I have a Tasker profile launching an app when I detach the s-pen, but when I'm in a call and remove the pen, it still opens up s-note. How can I disable this?
I've deactivated everything related to the s-pen in system settings and I still can't find a way to turn this function off.
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the same problem as the unanswered question at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517293 exists on the note 2.
whenever a physical keyboard is connected to the phone using USB or Bluetooth the software keyboard is switched to the stock Samsung keyboard.
a null keyboard or prediction-only keyboard would make more sense.
does anyone know of a way to disable this automatic switch, or change it so a different keyboard like null keyboard is loaded instead?
I'm also facing the same problem on Jelly Bean Samsung S3 as well .. searching for the solution
best solution i could find so far is to freeze the samsung keyboard using titanium backup(android refuses to freeze it through the apps list)
you need to reboot after freezing it, otherwise it will completely disable the keyboard switcher notification when you connect a keyboard, and it doesn't return after disconnecting it.
Download null keyboard from the play store.
Select it when you use an external. That way you get to use your whole screen instead of the redundant on-screen keyboard taking up half of it.
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only to have it revert to Samsung keyboard again if the keyboard loses connection for a second.
if you'd read my original post properly you would have known I now of null keyboard, but that's not going to change the fact that no matter what keyboard I use its still going to switch back to the Samsung keyboard as soon as I connect a physical keyboard.
I know of only 2 ways to prevent that: freeze/delete the Samsung keyboard, or use a rom without the Samsung keyboard.
I have gotten this working with moderately aggressive use of tasker. I tried to post this but my post was flagged and blocked for some reason. As soon as I hear back why or if I can go ahead, I will share what I did.
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Without going into too much detail, I set a tasker shortcut to first enable accessibility for tasker (done with Secure Settings plug-in) and put in on my home screen or app drawer. (Must tap this before connecting keyboard.)
Then a profile triggered by the notification "Keyboard connected" which waits 2 secs and then enables the keyboard of choice.
Also set a profile triggered by notification "Keyboard disconnected" which set keyboard back to my desired default and turned off Tasker's accessbility option.
The reason for the accessibility settings are: Tasker can't react to notifications without accessibility turned on, and I couldn't find any other state that matched a USB keyboard being connected. Also, enabling Tasker's accessibility will disable AirView and TalkBack for some reason, and also messes with the SwiftKey function of Samsung Keyboard, so I wanted the accessibility to be turned back off after I disconnected the keyboard.
So I have tasker and I use it for a couple things, but one thing in particular is I use it so it turns on my screen for 5 seconds when google voice gets a notification. However, in order to have this enabled, tasker needs to have the "tasker - JB" accessibility option checked. When this is checked, it prompts saying "talkback cannot be enabled while airview is enabled, disable airview to enable talkback". If you go ahead and hit disable it turns on "tasker - JB" and turns off airview (though talkback accessibility is still off).
So I was fine with this for a while until I started using my s-pen. Now when I hover over my emails from my email app (not gmail) it will start reading emails as I hover over them. If I turn airview back on (at this point talkback has NEVER been enabled in the options), it still does the same thing.
In conclusion it seems like the tasker - JB accessibility option is causing talkback to be semi-enabled when hovering the s-pen over. I haven't noticed any other apps talking back besides the stock email app, gmail does not talk back.
Just a funny little quirk..
TalkBack with S-pen in mail app
Had the same issue when I installed an app (WatchIt!) for my SmartWatch which required permission for Accessibility Services. So I disabled TalkBack in the Application Manager, guess what, it defaulted to Google TTS Engine (I noticed a voice change). So, I responded like a war dog, and instantly disabled the same... The d’riod hits back, it defaulted to Samsung TTS (another voice change, this time a female). Finally I had the upper hand when I disabled that too. Now it is working fine.
In more 'formal/serious' terms, disable the following three TTS engines:
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Samsung TTS
TalkBack
Please note that you might have to disable any other too if you have more.
The same thing happens to me and it drives me nuts. I wish I could find a way to fix it.
1. Changing home screen pages from the little "bubbles" at the bottom of the home screen makes it say the number "1" "2" "3"
2. Zooming out on the home screens makes it say "Open home screen paged edit"
3. Selecting one makes it say "Home screen 3 of 5"
4. Opening an app folder makes it say "Folder Open" and then when you close it, "Folder Closed".
5. And of course, the most irritating: Hovering over an email with the pen in the email app makes it read the ENTIRE message out...
I need Tasker to get my notifications, there's got to be a way to disable this stupid thing.
-av
I don't know how to put this nicely in words so forgive me if its hard to follow, but here goes:
When, in the settings in touchwiz, one checks the "disable spen detection when pen is docked" setting, what is the code or what changes in the scrips or system files to disable the detection?
I want to be able to disable detection because I've noticed that the screen drains my battery too fast in CM11 (and any other non touchwiz ROM). I feel that is the digitizer "listening" for the pen.
If I know what files are affected I should be able to use tasker to activate and deactivate the pen detection when I remove or insert the pen.
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Just got my new (refurb) 2 XL. I would like to try to go stock android on this for a while.
Is there any way to achieve the one feature I cannot live without: long-press power button for flashlight?
I don't think so. You can quickly access it via the notification shade of course. You can set a swipe down gesture on the fingerprint sensor to call the notification shade. You should also be able to turn the flashlight on with voice commands, even with the screen off.
The above are only suggestions for workarounds, but I may have missed something.
I have a sloppy way I do it on 8.1 that uses Automagic and the volume key shortcut in Accessibility Settings. Tasker probably works too.
Turn the shortcut on, select a service. I selected a launcher I don't use. Note that this toggles the accessibility features of an app, so don't use something that needs this. Click to enable it on lockscreen.
Now when you hold both volume buttons for 3 seconds, the system notifies you the service has been toggled. Finally I have a flow in Automagic that triggers when this pops up and from there toggle the flashlight. It even works when locked IF the screen is on.
I use a similar method to customize the Active Edge thing.
Locked on Verizon. Have to be creative
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-power-button-flashlight-t3839323
This is probably the best option a double tap
Torchie app
Torchie (no root) is another alternative: https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...torchie-torch-volume-buttons-anytime-t3270230
I'm messing around with an app called Automate to try and create an automatic action to launch Dex when my Bluetooth keyboard is connected. It looks like I would need a command to actually launch Dex. I downloaded Quick Shortcut Maker to see if I could make a shortcut to do this but out of the options it has for Dex, none will do it as far as I can tell. So I am trying to figure out how Dex launches from the Quick Settings Panel, and use that method instead. Anyone have any luck with this?
Try and see how the other Quick Panel buttons work. Figure out how to turn Wifi on/off; Auto-rotation on/off. The flashlight would be a good one, too, since it's primarily only in the Quick Tile.
I have the Samsung keyboard, so there are the connectors on the side of the keyboard that when the case/table are connected controls turning Dex on and off.