Is there a way to disable the home button turning on the screen? Its easy to press it by accident, I'd rather have it only turn on via the standard power button.
Oh, and how about not having the screen turn on when you get messages?
The only way I know to disable the home button is with root, as far as messages are concerned try a few apps from the playstore (handcent, go sms) they have a lot more features than your stock app., which is what I assume that you are using .
droid fetish said:
The only way I know to disable the home button is with root, as far as messages are concerned try a few apps from the playstore (handcent, go sms) they have a lot more features than your stock app., which is what I assume that you are using .
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I have root, but I only want to disable it for turning the screen on. Like accidentally in my pocket for example. Once I turn the device on via the power button i'd like to use the home button as normal...
Not sure if that is possible.
Do you have Wanam xposed installed, I believe there is a module for that.
droid fetish said:
Do you have Wanam xposed installed, I believe there is a module for that.
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Bingo! Wanam worked!
Thanks!
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When I m eg in the Market or running Internet and press the Home Button I don t return to the home screen anymore. I must have changed something but don t now what.....
no ideas anyone?
Ideas about what?! You're not describing your problem. What happens when you press Home?
I only see the screen 'flicker' 1 time
Have you tried rebooting the phone? Is your phone rooted? Is it unlocked or branded? C'mon, give some more details if you want help!
You might try installing "Home Switcher" from the Market and see if it helps.
Rebooting does not help. Original 2.1 rom, installing home switcher does not help either. Did I clean install last night, home button worked fine for some hours and after this there s again the same problem => no returning to the home screen and only a short 'screen flicker' when pressing the home button.
I would speak to HTC if that did not work. They should repair it for free because its under warranty.
It's unlikely to be a hardware issue if it sometimes works.
When using Home Switcher, what apps show up in the list? (might be a rogue app that is stealing the home button function by registering itself as a launcher application).
Do you have any apps installed? (you said you have done a clean install but it's not clear if you installed any apps after that; please note that you might have enabled backup to your sd card [Settings -> Privacy] and that even after a clean install some of your settings will he restored from that backup).
sanderh said:
Rebooting does not help. Original 2.1 rom, installing home switcher does not help either. Did I clean install last night, home button worked fine for some hours and after this there s again the same problem => no returning to the home screen and only a short 'screen flicker' when pressing the home button.
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I'd suggest booting into safe mode as this will stop all 3rd party applications from running. If it works from there, it seems pretty likely that the issue is related to an application you have installed.
To get into safe mode, power off your device, and then power back up again whilst holding down the menu button, and keep it held down until the phone has completely booted. Once booted, you should find it says "safe mode" in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Note that if you do this, all your 3rd party widgets on the home screens will stop functioning - even when you have exited safe mode. You will need to delete and re-add them.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
I'd suggest booting into safe mode as this will stop all 3rd party applications from running. If it works from there, it seems pretty likely that the issue is related to an application you have installed.
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Very good idea/advise.
This worked for me
Reading through this thread made me wonder whether the fact my Home and Search buttons suddenly weren't working could have been caused by an app I installed the day before (No Lock).
Before uninstalling it I decided to give it a test. It was on "Locking Disabled". I set to "Locking Enabled" and tested the Home button - voilà, it worked. Tested the Search button, it worked too.
Set the app back to "Locking Disabled" - Home and Search buttons still working.
My buttons, home and both volume buttons are dying. I think it's just wear and tear really which is bad because I've had it less than a year.
Back in WinMo days I was so happy that i could disable lock screen because I find it very annoying, I really don't need it.
So I was wondering is it possible that when I press power on button that it automatically goes to home screen without need to unlock it first?
I have found few mods for that, but whatever mod(or app) I applied it would also enable power on by trackball or any other hw key(menu, home..) what I don't want since I can accidently press those keys in pocket and than my battery will drain usless!
