How do you do this? Look at the TPC rom. It is wm6.5.3 but the start button is on top. is there a way to take it down? Also look at the jjblaster rom it has the start button on the bottom. can this be moved up? I prefer having the start button on the bottom and therefore prefer roms designed like that. so it frustrates me at times when i download a rom without screen shots (eg TPC) only to discover that the start button is on the top.
to the best of my knowledge, moving the start button around is not something that the cook controls directly, but rather the look and feel achieved is due to the base build chosen by the cook.
simply put, WM6.5 ROMs will have the start button on the TOP of the screen and WM6.5.x ROMs will have the start button on the BOTTOM of the screen.
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I'm interested in remapping the ok button (the one on the side, below the scroll wheel, not the one below the end key) to rotate the screen. However, I can't seem to find out how to do anything at all with this button. Can anyone help?
i'd like this also.
I'm wondering if maybe this has to be done within the registry?
i remember reading in a thread before this that the remapping was not possible for that OK button... but i am not sure i could be wrong
try hbutton. it lets you map about anything to the hard buttons. you can map multiple programs to one button too. i use it to map the OK button to close a program, open htc audio, and screen rotate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306794
if you are referring to the ok button on the front of the kaiser, i remapped that button to rotate the screen from; settings>buttons. i am, however, using a sim free htc tytnII. this may not be available in the network branded versions. hope this helps.
sorry misread your post, you were talking about the side one. doh! no i couldn't remap that one either.
at this moment no one can really find the registry for that button. people have tried, i read about 3 posts that had people trying and they were unsuccessfull
i am still also interested in getting that button remapped
AE button plus will remap the side button, except if you are on the today screen, where a press of the button will bring up the start menu.
i currently have it to turn off the phone, since i friggin hate how htc made the real power button so flush with the body, so that if i'm on the today screen, i press it twice quickly to power off the device. the first press brings up the start menu, then the second press will take the focus off the today screen and implement your action. likewise, hitting the side button will turn off the phone if i'm in any sort of application or anything non-today screen.
and mapping this buttom also maps the keyboard ok, so now i'm suddenly without a keyboard ok button
What exactly is this Side Ok Button for anyways? It doesnt act as a confirm button
I would also like to remap the OK button to rotate screen. When I am using Garmin I like to have it rotated for cradle and visual purposes.
Also, don't know if anyone ever noticed this. I have polarized sunglasses, and when my phone is facing up and down like in portrait mode it is not as bright as it could be, but i rotate it like it is in landscape mode and I can see perfect with them on. Weird!
Let me know if this doesn't work out. I wrote apps for the Universal once to assign to any key. But that was a long time ago. I'm sure better solutions exist now.
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You can do it for sure with SPB Pocket Plus & the Shortcut Add-in/Plugin.
I actually made an action sender for this purpose, for another button, but if I get some time , I'll pull out my old work & look.
But SPB PP does allow it for sure. You can map two of anything to that button, one for press & one for press & hold.
Anything new on this?
I've tried some different things...still nothing.
another bump...
bump it up again...anyone know how to remap the OK button (forget the rotate screen)?
Hello all... as it has become clear by now, the 4 touch keys act like the buttons on the Diamond 2 when using a Rhodium rom. Except for the home button that is.
For those unfamiliar, the home button and the hang up button are one on the Diamond 2, making the home button on the Blackstone reduntant. Now, I've googled the issue and found out that there is no reliable way to map the home button to anything, at least not with conventional means.
So here comes the million dollar (virtual of course) question - is it possible to remap the home button to act like the start button in the rhodium roms?
Now that the Diamond2 is out, has anyone made any progress regarding this?
Hello people,
Yeah, I know I'm a little lazy and I didn't want to go through some hundred-post topics over here and there, but I sure did some searches and couldn't find definitive answers, so here I come to ask for help. Hope no one yells at me!
I recently changed my Diamond (with a WM6.1 ROM) for a Xperia X1. The original ROM sucks big time IMHO, so I have started to try other ROMs, specially those WM6.5 ones. And I'm a little bit lost now, guess I was used to WM6.1.
First of all: how and where do I close a program/app? I mean really close, not just minimize. All programs or apps I "close" (using X button on the screen or pressing "OK" hardware button) aren't closed, just minimized. And I don't want to dig into Task Manager to close them all the time.
Second: is there a HTC Task Manager or similar program that can be called from home screen so I can switch easily between opened programs/apps (again without going to Task Manager)?
Third (and last): how can I map or remap Xperia hardware keys? In personal settings, I can map actions for three buttons (left soft, right soft and button 1 - BTW which button is this?). I want to remap more than that. And it would be nice to make a button actually close a program/app.
Hey is there anyway to change the menu bar at the bottom where there is a little windows icon (in the newer builds of WINMO) back to the original start menu in the top left corner???
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Hey is there anyway to change the menu bar at the bottom where there is a little windows icon (in the newer builds of WINMO) back to the original start menu in the top left corner???
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Short answer = No.
