Is there an app already available or is there some way to switch on the screen using gestures.
Having to press the unlock button or trackball is cumbersome especially if the phone has been mounted on a car dock. I'd like the screen to switch on and unlock with one gesture.
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No i don't believe it can be, but how hard is it to press the trackpad? If you can reach to touch the screen, reaching a couple extra inches to press the trackpad shouldn't be a big problem.
Atleast on the incredible I've read that the trackpad doesn't always unlock on press. I've experienced that too.
Anyway looks like its not possible. Just wanted to check.
MrXindowntown said:
Atleast on the incredible I've read that the trackpad doesn't always unlock on press. I've experienced that too.
Anyway looks like its not possible. Just wanted to check.
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I usually have to hold mine down for about two seconds before it turns on lol.
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Well when you want to use the phone you have to press the power button first right? Then slide to unlock.
Is it possible to remap the button to switch screen on from the power button to say...clicking the trackpad? A native way or an app i don't mind. Just seems strange to reach to the top of the phone and i have pretty big hands, it's no problem just me being me i guess.
Download keyguard disabler, then you will be able to turn on the screen with any of the bottom buttons.
Though pressing trackpad seems best as others invoke some kind of action.
ephumuris said:
Well when you want to use the phone you have to press the power button first right? Then slide to unlock.
Is it possible to remap the button to switch screen on from the power button to say...clicking the trackpad? A native way or an app i don't mind. Just seems strange to reach to the top of the phone and i have pretty big hands, it's no problem just me being me i guess.
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the nexus one trackpad has been remapped to wake up the screen, ... but *i think* it has to be rooted first.
irkan said:
the nexus one trackpad has been remapped to wake up the screen, ... but *i think* it has to be rooted first.
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Oh that's a shame! Yeah i think any key would cause me to make mistaks while it is in my pocket that's why i would like the trackpad.
I'll live in hope!
Well it was recommended an app called flyscreen but that turned out to be a full lock screen replacement. Not really what I want!
I don't want to give up on this it's my only gripe lol. Anyone any ideas? Or help? Nothing from the Nexus One?
We may have to wait till it's rooted before we get this feature
How about just locking the screen rather than turn it off?
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How about just locking the screen rather than turn it off?
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Great way to drain your battery really fast...
If Paul from Modaco gets his Desire it could be rooted very soon. Let's hope so and i want this feature first lol.
Hi,
Is there a way to unlock the screen only by pressing twice on the trackball button?
Ty
I've wanted this exact thing since day one. Now we have root i'm pretty sure some dev can come up with it there just needs to be a high enough demand!
Write access on /system is not required for this ?
instead of pressing the trackball twice you can just click menu
or do you mean twice from when the screen is turned off?
I mean, sreen off -> press trackball twice = screen on unlocked
Can be done with the cyanogen rom for desire
Waking up the screen by ANY of the four HWbuttons would be nice. I remember the Dream, waking by pressing 'menu'.. aah those good ol' days.
Yeah but i think that would cause it to unlock when i have it in my jeans pocket or anything like that. Trackpad to wake is perfect. I'm using The Nex-Desire rom and it has this option.
Yeah but i think that would cause it to unlock when i have it in my jeans pocket or anything like that. Trackpad to wake is perfect. I'm using The Nex-Desire rom and it has this option.
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where in the settings is this? i have flashed that rom too
it's possible with the app 'unlock'
pina_ said:
it's possible with the app 'unlock'
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I couldn't find this app on the Market - did you mean "No Lock"? That seems to do what the OP wants, although it only requires pressing a hardware button once to turn screen on, as the lock is effectively disabled.
This looks easy to be done yet there is no answer...
Confirm, its the "no lock" app. Its free, and leaves your htc like an iphone..
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This might be a dumb question, but, on the G2, how do you wake the phone up from standby without actually opening the keyboard?
With the G1, all I had to do was press the Menu button, but that doesnt work on the G2. So far, the only way to wake up the G2 is by flipping the keyboard open, or hitting the power switch.
I don't own the phone but played with one in store yesterday. There is a power button on the top of the phone, this brings it out of standby. I kind of hoped a push of the trackpad would also but it does not.
It really bothers me coming from the Nexus that they swaped sides of the headphone jack and power/sleep button. On most all of HTC's other phones the pow/sleep button is on the top left, perfect for my (smallish) right hand pointer finger. Now that they swapped it to the top right, my world is falling apart...
