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[SOLVED] WidgetLocker Lockscreen issues on the SGS2 i9100

I've been having issues with WLL on my SGS2.
The app works but I can't seem to be able to add custom sliders.
There is no WL themes folder and wltheme.zip files don't install.
Has anyone else been having this issue on the SGS2?
NO LONGER AN ISSUE. Turns out apk was mislabled. version installed was 1.2 not 2.02. Sorry about all this. I tried to delete the thread but couldn't.

I use WidgetLocker Lockscreen with great succsess <3
I have two custom sliders in place
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αкαѕнα said:
I use WidgetLocker Lockscreen with great succsess <3
I have two custom sliders in place
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I don't mean the sliders that come with the app. I'm having trouble adding custom sliders and themes like CowonD3Lock, PowerMod3, ArrowSlider, etc.

WidgetLocker works without a hitch on my Galaxy S2 - with custom sliders installed. The way I moved them to the phone was via Dropbox. I moved the slider .zip-files to the Dropbox on my computer, then opened the (Dropbox) phone app and selected open with WidgetLocker for the slider archives.

Problem solved. Thank you guys

i have another problem with WL, when i want to copy files to my phone thru USB cable it says i must stop all running programs. When i stop WL everything is OK.
Is there any solution to this? (if you understand my problem)

WidgetLocker is awesome, however i haven't been able to use the Alternative Wallpaper option. Anyone else having that issue? I can select one and resize it but it never appears on the lock screen. Instead I only see the homescreen wallpaper.
SOLVED!
Apparently it just didn't like me resizing the orange background selection box to max. Leaving the size just shy of full got it working.

bugs and issues
So, is it just me?
I've been trying to play with settings but unfortunately these issues remain on SGS2:
Home Button
I have unchecked "Allowed Home Button" but I can still unlock the screen when I press the home button. Press once to see WL (with a small delay - bigger than on SGS), press again to unlock.
Wake Up
I can wake up the device also by using the power button despite having Easy Wake Mode unchecked.
Stock Lock
I always see the stock orange unlock screen first when a text message or email is received. Keyguard Dance is checked. If there is a missed call, it's fine, I see the WL. Stock screen was also on when the device was downloading a Gameloft game and it is also shown before an alarm is launched as well.
Notification
I have a slider for text messaging and emails with notifications enabled. Let's say I have both unread messages as well as emails. If I unlock it, read them all, the notification bubbles are still there - they're not cleared. Unless I clear them again using each individual slider.

Can someone please help me with this... I am trying to disable the 4 default sliders to use a custom one in their place... but CAN'T. I have searched the settings but can't find out how to do this still... arggghhhh.
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kickassdave said:
Can someone please help me with this... I am trying to disable the 4 default sliders to use a custom one in their place... but CAN'T. I have searched the settings but can't find out how to do this still... arggghhhh.
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You don't use settings menu to change the sliders, you must hold on a blank spot on the screen for a couple of seconds, the choose custom slider. To change what the slider shall do you just drag the slider and you will get a menu what you want it to do and change icons and so.
Hope this helped you a little bit on the way.

mr_absinthe said:
So, is it just me?
I've been trying to play with settings but unfortunately these issues remain on SGS2:
Home Button
I have unchecked "Allowed Home Button" but I can still unlock the screen when I press the home button. Press once to see WL (with a small delay - bigger than on SGS), press again to unlock.
Wake Up
I can wake up the device also by using the power button despite having Easy Wake Mode unchecked.
Stock Lock
I always see the stock orange unlock screen first when a text message or email is received. Keyguard Dance is checked. If there is a missed call, it's fine, I see the WL. Stock screen was also on when the device was downloading a Gameloft game and it is also shown before an alarm is launched as well.
Notification
I have a slider for text messaging and emails with notifications enabled. Let's say I have both unread messages as well as emails. If I unlock it, read them all, the notification bubbles are still there - they're not cleared. Unless I clear them again using each individual slider.
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i got the same problems, really want to fix it.....

