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Button Savior

Anyone using Button Savior? I love it but it doesn't seem to survive a reboot. In fact, sometimes, it seems to die even without a reboot. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there a way to ensure that it's always running?
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I started using it today and have rebooted several times. Seems to actually work, whereas SoftKey didn't work as reliably for me.
I installed it via the Market. At some point, not right away, it asked for su. After that it has worked fine.
Homer

I'm another happy user of button savior. I use it on on my rooted HD2 and love it.
An update just came out for button savior, but I have never had problems with it. I do have to restart it once in awhile after a boot, but not every time. Not much to complain about because I love that some smart person actually came out with it!

I've been using it for several days and have rebooted many times. Installed via Market. So far so good.

I love button savior. I occasionally miss the button to pull up the menu because its so small but it has survived a few reboots.

I see the little button on my screen on the right but it does nothing, I cannot activate it, I have gone into the settings and I can move it from left to right but that's it, Help please

rog152 said:
I see the little button on my screen on the right but it does nothing, I cannot activate it, I have gone into the settings and I can move it from left to right but that's it, Help please
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Are you sure your finger is touching it? I have trouble getting the nook to register my taps on the edges of the screen. Once you tap the icon a group of icons appear like home and back. Try reinstalling if you continue to have problems.

[Q] Turning on the phone without using Power button.

Hi, everyone!
Recently, I installed CyanogenMod 7 which is probably the reason of damaged Power button. I've been keeping it pressed for a long time with X/camera/volume up etc. Anyways, I've been using it for nearly a year now, so.. I still have warranty, but it's not the case. Since I don't want to send it back yet, I come up with this question.
How to power on my Milestone WITHOUT using power button whatsoever? Even entering bootloader mode requires me to press it. Any ideas?
Even impractical ones, I don't turn it off very often, but I need to know that in case of emergency..

tried plugging it into a wall charger while its off? it always boots up my droid automatically
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Oh, thank you. As far as I remember, it happened to me several times, but mosstly - there is just waving battery icon.. thanks for response though!
Additionally, how to lock screen without using Power button?-.- or access sound/flight mode/turn off menu?

cm7 has status bar toggles for all of that, if you still have it installed. dont know if theres any way to access the regular phone options menu without using the power button though, sorry
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Well, I turned on status bar widgets and Locking widget too, but.. it apparently disables auto-locking screen, instead of locking on demand..

The go to sleep status bar widget in cm7 interface settings. That's the one that shuts off the screen and locks the phone. Tried it myself before posting.
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Geez.
I apologize for caused confusion, I didn't notice it at first... I set my volume up/down as waking buttons and widget for going to sleep
Awesome support, splashattack, thank you very much!

I am having same problem.
I connect my cell to my laptop and it starts. I am using custom ROM.
I want to rollback to stock, so that I can avail warranty on it.
Any idea how to enter bootloader mode without power button
I tried terminal emulator
su
reboot recovery
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But it reboots to OR not to bootloader.
Any solution for bootloader ? or any command?
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Its solved. I have assigned volume rocker for screen unlock,
I rebooted it using terminal emulator, Pressed and hold volume rocker + Dpad - up and I entered bootloader.

i am always thinking that a button at the front would have been great in order to unlock the phone easier....

try button remapper

Galaxy S Captivate Lock Button Problem...Solved!

