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[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
i installed it on my MDJ Sense 2.3 , which I can only use HOME. Back, Menu, Search all doesnt work... my phone I guess is rooted since I am able to use other Root required applications
[Android Apps and Games] :
perfect...but

works perfectly, my only request is to make the side bar more visually appealing, maybe a little transparent or even smaller.

thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] motoman234:
Did it ask you for root permissions? If not, go into SuperUser and check to see if the binary is up to date. If it isn't then update it. After that, try to open Button Savior and see if it asks for root permissions. If it doesn't then go into Manage Applications and clear data on this app and try again.
[Android Apps and Games] lemac03:
Thank you thank you.

Works great here for me. Now It just need someone make skin to look like our HD2 hard buttons. (TmoUS) :)
[Android Apps and Games] motoman234:
Yet another great idea (With black background :))
[Android Apps and Games] dungphp:
Some one modify this for some thing ?

I thinkto add more buttons: Power off, Restart, Hot restart,...
[Android Apps and Games] xtorm80:
OMG finally here

wonder if its stay on top of all other program, i swear android will be my main system if it does :D
[Android Apps and Games] terranceye:
Great, would be even better if the key panel dismissed automatically after press .......
[Android Apps and Games] Ryan Cordero:
I would prefer it be on the bottom and very near transparent. It could use the long press option that smarttaskbar uses to avoid accidentally presses and allow it to be on the screen at all times
[Android Apps and Games] motoman234:
I have no idea what that is, after opening it up it looks the same as the stock one in the OP. It looks like someone just extracted the .apk and made it into a .rar file.

Well if it was at the bottom it would get in the way more. When it is on the side like it is now, you can still navigate through everything like the launcher and such. If it was at the bottom when you hit the menu button you wouldn't be able to use the menu until you closed Button Savior. IMO, in the long run I think it is in the best spot. Maybe making it smaller and theming it a bit would make it look fantastic.
[Android Apps and Games] weexy:
Damn it, after using this great app all day the back and menu buttons stopped working.

An uninstall/reinstall and readding super user rights does not fix it.

Update: looks like disabling USB debugging disables the back and menu buttons until it is enabled again and rebooting.
[Android Apps and Games] urquidezj:
like the idea, just forget to use it most of the time haha, great work.
[Android Apps and Games] goldeneagle1509:
i just use back button just only one time, after reboot android ....
[Android Apps and Games] motoman234:
After using it for awhile most of the buttons become unresponsive for about 10 seconds, then the menu will pop up (after hitting the menu button) but I do realize that this isn't the final product so I'm sure it will get better and better.
[Android Apps and Games] schlei:
Great APK !

I will wait for updates....
[Android Apps and Games] alg3r:
much much appreciated!!
[Android Apps and Games] hkcky:
Exactly! .... "Back" and "Menu" Soft Key are working now! Thanks a lot. :) Waiting for the future update !!!
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
Installed SWKEY

Didnt ask for SU permissions

Close & Home only

Clear Data

Uninstalled

Installed SuperUser app from Marketplace (because I removed it before)

Updated Binary

Installed SWKEY

Didnt ask for SU permissions

Close & Home only

Phone auto rebooted itself ! crash suspected..

LOL!

Upon booting up , I tapped the BACK and yes, it asked for SU permissions

Granted, Allow

Back worked ONCE

Now doesnt work at all again... LOL

EDIT :

Enable USB DEBUGGING (GREEN CHECK BOX)

Everything works

Now to POLISH this APP graphically and throw the Search away, replace with Power Off / End Call and we are good to go !!! Thank you SO MUCH
[Android Apps and Games] weexy:
Good to know I am not the only one with the USB debugging issue.

Maybe we can get some others to confirm that enabling USB debugging and rebooting allows the back and menu buttons to work.

I am using Hastarin 8.5.1 kernel if it makes a difference.
[Android Apps and Games] channelm:
it's good! thx!
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
Yup I'm on hastarin 8.5.1

Sent from Tapatalk Android HTC HD2
[Android Apps and Games] taltos_1123:
weexy,

Thanks for the tip about enabling usb debugging. Confirmed it works!
[Android Apps and Games] weexy:
Maybe the dev can fix this issue for us or we can find out if it is spefic to our build. Surely most people are using this without USB debugging mode enabled.
[Android Apps and Games] channelm:
can autoload it after boot?
[Android Apps and Games] hd945157206:
nice hahahahaha
[Android Apps and Games] jerryfan2000:
Sorry guys for keeping silent entire night because I went to sleep after I finished my original post. It is not practical to answer all questions one by one since this thread is going to page 11. So please refer to my original post for Q&A regarding button not working, not working after frequent use....etc.

