[MOD?] Only be able to press capacitive buttons when they're lit up. - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was just wondering if there was a mod that would only enable the capacitive buttons to be pressed only when they're lit. For example, say I want to press the back button, i'd have to click on the capacitive button which would make the buttons light up and then i'd have to press it again (within 1.5 seconds or however many seconds you've chosen in the settings) for it to perform the action.
I believe this would be a very useful feature because the buttons on the s3 are very low and are easily pressed playing games in landscape mode.

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[Q] How to unlock the dell streak without pressing the power button

Hi everyone,
As most of you, I am looking forward for the Froyo upgrade which is supposed to release this week.
While waiting for that, can I ask can you recommend me any application that can unlock the Streak without pressing the power button? At first, I like that way to unlock the phone but after that I discover that it makes the power button sunk, something like that button is eroded after pressing so many times.
Is there anyway to unlock the phone just by touching the screen like the Iphone.
I tried unlock v2.0 or some application like that but they all request press the power button.
I will be grateful if anyone can help me answering me this.
Thank you so much.
I second this request if anyone knows! Thanks all...
Carlos
I too would like a different way of turning the screen on without the power button, ideally I'd like an app that can allow me to turn the screen on with the camera button instead.....preferably only requiring the first level button rather than having to push it all the way in.....I'm still not 100% comfortable with where the power button is located at the moment as well as like the OP said, it kinda sits a little too far in (sunk) and makes it difficult to find or press sometimes.....plus I don't press the camera button all that much so I'd rather have that and that it'll be the first button you'll find along the top.
Do a search for remapping keys in this f forum. I believe someone reported success in mapping the camera key to wake from suspend. I don't think you'll be able to power on using the camera button, though.
I'm pretty sure when the screen times out it physically turns off, so you wouldn't be able to wake it up that way.
The camera button is certainly possible though, ill look into it.
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I just had another thought. Tasker might do this for you. Instead of suspending, tasker can shut everything off and blank the screen with maybe a button press. Then when you touch the screen, everything is turned back on, and the screen lightens up as well. You will certainly lose more battery this way, but if the iphone is doing this, it must be the same there.
i used to use widgetlocker and it gives the option to unlock from any hardware key.
However i am using nolock and hence do no have a lock screen which is even better.
Suspend wake on a swipe or one of the soft keys would be great. The hardware button on my touch hd was getting difficult to press towards the end of an 18 months contract. My girlfriends went completely she had to remove the bit on top of the button and press in with the stylus to power on.
So anything to prevent adidonal wear on the streaks button would be a warm welcome
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Using the soft keys the wake the phone is risky.
Its very easy to.press on the soft keys when they r in the pocket.
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I came across this by accident
I installed screen suite locker to replace normal lockscreen but old lock screen kept coming up too, so I downloaded no lock to disable default lockscreen completly.
Works just how I wanted it portrait lock screen no default lockscreen, but now camera, volume & normal power button wakes up the streak
"menu unlock" from the market works perfectly. Its a black icon with pale grey horizontal lines
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vuxuancamtu said:
Is there anyway to unlock the phone just by touching the screen like the Iphone.
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I have the iphone. I can't unlock the screen without touching either the home button or the power button on the top of the phone. Besides, wouldn't the phone keep turning on if touching the screen woke it up?
No because it's capacitive only your hand (ideally) would wake it up.
I'm going to try these solutions, because I do not want to cause anymore wear on the buttons.
Try the volume rockers, mine, froyo is powering up the screen. As for the lockscreen app i have simply lockscreen. It's not so fancy, but it does a simple good job. This combination, makes the Streak wake up with volume rockers, and no other key like camera or capacitive buttons. Also, incomming call screen is in portrait, even if I let the phone down on the table.
Chers,
I hate the lock screen and don't why we cannot disable it.
Anyway, I use the app calls No Lock, by Bod from Android Market. Now, I can simply use the volume up or down button to turn streak on and without the lock screen.
Instead of even the volume rockers, can we not do something with just the three capacitive buttons ?
Try "lock 2" from the market paying of fro free You can unlock with all the button and then slide with your finger.
I use it from whe I had my dream and it works very well

Disabling power & volume buttons for viewing pictures.