abc14732003 said:
i got the same problems, really want to fix it.....
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Me three. Unlock with home button is not good.
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mr_absinthe said:
So, is it just me?
I've been trying to play with settings but unfortunately these issues remain on SGS2:
Home Button
I have unchecked "Allowed Home Button" but I can still unlock the screen when I press the home button. Press once to see WL (with a small delay - bigger than on SGS), press again to unlock.
Wake Up
I can wake up the device also by using the power button despite having Easy Wake Mode unchecked.
Stock Lock
I always see the stock orange unlock screen first when a text message or email is received. Keyguard Dance is checked. If there is a missed call, it's fine, I see the WL. Stock screen was also on when the device was downloading a Gameloft game and it is also shown before an alarm is launched as well.
Notification
I have a slider for text messaging and emails with notifications enabled. Let's say I have both unread messages as well as emails. If I unlock it, read them all, the notification bubbles are still there - they're not cleared. Unless I clear them again using each individual slider.
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I have exactly same problem about the home button screen wake, really annoying, anyone have a fix, please?

"The Samsung Galaxy S2 behaves different than other devices. I'm looking into a better fix for the Home button on this device, but in the mean time as a work around you can:
Enable Settings > Advanced > HomeHelper:
HomeHelper Component
HomeHelper Block Home
Then hit Select System Home > WL HomeHelper"

SpecTrax said:
"The Samsung Galaxy S2 behaves different than other devices. I'm looking into a better fix for the Home button on this device, but in the mean time as a work around you can:
Enable Settings > Advanced > HomeHelper:
HomeHelper Component
HomeHelper Block Home
Then hit Select System Home > WL HomeHelper"
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it worked! thanks so much SpecTrax : )

SpecTrax said:
"The Samsung Galaxy S2 behaves different than other devices. I'm looking into a better fix for the Home button on this device, but in the mean time as a work around you can:
Enable Settings > Advanced > HomeHelper:
HomeHelper Component
HomeHelper Block Home
Then hit Select System Home > WL HomeHelper"
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Edit * problem solved" Thanks

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[Q] 3 dots ('Menu' button) - VERY ANNOYING - Could someone fix that?

Hey guys,
I received my Htc One X today.
It's great and all, I love it, but one thing that really annoys me is the menu button (3 dots) which is placed on the screen and resizes the screen (basically makes the screen smaller) on many games and apps, also, it's almost always visible in almost every app/game - very annoying.
I'd suggest if someone could fix that button, like.. remove the button completely from the screen and let apps use the full HD mode, like they're supposed to - and use a hardware button such as volume up/down (if pressed for like 3 seconds) for it.
That would be great and it would really improve the software, I think HTC messed that one up.
A picture to show those buttons:
blog.notebooksbilliger.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vellamoquer.jpg
And they're always there, always on that side (if not build into the app - which it isn't in most cases), and very annoying when gaming.
What do you think?
Thanks in advance if any pro programmer is going to fix this!

That's not an HTC feature the 3 dots are ICS

The button appears when an app isn't optimized for ICS.
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Oh ok. Thanks for the replies.

Maybe, modifying /system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl to change that hardware key to MENU from APP_SWITCH will do the trick.
Or, something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21501238
However, my One X is still not here, so can't try that.

yup some apps are still not following ICS guidelines atm
i was really surprised that even the XDA app is not even optimized for ICS, what the ...
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The best possible Solution would be long press Task manager to open Menu. But even after that it would be probably necessary to disable the menu bar from poping up.

myself11 said:
The best possible Solution would be long press Task manager to open Menu. But even after that it would be probably necessary to disable the menu bar from poping up.
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Re-map task manager to the menu button, and use long press for task manager.
I don't think one can make too much use of the task manager anyways.