I am glad that people love it on their HD2. However it performs horribly slow on my I9000. There is 1-3 sec delay after I press menu, search, or back button. Not sure is it the same thing on HD2?
[Android Apps and Games] ovo60:
This is Great! Could you add a lock screen button?
[Android Apps and Games] weexy:
I do get a slight delay when using the buttons, but never more then 1 second, very usable on the HD2. Thanks for the great work.
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
its performing roughly 0.5 second (if kept online) and if already working, pressing it repeatedly is instant.. however further tests show that if i just woke up my device, it is slower like 1 second.. but this is probably due to CPU scaling up, from 245Mhz to 1000Mhz

for the USB debugging, is your device using USB debugging now, JerryFan2000?
[Android Apps and Games] jerryfan2000:
Yes I am running with debug bridge enabled. Not sure why it doesn't work when adb is disabled. But it works on my I9000 with adb disabled too. There are some file open and close issue in my first release. Not sure is it related to adb because I have seen error from adb saying open too many files.
[Android Apps and Games] Rouz.:
Great!

Works surprisingly amazing! extremely smooth, no delay

at all

, (on a build with a quadrant score of 2300)

Very well done!

Suggestion, (as others said before), include themes. I prefer one with transparent background, that makes it easy to see through it when its on the screen.

Many thanks for sharing the app
[Android Apps and Games] tstee3:
Wonderful Dude, thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] fyase:
new release works great and faster on my HD2.... What do you think about to put the bar a little bit below the top of the screen?

thanks a lot
[Android Apps and Games] ovo60:
Good idea!:)
[Android Apps and Games] weexy:
Version 1.01 has about the same 1/2 second delay for me. I still need USB degugging on.

Can the vibration in the new version be optional? I tried disabling haptic feedback in the setting and it still vibrates.
[Android Apps and Games] terranceye:
Thanks, v1.0.1 works great! ...... Please, drop haptic feedback or set it as an option. :p:p
[Android Apps and Games] dung8604:
Yeah I'm not digging the haptic too much either. Reverting back! Keep up the great work though!
[Android Apps and Games] Strenger:
Huawei included for 8230 debugging via USB - all buttons are earned. But the HOME button is faster than the rest, when you click BACK button action is slower than when you press the hardware button.

Is there any way to do something to work without debug on USB??

program is good! It would be nice to add:

- To make the buttons a little transparent, let's say 70% opacity.

- Choose which buttons to display (say that you can remove the search)

- Possibility to turn off and on the feedback that was not always included. It would be wonderful to see when you press the button, it changes color, and then feedback is not required. For example, I do not like the vibration ..
[Android Apps and Games] jerryfan2000:
I just confirmed that my app doesn't work properly when adb is off. Any Android programming expert can answer this question? I used following code to send key event (for example, menu key in this case) with su. Seems like script doesn't run when adb is off.

p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su");

o = p.getOutputStream();

o.write(("input keyevent 82"+ "\n").getBytes("ASCII")); <== 82 is keycode for menu key
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
Don't put it too high near the top as sometimes, our finger / thumb night not be able to reach

Sent from Tapatalk Android HTC HD2
[Android Apps and Games] fana75:
Thanks

hi guy...

thank you very much for your work...

It is working find for me but i don't know how because i don't know how to enter root mode, etc, ... i just installed the apk...

Just a few question:

1/ As many people asked is it possible to add the power button in order to save the mechanical one => it would be great :)

2/ Is it possible to have smaller button and transparent.

3/ How to launch this wonderfull apk automatically after tjhe boot of Android

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] jisare:
just some of my sugestion.

