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Sorry if this has already been posted or in wrong section, and I take no credit for it but I found it to be pretty cool. To add soft keys to rooted stock touchwiz rom all you have to do is add this line to the build prop and reboot.
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
Or you could just download "Soft keys" from the Play store!!!!!
ebuechler3 said:
Or you could just download "Soft keys" from the Play store!!!!!
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You can do whatever you want.... I just thought it was interesting that it wasn't completely disabled and was easily added...If you don't like it or have something else you use, that's great.
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You can do whatever you want.... I just thought it was interesting that it wasn't completely disabled and was easily added... It also has the recent apps key. Not sure if "soft keys" app has that.
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I usually disable my hard keys because i hate the recent app feature... My gf is waaay to nosy for me to have a recent app button on my phone.... I am also a faithful "hide it pro" user.
dls5375 said:
You can do whatever you want.... I just thought it was interesting that it wasn't completely disabled and was easily added... It also has the recent apps key. Not sure if "soft keys" app has that.
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Download it, get the apk and zip it in the ROM, or you can use TB to integrate it into ROM.
Hui91 said:
Download it, get the apk and zip it in the ROM, or you can use TB to integrate it into ROM.
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Why would I do that? I just edited the build prop and it's there...... I understand there are other ways to get soft keys. But I wanted them built in like the galaxy nexus so when I found this mod I thought I'd share......
dls5375 said:
Why would I do that? I just edited the build prop and it's there...... I understand there are other ways to get soft keys. But I wanted them built in like the galaxy nexus so when I found this mod I thought I'd share......
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Agree with you. I am using the same method on my HD2 CM9 for 8 months now.
My SGS3 will arrive today and I am glad that this method will apply to rooted stock rom. Was wondering if this method CM rom only or also stock rom.
Thank you for your information.
IMO this method is way better than some softkey apps because it doesn't use ram and is native like.
will this work on cm10?
nightfox11 said:
will this work on cm10?
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Not sure this will work on cm10.
But I found out another method for cm10: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788780
nightfox11 said:
will this work on cm10?
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Yes it was originally made for cm10 but was found to also work on stock.
How do you disable your hard keys?
ebuechler3 said:
I usually disable my hard keys because i hate the recent app feature... My gf is waaay to nosy for me to have a recent app button on my phone.... I am also a faithful "hide it pro" user.
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I would love to disable my hard keys. I am new at this stuff, so forgive my ignorance.
I have a t-mobile unlocked 32gb white rooted with AOKP jellybean- 4th release
And I cannot find any other mods to the physical buttons, like making the home button a camera button. Not as important, but would love to know if you can tell me.
Thanks!
ebuechler3 said:
I usually disable my hard keys because i hate the recent app feature... My gf is waaay to nosy for me to have a recent app button on my phone.... I am also a faithful "hide it pro" user.
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lol
HasteTheChariot said:
I would love to disable my hard keys. I am new at this stuff, so forgive my ignorance.
I have a t-mobile unlocked 32gb white rooted with AOKP jellybean- 4th release
And I cannot find any other mods to the physical buttons, like making the home button a camera button. Not as important, but would love to know if you can tell me.
Thanks!
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Look in the android development section. I made one to disable the hardware keys. And someone else made one to change home button to camera button.
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I tried on stock rooted rom didnt work i added that line at the end of the build.prop saved changes and rebooted ? What am i doing wrong ?
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Nevermid its working
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You can disable capacitive touch keys too under system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey. kl
Put a #in front key 139 and key 158
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I 've been using "button savior" but I'll try this mod out hehehe thanks!
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After upgrading to stock JB, I do see smart rotation but it appeared disabled and not sure how to enable it.
jkabooter said:
After upgrading to stock JB, I do see smart rotation but it appeared disabled and not sure how to enable it.
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If in not mistaken that will be available in the next update.
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jkabooter said:
After upgrading to stock JB, I do see smart rotation but it appeared disabled and not sure how to enable it.
