Can someone make a flashable zip so i can have a designated camera button as search? I want to be able to click it to take a snap shot of my phone with dro cap.
Thanks
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[GUIDE] How to Remap Hardkey Actions || Custom App Launching
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Thanks man. Sorry my phone hates me and i couldn't do it my self. But seriously thanks!
Not a problem.
I remember doing this on my qa1 and I think that the phone assigns numbers to downloaded apps
Aside from possibly spoofing the called intent by renaming the .apk(I don't think it calls the apk), I haven't found out another way... I'll go poke around the source and see how the intent>activity is handled.
Then again, I've been spacing off on this heh. damn hangover.
Hmmm, I'm fairly certain push Volume Down mutes an alert. But I'll see what I can do.
hmm, i followed the directions exactly and everything seemed to work.. but the keys still do the same thing. do i need to reboot to have the changes take effect?
edit: should have read the last line of OP's first post
edit: should have read the last line of OP's first post
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[GUIDE] How to Remap Hardkey(button) Actions
Have you tried physically mounting the device to your computer, then remounting through adb?
ya, trust me I know what I'm doing.
It just doesn't work
I would love to show you a logcat... but i cant adb remount LOL
Have you tried physically mounting the device to your computer, then remounting through adb?
I changed the search key to open up the camera but it still opens up the universal search program. I followed the directions as written and rebooted the phone. Any ideas?
It should work. Copy and paste your edit with "CODE" tags so I can see what you did.
PHP:
key 102 HOME
key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED
key 158 BACK
key 127 CAMERA
key 231 CALL
key 107 ENDCALL WAKE_DROPPED
key 191 DPAD_CENTER
key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKEShould work.
Are you sure you pushed it back to the right place?
Code:
adb remount
adb push heroc-keypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout/heroc-keypad.klAfter you push it back, then reboot. Then long press to see if it works. it should work. lol
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The first time, I just copied the file via USB and then used root explorer to paste it back into the original system folder it was in and overwrite the original. I used the cmd prompt this time to push it through, rebooted, and it works fine. I'm happy but still curious why it didn't work the other way Thanks though. I always wanted a dedicated camera button. Looking forward to any other tricks you got
Thanks though. I always wanted a dedicated camera button. Looking forward to any other tricks you got 
The first time, I just copied the file via USB and then used root explorer to paste it back into the original system folder it was in and overwrite the original. I used the cmd prompt this time to push it through, rebooted, and it works fine. I'm happy but still curious why it didn't work the other way
I edited the file on the phone and replaced it using root explorer without any problem. I'm guessing you never changed the permission on the file
> All 3 on the first column under "Read" and the top one under "write/user"
anyway to change the long press actions? I would love to change voice dial to open voice search
(once you figure out how to launch apks also... lol)
edit: I'm a moron, I didn't realize you could long press search key to voice search... haha
(once you figure out how to launch apks also... lol)
edit: I'm a moron, I didn't realize you could long press search key to voice search... haha
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Is there any way to change or add the actions for long pressing a key? For example, could I have the search button open up the camera when pressed and the browser when long pressed?
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10This is really a low-level type of hack, as it just requires editing a few files.
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Sick of the Hero not having a designated "camera" button?
Well then, remap the damn thing.
How to:
MAKE A BACKUP OF THE FILE BEFORE PROCEEDING
Firstly, we'll need to pull the file that controls the heroc keypad which is entitled "heroc-keypad.kl" in "system/usr/keylayout".
To pull the file:
Code:adb remount adb pull system/usr/keylayout/heroc-keypad.kl heroc-keypad.kl
Now the file will appear in your Android SDK tools folder so you can edit it.
I recommend using Notepad++ but any kind of text editing tool will work.
Now open the file and it should look a little something like this(minus the "unuse" keys):
Code:key 102 HOME key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED key 158 BACK key 127 SEARCH key 231 CALL key 107 ENDCALL WAKE_DROPPED key 191 DPAD_CENTER key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
As you can see, there are different attributes assigned to each key.
Specific application/action launchers:
Code:HOME #Launches "Home" MENU #Launches "Menu" BACK #Takes you back to the last activity SEARCH #Launches "Universal Search" CALL #Launches the "Phone" activity and corresponding .apk or initiates a call ENDCALL #Ends a call CAMERA #Launches "Camera" activity and corresponding .apk FOCUS #Initiates Auto-Focus while using the Camera VOLUME_UP #Self explanatory VOLUME_DOWN #^
And attributes saying if it should wake the phone at button push to complete the action, or if it should just complete the action without waking the screen.
