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Disable your Galaxy Note 8.0 Capacitive Keys
What you will need:
Root
Root explorer or similar program
and Be Careful
First:
Open your root explorer or similar app
navigate to system>usr>keylayout
Second:
Make backup of sec_touchscreen.kl
Third
This step has been, found to be not needed. Skip to step 4!
Fourth:
Open sec_touchscreen.kl
find line:
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
and place a # in front of it like:
# key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
then find line:
key 139 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
and place a # in front of it like:
# key 139 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
Save your changes and close the file
reboot your tablet, and you are finished.
Your capacitive buttons will not respond to your fingers, but retain functionality with the s-pen.
ENJOY!
step 3 was not needed for this guide to work!
Hey ual4720, thanks for the great guide,this is the sort of stuff we need to get some development started for our tablet.
That's more of a how-to, a mod means flashing something
will there be custom roms coming?
Thai Damen said:
will there be custom roms coming?
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I woud say yes, considering it's the same specs powering the Galaxy Note 10.1 (at least, i'm betting on this )
I'm actually sort of surprised someone hasn't tried flashing one of the Galaxy Note 10.1 roms on the Note 8 (I'm not recommending this, i'm not a developer. Just surprised no one (big kahuna's) tried this).
I can't wait until someone figures out how to make this a quick option on the drop down menu so we can toggle the keys on and off based on what we're doing
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Just to be clear - this is only suppose to disable the capacitive function of the hardware buttons, not enable the virtual on-screen buttons or anything (the latter was what I was hoping for)? Don't mean to diminish the value of the first mod to appear on this forum - I just don't quite understand the use case for this. Thanks!
peng1can said:
Just to be clear - this is only suppose to disable the capacitive function of the hardware buttons, not enable the virtual on-screen buttons or anything (the latter was what I was hoping for)? Don't mean to diminish the value of the first mod to appear on this forum - I just don't quite understand the use case for this. Thanks!
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I use my tablet in landscape a lot! I found it was hard to hold the tablet with both hands because I kept hitting the Capacitive keys. this is my way of solving that! I thought I would Share it.
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I hope it didn't sound like I was criticizing the patch. I was genuinely interested in how people were using this - we all have our own ways of doing things. For example, the hardware buttons have turned out to be more convenient than I expected for me because I use the tablet in bed a lot, and I find it's easier to touch the buttons if I hold the tablet upside down, so the buttons are at the top. With virtual buttons, they'd just move themselves back to the bottom!
Thanks, working good with LMT launcher.
colhavoc said:
I woud say yes, considering it's the same specs powering the Galaxy Note 10.1 (at least, i'm betting on this )
I'm actually sort of surprised someone hasn't tried flashing one of the Galaxy Note 10.1 roms on the Note 8 (I'm not recommending this, i'm not a developer. Just surprised no one (big kahuna's) tried this).
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Similar specs, but different. If you tried flashing a ROM you'd softbrick your device. There are a number of devs working on ports and I'm sure we will be seeing customs appearing soon in the future.
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Thanks a lot for sharing detail information about the Galaxy Note. This will be helpful for me to developing stuff.
Hello all,
after disabling capacitive keys, install GMD gesture control to get the same through customized swipes.
Now SNote will work without being annoyed by keys at the end of the page
Hi all,
I kinda like the HW buttons and I wished they were real buttons rather than capacitive.
Is there a way to disable them ONLY in certain apps? I would like them to be disabled when I use S notes only.
Also,
the mod mentions "Your capacitive buttons will not respond to your fingers, but retain functionality with the s-pen."
So I can actually still use the buttons using the Spen?
Thanks!
For those who tried this, I wonder what app do you use to simulate the "back" and "menu" button WITHOUT using the Stylus?
I'd love to disable the capacitive keys, but there are times when I need to bring up the menu or go back WITHOUT taking out the Stylus and drawing the gesture.
lanwarrior said:
For those who tried this, I wonder what app do you use to simulate the "back" and "menu" button WITHOUT using the Stylus?
