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I have to give great credit to No2Chem over at PPCGeeks for putting together a solution to the issue with our CDMA landscape keyboard backlights shutting down after 5 seconds.
I diligently worked on CAB file that keeps the keyboard on all the time when the keyboard is open, and shuts off when you close it.
Here is the link to the Thread.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44773
Donate if it works for you, and you like it.
Didn't work for me...
OUTSTANDING!
It requires a soft reset before it will work.
That explains it... I lost all my stylus so cant reset anymore
shutting off the phone is like doing a soft reset... hold the power button in for 4 seconds then it will confirm shutoff, then power on you just did a soft reset.
aaron580 said:
That explains it... I lost all my stylus so cant reset anymore
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you can use a paperclip, or ballpoint pen, or just download the softreset CAB installer and that will give you a button under programs to do a software soft-reset, no need to press the button
-C
Thank you for posting this. Never thought I'd actually see it work!
aaron580 said:
That explains it... I lost all my stylus so cant reset anymore
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stylii? lol
jirafabo said:
stylii? lol
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At first I was gona correct you for correcting him, but then I remember the TP comes with two styli. haha
Finally, I can use my keyboard in the dark with fear of hitting the wrong key! By the way, is there a way to stop the keyboard from coming up on the screen every time I have to type something?!
Anybody else get the issue of the front keys staying on when the keyboard is in?
cd85233 said:
At first I was gona correct you for correcting him, but then I remember the TP comes with two styli. haha
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Yeah i wasn't necessarily correcting him, I just knew it sounded funny, but so does styli. was just wondering what you call those!
if you need a stylus just go in and ask, I bet they give you one. I get so much free stuff from a friend bc they can take what people return. I get battery covers and batteries. I have 3 sitting on my dresser now.
radar369 said:
Finally, I can use my keyboard in the dark with fear of hitting the wrong key! By the way, is there a way to stop the keyboard from coming up on the screen every time I have to type something?!
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It seems I remember a setting in advanced config for "SIP Auto Deploy" that did the trick for me. I know I got it fixed (except in Opera), I just don't remember exactly how. So there's an answer out there if you look hard enough.
Can anyone explain why this interferes with the keyboard sliding sounds? Right now, if I use this, the sliding sounds won't work, but if I remove this, they work just fine.
i second that.....
on screen keyboard ? by rdar369,but then remembered the setting philipdhall mentioned and he's right ,want to try this cab file but read some where as well about the keys staying lit after closed and dont have an extended battery to spare the juice ,if i do try i will repost my findings
probably been found before but i've found if i hold down the bottom left of the phone (under and to the left of the home key) i get a 'recent' menu pop up with all the apps i've used recently.
do the same on the other corner and you get the 'speak now' pop up
common knowledge??
Yeah, it's common knowledge.
Welcome to the world of Android .Yes this is extreme common knowledge across all android devices. Good effort though.
If you hold power and volume down you enter a secret menu when the phone powers up.
Just found this out by accident today
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jonbaker76 said:
probably been found before but i've found if i hold down the bottom left of the phone (under and to the left of the home key) i get a 'recent' menu pop up with all the apps i've used recently.
do the same on the other corner and you get the 'speak now' pop up
common knowledge??
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its actually just a long press of the home key and same for the search key. NOT under and to the left of the key. Just press and hold the home key for 1.5-2sec and release and youll get it to pop up.
but yeah thats common android like everyone else said.
jonbaker76 said:
probably been found before but i've found if i hold down the bottom left of the phone (under and to the left of the home key) i get a 'recent' menu pop up with all the apps i've used recently.
do the same on the other corner and you get the 'speak now' pop up
common knowledge??
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You are not hitting a secret button, you are long pressing the home button and the search button.
Common knowledge.
Long press the "Menu" button and the keyboard pops up... betcha didn't know THAT, now, didja? ~
Long press the back button and it goes back a page in most apps!
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Tilde88 said:
Welcome to the world of Android .Yes this is extreme common knowledge across all android devices. Good effort though.
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lol yeah, its extreme common knowledge to press down the hard plastic side of your phone to get the recent apps. also us super-powerusers like to slam our phones against wall for more battery
good effort though
lol, i thought as much, noob to android, 3 days in
guitardoc64 said:
Yeah, it's common knowledge.
