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).
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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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wondering if anyone is able to modify the Samsung framework so we can have a hardware button combo (ie any combination of volume, home and power) to save a screenshot, rather than the stock implementation of palm swipe across the screen.
I find the palm swipe only works for me once every couple of tries, and can often scroll the exact content on the screen you are trying to capture.
Alternatively, Any app suggestions which can achieve this would also be helpful...
EDIT SOLVED already possible with stock frame work... Press and hold both power and home simultaneously for about half a second, and screenshot is captured.
Press n hold the power and home button together !
Power + Home presssed with correct sync indeed
Hmmm doesn't work for me on omega 4.1.... ?? I see online that this should work as an option... Any setting to enable it?
Edit.... Ok got it push both bottoms simultaneously and hold for half a second. Perfect thanks all.
I would have preferred if they stuck with the volume down+ power button combo like stock Android 4.0
Are you holding them in? I thought it wasn't working at first, turns out you just need to hold them both for about a second and it'll work.
I do prefer the SE way of having the option in the LongPressPower options but hey, I love my S3 more.
s11nny said:
Press n hold the power and home button together !
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Nice THX
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Glad I found this. The swipe gesture is frigging useless for anything that scrolls.
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I found it on another forum posted by a guy name ERIC.
**Update (8/19)** THIS MOD SHOULD WORK FOR ALL ROMS! I did it both on AOKP and stock. Gonna look into what else can be edited and post results
If you're having trouble with your phone waking due to the home button, this is the mod for you.
I work in a restaurant and i keep finding that my phone gets quite warm in my pocket because
the screen comes on (it also likes taking screen shots, and sometimes even opens the camera).
Hope this is helpful for you guys.
HERE WE GO!
ONLY MODIFY THE FILE SPECIFIED!
OR PLAY AROUND AT YOUR OWN RISK AS NOTHING OTHER THAN MENTIONED FILE IS TESTED....
open root explorer
navigate to : system/usr/keylayout
now press the mount r/w button near the top of screen to enable read and write permissions
scroll down to: sec_keys.kl
press and hold until menu pops up, select: Open in Text Editor
locate line: key 172 HOME WAKE
tap behind the word WAKE and delete it so you see: key 172 HOME
press menu and select: Save and Exit
now press the button at the top of the screen to disable read and write permissions: Mount R/O
(once pressed should now read : Mount R/W again.
Exit root explorer
Reboot your phone
WALA, no more warm pocket and random screenshots
How about to add screen off in addition to screen wake while in the lockscreen? Thank you.
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Thx! Its worked I've never liked that option...
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thanx given, always bugged me.
Thx man. Appreciate the share.
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Thanks for this. By the way does anyone know how to volume button wake?
Edit.
Search the file and found 115 114 for volume wake in there but it.does.not work
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The mod worked great, but I miss using the home button to unlock. My Otterbox Defender case prevents the pocket push so I un did it lol. Thx for the find!
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I don't found it,,
I am using Jelly Bean rom right now and I missed the home button just turns on screen. I think in JB whenever I Push home button it directly goes to home. I mean if you gave a break when reading something when You push home button the app you working on is not active anymore but it goes to home instead. Do you guys have a fix for that?
thiagomme said:
How about to add screen off in addition to screen wake while in the lockscreen? Thank you.
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I'd like to have that too. I had it on my previous phone and liked it.
Edit: Interesting, this is the contents of my whole file, and yet only the home and power buttons do wake up the phone.
key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
key 172 HOME WAKE
key 116 POWER WAKE
Hi, on my galaxy note 2, I don't have the seckeys.kl file. What's up with that?
Its a galaxy note 2, this mod is for the s3
This works great! Thank you for finding this mod.
I'm using on-screen navbar buttons. The home button is the ugly thing Samsung has to put it there.
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as_usual150 said:
I am using Jelly Bean rom right now and I missed the home button just turns on screen. I think in JB whenever I Push home button it directly goes to home. I mean if you gave a break when reading something when You push home button the app you working on is not active anymore but it goes to home instead. Do you guys have a fix for that?
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I am also looking for a fix to this problem!
stu5797 said:
I am also looking for a fix to this problem!
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WAKE: When this key is pressed while the device is asleep, the device will wake up and the key event gets sent to the app.
WAKE_DROPPED: When this key is pressed while the device is asleep, the device will wake up and the key event does not get sent to the app.
Interesting. ..can you give more detail or where to change?
arctic84 said:
*** I AM NOT TAKING ANY CREDIT FOR THIS, I JUST HAPPENED TO GOOGLE IT AND FOUND IT USEFUL AND WANT TO SHARE***
I found it on another forum posted by a guy name ERIC.
**Update (8/19)** THIS MOD SHOULD WORK FOR ALL ROMS! I did it both on AOKP and stock. Gonna look into what else can be edited and post results
If you're having trouble with your phone waking due to the home button, this is the mod for you.
I work in a restaurant and i keep finding that my phone gets quite warm in my pocket because
the screen comes on (it also likes taking screen shots, and sometimes even opens the camera).
Hope this is helpful for you guys.
HERE WE GO!
ONLY MODIFY THE FILE SPECIFIED!