I'd love to disable the capacitive keys, but there are times when I need to bring up the menu or go back WITHOUT taking out the Stylus and drawing the gesture.
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i use apps gesture control. can get it from playstore. the free version is sufficient for daily use unless you want to make custom gesture. go for pro.
andrianarison said:
Hello all,
after disabling capacitive keys, install GMD gesture control to get the same through customized swipes.
Now SNote will work without being annoyed by keys at the end of the page
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Good day. Could you explain "get the same through customized swipes?"
Do you mean it's possible to toggle the editing or renaming of the "sec_touchscreen.kl" file?
Even if you do this, will you need to restart every time?
theraker007 said:
I can't wait until someone figures out how to make this a quick option on the drop down menu so we can toggle the keys on and off based on what we're doing
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I 2nd this.:good:
I'm using the unofficial CM 10.2 for the note and have deactivated both buttons, but they are still glowing. Is there a way to deactivate this too?
kingofcomedy said:
I'm using the unofficial CM 10.2 for the note and have deactivated both buttons, but they are still glowing. Is there a way to deactivate this too?
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Try in the Setting, where you can disable it.
On previous phones including the S5 you could just change the build.prop or use gravity box to add them but every time I try on reboot I get system UI crashing non stop until I undo my changes.
Has anyone gotten them somehow?
What about the side key panel?
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That's in the way and inconvenient. They should have just added pie
Use Xposed and install GravityBox and use Navigation Bar Tweak feature
pcboyy said:
Use Xposed and install GravityBox and use Navigation Bar Tweak feature
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It doesn't work. My post says that It doesn't.
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It doesn't work. My post says that It doesn't.
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Had same issue. Use dynamic navbar on playstore or lmt pie. I went for dynamic navbar it's amazing and can be customised to your absolute liking.
I've installed dynamic Navbar but can't seem to figure out how to make it work like a regular Navbar and not sit on top of items on the screen.
I am using lmt pie...loving it
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Nobody can get regular softkeys without system UI crashing?
nope, seems like there's some piece of code missing, so that every time you activate those softkeys it just bootloops. have tried a number of methods, haven't found one that works. missing that soft home button (
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nope, seems like there's some piece of code missing, so that every time you activate those softkeys it just bootloops. have tried a number of methods, haven't found one that works. missing that soft home button (
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This is a shame. I figured this would be one of the first mods due to the popularity and convenience of on-screen buttons. The bezel on the Note 4 is so small at the bottom that it wouldn't even look like a waste of space to have a navigation bar. The capacitive buttons are so easily pressed due to the small bezel. I don't mind this, but I wish the option for on-screen was included by samsung. I also hate the "back" button on the right side because I'm left-handed and can't reach it with my dominant hand. That should be reversible as well. Is that possible?
I also recommend lmt. The back button is instant.
whittikins said:
but I wish the option for on-screen was included by samsung. I also hate the "back" button on the right side because I'm left-handed and can't reach it with my dominant hand. That should be reversible as well. Is that possible?
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If device is rooted then you can remap back and menu key by editing generic.kl
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dr.ketan said:
If device is rooted then you can remap back and menu key by editing generic.kl
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Did exactly that as soon as I got it. Although I actually prefer back key on right, just find note too wide to reach across, being left handed. Turned off the key light, not to cause confusion, and I guess it took a day to train muscle memory.
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dr.ketan said:
If device is rooted then you can remap back and menu key by editing generic.kl
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Ah, thanks! What would I change to simply disable the Recent and Back keys completely? I have on screen keys now. I still want to keep the home button because I don't accidentally press it.
Actually, I just put a # in front of the line for app_switcher, which worked. What do I change or remove to disable the capacitive Back hardware key? Thanks!
EDIT: figured it out!
To disable the Recent and Back hardware keys (capacitive buttons), edit /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and put a # in front of these 2 lines:
key 158 BACK
key 254 APP_SWITCH
Save and reboot!
whittikins said:
Ah, thanks! What would I change to simply disable the Recent and Back keys completely? I have on screen keys now. I still want to keep the home button because I don't accidentally press it.
