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[Mod proposal]: Physical answer/reject key

In these days here in northerner Italy we are having some very cold days (-7°C last night) and we have to wear gloves going out to prevent hands freezing
As we all know, with gloves on, capacitive screen is unusable at all. so i can't answer a call without removing gloves.
It would be a nice idea to implement a mod to let you answer a call or reject it by pressing volume up or volume down keys during an incoming call notification...

in Belarus was about -20°C all last week
I don't like gloves =)

-24 last night in Finland. And I don't like gloves neither: )
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Update to Froyo
Settings - Call settings - All calls - Answering call - Answering key (Accept incoming calls by pressing the home key)
There you have it. Here in Finland it's near -30°C so this has been handy
Also,
Settings - Accessibility - The power key ends calls (Press the power key to end calls. This will not turn off the screen)

sonof said:
Update to Froyo
Settings - Call settings - All calls - Answering call - Answering key (Accept incoming calls by pressing the home key)
There you have it. Here in Finland it's near -30°C so this has been handy
Also,
Settings - Accessibility - The power key ends calls (Press the power key to end calls. This will not turn off the screen)
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Yeah that's what I have been doing, it's bloody freezing here in scotland at the moment the whole place is a like an arctic wasteland. It's great so you don't have to take you gloves off

Just sew a loop of conductive thread on the fingers of you gloves.....
http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-A-Glove-Work-With-A-Touch-Screen/

You can use your nose
Seriously, it actually work.. But for me a bit hard to hit the right icon on the home screen..

Sorry mates, + 35 °C in New Caledonia. Never wear gloves ;-)
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/IGlove-Touc...685A/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1292626448&sr=8-3
gloves that enable touch screen use and parts of the uk here it's been down to -20 brrrrrr

search for easy answer button on the market or on appbrain
http://www.appbrain.com/app/easy-answer-button-free/org.nsd.easyanswer

nikkox988 said:
Sorry mates, + 35 °C in New Caledonia. Never wear gloves ;-)
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Does't work in ICS an other ideas how to do it without additional applications ?

Reviving a two year old thread not a good idea bro

poor italians ... come visit my house ... I dont have problem with answering phone calls while freezing ... I cannot move at all

Stock rom have this feature, Home button to answer and power button to close. Just enable it in settings. ICS have only Power button to close call, for answer nothing. Where i live, sud italy, is not so cool also in Winter so its not a problem for me xD

Lick your gloves. I found out by accident on a rainy that if your gloves or screen is wet, you can use the capacitive touch screen even with a glove on.
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snapper.fishes said:
Lick your gloves. I found out by accident on a rainy that if your gloves or screen is wet, you can use the capacitive touch screen even with a glove on.
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Mister Harris, Lip My Stockings!

sagon said:
You can use your nose
Seriously, it actually work.. But for me a bit hard to hit the right icon on the home screen..
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Best advice ever...
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I know this tread is old, but still:
with the app EZbutton you can use the vol up and down keys to answer calls
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kigate.EZbutton&feature=search_result
its not free, but works very well for me on ICS (been using it for months now)

[Q] Off-Key Widget on Defy?

greetings!
Just recently i got a Motorola Defy, and to be honest the top power button seems a little wimpy.
i have downloaded two apps so far to circumvent the power key;
Tap Tap App and Fix Broken Power Button.
the following problems occur when attempting to power the phone down.
In Fix Broken Power Button the widget is completely inoperative.
in Tap Tap App the screen will flash dark, then immediately come to the lock screen.
i believe this has to do with the Defy's internal workings, and have seen other people have similar problems,
see http://forum.xda-developers.com/arch...t-1017269.html
is there hope for my phone?
thank you.

