This has been touched on in the development thread, but since I just registered, I can't post or reply there so maybe someone will see this and can help me out. With the new CM10 nightly straight from get.cm on my epic, the fn key on the hardware keyboard does not work. In the web browser it just ignores that i've pressed it all together. In texting it doesn't accept any input after pressing the fn key until i press it again to turn it off. Any fixes or is this a bug that will need to be fixed through future versions? Is everyone experiencing this, or is it just a few people?
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I wiped everything and reinstalled and it is working now. I wiped every bit of stuff I could off my phone using CWM. Seems to work great now... odd. )(*&^%$#~-_+=[];:\"'><}{|[email protected]/!
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You must hold the Fn key, much like the shift key on a pc.
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epicnoob66 said:
You must hold the Fn key, much like the shift key on a pc.
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Not unless that is a new way of using the FN key
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Try searching in the stock browser
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I think he is still on cm9 unless his sig is outdated. But yes, in cm10 you have to hold the fn key when searching. But I'm fine with that. Mine was not working at all. But then I cleared and reflashed everything and it works
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My Fn key doesn't work either even if I hold it.
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See my 2nd post above. I wiped everything and reflashed and it fixed the issue. Seems like we got a dirty flash... I wiped absolutely everything from within CWM. Saved stuff I wanted on SD card, went to mounts and storage and went through each wipe option, so I'm not sure which one actually fixed it.
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I have the same issue. Seemed to start after I loaded up a copy of Swift Key Flow Beta. I went back to Swype - and it sill won't let me use the Fn key.
I will try doing some wiping when I have more time, just thought I would add that one little clue to the discussion.
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So im sure its posted somewhere on the forms in the cyanogenmod 7 , when I press certain keys on my slide out keypad it takes me elsewhere examples b will pull up my browser,e does my email set up, and s takes me to my SMS lists probably goin to go back to 2.2. If I can't figure it out, at one point it was okay yesterday then it came back so im thinking its a background program and when I reboot it starts up
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Maybe try a full wipe and clear dalvik then a fresh flash? I'm not sure as that's never happened to me
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This happens to me every now and again. Exp - Ill press the "7" button and get "9" as an out put. I usually just reboot the phone and everything is fine.
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ALL you have to do is press the search button, i dont know about the capacitive one but i usually do the hardware one (its closer and im not sure if the other one works) and start typing and everything will be fine!
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ALL you have to do is press the search button, i dont know about the capacitive one but i usually do the hardware one (its closer and im not sure if the other one works) and start typing and everything will be fine!
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Yea I hit the harware one and it worked thanks a ton for eveyone that gave a solution
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So im sure its posted somewhere on the forms in the cyanogenmod 7 , when I press certain keys on my slide out keypad it takes me elsewhere examples b will pull up my browser,e does my email set up, and s takes me to my SMS lists probably goin to go back to 2.2. If I can't figure it out, at one point it was okay yesterday then it came back so im thinking its a background program and when I reboot it starts up
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This has been covered extensively, it's the Quick Launch function. If you don't use it, go into Settings/Applications/Quick Launch and turn off all the key mappings there.
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Yea
OriginalGabriel said:
This has been covered extensively, it's the Quick Launch function. If you don't use it, go into Settings/Applications/Quick Launch and turn off all the key mappings there.
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Yea at first I was lookin for that but had no luck findin ..bc. I only get time in between breaks @ work and those are spent stockin and cleaning up
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So here's my scenario, I let a friend of mine borrow my phone for a couple of hours for work and ever since he returned it my 4 capacitive buttons have been acting up, my menu button presses itself it seems and I cannot hold down the home button to review my recent apps or access the task manager because my phone reboots itself . I do not know what he did or if he messed around with it but according to him he didn't do anything. Is there anyway anyone can help me remap the buttons to stock? Any help is appreciated, Thank You!
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Maybe liquid damage?
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I'd try an odin to factory reset and see if it's software related. If its still acting up after a reset then it'll be a hardware problem.
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I think its software related because my search button vibrates once on press and then it vibrates again on release, do any of you guys know how to remap the buttons?
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Overstew said:
I'd try an odin to factory reset and see if it's software related. If its still acting up after a reset then it'll be a hardware problem.
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Tried Odin and it didn't work :/
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If you're not rooted, have you tried doing a reset?
phone settings > privacy > factory data reset
will wipe your data but agree with the earlier posters... if doing a factory reset doesn't fix it, it's probably a hardware issue (perhaps water damage).
