hi there, i found a method on the web about taking screenshots.it was saying only works for galaxy s with android 2.2 but i tried it and succeeded on my galaxy ace with villain rom.
as i said, no app or root is needed.
like i said i tried it with villain rom.and it worked as a charm.who have kpe or 2.2 please post if it works or not!
Method :
in the screen you want to take screenshot ( homescreens, menu's, or game screens, etc ) press and hold the back button in the riht corner.while holding it, press menu key once.and a notification will say the screenshot is taken.that is all.
your screenshots will be saved automatically in a folder screenshots.
the most awesome is no need for any app or root!
i cant post the proofs because i havent 8 posts yet
holding right button (touch) and clicking the middle button works for me on both ace and g3...
Screenshots from Ace (2.2.1 not rooted)
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
hmmm.. may be for pic quality... who knows whats cooking in minds of gadget freaks.. ;p
qeqeqwqw said:
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
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It is Samsung speciality... you can find ScreenCaptureService.apk in the system/app from Samsung...
Works nice on stock KPE
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qeqeqwqw said:
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
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Because not always does the method work, when the app you are taking screenshot of might return back to previous screen while pressing the Back button. Also other screenshot methods let you capture just by shaking the phone, so no key presses required and helps in better timing.
nish7x said:
Because not always does the method work, when the app you are taking screenshot of might return back to previous screen while pressing the Back button. Also other screenshot methods let you capture just by shaking the phone, so no key presses required and helps in better timing.
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fair enough
did not work on 2.3.4
lipanz said:
did not work on 2.3.4
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Try Home+Power for 2.3.4
works on stock 2.3.3, great... but one problem though, when we want to capture a certain screen and press the back button to capture, it goes back to the previous screen... I guess its only for capturing homescreens then
Back plus home key, works for me.
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EmoBoiix3 said:
Try Home+Power for 2.3.4
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OMG!! Thanks a whole bunch dude!!
Thats cool. Knew you could do it but never realised how. Gods know how many times I've done screenshots by accident. And now I know
Does work on 2.3.4. but gotta be careful it doesn't jump to Homescreen!
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Just hold the back button and click on the home button and screen is captured
no root required.
Jun Hong said:
Just hold the back button and click on the home button and screen is captured
no root required.
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Hey!
LOL, its already there. PLEASE little search, before posting.
HERE
CHEERS!
sorry didnt noticed it.. btw if with root access use screenshot by Kastor Soft.. back button might exit application.. screenshot is the only application that worked for me.. Others gave me red and green screenshots..
didnt work with 2.3.4.. at least on my ace
lipanz said:
didnt work with 2.3.4.. at least on my ace
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2.3.4 = Home+Power
It worked.
Ive been searching for this for a while, i would like to be able to use the volume up button for my shutter in the default camera app. I saw some threads about this but either it wasnt compatible with my phone or it didn't work. Does anyone know of a mod that will do this for the AT&T S2? Thanks
To my knowledge they are working on it for our phone; however, this is a question and should be placed in the Q&A section in the future.
joshuadjohnson22 said:
Ive been searching for this for a while, i would like to be able to use the volume up button for my shutter in the default camera app. I saw some threads about this but either it wasnt compatible with my phone or it didn't work. Does anyone know of a mod that will do this for the AT&T S2? Thanks
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1) you have the same name and middle initial as me!
2) wrong section.
3) I'm sure its being worked on
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It's easy, but I'm not sure if I like it. I like using the volume buttons to zoom in and out. I was able to make long pressing the power button take pictures, but it also pops up the extended power menu lol. Hopefully I can figure out how to get a short power button press to take pictures instead of turning off the screen. It's a lot trickier on this phone than it was on the original galaxy s and infuse.
gtg465x said:
It's easy, but I'm not sure if I like it. I like using the volume buttons to zoom in and out. I was able to make long pressing the power button take pictures, but it also pops up the extended power menu lol. Hopefully I can figure out how to get a short power button press to take pictures instead of turning off the screen. It's a lot trickier on this phone than it was on the original galaxy s and infuse.
