Does the Droid Turbo has some kind of options to disable the capacitive buttons and enable the on screen navbar instead? Like the OnePlus One let's you do from the settings without rooting?
If not, would any of you know if the capacitive buttons are temporarily disabled while in Immersive Mode? (example, watching videos on youtube)
vibrunazo said:
Does the Droid Turbo has some kind of options to disable the capacitive buttons and enable the on screen navbar instead? Like the OnePlus One let's you do from the settings without rooting?
If not, would any of you know if the capacitive buttons are temporarily disabled while in Immersive Mode? (example, watching videos on youtube)
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It does not have the option to disable the capacitive buttons and enable a navbar, nor does it disable the buttons while in immersive mode.
vibrunazo said:
Does the Droid Turbo has some kind of options to disable the capacitive buttons and enable the on screen navbar instead? Like the OnePlus One let's you do from the settings without rooting?
If not, would any of you know if the capacitive buttons are temporarily disabled while in Immersive Mode? (example, watching videos on youtube)
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The app Lux (paid version) will do what you want! I use it to turn off the capacitive buttoms when watching movies or just don't want to be distracted by the buttons (I already know where they are!). Great app. Worth every penny! Should be part of any phone that uses capacitive buttons.
I use the N6 as a righty so having to reach for the back button in one handed use is tough. Has anyone seen an easy way to swap the back and recents soft keys?
You'd have to root to swap. Try Pie controls from the app stote. Make sure to enable the back button in the settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
I always install this one on every Android device. Started with the note 2 [emoji2]
Only have home, back, and recent on the pie
LMT Launcher is on all my phones. It's not really a Launcher either, just the name.
Not yet available, will have to wait for custom ROMs with this feature or manually do the changes via code.
Is it possible to disable the hardware/capacitive home/back/recents buttons on a stock 6.0.1 ROM?
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 in build.prop doesn't work, on-screen buttons are not appearing.
The default sec_touchkey.kl file in ./system/usr/keylayout/ doesn't exist in the Samsung ROM, as it does in AOSP-based ones.
There isn't even an option in the settings to disable the annoyingly bright backlight of the back/recents buttons, as far as I looked. (Edit: Galaxy Button Lights 2 at least can do that)
I guess Samsung removed and/or broke that all in their customizations. While this tutorial works fine on Lineage 14.1, it doesn't on stock 6.0.1.
Is there anything I can do about that, or is it hopeless?
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In the end, I installed All In One Gestures to disable the hardware buttons, and Pie Control to get a decent-ish navigation for the large screen.
It's an ugly solution, having to install two apps instead of a few simple text edits to the system - but I guess that's as good as it gets with a Samsung stock ROM...
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Turns out, Pie Control triggers that extremely annoying "Screen overlay detected" bug/feature. Whenever you install a new app that requires some permissions, you have to disable screen overlay for Pie Control in the system settings, otherwise the app won't start.
So I uninstalled both All In One Gestures and Pie Control, and am trying Xposed Edge now. While its Pie features are very basic (almost no customization), at least it's an Xposed module, so it doesn't trigger the "Screen overlay detected" bug like a 'normal' app. And it can disable the hardware/capacitive buttons as well, without needing yet another app installed.
Another issue with disabling the capacitive buttons is, that none of the above methods disable the long-press on the back button, so you still kill the running app when inadvertently resting a finger on the back button. Luckily, by disabling the back button in the Generic.kl file, as Alta1r wrote, this issue is fixed.
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Trying Unique Controls now, because... its Pie controls are prettier than Xposed Edge's. :^)
Scratch that, this one triggers the "Screen overlay detected" bug as well. Guess it just doesn't work without Xposed and/or root.
You should be able to disable the back and recent keys by editing the Generic.kl file (same directory you mention above). Put a # in front of key 158 and key 254. Save and reboot. To revert remove the # and reboot or restore a backup of the file. Obviously you need root to do this.
No idea how to enable the onscreen buttons through buidprop, but there's an app on the play store that can do this: gmd auto hide soft keys https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
I have the app and used it before, but I personally prefer the same developer's other app gmd gesturecontrol to go back, switch to recent apps or go to the home screen (and anything else you want).
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Actually, Package Disabler Pro can disable the back and recent apps hardware nav buttons without *root*.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
Alta1r said:
You should be able to disable the back and recent keys by editing the Generic.kl file (same directory you mention above). Put a # in front of key 158 and key 254. Save and reboot. To revert remove the # and reboot or restore a backup of the file. Obviously you need root to do this.
No idea how to enable the onscreen buttons through buidprop, but there's an app on the play store that can do this: gmd auto hide soft keys https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
I have the app and used it before, but I personally prefer the same developer's other app gmd gesturecontrol to go back, switch to recent apps or go to the home screen (and anything else you want).
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Thank you for the tip about the Generic.kl button mappings. This appears to be the only way to disable the long-press on the back button, so the running app doesn't get killed. Not even the Xposed Edge module can prevent that. (I added that to the OP above.)
I bought the full version of GMD Gesture Control back in the days, haven't used it in years. Might give it a try, and hope it doesn't trigger the awful "Screen overlay detected" bug, like Pie Control does.
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Actually, Package Disabler Pro can disable the back and recent apps hardware nav buttons without *root*.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
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Thanks, I'm rooted, so that shouldn't be an issue.
dfkt_ said:
I bought the full version of GMD Gesture Control back in the days, haven't used it in years. Might give it a try, and hope it doesn't trigger the awful "Screen overlay detected" bug, like Pie Control does..
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I'm using GMD Gesture Control and only 1 app is giving me that bug, but not even sure if it's due to GMD Gesture Control as I have to turn off all app screen overlay permissions before the app can get its permissions. So I guess you should be fine.
Niii4 said:
Actually, Package Disabler Pro can disable the back and recent apps hardware nav buttons without *root*.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
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Digging this up from the dead, but I'm using a Note 5 now. What do you disable?
Guys is there any root mod that will enable the capacitive buttons to be always on when the screen on under Oxygen OS?
Currently i am using an app called KBC - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deskangel.kblight , however surely there has to be a hack or a mod to enable this permanently...
Help ?
There is this settings to make virtual home button react on pressure.
So when pressing lower part of screen device can be awake, even there is no physical home button.
Is it possible to override it with xposed or something?
How it works, is note 8 screen 3d touch enabled?
If you do not want the function, you can disable in settings, or, what exactly do you want?
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If you do not want the function, you can disable in settings, or, what exactly do you want?
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I'm guessing he wants to remap the button so it does something else like turning off the screen and locking the phone for example. I don't think it's possible (yet at least) but it would be nice to have that option.
Then the closest thing available would be to remap the home button in nav bar , it can be done with greenify