Anyway to get the phone to wake with these? So they can share the load so the power button doesn't get worn out.
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Dhd power button was still fine after 18 months of use.
There are a lot more important things to worry about than this!
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i would like the volume buttons to wake the phone because it feels more natural to me. hope something shows up
That would be really nice. Feels more natural and I wouldn't have to stretch my fingers.
great option would be to fiddle with volume rocker ...
i would love to keep volume rocker as it is but add an option to wake the screen up if pressed simultaneously. Let's wait for devs
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for a big phone isnt it a pain to have to press the top button to wake the damn screen? same thing happened to the nexus one ( has hack that wakes with trackball ) , incredible as well.
I would love this as well...hate hiting the power button...
Yea if someone makes an app that does this they should make the home button unlock it too
Yes, please that would be great. I hate having to use the power button to unlock.
Yea it would be nice if you could hit the home and search button at the same time to turn the screen on
Get the "No lock" app from market. Put the widget on your screen, choose unlocked. Now your phone will wake with the volume rocker. I keep the widget so I can lock it again when working (walking around all day).
yeah but I want to either tap the screen or a capacitive button to wake the phone. The mechanical buttons just feel like junk to me. I would like ot never even have to touch one of the mechanical buttons...
I'm with most of you, coming from my iPhone and having my Evo sit on my desk, I like pressed down on the face, so my phone doesnt move. Power buttons too hard to just tap.
Unfortunately, in order to wake the phone with a soft-key, the capacitive screen would have to be active, which means your phone would already be awake, thereby defeating the purpose of programming such a thing. Paradoxical.
Think along the same lines as a TV that you change the channel in order to turn it on... it'd have to already be on to change the channel in the first place.
Makes sense, I was just hopping for button on the front. I'll just need to adjust.
i wudnt mind having one of my vol buttons as a "wake" button... n then wen the screen comes back on it goes back to its default use as a volume key. this power button kills my shiznet >=|
I think I could get used to having to use the power button, altho I'm gonna side with most of you, being able to wake it from the volume rocker just seems more natural. Maybe once I switch cases the power button will be easier to press...
The power button hump on this silicon skin from Sprint isn't prominent enough, it actually makes it slightly harder to press imo. The hump doesn't protrude out very much and it's right on a mold or manufacturing edge on the skin which doesn't make it any easier to find.
Hoping the Amzer Luxe skin I ordered is better in this regard...
There is a app called menu unlock from team douche. It's available on the market [donate] or on xda for free. You'll need root for it but what it does is get rid of the swipe to unlock the screen. You'll still need to wake with the power button though. I'm trying to see if we can learn from the trackball wake on the nexus to port it to use the volume down button. With this the combo is press volume down then press the menu key and your going vs. swiping or the power button.
"No Lock" app in the market removes the lockscreen and wakes the phone with the volume keys. It was already mentioned in this thread but everyone seems to have ignored it.
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"No Lock" app in the market removes the lockscreen and wakes the phone with the volume keys. It was already mentioned in this thread but everyone seems to have ignored it.
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lol, seriously.
Would it be possible to set one of the volume rockers to be set to turn on a program when the screen is off such as telsa led? Everytime I come home from work at night I can't see the lock key hole and so I use this program but thought it would be really cool if I could press the volume up button to turn the light on instead of having to turn my screen on then turning the light on. Thanks in advanced.
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Might be a bad idea since the rocker could get pushed in your pocket and leave the led on for hours draining your battery and burning out the light. Since someone finally just started developing software to change the function of the rocker, it might be a while until we see something like this.
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First off, thank you for the reply! I understand the pocket thing put I usually put mine on my hip with My Ballistic case holster and the volume rocker is indented in so it would be basically impossible to push the rocker even if it were in my pocket.
I've since changed my setup, but I had the same issue at night with my keys and I grabbed widget locker from the market and put the widget on my lockscreen. Then it's only a power button and single screen press away instead of having to unlock your device.
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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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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!
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the power button on my phone seems very loose, i feel like it can fall off anytime it wants.
i have gone to the store and they exchange me a new one and it doesnt feel much better.
if i compare between the power button with the volume button, the volume button is very tight and secure.
am i the only one have that problem or it is normal that the power button is a lot loosely than volume button?
thank you for all the idea.
My power button seems fine, firm
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Ok so I've been switching between Android & Apple for years. I absolutely love the HTC One, the best Android phones I've ever had. Infinitely better than my last Android phone, the GS3
One thing I miss though is on the iPhone, you can use Siri directly from sleep. Just press and hold the home button while the phone is asleep and Siri will come up.
Would it be possible to do that with a volume button on the HTC One with Google Now voice actions? I know right now that we can just press the power button and swipe up from the home button, but pressing 1 button is better than pressing 1 button and doing an action. :laugh:
Thank you!
Oh and if you're wondering "Wouldn't you need your volume buttons for...volume? My answer is no. I can't remember the last time I've used my volume buttons on any phone, other than to initially set the volume. I use the on screen volume control 99% of the time.
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Ok so I've been switching between Android & Apple for years. I absolutely love the HTC One, the best Android phones I've ever had. Infinitely better than my last Android phone, the GS3
One thing I miss though is on the iPhone, you can use Siri directly from sleep. Just press and hold the home button while the phone is asleep and Siri will come up.
Would it be possible to do that with a volume button on the HTC One with Google Now voice actions? I know right now that we can just press the power button and swipe up from the home button, but pressing 1 button is better than pressing 1 button and doing an action. :laugh:
Thank you!
Oh and if you're wondering "Wouldn't you need your volume buttons for...volume? My answer is no. I can't remember the last time I've used my volume buttons on any phone, other than to initially set the volume. I use the on screen volume control 99% of the time.
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it would essentially be the same as the volume music skip MOD while screen is off..
volume buttons work normal with screen on, but with screen off it can be coded I'm sure to do what you want, this wold require some serious smali skill