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Looking forward to you getting the power button mod to work. That's definitely a feature I've been waiting for.
gtg465x said:
It's easy, but I'm not sure if I like it. I like using the volume buttons to zoom in and out. I was able to make long pressing the power button take pictures, but it also pops up the extended power menu lol. Hopefully I can figure out how to get a short power button press to take pictures instead of turning off the screen. It's a lot trickier on this phone than it was on the original galaxy s and infuse.
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im excited! i hope you can get it to work! would you add to the unnamed?
ayoteddy can you bump this to the QandA
I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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Yeah, was more worried about zooming with the volume buttons while recording 720p video. It would be a pain to record everything in 1080 and then run it through video editing software to do the zooming.
Guess I could do the volume button hack for photos only and leave it as zoom control for video recording.
gtg465x said:
Yeah, was more worried about zooming with the volume buttons while recording 720p video. It would be a pain to record everything in 1080 and then run it through video editing software to do the zooming.
Guess I could do the volume button hack for photos only and leave it as zoom control for video recording.
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I didn't think about the video recording part. BUT! I just gave it whirl and surprisingly enough, the volume keys don't start the recording and still function as zoom buttons. So it looks like the video recording part is untouched.
tysj said:
I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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PERFECT just what i wanted, your the best!!
tysj said:
I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
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Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
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No force closes for me on Serendipity 8.1
tysj said:
I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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sopdogg said:
Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
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no force close on unnamed 1.10 for me....
Reboot camera mod fix!
sopdogg said:
Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
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Same thing was happening to me but I fixed it! In root explorer go to system/app/camera.odex and rename the camera.odex to camera.odex.Bak
then reboot and it should be GTG!!!
Forgot: May have to reinstall the modded camera.apk after too as well.
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Same thing was happening to me but I fixed it! In root explorer go to system/app/camera.odex and rename the camera.odex to camera.odex.Bak
then reboot and it should be GTG!!!
Forgot: May have to reinstall the modded camera.apk after too as well.
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an alternative is the new unnamed Rom has this feature built in, just a fyi
iteam said:
Same thing was happening to me but I fixed it! In root explorer go to system/app/camera.odex and rename the camera.odex to camera.odex.Bak
then reboot and it should be GTG!!!
Forgot: May have to reinstall the modded camera.apk after too as well.
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Just tried it out. Working well for me so far. Hoping for no FCs in the near future!
joshuadjohnson22 said:
an alternative is the new unnamed Rom has this feature built in, just a fyi
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I've got the zip file downloaded but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. Stock is running real well for me and really haven't seen a feature that is a must have in a custom rom yet. Shoot, with Entropy's DD and stock rom, my phone is still blazing. Just to test things out, I've gotten a 5034 on quadrant so things are working awesome.
If this were my X10, I would be a flash whore because that thing needs optimization just like a crack head needs his next hit.
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Just tried it out. Working well for me so far. Hoping for no FCs in the near future!
I've got the zip file downloaded but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. Stock is running real well for me and really haven't seen a feature that is a must have in a custom rom yet. Shoot, with Entropy's DD and stock rom, my phone is still blazing. Just to test things out, I've gotten a 5034 on quadrant so things are working awesome.
If this were my X10, I would be a flash whore because that thing needs optimization just like a crack head needs his next hit.
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just back up your current ROM, and flash... if you dont like it just restore
Works on ICS?
core720 said:
Works on ICS?
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No. see the dates on this thread? ICS was a dream back then.
Some ICS builds have options for power button shutter/vol zoom.
Hi I noticed that some galaxy devices have the ability to screen capture just by pressing buttons. I was wondering if you could do this with the US 5.0 version? The stock rom comes with a screen capture program with it but I still find no way to do it. does anyone know how?
I know the US 5.0 version does not do it. "Screen Capture Shortcut" work fine.
That is what I use! ha but it's weird it has the system app. Why would they put it in if you cant lol? Oh well, thanks though
What system app? I don't see one on my 5.0.
