My phone has been water damaged and the power button no longer works,I searched the forums and found a thread regarding remapping volume button to work as power button but this was for the captivate, will this be the same for sgs2, does anyone have a link to explain how to do it, my phone is stock and not rooted, thanks in advance
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once i saw an app in the play store, button remapper or smthing, i don't know if it is still there...
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Thanks I will have a look
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Had a look there is a button re mapper but it didn't sound like the right thing
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C can't see how button remapping will help, you will still be short of a button?
The problem is everytime my phone runs out of battery the only way to get it back on is to remove and replace the battery, this sometimes takes ages too re boot the phone, so I want to replace one of my hard keys for a power button i.e. the up volume on the rocker button, in a different thread it explained how to do it on the Samsung captivate, by re mapping the buttons
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everybody know that our phone have a weak power hard button. And after long time used. Lots of device's power button become too difficult to pressed. So could anyone can make a mod for our phone to turn screen on by volumes key to safe our power hard button to live longer? Nice thanks!
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everybody know that our phone have a weak power hard button. And after long time used. Lots of device's power button become too difficult to pressed. So could anyone can make a mod for our phone to turn screen on by volumes key to safe our power hard button to live longer? Nice thanks!
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Cyanogen 7 has this already.Settings > Cyanogenmod settings > input
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I know cm7 got it. But cm7 still not completed work for our phone. And I need solution for another rom. I think may be a deverloper can do it for stock rom or Tj style by moding buildprofile or something else
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Have allready tried cm7 the volume key is still cant wake the phone up. Note that if screen just went of if volume key pressed immedietly screen could wake up. But if screen went of for a time the volume key doesnt work. Could anyone checked it?
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Have allready tried cm7 the volume key is still cant wake the phone up. Note that if screen just went of if volume key pressed immedietly screen could wake up. But if screen went of for a time the volume key doesnt work. Could anyone checked it?
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Also in MIUI... just like that, may be because using the same code.
i dont think its possible to even remap keys i have tried and failed...
what happens is that when our phone goes in sleep mode... the softkeys get disabled.
deathbearer said:
i dont think its possible to even remap keys i have tried and failed...
what happens is that when our phone goes in sleep mode... the softkeys get disabled.
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The volumes key still are hard key. As we used it in cwm recovery I think it could be done by mod.
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It would seem that the closer I get to buying my SGS III, the more my cappy starts to fall apart.
Recently the power button has been on the fritz, pressing itself and opening up the power menu at random intervals as well as turning my screen on and off whenever it damn well feels like it. It's infuriating to say the least.
Is there any way to completely disable the power button so I can just use workarounds until I get my SGS III? All of the searching I've done thus far has turned up nada.
Also, yes I have taken my phone out and cleaned it with compressed air and that didn't do a damn thing. I'm pretty sure I've knocked the connection loose from all of the abuse I've given it over the last year or so.
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Go to /system/usr/keylayouts/aries- keypad.kl
And erase the line with key 116 power in it, and from there you can rename any key the new power button and then reboot. I just had to do this to my phone as well I feel your pain!
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Go to /system/usr/keylayouts/aries- keypad.kl
And erase the line with key 116 power in it, and from there you can rename any key the new power button and then reboot. I just had to do this to my phone as well I feel your pain!
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Awesome. Can I still use the key combo to get into recovery and boot my phone with the power button after I make the change?
And if I rename the search key to power button do I leave it as virtual or change it to wake?
Should it be:
Key 217 Power Virtual
Or
Key 217 Power Wake
I just want to get the syntax right the first time around. Again, you're awesome and thanks a ton!
Edit:
Got the power button remapped to the search key. Problem with that though, is that I forgot the capacitive keys don't register touch when the screen is off lol. Derp.
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Went ahead and mapped it to a volume key. Thanks again for saving my sanity!
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No problem. I don't know what rom you run but if you have the volume awake feature you can use the volumes to wake the phone and then use the search "power" button to lock and reboot and stuff.
Also this remap only applies once android has booted up so it has no affect on when in recovery or download or off anything like that.
