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Can anyone recommend a good tasr switcher/closer that actually works on the PDA2K.
I've tried vBaar (used on XDA2) but will not work in 2003SE.
Magic Buttons - great but screws up when the phone is on.
Any suggestions?
Mike
I use Pocket Plus, no problems yet.
wisbar and wisbar advanced are doing great too...
pocket plus seems to make my bluetooth headset to stop working...wisbar advance makes your phone unable to show incoming calls if the phone app is not initialized. I use handy switcher, it's ok.
Try using wisbar advance from www.lakeridgesoftware.com
mike_m said:
Magic Buttons - great but screws up when the phone is on.
Any suggestions?
Mike
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I use Magic Button and it works ok. I do change it from on to off to get the notifications to work though (but all you have to do it tap/hold the icon).
Ian
I use handyswitcher and it is ok. I like to use my device one-handed, however, when I click on close all applications, it resets the phone. Instead I have to go to the phone screen and select close all except active. There is no option to just close the active program. I have mapped handy switcher to one of my hardware keys. If someone has something better where you can map it to a hardware button and close or switch programs let me know.
I use handy switcher and when i chose close all it works fine. No reset.
mike_m said:
Can anyone recommend a good tasr switcher/closer that actually works on the PDA2K.
I've tried vBaar (used on XDA2) but will not work in 2003SE.
Magic Buttons - great but screws up when the phone is on.
Any suggestions?
Mike
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Looks like now vbar in SE compatible.
Have a look here http://www.vieka.com/
Looks like now vbar in SE compatible.
Have a look here http://www.vieka.com/
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It does work much better than the previous version, but still doesn't handle screen rotation very well.
Malcolm
Try using wisbar advance from www.lakeridgesoftware.com
As mentioned by other writer, WA hides all phone and signal strength icons. Plus I had trouble receiving incoming ph calls. Chris is working on a PPC phone edition version which I understand is almost ready for Beta testing. SPB Plus 2.2 version is working ok here.
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I use SPB Pocket Plus... it isn't freeware, but it is absolutely the best task managing app I've found for the PPC.
mike_m said:
Can anyone recommend a good tasr switcher/closer that actually works on the PDA2K.
I've tried vBaar (used on XDA2) but will not work in 2003SE.
Magic Buttons - great but screws up when the phone is on.
Any suggestions?
Mike
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Yeah....
Small Menu Plus @ http://www.tillanosoft.com/ce/smenu.html
Works very very well
babj615 said:
mike_m said:
Can anyone recommend a good tasr switcher/closer that actually works on the PDA2K.
I've tried vBaar (used on XDA2) but will not work in 2003SE.
Magic Buttons - great but screws up when the phone is on.
Any suggestions?
Mike
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Small Menu Plus @ http://www.tillanosoft.com/ce/smenu.html
Works very very well
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Hi Mike,
Just tried this program, it's great speedy program. I am not sure why, but the front in smallmenu comes out quite big (unlike the one in their website). I looked everywhere to see if I can reduce the front size. Any suggestion?
Regards,
yatlee
Battery PacK Pro
I have tried Baterry Pack Pro and it works, fine.
See you, dudes.
I know this has been asked many times about remapping of ok button on front of hermes .....i also have reassigned the ok button to close instead of minimize using ae button plus 2.52 but long press function of ae on OK button doesnt work....
i want that when i long press the OK button spb pocket plus menu opens whereas when i press OK button it closes the running application.
Thx in advance
i really luv this community.
Hey max, when did you get a hermes? What happened to your magician?
I've been away for quite a while and missed a bit.
V
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Hey max, when did you get a hermes? What happened to your magician?
I've been away for quite a while and missed a bit.
V
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got it after my xams as birthday gift....sold magician quite a time ago.now running black 4 and the ok button is really irritating me .....plz help
There are a number of threads about remapping the ok button. However, I've not seen any about the press and hold.
AE Button Plus is the best app I know/knew of for remapping. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work I'm afraid. Speak to the author of the app specifically to see if it's a known issue.
V
try handy switcher v3.0, it works for me
Dear Vijay555,
glad to see you somewhere in hermes forum, about ok button mapping, i know you already give us VJOkButt. your tools is my choice.
is it possible to write a tini app that simulate the click at the top corner x button so it does close running app via HTC-xbutton, and we safe to close everything phone,activesync..? or this is useless?
thanks Vijay
VJOkButt already has a mode to emulate clicking the top right close button I think -
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJOkButt
-justclick
simply click the existing ok button (for compatibility with other task managers)
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VJOkButt has code built in to not close various important apps that would crash the system. But closing things like the phone is possible,
-phclose
will force the phone to close, not minimise, to save extra memory (but will cause minor incompatibility with dialing from contacts - reload with VJTogglePhone or launching cprog.exe)
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let me know if you need something else.
