Hey guys,
I was just thinking about a recovery menu, to install roms, update.zip etc.
But now i noticed there are no physical buttons to select something.
We can go only up and down with the volume buttons, but we cannot select anything?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
The selection is made with power button ;-)
Um you can post this in the general section.
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Yea.. Like my transformer has no recovery! Like the zoom or galaxy tab has no recovery....! lol...
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Would be holding the power button correct me if I'm wrong but there's applications from the marketplace that could force u into recovery such as quickboot and rom manager
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on the nexus S we only use volume keys and the power button in CWM....
Revolution said:
Would be holding the power button correct me if I'm wrong but there's applications from the marketplace that could force u into recovery such as quickboot and rom manager
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Your post makes absolutely no sense. Could be a couple possibilites here. Are you talking about holding the power button and volume buttons down to get into recovery? Are you asking if ROM Manager and Quickboot can get you into recovery? I have no clue to what you are asking or trying to say. If your talking about how to get into recovery that wasn't what the OP wanted to know. He wanted to know how to make a selection once you are in recovery.
To the OP CWM Recovery's code can be written to use whatever buttons are available. Once the phone drops a custom recovery will be written for it in a matter of minutes if it hasn't been done already. Same with superuser.
Actual development only, you're posting in the wrong forum
kzoodroid said:
Your post makes absolutely no sense. Could be a couple possibilites here. Are you talking about holding the power button and volume buttons down to get into recovery? Are you asking if ROM Manager and Quickboot can get you into recovery? I have no clue to what you are asking or trying to say. If your talking about how to get into recovery that wasn't what the OP wanted to know. He wanted to know how to make a selection once you are in recovery.
To the OP CWM Recovery's code can be written to use whatever buttons are available. Once the phone drops a custom recovery will be written for it in a matter of minutes if it hasn't been done already. Same with superuser.
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He is referring to the fact that the power button acts as the selection button.
Recovery is accessed like the Nexus S, by powering on the device using Volume Up+Power. Options are navigated via volume up/down and selected using the power button. To go back, one has to scroll to the bottom of the list where the last option is back and select that using the power button. Nothing too complicated about it.
how is this phone any different than all the other android phones with capacitive buttons on the bottom? all other android phones cannot use the capacitive buttons in recovery, so i dont see how this one is different. like the atrix, you use vol up/down, power button, and then back is at the bottom of the list.
there's not a single thing different about the galaxy nexus with respect to this.
RogerPodacter said:
how is this phone any different than all the other android phones with capacitive buttons on the bottom? all other android phones cannot use the capacitive buttons in recovery, so i dont see how this one is different. like the atrix, you use vol up/down, power button, and then back is at the bottom of the list.
there's not a single thing different about the galaxy nexus with respect to this.
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That's not true. Many models have a functioning 'back' capacitive button in recovery. The G2/DZ being one of them.
martonikaj said:
That's not true. Many models have a functioning 'back' capacitive button in recovery. The G2/DZ being one of them.
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And the thunderbolt lol.. it can use all of them too. I use my Droid 1 and its so odd without being able to use them.
altimax98 said:
And the thunderbolt lol.. it can use all of them too. I use my Droid 1 and its so odd without being able to use them.
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droid 1 is just annoying using the keyboard but the recovery is in portrait. Bleh. One great thing about the G2 is using the trackpad for recovery.
Don't forget that recovery is just a very slimmed down version of Android. If they wanted to, they could implement on-screen buttons etc. just like capacitive buttons can currently be used if implemented.
why not have the Team Win Recovery 2.0 on it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMdj_QzfGmw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCIiJUEzxOY
I actually tweeted Agrabren about this possibility and he replied saying:
"The moment I can get one of those bad boys, it's getting #TWRP 2!"
http://twitter.com/#!/agrabren/status/126648036444225536
RogerPodacter said:
how is this phone any different than all the other android phones with capacitive buttons on the bottom? all other android phones cannot use the capacitive buttons in recovery, so i dont see how this one is different. like the atrix, you use vol up/down, power button, and then back is at the bottom of the list.
there's not a single thing different about the galaxy nexus with respect to this.
