Remapping hardware buttons

[moneytoo]

There are several applications which allows you to remap buttons (AE Button Plus, HButton...). If you dont need more than 6-8 shortcuts you should be fine with this. (I prefer this remapping solution because it doesnt require to keep some program running in RAM)
These shortcuts are basically generic but here's what I've found and tested on Wings.

Shortcut Current App. Remapping

Long_POC.lnk - OK
Long_End.lnk Lock Not tested
Long_Home.lnk - OK
Long_Send.lnk - OK
Short_POC.lnk CommManager OK
Long_Power.lnk Turn Off OK
Long_Pound.lnk Line Switch ???
Long_VolUp.lnk Voice Dial. OK
Long_Camera.lnk Camera OK
Short_Power.lnk Quick App. OK
Short_Camera.lnk Camera OK
Long_VolDown.lnk Voice Notes OK
Long_NonCamera.lnk ??? ???
Short_NonCamera.lnk ??? ???

(NonCamera = POC on some devices. I dont know why is it on Wings but probably because of generic WM keypad map.)

Key Name Hardware Button

POC CommManager
End End Call
Home Home
Send Send Call
Power Turn On/Off
VolUp Volume Up/+
Camera Camera
VolDown Volume Down/-

How to use...
1. Create a shortcut of a program
2. Rename the shortcut to the shortcut name of a key you want to asign to (TaskManager.lnk to Long_Home.lnk for example)
3. Copy it to \Windows\ directory

[bigflavor]

Wow! Awesome! Thanks for shedding light on this!

Tested short_power.lnk successfully.


[ADDITION]

IE button (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298418): is PIE.lnk + Short_IE.lnk.

[moneytoo]

About
If you need turn on WiFi, you have to press at least 4 keys by default to start WiFi (using Comm Manager).
After installation of WirelessToggle, just press and hold Comm Manager button to toggle Wifi (on/off). (Alternatively you can use attached exe and assign WirelessToggle to any button / shortcut you want to).
And as always: There are few more programs that can be used for faster turning on/off WiFi but this keeps the RAM free as much as possible.

Installation:
WirelessToggle.cab - just install
Run WirelessToggle.exe (from \Program Files\smartmadsoft\WirelessToggle) manually (just once) before using the shortcut (otherwise you wont be able to confirm dialog window asking you about running unsigned code)

Download:
WirelessToggle.zip (http://www.smartmadsoft.com/wirelesstoggle/wirelesstoggle.zip) (4 kB)

Support:
Tested only on S730 but it should work on other devices as well (will test it later).

[Alcaline]

Great work moneytoo!
This is real usefull, thanks for sharing! :)

[kid1988]

does anyone know the WM6.1 connection manager (wireless manager in home screen) file name?

wireless toggle doesn't work for me (wm6.1) it removes all wireless settings from the WM comm manager, and swiches wireless off right after I've enabled it.

[tuem]

i need to look into this, whether it will work on a diamond, cause it's hardware button associations are plain stupid...

[thx1200]

i need to look into this, whether it will work on a diamond, cause it's hardware button associations are plain stupid...

Does it work on the Diamond? I'm getting a Touch Pro in a month and I really hope it works...

[larsosca]

i need to look into this, whether it will work on a diamond, cause it's hardware button associations are plain stupid...

What did you find out?

Does it work on your Diamond?

[iTouch24]

i right clicked on psshutxp.exe and selected create a shortcut.. i renamed file to Long_Power.lnk .. dropped in my windows folder and reset my htc touch pro (cdma) ,,, never asked if i wanted to overwrite anything ...

now when i press down my power button... the same default action happens... it is not running psshutxp....

[robned]

I'd like to bounce an idea and see if your solution might work for this specific issue.

Seems like the headphone button = green answer button on newer htc systems. If I press the headhpone button twice - I'd like to jump one track forward. Press it three times, I'd like to jump one track back again. Would this be possible to map somehow? That is, multiple key inputs?

Regards.

[giddy]

Has anyone here found a solution for the touch diamond?

[spone1]

Wrong forum m8, this is the Wings smartphone, not the Diamond pocketpc :)

[P-A-L-A-D-I-N]

Wrong forum m8, this is the Wings smartphone, not the Diamond pocketpc :)

I know that this is the Wings forum but nevertheless I would like to know if anybody has found a similar mapping functionality for the HD2... I tested several shortcuts but only long_send.ink seems to work.

[Ravensysteam]

For Multibuttonmappingwhatsoever I can recommend HButton as it allows to activate different things depending on how long you press the button. Remapping doesnt really work for me after all, nothing happens..

[R0b3rt2]

Hi, I want to remmap Home Button in HTC HD2(Leo). But when I search the link, I can't find anything that mention about home.

Any suggestion? Thx..

[R0b3rt2]

Hi, I want to remmap Home Button in HTC HD2(Leo). But when I search the link, I can't find anything that mention about home.

Any suggestion? Thx..

Oooopss.. Sorry, wrong thread.
I'm just too desperate. :P

[P-A-L-A-D-I-N]

For the HD2 unfortunately only the long_send button seems to work. I tested the others mentioned on the first page of this thread but they did not work - at least not by using shortcuts or reg keys (but I did not test any special software as HButton).