Howdy! A few hours back I got my hands on this lovely new HD2. I've already set it up with a nice Energy ROM (thanks NRGZ!) and customized it to my heart's desire (I came from an Xperia X1).
Now, one thing really bugs me, whenever I use the end key, the phone goes into standby. I want it to do the following:
Short click: Screen off
Long click: Standby
I'm aware of apps such as AEBPlus. However, for the X1, there was a specific APP, X1BH (X1 button hook / button capture etc.) Is there something similar for the HD2? I haven't yet been able to find it.
Thanks in advance!
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I have had my Advantage 7501 for over a month now and love it except for a couple of features.
**One is the key baord is hard to use in a low light situation.
** Another is the lack of a DEDICATED phone button on screen
**Third is the camera settings ie shaky images
maybe a little experience is around that has not found me and my personal issues yet...........
Any ideas?
Hi there
Nope, no blacklit screen dedicated to the Athena that I know of.
BUT having the same needs, here is how I do with my Athena + Black dual PK 3 ROM:
- sound settings: play a soft "tick" when pressing a hardware key. This alone makes the Athena keyboard, in my opinion, infinitly more usable as it provides you with a "feedback" stimulus, even if it's not a mecanical one. You *know* when you have pressed a key "successfully";
- in low light conditions: the TekSoft software keyboard that's integrated (and the full, unrestricted version too !) into the Black Dual PK ROM;
- Use AEButtons to redefine the FLAG button as a phone button, that's what I did.
HTH !
I use AEBPlus and have the Win key single-press assigned to the Green key function, but mostly I use the Jabra BT8010 to answer and software like PocketCM to dial.
I have PKs AP Dual 3.0 ROM which includes Teksoft's FingerTouch soft keyboard which I use in the dark. (If you're doing that much with the keyboard in the dark, maybe your spouse is right. Put *that* thing away for a while....)
The camera is HTC. And it is, after all, a phone camera. But yeah, one would hope HTC would learn that just a great camera on a unit like this would sell a million more of them at a much higher price tag.
does anyone know of a responsive dialer? I am looking for an original looking(bigger buttons would be nice) dialer that doesnt have a delay between pressing and recognition/drawing/tone. The lag time on all the dialers i have used seems excessive. I wonder why, as response to screen presses are quite snappy otherwise.
sorry I am no help here..............I would like to see a dialer that is more responsive too. I imagine it has something to do with how fast the processor can process the little app's requests...........not too fast it appears.
i dont know about wm6, but i'm using wm5 and turning off smartdialing helps A LOT, well not much help if you do use smartdialing...
mthomas said:
does anyone know of a responsive dialer? I am looking for an original looking(bigger buttons would be nice) dialer that doesnt have a delay between pressing and recognition/drawing/tone. The lag time on all the dialers i have used seems excessive. I wonder why, as response to screen presses are quite snappy otherwise.
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I gained some speed by deactivating the sound of the keys when you press them
I did global search on the forum and found this one, so I'll just add comment on this one rather than creating a new thread
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I gained some speed by deactivating the sound of the keys when you press them
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i only got a tiny bit improvement, my cheap nokia 3210 that came with T-mobile pre-paid card was MUCH MUCH MORE responsive!!!
I'm totally frustrated, it took up to 3 seconds to dial 1 number, consider the following:
- in order to improve the performance I need to turn the key sound off, so I have to keep looking at my screen
- pressing a button can fail altogether or can work with delay
- if i don't see the number you pressed immediately on the screen I have 2 options:
-- press again, but this can work OR create DOUBLE PRESSES
-- wait and see if it's just a delay, sometimes i wait only to see that I NEED TO PRESS AGAIN
this is OK when i don't badly need the phone "feature" and all the other bells and whistles distract me from thinking I'm supposed to have a dependable phone in this stupid device.
let me know if there's any smarter way around this and how do you guys deal with this? is iphone much more responsive when it comes to phone?
