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Menu button

Please tell me you can get rid of that ugly black bar menu button in apps. Is there a way to route the menu button to holding down the back button or something? This will decide if I buy the phone or not.

Yes it is possible but at the moment only of you root. The option was available in pre release software so it's always possible HTC will include the option in a future update.
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tdingene said:
Yes it is possible but at the moment only of you root. The option was available in pre release software so it's always possible HTC will include the option in a future update.
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Thanks, guess I won't be purchasing the phone.

brian85 said:
Thanks, guess I won't be purchasing the phone.
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That's awesome. Glad u made such a wise decision.
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Wow, not purchasing the phone due to that? Come on dude, please tell me you are not that anal retentive over something so small.
Then again what is small to me, might be huge to someone else.
Losing out on what looks to be an awesome phone and may even be fixed with a future OTA update..
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Thanks, guess I won't be purchasing the phone.
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How can you not purchase the phone over a silly problem as that?? anyways rooting is an option also wait for htc to update it

It's not a dealbreaker to me but I understand that it can be for someone as it takes away some screen real estate. For the same reason software buttons are a dealbreaker to so many people.

Because its annoying and takes up real estate on a screen that is only 4.7". I'm confident it will be fixed via software update. But if would sure piss me off until then. Assuming this thing ever gets released I the US... I'll still buy
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CreepyDroid said:
It's not a dealbreaker to me but I understand that it can be for someone as it takes away some screen real estate. For the same reason software buttons are a dealbreaker to so many people.
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CraigP17 said:
Because its annoying and takes up real estate on a screen that is only 4.7". I'm confident it will be fixed via software update. But if would sure piss me off until then. Assuming this thing ever gets released I the US... I'll still buy
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Both of these. It's annoying as hell and I don't want to "hack" my phone to get rid of it.
I'll wait and see if the US models have the option to get rid of it at launch. If not, different phone for me (I'm not going to wait for a software update that could "possibly" happen).

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flyaway9000 said:
How can you not purchase the phone over a silly problem as that?? anyways rooting is an option also wait for htc to update it
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Honestly... If this was the only new phone coming to the market this year your argument might make sense. I dunno his opinion but for me. I like having a consistent menu button and not having onscreen buttons... Now when you have this and the galaxy s IV among other phones coming out or currently out... And like some of the stuff with each, and one has something that you know aggravates you, it could be enough to send you to a different phone.
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I am the one who made the mod to remove that menu button on the screen and reverted back the option to map it on the back button. Apparently it's just a bug and they did not remove it. So expect it to be fixed/back on the next standard update when the phone is already released globally.
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Both of these. It's annoying as hell and I don't want to "hack" my phone to get rid of it.
I'll wait and see if the US models have the option to get rid of it at launch. If not, different phone for me (I'm not going to wait for a software update that could "possibly" happen).
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brian85 said:
Thanks, guess I won't be purchasing the phone.
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I thought exactly the same way and even cancelled my pre-order because of that but after playing around with a mates HTC One I was like.... woah this ain't as bad as I thought it would be and ordered one again a couple of days later.
Trust me with the screen as big as it is you end up with the same usable space with the menu bar as the Nexus 4 and I am sure a firmware fix will be coming in the future and/or apps will be updated to match the google guidelines (facebook are you seeing this!!!)
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Riyal said:
I am the one who made the mod to remove that menu button on the screen and reverted back the option to map it on the back button. Apparently it's just a bug and they did not remove it. So expect it to be fixed/back on the next standard update when the phone is already released globally.
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Where did you hear it's just a bug and you expect it will be fixed in the next update?

