I use a bluetooth keyboard case meant for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch (on clearance at ThinkGeek). The "back" button does not work but the "home" and "menu" buttons on the keyboard work. Case covers the capacitive buttons in landscape mode. Wondering if the capacitive buttons can be locked to the right of screen when in landscape mode so capacitive buttons are accessible?
Im waiting for some1 to raise this suggestion. I really want this feature, for the purose of button fast and easy (a lot) to access.. Hope someone can mod this..
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At some point the AT&T Note will get ICS.
So...on the Note i717 does anyone know how the 3 Virtual buttons ( Back, Home, and Recent Apps) will change/merge/impact the 4 capacitive buttons?
Will the ICS System Bar sit above the 4 buttons taking up screen real estate or will they just use the current 4 buttons?
Just wondering...tried poking around other Android phone sites that have upgraded to various versions of ICS (or ICS launchers) and couldn't really tell.
thanks.
I forget who said it but when ics was announced and the on screen buttons were shown, a guy from Google said they would not have on screen buttons for phones with capacities buttons. The capacitive will just do the same functions as the on screen would have. I'm glad because that would just take up screen space for something we already have
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Most likely the soft buttons will be disabled. Long-pressing the Home button will be how you use multitasking.
The soft buttons will be them. Look on the leaks and such for all devices, they all use the soft buttons.
andrawer said:
Will the ICS System Bar sit above the 4 buttons taking up screen real estate or will they just use the current 4 buttons?
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ICS will know your phone has capacitive buttons and use them instead of showing the onscreen buttons.
bigmout said:
ICS will know your phone has capacitive buttons and use them instead of showing the onscreen buttons.
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excellent. that's the best way imho.
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ICS will know your phone has capacitive buttons and use them instead of showing the onscreen buttons.
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I can confirm this. I put ics on my dad's captivate and it just uses the capacitive buttons and hides the on screen buttons.
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Can the S3 screen be turned on easily, like the iPhone ? On the iPhone you press the bottom thumb button, to wake the phone, then slide across to wake. Does the bottom button on the S3 work the same way, to wake the device ? Or do you have to press the side power button only to unlock ?
This is a big concern for my Brother trying to switch over from his iPhone4.
You can use the home (bottom) button too.
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Yeah you just press home or power key to wake it then swipe thumb across to unlock.
Yes the bottom button works the same.
any app that puts hardware keys vol up,dwn, power, home etc. on screen? key numbers 102,114,115,116,158 etc.
I don't think there are unroot apps for Softkeys. Especially not others than home and back.
Yeah, you're gonna need to be rooted, but once you are I suggest Button Savior
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Yes. But I they don't work in my HTC wildfire s. There was a key remapper in android market still available in blackmart alpha.
I use a keyboard named Game Keyboard which is now available in android market. it has onscreen up down left right and also a onscreen qwerty keypad.:good:
Hey,
I was playing around with my new samsung Galaxy s 3 international, when I noticed that home button is different from power button and volume up and down, in terms of firmness.
The Power button and Bvolume up and down are quiet firm and Form factor for the slot, but for Home button, It is not that firm and by pressing the corners of the home button, I can see it is little loose, not very loose though. It works perfectly and didnt sound strange.
But is it a matter of concern, or is it by design or shall I replace the phone for this.
In the worst case, if it stops working, Can I live without Home button?? Please help!!!
I would say it's part of the design unfortunately. Same with mine. I personally do not like using the physical button and therefore have changed the function of my capacity buttons.
I.e. menu button become home button and vice versa which means yes you can survive without the physical home button. This mod is posted on the forum.
Another alternative you can look at is on screen navigation bar. Can be found in the same forum either in development or themes and apps.
Hope that helps!
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I have themarble white version and my home button behaves exactly like yours when I place my fingers on bah ends of it . my friends pebble blue version is much firmer than mine though... . I was just about to bring both of these to Samsung to let them compose to change a new one
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What type navigation buttons do you prefer on your smartphone?
Personally, I like virtual buttons. These type of buttons don't need a force to be applied on for them to respond, unlike hardware buttons like those on "GS4 Active". Also, since they are part of the display it will work or break simultanously with the screen. If something happens with the display, both the screen and buttons won't work, whereas in the case of capacitive buttons you might have to deal with a broken....let's say "Home" button while the screen is still working.