Get it replaced...
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All buttons on the Defy are "wimpy wimpy" because they are NOT the actual buttons, they are just a plastic cover over your real buttons so your phone doesn't die if you press one underwater.
The real buttons are sealed, otherwise moving them, taking pics with physical buttons or doing anything while your phone is under water would lead to water leaks inside.
About the issue with soft-poweroff, its a known issue related to how to shutoff screen on the Defy works, I dont know if any dev solved the issue

Zephyrot said:
All buttons on the Defy are "wimpy wimpy" because they are NOT the actual buttons, they are just a plastic cover over your real buttons so your phone doesn't die if you press one underwater.
The real buttons are sealed, otherwise moving them, taking pics with physical buttons or doing anything while your phone is under water would lead to water leaks inside.
About the issue with soft-poweroff, its a known issue related to how to shutoff screen on the Defy works, I dont know if any dev solved the issue
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hi, thank you for the quick reply!
do you have a defy yourself? I ask because my power key is jiggly and feels weak compared to the volume keys.
having an alternate method of off/on' ing my phone would make me feel a lot more secure.
what kind of coding would I need to learn in order to learn the cause of the broken widget and fix it?
you mention using a physical key to take pictures with, but there is no such button on the defy. is there a way to map a camera button to, say, a volume key?
have you ever submerged your phone in water? I want to take under water pictures but am apprehensive to try.
why is there no longer a cake in my work urinal?
i'm sure you'll need plenty of time to pontificate on these questions, if anyone has any insight on anything mentioned in this post, please let me know!
thanks!

drmambo said:
do you have a defy yourself? I ask because my power key is jiggly and feels weak compared to the volume keys.
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Yes. I have a defy, and my volume keys don't feel much different from the power key. Maybe yours is a little loose...
drmambo said:
you mention using a physical key to take pictures with, but there is no such button on the defy. is there a way to map a camera button to, say, a volume key?
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Some camera applications allow that configuration. The one that comes with the CyanogenMod7 rom (which I'm using ) allows it for sure.
drmambo said:
have you ever submerged your phone in water? I want to take under water pictures but am apprehensive to try.
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Yes, I have submerged it while recording movies and it works fine. Make sure your rubber covers are in place and not loose, specially the mini usb one. Don't try to use the touch screen while wet, it doesn't work. The mic and the speaker will work again when dry.

drmambo said:
hi, thank you for the quick reply!
do you have a defy yourself? I ask because my power key is jiggly and feels weak compared to the volume keys.
having an alternate method of off/on' ing my phone would make me feel a lot more secure.
what kind of coding would I need to learn in order to learn the cause of the broken widget and fix it?
you mention using a physical key to take pictures with, but there is no such button on the defy. is there a way to map a camera button to, say, a volume key?
have you ever submerged your phone in water? I want to take under water pictures but am apprehensive to try.
why is there no longer a cake in my work urinal?
i'm sure you'll need plenty of time to pontificate on these questions, if anyone has any insight on anything mentioned in this post, please let me know!
thanks!
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- Yeah I own a Defy, and I really love my phone (pretty much after installing CM7, is just amazing)
- yep is normal the power button feeling lose, is just like I said, those are not the real buttons, just covers that presses the actual buttons under them.
If im not wrong you would need to learn the Android API and JAVA to do it yourself.
- About the physical key, that is easy to obtain, you can either use ButtonreMapper or search the Defy Photo app, is a really cool and simple camera that lets ya take pictures using the vol keys.
- Yep too, ive went into the pool with my Defy, took pictures, videos and more underwater. Just be SURE the ribbons that cover the USB and the audio jack are clean. Dust, fibers and other stuff could get between the cover and the phone and leak water in.
to this question: "why is there no longer a cake in my work urinal?"
whaa?

I use Vignette.apk full and Demo version.
Why I cannot set volume keys to take a picturs in full version?

The first option in settings is to make the volume button as cam shooter.

Vignette full version don't have select box for volume key action.
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Vignette demo version.

Try Quick Boot from the Market
Has options to Power Off, Reboot, Recovery (may not work if not rooted) also has shortcuts to put on the desktop. I like the reboot option.

[Q] Anybody know how to add "lock instantly with power key" option in JB?

Hi! On the GS3 in Ice Cream Sandwich, the power button could either 1) lock the phone or 2) simply turn the screen off without locking, seen in the "Lock instantly with power key" toggle:
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In 4.1.1/Jelly Bean, though, Samsung or AT&T removed that toggle, forcing users to use 1) lock the phone; the entire option is now missing:
Do any smali gurus or ROM modders or anybody else know how to get this toggle back?

