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Hello XDA'ers,
I am wondering what the reason behind why the buttons (camera, power, green, red, etc.) in Android on HTC Vogue map to the various tasks they do? For example, the camera button is back, but why not the red button? Is this something hard set in Android and cannot be changed or did someone specifically set it up this way for a reason?
Secondly I am wondering if I create a new "keylayout file" (source.android.com/porting/keymaps_keyboard_input.html) or modify the default one in /system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl will I be able to change the mapping of these buttons?
Compared to the Win Mobile mapping, they button layout can take some getting used to,
but once you get used to it, it's actually a very cool layout, especially if you are right handed.
You can hold the phone in your left hand, and use your thumb to access the settings 'top button',
Use your ring-finger to always back-out or end an app
Green button for phone / initiating calls
Red button to end a call, sleep mode, or power off
I wish the d-pad had more use, but I'm always using the stylus, so barely use it.
Would love for the d-pad center key to maybe be the main power-off button.
Does_It_Matter said:
... It's actually a very cool layout.
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I wish the d-pad had more use, but I'm always using the stylus, so barely use it.
Would love for the d-pad center key to maybe be the main power-off button.
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I completely agree the current layout is a very cool layout indeed, but as I imagine most people on here like to tinker it may be interesting to know how to customize the button bindings.
I am not sure if its just a matter of changing the button layout file.
I looked at that qwerty.kl file in the android.tgz
It looks like its just a mapping file, and if you change the mapping, you change
buttons,
but doesn't that mean you're just re-mapping the button itself?
Not re-mapping its functionality?
I.e., if you remapped the camera button to the d-pad center, for example, then
the d-pad center would do all functions the camera button used to do,
and the camera button would do any functions the d-pad center would?
Seems like you'd actually have to change more code than just the .kl file?
i wrote this application for polaris, and with simple changes you can add the vogue setup...
I'm an amateur at all this I've managed to get my nook color rooted, and I've installed a few apps. I've tried softkeys, but I'm not 100% happy with the result. First it wouldn't start on its own after a reboot. I reconfigured it following some directions form another user, and it starts now, but it's still too "busy", with bars and buttons popping up all over.
ALL I WANT is an app or some way to configure a "back" button and "menu" button in the lower black bar where the clock, bettery meter, etc are? Any ideas?
Either that, or is there a way to turn off ALL THE OTHER FUNCTIONS AND DISPLAYS of softkeys EXCEPT the ability to go "back" when pressing the physical "N"/home button, which is how I have it now.
In the end, I don't want any "back" or "menu" buttons on the actual viewable screen except the lower black bar.
THANKS a million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not quite what you asked for but i remapped my volume keys for menu and back. works great for my needs. i control volume with a widget now.
hxxp://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Remap_volume_buttons_for_back_and_menu
hope this solves your frustrations with hotkeys.
nookcolor
zeam launcher
Well, if all you want is a back button on the notification bar..... you have one. Not talking about the back button that appears on there either. Just swipe left on the notification bar and it should always work as a back button.
Other than that, there's an app you can try called Button Savior you can get from the Market. It has a small launcher button that appears on the edge of the screen. You can move it around a limited range as you see fit. It's not as complicated or as "busy" as Softkeys.
If you find the visible button not to your liking, you can try this modded version of Button Savior. The button is invisible. You can see where the button actually lies by switching to the Sense UI theme. Then back to the default or Froyo theme to make it invisible once more. The modded version of Button Savior can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897253
I suggest you try the Market version of Button Savior first.
I'm going to second Button Savior. It hasn't let me down once
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g-costanza said:
I'm an amateur at all this I've managed to get my nook color rooted, and I've installed a few apps. I've tried softkeys, but I'm not 100% happy with the result. First it wouldn't start on its own after a reboot. I reconfigured it following some directions form another user, and it starts now, but it's still too "busy", with bars and buttons popping up all over.
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You don't have Softkeys set up properly..
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Default_Launcher
I understand what you are looking for. I would like the same thing, but I do not believe there is anything out there for us..
I may end up remapping the volume keys myself.
spikey911 said:
I understand what you are looking for. I would like the same thing, but I do not believe there is anything out there for us..
I may end up remapping the volume keys myself.
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With SoftKeys you can put the menu and back buttons in the notification area, since ver. 1.0.8 I believe. Then, disable the popper, and you are good to go.
Just wondering if people have done it and didn't like it, or vice-versa. It does seem bad for the hardware, but I can't stand softkeys/button saviour.
If you're using nookie Froyo, you can try the MENU/BACK soft buttons in the status bar mod, instead of remapping the vol+/- buttons. I've been using it since it came out, and can confim it works for nookie Froyo 6.7. Here's the link to the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932631
It does have it's issues, mainly with the stock browser, and causing it to FC. Other than that I have not noticed any other problems.