Rycon33 said:
yup some apps are still not following ICS guidelines atm
i was really surprised that even the XDA app is not even optimized for ICS, what the ...
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I'm not very surprised; the XDA app is sadly pretty mediocre. Most annoying thing is that it insists on showing only thumbnails of images, with no way to see the full image unless you open the thread in your web browser (and even if you do so, it won't take you right to the post you were reading; it'll start you at the top of that page of the thread and make you scroll.)

eeeeeee said:
Re-map task manager to the menu button, and use long press for task manager.
I don't think one can make too much use of the task manager anyways.
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I absolutely agree. Would be nice if someone could do that and remove the digital menu button / let apps use the full screen.

knoxploration said:
I'm not very surprised; the XDA app is sadly pretty mediocre. Most annoying thing is that it insists on showing only thumbnails of images, with no way to see the full image unless you open the thread in your web browser (and even if you do so, it won't take you right to the post you were reading; it'll start you at the top of that page of the thread and make you scroll.)
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very true indeed, even on their premium version, their handling of images is a pain

Incidentally, everybody complaining about the menu button would do well to consider that on many phones, you *never* get that real-estate back, because *all* of the buttons are on that bar. The way HTC has done it, if the app is properly coded you get to use the full screen real estate, and you're not wasting battery power on backlighting a bar that's always unavailable to the apps, and always black.

When I've used ICS on my HTC Dz, the button isn't there, so it is definitely possible to instruct ICS not to use the button, if a hardware button is available.
I am pretty sure that it's possible to cook into the ROM.

qpop said:
When I've used ICS on my HTC Dz, the button isn't there, so it is definitely possible to instruct ICS not to use the button, if a hardware button is available.
I am pretty sure that it's possible to cook into the ROM.
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Yeah, but as you said, your DZ has a hardware menu button. But it's probably possible to use the multitask button as a menu button and keep the multitask menu that way is has been - you open it by long pressing home.

det66 said:
That's not an HTC feature the 3 dots are ICS
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Well I am running ICS on my nexus one and something has been done to that rom in order to not show the three dots, as it has a hardware menu button there is no need for the software one, and whatever they have done prevents it from displaying it so hopefully it could be done here

Well I tweeted the following to Paul O'brien :
@PaulOBrien How realistic for ROM dev to remap hw multitask button on one x into menu button w/longpress for m/task + get rid of ugly 3 dots
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And got this reply:
@qpopbadop already on it.
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^^^ that's great news
yes, once permanent root is achieved, modders here will find a way on optimizing our One X

Yay! Can't wait. Didn't think that many people would agree

Rycon33 said:
^^^ that's great news
yes, once permanent root is achieved, modders here will find a way on optimizing our One X
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Permanent root has already been achieved; and S-Off achieved by HTCDev route. It'll likely be as good as it gets for a while at least.

knoxploration said:
I'm not very surprised; the XDA app is sadly pretty mediocre. Most annoying thing is that it insists on showing only thumbnails of images, with no way to see the full image unless you open the thread in your web browser (and even if you do so, it won't take you right to the post you were reading; it'll start you at the top of that page of the thread and make you scroll.)
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The free version does
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[Q] use volume key to unlock and turn screen on

I just switched from HTC evo to Epic 4g and the app "No Lock" doesn't seem to work on Epic 4g anymore. Basically it's an app that allows me to use volume key rather than power button to unlock and turn on the screen.
Does anyone experience the same problem? Any alternative?

punktux said:
I just switched from HTC evo to Epic 4g and the app "No Lock" doesn't seem to work on Epic 4g anymore. Basically it's an app that allows me to use volume key rather than power button to unlock and turn on the screen.
Does anyone experience the same problem? Any alternative?
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I don't know of an app but if you root, cm9 and aokp support that feature
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I use it in conjunction with widgetlocker without issue but my volume buttons do not wake my screen.
When you say 'it does not work' is that what you want it to do? Because it's only supposed to bypass the lockscreen

Thank you. Ya I will give aokp a try.
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Nuenjin said:
I use it in conjunction with widgetlocker without issue but my volume buttons do not wake my screen.
When you say 'it does not work' is that what you want it to do? Because it's only supposed to bypass the lockscreen
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It seems to be able to bypass the lockscreen but not turn the screen on with volume key. Funny thing is that the volume key works sometimes, but not all the time.
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I do not prefer the screen to wake via the volume buttons, and several of the ROMs available have that feature enabled.
I was informed by an esteemed member about where to change this setting if you are interested in simply enabling the feature. It requires root and a root capable file explorer

Id sure like to know how to enable this feature.
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I was recommended to use es file explorer, because it's easier to use to mount the /system as writeable.
Open explorer of choice and make sure it can find the root directory, and make sure that the /system path is mounted as writeable or r/w, depending on the app. Superuser will get involved and then you can go up to the highest file tier. Find the path system>usr>keylayout and find file sec_key.kl
Click to open as text and use a text editor. The first two lines are -volume_up & volume_down. if they are not followed by a space and the word 'wake' enter it.
the menu button should provide a save option. As far as I know this will wake the screen by volume buttons regardless of anything else.
Now that I go through the motions, this may only wake the screen when something is playing; music or video.
Anyway, I hope you can figure something out.