Like I said I was the one who made that mod in the development section. Obviously I already know how it functions/why it's not showing up in the menu/why it's not working in the stock ROM. And the whole code was in there and intact. It was just not updated so it's not showing itself in the menu options.
If I translate the code in english language it goes like this.
Back menu option: Hey are you "HTC One-debug"?
HTC One: No I am "HTC One"
Back menu option: Sorry then you can't use me I'm only available on a device named "HTC One-debug" not "HTC One"
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So what I did was
HTC One: Hi!
Back menu option: Enough talk! Just use me.
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Sounds stupid if you're not a programmer but really! That's whats happening there! lol
daleski75 said:
I thought exactly the same way and even cancelled my pre-order because of that but after playing around with a mates HTC One I was like.... woah this ain't as bad as I thought it would be and ordered one again a couple of days later.
Trust me with the screen as big as it is you end up with the same usable space with the menu bar as the Nexus 4 and I am sure a firmware fix will be coming in the future and/or apps will be updated to match the google guidelines (facebook are you seeing this!!!)
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Where did you hear it's just a bug and you expect it will be fixed in the next update?
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Riyal said:
Like I said I was the one who made that mod in the development section. Obviously I already know how it functions/why it's not showing up in the menu/why it's not working in the stock ROM. And the whole code was in there and intact. It was just not updated so it's not showing itself in the menu options.
If I translate the code in english language it goes like this.
So what I did was
Sounds stupid if you're not a programmer but really! That's whats happening there! lol
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I asked about where did you hear the information about the fix in the next update not kiddie speak for explaining how you fixed the issue.

1. Properly designed apps that use Google's design framework will have an in-app menu button. So no black menu bar. Vast majority of apps now won't require the black bar.
2. HTC got rid of it on the One X when user feedback said they wanted it gone. I see no reason to assume they won't do it again if enough people say they don't want it.

Like I said it's just a minor bug. HTC just skipped updating this one piece of code for it to work on the production units.
Meh! I give up! lol
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I asked about where did you hear the information about the fix in the next update not kiddie speak for explaining how you fixed the issue.
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I asked about where did you hear the information about the fix in the next update not kiddie speak for explaining how you fixed the issue.
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He was merely explaining how the bug worked to point out that mapping Menu to Long-Back option is, actually, meant to still be there. HTC simply forgot to make sure that scripts in all places were talking about the same device.
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I know it's a bug and how he fixed it but let me quote what he said...
Apparently it's just a bug and they did not remove it. So expect it to be fixed/back on the next standard update when the phone is already released globally.
Was this bit just guessing or is it from a well known source??

JesseMT4G said:
Wow, not purchasing the phone due to that? Come on dude, please tell me you are not that anal retentive over something so small.
Then again what is small to me, might be huge to someone else.
Losing out on what looks to be an awesome phone and may even be fixed with a future OTA update..
Sent from a galaxy far away!
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Flaming isnt necessary really
People use their phone differently, its the same reason why theres never a "best rom" or a rom with the "best battery life"
And to the other comments, its likely not to be patched so that they have more reasons to sell a "developer" version

I may have a bad news related on HTC to bring back button remapping options.
Just saw engadget chinese mention in their HTC One review about that Google MIGHT be the force behind that lead to HTC sudden removal the remapping option from HTC One's newer ROM because Google insisting the menu button must somehow be 'observable' on sight.
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[Q] Stock Android with HTC Camera App?

Does anyone know if there is a rom with stock android AND HTC camera app? Or is it even possible?
If you know of such thing, please do share! :angel:

Unfortunately the camera, like most apps, are deeply tied into the framework. If I could get Zoe, highlights and that stuff on AOSP I would switch in a heartbeat.
But in a ray of good news Hugo said that they were working with HTC on a solution... so hopefully the stock Android experience will benefit from Samsung and HTC
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Thanks for the reply, I will wait patiently.
But do you think they will comply? I mean, Zoe is one of the selling point of HTC One, I can't imagine they'll give that up.

dragone7e said:
Thanks for the reply, I will wait patiently.
But do you think they will comply? I mean, Zoe is one of the selling point of HTC One, I can't imagine they'll give that up.
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i dont think so although we will still have the ultrapixel camera

Camera issues

Good morning all, picked up this phone to test for my sons. I did root\debloat using the DirtyCow method. I wanted to use a better camera app so I installed the Google camera app which for me worked better. I uninstalled the native app. That broke ALL camera functions. Now no camera app works. Has anyone had this issue?

