HTC Flyer Touch Buttons after Honeycomb Update

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So i've finally got the update, however I really don't like the fact the touch buttons don't work anymore. Surely if you pay for a product with touch buttons you expect them to STAY, rather than the company decide "no, you're not allowed them anymore".

Any way of getting functionality back, or will I have to revert back pre-Honeycomb?

LeeDroids kernel/ROM have HW buttons

I upgraded to HC yesterday and the first thing I did was installing Leedroids ROM and buying Honeybar. The first so I got my buttons back, the second to remove the honeycomb bar when I don't want it. Works perfectly!

Originally Posted by Wiley87

So i've finally got the update, however I really don't like the fact the touch buttons don't work anymore. Surely if you pay for a product with touch buttons you expect them to STAY, rather than the company decide "no, you're not allowed them anymore".

Any way of getting functionality back, or will I have to revert back pre-Honeycomb?

Why yes, you can have your redundant hard buttons back !
You can send 100,000 Euro to HTC to make a new release , or you can install one of the custom rooted ROMs that give you your redundant buttons back.
Read a bit, you will learn new things.

PS:
for an extra 20K euro I will add a 5th hard button with the very useful function of "REBOOT and CATCH FIRE"

Originally Posted by DigitalMD

or you can install one of the custom rooted ROMs that give you your redundant buttons back.

For those that prefer the capacitive buttons, they can install Honey Bar from the Market, and hide the notification bar. In that case, the buttons are no longer redundant.

True, but you cannot get the reboot and catch fire function with that hack.

While Honeybar works most of the time, do be aware it is a root hack and does cause problems with some games and other apps.
Read the comments on market before thinking you have ROM problems if you install it.

for me its better....however honeybar takes up space..... there is an advantage for me with HC on screen buttons because on GB many a tyms my games were minimised when my finger accidently touched the hardware keys... now software buttons r not clicked when i drag my finger onto them.... this is better for me...

Originally Posted by DigitalMD

Why yes, you can have your redundant hard buttons back !
You can send 100,000 Euro to HTC to make a new release , or you can install one of the custom rooted ROMs that give you your redundant buttons back.
Read a bit, you will learn new things.

PS:
for an extra 20K euro I will add a 5th hard button with the very useful function of "REBOOT and CATCH FIRE"

the funny part about your post was..... actually, there wasn't a funny part. usually, aware me if i'm wrong, an UPDATE means that an existing product is made better through it's ORIGINAL state. buying a product with hardware buttons and then having them removed through a supposed update is like buying a car with a CD player and having the inside fully refurbished with the CD player being turned into a a cassette player.

my point being, I was unaware of such ROM's, so asked a simple question to which I received a perfectly good answer. the only input you have given in the thread is repeating an answer and adding unfunny comments with it.

how ironic, you could say you updated the original reply from Aiden the old fashioned HTC way.

Originally Posted by Wiley87

the funny part about your post was..... actually, there wasn't a funny part. usually, aware me if i'm wrong, an UPDATE means that an existing product is made better through it's ORIGINAL state. buying a product with hardware buttons and then having them removed through a supposed update is like buying a car with a CD player and having the inside fully refurbished with the CD player being turned into a a cassette player.

my point being, I was unaware of such ROM's, so asked a simple question to which I received a perfectly good answer. the only input you have given in the thread is repeating an answer and adding unfunny comments with it.

how ironic, you could say you updated the original reply from Aiden the old fashioned HTC way.

While DigitalMD is obviously a key member to the community his sarcasm and degrading forum posts do get annoying. (Don't take this the wrong way DigitalMD)

I completely agree with you about the HC update. Why HTC didn't provide the option to remove the lower bar and place the buttons back on the touch buttons on the device is beyond me. They removed a key feature of the device that I liked.

Guess I'll have to look into this LeeDroid rom. I was avoiding bothering with rooting. Kind of sick of messing with stuff as of late. Just causes headaches/complicates things.

Edit:

LeeDroid is only for Flyer... Any View Roms that add the buttons back?

No View Roms to re-add buttons, huh? Or no one knows how to support the other users on this forum....