I could be mistaking it or could be something else but it shows as com.sec. android.app.screencapture
On several occasions, I some how triggered the screenshot, but unfortunately I still cannot figure out what I did to take the screenshot. So the feature is probably functional.
For now, I use the screenshot app on the market.
See I knew there was a way of it was there hmm have to figure it. try all possible combinations!
I found this post in the captivate forum talking about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475988
The information seems to be correct. I took a look at the code and might spend some time implementing an notification area button that does screen capture.
Try screenshot ux trial... It is really good! You can crop and edit.
Just figured it out how to do it on my way home. This is how I trigger the screen capture on YP-G70 (international)
1. Press and hold home button using your left thumb.
2. Then press and hold back button using your right thumb.
3. Release both thumbs.
4. This is the hard part. Do step 1 to 3 in less than half second. It doesn't work if you do it too fast or too slow.
If it works, it will save the screenshot under the folder "ScreenCapture" in your internal SD card.
I don't blame you if you cannot reproduce it. It requires a fast finger .
It works also on the Galaxy Player 4.0, but i don't know, where it saves the pics.
Edit: The location where it saves the pics is: /sdcard/ScreenCapture
I've tried this several times with several different timings on my ROM and it does not appear to work. This could be because of the ROM, it doesn't work on U.S., or it's another key combo. If anyone gets this to work on U.S. 5.0 please let us know...
I am agree with you. I have a Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 (spain), and with quick fingers using home button and back button, you get a screencapture
WT Ho said:
Just figured it out how to do it on my way home. This is how I trigger the screen capture on YP-G70 (international)
1. Press and hold home button using your left thumb.
2. Then press and hold back button using your right thumb.
3. Release both thumbs.
4. This is the hard part. Do step 1 to 3 in less than half second. It doesn't work if you do it too fast or too slow.
If it works, it will save the screenshot under the folder "ScreenCapture" in your internal SD card.
I don't blame you if you cannot reproduce it. It requires a fast finger .
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Works for me though a bit tricky. Thanks!
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It works! Great stuff, thank you!
Hey guys!
In CM7, when I hit the Ace's power button, it ends the call. I don't want this, I want the good old turn-off screen, like on stock roms. I searched everywhere and I didn't found any option to change this.
Can someone point me what can I do?
Thanks!
Setting/call setting and tick on always use proximity
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Renan Lazarotto said:
Hey guys!
In CM7, when I hit the Ace's power button, it ends the call. I don't want this, I want the good old turn-off screen, like on stock roms. I searched everywhere and I didn't found any option to change this.
Can someone point me what can I do?
Thanks!
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settings--accessibility---untick the "power button ends call"
cheers
Dragonoid said:
settings--accessibility---untick the "power button ends call"
cheers
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There is nothing under accessibility, its empty oO
shailpancholi said:
Setting/call setting and tick on always use proximity
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This is useless to me, since I almost never use my phone holding it. I use the earphones that come with it.
Renan Lazarotto said:
There is nothing under accessibility, its empty oO
This is useless to me, since I almost never use my phone holding it. I use the earphones that come with it.
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no damn it there is an option !!! check my screenshot!!!
which cm7 are u using btw????
I don't think the setting for the power button is in Accessibility on CM, try looking around the CM menu, I think that's where it is.
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I don't think the setting for the power button is in Accessibility on CM, try looking around the CM menu, I think that's where it is.
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Do u have eyes???? can u see my screenshot????
Edit: after reading your post below it appears that you do have eyes
btw i had cm7 by vo-1 and i think that option was present in accessibility even in his rom( currently i have cm7 by F.A.T )
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Do u have eyes???? can u see my screenshot????
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No, I don't have eyes.
There are a few different variations of CM, and the one I used to have (I think it's the one by vo-1) had that setting in the CM menu.
Even LeWa has it
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cm7 power button ends call in galaxy ace
I switched over to cm7 on my galaxy ace a week ago. Its very frustrating that the power button ends the call, i always disabled the proximity sensor in stock firmware and kinda used to that.
everytime i try to turn the screen off in a call, it actually ends the call. There is no option in accessibility settings to prevent power button from ending the call (screenshots attached)
I also downloaded an app phone settings manager and that too has no effect.
please help!
