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THIS APP IS BETA:
This is a simple app I made for the A100 semi- based off the popular HideBar app by Pieter Pareit. What this app does is allow you to use the capacitive Home Button on the device (A100) to toggle the Notification Bar on/off.
HOW TO SET UP
Download the two files in the folder
Take the "gpio-keys.kl" file and move it to "/system/usr/keylayout" (make sure to make a backup of the old one before pasting)
Make sure permissions are set to RWXRWXRWX or at LEAST RW-R--R--
Now Install the downloaded APK like normal.
FILES CAN BE FOUND HERE
HOW TO USEThe gpio-keys file basically changes the home button to act as a search button (which this beta app uses) so to use the toggle, just LONG PRESS the search button and select the toggle. The first time it will ask for root permissions. I do recommend setting it as the default app. There is no app icon.
TO DO: This app is in beta, so I need you guys to let me know any bugs you find! Besides that I plan to bypass the need to use a search button.
THANKS TOO: dima_tr for, Pieter Pareit for his HideBar App , sanixk for his tutorial on how to remap hardware keys , crossix for his continued development on this device ,aznmode for letting us all know about HideBar originally , and Acer for a great tablet
Just in case
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What I get no thanks for initially posting the hidebar app? lol. Jk I dont think I was the first one to. Anyway, thanks for this. Will try it out when I get home!
aznmode said:
What I get no thanks for initially posting the hidebar app? lol. Jk I dont think I was the first one to. Anyway, thanks for this. Will try it out when I get home!
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You actually were the first to post about it xD (at least that I saw) so definitely added your name.
Let me know how it works for you
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I can't seem to get this working on my A10. I put the gpio-keys.kl file where it belongs. I installed the apk. Permissions are correct. I may be wrong but seems that the gpio-keys.kl from the download is identical to the one in my "/system/usr/keylayout"
this is the one I downloaded
key 136 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED
key 139 MENU WAKE
key 102 HOME
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
key 116 POWER WAKE
key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE_DROPPED
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE_DROPPED
this one is my backup copy from "/system/usr/keylayout"
key 136 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED
key 139 MENU WAKE
key 102 HOME
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
key 116 POWER WAKE
key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE_DROPPED
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE_DROPPED
am i missing something?
You have to change
key 102 HOME
to
key 102 SEARCH
simoneser said:
You have to change
key 102 HOME
to
key 102 SEARCH
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Yes that is correct I thought I changed it to make it easier I apologize ill fix that.
Thanks simoneser
EDIT:I reuploaded the gpio-keys.kl file. Should work fine now, I apologize.
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got it working
I like it so far. I'm going to check it out for a while. Thanks!
Good job! it works great. There is a typo in gpio-keys.kl though, an `s` is the first char.
eww245 said:
Good job! it works great. There is a typo in gpio-keys.kl though, an `s` is the first char.
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Thanks for letting me know, I reuploaded a fixed version. =)
Hopefully in the next couple weeks ill have a version that doesn't need an extra gpio-keys file and just uses the home button, but that looks like it takes looking into the binding and not just android.intents so with a busy life don't hold me on the time frame
Thanks allot for making the app. Any known issues we should watch out for or things we should avoid doing with it enabled etc?
I did find an issue with using this. I was watching a video in Netflix with my taskbar hidden and the home button worked as a search button only. The long press would not work. I had no way to exit the program without restarting my tab. Any way to fix this? I'm sure there are other apps that would have this issue as well.
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NoSudo said:
Thanks allot for making the app. Any known issues we should watch out for or things we should avoid doing with it enabled etc?
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Well the only issue is that at the moment this does call for the search button so any app that doesn't have a need for it won't be able to launch the app.
As for the problem above (cant multiqoute on tapatalk) that's a weird issue , but it seems like it goes along with what I said above and their is no workaround until I make the app use the home button as a "home button"
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will you continue to work on this to make it more functional?
thanks for the hard work put in it anyway
nunoruf said:
will you continue to work on this to make it more functional?
thanks for the hard work put in it anyway
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Oh wow, I almost forgot about this (not in the A100 threads much)
But I suppose it's possible. I'm not very sure about ICS compatibility, but I'll take another look at this soon
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Yes, it would be amazing if you could find the time to update this to be ICS compatible!