OR PLAY AROUND AT YOUR OWN RISK AS NOTHING OTHER THAN MENTIONED FILE IS TESTED....
open root explorer
navigate to : system/usr/keylayout
now press the mount r/w button near the top of screen to enable read and write permissions
scroll down to: sec_keys.kl
press and hold until menu pops up, select: Open in Text Editor
locate line: key 172 HOME WAKE
tap behind the word WAKE and delete it so you see: key 172 HOME
press menu and select: Save and Exit
now press the button at the top of the screen to disable read and write permissions: Mount R/O
(once pressed should now read : Mount R/W again.
Exit root explorer
Reboot your phone
WALA, no more warm pocket and random screenshots
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When I first did this I used ES File Explorer to make the edits. It didn't work so I went back to change it back and even though I went back to the default settings the Home button does not turn on the device. So, I downloaded Root Explorer thinking that would help. The strange thing is when I go into the sec_keys.kl file to edit, it is completely blank. So, I added each line manually and then hit save and exit. But, when I go back into it, it is blank again. I assume that all of this has something to do with the home button not turning on the phone. So, what am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?
jconway1968 said:
When I first did this I used ES File Explorer to make the edits. It didn't work so I went back to change it back and even though I went back to the default settings the Home button does not turn on the device. So, I downloaded Root Explorer thinking that would help. The strange thing is when I go into the sec_keys.kl file to edit, it is completely blank. So, I added each line manually and then hit save and exit. But, when I go back into it, it is blank again. I assume that all of this has something to do with the home button not turning on the phone. So, what am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?
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same problem, it fails to turn on the phone.
Once I do this mod it works but now everytime I push the home button, the phone vibrates and makes the touch screen sounds. Anyone know a solution so this one home button does not vibrate or make a sound when pressed besides turning off vibrations and sounds for the whole phone?
klau1 said:
same problem, it fails to turn on the phone.
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jconway1968 said:
When I first did this I used ES File Explorer to make the edits. It didn't work so I went back to change it back and even though I went back to the default settings the Home button does not turn on the device. So, I downloaded Root Explorer thinking that would help. The strange thing is when I go into the sec_keys.kl file to edit, it is completely blank. So, I added each line manually and then hit save and exit. But, when I go back into it, it is blank again. I assume that all of this has something to do with the home button not turning on the phone. So, what am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?
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Restart the phone.
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Hello,
I'm using the International GT-N7100 Note II. It's rooted.
I find myself frequently touching the volume rocker or the Power button while using the phone, either when type-tapping or playing games, which gets annoying.
Have there been any mods or workarounds to, say, hold the Home button to access the functions of the volume and power buttons? At least, I can make sure I don't accidentally press those buttons when I do not intend to, and I also can make sure that I'm actually accessing those said functions when I want to, by pressing the Home button.
I prefer a mod or to edit the system files, if possible, rather than install an app for it, like the Volume Locker app.
Thank you for any information.
hey, if im not mistake,you could set 'hold menu button' activites by using 'simplistic control' donation version'
Thank you. But is there a method to directly edit a settings file just to add this behaviour? (i.e. hold the menu button to access the power button and volume rocker, and leave these untouched while in camera mode?) Thanks.
amgreenhawk said:
Thank you. But is there a method to directly edit a settings file just to add this behaviour? (i.e. hold the menu button to access the power button and volume rocker, and leave these untouched while in camera mode?) Thanks.
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i dont think so,or maybe there s but i dunno about it,lol..sorry.
Guys,
I know it's easy to do when we have root. Also it might already post it somewhere. I couldn't find it.
What the name of the app let me swap the Back and Menu hardware keys for Non-root phone ?
Just picked up the Note 4 this morning.
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I don't know of a way to change touchwiz keymapping without root and xposed framework.
but if you're unaware of this, you can actually bring up menu by holding the recent apps key for 1 second
I care more about the back button. I'm holding phone with the left hand and can't reach to the back button
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sweetboy02125 said:
I care more about the back button. I'm holding phone with the left hand and can't reach to the back button
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Here's something that may help. Settings > Device > One handed operation > Side Key Panel
It will put a soft key version of the Home/Back/Recents button on the left side of the screen. It's barely visible until you swipe it when needed. I also use my left hand and had problems reaching the "back" button.
i really hate it too!
freaking samsung should atleast give us a option to choose if we want that button to be menu or task manager.
stevieraveon said:
Here's something that may help. Settings > Device > One handed operation > Side Key Panel
It will put a soft key version of the Home/Back/Recents button on the left side of the screen. It's barely visible until you swipe it when needed. I also use my left hand and had problems reaching the "back" button.
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Yeah, I got that but it's annoying that i need to swipe it out every times when i need the back button.
Damn it. We need root now so we can change this crap
sweetboy02125 said:
Yeah, I got that but it's annoying that i need to swipe it out every times when i need the back button.
Damn it. We need root now so we can change this crap
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.android.poro.anywherekey
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.app58us.backkey
Would either of these work for your situation? One is pie type launcher on screen the other just puts a dedicated back button on the screen? I've been searching for a post I KNOW I saw with a root free app that someone found that'll let you swap the buttons and even assign a hardware button to a function but I just can't relocate it
I'm using ADW launcher. the back button on screen maybe a temp solution
If we have root, this should work fine:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021463
Try the accessibility assistant menu.
settings >accessibility>dexterity and interaction >assistant menu