Sorry if this has already been asked. I did search but could not find.
Using my S3 I know when viewing landscape mode to avoiding holding the phone in such a way that doesn't press the volume or power button.
Ocassionally I do make the mistake of accidentally pressing the button when viewing an image or a video but I've learnt to hold it right.
However I have friends and family that I show photos too and most the time when I pass them the phone they end up pressing either the vol or power button.
I was wondering if there was an app or a method to temporarily disable these buttons when viewing pictures or video, when I know I will be passing the phone around.
Shot in the dark, can xda help?
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While viewing a video if you tap the power button once it locks the buttons out.
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remapping the power button

Is this possible? I just want it to not turn on the screen. I notice in my front pocket sitting down sometimes the power button gets pressed and turns on the screen. I would prefer the home button only cause it is flatter and more flush with the device. I am able to edit the home button to either wake or not wake the phone, but the power button wakes the phone even when I erase the fields in all the system/usr/keylayout files. There must be a backup file or something somewhere telling the power button to turn the screen on. I use WidgetLocker also.
Are you sure it's not the home button turning your screen on? Pretty common occurrence...
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Are you sure it's not the home button turning your screen on? Pretty common occurrence...
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No. I have disabled that and will leave it disabled until I can figure out how to disable the power button.
i would like to see this as well, the power button is too easy to press accidentally. i tried editing the keylayout files but i couldnt get it to work either.... here's my ideal setup: the home button wakes the phone, the power button does nothing unless you long press it to bring up the power options menu. or press it while the screen is on to turn off screen.
I too have this problem.
The power button is easy to press when it's on my pocket and I even have a case on it. The case makes it a little harder to press but I can still hear the click of the button when so I know when it happens.

[Q] ViperDNA 3.0.0 - Blank screen from camera app, must reboot

Hi All:
Running ViperDNA 3.0.0 while in camera app if I allow the screen to time out or manually screen off using power button I cannot get the screen to power back on. The phone is still on and responds to other physical buttons (I get haptic feedback from holding -vol) but the capacitive buttons do not respond. Reboot by holding power button is the only way to reboot phone to screen-on state.
Has any one else experienced this?
Thanks!
dirtyfoot said:
Hi All:
Running ViperDNA 3.0.0 while in camera app if I allow the screen to time out or manually screen off using power button I cannot get the screen to power back on. The phone is still on and responds to other physical buttons (I get haptic feedback from holding -vol) but the capacitive buttons do not respond. Reboot by holding power button is the only way to reboot phone to screen-on state.
Has any one else experienced this?
Thanks!
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I can also confirm this with my device, I will post a log in the ROM thread

Weird screen bug/defect?

Hello everyone I'm experiencing a very strange issue. Whenever I press towards the top center of the screen sometimes my screen goes black as if I hit the power key and then when I press the home button it doesn't turn back on usually I have to press the power button once then one more time to get the screen to get back on. You have to squeeze or press down the screen firmly a little hard I'll be asleep its not normal to do that but regardless doing that makes my phone turn off and then not turn back on until I press the power key twice. The screen appears to be off and all black but the soft keys vibrate as if thescreen was on and use. Does anyone else have this type of problem when pressing down on the screen? Or has anyone else experienced this some other way and has some type of solution or should I exchange?
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pezlomd said:
Hello everyone I'm experiencing a very strange issue. Whenever I press towards the top center of the screen sometimes my screen goes black as if I hit the power key and then when I press the home button it doesn't turn back on usually I have to press the power button once then one more time to get the screen to get back on. You have to squeeze or press down the screen firmly a little hard I'll be asleep its not normal to do that but regardless doing that makes my phone turn off and then not turn back on until I press the power key twice. The screen appears to be off and all black but the soft keys vibrate as if thescreen was on and use. Does anyone else have this type of problem when pressing down on the screen? Or has anyone else experienced this some other way and has some type of solution or should I exchange?
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I don't have that issue I, only have like many users that little lag when waking the screen. The problem your describing sounds very abnormal. I would def. Check out an exchange option if you have it bro.

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