The whole point of these new 6.5.X builds is to have it at the bottom and bigger so it's more finger friendly.
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Actually, having it on the top left was more finger friendly to me. Holding the phone with my left hand, my thumb has to do some serious contortionist moves to tap the start button on the bottom, whereas on the top it's just a little above where my thumb can reach, so just a minor stretch. I actually prefer the 6.5 builds because of this.
Well, that and the "Finger friendly" initiative microsoft is taking seems to be just make everything bigger, a big patch fix rather than an honest effort at revamping the backend.
EDIT: this has very little to do with ROM cooking though, so I imagine this thread will be moved or closed soon.
mce0004 said:
Hey is there anyway to change the menu bar at the bottom where there is a little windows icon (in the newer builds of WINMO) back to the original start menu in the top left corner???
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Sounds like you have to look for Build 21889 (COM2 branch) ROM's! That's what you want!
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Actually, having it on the top left was more finger friendly to me. Holding the phone with my left hand, my thumb has to do some serious contortionist moves to tap the start button on the bottom, whereas on the top it's just a little above where my thumb can reach, so just a minor stretch. I actually prefer the 6.5 builds because of this.
Well, that and the "Finger friendly" initiative microsoft is taking seems to be just make everything bigger, a big patch fix rather than an honest effort at revamping the backend.
EDIT: this has very little to do with ROM cooking though, so I imagine this thread will be moved or closed soon.
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After using WM6.5.X about an yr! I strongly disagree that top ones are fingerfriendly..
ai6908 said:
After using WM6.5.X about an yr! I strongly disagree that top ones are fingerfriendly..
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hmmm..never used my fingers to press that but it's thumb friendly enough for me but yea i am not a fan of the menu bar at the bottom so i use the 21889 build which has the old style that you like. If you look at NRG's newest ROM he cooked both builds
just wanted to see what everyone thinks about the button layout.
should we keep it?
should we change it?
how can we change the button layout ourselfs?
is there any progress on making an application to allow us to change our button layout?
what does everyone think?
im used to the button layout now but i would love to customize it to my liking.
There needs to be a third option. "Allow for customization"
Everyone perceives their needs differently.
EDIT: Should also mention that I'm fine with it the way it is, but the way your post is worded makes the third option necessary.
Leave it,
Its perfect.
leave it. Only add button combination for running apps.. If everyone's is different, you will have a hard time giving directions based on buttons.
i like it the way it is as well. the only thing nicer would be more buttons; if we were able to get the red button to "go home, then sleep" it would allow long press camera to be used to display running applications.
a program to modify the keymap was in the works. don't know what happened to it.
i think it would be awsome if the keymap were like this. power is power, volume is volume, 1 tap camera goes to landscape, long press camera goes to camera, left d-pad is back, right d-pad is forward, up d-pad is menu, down or center d-pad to go home, red end button as is, green button as is.
cp0020 said:
i think it would be awsome if the keymap were like this. power is power, volume is volume, 1 tap camera goes to landscape, long press camera goes to camera, left d-pad is back, right d-pad is forward, up d-pad is menu, down or center d-pad to go home, red end button as is, green button as is.
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can't change dpad function - need it for many games. for those who don't play games, would be great. once again, individualizable keymap seems best.
I personally like it.
We used to have an older configuration but this current one seems very usable making efficient use of the keys we have.
I like it as it is.
myn said:
I personally like it.
We used to have an older configuration but this current one seems very usable making efficient use of the keys we have.
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If you mean the original, menu on the volume slider, that was THE worst. Last year I quit Android as soon as I started because I hated using the volume slider all the time.
slow88lx said:
If you mean the original, menu on the volume slider, that was THE worst. Last year I quit Android as soon as I started because I hated using the volume slider all the time.
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personally i was in love with the old layout
i loved how holding the home button showed all running apps and made switching between them a breeze
if we could somehow incorporate the old layout
id be all for it!
even though i'm accustomed to the current one
cp0020 said:
i think it would be awsome if the keymap were like this. power is power, volume is volume, 1 tap camera goes to landscape, long press camera goes to camera, left d-pad is back, right d-pad is forward, up d-pad is menu, down or center d-pad to go home, red end button as is, green button as is.
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it would be cool to have that button layout and make the center d-pad to swith back to the current button layout so we can use the d-pad for games and whatnot.
cp0020 said:
it would be cool to have that button layout and make the center d-pad to swith back to the current button layout so we can use the d-pad for games and whatnot.
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That just seems overly complicated.
When I first switched to Android, I hated the layout, but it's grown on my now. Only thing I wish is for a spare button that could be made into a search button so I could have working quick compose in chomp sms.
preardon said:
That just seems overly complicated.
When I first switched to Android, I hated the layout, but it's grown on my now. Only thing I wish is for a spare button that could be made into a search button so I could have working quick compose in chomp sms.
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if we can put android on our phones i think we can do that
cp0020 said:
if we can put android on our phones i think we can do that
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I was saying more from a user standpoint than a development standpoint.