Actually, I just put a # in front of the line for app_switcher, which worked. What do I change or remove to disable the capacitive Back hardware key? Thanks!
EDIT: figured it out!
To disable the Recent and Back hardware keys (capacitive buttons), edit /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and put a # in front of these 2 lines:
key 158 BACK
key 254 APP_SWITCH
Save and reboot!
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That's very useful!:good:
marvi0 said:
Had same issue. Use dynamic navbar on playstore or lmt pie. I went for dynamic navbar it's amazing and can be customised to your absolute liking.
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What is this lmt pie?
kopkiwi said:
What is this lmt pie?
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It's an amazing app here in xda developed by a recognized member that adds pie control to your phone
drmodify said:
It's an amazing app here in xda developed by a recognized member that adds pie control to your phone
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The only thing about let and pie control in general is that it auto dissappear. When multiple back key is required, it is a pain.
Which is why I have resorted to using side key panel when I don't want to use capacitive. I edited settings database to add transparency to side panel menu as well as having a hint bar dissappear. I moved it to the comfortable zone for my thumb, and trigger it without fail. It says on till I press outside of the side menu.
It is working great for me. Although I would rather have standard nav bar for purely visual reasons as well as more modding options.
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I too am a lover of a static nav bar on my Galaxy Devices.
I now have a SM-N910P now and am frustrated as heck at not being able to get it functional here, on a rooted stock NK2. I used to run SlimKat 4.4.2 on my SPH-L710 and loved the navbar that they baked into the ROM. SlimLoli is maturing for the Note 4, but it doesn't yet have any S-Pen support baked in. This fact, when coupled with how well Samsung and Sprint have done with TouchWiz on the Note 4 have caused me to hold off on putting a custom ROM on the device.
So, what to do.?. Editing buildprop does indeed cause the looping system UI FC. UDN is an excellent solution barring one issue, and that it is doesn't have a means to dedicate a portion of the display to the nav bar. It just overlays on top of the launcher's/app's UIs. I'd be willing to pay for a solution that fixes this.
Pie controls have never really clicked with me. Not yet being willing to move away from NK2, I find that I am wondering if there is a way to force a portion of the bottom of the screen to be entirely dedicated to a specific app, all of the time. As depicted in this screeny, UDN overlays and it is frustrating as hell.
Anyone have any ideas yet?
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I've enabled the navkey, but the capacitive buttons are still working, i have tried editing the key layout settings but its still there.. Also tried gravity box but no luck.. Any help? Thanks
Use gravity box to disable backlight (under display section). Then use a file manager and editor with root access (I used ES File Explorer) and open the file synaptics_dsx.kl (it is located under system>user>keylayout) and then edit it by adding a # in front of the key entries. Save, reboot and your hardware keys should be off
kanagawaben said:
Use gravity box to disable backlight (under display section). Then use a file manager and editor with root access (I used ES File Explorer) and open the file synaptics_dsx.kl (it is located under system>user>keylayout) and then edit it by adding a # in front of the key entries. Save, reboot and your hardware keys should be off
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Thanks mate, i have disabled the light though editing synaptics didnt work, but i figured it out by editing atmel_mxt_T100_touchscreen.kl,
Now, my problem is switching the back button and recent..
Why do you want to do that?
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I have enabled the soft keys via buildprop, disabled the hardware keys in the synaptic file, disabled the backlight and added double tap home key to sleep and long press home key for menu using gravity box. Looking good with the Pixel launcher, although unfortunately don't get the transparent white dock background.
