how to fix broken menu button - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anyone know how to fix a broken menu button or a workaround solution. My menu button is not working, it lights up when you touch the home or back button, but it has no function whatsoever.

try buying a new captive button set it wont cost that much online
or maybe someone you know is willing to let you test with their buttons on your phone
anyway this is a workaround for it :
as im a new member i supose i cant post links to other webpages but on the android market there is a app called SoftKeys for ROOT USERS
its a app that gives you the hard buttons onscreen.
a friend of mine said this worked without root but idk.

downloaded the softkeys app and it's working perfectly. thank you.

are you on a rooted dell streak?
if no;
is there any featuers that dont work as they should or can anyone else answer why it says "for root users"?

yes my streak is rooted and running the DSC .66b rom

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Hardware button failure in WINMO and Android

Need some help: have posted in various threads but no help. going to post a few scraps of information I have found in hope some one can help>
Originally Posted by corollatercel
Does anyone else have a problem with the windows button not bringing up the menu in most screens? It works at the home page, web browser and market but inside of most programs downloaded or not the menu button just takes you back to the home screen. Anyone know a fix for this? I'm using the desire build 5.7 with cotulla's new zimage.
i've searched High and low to see if someone has posted it already and couldn't find a solution.
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Originally posted by ganadabunda (me) in response to this
I have had a similar issue with trying to use android.
I have a euro hd2 with 2_12_50_02_2, using chucky gtx rom, installed following task 29.
The rom seems to work well in windows with the problem of non-functioning hard key buttons in the WINMO also. It seems impossible to assign functions to the hard keys via the windows settings - only the send key option is displayed. The send key (green) button works fine for bringing up the dial pad and the end key (red) works fine also. The start button appropriately brings up the windows menu in this rom, though i have noticed that it does not work on other roms. Currently my home key and back key do not appear to do anything in the WINMO under chucky gtx rom!!
This presents no problems in WINMO as htc sense is easily navigated use touchscreen only and to be honest i never even touch the hard keys. However, this presents a massive problem in ANDROID - the android becomes impossible to navigate as I cannot ever go back or use the home key to get to the main screen. This is the same in sense or launcher mode.
I am using a clean fat 32 4gb class 2 micro sd, desire build v 5.7 from gamesquare and tried all the latest zimage files from cotulla and others but always the same problem. the send key is working fine but then i cannot get out of the dial pad. pressing the end key puts the sense in lock and screen off and i can long press this to power down but if i unlock then i am just stuck at dialpad or where ever i was when i locked. the windows key seems to bring up context menu fine and long press brings up key board in android. The home button does seem to wake from sleep sometimes i think, back button does not seem to work at all.
I have tried changing the rootcfs as well but this did not do anything. I had the same problem on FROYO build so im guessing it might not be an android problem. I am using JMZ dual boot on new rom installs without any other programs on windows or anything else other than android on the microsd.
I have not tried any stock roms to see if they solve the button issue in WINMO but cant really understand why they dont work so well in ANDROID or are they linked as android is ontop of windows?
Ihave found a workaround by installing "soft home key" app from market place which is helpful. but still looking for a fix. All very frustrating!!!
Searched everywhere on xda for answers to no avail. even googling for days!!!
PLEASE HELP. I think im not alone if above post is anything to go by...
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Originally posted by shutdown
home button stopped working on froyo
i tried to use the new system.ext2 today but i got SOD so restored back to original version.
now my home hardware button isn't working, any ideas' why it would stop? or how to fix it?
tried a search but looking for home button seemed to turn up random results
ta very much, love this place

native screen capture

hi, i accidentally use a build in screen capture in my vibrant with froyo.
i couldn't replicate it with any combination i tried.
i read about holding the back button and then pressing menu or home but that didn't do anything.
how do i use it?
(please dong offer third party applications as they all suck...)
I don't think anybody knows how to. It seems like everybody encounters it accidentally. Haven't seen anybody replicate that screen capture option either.
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lol, this is just ridicules...
how can they put a feature that is so hidden that no one in this forum, knows how to activate it.
They put it in there for use, then removed it later because on a vibrant you annoy press both home and back buttons at the same time.
The way you did it is your system lagged then you pressed those 2 buttons and bam
is there a way to do it again then?