Same as here. Using CM7 from vo-1. I think that I'll switch to the one provided by FAT. Can someone confirm if it has that option in Accessibility?
This is what I have. Apart being in portugese, of course.
you can download "Screen Off and Lock" from the Play Store.
this is what I did.
so when someone calls. press the home button to go to your home screen then click the shortcut you have or if not go to your app drawer and press it to turn off your screen.
I'm using go launcher so I set the application to be activated when I glide down my finger in my home screen.
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you can download "Screen Off and Lock" from the Play Store.
this is what I did.
so when someone calls. press the home button to go to your home screen then click the shortcut you have or if not go to your app drawer and press it to turn off your screen.
I'm using go launcher so I set the application to be activated when I glide down my finger in my home screen.
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Nah, too much trouble. I want it more simple, like it was on stock. And it has to be somewhere on the settings, maybe I'm just not finding it.
good luck in finding it.
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I've used Grif's CM7 and in that ROM, POWER BUTTON ENDS CALL option was in Accessibility only
I don't think that I'll need this anymore. Yesterday I was using the phone when I needed to hang-up the call, and it was right in front of me, so I didn't needed to power-on screen, unlock it and then hang-up. I just hit the power-button and done!
Also, I think that I can live with the screen-delay to power-off.
Renan Lazarotto said:
I don't think that I'll need this anymore. Yesterday I was using the phone when I needed to hang-up the call, and it was right in front of me, so I didn't needed to power-on screen, unlock it and then hang-up. I just hit the power-button and done!
Also, I think that I can live with the screen-delay to power-off.
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Whoahhh!!!! first you say u want it off and then u say i like it!!!phewwwww
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Whatsapp vibration pattern
Can anyone tell me if theres an app to increase the intensity of vibration if we get a message on whatsapp? I have to keep my phone on vibration in class and always miss out on the messages as the vibration intensity is too low.
I figured how to change it for gmail and sms through an app but how can i change it for other apps like whatsapp?
Dragonoid said:
Whoahhh!!!! first you say u want it off and then u say i like it!!!phewwwww
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Hahahaha, yeah, 5 mins after I posted this I noticed that this "feature" might be useful
As you may know, all ICS stock based roms for Samgung Galaxy 2 have one common and very unpleasant feature - a home button delay. This delay is noticeable every time you press home button to exit an application, return back from settings to dashboard or if you want to return to your home screen. As a result you may have a feeling that your phone response after clicking a home button is delayed app. 1s and it will degrade overall phone responsivness.
For demonstration of a problem see this video.
Finally the fix is here and you may enjoy it on your Galaxy S2 with the newest miuiandroid 2.8.17 rom with integrated 3-way Reboot options from kong. It is not tested on another miui releases, but probably could work.
Installation:
Just install the zip in cwm recovery and you are good to go.
If you enjoy my work you may consider a small donation to support my further development.
Note: This will NOT fix lockscreen lag, it is present because your cpu is in powersaving mode and takes some time to utilize again.
Please do not copy this patch to another hosts, always use a link to this forum instead.
I'm not responsible for any problems or data corruption you may have using this patch. For your safety always backup your rom before doing any modifications.
I'm keen to try this but scared it messes something up Any lab rats willing to test it first?
DarkNiz said:
I'm keen to try this but scared it messes something up Any lab rats willing to test it first?
