hey all,
Apologies if this is a stupid question, but the other day I accidentally managed to take a screen cap of my desktop on my phone running xxJPK.
After some experimenting, I noticed that it was the combination of holding BACK and pressing HOME that actually takes the screenshot and stores it in /ScreenCapture on the SD card.
Anyone know if this is a standard feature of the Samsung firmwares? Also, any idea how to CHANGE that combination of keys? Because it's silly; as soon as you touch BACK, you head back to the desktop. You therefore cannot take a screenshot of anything other than the desktop!
Hold down back and then press home. Takes a screenshot (photo click sound) and leaves you where you were. Works perfectly without hassles.
xrayA4T said:
Hold down back and then press home. Takes a screenshot (photo click sound) and leaves you where you were. Works perfectly without hassles.
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Lol yeah thanks... As I said, I figured out the key combination. However, it doesn't work without hassles. In some applications, pressing BACK instantly executes whatever action BACK is meant to execute. More often than not, this changes the screen that you are attempting to capture.
Example: Handcent SMS. It's impossible to take a screenshot of your Inbox. The instant you press BACK, you are returned to desktop.
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I don't really use the camera on my Kaiser, but I've just notice that on pushing the camera button it does not start up. No problem selecting from the program list.
Check that the button was set up correctly in the settings screen. I then changed the button to operate another program, but that doesn't work either. Somethings up with the button itself. I do get the "audio click" confirming the button has been pressed but nothing else.
Any ideas?
Kevin
Speedmaster said:
I don't really use the camera on my Kaiser, but I've just notice that on pushing the camera button it does not start up. No problem selecting from the program list.
Check that the button was set up correctly in the settings screen. I then changed the button to operate another program, but that doesn't work either. Somethings up with the button itself. I do get the "audio click" confirming the button has been pressed but nothing else.
Any ideas?
Kevin
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From what you say it sounds like you are well aware of how that switch works and that it has two levels of operation (half press and full press). With full press - required to start the camera, it really is a deep press, going down below casing level.
I assume though you know this and have tried pushing in as deep as it will go. It is obviously at least partially working hence the audio sound.
To be honest a hard reset might well fix this and if not the a repair under warranty for a hardware fault could be done.
Mike
That's it. It works now. What's the half press for?
Speedmaster said:
That's it. It works now. What's the half press for?
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Half a press focuses the camera and then a full press takes the picture.
Previous models didn't have auto-focus
TechXL said:
Half a press focuses the camera and then a full press takes the picture.
Previous models didn't have auto-focus
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Yes indeed, it's also configurable in settings so you can change the half and full press behaviour.
Mike
My camera button is shot and the regular method of accessing the bootloader is impossible for me. Are there any other options for me?
Sorry, no.
Sputnikk23 said:
My camera button is shot and the regular method of accessing the bootloader is impossible for me. Are there any other options for me?
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You mean when you do power + camera?
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You mean when you do power + camera?
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Yes, I believe that's what he means. Sputnikk23, do you have Windows Mobile installed or Android? If you have Windows Mobile installed, it can definitely be done. If you're on Android, I'm not so sure.
it was stock rom wm 6.1;
currently installing nfs
I ended up taking it apart to try to fix button; accidentaly broke it off. poked the button out, put it back together and now I just short circuit it.
doing it as per the guide to install android though
hopefully i don't need the camera button for anything essential...
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/BootLoader-85221.shtml
crap... you need it to back out of stuff.. can you change that in android?
i'm in qwerty keylayout in /system/usr/keylayout and i can't figure out what my end key is mapped to. when i press it it blacks out the phone? sometimes comes back by itself, sometimes i have to hit power. just comes back to whatever i had before it blacked.
and what is the left softkey supposed to do? and what is the "home" button? the power key?
and i cannot get win7 to install the usb drivers. implies they are for 64bit when they are clearly not.
I DID IT! I remapped the "End" key to "Back" instead of "END CALL".
You can end call with the touch screen, only thing I"m missing is manual sleep which it will do auto in 30 secs. Anyone know of a widget I can put on home screen to do it manually?
