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Alright so im no developer, so this is why im offering this idea up.
Personally, im starting to hate Android...Im having some serious webOS envy. I know I know, just switch, or blah blah blah. I love the whole gesture based UI. So I was wondering..on the Inc the capacitive touch layer of the screen extends down to right around the bottom of the home-menu-back-search keys. (You can see by downloading some multi-touch tester and dragging your finger down there, it will read that your Y-Position is something like 820 or something.) So right above the trackpad in the middle of the soft keys is a blank spot. Would it be possible for you to change that so there is some sort of invisible soft button, that when you swipe up or tap it launches a user specific app? I would probably put some sort of app-switcher there, or well I dont actually know. But if this is possible, it would be really freaking awesome imho. Thoughts?

have you tried using adw or launcherpro...they have gesture ui, and you can change them also...ie, cm6. sense doesn't that I know of.
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Cm6 has lockscreen gestures. Haven't looked into them myself but may be a place to look...

I know those launchers have gestures but what I mean is a new soft key in the middle if the menu and back key
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techobsessive said:
I know those launchers have gestures but what I mean is a new soft key in the middle if the menu and back key
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I remember on stock 2.1 this invisible button did something in certain apps, I can't remember what it was though.

i see what youre saying and i think itd be pretty sweet. just to have another soft button to launch messaging or something. i'd love this in a rom

tktouch12 said:
i see what youre saying and i think itd be pretty sweet. just to have another soft button to launch messaging or something. i'd love this in a rom
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yeah exactly
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Why not remap the trackpad?
I understand maybe a invisible button could be cool, but its useless. So is the track pad, but the trackpad can be remapped
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Well what if u made it to where swypeing left or right or down or up on the optical joystick opened apps of your choice while on the homescreen... or is that what were already talking about?

Well the track pad is not use less. I use it on a normal basis. Maybe for you having an invisible button would be use less but for me it would not. To each their own.
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No that's not what I was thinking of, rather the area above the track pad. That's a good half inch Of wasted space.
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Oh I see, yea that is a good idea, yea I'd like to see that

The question is, what applications would you match to that area?
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Let's put one under the speaker too, and one on the back!
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OSully said:
Let's put one under the speaker too, and one on the back!
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dont forget under the battery!

superchilpil said:
dont forget under the battery!
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And perhaps one in the charge port?
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superchilpil said:
dont forget under the battery!
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lolz for that.

[Q] simple incredible/Verizon question

Hey there XDA, I'm selling a friends incredible for him on eBay and have a quick question. He did a factory reset so the phone needs to be set up again, if I hit "activate" on the initial set up when the only options are activate or emergency call, will it attempt to find a Verizon plan or.will it simply register on the network and say it has no service?
I want to be able to take shots of the rom so nobody thinks its broken, but can I go past activate and just use the phone on a wifi connection? Without cell service, of course.
Thanks
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I don't know if it works on the incredible but on the d2 you can tap each corner of the screen, starting with the upper left, to bypass the activation screen.
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I ended up finding the solution. Taping on the screen corners did not work, but after hitting activate, letting the call connect, and rebooting 3 times it went past the activation screen and let me use the phone, I also toggled the mobile network selection in the power menu but I'm not sure that mattered
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Yeah I thought it might be just a moto thing. Glad you got it working.
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k_nivesout said:
Yeah I thought it might be just a moto thing. Glad you got it working.
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Just for reference, the corner taps worked for the HTC Droid Eris also.

Works on the DINC also.

[Q] [!Data recovery!] waterdamage/black display/no touch/no auto usb storage.