Okay Guy whats up! So it took me a while find a loophole to this problem. I am pretty sure some of you guys have problems with the Captivate's Lock/hold button (the button which you turn your phone off/on).
I realize there was two different type of same problem:
1. The lock button works but it seems like its always being pushed down. Like for example, when you pressed it once, the screen lights up & the pop-up menu(The menu with Airplane mode, data connection, slient, off/on) pops up even when you pressed it lightly! And you cant get it to turn off until wait for the screen lockout time.
2. The lock button does not work at all. You cant get it on or off, its totally unresponsive.
Now there are three solutions:
1. The most common one being if you have warranty , just drop by the store tell them the problem and they should either fix it or give you a new one.
2. Fix it yourself. You can dissemble the captivate yourself! If you go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembling the captivate. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your captivate, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around hold button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!.
3. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST/SAFEST METHOD if you dont have warranty or dont want to risk dissembling your phone or pay money for the repair. This is just going to take a while to get used to! First you can go the market and download "No Lock". This app allows you to unlock your phone using the volume button. convenient eh? This is what I am using right now and the only problem I am experience is that sometimes (like 1 out of 10 times) it doesnt unlock when I press the volume button(just wait a couple min and try again) , and you wont be able to set up a screen lock or pw (every so often if you did have a screen lock or id pw already on captivate, it would just randomly pop up and you would have to put in your pw). Now you have a way to turn on your phone without using the lock button. NOW for turning your phone to sleep, You can get an app call "Screen Off and Lock", This app basically allows you to press the app, and then the phone goes to sleep. There is an another app that requires root called "virtual button bar" which cost 2 dollars i think. But this app is basically a small button bar that lets you put the phone to sleep at anytime. For the "screen off and lock" you have to go to that app and tap it, while the "virtual button bar" allows you to put the phone to sleep while playing a game to looking through photos, ect.
There you have it. Hopefully i didnt sound too confusing and I solve your problem. I was having this problem and it was very irritating.
*Side note: If you are not too comfortable about how you cant set up a pw for your captivate there is a couple apps like "Smart App Protector ( App lock)" which basically locks up an app. You can look that up in the market for more information.

I cant find No Lock app from market. Can you post a link?
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YellowYunicorn said:
Okay Guy whats up! So it took me a while find a loophole to this problem. I am pretty sure some of you guys have problems with the Captivate's Lock/hold button (the button which you turn your phone off/on).
I realize there was two different type of same problem:
1. The lock button works but it seems like its always being pushed down. Like for example, when you pressed it once, the screen lights up & the pop-up menu(The menu with Airplane mode, data connection, slient, off/on) pops up even when you pressed it lightly! And you cant get it to turn off until wait for the screen lockout time.
2. The lock button does not work at all. You cant get it on or off, its totally unresponsive.
Now there are three solutions:
1. The most common one being if you have warranty , just drop by the store tell them the problem and they should either fix it or give you a new one.
2. Fix it yourself. You can dissemble the captivate yourself! If you go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembling the captivate. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your captivate, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around hold button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!.
3. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST/SAFEST METHOD if you dont have warranty or dont want to risk dissembling your phone or pay money for the repair. This is just going to take a while to get used to! First you can go the market and download "No Lock". This app allows you to unlock your phone using the volume button. convenient eh? This is what I am using right now and the only problem I am experience is that sometimes (like 1 out of 10 times) it doesnt unlock when I press the volume button(just wait a couple min and try again) , and you wont be able to set up a screen lock or pw (every so often if you did have a screen lock or id pw already on captivate, it would just randomly pop up and you would have to put in your pw). Now you have a way to turn on your phone without using the lock button. NOW for turning your phone to sleep, You can get an app call "Screen Off and Lock", This app basically allows you to press the app, and then the phone goes to sleep. There is an another app that requires root called "virtual button bar" which cost 2 dollars i think. But this app is basically a small button bar that lets you put the phone to sleep at anytime. For the "screen off and lock" you have to go to that app and tap it, while the "virtual button bar" allows you to put the phone to sleep while playing a game to looking through photos, ect.
There you have it. Hopefully i didnt sound too confusing and I solve your problem. I was having this problem and it was very irritating.
*Side note: If you are not too comfortable about how you cant set up a pw for your captivate there is a couple apps like "Smart App Protector ( App lock)" which basically locks up an app. You can look that up in the market for more information.
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I just tried the second solution and it did help power button functionality. It was fun taking the Captivate apart too! When I got to the spray part, I was hesitant to spray for one second. I think I did some micro-second sprays. In order to get the power button working more frequently, I did have to do one second sprays. I utilized the plastic straw that comes with the can in order to spray blast the the power button hardware. Try going from as many angles as you can. I'm sure pressing the power button right after spraying helps work the cleaner into the power button hardware. The majority of the help comes from the cleaner itself. Functionality is greatly improved. The button works about 75%-90% of the time instead of 5%.
I am glad I will not be paying $70 to Samsung or $65 with a local mobile repair shop to repair this anytime soon. My phone may be out of warranty, but why did the power button hardware degrade in the first place? Better QA Samsung! I will not be going with a new Galaxy II. And I will not be upgrading with ATT. Screw contracts and monopolistic companies!