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If rotation lock is on from the notification panel, it will not allow smart rotation to be checked (it disables it).
auto rotate needs to be on first
Hit the thanks button
androidsavage23 said:
auto rotate needs to be on first
Hit the thanks button
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Yes it worked. thanks you
Cant find smart rotation
jkabooter said:
Yes it worked. thanks you
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i have upgraded to Jelly bean 4.1.2 and i can't find the smart rotation at all. which rom are you using
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so i found a cool app, you just need a rooted devices and busy box installed and it will work like charm, here's the link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fatedevgroup.softkeyenabler&hl=tr
tested on our device, no flaws or problems
here it is, 100% working
I see people using this and my question is..why do I want to lose screen real state if I have actual buttons? Just curious not meaning to be an ahole
can be useful, if somehow you break your homebutton and it's a matter of choice, mate.
There is a yhread on this....u dont need an app to do this,,, and there is a pro version?, , lol
arkin56 said:
can be useful, if somehow you break your homebutton and it's a matter of choice, mate.
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Exactly... also, if you use your S-pen exclusively, this could be handy for spen back-key, menu-key functionality. I thought I read that certain apps (like stock camera) get partially "cut-off" in landscape mode... not sure if that playstore app solved this or not.
I wish you could colorize either the buttons or the bar or both as in CM10/AOKP ROMS. I find myself using the soft keys exclusively when I'm running those types.
You aint Special
Jonathanpeyton said:
I wish you could colorize either the buttons or the bar or both as in CM10/AOKP ROMS. I find myself using the soft keys exclusively when I'm running those types.
You aint Special
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I was able to do it by just changeing the build.prop but the question is, is there a way to SHRINK the buttons, they dont need to be this big on this screen. I hope the next sammy phone has soft buttons or atleast ones that work with the pen!! gurr!
To enable soft keys just down load Pimp my Rom from play store and enable it. This app didn't work on v any of the 3 roms I tried it on
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shaolin95 said:
I see people using this and my question is..why do I want to lose screen real state if I have actual buttons? Just curious not meaning to be an ahole
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++1
That's what LMT is for. And actually you don't need an app too enable this feature. It can b done directly from the phone. Just with a lil editing!!
Just my 2¢®
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Bajanman said:
++1
That's what LMT is for. And actually you don't need an app too enable this feature. It can b done directly from the phone. Just with a lil editing!!
Just my 2¢®
Is it complicated? This app is... Okay... I love the idea of soft keys!
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/eebkzugsm7ek12s/CM S-Pen Addon.apk <--- CM S PEN HELPER. starts a monitoring service in AOSP ROMs so that SPEN helper becomes functional again!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tushar.spen_helper&hl=en <--- S PEN HELPER WHICH IS JUST AMAZING!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyingbusstudio.snappadfree <--- HAVENT TESTED YET BUT SHOULD BE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO POP UP NOTE FROM TW!
Interesting...
Side-loaded first apk, now the phone knows when s-pen is detached and reattached but 2nd app (from the Market) is a little goofy. I can get it to either put a link to Papyrus in the status bar when pen detached, or do nothing. Neither is very helpful.
What am I missing?
3rd app is just weird, lol
I can see the potential
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This is actually pretty cool. I'm on cyanogenmod and I hated how the spen didn't vibrate when it was detached. Now with these apps it vibrates and shows a detached notification plus makes the same sound when detaching(if you have the stock sound files). The third app is nice but it's kind of slow/laggy when you slide it out. I uninstalled it because it made my phone seem slow. If they fix that I will download again
thanks,
dump question, if official 4.2 rom comes out with the spen app for android 4.2, will the spen app be use on the CM 10.1?
vista1984 said:
thanks,
dump question, if official 4.2 rom comes out with the spen app for android 4.2, will the spen app be use on the CM 10.1?
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No. It relies on TouchWiz.
ainen said:
No. It relies on TouchWiz.