V
hello
i waana have mutiple functions from ok button like if i press it
once-.....app 1 runs
twice........app 2 runs
thrice.......app3 runs
long press.....app4 runs
i want to have this functionality.help anybody
max414 said:
i waana have mutiple functions from ok button like if i press it
once-.....app 1 runs
twice........app 2 runs
thrice.......app3 runs
long press.....app4 runs
i want to have this functionality.help anybody
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Don't know if this is you're looking for, but here you have one great and free software to try...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306794
ey, and it's here at XDA what a chance...
Regards.
hi all,
i know a japanese software PQZII can remapping the hw ok button with close app,it has many other amazing functions about the hw button,too
hope that it can give u a hand
Wished i could do that with ae button plus...as i really like the app.
Have you tried PQz max?
V
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Have you tried PQz max?
V
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I tried it when i had a magician didnt like it and afterwards installed ae buttons but i can give it a try if it solves my problem
I found this little application. Very useful to save battery life and time !
WIFI Toggler
You can find it on freewarepocketpc
Link is here for those that want it:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-wifi-toggler.html
It's just one click in comm manager too. This seems a slightly unnecessary program.
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It's just one click in comm manager too. This seems a slightly unnecessary program.
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I´ve using it on my home screen and it makes a lot easier and faster to get wi-fi on/off. In my case i use it alot.
Theres also another one in Marketplace.
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I´ve using it on my home screen and it makes a lot easier and faster to get wi-fi on/off. In my case i use it alot.
Theres also another one in Marketplace.
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Ah well it's all personal preference. I just shove comm manager on the home screen and it's fast enough for me.
Hey all, I am an iphone convert. Recently purchased the HTC outright. Great phone. Coming from a jailbroken iphone there are a couple of features that I miss. They're not deal breakers but they are really convenient in my opinion..
I love using my phones as a media player. And although there's no equalizer on the desire, I think the quality is pretty good assuming you're using reasonable earphones.
I found an app on cydia for iphone which reassigned my volume rocker.
If I just tap the volume up or down, it changed the volume as normal.
If I hold the volume key up or down, it skipped the track forwards or backwards.
I was hopeful that a developer might see this as a good addition to the Desire and be able to emulate such a function for the volume keys.
Thanks!
Hmm i'm guessing that you don't use the stock headphones with inline controls then. I'm hoping when the device is rooted a lot of hacks should surface. I want to use the optical trackpad press to bring up the lockscreen for instance. And a flashlight app that actually uses the flash and not a bright white screen lol.
nope. Those earphones are way to large for my ears! I can't even fit the buggers in!
But I agree, being able to wake the phone with the trackpad is a must.
Here's hoping sooner rather than later
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Hmm i'm guessing that you don't use the stock headphones with inline controls then. I'm hoping when the device is rooted a lot of hacks should surface. I want to use the optical trackpad press to bring up the lockscreen for instance. And a flashlight app that actually uses the flash and not a bright white screen lol.
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But I agree, being able to wake the phone with the trackpad is a must.
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Grab the application "No Lock" from the market - works perfectly on my Desire.
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Hey all, I am an iphone convert.
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If I just tap the volume up or down, it changed the volume as normal.
If I hold the volume key up or down, it skipped the track forwards or backwards.
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Excellent idea. There is currently application with proves key rebinding is possible without root (Tasker), unfortunately it doesn't have volume keys and I do not have time now to try implementing a solution for this.
I will personally look into this in a month (extremely busy atm) as a hobby, and hopefully the device will have been rooted by then making this definitely possible. I'm not an amazing dev., but I can hack around to make things work
Went from Dream to iphone, but Android pulled me back with the Desire.
We are all waiting for root indeed! Shouldn't take too long I reckon. It is definately a must to wake up on menu/trackpad or home key. Anyone has some ideas?
No lock also bypasses the lockpattern, too bad. And it looks as if it runs in the background and only turns off the screen. Feels like it wil drain the battery, but maybe I am mistaking.
NoLock is okay, but any key turns the screen on. This could be a pain if it's in your pocket and you accidentally press the volume keys, for instance.
When I had the tweak that allowed me to skip tracks with the volume keys, it took away most of my needs to turn the screen simply to skip tracks. This helped save the battery.
Not only that, it also helps if you are running a different application. You wouldn't need to go back to the home screen to use the widget.
