I'm looking for a mod that changes the position of the navbar buttons to the left side.
When I'm using the tablet in bed it's pretty hard to reach the buttons in the middle, so I need them on the left side.
Is there any mod for that or should I downgrade to 4.1.2?
Thanks in advance.
I know there are custom roms that do that but I want to keep mine on stock.
PS: I have the 16GB wifi model (SGP311)
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Does the official ICS update have on screen buttons, back , home, etc
or use the device buttons?
SonicTab said:
Does the official ICS update have on screen buttons, back , home, etc
or use the device buttons?
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It uses the device buttons. I believe its just the Galaxy Nexus that uses the on screen buttons. Once some custom roms come out based on official ICS update, you can flash the on-screen button. I flashed it on LPH a while ago and had the on-screen buttons if thats what you want. But it feels like you have less screen space since you have device buttons as well as on-screen using that mod.
But to answer your question, the SGS ICS uses device buttons on official build
Thanks for the reply.
Rather use the device buttons and have full screen display.
Glad to hear its possible,
read somewhere ICS allowed on screen buttons only, glad that is not the case.
Im on mean rom 1.4 and it did work at first, but when I flashed the mod to use the shutter button as the search button it stopped working, my multiboot menu is gone too!
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I would also like to know if this is possible. One of the better functions I miss from my old CyanogenMod. That and adjusting brightness with the top bar on the fly.
Edit: Just didn't look hard enough for this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717434
jarjarchared said:
I would also like to know if this is possible. One of the better functions I miss from my old CyanogenMod. That and adjusting brightness with the top bar on the fly.
Edit: Just didn't look hard enough for this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717434
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As far as adjusting brightness with the statusbar, there's a mod for that, too. I don't have a link handy right now, but it should be a quick search in the development section.
Greetings my fellow XDA experts,
I have a Galaxy S2 (i9100) International version on the NeatROM 4.8 ( XXLSW). What has happened is that my Softkeys are dead and unresponsive.
There is no illumination and response from them. So I have a phone without the menu and back buttons, which implies that I have a f**ked up iPhone like phone with just one Home button to function with.
I took the phone to the service center and they said it's a single piece with the display so the entire display would need to be replaced which is unreasonable and needless since the display works absolutely perfect.
So I was thinking of a remedy in terms of the ROM I use with the phone. Is there any custom ROM available for the S2 which would enable me to use a part of the display as the MENU and BACK buttons itself ? Like the Nexus 4 has ? I don't mind losing out on screen space to enable me to get those buttons back.
Please do suggest me any such ROM's or methods through which I can use the phone without having to change a fully functional touchscreen display. Spending so much just to get the Soft key functionality back is plain ridiculous and a pure manufacturing drawback from Samsung. Yuck
Anyways, please do help with any pointers.
Thanks and Cheers !
HellRazorGod said:
Greetings my fellow XDA experts,
I have a Galaxy S2 (i9100) International version on the NeatROM 4.8 ( XXLSW). What has happened is that my Softkeys are dead and unresponsive.
There is no illumination and response from them. So I have a phone without the menu and back buttons, which implies that I have a f**ked up iPhone like phone with just one Home button to function with.
I took the phone to the service center and they said it's a single piece with the display so the entire display would need to be replaced which is unreasonable and needless since the display works absolutely perfect.
So I was thinking of a remedy in terms of the ROM I use with the phone. Is there any custom ROM available for the S2 which would enable me to use a part of the display as the MENU and BACK buttons itself ? Like the Nexus 4 has ? I don't mind losing out on screen space to enable me to get those buttons back.
Please do suggest me any such ROM's or methods through which I can use the phone without having to change a fully functional touchscreen display. Spending so much just to get the Soft key functionality back is plain ridiculous and a pure manufacturing drawback from Samsung. Yuck
Anyways, please do help with any pointers.
Thanks and Cheers !
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You'll be hard pressed to find a 4.2.2 ROM that doesn't have some sort of on-screen control. Do a bit of searching around on XDA of all the 4.2.2 ROMs, look at screenshots etc. Navigation bar is the same style as a Nexus 4. Pie controls are a method of on-screen control. AOKP ribbons are also for on screen control. There's probably more. Then there exist ROM's which attempt to mimic the AOSP, Nexus-style experience. Plenty to choose from.
Hopper8 said:
You'll be hard pressed to find a 4.2.2 ROM that doesn't have some sort of on-screen control. Do a bit of searching around on XDA of all the 4.2.2 ROMs, look at screenshots etc. Navigation bar is the same style as a Nexus 4. Pie controls are a method of on-screen control. AOKP ribbons are also for on screen control. There's probably more. Then there exist ROM's which attempt to mimic the AOSP, Nexus-style experience. Plenty to choose from.
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So basically My ROM territory is now limited to any 4.2.2 AOSP/AOKP Rom's ? Do all of them have on-screen navigation?
Like the Parandroid? No more Sammy Rom's obviously.
HellRazorGod said:
So basically My ROM territory is now limited to any 4.2.2 AOSP/AOKP Rom's ? Do all of them have on-screen navigation?
Like the Parandroid? No more Sammy Rom's obviously.
