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XDA 2s red phone button minimises/closes apps

I have an O2 xda 2s, and I've noticed that pressing the red phone button (normally used to hang up on a call or close the phone app) also closes any other applications I have running! It actually minimises them, i.e. they are still running in Settings/Memory/Running Programs. This is not ideal! Is this a known bug? Have any developers come across this? If so, any suggestions with how to prevent it from closing apps?
Thanks, Kath

i don't think its a bug mate i think its supposed to do that...

You might want to install a task manager to keep track of apps that are in the background. SPB battery bar comes with one, and I think it's free (not the "pro" version). It allows you to quickly jump between running apps.

Whenever you hit the Red Phone button it will minimize the application running. Remember, this may take a bit of your resources since it does not shut down the application. I would advise you taking a third party application which will close the application or even show you the runningn applications that were left running instead of going through the standard Settings - Memory procedure. Try SPB products or Battery Pack. They ain't free though...

as i understand it, the red fone button mimicks the operation of the X software button on the upper right corner of your window when outside the phone app. on desktops this would be the "close application" button but its default behavior on ppc's in general would be to minimize the app. kinda annoying but i guess it speeds up load times of commonly used apps. the only resource i see it hogging would be your memory as it is still loaded in your appications memory space but i dont think it will take up cpu time as it should be in sleep mode or sumthin like that.
there are a lot of add ons out there that can change that behavior to "close" instead of "minimize/standby". asides from what they recommended above, you can also try WISBar. dunno if it works on WM2003 tho (i use it on my WM2002 pda).

Thanks for your replies. My problem isn't so much that pressing the button is minimising rather than closing the apps, it's that I don't want it to minimise OR close my app, I want my app to remain open even when the red button is pressed. It seems like a wierd design feature to me. Does anyone know how to overcome the app being minimised?
Thanks again,
Kath

Dynamo 2 lets you switch between and close apps. And it looks cool!
http://www.aspecto-software.com/Dynamo/Dynamo.htm
Use the stylus on the icon at the top right of the screen you want to close. Or use the d-pad to navigate to select the window, then hold the middle d-pad button for half a sec to close it.
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kathhawkes - use something like ae button http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus_t.html to remap red button to something else. Then, make that "something else" be to just hang up. It should override default functionality.
V

Can I remove the bottom bar from home?

As per the title / attached picture really. I upgraded my hermes from WM5 to the offical HTC/Tmobile uk rom WM6 and am pretty pleased with everything appart from the bottom bar with tiny icons that i never use.
I have tried searching but not much sucess.
Thanks andy
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Some tweaks found in the forums will remove it, however it can cause lock ups on reboot sometimes. Good luck if you decide to do it. Mine worked great untill about 2 weeks then the reboot took about 5min till I restored it.
Chris

Bottom tray icons
Remove the Battery Icon:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\Power]
"ShowIcon"=dword:00000000
Remove the Wireless Manager Icon:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\WirelessMgr]
"Keep"=dword:00000000
Reference page...
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry

Are the registry tweaks likely to cause the lockups described by chirs above?

Vp3g & Kahu advice against this in their threads. KarhU benchmarks all the Roms and says it has performance cost. Vp3g says it will cause lockups. Maybe with your ROM you will get lucky. Mine ran fine till about 2 weeks and I searched for the cause and after putting them back it hasn't happened again.
chris

I might add..
As per the thread below, I have found that at least in my case the problem is also related to the COMM MANAGER being used. Hope this helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=353202

With this registry tweak, i don`t have any problem. Maybe another program or your istalled version of ROM cause this problem... I don`t know...?!
This registry tweak on my latest ROMs installed, don`t cause any problem(Black Satin, Pandora naked, K`s ROM)

I removed them with HTCustom and have had no issues on TNT's rom.

I just find them a bit of a waste of screen real estate as I never use them. I might give htc custom a go and see how i get on (not quite been brave enough to reflash a custom cooked rom onto my phone yet so stuck with what HTC pushed out)

Here's how :
1 - Download this http://www.vijay555.com/vj/releases/vjtoggletodayii/vjtoggletodayiialpha.exe
2 - Execute vjtoggletodayiialpha.exe from your phone. The top bar will disapear
3 - Open a registry editor and go to HKLM/Software/Vijay555/VJTodayToggle/
Enabled = 1
Softkeysize = 1
Startsize = 26
Trayvisible = 1
4 - Execute vjtoggletodayiialpha.exe from your phone a second time, now the top bar reappears, and in TODAY, you will not have the soft-launch buttons (first time was only to make the software add the registry information).
5 - Copy vjtoggletodayiialpha.exe in \windows\startup so that every time you reboot the phone, it will remove the soft launch buttons in the bottom of the screen
enjoy

It seems that vjtoggletoday does not remove those icons but the softkeybuttons labels... the bottombar I mean.
Or am I missing something here?
My Hermes died so I have Kaiser now... and seeking for solution for this... because I have this annoying program adding it's own icon to the tray.

