[howto] Disable capacitive buttons and enable software buttons

I find the capacitive buttons hard to use so after a bit of trial and error i found a way to enable software keys and disable the capacitive buttons.


To enable software keys :-

With root file editor, edit the build.prop and add the following to the very bottom

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

Reboot and the soft keys should now now be showing! They auto-hide as well when required.

WARNING: If you install a ROM update that changes the build prop it will disable the softkeys.
You can usually still navigate to edit the build prop again and then save and reboot though.




To disable capacitative buttons

Use root file explorer and navigate to /system/usr/keylayout
edit the mtk-tpd file and put a # in front of the lines for home, back, menu, app switch

e.g
# key 172 HOME VIRTUAL
# key 139 MENU VIRTUAL
# key 158 BACK VIRTUAL
# key 580 APP_SWITCH VIRTUAL

Reboot and the capacitive buttons no longer work!

tested working on Androium rom so far

buttons not working

Hi, i've installed Malaysk v4 rom and it worked fine for a couple of weeks. Now i've a big problem: buttons on mtcd and buttons on steeringwheel not working at all! CanBus work fine because i can see climatronic info on display. When i receive a call unit don't switch to bluetooth page. What do you think i can try before reset unit?

Capacitive buttons replacement

Hi!
I have a Samsung GALAXY s7 and 4 days agof my capacitive buttons stopped working after i submerged the phone in water, I sent it to samsung so they would fix it but they sent it back today telling me that the warranty doesn't cover water damage. So now I was wondering if there is anything give can do to fix my capacitive buttons, is there some way I can replace them? If yes how and where can I buy them?

Also before all this, i had another problem with the phone, it's memory was damaged and the OS had problems, I made a thread about that too, but ended up sending it to samsung cause I couldn'the find any solutions. Right after the capacitive buttons stopped working 4 days ago I noticed that the back part of the phone was't sealed, I could separate it with my fingernail, so I think that the guys who changed the damaged memory forgot to seal the phone properly and that's why it got so damaged after 20 seconds in water. Of course now after I sent it a second time for the capacitive buttons they sealed it properly now, so I have no evidence of this.

Hardware buttons click

After two weeks using my brand new Mi 5, the hardware buttons (volume rocker and power button) are not clicky anymore. They're soft and mushy, without that clicking feeling they had at the beginning.

It's really disappointing!
What about yours?

An Xposed module to remap bottom hardware buttons ?

Hi,

I've bought several Android devices and since 2014 I really hate how the multitasking button replaced the menu button.
I just want to bring the menu button back and bring the multitasking section by long-pressing the home button, I really don't care about the Google Search functions.
The problem is, the phones I bought don't have any on-screen buttons and I really don't want to add a bottom panel for that.

I also know that GravityBox may be the Xposed module which can do that, but since it mostly applies to AOSP-based ROMs, I'm affraid of having conflicts with my phones' stock ROMs (Zenfone Selfie -ZE551KL- on Marshmallow).
Some apps that I found in the internet are quite old -pre 2014-, making them surely unsuitable for Android Lollipop and above.

So the question is: Is there any Xposed module -or even an app !- that can remap the bottom hardware buttons without conflicts ?

Notification panel quick setting buttons always revert to default after a while

6.0.1, stock ROM, no mod or root

I have tried this several times. Customize the button orders but later I will find it's back to default again. Initially I thought it's just after restart. It turns out that it will revert after a while (half hour or so), whether I reboot or now.

Any way to make it stick?

Thanks

Home buttons flashing during charge

When I charge my HTC 10 using the charger and cable it came with, the phone charges as it should. When I use the charger and cable for my LG G5, however, it charges normally, but the home button lights flash intermittently. Anybody know why?

Phone doesn't respond to hardware buttons sometimes

Can't power on, go into recovery, or download mode.

I have to remove the battery, put it back in, and then it works.

Has anyone experienced this?