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Hehe, don't wory. If you have this version from miuiandroid (miuiandroid_GT-I9100-2.8.17.zip) you are safe Just try it out and share your experience. You won't regret Those disclaimer is just in case... And for your safety you can always back up your rom in cwm recovery
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Hehe, don't wory. If you have this version from miuiandroid (miuiandroid_GT-I9100-2.8.17.zip) you are safe Just try it out and share your experience. You won't regret Those disclaimer is just in case... And for your safety you can always back up your rom in cwm recovery
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Hehe, okay, cool, I will try it and report back
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Hmmm... I can't really see any difference in the time it takes when I press the home button to get back to home screen :-/
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Hehe, okay, cool, I will try it and report back
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Hmmm... I can't really see any difference in the time it takes when I press the home button to get back to home screen :-/
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Did you patch it correctly in cwm recovery? This is the problem, see video here
If you apply it correctly it will remove this delay completely and if you press home button the phone reacts immediately. Check if you have 3 way reboot option. If not a patch has not been applied...
mizuuu said:
Did you patch it correctly in cwm recovery? This is the problem, see video here
If you apply it correctly it will remove this delay completely and if you press home button the phone reacts immediately. Check if you have 3 way reboot option. If not a patch has not been applied...
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Trust me, I flash things at least once a week. The 3-way-reboot is there.
DarkNiz said:
Trust me, I flash things at least once a week. The 3-way-reboot is there.
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Check the video and let me know. For me it works perfectly. Or you can flash original rom and you see the difference.
The updater script is faulty.. tried to push the policy my own and it did the job.
thnak you =]
amitmiz said:
The updater script is faulty.. tried to push the policy my own and it did the job.
thnak you =]
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Faulty? It should be ok, maybe it is kernel problem. What kernel do you use? I use syiah and no problems. Does the updater throws any error during flash?
Edit: I have double checked and reverted back changes and apply this fix again and it works just fine.
Delay is gone since I deleted Vlingo Voice Command app, stock 4.0.4
SASMareSRB said:
Delay is gone since I deleted Vlingo Voice Command app, stock 4.0.4
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This fix is for miui based on 4.0.3 not for cm9 or stock roms based on 4.0.4.
mizuuu said:
Check the video and let me know. For me it works perfectly. Or you can flash original rom and you see the difference.
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It was never that slow for me. Maybe it did work but I just can't notice it :-/ I never use the home button anyway. I always press the back button.
I'm on Siyah 4.0.1 (if it matters).
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It was never that slow for me. Maybe it did work but I just can't notice it :-/ I never use the home button anyway. I always press the back button.
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Ah, then it's clear Back buton is not affected because phone doesn't wait for second click. I'm use home button pretty often ant it was very anoying for me
Edit: a question came into my mind - let's say you have on third or fourth tab in MIUI Launcher, how do you return back to home tab ??? For me the only way is to press the home button and here you can clearly see the difference.
mizuuu said:
Ah, then it's clear Back buton is not affected because phone doesn't wait for second click. I'm use home button pretty often ant it was very anoying for me
Edit: a question came into my mind - let's say you have on third or fourth tab in MIUI Launcher, how do you return back to home tab ??? For me the only way is to press the home button and here you can clearly see the difference.
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I know it won't work for back button, but I did try using the home button to see. Perhaps it is faster, but I just can't see it. It's probably because I use the back button so often.
I don't use MIUILauncher, so I can't help you out with your question but I do know you mean Thanks for this mod, though. I'll keep it on
hey man, nice job will try it out now.. will give you results soon
Work perfectly! Nice job
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DarkNiz said:
I know it won't work for back button, but I did try using the home button to see. Perhaps it is faster, but I just can't see it. It's probably because I use the back button so often.
I don't use MIUILauncher, so I can't help you out with your question but I do know you mean Thanks for this mod, though. I'll keep it on
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Strange because it is really obvious, maybe if you would return back to original you'd start to notice
mizuuu said:
Strange because it is really obvious, maybe if you would return back to original you'd start to notice
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Lol I'm probably just used to the quick speed of the back button, so when I click home now, even though it is faster, I can't see it. Maybe that's why I can't notice it
DarkNiz said:
Lol I'm probably just used to the quick speed of the back button, so when I click home now, even though it is faster, I can't see it. Maybe that's why I can't notice it
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If you have the patch applied there is no difference in speed between back and home button - and that's it! Now if you would flash unmodified rom you would see the difference between these two buttons very quickly
what is the process to remove this patch because I applied it and now my phone will not turn on passed the samsung logo?