Nuenjin said:
I was recommended to use es file explorer, because it's easier to use to mount the /system as writeable.
Open explorer of choice and make sure it can find the root directory, and make sure that the /system path is mounted as writeable or r/w, depending on the app. Superuser will get involved and then you can go up to the highest file tier. Find the path system>usr>keylayout and find file sec_key.kl
Click to open as text and use a text editor. The first two lines are -volume_up & volume_down. if they are not followed by a space and the word 'wake' enter it.
the menu button should provide a save option. As far as I know this will wake the screen by volume buttons regardless of anything else.
Now that I go through the motions, this may only wake the screen when something is playing; music or video.
Anyway, I hope you can figure something out.
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cool thanks so much i will give it a try

thank u
Nuenjin said:
I was recommended to use es file explorer, because it's easier to use to mount the /system as writeable.
Open explorer of choice and make sure it can find the root directory, and make sure that the /system path is mounted as writeable or r/w, depending on the app. Superuser will get involved and then you can go up to the highest file tier. Find the path system>usr>keylayout and find file sec_key.kl
Click to open as text and use a text editor. The first two lines are -volume_up & volume_down. if they are not followed by a space and the word 'wake' enter it.
the menu button should provide a save option. As far as I know this will wake the screen by volume buttons regardless of anything else.
Now that I go through the motions, this may only wake the screen when something is playing; music or video.
Anyway, I hope you can figure something out.
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this one worked perfect
actully i have GT B5512 and when i opened sec_key.kl ,, i found volume_up and _down keys have alreasy WAKE written in it. (though i m not able to unlock using volume keys).. so i thought it will be great to unlock from HOME key so i wrote WAKE after home key and it worked. thanks a lot dear NUENJIN...

i found an app called wake all on play store, try it

ashu258 said:
this one worked perfect
actully i have GT B5512 and when i opened sec_key.kl ,, i found volume_up and _down keys have alreasy WAKE written in it. (though i m not able to unlock using volume keys).. so i thought it will be great to unlock from HOME key so i wrote WAKE after home key and it worked. thanks a lot dear NUENJIN...
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I will also tried this method but unfortunatelly not working! I follow the same above method. So please help.
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lastword said:
I will also tried this method but unfortunatelly not working! I follow the same above method. So please help.
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TouchWiz or AOSP? @tdunham has a Volume Wake mod for TouchWiz Jelly Bean
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Since my power does not function I had to depend on the volumes to wake my phone. I found that it didn't always work properly and sometimes would not even wake up the phone as if the volume control had gone to sleep when the phone went into deep sleep. The only thing that I've had work flawlessly is Gravity Screen Pro.
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mattzeller said:
Since my power does not function I had to depend on the volumes to wake my phone. I found that it didn't always work properly and sometimes would not even wake up the phone as if the volume control had gone to sleep when the phone went into deep sleep. The only thing that I've had work flawlessly is Gravity Screen Pro.
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Yep that's what I use too

[APP] Standby Touch - simple app for a simple job

Today I got a little bit bored and decide to make this simple app. As the name says, it allows to put the phone in Standby (Lock) with the touch of app's icon. I know that there are many many apps that do this, but maybe in the future I could add other options to it. So far it seems to work fine, I tested it with Jellbro latest nightly and works like a charm. Maybe I am too lazy, but because my phone is on the desk most of the day, I find it not very convenient to press the Power button...
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Changelog for version 1.4:
1.4
- added Tasks feature
- on some ROM versions the screen my try to turn itself on again after lock, the app will double check and try to lock it again. Please provide feedback if it still does not work.
- minor graphic tweaks
You can find it on Google Play at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alinberce.standbytouch
Feel free to give me suggestions . Also a high rating on Google Play would help. Thanks.

