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[Q] Hardware Buttons

Can the hardware buttons like back, menu, home , etc...can wear out if we use them more.... or using button saviour is a good idea. And anyone else is using button saviour app.
Is there someone out there who is having this problem?
And is there other app which is same as bitton saviour.
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atishey23 said:
Can the hardware buttons like back, menu, home , etc...can wear out if we use them more.... or using button saviour is a good idea. And anyone else is using button saviour app.
Is there someone out there who is having this problem?
And is there other app which is same as bitton saviour.
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Don't know about battery savior but the MENU and BACK are CAPACITIVE TOuCH KEYS which WILL NOT WEAR.out. And yes the home button will deteriorate over time!

Brainiac.shri said:
Don't know about battery savior but the MENU and BACK are CAPACITIVE TOuCH KEYS which WILL NOT WEAR.out. And yes the home button will deteriorate over time!
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Its button saviour.
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atishey23 said:
Its button saviour.
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Lol sorry!battery life has gone downhill after JB so have seen lot of battery related qs!

There are many qwerty phones which have only buttons.... Lol..
So I think you don't need to worry about button.
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That app is only useful if you broke your phone buttons
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frapeti said:
That app is only useful if you broke your phone buttons
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Or if your finger is in pain when you put it under more pressure than touching screen. :angel:

But using the Button Saviour we can save the home button a few, don't you think?
I have tried to use Button Saviour one time, but i hate it. I hate the virtual button on the side of screen, so i searched another way to save home button and i found the app "Home Button" like free on market (link below). This app runs like a ongoing on the notification bar. So if we need to go to home screen, just roll down the notification bar and click on the app. The best part, the app don't run on backgroud, so no RAM usage! It only run when we click on, and than it close immediately.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...FtYnJvLmFuZHJvaWQuaG9tZWJ1dHRvbnNob3J0Y3V0Il0.

[q] screenshot?

Hi
Other than picking it from the power button, is there another method of taking a screenshot?
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izzyq8 said:
Hi
Other than picking it from the power button, is there another method of taking a screenshot?
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No for stock
but maybe u will get another method if use custom rom !

I find that if I hold power + volume down for 1 second, it takes a screenshot? as opposed to selecting it from the power menu it just does it straight away

C1emen7s said:
I find that if I hold power + volume down for 1 second, it takes a screenshot? as opposed to selecting it from the power menu it just does it straight away
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EDIT!: Must've been drunk while I wrote this....

C1emen7s said:
I find that if I hold power + volume down for 1 second, it takes a screenshot? as opposed to selecting it from the power menu it just does it straight away
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correct
thanks

Ah see, for some reason power + vol up doesn't seem to work for me but vol down does. strange

izzyq8 said:
Hi
Other than picking it from the power button, is there another method of taking a screenshot?
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There are a lot of app that screenshot in play market.
Some of them need root and other not.
Try what suits you
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Software Buttons

A couple of days ago I asked in the Q&A forum if it was possible to disable your physical back home and menu buttons and enable the on screen buttons like on the nexus 4. A guy named: UncleRipper helped me by telling me how to do it, so I want to share it with you guys. But all props to UncleRipper! For an example of how it looks on my phone see the photo below.
So what we want to do is enable the on screen buttons, disable the physical buttons, and stop them from lighting up everytime you touch the screen. I know you can disable this in the settings if you're on lg's software, but I am running cyanogenmod 10.1 nightly.
So first enable the on screen buttons:
open a file manager with root ( Solid Explorer or Root Explorer), go to /system and open build.prop (backup it!!):thumbup:
add this line at the end of the file build.prop:
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
restart your phone.
Now you got the on screen buttons, you want to disable the physical buttons:
Use "button remapper" (search it on google cause isn't on play store) and assign "focus" to home, back and menu buttons.
The app is simple to use and the values to change are last in the list.
After the physical buttons are disabled you want to stop them from lighting up when you touch the sceen:
Prerequisites:
Root
SManager (play store)
SManager widget (play store)
Your phone
this script: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iz6t5eql0w...tkeyscript.zip
First install the app SManager and accept the SU request.
Use a root file browser and move the script from the SD Card your system/etc/init.d folder
Go into SManager and locate the 2 scripts. Click on them and tap the little star button in the top left to make them a favorite. And click the little SU icon while your at it! (optional: click also on run on boot the gear near "su" command)
Add the widget to your home screen, run the script and turn off the display and then turn it back on.

If the physical buttons wernt visible id do this. But i find LMT launcher works great for when a can be bothered doing hand gymnastics to push the back button.

JoinTheRealms said:
If the physical buttons wernt visible id do this. But i find LMT launcher works great for when a can be bothered doing hand gymnastics to push the back button.
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Yep, if the physical buttons went off, it would be good. Could You make it working? ;D

The physical buttons are disabled and they don't light up anymore, so you can't really see them anymore unless you take a really hard look. But hey, it's your choice rather to use it or not! I'm just saying it's possible ;D
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hey thanks..
i use an apk that i find on 591forum on screen virtual button that do the same thing but now in jb do not runs..
so thanks..
EDIT hey link do not work for me..
seems uncomplete..dropbox say me link do not valid...
the link for me is hxxps://dropbox.com/s/iz6t5eql0w...tkeyscript.zip

zicoxx said:
hey thanks..
i use an apk that i find on 591forum on screen virtual button that do the same thing but now in jb do not runs..
so thanks..
EDIT hey link do not work for me..
seems uncomplete..dropbox say me link do not valid...
the link for me is hxxps://dropbox.com/s/iz6t5eql0w...tkeyscript.zip
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Sorry, here I uploaded it with box myself this time, this should work:
https://www.box.com/s/1737jio230ig6wu0vgrs

luuk.vandeven said:
Sorry, here I uploaded it with box myself this time, this should work:
https://www.box.com/s/1737jio230ig6wu0vgrs
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thanks..i download it..it's ok now