Try setting it the way how I have it in the screenshot. Make sure to un-check swipe lock.

diablo009 said:
Try setting it the way how I have it in the screenshot. Make sure to un-check swipe lock.
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But, the power button still locks the phone. I don't want it to do that--just turn the screen off. Thanks for the reply, though.

ikjadoon said:
But, the power button still locks the phone. I don't want it to do that--just turn the screen off. Thanks for the reply, though.
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Set the screen lock out time to, say 3 minutes. Now power button will NOT lock the phone.

diablo009 said:
Set the screen lock out time to, say 3 minutes. Now power button will NOT lock the phone.
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Here are my Settings:
And, still: if I press the power button, the screen turns off. If I press it again to wake me up after maybe 2 seconds, I am greeted by my pattern unlock screen. Does this not occur on your phone with these settings?

ikjadoon said:
Here are my Settings:
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And, still: if I press the power button, the screen turns off. If I press it again to wake me up after maybe 2 seconds, I am greeted by my pattern unlock screen. Does this not occur on your phone with these settings?
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Nope. I have mine with 3 mins inactivity. And using power button or after 30 second screen timeout it doesn't lock immediately. If it turn it on within the 3 minute time period, it does not show lock screen.
Try using a different launcher.

diablo009 said:
Nope. I have mine with 3 mins inactivity. And using power button or after 30 second screen timeout it doesn't lock immediately. If it turn it on within the 3 minute time period, it does not show lock screen.
Try using a different launcher.
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Huh. OK, thanks for the info.
Launchers can affect lockscreens? I'm on Nova and I tried the TW launcher: no dice on either.
Could it, though, be your ROM? I'm on stock. The Intergalactic v2.8 release notes lists "Many other tweaks..." at the end, which might include this functionality.

ikjadoon said:
Huh. OK, thanks for the info.
Launchers can affect lockscreens? I'm on Nova and I tried the TW launcher: no dice on either.
Could it, though, be your ROM? I'm on stock. The Intergalactic v2.8 release notes lists "Many other tweaks..." at the end, which might include this functionality.
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I am not sure if its my ROM. By the way, I use Nova myself.

diablo009 said:
I am not sure if its my ROM. By the way, I use Nova myself.
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It's a known issue with the AT&T JB ROM. I've used Verizon and Sprint ROMs ported over to AT&T and the option is there and works fine. Seems like only by using a 3rd party app can you get this functionality back, unless someone had a mod that can be flashed.

Volume wake?

Does anyone know of a mod (besides gravity screen on) to turn on the screen without the power button? My power button suddenly stopped working and I've seen that option in settings, but can't seem to find it on sensewiz. Thanks again
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XCrunner23 said:
Does anyone know of a mod (besides gravity screen on) to turn on the screen without the power button? My power button suddenly stopped working and I've seen that option in settings, but can't seem to find it on sensewiz. Thanks again
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I believe you can remap your keys in generic.kl to wake with volume
check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203059
a very basic guide on how to get the .kl file then just edit as you wish

I have been looking for a solution for this for quite some time. I am using gravity off right now. I just tried to change this file many times. I commented out Key 116 and put the POWER in key 115, the vol up, but that didnt work. I then tried to comment out all the POWER buttons in the file and replaced VOL up with POWER button - that didnt work. Then i reverted back and added the WAKE to the ends of VOL up and down, and that didnt work either. After all changes, i reverted the permission to the correct values.
Any one get this to work? Stock rooted GB27.

I just took my phone into the sprint store, and they are ordering a new one. But its on backorder My upgrade is up in December and I'll probably go with the note 3, so I'll just give the new phone to my brother, since he has the EVO LTE but the screen is basically unreadable because he shattered the screen
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Well I don't know the magic words I guess to tell the sprint store employee because about 3 months or more ago I told them I had this issue and asked for a replacement. The tech said he never heard of this 'common' problem.
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dbldown768 said:
Well I don't know the magic words I guess to tell the sprint store employee because about 3 months or more ago I told them I had this issue and asked for a replacement. The tech said he never heard of this 'common' problem.
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The magic words are "I want to speak to your supervisor."
Hardware failure is what they are there for. (Unless, apparently, your usb port is jacked, in which case they tell you its something you did, and it'll be $500 to fix...)
Slithering from the nether regions of a twisted mind and tarnished soul