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Someone mention me?
jasonb1108 said:
If you hold power and volume down you enter a secret menu when the phone powers up.
Just found this out by accident today
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That would be the hboot and fast boot menus, more useful if you're going to root.
i know it's annoying but i'll ask anyway,
in brief, what is rooting?
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i know it's annoying but i'll ask anyway,
in brief, what is rooting?
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In a short explanation, Rooting is taking the panties off your phone and exposing the goods, and what you can do with those goods.
knowledge561 said:
In a short explanation, Rooting is taking the panties off your phone and exposing the goods, and what you can do with those goods.
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Yep.. It allows you to permanently write to the "root" directories of your phone... Most importantly, the /boot & /system partitions...
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knowledge561 said:
In a short explanation, Rooting is taking the panties off your phone and exposing the goods, and what you can do with those goods.
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well put!
And to OP welcome to Android.
jasonb1108 said:
If you hold power and volume down you enter a secret menu when the phone powers up.
Just found this out by accident today
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You are too funny. Shhh, don't tell them about the self-destruct button.
liverstealerJobs said:
You are too funny. Shhh, don't tell them about the self-destruct button.
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Yea what ever you do don't push the big red button that says do not press (located under the LCD) I had to learn the hard way.
How about long-pressing the power button. Did you know it brings up a menu to turn your phone OFF!?! OMFGWTFBBQ!?!!
Here comes the trolls and **** boys. Obviously he's new to Android, no need to start jokes.
Uhhhh.....ummm.....**Fainted from Signature Fright**
So, as the title says hardware problem and there are few things I want to know about. Have anyone got the problem about power button position on the inside is lower than the volume buttons? My bro and me got the same XU and never have problem except this one. My Xperia U has the lowest power button than my brother. If that's my phone's factory fault, can I repair it by disassemble it and settling the buttons back? I got no problem but I have to press hard for power button and there are no pressable home button to wake my device up. My problem is normal or not? Please answer me dear bros. Thanks.
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If you have a guarantee, I'd recommend you take it to the store since its a factory problem. If you don't have a guarantee, there's some apps which let you use the volume buttons to turn the screen on. I don't know the names since I've never used one but I've seen it in here so you can use the search bar to look for them
carlaba2 said:
If you have a guarantee, I'd recommend you take it to the store since its a factory problem. If you don't have a guarantee, there's some apps which let you use the volume buttons to turn the screen on. I don't know the names since I've never used one but I've seen it in here so you can use the search bar to look for them
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Finally some dearest bro answer my question. Thanks for your answer bro. Since nobody answers my question. Thanks
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You're welcome! Let me know how it goes
BTW, if you do have a guarantee, take your brother's phone too so you can show them there's a difference
carlaba2 said:
You're welcome! Let me know how it goes
BTW, if you do have a guarantee, take your brother's phone too so you can show them there's a difference
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They told me to wait for changing my handset dear bro. I'm waiting. Everything's went so bad. They told me that it wouldn't gets so wrong. But it's definitely sure that I have very stupid power button. You're right bro. I should have brought my brother handset, too. Now I'm in anxiety because it's only one week old. Now, I press so hard the power button and it annoys me. Anyway, I thank you so much for helping me out. Now I'll have to wait for answer.
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This is a small app I made, that does realy nothing other then call PowerManager.goToSleep.
This is normally not possible as DEVICE_POWER permission is only given to system apps, so will not work unless you have super user mod.
ROM developers can sign it with their ROM key if they wanr it in their ROM. If you sign it to your old ROM, please attach it to a post in this thread and I will add a link to your post.
screenshot @ChikeD?
Pandemic said:
screenshot @ChikeD?
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LOL,, of a widget?
There you go
ChikeD said:
LOL,, of a widget?
There you go
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Yeah its relevant how it looks like
and ok lol
what's the utility of this??
sorry for this newbie question.
shadowslifer said:
what's the utility of this??
sorry for this newbie question.
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Put the phone to sleep.
If I set screen timeout too short it will turn off while I'm reading something, if it's long enough I need to press the power button if I want to save battery, which is not very convenient. so this make it easy to put it to sleep
ChikeD said:
Put the phone to sleep.