Can we integrate the panel in the notification bar dropdown menu?:D
[Android Apps and Games] weexy:
The SoftKeys project by bpk allows the buttons to be placed in the dropdown bar, maybe that app fits your needs more.
[Android Apps and Games] lucian777:
I've just modified the background to a transparent one for the SWKey2.apk
[Android Apps and Games] hkcky:
Yes, please set haptic feedback as an option.
[Android Apps and Games] quanthien84tester:
i just launch it and everything works so amazing

+1 thank you
[Android Apps and Games] malaeus:
id like to try my hand at skinning this, which files would i need to modify. is it the usual framework-res stuff?
[Android Apps and Games] Sian:
Yes, please let the haptic effect be an optional feature.. really don't like it..
[Android Apps and Games] raysearcher:
SW Key custom themes ;)

Many thanks to the developers "bpk" and "jerryfan2000"!!!

As there are numerous wishes for custom UI icons. I would like to share the knowledge how to do it by yourself. This way we take a lot of unnecessary pressure off the Developers ...

However if there is a preference menu, where we can change number of buttons, order, behaviour and themes the softkey apps would be considered complete.

I have made a theme for my needs, may suite your needs too. It is very similar to "lucian777".

Note, this UI icon change way, does not affect the order or position of the buttons!!!

To start

On your PC:

1. Rename "SWKey2.apk" to "SWKey2.zip".

2. Open the zip file (with winrar for example).

3. In Winrar, go to "res\drawable" Folder.

4. Still in Winrar, delete the icons you want to replace, then place with drag and drop (for example) your new ones.

(the new icons, have to have the same size and names!!!)

5. Close Winrar, saving the archive (in Zip as it was).

6. Rename "SWKey2.zip" back to "SWKey2.apk".

7. And now the tricky part ;)

The apk has to be signed in order to be installed!!!

Take this "Auto-Sign"app (PC software, java based). It is from this thread.

8. Signing the changed APK:

- place "SWKey2.apk" in the folder "Auto-Sign"

- run "sign.bat", do what the instructions tell you to do in the terminal window

- then you should have a "...signed...apk"

9. Put your new app on your phone and install. :)

Have fun!

For those of you who want to put their style icons, I am sharing my draft Photoshop file(Keys-small.zip). There you only have to paste your icons, position them to the layout, tweak transparency to your gusto and export in PNG (use the size Guides, crop marker). Crop each icon and export to png.

Here is also my themed SWKey1 & SWKey2, have tested second version, but the first version without haptic feedback suits me better. Works quite good on web browsing, as the page contents are readable, without closing the buttons.

Best regards to the developers
[Android Apps and Games] ghosse:
Thanks. Downloading...
[Android Apps and Games] lemac03:
@ raysearcher

Please create same theme icons as SWkey1 for SWKey2.

Thanks very much.
[Android Apps and Games] licro:
The function is perfect, layout could be better. But the transparent background is much better.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] dan138zig:
is it not possible to long press home button to see recently opened apps?
[Android Apps and Games] hkcky:
Sorry, duplicated. :) raysearcher has posted the file.
[Android Apps and Games] ducklas1:
the transparent skins are amazing...i could let the softkeys open almost all the time...no disturbance anymore and looking fresher too....keep it up guys :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] zolom:
Thanks; really great app.

May I suggest: Automatic closing of the key's bar after few seconds.

Thanks again for your efforts.
[Android Apps and Games] goldeneagle1509:
great app ... thanks you very much
[Android Apps and Games] privatesam:
Am a little bit taken aback by the demands of people on this forum without first thanking the developer for making this for us. I will try and amend for this:

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is absolutely brilliant - great work between bpk and jerryfan2000 - great they shared their work and developed so quickly and shared so much - WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

For those demanding more features why not do some tinkering like raysearcher (great stuff btw).

So in conclusion great stuff, thank you. Obviously I hope for a speed bump, the ability to change preferences and settings, disabling haptics but I'm sure you'll implement such things if you get the chance. For the time being I'm chuffed to bits at how quickly this has been developed, the way forum developers have communicated so openly and shared their amazing coding.
[Android Apps and Games] Strenger:
much better!! put itself on the phone a transparent version SWkey1

whether it is possible to make version where the background is not completely clear, but at least 50% transparency(as option), so as not to strongly blended with the fact that under the buttons....