Yes please make this ics compatible
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Any progress on this purty please?
I don't have a comp right now so I can't work on this. Eventually though
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yes ..
yes...
+1 for ICS compatibility !
Guys i know to do a screenshot is with power/home buttoms but
now it doesnt do it, at first i thought it was the roms but now im back to stock and it wont do it at all. The developer of the roms i tried said that they have the feature included in the rom and it works for other but not mine, what can it do please help
do you hold the buttons for it me home and power must be held for like 3 sec
thank you very much i just hold it and it did it in 3 seconds, used to be like a one click,
mod you can close this thread now
Also, volume down and power works too..
You can also get an app from the Google PlayStore
techfanatic9 said:
You can also get an app from the Google PlayStore
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I had screenshot it but it started to work bad but thanks guys anyway
Go to AOKP or CM9, screen shot is in the power menu
Sent from AOKP Goodness :-D
I'm on stock ICS and I tried every combo(power/home,power vol down/up,etc.) but didn't work.
When I hold down home i see the ics task manager. Anyone have any ideas...thanks
If the button combos don't work purchase screenshot ER. Best screenshot app hands down. Has worked flawlessly with every phone/rom combo I've tried it with in the last 2 years.
Hello all! I have recently become fascinated with the app here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721895 ) and now have no use for my power button. i want to remap it to do absolutely nothing just like it was broken so that my pesky brother cannot get into my phone. I went to system/usr/keylayout/tuna-gpio-keypad.kl and changed key 116 which is the power button to none but nothing happened. does anyone know what to put there to do such a thing?
I just tried deleting the key 116 and it disabled the power button but then caused PGM to stop working. Still trying to figure this out.
EDIT:Someone has to know how to do this. XDA is the smartest community Ive followed
Perhaps turn it into a camera button.
butter and jelly please...
@rbiter said:
Perhaps turn it into a camera button.
butter and jelly please...
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When you turn it into another function lets say HOME. The swipes from the PGM application look at that key and do what said key says. so we need to find a way to add a fake key, say key 1000 with the function POWER for it to work. but Im not smart enough to do that. i downloaded the free app and decompiled it hoping to find A line of code that says look at key 116 for slide to wake but i have yet to see something like that. my theory is that if we change what it looks for in the app and then manually add that into ( system/usr/blah blah ) it should work. Sounds good to me at least. what do you think?
Bumpity bump bump! Someone must know!
^
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This may turn into a rom option in the future.
[Very interested]
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Ive been trying to make my home button function the same as the power button. First I made a nandroid and rebooted andthen went here--> System/usr/keylayout/generic.kl and changedkey# whatever-said-home to say POWER. rebooted and it didn't work, it worked just like normal. Then I went back and changed every key that said home to power anywhere in the keylayout directories and still, it works like normal! Any advice or knowledge to help me solve this puzzle?
Thanks!
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I'm on an aokp build BTW and I tried the button remapping app as well. Stubborn button =
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Well for starters, did you reboot?
There should be a thread in one of the US variants forums that tells you about the key layouts.
Theres also an app that will give you info on what button you just pushed.
Been a while so cant remember the name and dont know if itll be compatible, but maybe someone else does and will chime in.
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I've rebooted with every change. I tried theapp that tells you what button you pushed but it doesn't show what the power or home buttons key in as, its in the FAQ of the app I don't know what the issue is, I can change other buttons around but this one refuses to cooperate.
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mrtoast said:
I've rebooted with every change. I tried theapp that tells you what button you pushed but it doesn't show what the power or home buttons key in as, its in the FAQ of the app I don't know what the issue is, I can change other buttons around but this one refuses to cooperate.
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You have to edit the sec-keys.kl file to whatever you want then reboot. Generic.kl only takes effect if sec-keys.kl isn't there. So edit sec-keys.kl then reboot and you should be golden
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@OP....
Got a better idea. Download apex launcher, and download screen off and lock.....
Open apex settings, behavior settings, home button...
Have it launch screen off and lock when pressed. Your phone will now turn off when you press the home button from your home screen.
