Broken Home Button - Motorola Droid X2

Home buttons broken, Is there any way I could make another button go to the home screen? Such as long pressing back button or something

It won't fix your physical broken button but, download Button Savior from the store.

android4545 said:
Home buttons broken, Is there any way I could make another button go to the home screen? Such as long pressing back button or something
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Are you rooted?
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when

Pixelation said:
Are you rooted?
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
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Good call. Gotta be rooted for BS.

Pixelation said:
Are you rooted?
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Yes
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Maybe go to the button remapping thread...
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This may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464

tallyforeman said:
This may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
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button remapper app doesn't work with X2,
try manually remapping
edit: read Mod] Search button as Camera button (key remapping)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403013
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Go to our button remap thread, i did not say use tge app, dev forum, its in the top 10 recent threads... Read it
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Remapped it! And all it took what switching the word SEARCH to HOME
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android4545 said:
Remapped it! And all it took what switching the word SEARCH to HOME
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Glad you got it working. I have a question about the buttons though, are they supposed to have an LED backlight behind them?

catawalks said:
Glad you got it working. I have a question about the buttons though, are they supposed to have an LED backlight behind them?
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Yeah. When the screen is awake a white light should come on behind them.
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Hmm, well then I guess mine are broken.
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So now the home button is somehow pushing itself, is there a way to completely disable the button?
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android4545 said:
So now the home button is somehow pushing itself, is there a way to completely disable the button?
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Have you deleted HOME from the original home key in the file? If not I would try that and see if that works.

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Facebook post button.

Just out of curiousity would it be possible for someone to make the search button a Facebook button like how the HTC status has? I'd be willing to donate if so.
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I like the idea
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Im sure its very doable, there's other apps you can launch by long pressing the search button
corybucher said:
Just out of curiousity would it be possible for someone to make the search button a Facebook button like how the HTC status has? I'd be willing to donate if so.
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There's a app called Launchkey in the market...download it, it makes hold down the search button which ever app you want..and u can make yours facebook
Nice
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Download friend caster in the market it has that option when you long press the search key. I just now noticed it.

(Q) app to make volume button act as wakeup button

Hi,
Is there any app to make volume button to wakeup the device?
Thanks
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Widget locker does that if you don't mind replacing your lock screen.
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magui43212 said:
Widget locker does that if you don't mind replacing your lock screen.
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Thnks for ur suggestion, i tried it but no luck..
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It works for me. I think the option is buried somewhere in the settings.
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I see the toggle button in widget locker where that *should* make any physical button wake the device, but it doesn't work for me. Im also looking for a way to make the volume buttons wake screen, if you find a way please keep us posted!!
What roms are yall on? And are you rooted?
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magui43212 said:
What roms are yall on? And are you rooted?
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This also doesn't work for me, I am running Joker's Skinny ROM and obviously rooted, unlocked and unbricked..for now.
That is strange. It worked for me on Homebase and its working on cybik's cm7 build.
EDIT: I should probably note that I can only get the volume buttons to wake it. The camera button is a no-go, no matter what setting I try.
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magui43212 said:
That is strange. It worked for me on Homebase and its working on cybik's cm7 build.
EDIT: I should probably note that I can only get the volume buttons to wake it. The camera button is a no-go, no matter what setting I try.
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That's cool...I remember seeing videos of a guy waking up his CM7.1 phone with a long press on the screen..that was sick.

How to take screen shot

On gb, i used to press home and power button to get screenshot. Its not working after ics update
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honglyunz2 said:
On gb, i used to press home and power button to get screenshot. Its not working after ics update
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Really? Press your gpen against screen while holding the botton in. Another method is to swipe the side of your palm across the screen. Like your brushing something off.
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bigfau said:
Really? Press your gpen against screen while holding the botton in. Another method is to swipe the side of your palm across the screen. Like your brushing something off.
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lol the palm thing really works, thanks!!
i used to always use the pen method u mentioned

Get to home screen w/ s pen

Other than pressing the home screen button is there a way to get the s pen to take you back to the home screen? Tried a quick Google search but couldn't find anything.
Only way right now is to buy GMD SPen Control from the market and create your own gesture.
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Thanks but I'll wait and see if there might be an update that will allow it before I spend $5 on it.
my_handle said:
Thanks but I'll wait and see if there might be an update that will allow it before I spend $5 on it.
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Also if you don't know already, open the "Help" app for a list of pen features and how to do them.
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SwipePad
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+1 I Just picked up my note and Was wondering the same thing until l remembered swipe pad
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SwipePad
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Had never used this before. It's awesome and free!
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Im pretty sure you can create your own gestures with out having to buy anything. Plus there is already a way to get to hime. But you have to draw the back button .ill look for it and post it here. With the way to create gestures
Go to settings... s pen..... s pen settings. There you can create a gesture or a function you want the s pen to do. Theres also s help page at the bottom when you scroll all the way down.
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you can also enable the on-screen buttons... there is a thread in development
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reinaldistic said:
you can also enable the on-screen buttons... there is a thread in development
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This! I really like SwipePad, but the on screen buttons are money!
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sleevasteve said:
SwipePad
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I'll have to check this out.... Thanks
crazydad said:
Im pretty sure you can create your own gestures with out having to buy anything. Plus there is already a way to get to hime. But you have to draw the back button .ill look for it and post it here. With the way to create gestures
Go to settings... s pen..... s pen settings. There you can create a gesture or a function you want the s pen to do. Theres also s help page at the bottom when you scroll all the way down.
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Not a home setting but I know the back Thanks though
reinaldistic said:
you can also enable the on-screen buttons... there is a thread in development
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I may try this soon.....
You can try button savior too. It's a little pull out nav bar.
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Home button to wake phone?

Is there any way to make the home button wake the phone?
It should already... mine does.
Take a look at /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl and gpio_keys.kl see if 172 still says wake. It shouldn't say wake_dropped like the others if it doesn't add wake if its missing or remove dropped if its there
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reinaldistic said:
It should already... mine does.
Take a look at /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl and gpio_keys.kl see if 172 still says wake. It shouldn't say wake_dropped like the others if it doesn't add wake if its missing or remove dropped if its there
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No it does nothing...I'm not really sure about the settings you are talking about...I am still learning
hondaboi20002 said:
No it does nothing...I'm not really sure about the settings you are talking about...I am still learning
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Are you rooted?
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reinaldistic said:
Are you rooted?
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Yes I am
i agree with hondaboi20002. my home button wakes up my phone, too.
high kick said:
i agree with hondaboi20002. my home button wakes up my phone, too.
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No my home button does not wake up phone
My home button wakes the phone and takes it to my lock screen. If you disable swip to unlock, then pressing the home button would take you to the home screen.
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Yes I am
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Get https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander and use it to go to /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl click it and tell it to edit file, use the editor that comes with the app, scroll down to 172 and see if it says "172 HOME WAKE" or "172 HOME WAKE_DROPPED" or simply "172 HOME"
Do the same on /system/usr/keylayout/gpio_keys.kl and report back
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