If you are interested in useing the mod, but don't know how to install it, let me know. I'll pm you or post instructions.
I absolutely recommend remapping the volume buttons. Softkeys is nice, but kind of a pain sometimes. For instance, when I would view pictures in the XDA APP, I would have to restart the app instead of backing out, for some reason softkeys wouldnt let me back out of the picture viewer. It's just much easier to have the menu and back buttons always available than rely on software. I installed volume volume control if I need to adjust volume for some reason.
Is there an app that puts volume in the status bar that anyone knows of?
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Just wondering if people have done it and didn't like it, or vice-versa. It does seem bad for the hardware, but I can't stand softkeys/button saviour.
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Yup... I've got a Pandigital Novel(white v2) w/custom fw and it'd be essentially useless w/o re-mapping the vol keys to menu and back along with soft-keys in the notification bar...
NC has one up on the WPDN though, it has the n home key plus the 2 vol keys and volume can be controlled through setting or a quick-settings app anyways or by adding soft-keys... still no substitue for physical keys or capacitive screen keys though, unfortunately... (spoilt by gtab with the full complement...)
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buffnutz1 said:
I'm sure you guys know where I'm screwing up. After I adb pull, I only get this
/system/usr/keylayout/twl4030-keypad.kl -> ./twl4030-keypad.kl
/system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl -> ./qwerty.kl
/system/usr/keylayout/AVRCP.kl -> ./AVRCP.kl
but it says to edit " 'TWL4030_Keypad.kl' and 'omap_twl4030keypad.kl' "with your text editor of choice; I used vi, always a safe choice.
I don't have the omap. what should I do?
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Just modify the qwerty.kl in the place of omap. That's what I did and things are working fine.
--ex
Love my remapped buttons and i saved the originals so i can go back anytime i wish.
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Is there an app that puts volume in the status bar that anyone knows of?
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I am on the stock 1.1 rooted and have mapped my volume buttons - I have tried the other ones, and I MUCH prefer having hard buttons.
I downloaded a volume app "Volume Master Free". It has about 5 different volume controls, but I only use the system volume and the media volume controls.
I use Zeam as home screen; and I put a shortcut to Volume Master on the bottom right of my Zeam shortcut bar. It works very well. I do need to go to the home screen to change volume; but I can tap on the notification bar and toggle mute, so that works for me.
Yes, it makes a huge difference on the stock rom and froyo -- though honeycomb's soft buttons eliminate the need to do so.
Can't recommend remapping the keys enough. On froyo it makes a huge difference in functionality on. The device, life is a pain without it.
how do you remap the vol buttons? i would love to do it
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how do you remap the vol buttons? i would love to do it
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Go here for instructions:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Remap_volume_buttons_for_back_and_menu
--ex
I remapped.
I also recommend remapping your volume buttons. It's handy having tactile buttons for the back and menu functions.
What really sold me on remapping was that I didn't like to have a Softkeys button floating on the home screen. Without a floating button, I would have to double tap the hardware "N" button to bring up the Softkeys interface, then hit "menu" or "back." If I have to double tap a hardware button to use "menu" or "back," I might as well just remap those functions to the volume buttons and use a single tap.
evilxenu said:
Go here for instructions:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Remap_volume_buttons_for_back_and_menu
--ex
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thanks. will attempt over the weekend
can remapping the volume buttons be done when running cm7 nightlies off SD ?
I didn't find a definitive answer
I ran with the CM7 softkeys, Button Savior, remapped volume keys and I just finally settled on zMooth.
Is there a way to disable the four capacitive buttons on the Tab with CM9 installed? I downloaded Tab Button Remapper from the market, but it only FC after giving it root permission.
Not yet at the moment. Perhaps you could try disabling the soft buttons instead. That's why I did for now anyways.
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Yes u can, install this zip with recovery mod in your external sd. This fix and remove soft bottoms and enable usb mass storage when u conect to pc
Excellent! Thank you both for the reply and tavooluis for the file!
EDIT-Ah well I guess I wasn't clear enough on the buttons i wanted disabled--the four buttons on the bottom of the Tab (menu, home, back, search) not the onscreen buttons, but, hey, it IS great to have USB working!
lambstone said:
Not yet at the moment. Perhaps you could try disabling the soft buttons instead. That's why I did for now anyways.
Sent from a Galaxy S 2 Far Away
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Ok, figured it out......I'm not a DEV, so especially [insert standard disclaimers here].
I used ES File Explorer to go to /system/usr/keylayout/ and I commented out (#) all four of the following entries in AT42QT602240_Touchscreen.kl:
key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
key 102 HOME WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
key 217 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
I, personally, like using just the onscreen buttons. Now to get the LEDs to stay off. For now I'm using Button Brightness Widget from the market to turn them off while I'm using it.
ICS Soft buttons only (disabled & dim-able capacitive buttons!)
