As much as this pains me to say this I dropped my phone =O ha and the only thing that stopped working was my power button, its really weird if I press it really hard sometimes it registers the press. Has this happened to anyone else? Obvious work around is the toggles to lock the screen and home button to wake screen but it is a little annoying I guess ha kina miss being able to push the button or hold it for reboot options ( which can be worked around wiyh the toggles once again)
I suppose if you are rooted you could flash an AOSP rom and enable the navigation bar. Then you could remap the home button to power...
It isn't ideal but it's better than nothing.
Edit: if you need help remapping the buttons, PM me.
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Is there any apparent damage? I would be taking it back to where I got it and ask them what to do.
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if your ever playing any games and you accidently hit home or any other button then you know what im talking about. since the buttons are touch sensitive you may get some accidental clicks. i wish there was a way you could lock the bottom row of buttons, not sure if its possible though. maybe by combining two of the physical buttons (such as volume up and down) we could lock the bottom row until we need to use those keys again and then we could unlock in a similar fashion. is there anyway possible someone could develop this?
+1 for this. I like the idea of it being toggled with volume buttons, or maybe long pressing the power button and adding it to that menu. It would have to be included in a rom though, you cant give that power to just any app. or you'll never be able to close it without rebooting.
every time i watch a video a hit the search button by mistake. i really wish someone would do this. also it would be better if you hold volume up and power buttons.
Ya I actually just had it happen again with gvba. Note: it really sucks if you accidently hit the back button. Lock please!
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I've had the phone for two days now and this has happened 3 times now.
The worst one was I got a phone call but the keyboard was up and the back button wasn't there to get rid of it. So I couldn't answer the phone.
One time I couldn't exit the settings menu because the buttons disappeared.
To remedy I turn off the display, turn it back on and unlock to the camera. I think because the camera has the special hidden buttons it causes the phone to refresh the button display otherwise I couldn't find another way to do it.
Has this happened to others? I haven't seen threads about it.
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I lost them once but got them back by turning the phone sideways and then back upright once the buttons reappeared.
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Oh wow, yea, that would probably work too. But some apps lock to portrait (dialer).
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Happened to me while I was playing a game (Reckless Gateway) and received a call at the same time. After the call, soft buttons wouldn't appear anymore, had to restart my phone
I have only lost the buttons when flashing a mod that was not compatible...in that situation I did not have the virtual buttons or the notification bar at all.
Never happened to me on stock or rom. What build/android is your phone? You can find info in settings>about phone
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This has happened to me a couple times while using Google Nav. I just pulled down the notification bar and hit the settings button - that seemed to bring the buttons back. Strange issue.
Just a few kinks that need ironing out.. hopefully Google is aware of minor bugs like this already
ericc191 said:
Just a few kinks that need ironing out.. hopefully Google is aware of minor bugs like this already
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Yep, exactly. Though I wouldn't call this minor because it made me miss a call.
Another thing I just noticed. Go into an app that has the menu virtual button (the three dots) then turn off the screen. Turn it back on and the menu button will be the only virtual button on the Lock Screen. You can press it and automatically unlock the phone. I'm using slide to unlock and the news and weather app to do this every time.
Edit: Just tried with a different lock (pattern) and the menu button will not unlock. But it is still there and you can press it. It just does nothing. Weird.
Okay so i flashed CM9 and everything is going well... but the only issue i have is the back light on the soft keys... the home, notification, back, and the search. the back light of the soft keys doesnt turn on for a while when i press the power button. it probably takes 30 seconds. not really a big issue but i want to know if there's a way to fix this. Thanks in advance.
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Okay so i flashed CM9 and everything is going well... but the only issue i have is the back light on the soft keys... the home, notification, back, and the search. the back light of the soft keys doesnt turn on for a while when i press the power button. it probably takes 30 seconds. not really a big issue but i want to know if there's a way to fix this. Thanks in advance.
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Keyboard Backlight controller (a free app in the Play Store) might be what you are looking for. It keeps the back lights either on or off for your softkeys, but i don't know about how to use it so they shut off after a certain period of time.
I used this app on my Galaxy Ace and it worked like a charm, same on my friend's HTC One V, but i have no used it on my SII X yet (just got it )
Anyway, I hope this can help you, because besides that I have no clue
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Its really annoy. Menu and Search keep pressed for no reason. I left on desk and look, and menu and search keep pop and look like phone caught virus and play itself. I see my friend got phone with no button but button was on Screen UI. I want on my phone and disable damn annoy button. Sometime my phone "back button" keep pause on game or exit some app. My phone got bricked and tjagged because I was tried on Trinagle away then it sudden Home key hit when I click process.
There any way to disable button and use button UI?
Thanks, Sam
It sounds like you're dealing with the Phantom menu popup issue. It has been talked about here before. It appears to be a hardware defect that usually manifests when signal strength is low. Try turning off data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551580
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You can follow my tutorial. Read the OP a few times to fully understand how to do it before you try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201012
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Hello guys, I'm reading ebooks on this tablet in portrait mode. it happens to me quite often that I touch the back or menu button while holding the tablet by accident and close the book. Is there a way how to disable these buttons? I'm rooted.
Thank you
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Did you see this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539936
I posted in that thread, but just to reiterate, you need to edit /system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchscreen.kl, not sec_touchkey.kl like on the S3 as described here: http://brandtkrueger.wordpress.com/...ation-buttons-on-the-galaxy-s3-requires-root/.
On mine, I rem'd out 4 of the 8 lines in that file - 2 lines that have MENU and 2 lines that have BACK in them, and it works. My buttons still light up, but they don't make a noise or haptic feedback, nor do they do anything. Oh also, I haven't tested this yet, but if you want to disable the physical HOME button, I think you need to edit gpio-keys.kl. There are 4 lines in that file, all referring to the physical keys on the tablet (vol down, vol up, power, and home).