[Q] Long Press on Home Not Bringing Up Task Manager - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am not sure how this happened, but after a recent reinstall of Bionix 1.3.1 (with Bullet kernel) the ability to long press on home to get to the task manager has disappeared. I thought it might be the ADW launcher, so I switched back to stock. No change.
Any ideas how this happened and/or how to fix it?

Never had this happen. I'd just say to reflash bionix. should be fine to just flash on top w/o wiping data. (may have to disable ext4 though)

Turns out it was the Bullet kernel. POS kernel, IMO. Flashed back to Overstock and it took care of the problem.
Go Blazers

Need bali 1.8.8 kernel like a baus
jonjacobmoon said:
Turns out it was the Bullet kernel. POS kernel, IMO. Flashed back to Overstock and it took care of the problem.
Go Blazers
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sent from my Sensation XD

vabeachfc3s said:
Need bali 1.8.8 kernel like a baus
sent from my Sensation XD
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Bali softbricked my phone. So, would rather not try that again.
I thought that Overstock would have turned on Voodoo when I flashed it, but it didn't. When I enabled it through CWM, the problem returned.

Why don't you give this a try? You can remap every button on your phone with both short and long press options. May just need to reset your home-long press option.

Woodrube said:
Why don't you give this a try? You can remap every button on your phone with both short and long press options. May just need to reset your home-long press option.
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Well, I was looking at the app and accidently hit "apply" and it hotbooted. When it came back up.... the home button is completely disabled. Its worse than before.
So, now what?

Okay, nevermind.... I got it back to where it gets me back to home at least.... but still no long press option as far as I can see.

It used to have the short and long press options. I pulled up the help and it said LauncherKey will now do this for you. Search Market for that. If not there then maybe just Google the apk download.

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so i appearently took a screenshot of my phone without the SDK trick or any app for it, but i have no clue what i did. any idea how to do this (think it was iPhone like - hit some buttons and, BAM, screenshot)
lbroskee said:
so i appearently took a screenshot of my phone without the SDK trick or any app for it, but i have no clue what i did. any idea how to do this (think it was iPhone like - hit some buttons and, BAM, screenshot)
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I've heard that froyo has it built in, they've been talking about it being buggy in the i9000 forums.
your supposed to hold the back button and tap the home button but I havent got it to work (might not be in my rom) some i9000 users say it gets stuck on, taking a ton of snapshots of the homescreen lol
guess it doesnt work on obsidian 4.2 rom then because i get nothing =/
I did something with the buttons and took one but havent been able to do it again
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It happens when the phone lags like crazy and then you press those buttons. Don't ask me why, but this has happened twice with me.

Did you know about a SAFE MODE?

IDK if people knoww about this, but today on my brothers vibrant which is fully stock, no lag fixes no root.
When its booting, i pressed the menu button over and over again then at the bottom it says SAFE MODE, but doesnt work on ROMS, because devs probably removed it or soemthing..
did anyone know about this?
It does work on roms it happened to me three days ago but had no idea what it was our how I did it pulled the battery and it was gone
Nerobeta3+dow1.4+oclf
oh i tried it on axura and it didnt work...
probably just me.
More to the point, does anyone know what it is for?
hmm.... I used to have this in the sticky but nobody ever could tell me it worked so I removed it....
xriderx66 said:
oh i tried it on axura and it didnt work...
probably just me.
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works on axura 2.1.
when i rebooted, i had to add all my widgets back onto my homescreen.
MasterSyrron said:
More to the point, does anyone know what it is for?
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If a app goes wacko. like a launcher then that's used to fix problems
Nero beta 3 + oclf
Yes if you boot and hold the menu button, it will go into safe mode. This means that it will disable all third party apps and services. You'll notice your installed widgets not working. It is annoying because when you reboot again, you'll have to take off your widgets and then replace them again. This mode is in case you get a rouge app, so you can uninstall before it starts. Kind of like window's safe mode.
basically what he said ^^
I've gotten into safe mode once by accident, without intending to do so.
I hear you hold the menu capactive button down while turning on your phone, but I can't reproduce safe mode. I'm running rooted stock 2.2 kb5.
How do you get into safe mode? Holding the menu button down and turning on isn't doing it for me.