Why on screen button? If your device have the physical key so use it.also on screen button takes space in screen.
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Why not??
-you think it is beautiful and you like nexus software button?
-you apply the mod.
-you don't think that is great?
-don't install the mod...
i think that the software buttons are great and a 4.7" screen is very big. fill it with something...
sorry for my english.
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UncleRipper said:
Why not??
-you think it is beautiful and you like nexus software button?
-you apply the mod.
-you don't think that is great?
-don't install the mod...
i think that the software buttons are great and a 4.7" screen is very big. fill it with something...
sorry for my english.
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Couldn't agree more!

I seem to be having trouble with button remapper. The only option that I'm getting is for the power button and can't seem to access the home, menu, and back keys for some reason. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Open /system/usr/keylayout/touch_dev.kl and remove/comment three lines from the almost end of the file (those with VIRTUAL word). Works, at least on PAC 23.0/CM10.1, not sure if in stock rom will also work. Then use the script from OP to disable lights (I'll try to find simplier way to do it all).
And of course add this:
Code:
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
at the end of /system/build.prop

+1 thank you I got it all working now.
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Good job but i like the physical buttons ... And i just wnt to turn off the lights alone ...nd still use the physical buttons...
How do i turn off the physical button light alone ??
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jigga027 said:
Good job but i like the physical buttons ... And i just wnt to turn off the lights alone ...nd still use the physical buttons...
How do i turn off the physical button light alone ??
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Any Help?
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jigga027 said:
Any Help?
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only help i can be is to tell you that arararagi's CM has an option to disable button backlight. it's the only rom out of current custom ones that has implemented any control over our led, afaik.

Flying_Bear said:
only help i can be is to tell you that arararagi's CM has an option to disable button backlight. it's the only rom out of current custom ones that has implemented any control over our led, afaik.
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So where is this arararagi CM... Where can i get de rom to dwnld
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jigga027 said:
So where is this arararagi CM... Where can i get de rom to dwnld
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under o4x android development subforum.

jigga027 said:
Any Help?
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jigga027 said:
Good job but i like the physical buttons ... And i just wnt to turn off the lights alone ...nd still use the physical buttons...
How do i turn off the physical button light alone ??
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make a init.d script with these lines
echo "0" >/sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/max_brightness
echo "0" >/sys/devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
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after reboot the light is gone :good:

jigga027 said:
Good job but i like the physical buttons ... And i just wnt to turn off the lights alone ...nd still use the physical buttons...
How do i turn off the physical button light alone ??
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Check post #6 for the script and then use smanager to run it on boot as root
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Wake up your OB by any hardware button

Hello everyone. Not sure if somebody using this to wake up your OB but it's great for me as I don't like to press a power every time.
You do not need a root for it.
I've just updated my new LG Optimus Black to official ICS 4.0.4 (30b-EUR-XX) Great tutorial here http://getin.in/index.php?option=co...l-android-4-0-ics-rom-update&catid=86:gadgets
Go to settings->Lock screen->None, and now you can use any hardware button to turn screen on.
I've got widgetsoid app from market (my favorite one for power toggle widget) and widget "lockscreen" on my homescreen to turn screen off.
Couldn't find any better way to save my power button and wake it up

This is great for me. Because my powerbutton is getting a little bit broken because of pressing it to Much.
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paulus04-02 said:
This is great for me. Because my powerbutton is getting a little bit broken because of pressing it to Much.
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Why dont you guys just use The G Button? Much easier.

ykumar00 said:
Why dont you guys just use The G Button? Much easier.
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Yep. There's a tutorial how to change the G button function. And I think this is the best function for this button

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42003931
Thnx fore the info. I used the thread from above and i've got a new powerbutton. And the g-button works like the powerbutton now. :thumbup:
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now i have a Sony sp

Power button

Hi i just got thephonenewand i had a question. My power button doesnt push down like my other phones its more like a light touch. Is that supposed to be like this? Or is the power button supposed to be more elevated. Btw it completely works
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Mine does depress, but not much. Certainly not as much as my evo.
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HTC_M7 said:
Hi i just got thephonenewand i had a question. My power button doesnt push down like my other phones its more like a light touch. Is that supposed to be like this? Or is the power button supposed to be more elevated. Btw it completely works
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Nice username.
Yeah, the One has a very stiff button, so you're going to get almost no tactile feedback when you press it. That's how it's supposed to be. If you don't like it though, there are several mods floating around this forum on ways you can raise its profile (like painting on clear nail polish).

Or just bypass it almost completely and use the modified kernels for slide to wake or double tap to wake. There's also a few other long press options too. At least that way you only use then power button to turn on and off the phone.

There also appear to be options for turning screen off through the eqs, although I haven't been able to get those to work for me. Sweep2wake/sweep2sleep is awesome. Also a great little show off for your non rooted friends!
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