Are you running maddogins lockscreen mod?
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Krnla said:
So here's my scenario, I let a friend of mine borrow my phone for a couple of hours for work and ever since he returned it my 4 capacitive buttons have been acting up, my menu button presses itself it seems and I cannot hold down the home button to review my recent apps or access the task manager because my phone reboots itself . I do not know what he did or if he messed around with it but according to him he didn't do anything. Is there anyway anyone can help me remap the buttons to stock? Any help is appreciated, Thank You!
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Time to tell your friend to buy you a new phone!
Sounds like LD. Try the reset if you can, and hope for the best.
geekaren said:
If you're not rooted, have you tried doing a reset?
phone settings > privacy > factory data reset
will wipe your data but agree with the earlier posters... if doing a factory reset doesn't fix it, it's probably a hardware issue (perhaps water damage).
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I've done a hard reset a couple of times and the problem is still there. I'm starting to think it is hardware related, the weird thing is that I've had the phone since it was released and it never gave me these problems until recently..
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Are you running maddogins lockscreen mod?
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Yes I am
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What about cleaning the entire glass really well? Maybe an oily smudge causing issues?
Did u figure it out yet? I certainly wouldn't be letting my friends borrow my phone again.
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Yes I am
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Well last i read his mod can cause the home button to act exactly like that.
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Well last i read his mod can cause the home button to act exactly like that.
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I found this to be true so i uninstalled and home button fixed!
but the menu button is still acting up... I have decided that it's hardware related so i will be getting my phone replaced, thank you guys for the help.
I just got a new sgs2 thru a warranty exchange, but for some reason this one doesnt have a lockscreen. I press the power button and It just opens to my homescreen, also when I hold the power button it just shuts down instead of giving me the lil options of shutting down, airplane, etc. will installing a ROM fix these issues or do I gotta get a new one again?? Thanks
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yes.....most likely
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elflip88 said:
I just got a new sgs2 thru a warranty exchange, but for some reason this one doesnt have a lockscreen. I press the power button and It just opens to my homescreen, also when I hold the power button it just shuts down instead of giving me the lil options of shutting down, airplane, etc. will installing a ROM fix these issues or do I gotta get a new one again?? Thanks
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Yes a new rom should clear this up np. the rom im using actually gives you the option to remove the lockscreen all together. the prior user of your phone must have removed the lockscreen.... Either that or they have some shady software program that restores the phones at tmobil.
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Ok good, tomorrow im borrowing my sis' laptop so I can root this phone and install a ROM. Hopefully that fixes it.
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Factory data resets fix this problem.. Trust me im on my third tmo warranty replacement so I know this
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epicroot said:
Factory data resets fix this problem.. Trust me im on my third tmo warranty replacement so I know this
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Duuhh!! Cant believe I never thought of that, I feel like such a noob, thanks worked perfectly
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Np,buddy
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I wonder if Widget Locker alone is enough to fix your problem.
I've looked around, but I didn't see anyone else with this "issue."
I'm on AOKP Milestone 5.2 running Nyan Colonel 4.2. I don't know what or when it happened, but the sym button (function set .com) on the hardware keyboard doesn't work as needed. Pressing sym acts as a select type thing where it continually highlights the next selection area (Button or text). And the smiley button doesn't work either, now that I think of it. Everything else seems to work though.
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Texan Athlete said:
I've looked around, but I didn't see anyone else with this "issue."
I'm on AOKP Milestone 5.2 running Nyan Colonel 4.2. I don't know what or when it happened, but the sym button (function set .com) on the hardware keyboard doesn't work as needed. Pressing sym acts as a select type thing where it continually highlights the next selection area (Button or text). And the smiley button doesn't work either, now that I think of it. Everything else seems to work though.
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Those are features of samsung tw roms and does not work on aosp roms...
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Hahaha. Too funny
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flastnoles11 said:
Those are features of samsung tw roms and does not work on aosp roms...
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Wow. I'd say I'm disappointed at this dysfunctionality, but it just goes to show how little I use my physical keyboard. Like, never.
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Well that sucks. I use that button a lot, mainly for the .com function. Especially when trying out a new rom and logging back into everything. Guess I'll have to type it out from now on. Thanks for the info!
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Texan Athlete said:
Well that sucks. I use that button a lot, mainly for the .com function. Especially when trying out a new rom and logging back into everything. Guess I'll have to type it out from now on. Thanks for the info!