[MOD][4.1.2011] Fixed (shortened) touchkey backlights (Powerwashed ED05 8.31.2011)

The one thing I've hated about DJ05, DL09, and now our Froyo releases is that the timeouts on the capacitive touchkey backlights have gotten longer and longer. In DI01 it was a couple of seconds, in DJ05 it was the length of your screen timeout, and by EB01 and beyond it's now the length of your screen timeout AND reset every time you touch *anything*.
Well, I've finally gotten around to figuring out where the change was (setScreenOffTimeoutsLocked() in PowerManagerService.smali in services.jar) and modding it back. Now, as in DI01, the keys will only light up for a few seconds after you press one. I haven't reverted the recent change of regular screen touches resetting this time after the touchkeys have gone on, though: since the baseline is very short, this isn't a big issue.
Note that the version of services.jar on which this is based is from Super Clean 2.9.2. However, a diff seems to show that the only difference between adrynalyne's services.jar and the stock EB01 is the inclusion, in the former, of the battery notification/data throttling removal mods. So it *should* work with any deodexed EB01-based framework, though I've only tested on the self-customized SC292 I'm running.
The mod does *not* interfere with BLN.
UPDATE 4/28: I've removed the previous EC01/ED01 versions because they were turning on the lights a bit too often (screen press as well as button press). Instead, here are two fixed Edify-script versions for ED01.
Evil Fascination/stock ED01 folks should use shortlight-evil341, which basically just includes the light fix and the sbrissen mods. Community ROM folks should use shortlight-community12, which has a couple of other options unique to that framework.
The new files include a permissions fix, so just install the zip and reboot. (Those installing the original file -- SC292/EB01 and Amend only -- still need to manually mount /data and /dbdata and run the fix permissions script in CWM 2.5 after installation.) First boot will take a while.
UPDATE 5/17: From version 3.5 forward, Evil Fascination folks should use the community zip as well. Evil341 is still good for stock ROM users.
UPDATE 6/13: New version (shortlight-cROM2) uploaded for Community ROM 2.0. Edify only, like the 4/28 version.
UPDATE 8/31: New version for Powerwashed (ED05). Edify only.
To be honest I like it when the keys are lit up. Especially in the dark and you're trying to hit one of those buttons. But I do agree that they shouldn't be on after you lock the screen....
Syn Ack said:
To be honest I like it when the keys are lit up. Especially in the dark and you're trying to hit one of those buttons. But I do agree that they shouldn't be on after you lock the screen....
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Do your keys really stay lit up after you lock the screen? What rom are you using these days?
I'm running Adyn's latest superclean (2.92) and jt's ec10 kernel (TW_kernel-0327-2) and haven't seen this issue. I'm wondering if there is a bug somewhere that is causing this issue with other people.
I don't have a problem with their time staying on..I do wish they weren't so bright..
Has anyone noticed that the in-call "buzz" is related to the soft-key lights being on? I haven't used a Touchwiz ROM in a while (including Superclean), but this is something I've noticed running other ROMs.
This fix might help with that.
Awesome!! Thanks, I can't stand the long backlight time. This is perfect!
DeezNotes said:
Has anyone noticed that the in-call "buzz" is related to the soft-key lights being on?
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Yep.
It's funny, a bunch of people like the long lights -- and it's their complaints, I think, that made Samsung edit the behavior in later firmwares. But I'm also sure there are a bunch of people who don't, so now there's a choice.
I also think if the lights were as muted as they are on, say, a Captivate, things might be different.
I tried this out. If I wake up my phone the lights stay off but as soon as I press one they never go off until the phone goes to sleep again.
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EA28 radio
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s44 said:
I also think if the lights were as muted as they are on, say, a Captivate, things might be different.
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Yea, the lights help locate the buttons in the dark, but they are so bright that they almost overpower the screen. As handy as they are, I'd rather do without them all together personally. But this is a great compromise.
scarfman4 said:
I tried this out. If I wake up my phone the lights stay off but as soon as I press one they never go off until the phone goes to sleep again.