I did do a search, I couldn't find anything directly related to my problem as it's not how to fix the phone, but how to recover my data in this specific situation.
Alright, so I went to Dublin, got absolutely smashed, and dropped my new One X in the toilet. It's working fine - turns on, buttons light up, goes to what seems like sleep mode and waking up when I use the volume buttons, all seems okay except my display is ****ed - black, sometimes with streaks of visibility but nowhere near enough to see what's going on. No touch either.
No-one will touch it and I don't care so much about the phone, I just want all the pictures I took from my drunken holidays. As HTC so intelligently decided on internal storage instead of SD cards I'm a bit at a loss here. I can connect my phone to the PC, but the default behaviour is 'charge'. With the update that came out a while ago it defaults to USB storage when plugged in (or so HTC customer service says) but I rooted it and ran CM10.
What I need is a way to force USB storage through the PC, or a way to do a full backup of the phone without having to turn storage on. I'm not sure if this is possible? I'd appreciate some help here!
(It's dry now, was about two months ago, also I don't need advice on how to get it fixed, I'm not interested in paying for this as I'm going to give it away for spare parts and buy a waterproof phone)
Thanks in advance guys!

How about usb-debugging, enabled or not?
Are you currently on CM10?
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Oop's that sounds bad but I'd be happy to help you to get your photos off. Firstly have you rooted yet? If so you could get it into recovery mode and with help from a friend or another phone then you could activate the usb mode. Also I'd be happy to take it off you for spares as I have two hox's in my house.

TToivanen said:
How about usb-debugging, enabled or not?
Are you currently on CM10?
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USB debugging.. I'm not quite sure. I think it was on. I am on CM10 but as I said, can't see or use the display at all..

Maximus78 said:
Oop's that sounds bad but I'd be happy to help you to get your photos off. Firstly have you rooted yet? If so you could get it into recovery mode and with help from a friend or another phone then you could activate the usb mode. Also I'd be happy to take it off you for spares as I have two hox's in my house.
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I've already promised it to a friend of mine - I am rooted, running CM10 but even if I get it into recovery I've no idea what I'm doing as the screen is completely black so it doesn't really help. How could another phone help me, I don't know anyone with a smartphone as we're all insanely good at drowning them in alcohol.

Can you confirm that you have clockworkmod installed?
I will soon return with directions on how to mount USB storage using only volume and power buttons.
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TToivanen said:
Can you confirm that you have clockworkmod installed?
I will soon return with directions on how to mount USB storage using only volume and power buttons.
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I do yeah! Thank you

Okay, here's a little guide:
Hold power and volume down for 25 seconds. Do not let go even if it vibrates.
1xvoldown
1xpower
Wait 20 seconds
Connect USB to PC.
5xvoldown
1xpower
8xvoldown
1xpower
The sdcard contents should pop up on pc. If not, reboot and do it all over again.
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TToivanen said:
Okay, here's a little guide:
Hold power and volume down for 25 seconds. Do not let go even if it vibrates.
1xvoldown
1xpower
Wait 20 seconds
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Just to make sure, I don't hold power, just one press, then wait 20 sec, yeah? And I disconnect it first. ..Annoying, it ran out of bettery. I'll let it charge a while then try it out and return to the thread. Thanks a lot

Kvntess said:
Just to make sure, I don't hold power, just one press, then wait 20 sec, yeah? And I disconnect it first.
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Correct, begin the process disconnected. Only hold in the beginning, all the other steps are single taps.
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TToivanen said:
Correct, begin the process disconnected. Only hold in the beginning, all the other steps are single taps.
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I'm literally crying manly tears from my womanly eyes. ...I thought.. my pictures.. Thank you. Wow. I can't. No words. I love you. I'll think of you when I brush my teeth.
Another thing, now we're at it, do you know where my contacts are stored by any chance.