Intelli cover app allows you to use the proximity sensor to wake or lock the phone. My wife's power button button broke, so she's been using this temporarily and it works for her
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dbldown768 said:
I have been looking for a solution for this for quite some time. I am using gravity off right now. I just tried to change this file many times. I commented out Key 116 and put the POWER in key 115, the vol up, but that didnt work. I then tried to comment out all the POWER buttons in the file and replaced VOL up with POWER button - that didnt work. Then i reverted back and added the WAKE to the ends of VOL up and down, and that didnt work either. After all changes, i reverted the permission to the correct values.
Any one get this to work? Stock rooted GB27.
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Bump. Same experience has dbldown768.

tdunham's Volume Wake Mod for GB27-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43114078
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[Q] Pressing top of power button won't "click"

I wonder if the behaviour with power button of the Nexus 7 (2013), like in the picture :
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That if you press top of the power button, you won't be able to activate the button. I wonder if this is general Neuxs 7 (2013) design fault, or the fault of my device only.
It seems that below the button something is missing.
I just like to know if you have the same experience.
PS: Pressing on the bottom of the button will activate it though, (of course pressing at the middle of it also).
Thanks for answer in advance,

Here is the guide to fixing the power button.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/mushy-2013-nexus-7-buttings-got-you-down-fix-them/

@Username invalid
But it is generally a good reason to order replacement ?
(Aside from random restarts, problems with double inserting characters from keyboard, problem with stopping touchscreen input , and Camera app that sometimes even don't want to turn on or crashes after taking picture in "sphere mode" ~ unfortunately it's true

bluesm said:
@Username invalid
But it is generally a good reason to order replacement ?
(Aside from random restarts, problems with double inserting characters from keyboard, problem with stopping touchscreen input , and Camera app that sometimes even don't want to turn on or crashes after taking picture in "sphere mode" ~ unfortunately it's true
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Those software issues can be easily addressed but it is your choice if you want to replace it because of a faulty power button. You can minimize the use of the power button such as by tapping on the screen to turn on the display and widget on your home screen to turn off. Or by using the camera and gyroscope sensor.

@Username invalid
I'm not sure if the short periods of idleness (especially when you unlock device) of touchscreen is software issue.
I mean sometimes when you "swipe" it breaks the gesture.

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Those software issues can be easily addressed but it is your choice if you want to replace it because of a faulty power button. You can minimize the use of the power button such as by tapping on the screen to turn on the display and widget on your home screen to turn off. Or by using the camera and gyroscope sensor.
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This sounds interesting. I know there are widgets to lock the screen, but I am not aware of an app to replace the power button to wake up the tablet to show the lock screen. Our tablet does not have a proximity sensor.
How do you do it?
Which app from the playstore do you use?

HowardZ said:
This sounds interesting. I know there are widgets to lock the screen, but I am not aware of an app to replace the power button to wake up the tablet to show the lock screen. Our tablet does not have a proximity sensor.
How do you do it?
Which app from the playstore do you use?
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It is not an app; it is a ROM that allows you to turn on the display by tapping on the screen. And I know it does not have a proximity sensor. That's why I said camera and gyroscope meaning turning the display on/off by tilting or waving your hand over the camera.

Username invalid said:
It is not an app; it is a ROM that allows you to turn on the display by tapping on the screen. And I know it does not have a proximity sensor. That's why I said camera and gyroscope meaning turning the display on/off by tilting or waving your hand over the camera.
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Isn't the covers like to an "iPad" also works as good power button replacement?

bluesm said:
Isn't the covers like to an "iPad" also works as good power button replacement?
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Yes, the Nexus does have a magnetic sensor.
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 26
Is the code for the power button.

Username invalid said:
It is not an app; it is a ROM that allows you to turn on the display by tapping on the screen. And I know it does not have a proximity sensor. That's why I said camera and gyroscope meaning turning the display on/off by tilting or waving your hand over the camera.
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I think either of solution would eat battery enormously quickly especially camera and gyroscope.

bluesm said:
I think either of solution would eat battery enormously quickly especially camera and gyroscope.
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Not as much as WiFi.