Hello Brochachos from all over the world! I was wondering if there was any way to turn off capacitive buttons fully and just use the on-screen soft keys? That would be awesome. Thank you for your insight and help on this fellow xda members! <3 kse91holydiver
kse91holydiver said:
Hello Brochachos from all over the world! I was wondering if there was any way to turn off capacitive buttons fully and just use the on-screen soft keys? That would be awesome. Thank you for your insight and help on this fellow xda members! <3 kse91holydiver
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I had a mod for the nexus s that disabled the keys, I could adapt it to this phone probably. Using cm9 i'm guessing?
No, actually I'm using AOKP, does that change the difficulty in adapting it?
NVM I looked at your mod and adapted it myself, no flash zip necessary. For anyone else who wants to know you delete the text in /system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey.kl and then save changes in a root explorer app.
Is there any trick to turning the lights off on cm9?
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Yeah I don't want to completely disable the keys themselves, I just want to turn the annoying, battery-wasting backlight off. The CM9 setting to do so does not work.
webran61 said:
Yeah I don't want to completely disable the keys themselves, I just want to turn the annoying, battery-wasting backlight off. The CM9 setting to do so does not work.
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I want to know this too.
This was made by T.C.P. But I use it on CM9 Codename and AOKP. Turns off the lights but they still work. Flash in recovery and enjoy.
http://db.tt/clMO98XH
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Qwallace70129 said:
This was made by T.C.P. But I use it on CM9 Codename and AOKP. Turns off the lights but they still work. Flash in recovery and enjoy.
http://db.tt/clMO98XH
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Could I just push this file somewhere in the system? What's the path?
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Could I just push this file somewhere in the system? What's the path?
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/system/lib/hw/
Push it there and reboot
Some ICS roms like codename have a "lights.sph-d710.so" file so push the the lights.exynos4.so and delete the d710 one then reboot (if that's the case).
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/system/lib/hw/
Push it there and reboot
Some ICS roms like codename have a "lights.sph-d710.so" file so push the the lights.exynos4.so and delete the d710 one then reboot (if that's the case).
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Yea I just read the script and did that thanks. It works.
Qwallace70129 said:
This was made by T.C.P. But I use it on CM9 Codename and AOKP. Turns off the lights but they still work. Flash in recovery and enjoy.
http://db.tt/clMO98XH
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It seems once the d710 file is deleted the brigbtness goes crazy and the widget for brightness stops working, anyone else?
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TeamERA said:
It seems once the d710 file is deleted the brigbtness goes crazy and the widget for brightness stops working, anyone else?
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That's why I said make sure you add the lights.exynos4.so after you delete the d710 file and then reboot.
Don't forget to set permissions before your reboot.
Why would you ever want on screen buttons instead. Phone screens are small as is, and youre choosing to use a portion of it to be dedicated to buttons you already have? Not to mention theyre not as responsive as capacitive buttons and theyre bound to get in the way sooo much more. I think its the worst part of ics, and Ill be dissapointed if the s3 ships without capacitive buttons, even if it does make ot look cooler. And the removal of search and menu is downright retarded
The .so file does indeed work. Thanks so much for the workaround.
Also on the general subject I would much prefer fewer buttons on my mobile device. My HP laptop has capacitive buttons and they are the cause of many headaches. Even the menu button on my E4GT sporadically activates on its own from time to time. Google did it right with ICS and the Galaxy Nexus. The keys are there only when you need them and auto-hide when you don't meaning the screen real-estate is not as much of an issue as one might think.
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webran61 said:
The .so file does indeed work. Thanks so much for the workaround.
Also on the general subject I would much prefer fewer buttons on my mobile device. My HP laptop has capacitive buttons and they are the cause of many headaches. Even the menu button on my E4GT sporadically activates on its own from time to time. Google did it right with ICS and the Galaxy Nexus. The keys are there only when you need them and auto-hide when you don't meaning the screen real-estate is not as much of an issue as one might think.