Turn off soft buttons

Figured out a way to turn off the buttons in basically any app.

http://www.themobilereport.com/home/...-on-the-tab-s2

CM13 headset buttons fix

Hello! Maybe some of you've realized that problem with headphones. The problem occures for me since I've moved to 6.0 (no matter which version SultanXDA, Ressurection etc.), my headset is original red OPO JBL E1+ - headset has 3 buttons, 2 for volume control -+ and one for play/pause. By default only VOL- has worked fine... So I've made simple fix by editing key layout :) Now I have fully working three buttons no matter of which 6.0 ROM I'm using. You may want to try it and tell me if it is working for you too.

Attached Files

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[Q] After upgrade to 6.0.1 of A310F hardware buttons not working

Hey guys,

I upgraded to 6.0.1 stock rom with ODIN. Not the hardware buttons are not responding. I already tried factory reset and wipe cache. No success.

Also downgrading to 5.1.1 doesn't change anything. Buttons not working in latest 5.1.1 ... strange.

Can someone give me an advice?

Thanks!

How do I disable capacitive buttons when screen is off?

I cant seem to find an action to disable capacitive buttons

QUICK HELP! Stuck with rebooting status. H/W buttons doesn't work

I'm using this ROM. I tried rebooting to recovery from 'Advanced Reboot Menu' in Cyanogen based ROMs but it's now stuck in rebooting status, not allowing me to press anything else. Already my H/W buttons are very mushy, it's completly unresponsive to my inputs. USB debugging also not enabled so can't connect to PC to restart. Any immediate help would be appreciated. It's just screen ON & unresponsive to touch inputs.

Buttons not working

My opo buttons not working. I'm in multi rom candysix. I think not due to rom or multirom. I just put in pant pocket for 2-3 hrs , and when take out to use, notices that capacitive buttons not working. I changed rom, uninstall multirom, flash stock rom, done a factory reset , but nothing work. Anybody have any idea?
I had tried this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzj...w?pref=2&pli=1
But not work.

How to get Volume buttons to wake phone in Lolipop (CM12.1)?

Hi All I'm on CM12.1 (MT2L03 cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K2-mt2) and can't seem to figure this out. I had the volume buttons waking the phone from screen off in 4.3 working great...I used that for quite a while (since I used the option to end calls with power button need volume buttons to wake screen also saves wear to power button) so the hardware supports it but not sure how to get it working on lolipop (CM12.1).

In Jellybean, I just had to add 'WAKE' after the volume keys like:

key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE (in /system/user/keylayout to the kl files)

I tried this for CM 12.1 and it doesn't seem to work. Since it worked before I suppose it could work again if a setting is changed or something.

Also I tried adding:
ro.config.hwfeature_wakeupkey=1
to my build.prop and rebooting and that didn't work either. (Setting it to 0 disables volume key waking)

The xposed module XUtilities option: Volume rocker wake also did not work.
The xposed module GravityBox doesn't have the option or I didn't see it there.

There's this reference:
http://cyanogenmod.github.io/cm_plat...ME_WAKE_SCREEN
which refers to VOLUME_WAKE_SCREEN setting (in CM API)

In the Buttons section of CM's settings, I have the End call (Pressing the power button will end the current call) option ON. One would think this would allow the volume buttons to wake the screen if the screen goes off during a phone call so you can wake it back up without ending the call. Also with this option on, on more than one occasion I went to turn my phone on just as an incoming call came in and used the power button which ended the call...so I've gotten in the habit of using the volume up/down buttons to turn on the screen getting around that issue (also saving wear and tear on my power button).

There's an app in the play store that can do what I want called DTSO but it stays running and uses more battery power. The hardware solution that was working in 4.3 didn't require a background app to allow this feature and also didn't require extra battery power. So this isn't ideal. I'd rather have Cyanogenmod ROM directly support it or have a way to use it with it.

I want to be able to press the volume buttons and the screen come on like it used to. How?

Thank you for any suggestions :fingers-crossed::good:

Any way to remap HDMI-CEC buttons?