Just a couple more benefits
Hi all,
My 1st post on xda
I'm no developer, and haven't coded anything since ages, but after some digging I think may be possible to implement such a feature.
According to the android developer reference on (sorry, I'm a new user so I can't post links)
KeyEvent
KeyEvent.Callback #onKeyDown
Dialog #onKeyDown
And those forums (search for this on google)
anddev org disable_volume_keys-t10191.html
google groups android developers Long-press hard volume keys
Tell me if I'm wrong, but those links indicate that it is possible to replace the behavior of a key press ("intercepting" it before it gets interpreted by the system that changes the volume setting). Then once you intercepted it, you can check if it is a normal key press (short), in which case you would still allow to "forward" the information to the system. BUT, if you detected that it is a long press, you activate the action "next track" and do not forward the volume information to the system.
Something like (syntax is nor correct, of course)
Code:
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) // the way I understand this line, it will replace the default behavior of the onKeyDown routine
{
if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN // if the key pressed down is vol_down
...
if the key press is long // don't know the code for that
do the action for next track
return true; // means that you do not forward the keypress to the system
else // if the keypress is not long
return false; // you have not intercepted the keypress, so you forward it to the system
...
else return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event); // if any other key is pressed, forward it directly
}
Any opinions on that? Is the xda forum the right place to talk about code, or are other forums more suited to discuss about that?
Interesting..
If the code looks like that I might have to take up a hobby in learning how to code. It doesn't appear to be tooo difficult at all.
It does look like you may be on the right track there Bricolo_fr..
Cheers for looking into it.
Drew.
I see a potential problem though. You'd need to know what media playback program is actually being used, and it needs to support receiving messages from other programs so that you can tell it to skip to the next track. This might even require different coding for every player program available, if they receive messages in different ways.
In other words, you could end up having to write your own media player program.
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I see a potential problem though. You'd need to know what media playback program is actually being used, and it needs to support receiving messages from other programs so that you can tell it to skip to the next track. This might even require different coding for every player program available, if they receive messages in different ways.
In other words, you could end up having to write your own media player program.
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Ok, well surely there must be a simple solution?
Why can't we say create an app where you could select which media player you are using (only have a few of the main ones) then we would be able to amend the code as per which option they select before it was implemented?
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Ok, well surely there must be a simple solution?
Why can't we say create an app where you could select which media player you are using (only have a few of the main ones) then we would be able to amend the code as per which option they select before it was implemented?
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Sure you can do that; buy you'd have to examine each of those apps, work out if they accept messages, and work out what format said messages need to actually be in.
One would hope they would implement standard interfaces, but that's all it is, a hope.
Well personally, I use the stock player. It ain't the best but it gets the job done. So if it was just created for that at least I'd be more than happy
Thanks for the comments.
FloatingFatMan you are indeed right. I didn't know that all media players don't behave the same. So not all of them accept incoming messages, and not with the same protocol? Hum...
Does that mean that widgets for media player control are only compatible with a specific media player, also?
About the code itself, do you guys think can work?
I'm quite new here, is xda a place about writing code or should we discuss that in another place where people are more used to that?
Cheers
now that the Desire can be rooted...
on the Nexus one (probably other devices too) with the cyanogenmod roms, this feature is availale. just long press vol+ or vol- and you get next/prev track
can this be done with a moded rom on the desire also? what kind of changes need to be applied to the stock rom to add this function?
Bricolo_fr said:
now that the Desire can be rooted...
on the Nexus one (probably other devices too) with the cyanogenmod roms, this feature is availale. just long press vol+ or vol- and you get next/prev track
can this be done with a moded rom on the desire also? what kind of changes need to be applied to the stock rom to add this function?
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Agreed. am really liking forward to his feature now the phone is rooted.
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Hmm i'm guessing that you don't use the stock headphones with inline controls then. I'm hoping when the device is rooted a lot of hacks should surface. I want to use the optical trackpad press to bring up the lockscreen for instance. And a flashlight app that actually uses the flash and not a bright white screen lol.
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You can try Flashapp on the Market. I can post URL yet but you'll find it...]
Another excellent example that long press on a hardkey can be implemented without root is Quick Settings (great app btw): it can be brought up anytime, no matter what app you are running by longpressing the search key.
Did anyone ever get any further with this?
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And a flashlight app that actually uses the flash and not a bright white screen lol.
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Apologies as I know it's a bit OT for this thread, but just wanted to make sure you were aware of the LED Desire Light app (http://www.appbrain.com/app/nostovic.android.desire.ledLight) - the latest version even has a nice wee widget to put the flash on/off, but the main app also offers SOS and turning text into Morse code!!
oxygen mod - based on cyanogen has:
* Skip tracks with long press volume up/down
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829734
update: it's a cyanogen feature, so all mods based on cyanogen have this
it works with screen locked.
