Hello,
My task switcher and back buttons have failed. they light up, but they don't react to my press. The phone is still usable as the home button is fine but I don't pay extortionate amounts of money for my phone to be half-working.
Firstly, is anyone else suffering from this since a recent update (Monday night in the UK). I suspect a software fault, basically as hardware never fails and of the many gadgets i've owned, they've only ever broken due to software issues or human error.
But does anyone know of any solutions? The phone is insured so not the end of the world.
If it's a software problem, I suggest using this app, it can for example swap the places of back and recent apps buttons without root, I believe it uses an accessibility method to bypass system level triggers and potentially could fix your issue:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phoenixstudios.aiogestures&hl=fi
Install, allow what it asks (change system settings etc), swipe to the first tab called hard keys, tap enable, tap in bottom and enable accessibility service, tap enable again, under "Back", tap single tap and choose "Back", under "Recent Apps" single tap choose "Recent Apps", now try if they work
That's the only fix I could think of with no root, you could also try a factory reset
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My top left button (email) is normally assigned as the start menu button. After installing a new screen protector, whenever I pressed the button, it would open the start menu but start another program. I don't have any programs that open allow buttons to do multiple things, so I'm puzzled as to how this could've occurred or if it's related to the installation of a screen protector at all.
Any clues guys?
What does it claim to be assigned to? Go to Start>Settings>Buttons and check what it says there for Button1. Also, how did you assign it to the start menu?
So I successfully rooted my Nook Color now, and installed the Market. However, very few apps appear in it, and I was wondering if there was a way to unlock the entire Android Market.
I'm running 1.2.
Thank you.
Have you done the old standby to stop/restart Framework/Google, etc. and reload?
In case you don't know what I mean:
Start Nook Color Tools.
Select the “All Settings” button.
Unplug your NOOKcolor from computer. (If Plugged in.)
Choose “Manage Applications” from the list.
Select the “All” tab.
Scroll down to “Market” and select it.
Tap “Force stop”.
Tap “Clear cache”.
Tap the Back button if you have SoftKeys running, else swipe right to left on the status bar at the bottom of the screen (from the clock to the book icon).
Scroll up to “Google Services Framework” and select it.
Tap “Clear data”.
Tap “OK”.
Tap “Force stop”.
Press the n button to return to your launcher.
Start Market.
At the “An error has occurred” message, tap “OK”.
Hold your power button to turn off your NOOK Color from the menu.
Turn your NOOK Color back on and give it a moment to find your WiFi connection.
Start Market again, and the problem is resolved.
I tried that but it didnt work. Can anyone help?
What do you mean by "unlock"?
You said "very few apps in it", what exactly do you mean?
Only few apps displayed on the NC?
Did you log in (set up) your google account?
Did you search apps by tap on the little magnifier in the upper right corner?
did you try turning the nook sideways?
It's kinda sad the OP hasn't replied in 5 days.
Yea, if you follow the instructions skeeterpro said EXACTLY, it should work perfect. I had some random issues so I had to return to stock a few times and re-root and go thru the process, and every time it fixed it. So many the OP needs to make sure he did EVERY single step, exactly, without deviation.
Accidentally cleared data instead of cache, sorry guys, thanks.
I hope I'm not being a noob over this.
Having used Android (phone) for ~2 years (installing custom roms, etc etc), i thought I was up to speed on the ways of Android, however I'm stumped over one aspect of my newly purchased Nexus 7 32Gb + 3G.
When I open some older apps (probably those not "optimised for Android 4.2.1 at the time of writing) like Twitter Version 3.5.0 - I do not see anywhere to click/press and access the features i normally found under the "menu button" (which typically allows access to "settings" / "accounts"). My current phone (android 4.1.2, custom ROM) has hardware keys so maybe there's a gesture/config that has passed me by. Anyway I can see in other apps like Google Currents I have three rotated ellipses (top right of screen) that gains access to "menu" (and application settings). Another app, FaceBook, adds a soft key to the bottom left of the screen (again rotated elipses), aloong side the other soft keys. So my question is - is Twitter just a badly designed app (and i should seek another), or is there some technique to gain access to the (config) functions I have normally found underneath the menu button.
Like i said, apologies for being a noob...have googled/searched forums with little/no result...any/all advice welcomed.
Thanks.
Try another Twitter app just to make sure, but what happens if you hold down Recents (button to right of Home)? I know that on my gf's HTC One V (which has hardware keys as well, Android 4.0.3), to get the Menu options to pop up with certain apps she has to hold the Recents key, and Menu items pop up. It's a stab in the dark, worth a shot...
Touch the 'Me' icon on the top edge. Touch the 'gear wheel' on the left edge in the middle. Choose 'Settings'.
thanks for the responses the Me / gear wheel solution worked...!! buried deep!
So on my Nexus 4, running CM 10.1 Nightlies, I have a strange issue with the software buttons.
When the "menu" button appears in 'legacy' applications that lack an on screen overflow menu, instead of a single tap on the navigation bar menu button opening the menu, it opens recent apps. A long press however, opens the menu. This has been the case since I flashed Cyanogenmod, and was actually the way I customised the button set up on my previous Nexus S. I presume, somehow, that the preferences have been transferred, and although functional, it is a tad annoying!
I waited to report the issue till the Navigation Bar customisation options had been merged into CM, but I can't fix the issue using the options now available. Also, I'm not accidentally hitting the recent apps button, I don't have huge fingers.
Anyone got any ideas? Much appreciated if you can think of a way of fixing it without wiping the thing and starting again...Or even if you just have an idea how the setting transferred!
No-one got any ideas? Damn...
I have a Black Shark 2 Pro and decided to replace the home launcher with Nova Prime but after I press the home button a few time with would sometimes asked me again to re-enable the accessibility of Nova.
Check Nova's permissions and Battery Optimization (should be off/not optimized).
It has been a known bug since day one and hasn't been fixed ever since. You can change the locking method of your Nova by making it as admin device. Take note that this will disable fingerprint security.
I hope we get a patch for this, my friend has CN Rom and it seems to be working fine.
Okay so, Im not sure yet but I hope I fixed it, can anyone confirm this
Go to apps, then to default apps, select assist and voice input press the google icon and select "none"
by removing the Home Button Long Press functionality for the assist app I think that removed the complications of the Home Button
For me accessibility resets whenever I press the home button successively in a row, but since I removed the assist app until now Ive been pressing the home button and..... it never asked for accessibility. I pressed it like 50 times now, fast press, slow press, nothing.
I guess I fixed it? Can anyone try and confirm?