_mike_ said:
It seems that vjtoggletoday does not remove those icons but the softkeybuttons labels... the bottombar I mean.
Or am I missing something here?
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You are right. it reduces the bottom bar to 1 pixel, only on the today screen. The other programs show it just fine.
you can also install this cab to do it. Install then soft reset and you're done.

How can i change the Button Phone And Camera in the Bottom bar to Another Program as S2U2???

Best way to remove app labels in Sense?

Title says it all. Just got into myn's TwoPointTwo and the Sense he's themed along with Manup have made me go back to Sense. I know other home replacements allow ways to remove labels, but I was looking for an app/theme to fix the labels.
I've tried BetterCut, but it seems to still have a mini-label if I use a space as the title for the icon. (Won't let you have a blank label for an icon.)
Any help is welcome!

bumping to the top.

Has no one seen a way to do this?
Sent from my Evo.

Desktop Visualizer should do this, its free in the marketplace.

Thanks for the suggestion, but this still leaves app labels in sense, albeit smaller ones. Anyone else have a suggestion?
Sent from my Evo.

Until someone figures out how to edit Sense to hide the icons I think FolderOrganizer is the best bet. I've used BetterCut but found it to be painfully slow. And, I do not think it will hide the labels anyway, only change icons)
The other thing I have grown to love about Folder Organizer is that it shrinks the icons a little bit which I prefer. When using Launcher Pro I could hide the labels at the icon's regular size but after going back and forth between Cyanogen and Sense ROMs I have come to prefer the look of smaller ones.
Here are some screenshots of my homescreen. I am currently running Matted Blues Sense ROM with custom icons:
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Only suggestion I have is try multicon...if u do a 1x1 widget and set it to one app, it'll remove the label...however, it will enlarge the icon...a lot. If u set it to 1x2 and do 3 icons, it looks pretty good, so long as the icons are high quality.
Aside from that, I haven't seen any widget type apps that will allow removal of text...
Let us know if u do find anything.
Via EVO on XDA app...

Via EVO on XDA app...

I’ve been looking for something to remove labels from the icons on the home screen since I first got my HTC Incredible 9 months ago and finally found the solution this week. I use Multicon to put 2 apps in a 1x1 square at opposite corners without labels for most apps which looks nice, but occasionally wanted an app to be easy to push on the fly so just wanted the one large app icon, but hate the labels underneath. There are two options for this.
Option 1: You can use Multicon with a 1x1 widget and reduce it to 1 column 1 row. This will produce an icon with no label, but the icon will be larger than it would normally be which some people may not like. Depending on the resolution of the icon itself it may appear slightly blurry.
Option 2: Finally, I found an app that will let you have an icon almost exactly the same as adding the app to the homescreen normally, just without the label underneath. All you need is the free/lite version of Folder Organizer.
Here is the link: Not allowed - just search for Folder Organizer Lite
Longpress home screen. Add > Widget > Folder Organizer Item > Apps > Unclick “Show Text under Icon” at top > Scroll down and select your app > Done.
This results in a nice app icon in 1x1 space with no label underneath and no black spot where the label would be – very nice and clean looking!
FYI - this is using the HTC Sense UI

[GUIDE] Make a stock "screen off" shortcut that works with Fingerprint/SmartLock

[GUIDE] Make a stock "screen off" shortcut that works with Fingerprint/SmartLock
Hi!
One thing I've always thought that was missing in this phone was a "screen off" shortcut that so many brands currently have.
Third party options have caveats. Using device administrator locks the phone but disables fingerprint or smar lock, using timeout often didn't work well as the black screen sometimes continued to show the status bar or was responsive to touches during the timeout.
This method shuts the screen off as if you pressed the power button using bixby.
To do this:
- Open Bixby - Click the 3 dotted menu - Quick commands - My commands - Click on the plus icon to add a command.
-Name it as you wish in any language, the name you give it here is the name of the shortcut on the home screen.
-Then in what bixby does choose "type a command" and write "Screen off".
- Save it
- Then click the 3 dotted menu in front of the command you've just made and choose Add to Home Screen.
That's it, enjoy!
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Great