YellowYunicorn said:
Okay Guy whats up! So it took me a while find a loophole to this problem. I am pretty sure some of you guys have problems with the Captivate's Lock/hold button (the button which you turn your phone off/on).
I realize there was two different type of same problem:
1. The lock button works but it seems like its always being pushed down. Like for example, when you pressed it once, the screen lights up & the pop-up menu(The menu with Airplane mode, data connection, slient, off/on) pops up even when you pressed it lightly! And you cant get it to turn off until wait for the screen lockout time.
2. The lock button does not work at all. You cant get it on or off, its totally unresponsive.
Now there are three solutions:
1. The most common one being if you have warranty , just drop by the store tell them the problem and they should either fix it or give you a new one.
2. Fix it yourself. You can dissemble the captivate yourself! If you go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembling the captivate. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your captivate, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around hold button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!.
3. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST/SAFEST METHOD if you dont have warranty or dont want to risk dissembling your phone or pay money for the repair. This is just going to take a while to get used to! First you can go the market and download "No Lock". This app allows you to unlock your phone using the volume button. convenient eh? This is what I am using right now and the only problem I am experience is that sometimes (like 1 out of 10 times) it doesnt unlock when I press the volume button(just wait a couple min and try again) , and you wont be able to set up a screen lock or pw (every so often if you did have a screen lock or id pw already on captivate, it would just randomly pop up and you would have to put in your pw). Now you have a way to turn on your phone without using the lock button. NOW for turning your phone to sleep, You can get an app call "Screen Off and Lock", This app basically allows you to press the app, and then the phone goes to sleep. There is an another app that requires root called "virtual button bar" which cost 2 dollars i think. But this app is basically a small button bar that lets you put the phone to sleep at anytime. For the "screen off and lock" you have to go to that app and tap it, while the "virtual button bar" allows you to put the phone to sleep while playing a game to looking through photos, ect.
There you have it. Hopefully i didnt sound too confusing and I solve your problem. I was having this problem and it was very irritating.
*Side note: If you are not too comfortable about how you cant set up a pw for your captivate there is a couple apps like "Smart App Protector ( App lock)" which basically locks up an app. You can look that up in the market for more information.
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Solution # 2 worked like a charm, thanks!!
Now that one of my Captivate's problems have been solved I need to find a solution to the other one. The soft keys, specially the search button, randomly acts on it's own. I wonder if I can use the same method in the area without harming the phone?

There IS a 4th solution:
You can send it out to mobiletechvideos.com and they can replace the power button for $30 with free shipping back to you.
I just did this and they are very fast at repairing your phone and getting it back out to you asap. I highly recommend their services.

K... this sucks! I started having this problem on my phone TWO DAYS right after the warranty expired! Doesn't this suck?
Thinking of trying method #2 and wonder if I should get some CRC QD Electronic Cleaner at Radio Shack, Best Buy that kind of stores...
Where did you get yours? Any alternative solution than CRC QD Electronic Cleaner?

JDM STi said:
K... this sucks! I started having this problem on my phone TWO DAYS right after the warranty expired! Doesn't this suck?
Thinking of trying method #2 and wonder if I should get some CRC QD Electronic Cleaner at Radio Shack, Best Buy that kind of stores...
Where did you get yours? Any alternative solution than CRC QD Electronic Cleaner?
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If that doesn't work there is another solution.
You can send it out to mobiletechvideos.com and they can replace the power button for $30 with free shipping back to you.
I did this and they are very fast at repairing your phone and getting it back out to you asap. I highly recommend their services.

CaptivateME said:
If that doesn't work there is another solution.
You can send it out to mobiletechvideos.com and they can replace the power button for $30 with free shipping back to you.
I did this and they are very fast at repairing your phone and getting it back out to you asap. I highly recommend their services.
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Thank your for your suggestion. I would try the local phone store repairer before deciding to ship the phone to US while I am in Canada.