Kvntess said:
I'm literally crying manly tears from my womanly eyes. ...I thought.. my pictures.. Thank you. Wow. I can't. No words. I love you. I'll think of you when I brush my teeth.
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LOL
You're welcome. It's always a pleasure to help people in a situation like this.
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TToivanen said:
LOL
You're welcome. It's always a pleasure to help people in a situation like this.
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You've no idea! -Do you know how to get my contacts off the internal storage if possible. Google is not my friend it seems :3

Kvntess said:
Another thing, now we're at it, do you know where my contacts are stored by any chance.
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Have you checked if they are on your sim card? They might also be synced to your google account.
The only thing I know is that they are not on the sdcard. They are probably stored somewhere in /system/.
It could be possible to retrieve them through shell commands, provided that your phone has usb-debugging enabled.
Imma do some research and let you know if I find anything useful.
In the meantime, leave the handset to a bag/box of rice for the night. I have once recovered a dead display by doing that.
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TToivanen said:
Have you checked if they are on your sim card? They might also be synced to your google account.
The only thing I know is that they are not on the sdcard. They are probably stored somewhere in /system/.
It could be possible to retrieve them through shell commands, provided that your phone has usb-debugging enabled.
Imma do some research and let you know if I find anything useful.
In the meantime, leave the handset to a bag/box of rice for the night. I have once recovered a dead display by doing that.
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They aren't synced to google, only my old contacts, and they're not on my sim, that's the first thing I checked of course.
I did find com.android.contacts folder, but it's empty, or hidden system files. Thanks a lot. You are BRILLIANT.
Really.. I'll give it a shot, it's been a couple months though so I doubt there's any pee left in it.

I did find out that /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
has some info, but I believe that it contains only the entries that are already synced to google. Not very useful.
Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.
If any of my dear colleagues knows something about this, please drop in.
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TToivanen said:
I did find out that /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
has some info, but I believe that it contains only the entries that are already synced to google. Not very useful.
Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.
If any of my dear colleagues knows something about this, please drop in.
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I really appreciate this. I'd make you cupcakes but I don't know where you live so have a thanks instead

[Q] Droid Incredible 2 Lock Button Won't work

I have a droid incredible 2 with android version 2.3.5, and miui version 112300. I have had a few problems with it. First of all, it won't let me pick up when people call me. I can call people, just not pick up. And then out of no where my lock button stopped working. I have to plug it in to unlock it and basically have to keep it on all day. I've done a reset and it didn't do anything. What should I do? Please help!

Maybe your lock button is faulty?
I think you can add an option for your volume buttons to wake up the phone.
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If I remember correctly miui 12.9 was the last usable build. Not saying that's what's wrong- just food for thought. 12.30 had issues
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Paxton16 said:
I have a droid incredible 2 with android version 2.3.5, and miui version 112300. I have had a few problems with it. First of all, it won't let me pick up when people call me. I can call people, just not pick up. And then out of no where my lock button stopped working. I have to plug it in to unlock it and basically have to keep it on all day. I've done a reset and it didn't do anything. What should I do? Please help!
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maybe do a full wipe and reinstall will work

I have heard of those buttons going bad.

Use the volume rocker wake option. If you need to use the power button try taking the back off, then use it.
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Paxton16 said:
I have a droid incredible 2 with android version 2.3.5, and miui version 112300. I have had a few problems with it. First of all, it won't let me pick up when people call me. I can call people, just not pick up. And then out of no where my lock button stopped working. I have to plug it in to unlock it and basically have to keep it on all day. I've done a reset and it didn't do anything. What should I do? Please help!
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As stated above, use 12.29
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[Q] Remap power button???

Any way to remap the power button to the home button? My mom dropped her phone and every once in a while it'll just get stuck in a loop until she smacks the phone and the power button kinda fixes it self for a little bit at least. Any way I can remap the power button to maybe the home button?

I believe you can. A little bit of googling will find you a guide.
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I looked on Google thru and typed xda after wards to narrow the search. Nothing was detailed enough. I figured its in the use/seckeys if I remember right, but its been 6 months since I played with the insides of the s3.
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mt3g said:
I looked on Google thru and typed xda after wards to narrow the search. Nothing was detailed enough. I figured its in the use/seckeys if I remember right, but its been 6 months since I played with the insides of the s3.
on aospwiz 4.1
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Final bump...

Although other properties such as Power Menu can be remapped to Home button, When the phone is completely turned off, bootloader won't respond to anything else. Better have it replaced. If you open the phone, it may be easier to reseat the spring.