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If they dissapear its rare. And that portion of the screen is blacked out anyways. Ive never had an issue with my capacitive buttons.
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Yeah I don't want to completely disable the keys themselves, I just want to turn the annoying, battery-wasting backlight off. The CM9 setting to do so does not work.
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Have you tried RootDim, in lock mode?
MultiLockOn said:
Why would you ever want on screen buttons instead.
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I am trying to do it because my hardware buttons randomly press themselves making the phone difficult to use. I get where you are coming from though.
I'm searching around trying to fix my phantom search button issue but don't want to flash a different rom or start a new thread... I'm rooted with framaroot (great system, so easy to do), have busy box, root browser- virgin mobile S2 SPH-D710, same as the Epic 4G touch. I found a thread in another forum talking about editing the button to simply no longer have a task, but in regards to the menu button and not the search button which is the one that is giving me the phantom issue. Thread is here:
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...th-ics-jb-phantom-menu-keypress-easy-fix.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203059
Anyone know how to go about deleting the functionality of the search button?
I want to take this approach as it seems the only way short of a new/referb or hunting down a custom rom where the software somehow fixes the issue via programming. I did have virgin send me a referb and it had the same issue lol, so working on fixing it the xda way haha. For those with the same issue and wondering what is causing it, IMO the best explanation I found was from another forum, it seems to be hardware, where a screen replacement or capacitor addition is the fix because some S2s had bad quality control and a magnetic shield was not installed correctly and when the cell antenna is in a low reception area, it increases power and that causes an inductive voltage situation or some other power issue and makes the handset think the menu or search button is pressed. I found some who feel that even though it's a hardware issue, of course the software could be set to prevent the cell antenna from 'juicing up' in low reception areas.
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There's a search button and menu button but no back button on the physical keyboard. Somebody should make a mini app that acts as a back button, so we could assign 1 of our 3 keys to the app and have that functionability.
I live in very cold weather and between my fingers getting so cold the buttons wont recognize my press or wearing gloves and having to remove them to hit one of the buttons, this could be a useful app for people (me).
Also a home button app could work as well for them.
What do ya think?
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+1 for this idea. I wear gloves constantly outside...
I too would like to have a physical back button. +2 to this idea! I couldn't find any easy solution to this on my own, but it would be great to have a back button mapped to the second or third quick key.
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erm..might sound stupid but does the backspace key not do this already (when not in a text field).
The backspace/delete key does not do this.
I was referred to this post by fellow XDA user nomadism. He writes:
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"user1" "user2" "user3" are the three QuickKeys, starting from the left
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I set it to "user3", so there won't be any accidents pressing the key.
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Cyanogenmod 6.1.0 stable + ClockworkMod 2.5.1.3 + sonnysekhon's Gingerbread theme
Well with the stock rom and a temp root, it acts like it works but then never does..says I need to reboot to take effect but when I do it doesn't work, am I doing it wrong? I had to use the first version cause the second version of the app would crash on me
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Well with the stock rom and a temp root, it acts like it works but then never does..says I need to reboot to take effect but when I do it doesn't work, am I doing it wrong? I had to use the first version cause the second version of the app would crash on me
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Pretty sure you need full root / S-Off for this as the /system/usr/ files it overwrites would get reset to stock every time you reboot with temproot.
Well, yeah, it needs root. As the thread says "for full rooted devices. (NAND unlocked. Full, permanent write access to the system dir is needed)".
I'm sure you can't do this without root.
Use your nose to press the soft key, it's usually warmer than your fingers. Also convenient if your hands are full.
Guess this could help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
They got some gloves I think from isotoner, called smart touch, made specifically for touch screen phones. You should check it out.
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g4rb4g3 said:
Guess this could help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
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Thats exactly what I use. I also used this program to set "@"to DPAD_LEFT and "www" to DPAD_RIGHT. It works as an up and down button. Like a mini replacement for the trackpad. I figured if ur fingers were too cold to reach the back button, you might could use some help witht that trackpad too ; )
Is there an app which can restart the phone but without rooting the phone..