edwill44 said:
Good morning all, picked up this phone to test for my sons. I did root\debloat using the DirtyCow method. I wanted to use a better camera app so I installed the Google camera app which for me worked better. I uninstalled the native app. That broke ALL camera functions. Now no camera app works. Has anyone had this issue?
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In a sort of kind of way.
In such that cm builds do not have a work in camera, and they do not have the stock app
Ooh can this be a breakthrough on the problem

mrmazak said:
In a sort of kind of way.
In such that cm builds do not have a work in camera, and they do not have the stock app
Ooh can this be a breakthrough on the problem
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This means that there are hooks between the camera and the OS that haven't been discovered yet. Earlier CM builds had this issue for other phones too. I'm not a developer but I know a little about code. I'll grab a Logcat to see if something jumps out at me.

edwill44 said:
This means that there are hooks between the camera and the OS that haven't been discovered yet. Earlier CM builds had this issue for other phones too. I'm not a developer but I know a little about code. I'll grab a Logcat to see if something jumps out at me.
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I just tried to create same condition. By installing open camera and renaming myoscamera.apk to myoscamera.spk_
But the result was open camera still worked.
So what did you remove when you did it.?

mrmazak said:
I just tried to create same condition. By installing open camera and renaming myoscamera.apk to myoscamera.spk_
But the result was open camera still worked.
So what did you remove when you did it.?
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As far as I know just the stock camera app. I used Titanium Backup too do it.

edwill44 said:
As far as I know just the stock camera app. I used Titanium Backup too do it.
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It is not supposed to be an issue with the app being used, and rather the libs for the camera. But I will continue to try things out in this direction. Hopefully will find some hidden lib being called by the stock app and not by other apps.

mrmazak said:
It is not supposed to be an issue with the app being used, and rather the libs for the camera. But I will continue to try things out in this direction. Hopefully will find some hidden lib being called by the stock app and not by other apps.
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Ok all camera apps that I've installed created the same entries.

edwill44 said:
Ok all camera apps that I've installed created the same entries.
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I am far from expert, I don't notice a connection to camera with these logcat entries.
I assume you did not make copy / backup before removing stock camera.
I think this recovery package should restore your camera.
It is files from v17 and v8.3 stock, you never said what version you were on. I can put up version for whichever one you have, since these should only work on v17 and v8.3

mrmazak said:
I am far from expert, I don't notice a connection to camera with these logcat entries.
I assume you did not make copy / backup before removing stock camera.
I think this recovery package should restore your camera.
It is files from v17 and v8.3 stock, you never said what version you were on. I can put up version for whichever one you have, since these should only work on v17 and v8.3
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Apologies, I forgot that part. It's been a while since I've been here.

edwill44 said:
Apologies, I forgot that part. It's been a while since I've been here.
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as long as you are not mistaken and you didn't also remove some other files. this is supposed to reinstall the stock camera app
if this doesn't fix it you should reinstall the OS

mrmazak said:
as long as you are not mistaken and you didn't also remove some other files. this is supposed to reinstall the stock camera app
if this doesn't fix it you should reinstall the OS
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Unfortunately, installing the 6.6 zip didn't work for me. I tried to restore stock but I get am error when restoring 'system'. I'm just going to buy another and grab the image from it.

edwill44 said:
Unfortunately, installing the 6.6 zip didn't work for me. I tried to restore stock but I get am error when restoring 'system'. I'm just going to buy another and grab the image from it.
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There is images on the forum already, but if you would rather get a second d phone , your choice.

mrmazak said:
There is images on the forum already, but if you would rather get a second d phone , your choice.
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I was looking for them before I opened this topic. I am buying this phone for my sons so I was getting then anyway. I eventually want to learn to build roms and the plan is to start with this one.

edwill44 said:
Good morning all, picked up this phone to test for my sons. I did root\debloat using the DirtyCow method. I wanted to use a better camera app so I installed the Google camera app which for me worked better. I uninstalled the native app. That broke ALL camera functions. Now no camera app works. Has anyone had this issue?
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Ok quick update: I did flash back to stock and the camera works fine now. I didn't remember how poor the camera quality is I still use some 8mp cameras but IMO this is bad.