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You sure it flashed? This is basically the standard behavior.
s44 said:
You sure it flashed? This is basically the standard behavior.
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I believe so. I booted into CWM, wiped data and cache twice, flashed it and rebooted.
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EA28 radio
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Yikes, you wiped data!
Don't do that, this is a tiny framework change. (I think I'll add that to the OP.)
Not sure what could be off -- I assume the framework didn't change between 2.9.1 and 2.9.2. You used Red clockwork and not Orange, right? Maybe try reflashing...
(Since you're also in the SC thread, note that flashing any ROM will undo this change.)
Thanks! I have been looking for this!
Superclean 2.9.2
EC10 voodoo
s44 said:
Don't do that, this is a tiny framework change.
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It worked perfectly for me, and I didn't wipe anything - data, cache or dalvic.
thank you very much s44, I've always wanted this!
This by far is the best mod yet. Not to dis the other great developers but I really hate that the backlights are brighter than my screen and always on.
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s44 said:
Yikes, you wiped data!
Don't do that, this is a tiny framework change. (I think I'll add that to the OP.)
Not sure what could be off -- I assume the framework didn't change between 2.9.1 and 2.9.2. You used Red clockwork and not Orange, right? Maybe try reflashing...
(Since you're also in the SC thread, note that flashing any ROM will undo this change.)
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My mistake, I didn't wipe data, only cache and dalvik (that's what I get for typing in a hurry).
I have Red clockwork, the latest from 3/30. I'll try again after my battery finishes charging.
Bizarrely, the lights seem to revert to "always on after touch" mode while the screen is in power-low super dim mode. Not sure if or how I can do anything about this.
s44 said:
Bizarrely, the lights seem to revert to "always on after touch" mode while the screen is in power-low super dim mode. Not sure if or how I can do anything about this.
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I bet that was why it wasn't working for me. I was only at about 5% battery when I tried this.
Works perfectly for me.
Nice job.
Also just a heads up for any noob. My first reboot after took extra long but went fine. No problems.
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A working Svoice on SII.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662552
Just installed on AOKP. Everything works. Just want to share.
Give a ljnk the one he gives sucks I get 10kbs
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Virus1x said:
Give a ljnk the one he gives sucks I get 10kbs
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+1. I cant even get the download page to load. Times out on me every time.
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This link worked for me just fine.
http://wanamlite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=28
Ask it something complex like "How tall is the Empire State Building" then click the "More" button below S-Voice's response.
Why whats supposed to happen
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moneyover said:
Why whats supposed to happen
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Well I don't know about this particular version since people are still reporting problems downloading it, but in all the versions of S-Voice I've tried crash and logcat cites a missing resource
I have no issues asking about empire state building and hitting more. The flashable zip I posted link to from wanam is like 80mb and has the libs and everything. I haven't gotten it to fc yet and I have tried.
kytrauma said:
I have no issues asking about empire state building and hitting more. The flashable zip I posted link to from wanam is like 80mb and has the libs and everything. I haven't gotten it to fc yet and I have tried.
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okay that's good, looks like someone listened to my fix. BTW you can make it crash if you ask it to open Gallery
shishir95 said:
okay that's good, looks like someone listened to my fix. BTW you can make it crash if you ask it to open Gallery
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Mine opens gallery just fine. I also tried complex multiplication and division and that worked also.
kytrauma said:
Mine opens gallery just fine. I also tried complex multiplication and division and that worked also.
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Huh. Well that's great, that means someone even changed the pointers. Well now the rest of the world's caught up to my ROM