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No problem. I don't know what rom you run but if you have the volume awake feature you can use the volumes to wake the phone and then use the search "power" button to lock and reboot and stuff.
Also this remap only applies once android has booted up so it has no affect on when in recovery or download or off anything like that.
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Yeah im on AOKP, so I was going to use it like you described until I read somewhere that it changed the key used to boot up and get into recovery. I didn't want to take the chance of having to figure out how to boot my phone without a power button.
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You could go to setting->display->volume key wakes up phone option. If youre worried about not being able to get into recovery, download rom manager if you dont already have it. There is an option to do several things like booting into recovery, backup roms, partition SD card, fix permissions, etc. What about that?
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You could go to setting->display->volume key wakes up phone option. If youre worried about not being able to get into recovery, download rom manager if you dont already have it. There is an option to do several things like booting into recovery, backup roms, partition SD card, fix permissions, etc. What about that?
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Thanks for the reply. I actually had that option enabled already when I was using the search key as a power button. Turns out though, that the volume keys dont wake the phone if you're playing music (which is like half of the time I have my phone on me outside of work lol). In the end, im just using the volume down key as a power button and its working well for me so far. If I need to get into recovery I can still use the power menu. As for not being able to power up the phone when it was bound to the search key, it's now turning on the moment the battery is inserted, so no worries there anymore ;P
Not to mention I should have my SGS 3 on Thursday, so it only has to work until then
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pizz0wn3d said:
Not to mention I should have my SGS 3 on Thursday, so it only has to work until then
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Not jealous at all... Ok maybe a little
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Not jealous at all... Ok maybe a little
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Hi guys, I have had a problem recently with my home button. I'll press it and it may work sometimes but not always. And sometimes the recent app page pops out of nowhere and I go back to the home screen without me doing anything. It seems to me like the key press is registered without my pressing it. It may not be a software fault, as I was handling the phone with wet hands last night but the problem only arose in the morning. I have a lot of trouble operating CWM as a result, with me pressing all the wrong options. Is there a way to disable the home button completely so I can use softkeys? Thanks
PS I've tried searching the fixes and all of them are software fixes.
Try the cm9 together with the softkey patch
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Thanks However can you provide a link for the one you would use? I tried searching but the only one I found for SGA was for the cm9 nightly and true enough it wouldn't boot when I tried it on rc1 or rc2
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I've tried power +volume down but have no luck, is there is a key combination to do it?
Or are there any 3rd party apps that will work?
Thx
Keep them both held down for a few seconds together should work
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press for about a second these two keys, time to do this appears to be longer
Hello and happy new year!!!
I have a question for xperia T.
With my arc s a had many times to remove the battery when something went wrong with custom roms.
With Xperia T what can we do when phone is not responding at all?
Hold the volume+ and power button together until you feel the phone vibrate 3 times consectutively. This takes around 5 - 10 seconds.
Thanks a lot.
Holding down the volume+ and power button didnt work for me, tried at least 10 times. Had to remove the backcover/battery, which was a pain in the ass. Warranty probably void too -_-
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Try the same action, but wait for the first vibrate and then let go, then try to turn on your phone, ive just tried it on my T i have here, and it works.
For me that combination worked, thanks !
But there is another combination : You have to press all physical buttons at the same time (power + vol+ + vol- + camera).
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For me that combination worked, thanks !
But there is another combination : You have to press all physical buttons at the same time (power + vol+ + vol- + camera).
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I think this is a placebo, it is only vol& power that has an effect, but could be wrong. I would like to know the facts about hardware button actions if anyone with the knowledge or skill could confirm? Thank you.
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It's just vol+ and power.
Vol- and power takes screenshot.
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It's just vol+ and power.
Vol- and power takes screenshot.
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Dude, I did not know that shortcut, I've been using power button menu, thank you pressed!! These are the kind of tips that deserve listing, do you have more!!!!??!!!! Perhaps Greg could add a "handy features" section to his guide!!
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I will add that feature when I get back to my computer, and if people want to pm me with more useful tips I will add then as well.
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