Also, shouldn't SOME key take me instantly back to home screen?
If anyone needs instructions for layout change - I can write up a tutorial.
key- re-map!
i would love a tutorial! ive been tryin to figure out how to do this for a while!
im running NAND, Myns warm donut
The camera button on my Vogue was sketchy and then finally died. I opened it up and the microswitch had dislodged. I am not great at soldering, but it was an easy fix. I just pushed it back into place, bent the retaining "ears" back around the switch, soldered the ears together to hold it better, and finally just touched the leads to the switch to reflow them. It took much longer to open the phone and put it back together than it did to resolder. It took maybe 30 minutes, start to finish and it was well worth it, IMO.
Hello everyone.
I think it's since the update to Froyo, that the video player is 'improved', with the back key being on screen since then. This is kinda bugging me, cuz every time I wanna exit a video, my first response is hit the back button, and only after pressing it 3 or 4 times realising that this doesn't work anymore. It surprises me that I've couldn't find an earlier thread concerning this, seeing the the low irritation threshold of some XDA users (yeah, me being one of em ).
Anyone any thoughts, maybe an altered video app somewhere? (no, not a replacement, an altered version of the original I mean )
It's bugging at first but, it saves me from pressing the back button accidently during playback and having to restart the video and locate where I was in the movie.
I like the new system of pressing the on-screen 'back' button instead of the phone's softkey.
There were many occasions where I would accidently touch that area while holding the phone (easy to do on public transport etc) and then go through the hassle of re-loading the movie. Before I would press the screen lock key to deactivate everything and prevent this, but now with the newer version of the video player I don't need to.
Yeah, you both got a point there.
Also, with my previous phone, the i8910 (Omnia HD), locking the screen during playback would simply lock the screen, and the lock icon would fade after a couple of seconds, instead of the Galaxy, where it's staying the whole time. =.=
Anyways, way of topic, thanks for your opinion.
when inside the hangouts app, or inside the facebook app, or inside the photos app..... or almost any app really...
when I want to go back a screen, I notice sometimes i press the back button, then press the back button again before I go back one screen.
has anyone else noticed this?
Ideally the phone will just push you back one screen fairly instantly when you press the back softkey.
However, I must admit this is not ALWAYS........ i just tried it again, and after pressing back, the phone did indeed go back a screen fairly instantly... I dont understand why sometimes yes and sometimes no.
Has this happened to anyone? also, do any of you think its because of the always-on encryption?
Yes this has been reported and it does it to me randomly but not often. I believe there is a thread already covering the topic
9 out of 10 screenshots I take are by accident when I'm trying to press the power button to turn the screen off. With the volume buttons opposite the power button, it's too easy to press them. Is there a way to change how a screenshot is taken?
Enable the swipe gesture in advance features
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That's already on, but the other way I'm talking about is still active.
Hold you phone differently, unless your hands are so monstrous that preventing your fingers from pressing the volume button is impossible.
Thanks for the Apple-grade suggestion like I've got bad reception on my iPhone. lol
Holding the phone as usual in my right hand, it's not typically a problem. But frequently if it's in my left or I do a quick reach with either to turn the screen on and view notifications and turn it back off, I end up with an accidental screenshot. If I could make it require a momentary hold of the buttons before it takes a screenshot, it would do the trick.
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Thanks for the Apple-grade suggestion like I've got bad reception on my iPhone. lol
Holding the phone as usual in my right hand, it's not typically a problem. But frequently if it's in my left or I do a quick reach with either to turn the screen on and view notifications and turn it back off, I end up with an accidental screenshot. If I could make it require a momentary hold of the buttons before it takes a screenshot, it would do the trick.
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You could try installing a Bixby button remapper. Many of them allow you to set different functions to your hardware/mechanical buttons & or set delays of different intervals while keeping the current buttons doing the usual stock actions. If you are rooted you only need to install once. If you are stock UnRooted you need to run adb commands every time you turn off or reboot but this is the only option I can think of that will do what you need done. Bxactions is one app and another is button Mapper. Cheers & hope this helps you out.