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
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
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