If I set screen timeout too short it will turn off while I'm reading something, if it's long enough I need to press the power button if I want to save battery, which is not very convenient. so this make it easy to put it to sleep
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thanks, so this tool replace the function of the power button?? or is something related to wakelocks?
shadowslifer said:
thanks, so this tool replace the function of the power button?? or is something related to wakelocks?
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Only the sleep functionality of power button (short press), nothing to do with wakelocks oher then overriding any that are held at the time it is pressed, just as the power button does.
My mom would love something like this. She hates the powerbutton on her P, and I do too lol
I tried a few similar apps from play store, but most of them seemed to drain battery (not going to sleep properly?) or just cause freezes and other funny things. One of them actually completely locked up my One S, forcing me to go into recovery to uninstall it lol
So, question is, will this drain battery or cause funny issues? Or is it simply a 1:1 replica of the powerbutton?
Also, possibly slightly offtopic, but this(or super user mod) isnt working on ICS is it?
Ive been away from android stuff for almost a year now, so most of my devices are quite outdated software-wise
@Goatshocker
As I've said in the OP it realy does nothing, so no battery drain waht so ever.
It will work on (almost) any android version, providing it is "granted" the DEVICE_POWER permission, either by signing it with ROM key or if you have bypass this permission check like super user mod does.
As for the super user mod, it might work if you mod it for ICS yourself, I'll check ICS services.jar.
EDIT: I've looked at ICS services.jar and the code look about the same so I'm guessing you can mod it.
Aight, sounds good.
I found a lot of other interesting stuff that requires JB, so Im gonna go ahead and update it to JB.
Thanks for looking though.
@Goatshocker
A bit OT too, but if you realy hate the power button that much, I have another lil app I made, that turn the phone on waving the hand over the proximity sensor.
This does cause some battery drain, about 3% of total on my phone according to battery stats.
I know there are other apps that do it, but for some reason they hold a wakelock (at least some of them) while mine let the phone deep sleep, and all you need to do to stop it is click it in the notification tray.
It does not require any mod, and should work on any device.
ChikeD said:
@Goatshocker
A bit OT too, but if you realy hate the power button that much, I have another lil app I made, that turn the phone on waving the hand over the proximity sensor.
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I'd hate that even more, and I'm sure my mom would too. Stuff like that is just begging to cause issues
Nope, a simple "power-button" on the screen is exactly what she needs and wants.
edit: It works fine so far btw
Goatshocker said:
I'd hate that even more, and I'm sure my mom would too. Stuff like that is just begging to cause issues
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Issues like what? So far the only issue I have is that it is sometime difficult to wake up while in deep sleep.
I don't know what impact it has, if any, on the proximity sensor life time
Goatshocker said:
Nope, a simple "power-button" on the screen is exactly what she needs and wants.
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But the screen is off, and more than that, the activity(window) that is in front is paused when the creen goes off.
Goatshocker said:
edit: It works fine so far btw
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You upgraded to JB already?
ChikeD said:
You upgraded to JB already?
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Yeah I did it yesterday even.
Hey! so first of all thanks for reading this! hope someone here can help me. so my touch screen on my oneplus is kinda of laggy.. i need to touch several times on something to make my screen realizing i touched there.. also my home, back and recent buttons not working at all
does anyone have any explanation for this? or any fix? thanks!
edit: forgot to mention i tried to install new rom needless to say it dosen't work..
It's the same with complete clean install?
If yes, it means that it's hardware...
Kéno40 said:
It's the same with complete clean install?
If yes, it means that it's hardware...
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yea probably... but it suddenly happened i was on my phone and on like 5sec the recent button didn't work and after this the home and the back buttons... weird but this phone is old af so you know.. served me well
any suggestions for a new phone?
TheromsMan said:
yea probably... but it suddenly happened i was on my phone and on like 5sec the recent button didn't work and after this the home and the back buttons... weird but this phone is old af so you know.. served me well
any suggestions for a new phone?
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Depends of the screen size you want...
Mi8 SE maybe?
Kéno40 said:
Depends of the screen size you want...
Mi8 SE maybe?
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weird. the screen is working again but still not the best