I have a Samsung TV and I want to use my TV remote to control Shield TV (over HDMI-CEC). This mostly works with one inconvenient problem. Android Back button is mapped to Samsung Exit button. Regular Samsung remotes have Return and Exit buttons and if you are using this remote then it's ok. But higher end Samsung TVs have Samsung smart remote and it only has Return button. The Return button also works as a Exit button if you hold it down for 2 seconds, but that's really inconvenient.

For me it would make a lot more sense if the Android Back button would be mapped to Samsung Return button and if possible then Android Home to Samsung Exit.

I have no idea why or who (Google, Nvidia or Samsung?) mapped the buttons as they are, but it is not usable for me. So is there any chance we can remap HDMI-CEC buttons?

On-Screen Navigation Buttons

Hi guys,

Just wondering if there's a way to enable on-screen navigation buttons on the HTC 10, whether through root or a custom rom. I've gone through the stock room but could not find any settings related to it.

Thanks!
-Ice

[How-To] REMAP CAPACITIVE BUTTONS ON GALAXY S6 [ROOT]

HOW TO REMAP CAPACITIVE BUTTONS ON GALAXY S6

If you're left handed like me, then you might wanna remap your capacitive buttons if you use the back key more often than the multitask button.
You can remap many other buttons such as volume keys and the power button, just use some logic and you'll figure it out.
As we progress on, you'll realize that there are many more things you can remap other than the physical buttons.

!!!DISCLAIMER!!!

I'm not responsible if this doesn't work for you!
I'm not responsible if your capacitive buttons don't work!

!!!DISCLAIMER!!!

1. You'll need root access for this, otherwise it won't let you edit the file
2. Go to Play Store and download the app called Total Commander (you can use any other file manager that supports root, but this one worked best for me)
3. Open the app, and go to File system root
4. Go to data folder and when it asks you, grant it the permissions
5. Go back and go to the system folder, then to the usr folder and then to the keylayout folder
6. Long press on the Generic.kl file and click on Open as, then on Text and then select Totalcmd Editor
7. Now click on the magnifying glass icon without an arrow in the top right corner
8. Search for the word BACK, but select the Whole Words checkbox
9. Change it to APP_SWITCH (make sure it's capitalized!)
10. Search again for the word MENU and change it to BACK (there may be two MENU words in the file so search twice)
11. Search for the word APP_SWITCH and change it to BACK
12. Click on the Floppy disk icon on the top of the window and then click OK
13. Exit and close the application
14. Reboot your device and enjoy!

Capacitive buttons, navigation bar and PIE control

Hi guys,

Ok, so I'm coming from an old Nexus 4 on which I was used to do everything with one hand (right).
I was used to Pie Control, and completely remove my software navigation bar (qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in build.prop)

Now, I'd like to do quite the same thing with my OP3, but I'm struggling a bit.
As you know, with OOS, we can use either:

1. Capacitive Buttons


2. On-screen navigation bar

When I use Pie Controls (either LMT or GravityBox) and set the navigation to capacitive buttons, it's mostly OK, but there's always the unintentional touch, especially when holding the device in landscape mode.
When I set the navigation to on-screen buttons (but don't use them), "Back" and "Home" simple tap on Pie Control doesn't work at all (Longpress's and Recent simple tap work fine, though).
I tried fiddling with build.prop but didn't manage to disable both altogether.

Code:

---

# enable navigation bar
#ifdef VENDOR_EDIT
#liuhuisheng@framework disable navigation bar
#qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
#else
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
#endif

---

Anyone knows how to disable both capacitive buttons AND standard software navigation bar ?
If it's possible to stay on OOS for the moment, that would be great :)

Thanks in advance.

On-screen buttons not working in landscape mode

Anyone facing this issue or knows a solution to this





The on-screen nav buttons are not working in landscape mode, and in landscape the keyboard is of the size of the portrait only with an weird nav bar. And nothing happens when I touch the nav bar in landscape mode !!!!!

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