I have found the mod I need, but it is for EVO 4G, maybe it needs little modification so that it can be applied to our Desire?
on some ROM's you get the optionj where you unlock via power button.. and for the lock screen you can just use Menu button.. I use it.. and very easy, better than the vanilla lock screen
hope this helps!
try searching for No Lock in the market. works dandy for me.
yea same, go with no lock, also has a handy widget
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on some ROM's you get the optionj where you unlock via power button.. and for the lock screen you can just use Menu button.. I use it.. and very easy, better than the vanilla lock screen
hope this helps!
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How do you mean with Menu button ?
w.0.o.t said:
try searching for No Lock in the market. works dandy for me.
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No go, after I installed it, I can turn on phone with any hw key!
Anybody has any other idea?
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Anybody has any other idea?
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just press unlock button and then quickly press the 'Menu' button.. so for me it is, D pad and then menu button.. and the phones unlocked
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just press unlock button and then quickly press the 'Menu' button.. so for me it is, D pad and then menu button.. and the phones unlocked
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Not working
Any way to make it so the home button does not turn on the tablet? My case pushes the button every time I close or bump it and turns the screen on. Kind of annoying.
I would do a search for the issue but tapatalk did not want to allow it for some reason.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
If your note is rooted, then you can install xposed and wanam which can disable the home button.
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If your note is rooted, then you can install xposed and wanam which can disable the home button.
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I'll play with that when I get it rooted. Was kind of hoping you could just disable that one function.
I did not disable myself. But you can check the feature list at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383484
It has "disable wake home button'. Warm has many other features that work for note.
Not really sure what happened, but randomly my lock screen stopped appearing. When I hit the power button it goes right to the home screen.
Also, the home button will not bring me back to the home screen when I'm in the app drawer or operating within an app, but yet the home screen will wake the device up to no lock screen so I have to use the back key to get back to the home screen.
Really weird.
I'm running wicked v.10 and tried reinstalling the ROM to no success.
Help!!
Thanks,
re: power/home buttons
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Not really sure what happened, but randomly my lock screen stopped appearing. When I hit the power button it goes right to the home screen.
Also, the home button will not bring me back to the home screen when I'm in the app drawer or operating within an app, but yet the home screen will wake the device up to no lock screen so I have to use the back key to get back to the home screen.
Really weird.
I'm running wicked v.10 and tried reinstalling the ROM to no success.
Help!!
Thanks,
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If you are using Wanam Exposed then that is the reason.
Some of the options and settings in it can cause the issues you are experiencing.
If you have Wanam installed then open Xposed Framework and
click on "Framework" then select "uninstall" and reboot the phone.
It's a lot easier and faster that way than trying to search/find the exact
setting/option which was enabled that caused the issue in the first place.
Reinstalling it is fast and easy and does not require guesswork.
You can always re-install it really fast.
If you have not used Wanam then it must be some other mod which
was installed that's causing the issue.
Good luck!
Shoot. Didn't work. I Uninstalled it and the problem was still present.
I looked at my most recent updates apps and there wasn't anything significant.
Any other ideas?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app
Found out that it was the Google Home Launcher I installed. I uninstalled it using Titanium and POW, everything came back.
Not sure why that happened. but whatever.
WHEW!
Does anyone know of an app that allows you to toggle the flashlight by long pressing the power button without rooting?
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Does anyone know of an app that allows you to toggle the flashlight by long pressing the power button without rooting?
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There is not AFAIK. You will need to be rooted at least.
What about Tasker? I'll admit I haven't used the program in ages so I don't know if it's really possible to set up something like that(Would think that it is perhaps...) and I do know that some setups doesn't require root?
Overall though, manufacturers really doesn't trust the average person that much to make configurations on devices without messing it up so in order to do most of the fun things you'll need root access, pretty much the same with PCs isn't it? So if you're not prepared to do it....
Sense 6 toolbox has this option. I've been using it for a long time now. You also need to have xposed installed also for it to work though.
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Sense 6 toolbox has this option. I've been using it for a long time now. You also need to have xposed installed also for it to work though.
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Yeah and it needs root.
toggle the flashlight by long pressing the power button without rooting
BerndM14 said:
Yeah and it needs root.
toggle the flashlight by long pressing the power button without rooting
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OOPS. Egg on my face I guess. Not sure how I missed that. Duh.
Found one. Power Torch does the trick