I think the real problem is that MS really doesn't care. If iphone (my wife has one) could do decent secure exchange I would dump this turkey of a phone and go that route. It is excellent as aphone except for the lack of voice commander and most of the pda functions are great as well. I n fact ifyou eliminate the ability to add a bunch of beta aps that are trying to imitate the user interface of a competing product, and screw up you r phone after a couple of days, what is the advantage of a wm platform?
Hi,
Does anyone know how to disable the haptic feedback on the bottom three buttons (Back, Home, Search)?
Also, does any-one know how to change the settings/stop the screensaver (with date, etc.) appearing all the time?
I don't believe there is a way to get rid of the haptic feedback on the capacitive buttons. Maybe with a dev unlocked device.
To change the lock screen settings go into Settings->Lock&Wallpaper then change the time out to what you please.
Thanks for letting me know. Real shame, as I know it's only a little thing but it does annoy me. Regarding the lock and wall paper. I wish there was a way to turn off the feature forcing me to swipe up on the screen every time I turn the screen on. Another annoying feature. Why doesn't it just take me to the main screen?
I believe lock screens are standard on all smartphones with the exception of Nokia as they have the physical button to do that. You could request an app that disables it but I would find it extremely annoying as I accidentally press the screen unlock quite a bit when in my jeans.
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Hello! A while ago I purchased a Mozart 7 phone, it was a used phone, not new, not sealed in the box!
So, it has reached my hands with a deepshining ROM, 4.0 if my memory is right!
Later I´ve updated it to the 6.0 version of the deepshinig ROM!
I´ve, somehow managed to disable the haptic feedback on the "back" button as well as on the "Search" button.
It was not a stock available option, but trought some tweaking software I disabled it!
Now I´ve got a windows phone 7.8 ROM, made for mozart by ansar, available here on XDA, and I´ve looked everywhere on the phone and on the tweaking software, and I can´t find the option to disable haptic feedback!
So I know it´s possible, cause I had it done, but now, dont know how to do it again!
HELP!!!
I have installed some tweaking software, I found in the Deepshining ROM 6.0:
"Advanced Configuration"
"WPH Tweaks"
"WP7 Root Tools"
But, so far, I haven´t made it !
I´m Portuguese, from Portugal so... sorry for my poor English!
I've only just started using the phone. Have some Qs.
1. Other than the aural indication for an incoming email/text message, is it also possible to have the screen light up?
2. What is the best way to:
a. Wake the phone - use of the Power button or Home button?
b. Return to home screen w/out use of the Home button.
3. Is it normal for a full charge from 2-5% to take anywhere between 3-3.5 hrs?
4. Is NoLED the more popular free notifications app, or is there anything better available from the market.
5. Do you guys advise on selecting System power saving? What is the optimum selection for the Touch key light duration?
Any other battery-saving tips would be appreciated.
6. Lastly, are all of you currently running 4.0.3?
Thanks
1) You can use No LED, or Siyah/BLN. Up to you. Either way there's a cost so far as battery drain is concerned if you use either of these.
2) Makes no difference. Use whatever button you like. I'm not aware of any other way to return to your home screen. That's why there's a home button (logical, no ?).
3) Yes.
4) No LED seems to be the most popular notification app that mimics BLN. Why not search Google Play & see if there are others ? (I'd be surprised if there isn't).
5) No idea. There are no shortcuts to saving battery/getting the most out of every charge. It takes research, reading & learning. There is no "Do such & such & get such and such battery life". Every phone is setup & used differently, it's a case of experimenting & finding out what works for you. There is a wealth of info on this stuff on here, you just have to search for it (Use Google with XDA appended to your search terms rather than XDA search), read, learn & try stuff out.
6) No. I'm running CM9. But please don't turn this thread into a 'recommend me a rom' thread. Mods will close it post haste if you do. Try a bunch of roms/kernels out until you find a combo that works well for you. This is very simple if you use CWM to backup/flash/restore (takes all of a few minutes to backup your current setup, flash a rom & then restore it if you find you don't like a rom/kernel).
Edit - You haven't read the Stickies, have you ? I highly recommend you do. There is an treasure trove of information in those threads.
