic, anyone who can tell me how to remove svoice and have google now wake up the phone with either ok google or high galaxy without rooting / switching roms would have my high praise. I really don't like svoice, never have. google now is *much* better.
I'm working on a project and I need to know if it's possible to create a service that listen to the state of the screen turning on and off.
The idea is to create an action or event if the screen if turned on and off quickly several times by pressing the power button, IE: On, Off, On, Off = Action/Event is triggered.
The action/event is triggered only if the amount of times the screen is turned on and off is filled (2 times on and 2 times off as shown in previous example).
I've been looking for this but still haven't find a way to do it yet.
Thanks in advance, kind regards.
hi i have tried this and its possible to get it working by using screen on broadcast receiver. But you wont get the expected results.The reason for this is due to a slight delay in screen turn on nd off in most of the phones user can press the power multiple times before screen actually turns on.Turning off is little less buggy.
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jaison thomas said:
hi i have tried this and its possible to get it working by using screen on broadcast receiver. But you wont get the expected results.The reason for this is due to a slight delay in screen turn on nd off in most of the phones user can press the power multiple times before screen actually turns on.Turning off is little less buggy.
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Well, I'm trying to implement a way to perform an action if the power button is pressed more than 3 times in a row... The main idea is, for example, press the button 3 or 4 times and the phone executes the desired action.
I'm sure there is a way to do this but I haven't found it so I focused on the "screen on - screen off" alternative.
Hey there,
I've a big issue for a few months already.
My S4 jflte always wakes up whenever the screen turns off.
I tried to figure out where it's caused by and when I cut off the soft buttons (home/menu/back) and started the phone, the screen didn't wake up anymore.
As far as I know there is no way to repair this w/o damaging the screen itself.
So could I block the buttons from waking up the screen?
As you can see when a app is opened and the screen turns off automatically and turns on again, the home screen appears and puts the app in the background.
youtube(.)com/watch?v=Bhul9UMJ8l4 (I don't have 10 posts yet so I have to post it this way. Sorry)
Could anyone help me? I've been researching for a long time and found no solution.
Says video not found.
Are you on a stock rom?
The Video is working fine for me. Did you copy the whole link and did you remove the brackets? ( )
I'm on AOSP 6.0.1 Kernel 3.4.110-Alucard-PWR-CORE from JDCTeam.
I tried different ROMs so far (including the Stock) and it's definitely a hardware issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhul9UMJ8l4
have you been doing full wipes inbetween roms ? if you have then maybe it's a hardware issue.
Yes, I've always done full wipes. I'm pretty sure it's a hardware issue. Is there any way to block the keys from waking up the phone? I usually use the power button anyways to wake up the phone.
You can probably disable the keys altogether. Or maybe just the menu and back key, and leave only the home button functional.
There is no way to do it with that rom yet, but you could use Xposed and Gravity Box.
Most apps nowadays offer inbuilt menu and back options anyway.
Before you try to disconnect any buttons, try to clean the phone. That has solved many problems in the past.
Look for disassemble S4 videos on youtube, and for cleaning use a small paintbrush, or a very soft toothbrush, and Isoprophyl Alcohol(70% clean alcohol, 30% pure water), you can buy that in the Apotheke.
Clean the board an all other reachable electronics. Let it dry, reassemble and see if it helped.
Thanks for the tips, but I've already done that before (twice) without success.
I'm looking for a way to disable the keys from waking up the screen. I've tried it with the key configuration files in the system, but it didn't work.
Example: When I press the home button the screen wakes up. I just want to disable the wake up for all buttons except for the power button.
Does anyone know a app for this? Or a mod for xposed?
There is no actual "wake up" function assigned to the back and menu key. Only the home button has one. So there's nothing you can disable, except for the keys altogether. I already suggested you how to do that in the 5th reply to this thread.
I've found a work-around. I disabled the keys with 'Xposed Additions' while the screen is turned off or locked.
Thanks alot for your help guys!
So, I set this up recently and as a heavy camera user I'm now discovering this function could be a slight problematic.
Friday I was about to take a photo and so I doubled tapped the power button to launch camera and then tried to take some pics but at first it wasn't working.
After about 20 seconds finally I started to get the photos working. I was a little puzzled as never been an issue.
Almost immediately after the Mrs texted me worryingly asking me if I was ok?
Apparently when I tried to launch the camera it must have tapped the power button 3 times and set off the SOS mode.
It had without me knowing, taken front and back camera photos, recorded audio and sent to my emergency contacts along with my location.
Now I'm glad the emergency function works, but surely having the same button as the camera launcher seems a little silly as can lead to issues like what happened to me.
I ended up invoking via my Gear S2 because of accidental pressing.
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Or disable double click power for cam. Then you won't have any reason to tap on power button more than once. And then you could download program to remap Bixby to open camera instead.