Why do you need that ? Just press and hold the power button for a few second, the Phone options will pop-up, just choose restart to restart the device.
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Why do you need that ? Just press and hold the power button for a few second, the Phone options will pop-up, just choose restart to restart the device.
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Lol I know that mate but isn't there some application or widget..The button looks delicate to me so I dun want to keep pressing it and have it broken...
Also does using this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIml0LmFuZHJvaWQuc21hcnRzY3JlZW5vZmZwcm8iXQ..
makes the proximity sensor weak..??I mean it's designed for detection this this create extra pressure??
try looking in the play store. there are several to choose from
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=reboot&c=apps
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try looking in the play store. there are several to choose from
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=reboot&c=apps
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I do appreciate your help but I was trying to know if there is any application that does "Without rooting the phone"
Steve Stiffler said:
I do appreciate your help but I was trying to know if there is any application that does "Without rooting the phone"
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look at the first app in the list dude. You just might have to actually READ the Apps description. other than that you have to root.
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look at the first app in the list dude. You just might have to actually READ the Apps description. other than that you have to root.
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This application does not actually reboot it just refreshes the phone..it's not even close to rebooting I am using this app from par three days it's basic function is to free up the space in RAM..try it out u'll know
Why do you even need to reboot your phone that much?
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You could Quick Boot if you wish. Can also reboot straight to recovery and bootloader. Unfortunately I can't link to it as I've only recently joined XDA.
Mixxxy said:
You could Quick Boot if you wish. Can also reboot straight to recovery and bootloader. Unfortunately I can't link to it as I've only recently joined XDA.
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Quick Boot works on rooted phone only. He is asking for reboot app with no root access required.
joshnichols189 said:
Why do you even need to reboot your phone that much?
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I dun reboot that much..Just once a day..but I dun want my power button to get depressed because I have to rely on unlocking on the same button..which gets pressed quite a lot of times...
Also if you could suggest me some widgets or apps that can help me to lock my phone..I used extended controls which was not a great experience because when I unlocked the screen remained black till I switched on to some other application ..
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Also if you could suggest me some widgets or apps that can help me to lock my phone..I used extended controls which was not a great experience because when I unlocked the screen remained black till I switched on to some other application ..
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This is my favorite, screen off and lock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
you're so lazy pal
ckpv5 said:
This is my favorite, screen off and lock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIml0LmFuZHJvaWQuc21hcnRzY3JlZW5vZmZwcm8iXQ..
I am using this application..
Check this app as I posted this earlier and asked if this does any harm to proximity sensor..
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you're so lazy pal
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Dude I searched the google play before posting I wanted to know if there is something I missed nothing else if you can't write anything useful,why waste time typing unnecessarily
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIml0LmFuZHJvaWQuc21hcnRzY3JlZW5vZmZwcm8iXQ..
I am using this application..
Check this app as I posted this earlier and asked if this does any harm to proximity sensor..
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I don't think it will harm the proximity sensor, it just that I don't like to see a red light on the proximity sensor light up when using this app as I guess it use more battery...and that's maybe the reason why they have a time-out to kill the app after certain time. Once the app is killed, you still need to press power on. Anyhow, this is my personal opinion only, nothing against the app; I maybe wrong.
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I don't think it will harm the proximity sensor, it just that I don't like to see a red light on the proximity sensor light up when using this app as I guess it use more battery...and that's maybe the reason why they have a time-out to kill the app after certain time. Once the app is killed, you still need to press power on. Anyhow, this is my personal opinion only, nothing against the app; I maybe wrong.
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Thanks tell me since when are you using this phone??do you find your power button by any chance pressed inside even a little??Also I dun think that it uses much battery as the Statistics posted by the App developer state..it would be great if someone would throw some light on it though..
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Thanks tell me since when are you using this phone??do you find your power button by any chance pressed inside even a little??Also I dun think that it uses much battery as the Statistics posted by the App developer state..it would be great if someone would throw some light on it though..
