As a former HTC Hero user i really miss the option to wake the screen using the bottom hardware buttons.
On the Desire you have to use the power button, but i hate the placement of that button.
Is there a way to use the "menu" or any other bottom hardware button to wake the screen?
BUT i still want to have the lockscreen, so the app which is mentioned in the tricks section on this board isn't cutting it for me since it will deactivate the lockscreen in order to let you use other hardware buttons to wake the screen.
Any other solutions? Isn't there some kind of "hardware button mapper" available like on windows mobile devices?
Just got my Desire today, so I am actually curious about this also.
see #16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666332
he specifically mentionned to not disable the lock screen which is...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683902
Just need to tweak some files.
sruon said:
he specifically mentionned to not disable the lock screen which is...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683902
Just need to tweak some files.
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Yes, but only possible on rooted handsets, no?
Probably :/
damn, don't want to root my desire as i have heard of random bricks.
another question:
is there an app to lock the screen using a widget?
so after i'm done with the current action, i don't want to use the power button to lock the screen, but a widget or a shortcut.
Is there a widget available for that? Or even better a widget to turn of the screen?
I have Lockbot Pro installed and I can wake the screen with any of the buttons at the bottom. Pressing Menu then gives me an 'unlock' bar on the screen which I can press to unlock (or I can swipe the screen in the standard way). Allows you to unlock without pressing the power button at all.
thanks for the hint. the app looks quite nice, but it seems to be very slow.
When waking the screen it takes very long until the lockscreen is shown, and it always shows a different lockscreen?!
also is the an option in the pro version to define a key to lock the screen?
So i.e. i wake the screen using the center navigation pad button, can i define that pressig the button again should turn the screen off again?
fdrzrich said:
I have Lockbot Pro installed and I can wake the screen with any of the buttons at the bottom. Pressing Menu then gives me an 'unlock' bar on the screen which I can press to unlock (or I can swipe the screen in the standard way). Allows you to unlock without pressing the power button at all.
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I come from htc m9 where lock/unlock screen was pretty straightforward. double tap to unlock and navbar shortcut for screen off
here we have power key, ambient display, fingerprint, double tap (with EXkernel) for screen on
and navbar shortcut, fingerprint gestures, power key for screen off......
wow. so much choice...too bad that these methods override sometimes, like double tap is useless with ambient display, and fingerprint makes all of it no-sense....
How do you play with it?
Screen on: ambient display (only enabled for notifications) or fingerprint
Screen off: Nova launcher shortcut, power button sometimes
Screen on: power button
Screen off: double tap statusbar (anywhere)
Simple.
ON - fingerprint, power button
OFF - power button
wow there are people who still use power button hahaha
On: fingerprint or swipe up
Off: double tap
Sent from my Nexus 5x using Tapatalk
On/Off using this APP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ztc1997.fingerprint2sleep
Of course, your phone needs to be rooted!
Siljorfag said:
Simple.
ON - fingerprint, power button
OFF - power button
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Same. Don't like active touchscreen for this function. I like to carry my phone by holding it front and back side. Also sometimes I press the edges accidentally when I do something else.
throcker said:
wow there are people who still use power button hahaha
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Your surprise (and apparent disdain?) toward people using the device as designed is confusing to me.
Did you honestly believe that *ALL* 5X owners would fear that the physical power button would break from normal usage?
Screen on: Fingerprint sensor
Screen off: Sweep2Sleep gesture. Available in various custom kernels
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on: fingerprint or power button
off: greenfy hibernate widget button
Screen on: fingerprint or double tap to wake in EXKM
Screen off: double tap on navbar
On: fingerprint
Off: power button (it's there, it works and i don't have to have a special feature to use it)
Screen on, swipe up
Screen off, tap invisible power button in far upper right hand side of status bar. Tap closes screen, long press brings up the power button menu.
If on stock 7.1.1, flash this to get it. Full systemui tuner included (Navbar adjustment and brightness bar removal)
StringerE said:
Your surprise (and apparent disdain?) toward people using the device as designed is confusing to me.
Did you honestly believe that *ALL* 5X owners would fear that the physical power button would break from normal usage?
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well, we can live without buttons now, since they have a lifespan touch/accelerometer methods should be preferred by anyone who cares about his phone...
I don't use any since 2011, once you get used to alternative methods...you can't go back
throcker said:
well, we can live without buttons now, since they have a lifespan touch/accelerometer methods should be preferred by anyone who cares about his phone...
I don't use any since 2011, once you get used to alternative methods...you can't go back
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I owned Galaxy S1, Galaxy S2, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, OPO1 (supports DT2W), and now N5X.
I have never experienced a faulty power button.
lesbianu said:
On/Off using this APP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ztc1997.fingerprint2sleep
Of course, your phone needs to be rooted!
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Thank you for this.
Screen On/Off
Screen On: Fingerprint/DT2W (jollakernel)
Screen Off: Fingerprint (with fingerprint gesture app)
screen off: double tap using Nova
screen on: fingerprint, sometimes power button
On: Fingerprint
Off: Double tap (Nova Launcher)
Screen On: Fingerprint
Screen Off: Fingerprint (with fingerprint quick action app) or swippe on navbar (flash kernel+EXKM)
Previous CM12 allowed assigning actions to the home button when on the lock screen. The most useful of these was being able to turn the flashlight on with a long-press of the home button on the lockscreen. This worked a lot better then the current power-button driven mode (which is very finicky about the timing, but more importantly puts too much overload on turning off the phone or turning on the lockscreen).
It would be fantastic if the flashlight could be configured to be controlled on the lockscreen by a long press of the home button with the lockscreen on once again.
The one feature I miss most from custom ROMs is the ability to turn the flashlight on/off with a simple double press of the power button, regardless of whether the phone is locked or not. Is this possible on this phone? I'm rooted.
When you're in a tight spot it sucks to have to press the power button, expand Quick Settings, find the flashlight icon, and tap. The double button press was awesome.
If you are rooted you can load the active edge mod from the magisk repository and then install the edge Sense program. I have my flashlight coming on when I squeeze my phone. So much easier Tha any other way.
So my power button pops off, and the replacement in Indonesia is nonexistence. I've been using "button mapper" app and changed the up volume button as my power button, but when my phone sleep/lock I cannot use the volume button anymore. I have to rely on "raise to wake" and "double tap to wake", but those things are slow and sometimes acting up in android Q
Is there any way to remap my home button? what should I do, and if I should root my phone what is the next thing to do?
Thank you very much