edwill44 said:
I was looking for them before I opened this topic. I am buying this phone for my sons so I was getting then anyway. I eventually want to learn to build roms and the plan is to start with this one.
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Sadly you picked the wrong phone for learning development on, you need to choose another phone.
Blu has decided to lock this phone down, so future users won't even be able to root let alone flash custom firmware.
Even if Blu didn't the development is dead on this device anyway. This phone using Sony camera which no one has been able to get to work on custom ROMs.
One can port to another ROM provided that donor phone also uses Sony camera.
This is 100% the wrong phone to try and learn to develop on.
Best phones for beginners are Nexus and Samsung, simply cause more developer's have these phones, so they have the time to teach.
Phone with few developers are not meant for beginners to learn from, the less developers a device has the less time anyone has to teach.
As far as I know I am the only developer on my current device, it's a good phone, but I don't have to time to teach beginners, that's why I recommended Samsung or Nexus.
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vampirefo said:
Sadly you picked the wrong phone for learning development on, you need to choose another phone.
Blu has decided to lock this phone down, so future users won't even be able to root let alone flash custom firmware.
Even if Blu didn't the development is dead on this device anyway. This phone using Sony camera which no one has been able to get to work on custom ROMs.
One can port to another ROM provided that donor phone also uses Sony camera.
This is 100% the wrong to try and learn to develop on.
Best phones for beginners are Nexus and Samsung, simply cause more developer's have these phones, so they have the time to teach.
Phone with few developers are not meant for beginners to learn from, the less developers a device has the less time anyone has to teach.
As far as I know I am the only developer on my current device, it's a good phone, but I don't have to time to teach beginners, that's why I recommended Samsung or Nexus.
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Actually, I have plenty of time to learn. The fact that this device has been difficult to work with is the challenge I want. I absolutely don't like Samsung and everybody works with Nexus. If I fail then so be it. At least I'll learn what not to do.

edwill44 said:
Actually, I have plenty of time to learn. The fact that this device has been difficult to work with is the challenge I want. I absolutely don't like Samsung and everybody works with Nexus. If I fail then so be it. At least I'll learn what not to do.
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Good luck then, if you have one of the locked preloaders you will learn very soon what not to do.
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Does the Google Camera(ported) work on this device?

Hello all!
I want to know if any port of Google Camera works on this device?
Thanks!
EDIT - It is vanilla G6 Model. Not the Play or Plus version.

As far as I know it doesn't work on arm32 software, has to be arm64, I've tried several ports and can't get them to work. Hopefully we will get an arm64 firmware at some point.

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As far as I know it doesn't work on arm32 software, has to be arm64, I've tried several ports and can't get them to work. Hopefully we will get an arm64 firmware at some point.
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Oh.. Thats is kind of a deal breaker for me. I heard about the awful shutter-lag this phone has and i use my camera alot.
How would you review the camera app?

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Oh.. Thats is kind of a deal breaker for me. I heard about the awful shutter-lag this phone has and i use my camera alot.
How would you review the camera app?
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It's not bad, but then again I'm not trying to take pictures at a sporting event or something, I'd use my actual camera to do that. If I take a picture on the phone it's usually of something that doesn't move.

SnapDrag910 said:
Oh.. Thats is kind of a deal breaker for me. I heard about the awful shutter-lag this phone has and i use my camera alot.
How would you review the camera app?
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In testing today I'm on the newest update I know of and running the one custom kernel available (could be the reason) but I have next to no lag when taking a photo, it takes when I hit the button.

Bluemgt06 said:
In testing today I'm on the newest update I know of and running the one custom kernel available (could be the reason) but I have next to no lag when taking a photo, it takes when I hit the button.
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Ressurect Kernel?
Thanks for the update :good:

Google Camera Port Hub for Huawei?

Is it somehow possible to bring the Google Camera port to the P20? If not, are there any other camera mods which are good?

Next time use search.This topic exist....

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Next time use search.This topic exist....
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There are so many threads out here. Which one is the right one?

Lovely high end cameras