[Q] Home Key Double Press / Tap

Hi,
I've got Galaxy S2 on Android 2.3.4 (Basband I9100XXKH3 Kernel 2.6.35.7-I9100XXKH3-CL479037 Build GINGERBREAD.XXKH3)
There's a problem and another niggle I have.
The problem is that when I double-tap the home key, I get the Voice Talk asking me "what would I like to do?"
I want to disable this.
It seems that sometimes this happens by accident - either because I accidentally double-tap or because the hardware/software mis-interprets a single press as two. Read about this somewhere else on the web too.
All I really want to do is for double-tap to just return me to the home screen.
The slight delay that occurs when pressing the home key I'm told is because of the double-tap feature.
I've tried a few methods I found on line but none were actually solutions.
I found an alternative launcher but it turned out that the fix was an irreversible solution, which I don't want.
Surely this should not be that hard!??
How can I disabled the voice talk or double-press on the home key?
Can anyone help or advise?
Thanks in advance,
D
You need root to remove system apps.
You can use apps such as Titanium Backup Pro to remove or freeze the app, or use a file explorer such as Root Explorer to remove. Another easy way is to flash a custom ROM with that particular "bloatware" removed. These methods all require root access.
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Not sure where I saw this option once but it removed double click. Tested it and it worked then reactivated it.
Maybe Google 'galaxy s2 remove double click'.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Check either this thread on how to do the edit yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227479
Or use JKay's Theme + Settings app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154278
I disable double tap home key now I can't restore it. I reinstalled firmware but it doesn't work. How can I enable it again? Voice commands works but double tap doesn't start app.
Just tried this and it worked. Yay!!!!!! No more goddamn vilingo this was driving me crazy!!
No root, no custom rom, easy.
http://androidforums.com/4272402-post4.html
double tap a different behaviour
Awsome took me a month to find this answer, went back to twlauncher and the darn thing wasnt there anymore. Now is there anyway i can give the double tap a different behaviour? without rooting the device otherwise away goes my warranty.

[Q] Archos Gamepad suddenly has button mapping problems!

Hi, well I've searched google and this forum i cant find any fixes. Thanks in advance for your help. Hope this also helps someone out with the same problem.
Archos gamepad suddenly has button mapping issues and i dont know how to fix it.
Problem: the following buttons all map to the same value "button x". So their actual button's proper value isnt being read. So what i mean is, if i use any emulator or app (even the archos mapping tool) and if i try to map any of these following buttons, they all map to the same value. List of buttons that are giving me this problem :
Up, left, start, X, A.
So its incredibly frustrating if im in an emulator and want to map button Up to Up in the app. Because instead it thinks ive pushed the X button. The analogs still work, but this is crazy i cant figure out whats wrong.
Problem exists in the homescreen also!
Things ive tried to fix this:
Reinstalling the latest firmware
Restoring back to factory defaults
Does anyone have any advice ?
I Swear I've had it with this archos gamepad. First i thought the ghost screen touches were annoying, now this has started to happen. Just dont buy one, i dont recommend!
Update the mapping tool from google play
sent from my UNLOCKED gt-s5360 using the XDA app
some progress!
yousef8824 said:
Update the mapping tool from google play
sent from my UNLOCKED gt-s5360 using the XDA app
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Hello yousef, im afraid this is not the problem. it cannot be resolved with app updates, it looks like i need to hack the device.
Ive even disabled all mapping tools and still it behaves like this.
Right now i found that if i hold down the X button, the device behaves properly and reads the buttons correctly!! What madness is this, the only way i can use the device properly is to hold down the x button?? I may have to glue it down or something? it even solves the ghost screen touching!
i have resorted to this ghetto fix for now:
img59.imageshack.us/img59/5175/6r8f.jpg
i have rooted it. i need to completely disable the Button X. can someone help me? I want to somehow edit some settings in some file to completely disable the X Button. So i dont want the button to function anymore.
i also believe the X button behaves like the Back Button in Android OS. And so maybe i should look for a way to disable the Back Button? Anyone have some advice?
thank you
Xaibatsu said:
i have rooted it. i need to completely disable the Button X. can someone help me? I want to somehow edit some settings in some file to completely disable the X Button. So i dont want the button to function anymore.
i also believe the X button behaves like the Back Button in Android OS. And so maybe i should look for a way to disable the Back Button? Anyone have some advice?
thank you
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You could modify some file /system/usr/keylayout/
You must find the right file for the buttons, and comment out line for X.
I wish you luck, because I can't help you more precisely.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
The a button is the back key
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yousef8824 said:
The a button is the back key
Sent from my ARCHOS GAMEPAD using xda app-developers app
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Thats odd, i swear i thought the x button is back.
Ok well i need to find the key layout file and delete or conment out the entry for this button.