Or if you on most of the miui or cyanmod based rooms you have option to button unlock. Or remap keys and still have pin unlock
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Or instead of number three remap the power button to the volume down button. This way it works exactly like the power button without fail. You can either use this app- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 or using root explorer to modify the key layout manually which is the only way on some roms. You must be rooted which i figure most of us are to perform either method.

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Or instead of number three remap the power button to the volume down button. This way it works exactly like the power button without fail. You can either use this app- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 or using root explorer to modify the key layout manually which is the only way on some roms. You must be rooted which i figure most of us are to perform either method.
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Thanks for that thread, I'm going to look into modifying my volume key to be a power button. However, I'm assuming that will only work in the OS and not before it is loaded (i.e. not in the bootloader, recovery, off-state, etc)?
I'm on ICSSGS.

Hey thanks for this thread. I have been having issues with the phone thinking the power button is always pressed. All I can say is that this issue always comes up at the worst possible times. I did manage to fix the issue once by wiping user data and cache in recovery mode, but now the issue has come up again and it doesn't fix it which makes me think it's become a hardware issue and not a software one. I'm using Cyanogenmod version 7.2 and am on GB 2.3.5.

thanks for the method, you are the man!

emcnelly said:
Or instead of number three remap the power button to the volume down button. This way it works exactly like the power button without fail. You can either use this app- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 or using root explorer to modify the key layout manually which is the only way on some roms. You must be rooted which i figure most of us are to perform either method.
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So I have used this, and IMO it is the absolute best method to use without a power button.

I had 2 separate Captivates with this issue. The clean method worked on 1 captivate on the other doesn't I sent it to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed for 30$

Editing key layout manually did not work for me. I may have gone about it incorrectly, though. I just edited the Aries-keypad.kl and Cypress-touchkey.kl files. I may have been using the wrong command for Power- I was able to change the Search key to the Wake command though, so the Search key will bring up the Lockscreen. Not much help I'm afraid. I would also assume, like m7ia, that these files only control the OS side. I have not searched any deeper, however.

Thanks for your solution i repair phones for living and cleaning button idea never came to me lol (always changing whole button), anyways PRF or any contact cleaner directly into button couple of times do the magic. Great solution Thanks boss

[Q] Lock button doesnt always work

I have a Galaxy S i896 (Rogers captivate model), been running CM9 on it for quite some time now and I never had a problem with it.
Until recently, my lock button stopped working. Thankfully, CM9 allows me to use the volume buttons to turn on the screen, and I can lock the device from the notification bar. However, I sometimes get that screen that pops up when you long press the power button (airplane mode, screen shot, reboot etc...) but I don't know how. Also, whenever I remove and re-insert my battery, the phone turns on by itself! So it would seem that the button is stuck somehow, and once the phone is turned on, it is being ignored.
I read somewhere that this is sometimes caused by rooting the phone, however I wasn't completely sure about how true this information was, and therefore my question is: does anybody know what causes this, and how can I fix it!
Thanks!

mmmboulos said:
I have a Galaxy S i896 (Rogers captivate model), been running CM9 on it for quite some time now and I never had a problem with it.
Until recently, my lock button stopped working. Thankfully, CM9 allows me to use the volume buttons to turn on the screen, and I can lock the device from the notification bar. However, I sometimes get that screen that pops up when you long press the power button (airplane mode, screen shot, reboot etc...) but I don't know how. Also, whenever I remove and re-insert my battery, the phone turns on by itself! So it would seem that the button is stuck somehow, and once the phone is turned on, it is being ignored.
I read somewhere that this is sometimes caused by rooting the phone, however I wasn't completely sure about how true this information was, and therefore my question is: does anybody know what causes this, and how can I fix it!
Thanks!
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I also have this problem with a stock ROM. The power button doesn't work and i cant even flash another ROM in recovery because of that. It only turns on when putting the charger on or replacing the battery (turns on by itself).