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Since Apr 3rd, two days after the HOX officially launched in my country. Do not really notice that, maybe because I seldom use the power button as my device is rooted, using quick boot for reboot, reboot to bootloader & recovery, swipe to power on and so on.
Why are you even rebooting once a day? It isn't necessary and will solve all of your problems.
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I am looking for a rom with Virtual Buttons navigational buttons ( like Nexus 7 ). My phone buttons do not work anymore and need this work around.
I am currently running Jellyzeus with turbo kernel.
I edited framework-res.apk myself to enable it but I did not work. I think it is disable elsewhere in the ROM somehow.
It's called navigation bar, it should be available in FXP CM10 rom. Make sure you flash the boot.img from FXP152 to make it bootable.
Various other JB roms have it.
Slimbean/cj360 using it now with navigation buttons
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Slimbean/cj360 using it now with navigation buttons
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This ROM is awesome. Its exactly what I was looking for. I like it so much Im thinking about installing it on my nexus 7!
Now if I can just find out how to reassign the wake buttons. Ex. Wake the phone from sleep using any of the four buttons on the front of the phone.
On iPhone there is an app called activator, which you can assign different functions to any button or gesture. I am looking for something like that. Nothing Iev downloaded from Play store works, from what I have read it is more of a ROM feature than anything.
Gesture control might work but I don't know if it has a wake feature
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535740
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This ROM is awesome. Its exactly what I was looking for. I like it so much Im thinking about installing it on my nexus 7!
Now if I can just find out how to reassign the wake buttons. Ex. Wake the phone from sleep using any of the four buttons on the front of the phone.
On iPhone there is an app called activator, which you can assign different functions to any button or gesture. I am looking for something like that. Nothing Iev downloaded from Play store works, from what I have read it is more of a ROM feature than anything.
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Yep I think its great! There is a paid app on market that let's you wake your phone by shaking it here link https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS53aWxkcm9pZC53YWtlLnVwLnNjcmVlbiJd it's not free but gives you a 15min trial to see if works with your phone don't know if that's any good
Yeah I already have something like that for my tablet. That is not going to work for me because I walk alot at work and run at the gym. I dont want to have to remember to turn it on and off.
Simply, I just want all buttons to act like the "home" button on the lock screen.
This is really bugging me now. You would think that this is not hard to do and that I am not the first person to want this.
Can anyone point me in the right direction of disabling the volume keys? I am rooted and running CM10 / Nova Launcher.
Currently I used Volume Control Pro+ to keep my volume in check, but I was using AudioManager Pro and it started to give me problems with the volume not staying locked properly. Ultimately, what would solve my issue is disable the volume keys altogether. I realize that this could lead to potential problems should I need to go back to stock at any point, but I would undo this feature if I need to revert back to stock.
Any pointers here?
Found solution on my own
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Can anyone point me in the right direction of disabling the volume keys? I am rooted and running CM10 / Nova Launcher.
Currently I used Volume Control Pro+ to keep my volume in check, but I was using AudioManager Pro and it started to give me problems with the volume not staying locked properly. Ultimately, what would solve my issue is disable the volume keys altogether. I realize that this could lead to potential problems should I need to go back to stock at any point, but I would undo this feature if I need to revert back to stock.
Any pointers here?
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I figured it out searching around some different forums. Using a RB Text Editor, you can insert a # or // before the volume key lines in both sec_key.kl and sec_keys.kl which is under /system/usr/keylayout/
hutru01 said:
I figured it out searching around some different forums. Using a RB Text Editor, you can insert a # or // before the volume key lines in both sec_key.kl and sec_keys.kl which is under /system/usr/keylayout/
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Put "SOLVED" in the thread title please
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I Want to try this but have one question first , won't this prevent you from going into download/recovery mode if for some reason something goes wrong and you need too?
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I Want to try this but have one question first , won't this prevent you from going into download/recovery mode if for some reason something goes wrong and you need too?
