Hi Guys,
I know many A500 users have had problems with the power switch. I've managed to repair mine with glue but I don't want to continue using it unless I have to.
Spent all night looking for a way of using the volume buttons to wake the A500 but there's really not many options.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teliapp.powervolume
This is the only app I've found, it works flawlessly on 4.0.3 Stock and 4.4.2 OmniROM! Though I can't comment on battery life yet, it does run a background process constantly as a solution so it's entirely ideal.
I have tried editing the hard keys within the system but even with the volume keys assigned to 'wake', nothing happens? This was the case on 3 different ROMs. More information detailed here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...enable-volume-rockers-buttons-wake-phone.html
I'm wondering if there's something in the A500 setup that ignores hard keys once it's locked.
There is also a standard feature in 4.4.2 to enable 'Wake on button press', however this option doesn't save/work on the 4.4.2 OmniROM.
Does anybody know how to get the hard keys remapped properly?
That app might be your best bet. To wake with the volume button you will need special custom kernel and would require a wake-lock. And the wake-lock will drain battery.
Hey everyone
So I recently installed a custom android lollipop rom on my S4 and my backlit keys lights were working fine for a little bit, but now they won't turn on at all. I tried to look up some solutions and all I got was turn off power saver. My power saving features are off. I have flashed my phone about 5 times now with 3 different roms and still they don't come on.
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!
Hello,
I recently switched from an old lineageOS rom to the latest resurrection remix rom because I wanted new features (and mostly because I messed up big time and had to factory reset my phone).
Unfortunately, every time I brush past the home button the phone interprets it as an input and acts as if I pressed it. (I believe it is called u-touch but I dont know if u-touch encompasses other functions as well).
Apparently I am in the minority for preferring to physically press the button as I could only find fixes to activate it, and resurrection remix doesn't seem to have an option to turn it off.
Is there a way to deactivate the capacitive touch on resurrection remix without disabling the fingerprint sensor? And if not, are there mods that have this option or should I just go back to lineageOS (unless they added that too)?
For me, the best rom would be the one with the most features and control over the device (also battery life and stability, but I understand those things are hard to mesure).
Thank you for your help
I quess this might not be problem with phone itself, because it was fine till this day but I got some problems with bottom of my screen, as you can see on screenshot. Also, I can bring back buttons instead gestures in setting, or maybe I just cant see buttons because they are below edge?
Google didn't help me, so I am trying to find solution here.
Thank you.
edit: when I switch back to buttons not gestures, screen is normal but there is no buttons.
you have custom launcher, just try go with stock and see what happens