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ic. but why spen app worked on 4.1 miui? miui should base on cm also, not tw.
vista1984 said:
ic. but why spen app worked on 4.1 miui? miui should base on cm also, not tw.
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MIUI is sort of a combination of the two. I don't know how they do it exactly but MIUI is the only ROM I've found that has features from both TW and AOSP.
ainen said:
MIUI is sort of a combination of the two. I don't know how they do it exactly but MIUI is the only ROM I've found that has features from both TW and AOSP.
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I seem to remember there was an AOSP rom with TW working recently, but can't recall which one...
I've never tried MIUI, do you guys like/recommend it?
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slaydog said:
Interesting...
Side-loaded first apk, now the phone knows when s-pen is detached and reattached but 2nd app (from the Market) is a little goofy. I can get it to either put a link to Papyrus in the status bar when pen detached, or do nothing. Neither is very helpful.
What am I missing?
3rd app is just weird, lol
I can see the potential
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Hello I am the developer of the first 2 apps
I have uploaded the first one to the play store now https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tushar.cmspen
And the second one was made for Samsung based ROMs so there were a few UI changes needed to be made. If you update it now it should work fine.
Sorry for the inconvenience
Wow, thanks!
:thumbup::beer:
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tushar9989 said:
Hello I am the developer of the first 2 apps
I have uploaded the first one to the play store now https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tushar.cmspen
And the second one was made for Samsung based ROMs so there were a few UI changes needed to be made. If you update it now it should work fine.
Sorry for the inconvenience
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Is there any way for you to add an option for it to start on boot?
ainen said:
Is there any way for you to add an option for it to start on boot?
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Both of the apps auto start on boot
tushar9989 said:
Both of the apps auto start on boot
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If you could make an app that let's me use HDMI out on the phone, i could say goodbye to Touchwiz forever!!
Both apps now working great! Removing S-pen now turns on the display and opens Papyrus instantly, and closes it when pen is reinserted.
5 stars, and will buy pro version.
Thanks!
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skifreek said:
If you could make an app that let's me use HDMI out on the phone, i could say goodbye to Touchwiz forever!!
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Sorry for the late reply. I don't think I will be able to do that as I don't have a HDMI cable nor do I have any plan's of buying one
tushar9989 said:
Sorry for the late reply. I don't think I will be able to do that as I don't have a HDMI cable nor do I have any plan's of buying one
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Hell, i'll buy one and send it your way.....
PM me if you are interested...
tushar9989 said:
Hello I am the developer of the first 2 apps
I have uploaded the first one to the play store now https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tushar.cmspen
And the second one was made for Samsung based ROMs so there were a few UI changes needed to be made. If you update it now it should work fine.
Sorry for the inconvenience
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nice work, sir. :good:
for the s-pen quickbar, how does one remove the plus signs for unused spots or remove existing shortcuts, say if i only want to use 2-3 out of the available 6?
theoctagon said:
nice work, sir. :good:
for the s-pen quickbar, how does one remove the plus signs for unused spots or remove existing shortcuts, say if i only want to use 2-3 out of the available 6?
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Sorry but that is not currently possible. The plus sign will remain till you replace it. I'll add it to my to do list
Purchased the pro version. Thanks
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also purchased pro! this little discovery has certainly changed the game if you asketh me!
Have you guys tried SwipeBack Xposed for our device?? It 's beautiful, you can use all the app so immersive and enjoy our fabulous qHD display simply swipe and go back ..... only problem is that for some reason going into the gallery and selecting video icon does not appear to transmit video dlna and therefore can not be given other options ..... and the developer of the module is from February 2014 does not update more 'grrr ....
You can set any app as immersive on the g3 as stock behaviour anyway, it's in the settings.
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Lennyuk said:
You can set any app as immersive on the g3 as stock behaviour anyway, it's in the settings.
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Can you give some details on how and what this is?
mzimand said:
Can you give some details on how and what this is?
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Settings/Display/Home touch buttons/Hide Home touch buttons