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Phones like the SGS2 have 3 buttons - the volume buttons, home and power button. That lets the power button function as a permanent back button, with the home button taking the role of 'select'. Recovery can function in both 3 button and 2 button modes, with the power buttons function changing respectively. Nothing overly complicated.
The atrix can use all the buttons in recovery. Im sure the button issue is a non issue. It will be software or the typical volume and power hardware interface.
I voided my warranty and your nexus.
Fascinate could use all four capacitive buttons which saves wear and tear on the physical buttons.
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pukemon said:
The atrix can use all the buttons in recovery. Im sure the button issue is a non issue. It will be software or the typical volume and power hardware interface.
I voided my warranty and your nexus.
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damn i had no idea, the atrix capacitive buttons work in recovery? i've always used vol up/down and power button lol...
Dude. Lmao. Yeah, and once you get the hang of it, your fingers start flying in recovery.
I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.
I have put my phone back to stock twice and tried to reflash clock work to see if I could get this issue fixed but nothing seems to get rid of this annoying skipping.
Sometimes if I am going through the clock work menu and I hit vol up or vol down it will move the cursor 2 or 3 positions. I have no idea why it does this...also if i tap up or down really fast i get a "disabled back button" at the bottom and then nothing works when I hit the power button to choose an option.
Anyone else getting this?
everyone gets it. Its just very sensitive to the volume up/down input...take your time and youll get it
EVO'D_OUT said:
everyone gets it. Its just very sensitive to the volume up/down input...take your time and youll get it
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But why if you hit up or down to fast it disables the back button?
Weird thing happens when i reboot into recovery, when i try to navigate the menu with the volume rocker one press will up or down will translate to a few button pushes
also, the power button turns the screen off, but only after being in recovery for along time
anyone else experiance this?
edit, when the power button turns the screen off it says "back menu button disabled."
This is a known issue. If you keep scrolling through the menus the back button will become enabled and navigation should return to normal.
silow said:
This is a known issue. If you keep scrolling through the menus the back button will become enabled and navigation should return to normal.
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thank you!
I flashed clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.0 on my Incredible using Unrevoked 3.22. When I boot into recovery, I can use the volume keys to move up and down, but when I use the power button to select an option, it shows the Rom Manager icon and nothing else. Is it getting hung up? This is the third recovery I have tried, as the rest only gave me a black screen with white lines on each side (something to do with being one of the two screen types that Incredibles came with). Please help!
Press the optical button to make selections. Power button serves as a back button in CWM.
SlimSnoopOS said:
Press the optical button to make selections. Power button serves as a back button in CWM.
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LOL! Never thought to even try that. Thanks!
Funny that I ran across this, because I did the same thing. When you press the power button, it show's that screen by default in that case. Like mentioned above, the optical button is what you use to select an option.
thenewbigmack said:
Funny that I ran across this, because I did the same thing. When you press the power button, it show's that screen by default in that case. Like mentioned above, the optical button is what you use to select an option.
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Yeah, as it is my brother's Incredible, I wasn't familiar with the hardware and totally forgot the track pad existed. Nothing like pulling my hair out for about 4 hours!
I have replaced the screen on my Optimus G (E975k, Telstra) and the menu button works whilst the back is off, but as soon as I put the back on, the menu button doesn't work... super annoying!
I'm not sure if my clumsy attempts to replace the screen have damaged the synaptics ribbon and the cover going on puts pressure in the right spot to stop the ribbon cable making the connection for that button or what, but I'm looking for help getting around this.
Is there a way to make longpress on back arrow to open the menu, if so then 90% of my problems are solved, I can force the onscreen nav buttons to show up and that is great but it seems like a waste of space if I can work around it with a back button long press... I tried a few key remapping apps but they do not seem to be able to do what I want to do... if there is a custom rom that would support this then I would just flash that I guess.
Anyway, help from anyone would be appreciated
Thanks
EDIT: Okay so I edited /system/usr/keylayout/keypad_8064.kl
changed
Key 115 VOLUME UP
to
Key 115 MENU VIRTUAL
This allows me to use the volume up button as the menu button, so I'm out of trouble, but I would still like to map back button long press to the duty rather than lose my volume up button.
Hey man, if ur on stock i think u can use xposed modules for long press behaviors and custom button actions.. Usr gravity box etc.. If u like custom rom, many offer custom button actions
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