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Not a problem...
hi guys, i fixed 2 keys on my keyboard tonight.
i know this is probably not the way to do it but, i modified a few things in /system/usr/keylayouts/Generic.KL
what you need
cm10 of course
root access
a text editor
i am not responsible if you break your device following the instructions here, please make a backup of your Generic.kl file before modifying it
To fix the backspace key, scroll to the line : key 111 FORWARD_DEL
replace FORWARD_DEL with DEL
To fix the blue Alt key, scroll to the line : key 464 FUNCTION
replace FUNCTION with ALT_LEFT or ALT_RIGHT, both are working
i will try to fix the other keys soon, especially the ? key
now as i said this is probably not the right way to do it, the number keys seems to toggle search in cm10 stock internet browser, i havent checked with other ones yet, everything is working fine everywhere else though
Thanks to dman3285 for all the work he has done bringing cm10 to our devices
Numbers keys are working fine in Firefox
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math_green20 said:
hi guys, i fixed 2 keys on my keyboard tonight.
i know this is probably not the way to do it but, i modified a few things in /system/usr/keylayouts/Generic.KL
what you need
cm10 of course
root access
a text editor
i am not responsible if you break your device following the instructions here, please make a backup of your Generic.kl file before modifying it
To fix the backspace key, scroll to the line : key 111 FORWARD_DEL
replace FORWARD_DEL with DEL
To fix the blue Alt key, scroll to the line : key 464 FUNCTION
replace FUNCTION with ALT_LEFT or ALT_RIGHT, both are working
i will try to fix the other keys soon, especially the ? key
now as i said this is probably not the right way to do it, the number keys seems to toggle search in cm10 stock internet browser, i havent checked with other ones yet, everything is working fine everywhere else though
Thanks to dman3285 for all the work he has done bringing cm10 to our devices
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It doesn't work btw... I tried this a lonnng time ago.
Doesn't Work!
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It doesn't work btw... I tried this a lonnng time ago.
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Yes it does work.. tested it myself.. will be in the next cm10 release.
Nice work
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dbrannon79 said:
Doesn't Work!
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It works and works well... I assure you
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I can also confirm this works using dmans PAC rom
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I forgot to say, a reboot is required for the changes to work
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math_green20 said:
I forgot to say, a reboot is required for the changes to work
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. . . now it works
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ever since i did that... Android Keyboard (AOSP) has stopped. keeps flashing...and I lost mobile service somehow...
Whenever I try to edit this file, on reboot, I lose function of my power button and none my keys work on the hard keyboard...any ideas?
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I will upload my keyboard layout file later today, maybe even 2 layouts, i got most keys working by now.
If you lose your hardware buttons it means you screwed something up while modifying the file. Keep the tabulations right, double check after modifying
Key 464 LEFT_ALT disabled every buttons
Key 464 ALT_LEFT will work
If this happens you can either restore your original generic.kl backup, reboot via an application like rom manager or something
If you had no backup you can flash back dman's rom, it did work for me after i screwed the file up the first time
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I am not sure what is going wrong? I have done it as you have explained but I keep losing the keyboard, power and volume keys? I must have something installed that is conflicting but can't figure out what
I had to reinstall dman's ROM again as the backup wouldn't get the Keys working again...I tried to edit the file again with the same results? This time at least the backup of the file restores function to the keys
Thanks again for your work, I guess I just have to wait! XD
Cheers
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I did the two edits and nothing, even after a reboot the alt button still acts as the caps lock key!
I'm running PAC Rom with covenant kernel!
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Make sure your device does not insert a . after 2 consecutive spaces at the end of a word, that made screw me up a few times. But as i said i will upload my layout file later today when i get back from work
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Make sure your device does not insert a . after 2 consecutive spaces at the end of a word, that made screw me up a few times. But as i said i will upload my layout file later today when i get back from work
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My apologies! I was making the edits using root explorer and it was not saving them! Got droid edit from the market. Works great !
Thank you
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I too had to use a different editor. Root explorer and ones in phone wouldn't work. I typed this with the keyboard! XD I was thinking that was the problem, not smart enough to figure it out myself I guess
Thanks again!!!
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Has anyone gotten the number keys working?
Thanks
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1234567890. All typed holding 'blue Alt + numbers'. So yes they are working for me now!
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thescot33 said:
1234567890. All typed holding 'blue Alt + numbers'. So yes they are working for me now!
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How did you go about the edits? Wasn't sure since I couldn't get the right key numbers with the tracker app!
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That's weird, i used root explorer editor and everything worked fine, i used KeyEventDisplay to get the codes.
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