It seems that your power button is busted. I had the same problem, though I manage to have a way to make things alright. If youre on a CM9/C10 youre good. Download button remapper at remap the capacitive search button and make it act as a power button. So, if you're waking up the phone you will use the volume rockers and if you want to sleep and lock, use the search soft key.

takeoutttt said:
It seems that your power button is busted. I had the same problem, though I manage to have a way to make things alright. If youre on a CM9/C10 youre good. Download button remapper at remap the capacitive search button and make it act as a power button. So, if you're waking up the phone you will use the volume rockers and if you want to sleep and lock, use the search soft key.
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Where do you get button mapper?
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DaMan90 said:
Where do you get button mapper?
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You can search in this forum, use the search button above. I got mine by downloading in BlackMart app.

disable hardware buttons? (recent/back)

im using Ultimate Dynamic Navbar because when i replaced the screen on my note 4 i accidentally got too close to the buttons and cut the recent and back buttons. so they no longer work. i completely removed the buttons since i cut them. everything else works fine but for some reason when im charging the phone something is causing the back or recents button to be pressed. this only happens when im charging the phone and have the screen on. how can i disable the buttons? i already tried to do the Generic.kl commenting out (putting a # infront of each line) but that did not help (unless im not entering the the # on the correct line) and it didnt help. i still get the recent apps while charging the phone and the screen is on. anyone know of a way to disable it with another method?

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im using Ultimate Dynamic Navbar because when i replaced the screen on my note 4 i accidentally got too close to the buttons and cut the recent and back buttons. so they no longer work. i completely removed the buttons since i cut them. everything else works fine but for some reason when im charging the phone something is causing the back or recents button to be pressed. this only happens when im charging the phone and have the screen on. how can i disable the buttons? i already tried to do the Generic.kl commenting out (putting a # infront of each line) but that did not help (unless im not entering the the # on the correct line) and it didnt help. i still get the recent apps while charging the phone and the screen is on. anyone know of a way to disable it with another method?
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Well I know that an xposed module called Xposed Additions can do it. Hopefully that will work in your case.

SiNJiN76 said:
Well I know that an xposed module called Xposed Additions can do it. Hopefully that will work in your case.
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i tried gravity box for Lollipop on the PACMAN rom which kinda helps. the thing is that the buttons seem to have swapped so im guessing its because of the rom. before it kept pressing the recents button now its pressing the back button. i also was able to see what was going on action wise as in long presses or double taps with gravity box. it seems that long presses is the most frequent cause of this issue but i also get a few double taps and single taps randomly. i tried to select no action for these events on the back button with half luck. gravity box does not have a do nothing action so the only thing i could do was do a custom action without selecting an app. but when it gets triggered i get a toast saying no such app, due to no app selected in gravity box. this is something ill bring up to the devs of gravity box. ill check out your suggestions and will reply back with the results, THANKS FOR THE REPLY!

D200P13 said:
i tried gravity box for Lollipop on the PACMAN rom which kinda helps. the thing is that the buttons seem to have swapped so im guessing its because of the rom. before it kept pressing the recents button now its pressing the back button. i also was able to see what was going on action wise as in long presses or double taps with gravity box. it seems that long presses is the most frequent cause of this issue but i also get a few double taps and single taps randomly. i tried to select no action for these events on the back button with half luck. gravity box does not have a do nothing action so the only thing i could do was do a custom action without selecting an app. but when it gets triggered i get a toast saying no such app, due to no app selected in gravity box. this is something ill bring up to the devs of gravity box. ill check out your suggestions and will reply back with the results, THANKS FOR THE REPLY!
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Yeah. Seems Xposed Additions will work then. It has actions for both Click and Long Press for all the hardware buttons with the Screen On/Off. It's basically a mod to do just that...remap the buttons or disable.
I use it to disable the Home button while the screen is off. Also to use the volume buttons for skipping songs while screen is off.

SiNJiN76 said:
Yeah. Seems Xposed Additions will work then. It has actions for both Click and Long Press for all the hardware buttons with the Screen On/Off. It's basically a mod to do just that...remap the buttons or disable.
I use it to disable the Home button while the screen is off. Also to use the volume buttons for skipping songs while screen is off.
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the only issue with it was that it would not save the settings when i restarted. but i did use it to see what key value back was and put a # in it and restarted. seems to have worked so far. i wonder why the additions wont stick after a reboot. hopefully if this works ill be able to choose which on screen buttons to select from the pacmans/gravity box or ultimate dynamics. each has its pros and cons.