Yes, please let the haptic effect be an optional.. or remove the haptic effect to do so by pressing the button changes color.
[Android Apps and Games] privatesam:
Oh yeah and those that keep asking for a way for a software button to wake their phone from standby - think about it, just stop and think if that would be possible and how it would work......every Android phone I've used that has capacitive navigation buttons require a hardware button to wake so how would an app be able to simulate this?
[Android Apps and Games] Strenger:
By the way, someone checked on how much battery power the program uses?
[Android Apps and Games] goldeneagle1509:
it is normal , 5-6 mah ....

great app i love it :x
[Android Apps and Games] motoman234:
The button would be an END key, so it would be able to lock the device. You could hit another hard button to wake. It would cut down on having to punch the hard end key by 50% which would make it last longer.

It would also be cool to add a "Longpress" feature. Especially if you added an And key. Also, maybe add a stock color highlight glow when pushing the buttons? Just a few ideas in case you get bored and want to make some visual improvements. Overall this app is awesome, I am liking it a lot. Thanks for everything and for sharing with us.
[Android Apps and Games] Bazzz66:
Super tnx for the program.

The usb debugger turned on fixed the problem with the back button not working.

Can not thank you enough, we have again more live in our HD2 (no more buttons that will break due to over excessive use)
[Android Apps and Games] securecrt:
I just changed some icons:D:D:D

please uninstall the old version first

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[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
can we please get rid of the search button, lol.. i rather an END key

anyways, THANKS ALOT

about 14 hours into the app and its getting much support

great app 2 show off as well !!!
[Android Apps and Games] nmambre:
+1000!!!

Big Thank You to the Developers/Contributers
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
tried this apk

AWESOME

loving it now!!!! thank you very much for your effort

power of the HD2 increases
[Android Apps and Games] :
Can someone make a sense ui looking sidebar with the icons(buttons) of the desire or evo?
[Android Apps and Games] daysey:
Love your icons securecrt, moved it over to v1.01 and loving it.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] 11calcal:
Thanx a lot m8y just wat I was hoping 4

Was waitin 4 my buttons 2 pack up lol

Cheers bud

;-}}
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
The application ad I checked uses 14mb of RAM , just 4 those who wanna know.. as for CPU, its barely visible

Sent from Tapatalk Android HTC HD2
[Android Apps and Games] thoiroi:
Can you make app with idea like MquickDo on iphone.

A small bar can slide left/right/up/down to make action like button action. A nice idea without two click like now.

However, much thanks to you app. I love it.

Sorry about my poor english.
[Android Apps and Games] nmambre:
I tried using button remapper so that "search" would be "power" (to lock the device, and display off), but it doesn't do anything. Maybe cause HD2 hasn't dedicated search button? or am i overlooking something in the config with button remapper?
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
im using a Desire HD2 build, and I remember Desire's have Search in their buttons

perhaps some1 with a different build other than Desire can try your app?
[Android Apps and Games] Pens and DreamS:
I love this app. Thank u so much. All comments about button failure had me worried. Great job.

Is there any way to remap buttons? And to get transparent button on swkey2?
[Android Apps and Games] pakure:
jerry, please include preferences to toggle haptic feedback on/off........i, for one don't like it to vibrate,........... and some skins would be wonderful....................very much appreciate your work , thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
On another note, when u disable USB debugging, and turn it back on, it stops working.. well, I force closed the app & launched it again, now fine

Sent from Tapatalk Android HTC HD2
[Android Apps and Games] raysearcher:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9691972&postcount=131

With some basic Photoshop skills you can realize your own Icon ideas ;)
[Android Apps and Games] hkmate:
fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you
[Android Apps and Games] pack21:
I want this babe working in my machine, but just Home and close key work, someone help this poor man, please.

:'(
[Android Apps and Games] daysey:
Search this thread, it has to do with enabling or disabling USB debugging.
[Android Apps and Games] pack21:
thanks man, will a try.

:D
[Android Apps and Games] pack21:
Oh my Lord it works, thanks very much @daysey. :D

Bye-bye hard key usage, rest in peace!
[Android Apps and Games] weexy:
Good idea to save a reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] denyboy:
THIS IS PROPABLY GREATEST APPLICATION FOR HD2 of all times.