Code:WAKE #Completes the action without waking the screen WAKE_DROPPED #Wakes the phone to complete the action
NOTE: "CAMERA" can't utilize the "WAKE_DROPPED" attribute since it's an attempt to launch an activity without initializing anything else.
Anyways you can assign any of these attributes to any of the keys.
Personally, I remap the Phone button to launch the Camera, and the Search button to activate Auto-Focus:
Code:key 231 CAMERA key 127 FOCUS
Then when I'm using the Camera, I just hold down the "SEARCH" button to focus and push the "TALK" button to take a snapshot.
After you're done with your edits, you'll need to save the file properly(NO .txt files!), and then you'll have to push it back to the phone.
Code:adb remount adb push heroc-keypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout
Reboot your phone, and then long press the selected button to see if your edits worked!
Enjoy!
UPDATE!!!!
Code:-------------------------------------------------------------------- key 200 MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE #Pauses Music key 201 MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE #^ key 166 MEDIA_STOP #Stops the media key 163 MEDIA_NEXT #Plays next media key 165 MEDIA_PREVIOUS #Plays previous media key 168 MEDIA_REWIND #Rewinds the media key 208 MEDIA_FAST_FORWARD #Fast Forwards the media
The second half is from the AVRCP.kl which controls media actions on our device. But as you can see the keys aren't correctly mapped as we don't have that many(or those key numbers) at our disposal.
What you can actually do is take these attributes and map them in heroc-keypad.kl
Code:key 102 HOME key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED key 158 BACK key 127 MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE WAKE key 231 CALL key 107 ENDCALL WAKE_DROPPED key 191 DPAD_CENTER key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
This maps the attribute "MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE" at the "SEARCH" key. By pushing it, you can pause media with the first push and play it with a successive push. The added attribute "WAKE" allows it to complete the action without waking the phone.
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I want to thank Geniusdog254 for the heads up regarding not having to edit AVRCP.kl
CHECK OUT HIS FREE APP: Search2Play(Hero/Evo support!)
and
CHECK OUT HIS REMAPPING MOD FOR THE G1
Big thanks!
NOTE: You can also use Root Explorer or any other Root File Manager that has Text Editing
Custom app launching
Ok, so with some inspiration from BuglessPete's How to make script run by using hardware keys. I've devised an 'idea' as to how to custom launch an activity with keypad push.
Currently, you can launch any activity from shell by just using am.
Here's an example of launching the browser using am in the shell:
Code:am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity
Which results in:
Code:Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cmp=com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity }
And the program launches!
But if you put this into a script, even a basic linux shell script, you can call it quickly just by running the script! So in theory if you map this script to a keycode, you can call the script by a button push.
How?
Well first, before you compile the ramdisk, you need to create a service that contains the script necessary for the intent activity you are trying to accomplish.
Second, you have to add the proper keycodes in an init script of your choice:
Code:#example service <activity> /path/to/yourservice oneshot disabled keycodes 107 127
Which maps the activity to the search button after launching the service with the endcall button
This is currently just a theory as I haven't tested it out myself(busy with other things).
But if you would like to attempt it, I'd love feedback.
Quick Service Creation Tutorial: http://developerlife.com/tutorials/?p=3561The script was this
on ramdisk > init.rc
Code:service screenshot /system/bin/scrnsht oneshot disabled keycodes 217
217 is the search button on my device
system/bin/scrnsht (or the name you want for it)
Code:#! /system/bin/sh am start -a android.intent.action.SCREENSHOT -n com.cyanogenmod.screenshot/.ScreenshotActivity
And thats it, later I missed my search button so I used combo buttons (back and power) to trigger the screenshot1Please do.
Okay, it isnt too great of a solution, but it works. What you need is root access, a text editing program, and Tasker.
I originally made the guide for the HTC One, but Id assume you can do this for any phone, just make sure that you have on-screen keys enabled so you can still navigate.
Get your keylayout file. There are multiple ways to do this, but since all phones use different names for them, its best to just open up an app like Root Explorer and move to the file itself, and then copy and paste it.
Edit your button IDs. After getting your .kl file, open it with a regular text editor, and find the keys that you want to change. For mine, I used the home and back keys. Locate where they are; it wont be hard as the keys have their actions next to them, and change one key to CAMERA, and the other the SEARCH.
Map button actions in Tasker. Finally, open Tasker (turn off Beginners view in settings), and hit New > Event > Hardware > and then your button of choice. You can either select the Camera button first, or the Search button. Inside the Event screen, set the priority to Highest, and if youre editing the Camera button, check the Stop Event button. Create a new task in the profile for your button, and create a new action. After, click App > Load app, and then select which application you would like to launch on that button. Do the same thing for the Search button, but you have to long press the search button to access it, as regularly clicking it will open Google Now.