Screenshot:
jlou0918 said:
I've enabled the navkey, but the capacitive buttons are still working, i have tried editing the key layout settings but its still there.. Also tried gravity box but no luck.. Any help? Thanks
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hii can you tell me how u activated navigation bar i have tried several ways including cm13 and gravity box
how did you do it
thanks
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hii can you tell me how u activated navigation bar i have tried several ways including cm13 and gravity box
how did you do it
thanks
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You can do it manually if you have root, just need to change a value from 1 to 0 in the buildprop file (it's easy to find the relevant line as it has a description). However, I just use a free root app called Softkey Enabler from the Play Store. This makes it very quick to enable or disable the nav bar.
I leave the hardware keys on (because their long press functions are useful) but in accessibility settings I switch their layout around to match the nav bar. I use another root app called Keyboard Backlight Controller to disable their backlight.
kanagawaben said:
You can do it manually if you have root, just need to change a value from 1 to 0 in the buildprop file (it's easy to find the relevant line as it has a description). However, I just use a free root app called Softkey Enabler from the Play Store. This makes it very quick to enable or disable the nav bar.
I leave the hardware keys on (because their long press functions are useful) but in accessibility settings I switch their layout around to match the nav bar. I use another root app called Keyboard Backlight Controller to disable their backlight.
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Which rom are u on?
I tried soft key enabler on official 16s and 19s it didn't work
I am on cm13 umbrella and it's really good
Far better fingerprint recognition
Better battery life I lost 3% over night
and finally i tried ur buildprop thing for soft keys it worked thanks for that BTW
Did u get to make the Navbar transparent by any chance
I have used the settings in cm13 to turnoff the backlit of capacitive buttons but there still functional can explain how u disable them or use them as u do for long press
Cheers for the help
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Which rom are u on?
I tried soft key enabler on official 16s and 19s it didn't work
I am on cm13 umbrella and it's really good
Far better fingerprint recognition
Better battery life I lost 3% over night
and finally i tried ur buildprop thing for soft keys it worked thanks for that BTW
Did u get to make the Navbar transparent by any chance
I have used the settings in cm13 to turnoff the backlit of capacitive buttons but there still functional can explain how u disable them or use them as u do for long press
Cheers for the help
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I am currently using 17S based Cuoco92. Fingerprint recognition has been just fine for me on Cuoco92, and on stock 16S, 17S and 19S - fast and accurate. The nav bar I have is transparent, just like in stock android. To disable the hard keys, go into system-usr-keylayout and edit the synaptics file (just add a # in front of the lines relating to the keys).
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I am currently using 17S based Cuoco92. Fingerprint recognition has been just fine for me on Cuoco92, and on stock 16S, 17S and 19S - fast and accurate. The nav bar I have is transparent, just like in stock android. To disable the hard keys, go into system-usr-keylayout and edit the synaptics file (just add a # in front of the lines relating to the keys).
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Thanks for the info really appreciate it
I have found a small thing do u have any fix for it?
The notification panel doesn't fully open due to the nav keys
Some other elements get blocked as well
Any solution?
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Thanks for the info really appreciate it
I have found a small thing do u have any fix for it?
The notification panel doesn't fully open due to the nav keys
Some other elements get blocked as well
Any solution?
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No, don't think there's anything you can do about that I'm afraid. I have actually gone back to just using the hard keys as they come. The soft nav keys are nice, but bit of a waste of screen space when you have perfectly good hard keys there to use.
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No, don't think there's anything you can do about that I'm afraid. I have actually gone back to just using the hard keys as they come. The soft nav keys are nice, but bit of a waste of screen space when you have perfectly good hard keys there to use.
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Yea your right about that but the screen is big so having on screen buttons help in using the phone with one hand
I am surprised how the hardware buttons completely disappears when not back lit better then even OnePlus one
I have put a request in the feedback app for a feature like OnePlus one for choice between on screen and off screen
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Yea your right about that but the screen is big so having on screen buttons help in using the phone with one hand
I am surprised how the hardware buttons completely disappears when not back lit better then even OnePlus one
I have put a request in the feedback app for a feature like OnePlus one for choice between on screen and off screen
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I would love them to add that feature. It was one of the best things about CM13 on my Zenfone 2.