App looks fine and the design is not too bad, however I do not see a point in such Apps, since a simple press on the power button does the same. It is even faster, since one of my fingers is usually very close to it anyway.
But as I said, nice work.

Thanks for this! Just got a metal bumper and its annoying to press the power button.
This works great, nice icon !
Edit: don't know why but sometimes the screen wakes up Again right after sleeping. I can't seem to reproduce the problem, seems random.
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Wow that does look pretty nice.Thanks.

Quite good idea
any I like your design and interface. it's nice!

Thank you all for your kind words.
@FC1032: I never had my screen turning on after lock, but I did with other apps. I am using a clean install with no apps installed (except keyboard app). Maybe there could be a conflict with other app ? I will restore a bunch of the apps I use and see if I can manage to reproduce this. The app code is fairly simple, just access basic android functions and close itself on clock. Even the Settings page is closed when you leave it
I was thinking of adding some extra features on shutdown... what would you like to do extra, when you send your phone to standby ? How about this: if I set some interval, for instance 10 pm-8am, add some functions like: switch to silent, disable data... etc.
PS: please don't be shy, spread some 5 stars in Google Play, it will help the app to get more users. Thank you all again.

FC1032 said:
Thanks for this! Just got a metal bumper and its annoying to press the power button.
This works great, nice icon !
Edit: don't know why but sometimes the screen wakes up Again right after sleeping. I can't seem to reproduce the problem, seems random.
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Let me guess...running trinity kernel?
I was on franco and switched to trinity and i have the wake ups hahaha
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Good job man see your post on forumcomputergames and find you here.(5 stars)

Thanks a lot

Feature request: dubble or triple tap to shutdown the phone with a warning popup hahha could be nice
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demon2112 said:
Let me guess...running trinity kernel?
I was on franco and switched to trinity and i have the wake ups hahaha
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Nope, stock.
I think I'll see if another application I recently installed. Thanks for the help guys
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Just downloaded the app. Seems to work fine. One thing that will make it more professional is if you proof read your description on the Google Play page.
For example:
Responsibility, not Responsability
Installation, not Instalation
And the word nasTy, unless that T is supposed to be there.
These are nit picky things, but it makes the app and developer look more polished
Good luck!

Interesting request... I see one way of doing this: there is no way I could catch a double/triple touch on the app's icon, as the icon is in a Launcher app. However I could add in Settings an option with Re-Touch for Shutdown popup. Basically the App would start with a black screen, waiting for 1 seconds for another touch, if no touch it goes to standby, if touch it shows the popup. The only downside would be the shutdown command can only be run on a Rooted device (not really a problem for Nexus ).
Are there other users who would find this feature useful ?
@Cyberdan3: thank you for your corrections. Now it's fixed.
PS: thank you all for your ratings in Google Play... the app is starting to get some stars

@FC1032 do you still have screen wake-ups ? I am using the app since release and not even once the screen opened after lock.

alinescoo said:
@FC1032 do you still have screen wake-ups ? I am using the app since release and not even once the screen opened after lock.
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I just installed a new rom, seems to be fine so far... maybe it was just an app
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Thanks for confirming it.

Nice, this along; with "PGM slide2wake" eliminates most power-button presses.
thanked+rated

Unfortunately it seems that depending on ROM version (I've tested quite a few), sometimes there is a issue with screen starting again after lock. There are two ways of making things, one simpler and one more complex. I will go with the simpler one first and see feedback. I am preparing a new version which will add a really neat feature... but because I want to keep the design path of the settings page, also on the new feature, I will need to spend some time in the drawing app

Sneak preview of the new version... it just entered testing phase

Ok guys, new version is on Google Play. I did not have enough time to make extensive testing so this may have some bugs on the tasks feature. The Task feature allows you to define intervals in which the Sound/Data/Wifi are On or Off. The app, when you perform a lock will check and update the device of the status as set in Tasks. In order to avoid repetitive operations and prevent battery usage, the check is made only ONCE per interval. So for example if you set the phone to be silent from 22 - 07 and you lock your phone at 22:15, if you reopen and use it, when you lock it again, the app will only make simple lock without all the checks again. If some of you prefer it otherwise, please let me know so I could add an extra setting for it.
As I said earlier, there are some ROM versions where the screen comes On again after lock. The only way I found to handle this is to relock the device after half of second again. So you may notice a slight screen on, but most of the time it will not.
Please let me know if you find any bugs. Thanks.
LE: updated first post with new images

[Q] Help me disable the menu & search button.