3.5mm Klick Click Button & USB OTG
Since I almost never use 3.5 port, this additional button nicely fits on my Nexus 5.
To control this little device, need to use KlicK. By using Tasker and Secure Settings I got functional second power button. However, I've no idea how to get exact power button, cause in my case I cannot press one to wake display and press again to turn it off.
It possible to use 1, 2, 3 click action and program them to any installed app.
Also, I got a nice small black USB OTG.
Battery draws just a little bit more by 7 hours sleep I spent 4% and usually for the same without it, drawing is about 3.5 hours per 1%.
Unfortunately, I found that in Skype sound is dispersing while this button is connected.
p.s. BTW, would be great to get the same idea for microusb, cause I almost do not use it too.
It would be a lot harder to get the same functionality over the USB port as it is not hard wired for this kind of things.
For extra buttons I'd recommend you Dimple or something similar.
Have a nice day!
The one you got is the cheap version of real one. Probably will end up with bugs and unsupported app.
My wife owns a xiaomi phone, she is Chinese, and I copied the Mikey app off of it. Then I did some digging and found a English version of the Mikey app at the this site:
http://en.miui.com/thread-18958-1-1.html
Wondering if anyone is willing to test it.....
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
As the site requires a username and pass to download, here is the latest English version of the Mikey app
http://ppl.ug/B2TC04xXC_A/
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
x111 said:
3.5mm Klick Click Button & USB OTG
Since I almost never use 3.5 port, this additional button nicely fits on my Nexus 5.
To control this little device, need to use KlicK. By using Tasker and Secure Settings I got functional second power button. However, I've no idea how to get exact power button, cause in my case I cannot press one to wake display and press again to turn it off.
It possible to use 1, 2, 3 click action and program them to any installed app.
Also, I got a nice small black USB OTG.
Battery draws just a little bit more by 7 hours sleep I spent 4% and usually for the same without it, drawing is about 3.5 hours per 1%.
Unfortunately, I found that in Skype sound is dispersing while this button is connected.
p.s. BTW, would be great to get the same idea for microusb, cause I almost do not use it too.
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How exactly did you get this working with the klick app? I have one, but there's no shortcut or tasker option I see on there.
frigidazzi said:
How exactly did you get this working with the klick app? I have one, but there's no shortcut or tasker option I see on there.
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It's very easy, while you made an action in tasker, you just need make an app via tasker, install it and direct those app for klick.
New update of Chinese app "klick" and now Skype as normal without interruption.
so far a nice button,
not sure yet how correctly make a wake up app for in.
x111 said:
New update of Chinese app "klick" and now Skype as normal without interruption.
so far a nice button,
not sure yet how correctly make a wake up app for in.
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my version is 0.977 , is there a newer one ?
rayiskon said:
my version is 0.977 , is there a newer one ?
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no, it's just me updated on it cause I didn't use my button till Skype was incompatible with it.
x111 said:
no, it's just me updated on it cause I didn't use my button till Skype was incompatible with it.
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You can also buy one from gearbest for $0.39 + free shipping using coupon code GBSMR
dealhunter said:
You can also buy one from gearbest for $0.39 + free shipping using coupon code GBSMR
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thanks for sharing, the coupon code work for me. just $0.39
Apparently doesn't work well off custom roms...
works great off the shelf with another xiaomi phone i had...and samsung.. hmmm.
bah, 1.72 only.
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You can also buy one from gearbest for $0.39 + free shipping using coupon code GBSMR
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thanks for sharing.
also, found that if you just select "home" in klick app, it works like a power button when screen off and device is locked, that so cool.
no need anymore tricks with tasker.
x111 said:
thanks for sharing.
also, found that if you just select "home" in klick app, it works like a power button when screen off and device is locked, that so cool.
no need anymore tricks with tasker.
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that's been one of my profiles since the first day
1 click - home (power on)
2 clicks - starts endomondo (i cycle a lot)
3 clicks - starts camera
long click - quick settings
The "available on lock screen" option has a bit of a security issue, if you have a pattern lock and start the camera with the app you're able to view previous pics. Normally they're locked out if you have a pin/pattern lock.
Other than that this thing works great
Just wanted to say was on the Mahdi rom and was getting a google voice to text message so decided to try android L. Klick works much better on L then it did on that rom.
1 - home
2 - camera
long - flashlight
Works well (though the double click you have to time it a bit)