Currently I am using the stock eui launcher (it's so smooth and light, and I don't really need an app drawer because I don't download so many apps) and the soft keys don't go so well with that launcher, but I also have the Pixel launcher installed, and I really like using the soft keys with that.
On the Mate 10, when you have the on-screen navigation buttons, a double tap of the task button automatically switches to the last app and back and forth. I can't see how to replicate this with the single gesture key when hiding the on-screen navigation buttons.
I also wish you could customise the gestures:
Swipe to left, go back.
Press once, go to home.
Press and hold, tasks view.
I think this makes logical sense.
Btw, I love this phone.
I think its a copyright issue with regards to your second point.
Regarding your first point, switching apps with fp is not featured yet. But its a good idea and you should send it as feedback using the Hicare app. Either a double tap of fp to switch between last app, or configure the swipe left to do so (while the swipe right remains as "back") or maybe all together do a iphone x style swipe from bottom of screen to switch between apps.
warea said:
Regarding your first point, switching apps with fp is not featured yet. But its a good idea and you should send it as feedback using the Hicare app. Either a double tap of fp to switch between last app, or configure the swipe left to do so (while the swipe right remains as "back") or maybe all together do a iphone x style swipe from bottom of screen to switch between apps.
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To be honest I have no idea why we the consumer figure out this last app shortcut is a must, what happen to their software engineers, eating donuts too?
rjan22 said:
To be honest I have no idea why we the consumer figure out this last app shortcut is a must, what happen to their software engineers, eating donuts too?
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Are you aware of other manufacturers havings similar switch to last app on their fp button ? Probably all eating donuts I guess. Or maybe figure out that moving software navigation to fp guestures will have gaps and compromises.
And fyi, the switch between last app was implemented on emui first before android officially implemented it.
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Are you aware of other manufacturers havings similar switch to last app on their fp button ? Probably all eating donuts I guess. Or maybe figure out that moving software navigation to fp guestures will have gaps and compromises.
And fyi, the switch between last app was implemented on emui first before android officially implemented it.
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Are you a software engineer? Anyways I am guilty I am a regular on Krispy Kreme, Anyways I know double clicking recent app does bring you to the last app, what I am saying is there should be more easy way to do it because on Mate 10 its a lot better not showing the soft key 3 buttons on the bottom, I am asking about that they should place a shortcut on the fingerprint gesture which they don't, you can't double swipe the F sensor to go to last app, or the floating white button because it requires you to press and hold it and swipe up or left to call a command. When you have the Mate 10 you will understand what I mean, and I am not talking about other phones, I just want to remind you may be you missed it, this is the Mate 10 forum or may be I am wrong.
Did you found a solution to this "problem" because I really miss that feature. Doble tap to switch to last app.
I'm so sad because this option disappeared
ivan333 said:
Did you found a solution to this "problem" because I really miss that feature. Doble tap to switch to last app.
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what if u wanted to zoom in on a picture on your explorer, or double tap like on instagram?
entwicklun said:
what if u wanted to zoom in on a picture on your explorer, or double tap like on instagram?
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We talking about doble tap on the square button on the bottom.
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ivan333 said:
We talking about doble tap on the square button on the bottom.
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OHHHHHHH lmao. soz
I recently bought a Redmi 6A for my (aging) parent, and somehow (inadvertently) he keeps toggling settings from the quick settings panel, what is a major annoyance, because more often than not, he disables data or wifi, what leaves him uncommunicated until I go to fix it. I have been tinkering with the settings and found no way of disabling the fu*kn panel, the only thing I can do is rearrange the tiles... any help or hint will be appreciated.
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I recently bought a Redmi 6A for my (aging) parent, and somehow (inadvertently) he keeps toggling settings from the quick settings panel, what is a major annoyance, because more often than not, he disables data or wifi, what leaves him uncommunicated until I go to fix it. I have been tinkering with the settings and found no way of disabling the fu*kn panel, the only thing I can do is rearrange the tiles... any help or hint will be appreciated.
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I also have the same request..
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Any solution on this
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