My D710 is driving me insane with the phantom menu button. Its so bad my search button has been going off at random too. This of course only happens when I am sending text messages, or receiving them. Which makes it extremely frustrating.
I know there's ways to disable these buttons. I do not have my phone rooted, and would rather not root it right now. I am still fighting sprint to replacing it with a different brand, but they insist on repairing it over and over again. If I root it, that will just give them ammo to deny my claims.
Is there anyway to disable the buttons on a bone stock GB27 setup?? Thanks in advance.

If you hold down the menu key. Search will pop up. So your search key is fine. The menu phantom press triggers a "hold" on the menu key at time thus, search pops up. There's a thread someone in the general forum that "fixes" the problem with the menu key.
EDIT: Unfortunately, the file to remap the keys are at system level, so rooting is the only way. You can temporary root, however.
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HighxVoltage said:
If you hold down the menu key. Search will pop up. So your search key is fine. The menu phantom press triggers a "hold" on the menu key at time thus, search pops up. There's a thread someone in the general forum that "fixes" the problem with the menu key.
EDIT: Unfortunately, the file to remap the keys are at system level, so rooting is the only way. You can temporary root, however.
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No, if i hold my menu button down... nothing happens. But if i hit the search bar, search pops up.
I am having phantom menu & search buttons. My phone has a mind of its own whenever data is being transfered over the network. My daughters D710 does not act nearly as bad as mine does. Her's does phantom menu every now and then, but mine phantom menu & phantom searches EVERY SINGLE TIME. Unless i am at the sprint store of course.
Anyhow, I understand now that its not possible without root. When you say temporary root, does that mean just root, do the mod & then return to stock? Or is there some other method of temporary rooting?

Hmm.. On stock the way the keys are for me are the way I explained.
Anyway. When finishing running the exploit, you reboot, once the phone is booted, you'll have root. Once you finish editing the file, reboot. Once booted, root is gone. There's an app called frama-root for our device that let's you temp root if I remember correctly.
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Here is a tutorial on how to disable your key so you can use pie control and LMT. @graydiggy put it together and it works great, but you'll have to send it back to Sprint and have them replace the pba(mother board) to fix the issue completely. Be sure to thank him if it works for you! Happy Thanksgiving
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201012
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jdsingle76 said:
Here is a tutorial on how to disable your key so you can use pie control and LMT. @graydiggy put it together and it works great, but you'll have to send it back to Sprint and have them replace the pba(mother board) to fix the issue completely. Be sure to thank him if it works for you! Happy Thanksgiving
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201012
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I sent my phone to Samsung twice for warranty repairs. They replaced the screen first, then when I sent it back they replaced the PBA. The problem never got any better, so I took it to my local sprint store where the tech was well aware of the issue. He replaced my screen (again) and it seems like the problem has gotten worse.
I will take a look at the tutorial you linked and see if i can make this work. Does that tutorial require me to root my device?

Yup, you'll need to be rooted.
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Great, so I followed the guide and Disabled the softkeys, then enabled the Navbar. Seems like that took care of it, so far I have had 0 phantom keypresses.
I hate giving up screen space for the navbar. Especially when only the Menu button is at fault. Is there anyway to disable JUST the menu button, and leave the Home, back & search keys?
Thanks again for the help guys.

This method is for the power button, but I'm sure you could remap the menu button too-http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?t=796092
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Okay so today I flashed this ROM to my phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889349
I went to get rid of the hardware buttons... but the modified generic.kl file did not disable the hardware keys like it did with the stock rom.
Any ideas why and how I can get the mod to work with the MIUI rom??

Xposed additions allows remapping of hardware keys
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Xposed additions allows remapping of hardware keys
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I fixed the problem by replacing the phone.
I got a LG G2. I will never get another Samsung phone.