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Nope, hes not completely turning off its functionality...hes only turning it off while his phone is booted up into the Android OS
And even if it does you could always go into a terminal and do
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reboot download
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So I worked on this for a few hours today and this worked for me. Put together a flash able zip file disabling the codes in the sys/use/key layout files.
Keys off
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?41gnxl4ot5vq8yh
Keys back on
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?md99ii9a4bsqiwd
This worked for me. Galaxy s3 on cm 10.1
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I know nothing about modifying mobile systems, but I would really like disabling these volume control buttons on my samsung galaxy nexus. Therefore I want to ask you - are these files different of various phones, or are they all the same ? Will it work for my nexus with 4.3 android ?
Thanks in advance!
No, the keys have different codes/mappings
I hope someone can help me out with this (I guess most of my posts arent worth bothering with as they usually go untouched by anyone). I'm trying to figure out a way to disable the touch button backlight on a Google Edition ROM. I have been searching for an answer since the Google Edition hit. All I can ever find is how to disable on GSIII ROMs (non ge). If anyone can please help me out I would very much appreciate it. Thanks!
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I hope someone can help me out with this (I guess most of my posts arent worth bothering with as they usually go untouched by anyone). I'm trying to figure out a way to disable the touch button backlight on a Google Edition ROM. I have been searching for an answer since the Google Edition hit. All I can ever find is how to disable on GSIII ROMs (non ge). If anyone can please help me out I would very much appreciate it. Thanks!
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Screen Filter is an app that can disable the backlight of the softkeys. Set it to auto-start at boot and you should be good. I know its not a direct fix but its a low impact app that shouldnt effect battery life or operation.
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Screen Filter is an app that can disable the backlight of the softkeys. Set it to auto-start at boot and you should be good. I know its not a direct fix but its a low impact app that shouldnt effect battery life or operation.
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Thank you for replying! It does not seem to work with our model tho.
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Thank you for replying! It does not seem to work with our model tho.
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Seems to work for me. Did it dim the screen at all (thats its main function)? Did you see the check box "enable softkey back light" (uncheck it) at the bottom of the app ui?
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Seems to work for me. Did it dim the screen at all (thats its main function)? Did you see the check box "enable softkey back light" (uncheck it) at the bottom of the app ui?
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Yes, it did dim the screen, but if i uncheck the enable softkey back light, anytime I touch the screen the backlights still come on. Are you on a G.E. rom? I am currently on Infamouse G.E.
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Yes, it did dim the screen, but if i uncheck the enable softkey back light, anytime I touch the screen the backlights still come on. Are you on a G.E. rom? I am currently on Infamouse G.E.
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No im not. I am on AOSP (Slim Bean) though.
There are options to do this in AOKP and CM roms. Anybody know how those builds pull it off?
Give me a minute to shower and I'll write you an app. All you have to do is install my app, reboot, grant it root access, and profit.
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elesbb said:
Give me a minute to shower and I'll write you an app. All you have to do is install my app, reboot, grant it root access, and profit.
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Thanks brother. Any luck getting that working? With all of the research I have been doing, I have found MANY people that want to get this option working.
comoc85 said:
Thanks brother. Any luck getting that working? With all of the research I have been doing, I have found MANY people that want to get this option working.
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I fell asleep working on it last night. I'm gonna finish it in a bit. Been playing dead island Riptide!
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Okay i am having troubles setting it to off on boot. But here is a "toggle" version of it where you can toggle them on or off. Will try and fix the boot issue tomorrow.
SWEEET!!! Works like a charm thanks dude! Like I said, I've been searching for this forever! I know that many others have been searching for this, perhaps you should make a thread in the mods section.
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SWEEET!!! Works like a charm thanks dude! Like I said, I've been searching for this forever! I know that many others have been searching for this, perhaps you should make a thread in the mods section.
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Go HERE i fixed the boot issue. I was way too tired last night xD missed something really simple lol