Viola
@elesbb That worked like a champ! Thank you very much
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mrtoast said:
@elesbb That worked like a champ! Thank you very much
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Could you be specific as to what you changed exactly. I am also interested in this...... Thanks!
mrtoast said:
@elesbb That worked like a champ! Thank you very much
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Glad it worked!
dls5375 said:
Could you be specific as to what you changed exactly. I am also interested in this...... Thanks!
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all they did was change what function the home button does. Look at a few posts up to see the file they changed and it's quite self explanatory, you will see a list of four buttons and their default assignments. Then you can either disable one by putting a # in front of the entire line or change them to say make the home function as a camera button.
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elesbb said:
Glad it worked!
all they did was change what function the home button does. Look at a few posts up to see the file they changed and it's quite self explanatory, you will see a list of four buttons and their default assignments. Then you can either disable one by putting a # in front of the entire line or change them to say make the home function as a camera button.
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OK, I got it....just change HOME to POWER and reboot....thanks
dls5375 said:
OK, I got it....just change HOME to POWER and reboot....thanks
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No problem. Let us know if you run into any issues!
-----EDIT-----
Figured it out, and updating the first post to help other out.
Seems I have found an answer from the s5... Long pressing the app switch butting gets you the menu in any app.
----Original Post----
So, after only a few hours of use i have found a very big issue.
No menu button means some apps are useless.
I cant even reply to topics from the XDA app, and cant change setting from others apps expecting to have a menu button on the phone. What was Samsung thinking?
I may need to return this phone if i cant find a solution. Anyone have any ideas?
Seems I have found an answer from the s5... Long pressing the app switch butting gets you the menu.
Such odd functionality.
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zanson said:
Seems I have found an answer from the s5... Long pressing the app switch butting gets you the menu.
Such odd functionality.
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What is the app switching button?
matrix2004 said:
What is the app switching button?
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The one to the left of the home button.
I don' mean no harm, but there's absolutely NO excuse for a Note 4 owner and someone who went out of their way to become an XDA member, to be so ignorant when it comes to something this simple. I don't even have my Note 4, yet, and I could school you up and down on it. There's dozens of videos online at your disposal, to tell you what features are found on your phone. Just looking at any one of them ... and as already mentioned ... you would have found out that long-pressing the recent apps button activates the menu. It's really quite simple.
Or tap the 3 dots at top right ...
You just saved me lot of pain thank you I was beyond frustrated
Cboss said:
Or tap the 3 dots at top right ...
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A lot of apps don't have the top 3 dots menu
If you long hold the app switching button, you get the menu. Take a little getting used to.
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Hold the button for recent apps down for a few seconds. The functionality is still there.
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I figured this out right after i picked up my phone
zanson said:
I cant even reply to topics from the XDA app, ...
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I know you found a way for your options button, but also if you want to reply in the xda app, just tap on the post you want to reply to, a menu pops up
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I don' mean no harm, but there's absolutely NO excuse for a Note 4 owner and someone who went out of their way to become an XDA member, to be so ignorant when it comes to something this simple. I don't even have my Note 4, yet, and I could school you up and down on it. There's dozens of videos online at your disposal, to tell you what features are found on your phone. Just looking at any one of them ... and as already mentioned ... you would have found out that long-pressing the recent apps button activates the menu. It's really quite simple.
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wow, a little harsh.
There are a lot of people who are coming from a device that did not have the recent apps button and is not aware that you can long press it to get the menu button...especially on a device that has only been out for a day or so.
nyydynasty said:
wow, a little harsh.
There are a lot of people who are coming from a device that did not have the recent apps button and is not aware that you can long press it to get the menu button...especially on a device that has only been out for a day or so.
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Just ignore him man, not even worth feeding his immaturity.
Anyways, Thanks for the tip about the xda app as well.
Hope this thread helps others that are having that WTF moment when they first get the phone... You know, i cant remember but i don't think that first pop up tip says anything about long pressing for a menu. I could be wrong and have just hit ok after reading the title.
Don't sweat the little stuff... I asked a while ago about getting air command to pop up. Once you are used to a device that is very, very close to the device you just bought... well, you may not realize the little changes. In my case the older Note I had you held the button on the s-pen while hovering to bring up the air command menu. On the Note 4 all you have to do is hover then click (not hold). Stumped me for over an hour.. until I posted and asked.
Coming from an iPhone forces people to do more reading and learn everything.