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It really bothers me coming from the Nexus that they swaped sides of the headphone jack and power/sleep button. On most all of HTC's other phones the pow/sleep button is on the top left, perfect for my (smallish) right hand pointer finger. Now that they swapped it to the top right, my world is falling apart...
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Hahaha, yeah I'm having the same problem!
I'm so accustomed to having the power button on the left that this phone is completely throwing me off!
Yup... as far as I know, tapping the power button on top will bring it out of standby.
Frustrating not being able to wake it up any other way than the power button or open it up....I want to be able to push the trackpad...anyone figure this one out yet?
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Frustrating not being able to wake it up any other way than the power button or open it up....I want to be able to push the trackpad...anyone figure this one out yet?
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Track pad wake can be done with root and a new kernel.
root it.. track pad wake.. and LED notifications
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xXReubenXx said:
root it.. track pad wake.. and LED notifications
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What ROM do you all recommend?
try proximity screen off its a great app uses a yoda like gesture across the prox to turn off your screen, i love it
and am in no way affiliated with the software or dev
bhang
u dont need to root to wake up the phone with trackpad...download widgetlocker from market and u can wake the phone with any hardware key
romdroid. said:
u dont need to root to wake up the phone with trackpad...download widgetlocker from market and u can wake the phone with any hardware key
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this.
and I wouldn't recommend rooting/custom roms just to change how the phone wakes up. not worth it if that's your biggest complaint with the phone.
it's like modding a car... you won't be able to stop until it explodes.
tooter1 said:
Frustrating not being able to wake it up any other way than the power button or open it up....I want to be able to push the trackpad...anyone figure this one out yet?
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Install NoLock. When you'll turn it on Unlocked, you'll be able to wake your phone with the trackpad, the volume or the camera buttons
Am I the only one whose power button seems to have sunk into the housing? I can only press down the left side, which is even hard to do. Kind of a pain.
I'm sorry, that really sucks... (warranty replacement time?) MIUI has a bunch of apps that you can use to turn the phone on an off without using the button on top. You press the app, and the screen shuts off. I don't know if it'll work on non-miui roms, but you can give it a shot...
http://www.mediafire.com/?2c3em6x1e8v1mk7
There's the app, download it, then using root explorer, I'd push it to /system/app and fix permissions on that (owner x x, group x, other x) and also check that the owner is listed as 0-root for owner and group
Alternately in settings, for both cm7 and miui, you can make it so the volume rocker will wake the screen when the screen shuts off...
I don't have the problem you're talking about, but those are potential things you could do to avoid having it break worse...
Hope that helps (probably doesn't, but I tried)
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Amphibliam said:
Am I the only one whose power button seems to have sunk into the housing? I can only press down the left side, which is even hard to do. Kind of a pain.
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I found the replacement its in a thread I started a while back
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Hi guys,
Got my One X a few days ago and loving it so far! My only complaint is the position of the power button- seems like they put it in the most awkward place possible!
Does anyone know of a mod to use the volume keys, or a double tap, or something to wake the device, to save using the power button? I know there's alternatives to lock the device via apps, but it's more the unlocking I'm concerned with.
Surely I'm not the only one who needs this?!
Thanks in advance,
Neil
You can use Sweep2Wake. It wakes the device by sweeping over the touch buttons.
I have another issue with the placement of this button, or rather, how the button behaves. If I put my One X in my pocket with the button up, and then proceed to bend down and tie my shoelaces, the device will almost always reboot, this is because the button is being held down for something like 8 seconds, and it doesn't matter if the device is sleeping or not when I do it. This is because the button is acting like a power button does on a computer and I do understand the need for something like that, but having it bound to a single button? That is a bad idea. On iPhones you have to hold both the power and home buttons for 6 seconds to trigger a hardware power-off sequence. <-- this is how it should be done!
I hate where they positioned the button! I much prefer where samsung put it.
Same here got my HTC One X just two days and loving it but why they put the powerbutton on the right side is annoying, means I have to use two hands constantly to not drop the phone to the ground if would use one hand.
It's funny cause putting the button up top use to be norm for most cell phones
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Rekoil said:
You can use Sweep2Wake. It wakes the device by sweeping over the touch buttons.
Rekoil, that looks idea but is it only available with a custom ROM?
I flashed every other week on my Desire but don't fancy doing it just yet with my One X!
Neil
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