[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] JiraffeLeung:
This all started after I noticed how much I accidentally hit the Home Button with my flip case on the Note 2,

It sometimes woke the phone and jumped it directly into an app, and thus, can also make unsolicited phone calls or such.

This will come in handy if you have a sticker (or elevated) home button, and when you need to wake the device quickly without having to hit the power button (i.e. check maps while driving, etc.)

**Video demonstration coming soon**

WHAT THIS DOES:

1) Disables your home button wake. Meaning that you will officially stop the home button from waking up your device.

2) Every other function of the home button will be left unchanged.

3) Use app called "GestureDroid" from the Play Store to wake device without having to hit the powerbutton.

INSTRUCTIONS:

**NOTE: You do this at your own risk, you will need to have ROOT in order to perform the first task of disabling your Home Button wake function.

1) Use a file explorer such as Root Explorer (recommended. It creates a wonderful backup of the modified system file) or ES File Explorer from the Play Store. Open up the app

2) Navigate to SYSTEM in your root directory (directory should appear as "/system"), then navigate to USR, and finally locate the folder KEYLAYOUT

4) Mount the read/write to read/edit: Press the "Mount R/W" grey box on the top right area (if using Root Explorer) and it should switch to say "Mount R/O".

5) Look for the file titled as "gpio-keys.kl", and long press for options (if using Root Explorer) and choose the option to "Open in Text Editor"

4) Once in Text Edit mode, look for the line "Key 172 HOME WAKE" and remove the word "WAKE".

7) Press back, confirm and save. Root explorer should now have saved a backup file for you.

8) REBOOT

TOGGLING WAKE GESTURE

1) Go to the Play Store and look for the app called "GestureDroid". There is a free version, and if you want more functions, I would suggest that you support the developer and purchase the pro version for $1.31 USD.

2) Open the app, and tap the green checkmark to enter. Enable "Start/Stop service", and also your preferred choice of 1 gesture or 2 gestures (and etc, if you have the pro version)

3) Under "Action", select WAKE PHONE

4) Go to "Advanced Settings", select ACTIVATE SENSOR IN SLEEP and also ENABLE IN LANDSCAPE.

5) Personally for me, I've edited the Maximum time to become 350ms, this permits me to swipe at a comfortable speed without going frantic trying to wake my phone. I have also changed the Minimum time to be 300ms, and Wake Time to be 6000ms.

**ADDITIONAL NOTES:

- App is on, even if it doesn't show on Notifications Area.

- App can also wake into lockscreen or bypass lockscreen

- You should notice a faint red glow on your sensor if the app is working

- You will need to do your swiping motions closer to the sensor if it doesn't seem to work

- After rebooting, the app might need to be refreshed, turned on/off again, or have the "Activate Sensor in Sleep" option re-enabled.

- For flip cases, I would recommend choosing the "2 Gestures" option.

CREDITS:

Gesture Droid

Root Explorer App

and other tweakers who have done a similar task of disabling home-wake

(i.e. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2017221 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhB5kJGQKsI)

If this MOD has helped you, HIT THE THANKS BUTTON.