Does anyone know how to remap the lock screen button (power button) to operate as a camera shutter button?
I know it's a pretty stupid request, considering the possibility that you might not be able to turn your device off afterwards.
However, when the camera is running, tapping the lock screen button doesn't actually turn off the screen, it locks it while the camera is still running. I'm guessing that this is a special command that the camera app itself activates. If this is the case, is there a way to edit the YP-G1 camera app to use the power button as a hardware shutter button only when the camera app is running?
I'm not looking for a hardware camera shortcut, just a hardware shutter button, because let's face it, it's not easy to take incognito photos when you have to tap the button on the touch screen instead of a hardware button.
There is n app called button remapper (I think) that serves the basic function you're looking for.
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While the idea for this app ids close to what I'm looking for, I wonder if there's a way to change the behaviors for certain buttons ONLY within a certain app, not all the time.
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AnoraxAudio said:
While the idea for this app ids close to what I'm looking for, I wonder if there's a way to change the behaviors for certain buttons ONLY within a certain app, not all the time.
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look under the settings for the camera app. it should be there
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-Power button remapped to act as camera button while camera app is open
-Removed restriction of launching camera, music, etc... apps when low battery
I saw this implemented in someones ROM, but I can't seem to find it anywhere now. Which developer created this MOD?
Thanks,
It's implemented in SGS tools in the market
Why would u want to remap a key just for a camera button.why don't u just add a camera shortcut to the home screen. Remapping is a little much huh! Well anyways good luck with that!
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Its hard to take pictures when your guessing where the shutter button is I use the camera hack and have no complaints because if you hit the screen in the wrong place it takes the focus away from you and who or whatever your trying to take a picture of
Nerov3 voodoo
Yep, it was the SGS Tools App from the market.
Thanks guys.
Hi,
Is it possible to wake up my phone by pressing (or should I say touching) home button instead of power button?
BTW, I've found a app for turning the screen down called "Screen Off and Lock" in the market.
update: I found the TapTap App from the market is very good to wake up your streak without pressing the power button. It uses proximity sensor to wake up your phone and you can change the sensitivity. I have been using it for a couple of days, it doesn't degrade the battery life. At least I didn't feel that.
I use that app (screen off and lock) with transparent launcher 100% transparent to hide the icon. and NO LOCK app to use the power button to wake it up. But have not found a menu unlock that will work.
u can use widgetlocker it has this option
Or use the menu unlock off the market. Not home button.....but the menu button....
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on most devices you change key 102 HOME in /system/usr/keylayout/sruf_keypad.kl to key 102 HOME WAKE_DROPPED but im not sure that will work anyways because these are capacitive buttons, not physical ones so its like trying to use the touch screen while its off.
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Or use the menu unlock off the market. Not home button.....but the menu button....
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I didn't try this one. If it does work, that's great.
Does this app consume more power than usual?
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Or use the menu unlock off the market. Not home button.....but the menu button....
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Oh, I found this one. It's just for unlocking the phone after you wake up it, but not for waking it up. Right?
rainsia said:
Hi,
Is it possible to wake up my phone by pressing (or should I say touching) home button instead of power button?
BTW, I've found a app for turning the screen down called "Screen Off and Lock" in the market.
update: I found the TapTap App from the market is very good to wake up your streak without pressing the power button. It uses proximity sensor to wake up your phone and you can change the sensitivity. I have been using it for a couple of days, it doesn't degrade the battery life. At least I didn't feel that.
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Rainsia, Thank you.
rainsia said:
Oh, I found this one. It's just for unlocking the phone after you wake up it, but not for waking it up. Right?
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Doh yes it is......I should've read the q properly.
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Try button remapping here on xda i used it to get my foucs button to take a pic instead of the touch screen ll.
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rainsia said:
update: I found the TapTap App from the market is very good to wake up your streak without pressing the power button. It uses proximity sensor to wake up your phone and you can change the sensitivity. I have been using it for a couple of days, it doesn't degrade the battery life. At least I didn't feel that.
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Doesn't work for me, or perhaps I'm just dumb
I've used the app Button Remapper to remap all of the hardware buttons, including the camera button as two (focus, camera).
These can be used to power on the device with wake_dropped.
However, the Home, Menu etc buttons are not identified and remappeable in the normal way. Has anyone found if they're remapped from/to other buttons, perhaps the function keys etc?
I've found that remapping the keys:
volume up = home
volume down = menu
focus = back
camera = search,
it's substantially better to use in landscape mode. However, I'd like to disable the capacitive buttons, but haven't found a way yet.
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Is there an app for rooted phones to re assign a button.. For example the camera app, i would like to use the power button or volume button to take the picture.
Any help would be great.. Thanks
I'd like this too wildfire has no Camera button :/
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monkey28rb said:
Is there an app for rooted phones to re assign a button.. For example the camera app, i would like to use the power button or volume button to take the picture.
Any help would be great.. Thanks
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With CM7 you can set the soft buttons to do other functions. For example you can set the search button to a different app or search app. You can set up the camera to use either volume UP, volume DOWN, or Power button to take pics. If you use the power.button to take pics you can then set up the volume UP/DOWN to zoom in/out. I have asked about this in one of the stock roms but never got an answer.
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Does anyone have an answer for the stock rom rooted?
I believe they are currently tinkering with the camera app to enable this functionality.
I was wondering if anyone knows a way to change the function of any of the four hardware keys at the button of the device.
For example, I do no use nor like the search key. So I was wondering if there was a way to change it so when I tap on it the applications drawer would open instead.
Any help would be awesome, thanks
I was going to suggest Button Remapper, until I saw that you wanted to open your app drawer with the search button. I used it to make the search button duplicate the menu button action for a while, but ended up changing it back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
I don't have a ton of experience with Tasker, but you might be able to get Tasker to do it.
I will check it out. Thank you
Yea button remapper best i could think of i use it turn my search key into the camera button
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Looks like there is no option to change to open the app drawer. Worth a shot
zayydubb said:
Yea button remapper best i could think of i use it turn my search key into the camera button
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Sorry to raise an older thread, however, I am curious if you needed to do anything other than install / run the remapper app?
I am trying to get it to work, to no avail. It opens, I see the options, I change the functions from search to camera, save, apply. After I reboot, it still does the search, no camera. The remapper program also sees the 'saved' functions of camera, but still no luck.
I am currently using the paranoid android rom and noticed it has an easy way to enable or disable the hardware buttons.
My question is, is it possible to enable and disable the buttons using either a combination of the volume buttons, or a long press of a hardware button. Reason being is i have a 2 year old who loves using flashcard apps but he's always hitting the buttons and messing everything up. I would also like this because it keeps him out of other apps and calling random people.
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