NovaChief said:
Ok, figured it out......I'm not a DEV, so especially [insert standard disclaimers here].
I used ES File Explorer to go to /system/usr/keylayout/ and I commented out (#) all four of the following entries in AT42QT602240_Touchscreen.kl:
key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
key 102 HOME WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
key 217 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED VIRTUAL
I, personally, like using just the onscreen buttons. Now to get the LEDs to stay off. For now I'm using Button Brightness Widget from the market to turn them off while I'm using it.
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Thanks a ton for this info... maybe this tidbit will help you a bit -
Did you know that there is a button back-light on/off function built in the ICS CM9 kernel for our Tabs !
koxudaxi developed this in his own kernel and yes it is in there
To use, simply tap and hold the menu key for like 3 seconds then release !
Do the same to toggle back on.
***Edit - I got to thinking....that with the buttons disabled then ofcourse koxudaxi's switcher wouldn't work right?
BUT to my surprise now I have CM9, soft buttons only, with capacitive buttons disabled, and press menu for 3 secs - lights out !
I am now super happy with ICS on tab
Thanks to koxudaxi, humberos for kernel, and NovaChief for this missing puzzle piece.
-peace-
nadiros said:
Thanks a ton for this info... maybe this tidbit will help you a bit -
Did you know that there is a button back-light on/off function built in the ICS CM9 kernel for our Tabs !
koxudaxi developed this in his own kernel and yes it is in there
To use, simply tap and hold the menu key for like 3 seconds then release !
Do the same to toggle back on.
***Edit - I got to thinking....that with the buttons disabled then ofcourse koxudaxi's switcher wouldn't work right?
BUT to my surprise now I have CM9, soft buttons only, with capacitive buttons disabled, and press menu for 3 secs - lights out !
I am now super happy with ICS on tab
Thanks to koxudaxi, humberos for kernel, and NovaChief for this missing puzzle piece.
-peace-
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Is usb storage working for you? The stock cm9 usb storage I mean. I flashed the zip provided to remove the soft buttons and it worked. So if you did not flash the particular "fix" and instead just disabled the capacitive buttons, does the usb storage work?
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Is usb storage working for you? The stock cm9 usb storage I mean. I flashed the zip provided to remove the soft buttons and it worked. So if you did not flash the particular "fix" and instead just disabled the capacitive buttons, does the usb storage work?
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No it's not working ATM. I did flash the zip, but when I noticed that the onscreen buttons were gone I flashed back. I did copy/paste the "volds" that was posted in the DEV thread to switch the mount points, but have not gotten usb to pc to work yet. Not a big deal for me right now because i can use BT to transfer files to/from the pc. Takes a bit longer than USB, but it works.
nadiros said:
Did you know that there is a button back-light on/off function built in the ICS CM9 kernel for our Tabs !
koxudaxi developed this in his own kernel and yes it is in there
To use, simply tap and hold the menu key for like 3 seconds then release !
Do the same to toggle back on.
***Edit - I got to thinking....that with the buttons disabled then ofcourse koxudaxi's switcher wouldn't work right?
BUT to my surprise now I have CM9, soft buttons only, with capacitive buttons disabled, and press menu for 3 secs - lights out !
I am now super happy with ICS on tab
Thanks to koxudaxi, humberos for kernel, and NovaChief for this missing puzzle piece.
-peace-
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That, plus BLN Control Free keeps the lights off perfectly. Thanks for that tip!
oh dear , how i install Cm9 ??? help me and please got it screen shoot in topic
lambstone said:
Is usb storage working for you? The stock cm9 usb storage I mean. I flashed the zip provided to remove the soft buttons and it worked. So if you did not flash the particular "fix" and instead just disabled the capacitive buttons, does the usb storage work?
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Eh - There appears to be conflicting info in this thread.... OP wanted capacitive "hard" buttons disabled.
The "sbradymobile_fixes.zip" that was posted to help removes the soft buttons entirely
and that is just counter productive
***in short DO NOT flash the zip if you wish to achieve what the OP wanted***
Posts #5 & #6 have all the info needed
-peace-
IT WORKS! Thank you so much. Finally,a great ICS experience on my old Tab.
Nice!
What roms are you guys using?
Maybe we could get the chefs to cook this in as activated by default?
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I'm using a custom Sense 5 rom, and was wondering how do you enable it. I already tried the build.prop trick, but it didn't work. Anything i'm missing? Yes I know there's the capacitive buttons, but there's already a on-screen menu button. Might as well turn it into the whole nav button. And yes, I know I can disable the on-screen menu button, but I like to SEE if there's a menu button in the app. Plus i'm coming from a GNex, so i'm used to the nav bar.
Anyone?
I want softkeys as well, but my experience is that it doesn't work with other than cm/aosp roms. Anyone that knows why or a workaround?