1. Other than the aural indication for an incoming email/text message, is it also possible to have the screen light up?
A) u can search play store r google for the same
2. What is the best way to:
a. Wake the phone - use of the Power button or Home button?
A) both way its ok r even the vol keys
b. Return to home screen w/out use of the Home button.
A) simply scroll back to home screen
3. Is it normal for a full charge from 2-5% to take anywhere between 3-3.5 hrs?
A) yes its quite normal
4. Is NoLED the more popular free notifications app, or is there anything better available from the market.
A) u can try NSTools app from play stores
5. Do you guys advise on selecting System power saving? What is the optimum selection for the Touch key light duration?
Any other battery-saving tips would be appreciated.
A) touch key light duration of 1.5 secs is good and also disable all auto sync ,wifi and data when not in use, brightness to Auto etc will help saving battery
6. Lastly, are all of you currently running 4.0.3?
A) no i am running 4.0.4
C56X said:
I've only just started using the phone. Have some Qs.
1. Other than the aural indication for an incoming email/text message, is it also possible to have the screen light up?
2. What is the best way to:
a. Wake the phone - use of the Power button or Home button?
b. Return to home screen w/out use of the Home button.
3. Is it normal for a full charge from 2-5% to take anywhere between 3-3.5 hrs?
4. Is NoLED the more popular free notifications app, or is there anything better available from the market.
5. Do you guys advise on selecting System power saving? What is the optimum selection for the Touch key light duration?
Any other battery-saving tips would be appreciated.
6. Lastly, are all of you currently running 4.0.3?
Thanks
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Here are some answers:
1. Yes, there are different methods of visually showing an incoming sms or email. Some message/email apps support some kind of "light", or just flash a custom kernel with Back Light Notifcation (BLN), such as SiyahKernel. Has to be enabled and configured with ExTweaks app.
2.a. Wake up from screensaver/screen off by pushing the Home button.
2.b. Return to home screen by pushing the Home button or the Home "link" on the left at the bottom if you are in the apps menu.
3. Yes. Charging will be faster if the phone is turned off, but it will still take about 3-3,5 hours for fully charging.
4. Notification app ... as I am using the stock message and email apps, no suggestion from me.
5. Have a look here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16973603. Very good battery saving tips. And I am not using custom power saving.
6. No, not all. Have a look at my kernel/ROM tests => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26775950, and make up your own mind. I am very satisfied with my current ICS ROM XWLPD and won't go back to GB. BTW, with some custom ROMs, you can install Android 4.0.4 on the SGS2, but I haven't checked this, as I prefer stock/Sammy ROMs.
@MistahBungle, Sun90, It_ler, thanks for getting back, & for the links!
I am running stock everything and do not plan on rooting/installing a custom ROM. That said, is it still possible to get the latest 4.0.4 update?
Is Kies the way to go, to get an update?
The only reason I ask about the Home button is that with continuous use over time, it just might not be as effective.
Each time there is new email/text message, I was wondering if there was a way for the screen to light up, indicating the type of message (email/text message); not the NoLED icons.
No, it's not possible to get a '4.0.4 update' with a stock rom. There might be an app that lights up the whole screen (why you'd want to do that I have absolutely no idea) rather than an 'icon' on the screen like No LED. As suggested, search Google Play yourself & see if such a thing exists.
Hi guys,
I just flashed android 10 on my oneplus 3 via Havoc v3.4.
I was wondering, whether somebody were able to help me with a kind of special problem.
So I'm using my home button to put the phone to sleep by long pressing it. This can be set in the phone settings. so far so good.
But now on android 10 the duration of said long press seems to be unnecessarily long, like over a second. Thats really annoying, when you just want to put your phone away and have to keep your finger on that capacity button for that extra amount of time.
So I was wondering, whether there might be a relatively simple way of tweaking the build.prop or something, to change the duration of said time_out ?
I already tried the hold/delay in the google settings, but that's just for touch inputs on the screen.
Also the forum search didn't pop up any usefull results.
Thanks so far!