I tried this zip on serendipity and it force closes when you click more
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so far so good on ShoStock 3.0.5
I got force closed when setting a calendar entry. It set the entry but force closed in the process so it "sorta worked"
Alarm, open app, navi, texting, posting to facebook, asking questions, etc....works great on S2.
I got a massive scare though when flashing it. I hit reboot the screen dimmed and then went all funky colors. I had to rip the battery. It booted back up fine into CWM, rebooted again, and phone is working fine. I'm going to chuck that up as random.
I get s-voice to work, and well, but I don't see it listed in my app drawer. The only way to bring it up is to long press the search button. Any ideas?
Just switched roms today to Mystic v4.
EDIT: nevermind. Reboot and it showed up. ::slaps forehead
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Big Problem!
I'm running Mystic's Glory v4.0. I just dl'ed this Svoice zip to my phone. The ROM Manager asked if I wanted to install and I followed the prompts. The opening Samsung Galaxy SII screen comes on, then it goes black and nothing happens.
I popped out the battery a few times and tried to reboot, but same thing happens: Intro screen then black.
Any ideas?
drjim said:
I'm running Mystic's Glory v4.0. I just dl'ed this Svoice zip to my phone. The ROM Manager asked if I wanted to install and I followed the prompts. The opening Samsung Galaxy SII screen comes on, then it goes black and nothing happens.
I popped out the battery a few times and tried to reboot, but same thing happens: Intro screen then black.
Any ideas?
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Try wiping cache and dalvik with a fix permissions for good measure. If that doesn't work sounds like a reflash of from is in order.
PS. Try flashing it manually in recovery instead of using rom manager. I've seen it do all kinds of weird ****.
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kytrauma said:
Try wiping cache and dalvik with a fix permissions for good measure. If that doesn't work sounds like a reflash of from is in order.
PS. Try flashing it manually in recovery instead of using rom manager. I've seen it do all kinds of weird ****.
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Thanks for the fast reply!
Can you give me a little more detailed instructions. How do I get into my CWM to wipe cache and dalvik with a dead phone? Or how do I reflash with a dead phone?
In fact, how do I get into recovery? I hold down the Vol Down button and the power button and instead of taking me to recovery, it goes to:
Warning!!
A custom OS can cause critical problems...
I can then either Vol Up to Continue or Vol Down to Restart phone. If I press Vol Down, say problem. Vol UP takes me to another screen that says:
Odin Mod, Downloading...Do not turn off target!!
Please advise.
Thanks!!!
drjim said:
Thanks for the fast reply!
Can you give me a little more detailed instructions. How do I get into my CWM to wipe cache and dalvik with a dead phone? Or how do I reflash with a dead phone?
In fact, how do I get into recovery? I hold down the Vol Down button and the power button and instead of taking me to recovery, it goes to:
Warning!!
A custom OS can cause critical problems...
I can then either Vol Up to Continue or Vol Down to Restart phone. If I press Vol Down, say problem. Vol UP takes me to another screen that says:
Odin Mod, Downloading...Do not turn off target!!
Please advise.
Thanks!!!
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Sounds like you went to download mode...
To get to CWM recovery, hold vol up, vol down, and power until CWM recovery menu shows up. You can do this on a phone that is on or off.
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bookem11 said:
Sounds like you went to download mode...
To get to CWM recovery, hold vol up, vol down, and power until CWM recovery menu shows up. You can do this on a phone that is on or off.
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I tried holding Vol Up/Down and Power buttons to go into recovery (a finger on each Vol button, then press Power), but it doesn't work. Is there a trick to it?
drjim said:
I tried holding Vol Up/Down and Power buttons to go into recovery (a finger on each Vol button, then press Power), but it doesn't work. Is there a trick to it?
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You got this posted in more than one thread huh? Good move!
Yes theres a trick. Use the damn search function!.

[MOD][MIUI] Home Button Delay Fix for 2.8.17

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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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?

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