Back Button Does Not Function

For some reason, my back button has stopped working. Regardless of which button I press, I get the application task list. I can not figure out how to fix this. I have rebooted a number of times and it still does this.
Same thing here! I already contacted Samsung and Sprint, they don't know how to fix it! Take it to the store to get a replacement !
Same Thing here
Everything was working as expected and the two buttons (Back and running apps) stopped working, i made a factory rest and it did not help, I am suspecting the cover that have magnets in it and I removed it, shut down the phone for few minutes but it did not help, I will try extending the time it is shut down and see the results.
Sword Fish said:
For some reason, my back button has stopped working. Regardless of which button I press, I get the application task list. I can not figure out how to fix this. I have rebooted a number of times and it still does this.
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Guys, you can try to pass to Simple mode, and then try if both work, if yes, come back to normal Mode.
Leaving the mobile without my cheap cover that have many magnet resolved the issue and both buttons worked again. Please check if you have a cover that is not supported which is probably the reason for these issues.
I have a similar issue with the note pro using a cheap cover which causes issues pushing the pro to standby while being used.
I can not be sure that the cover is the reason for that, however this resolved the issues for me at least for now. I will try to reproduce it again and check,
Left the Phone with the cover on and same problem pops up again, and when I took the phone from the cover the buttons started working again but after few minutes, the buttons goes bad again (without the cover) so the issue is not the cover. Too bad and don't know what to do except to send it for repair.
Here is a "solution" that has worked for me. My S6 is the Verizon variant, but I think these steps will work on any Service Provider.
Settings > Accessibility > Dexterity and interaction > Assistant menu
From here, toggle the switch to "ON". This will create a hovering circle with a window with four panes inside it. If you interactive with the hovering circle it will open a new window in which you have access to the back and recent apps buttons via an onscreen button.
Not sure what has disabled the hardware buttons, but this should give you access via onscreen software.
I know it's not a true fix, but a work around.
If someone finds a true fix, please post it! But in the meantime ...
I hope this helps!
Found a Solution for me
My back button stopped to work. After trying many different things.
I plugged my earphoneson in..... and surprisingly . Came back to life.
BAck Button & Open Applications Button Not Working on Samsung Glaxy S7 Edge
Hi
i bought Samsung Glaxy S7 Edge just few days ago, up to yesterday everything was fine, but suddenly back button & Multi folder/Application button stopped lightingup and working.
i have tried all the things i knew, rest, factory reset , cache wipe, factory wipe but nothing is working with me.
i cant take it back to the shop where it was bought from because it was in other country.
Any body else having same issue ? or any suggestion ??
BR
On my Galaxy S6 Edge that if you press the back button with your finger covering the whole button, the recent apps thing comes up. Buuut if you press the right side of the button (but don't cover the whole button) then the back button works.....I dunno why. I have to use the Accessability thingy like some iPhones have though for the most part...if anybody finds a better solution then please reply!!!!!
Here is a tip: if you have problems with a hardware button, try using the application "all in one gestures"to change the functionality of some of the buttons. Some features require root, but most just require accessibility
Root yours and enable onscreen navbar.
open dial pad and dial *#2663# then tap tsp fw update it will surely work
imtiaz111 said:
open dial pad and dial *#2663# then tap tsp fw update it will surely work
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this worked for me, cheers mate!
Thanks
Thanks so much for this post. I am able to use that function and this back button works. This post was a great help!!! You are a rockstar!!!
DonovanEdge said:
Here is a "solution" that has worked for me. My S6 is the Verizon variant, but I think these steps will work on any Service Provider.
Settings > Accessibility > Dexterity and interaction > Assistant menu
From here, toggle the switch to "ON". This will create a hovering circle with a window with four panes inside it. If you interactive with the hovering circle it will open a new window in which you have access to the back and recent apps buttons via an onscreen button.
Not sure what has disabled the hardware buttons, but this should give you access via onscreen software.
I know it's not a true fix, but a work around.
If someone finds a true fix, please post it! But in the meantime ...
I hope this helps!
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kparker12176 said:
Thanks so much for this post. I am able to use that function and this back button works. This post was a great help!!! You are a rockstar!!!
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Thanks for the temporary fix..
But has anyone got a permanent fix? Having issues with unusable back and recent buttons on my s7.
Buttons were pressed unknowingly whilst in camera mode, perhaps holding down recents button which brings up split screen..looked abit odd when i picked it up!
Very frustrating that there is no fix!
My issue solved by initiating this update.
imtiaz111 said:
open dial pad and dial *#2663# then tap tsp fw update it will surely work
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Worked like magic! Thank You.
imtiaz111 said:
open dial pad and dial *#2663# then tap tsp fw update it will surely work
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It worked!!! Thank you bro! I was crying and you solved my problem, try this guys.. i Hope it ll solve the problem!!!! Thank you Very much

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