It would be great if you could make invisible button (orange now).
[Android Apps and Games] raysearcher:
"Raysearcher themed" SW key apps

You can do it yourself (if you have some basic Photoshop skills) :)

Here you go with a how to and a bonus of "Raysearcher themed" SW key apps:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9691972&postcount=131

Best regards
[Android Apps and Games] Pens and DreamS:
Thanks raysearcher.
[Android Apps and Games] denyboy:
Thanks. This skin is much better. Great stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] Strenger:
you could make the same version with transparent buttons? (No vibration feedback)
[Android Apps and Games] CrazyEye:
Would be better if it was on the bottom instead of the side.

nice though
[Android Apps and Games] pack21:
I think a lot in best side, and im really convinced where is it now, is the better choice.

On left we have, user names, the principal key are on left

On bottom we have the web bar, and differences web page menus (search, themes, etc...)

On down side, we have the pop up menus, like settings, keyboard, etc....

The dream for all users preferences would be a app, with 4 sides choice, and activated/deactivated by gesture slide on side screen....WoW
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
24 hours into the app and its already, superb

i wonder if we had another 240 hours on it, what it may be~

awesome so far and working so far !

many suggestions are all able to be programmed later, even Start on Boot
[Android Apps and Games] dan138zig:
is it possible to start this app automatically at startup?

edit: never mind. apparently it's not possible yet.
[Android Apps and Games] arizmin:
Very useful but a bit disturbing to the opening file or the active file. I thk the size a bit big. Wud be great if hv option to install which button.. i personally felt home and return/back buttons are good enough as these 2 are the most used ones. 2 smaller transparent screen would be just ideal... excellent side bar btw and very functional/useful..
[Android Apps and Games] Fidalgos:
I don't understand why can't see the SWKey apk icon on apps installed? So... If I want uninstall... how can I do this?
[Android Apps and Games] raysearcher:
How to uninstall SWkey app ...

Look for "Software Key Panel" under apps ...
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] appelflap:
------------Update Notes----------------

Update 1.1 (dec. 10): Added volume buttons and the power button to the list of buttons that can be remapped!

(Check out the help for some tips and additional info)

------------Initial announcement----------

For full *rooted* Galaxy Tabs (and only for the Galaxy Tab)

Tested on XXJM6 and XXJMA firmware. I assume that it also works on other firmware versions.

(Confirmed working on T-mobile stock firmware, .... )

This app will allow you to remap the tab buttons to any of these functions:

"Lock",
"Home",
"Menu",
"Back",
"Search",
"Volume up",
"Volume down",
"Camera",
"Focus",
"Endcall",
"Call",
"Taskmanager",
"Digitalframe",
"Brightness Up",
"Brightness Down",
"Explorer",
"Music",
"Video",
"Media Play Pause",
"Media Stop",
"Media Next",
"Media Previous",
"Media Rewind",
"Media Fast Forward",
"Dpad center",
"Dpad up",
"Dpad down",
"Dpad left",
"Dpad right",
"Sip setting",
"Sip on off",
"Lang"

Some of these functions like Digitalframe, Music, Video, Taskmanager and some more will only work on the Galaxy Tab. So the app will not work on other devices.

(BTW Explorer means Stock Browser).

The app is derived from this app. Unfortunately that app doesn't work on the Tab, that's why I wrote this special version. (Screenshots from the general app also apply to this version)

Anticipated FAQ:

Q: Can I remap other apps and thingies?

A: No, not in this version. Maybe it will be added later. Meanwhile checkout LauchKey (in the android app section on xda-dev) to map the long press search key to any app you want.

Q: Why doesn't my device hot reboot after I apply a change or try to restore my original button binding?

A: Check if you have busybox installed? Busybox is needed for this to work (install it from the market)

Q: Does this app solve existential question

A: No, but I'm working on an update that is supposed to do exactly that. Meanwhile you can only remap some buttons with it.

If you like the app, you can buy me 3 cigarettes (dutch, government controlled price :p) by buying the donation version from the Market
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] taiseer999:
Very useful thanks
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] jay_jay_n:
great thx, is there a way to map a long press to like home or menu? also any maps to show keyboard on long press of the menu?
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] jerrycycle:
It works and is simple to install.

I just installed this on a T-mobile stock firmware tab with Z4 one click root.

If others choose to use this hack using Z4 choose the permanent option. Install from sdcard like any other apk. It will do a hot reboot and choose the remap of you choose. Enjoy.

Again very nice work!