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Hmm well I imagine you could find some lower than 4.2.2 with those controls if you wanted to, but no need to if you don't want. You can use ParanoidAndroid if you want, search my posts for a link for i9100, I posted it yesterday or the day before I think. It won't be the first link you find on Google thats for sure, version 3.6 is the latest. As far as 'limited to 4.2.2 AOSP/AOKP'.... Depends how you see it. I don't see it as a 'limitation'. Start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23231772. Go through AOKP and AOSP till you find something you like. Bear in mind that the AOKP contains waaay more than just plain AOKP, there's hybrid (combos of CM,AOKP,PA, AOSP usually) and all sorts in there.
Enable Navigation Bar in AOSP/AOKP roms etc for getting these functions back.
Alternatively if you want navigation bar in Sammy Roms you can still have them , look for soft key enabler in play store or else you can edit build.prop of your phone , there will be option of soft keys , change it from 0 to 1.
Use pimp my rom it have a option for on screen buttons (back menu and recents) so you can have any rom
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S2 soft keys not working
Issue seems to be related to the usb charging receptacle. As long as a good charging cable is connected, the soft keys work. They work for a short time after unplugging and then stop working again.
HellRazorGod said:
Greetings my fellow XDA experts,
I have a Galaxy S2 (i9100) International version on the NeatROM 4.8 ( XXLSW). What has happened is that my Softkeys are dead and unresponsive.
There is no illumination and response from them. So I have a phone without the menu and back buttons, which implies that I have a f**ked up iPhone like phone with just one Home button to function with.
I took the phone to the service center and they said it's a single piece with the display so the entire display would need to be replaced which is unreasonable and needless since the display works absolutely perfect.
So I was thinking of a remedy in terms of the ROM I use with the phone. Is there any custom ROM available for the S2 which would enable me to use a part of the display as the MENU and BACK buttons itself ? Like the Nexus 4 has ? I don't mind losing out on screen space to enable me to get those buttons back.
Please do suggest me any such ROM's or methods through which I can use the phone without having to change a fully functional touchscreen display. Spending so much just to get the Soft key functionality back is plain ridiculous and a pure manufacturing drawback from Samsung. Yuck
Anyways, please do help with any pointers.
Thanks and Cheers !
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So I think the capacitive buttons on my Rezound have bit the dust. I was having trouble with CM 10.2, and thought that was the cause. I have since tried various roms that had worked in the past and have tried going back to a stock rom to no avail. I now believe I just have a good old fashioned hardware failure.
I'm trying to figure out a work around, as I can't really afford a new phone currently. Does anyone know if we have any ROMs that have the home and back buttons on them like a Nexus device, (where they are the black and white softkeys at the bottom)?
YTHero said:
So I think the capacitive buttons on my Rezound have bit the dust. I was having trouble with CM 10.2, and thought that was the cause. I have since tried various roms that had worked in the past and have tried going back to a stock rom to no avail. I now believe I just have a good old fashioned hardware failure.
I'm trying to figure out a work around, as I can't really afford a new phone currently. Does anyone know if we have any ROMs that have the home and back buttons on them like a Nexus device, (where they are the black and white softkeys at the bottom)?
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All CM10.2 based roms have em, just need to enable the buttons. Using PIE controls is an option also.
To enable the Nav bar, try adding this to your build.prop and reboot.
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
Edit: Just noticed a typo, cut it from another site, it's fixed now.
Thanks for your reply. I've never edited any build.prop before, I knew you could do that but didn't know why you would or what it did.
I installed CarbonRom to get the nav bar and it seems to work pretty well.
Edit: can I turn off the lights for the capacitive buttons with a build.prop?
YTHero said:
Thanks for your reply. I've never edited any build.prop before, I knew you could do that but didn't know why you would or what it did.
I installed CarbonRom to get the nav bar and it seems to work pretty well.
Edit: can I turn off the lights for the capacitive buttons with a build.prop?
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You can use kernel tuner and slide the slider to 0. That'll disable the lights.
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YTHero said:
Thanks for your reply. I've never edited any build.prop before, I knew you could do that but didn't know why you would or what it did.
I installed CarbonRom to get the nav bar and it seems to work pretty well.
Edit: can I turn off the lights for the capacitive buttons with a build.prop?
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Check to see if Carbon has a Buttons section under the Settings, if so you can turn the brightness off.
tmanschuette said:
You can use kernel tuner and slide the slider to 0. That'll disable the lights.
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mjones73 said:
Check to see if Carbon has a Buttons section under the Settings, if so you can turn the brightness off.
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I added that line to build.prop in CM 10.2, and nothing changed. Also I couldn't find the pie control options, so I dunno.
Carbon had no buttons section, and I couldn't find an option anywhere else to disable the led lights.
Hmm, you may need expanded desktop on also, I'll try it on mine later.
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I found the error, what you typed earlier was wrong - it's "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0".
I changed that, rebooted and now it works.
Sorry, copied that from another thread, guess they had it wrong also..
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I can confirm that this works on CM11 too.
After flashing a new ROM based on the latest stock Z2 and Z5P ROM, I happened to find a small bug. The speaker icon and the left end of media volume bar are not aligned with other icons and bars. Does it appear in stock ROM? How can I fix it? Sorry for my poor English.
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