doubleHome
There's an even easier way to do this and it works anywhere on the phone, not just the launcher shortcut. I've been using this utility called doubleHome from Jawomo since my S8+ days, and it lets me double tap the home button from anywhere to turn off and lock the screen. Just installed it on my new A50, still works great!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-doublehome-double-tap-home-to-off-t3611220
It's no longer on the Play Store or even supported anymore, but the above thread has one of the last versions (v1.30). There was one last update to v1.31, which is the one I've always used since I originally updated it through the Play Store before it was pulled. This last version can easily be found with a Google search.
There are a few miscellaneous options to customize its behavior and some Pro features that were unlockable at one point but no longer. One little "glitch" if you can even call it that, the status bar will stay on for a second or two before turning off like the rest of the screen. This didn't used to happen until Oreo and later, but it's not a big deal at all - actually looks kinda neat.
Give it a try!

This is great!

orbitalcomp said:
There's an even easier way to do this and it works anywhere on the phone, not just the launcher shortcut. I've been using this utility called doubleHome from Jawomo since my S8+ days, and it lets me double tap the home button from anywhere to turn off and lock the screen. Just installed it on my new A50, still works great!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-doublehome-double-tap-home-to-off-t3611220
It's no longer on the Play Store or even supported anymore, but the above thread has one of the last versions (v1.30). There was one last update to v1.31, which is the one I've always used since I originally updated it through the Play Store before it was pulled. This last version can easily be found with a Google search.
There are a few miscellaneous options to customize its behavior and some Pro features that were unlockable at one point but no longer. One little "glitch" if you can even call it that, the status bar will stay on for a second or two before turning off like the rest of the screen. This didn't used to happen until Oreo and later, but it's not a big deal at all - actually looks kinda neat.
Give it a try!
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Themes / Apps / Mods Get the best multitasking/tablet experience

G'day everyone, just wanted to share a way to get awesome multitasking to get a nicer experience as a "tablet".
There's an app in the Galaxy store called GoodLock.
In the app is a heap of outstanding customisation tools you'll love. One particular one is called NavStar. It replaces the taskbar at the bottom on your screen with a "Task Stack". It's essentially a long list of all your currently running apps and interaction works the same way as the default taskbar... drag and drop an app from the Task Stack to the screen.
Instead of having only 8 apps in the default taskbar, the NavStar Task Stack shows all running apps, much like a desktop computer, for a much better multitasking experience.
On the inside screen, the task stack is shown next to the nav buttons. It disappears on the cover screen and only shows the nav buttons. Then checkout the GoodLock app called HomeUp... you can customise the entire multitasking interface (I have recent apps shown in a grid).
The only downsides are you can't use nav gestures with the task stack, and there's a bug the dev needs to sort out where when you rotate the screen, the stack disappears and you have to swipe the notification centre down to show the stack again. If youre using the cover screen then unfold it, it also disappears. I have a fix for it further below.
Now there are 2 tweaks for the task stack I've sorted out. One unfortunately requires root.
The first one is to get a tablet UI. It requires rooting and installing the Magisk module MagiskHide Props Config. Using this module, you need to change the build prop "ro.build.characteristics" value from "phone" to "tablet.
This gives you the date in the statusbar, a nicer/different notification centre and probably a couple over things I haven't noticed yet.
When done, it also gives you the task stack on the cover screen... that's the biggest reason I'd say to do this mod if you root.
If you set the nav buttons on the left hand side of the screen, you will get all 3 buttons and a couple apps in the stack on the cover screen. If you set the buttons on the right, the cover screen stack will show a lot more apps but the only nav button that will show is the back button on right hand side.
To get around this (if you want your buttons on the right), I have an app called Gesture Control. This way, I can have my nav buttons on the right which then allows me to use the back button on the cover screen to go back and use swipe up gesture to go home and swipe up and hold to access recents.
I also have a macrodroid task set up to disable the gestures on the inside screen (I don't need gestures as I have the 3 buttons) and enable the gestures on the cover screen.
The second tweak is using macrodroid/tasker to fix the task stack disappearing.
I have tasks set up so when the screen is rotated or the device is unfolded, a gesture pulls the notification centre down about 100 pixels then immediately back up in 50 microseconds... this shows the stack again and the status bar has a tiny little flicker you barely notice.
It's unfortunate that this bug exists and hopefully its fixed soon because it is an awesome desktop-like experience.
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As an add-on to the above - in order to be able to display the Task Stack in NavStar you first need to go into the phone's Settings - Display and disable "Taskbar" there.
Otherwise the "Show Task Stack" option will be greyed out in NavStar.