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[Q] Shortcut to power button

Hi. My power button starts to cause problems and sometimes I have to torment to bring up the menu (profiles, screenshot, reboot). Is there any way to create a shortcut to the menu? Eg "1Tap Quick Bar" app creates a shortcut, but only to reboot (even without the choice standard/CWM). I searched all activities of system apps but found nothing. As a last resort can I map the camera button as power one?

Just go to market and type "Shutdown Menu". It has everything you need.

OK thanks, but it solves my request partially. I need whole power menu with screenshot and profiles

Disabling physical home button

Hi I was just wondering if it were possible to disable the physical home button. Any toddler apps my niece plays with are short played because she just clicks home all the time. I know there are kids apps that act as a home replacement button I was looking for something more elegant, namely pie mode or expanded desktop.
I did try editing the kl files in system/usr/keylayout
I changed HOME to BACK just to test but it didn't work.
I'm using the latest schizoid rom 4.2.2

Expanded desktop is pie in that ROM not sure if it disables the physical home button though

4catalyst2cI said:
Expanded desktop is pie in that ROM not sure if it disables the physical home button though
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Pie doesn't disable physical home button. Pie is far less distracting for her, without the soft keys though.

Solution
I found the solution. Ill just keep this here if someone else in Googleland needs to disable the home button.
Download Jota+ and Root Explorer (maybe there is a free alternative?) from Google Play.
Open Root Explorer, navigate to /system/user/keylayout, then hold down gpio-keys.kl and select copy. Navigate to the sdcard and paste the file (use the "copy here" button on the top). Make another copy for backup if you don't like livin' on the edge. Now hold down gpio-keys.kl, select open with, General tab, Open as Text. Select Jota+. Find the line that says key 232 HOME WAKE. Remove the word HOME or replace it with another key if you really want to. Hit Save, the back button, copy gpio-key.kl. If it gives an error, try again because it's requesting root privileges. Reboot.
Use pie to hide the soft keys. In the pie settings there is a option to disable pie from appearing. I can't figure out how to enable "Expanded Desktop" in this build.

gosmo86 said:
Hi I was just wondering if it were possible to disable the physical home button. Any toddler apps my niece plays with are short played because she just clicks home all the time. I know there are kids apps that act as a home replacement button I was looking for something more elegant, namely pie mode or expanded desktop.
I did try editing the kl files in system/usr/keylayout
I changed HOME to BACK just to test but it didn't work.
I'm using the latest schizoid rom 4.2.2
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Some of the launchers you can set the Home button to do nothing, like Nova. Not sure if that would give you the desired result your looking for.

anyone interested or know how to change task manager hardkey to menu key

Miss having the menu key..example go to xda app and cannot pull up other options because of this ridficulous hardkey when alternatives exist for task switching. This will need remapping..have seen it done for camera and power but wondered if there is any interest in this. I do I not have a solution but am asking. Thanks.

All you have to do is long press that button and becomes menu

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All you have to do is long press that button and becomes menu
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56214304&postcount=14
remapped it in case anyone is interested
think long press goes to S finder

Good work, but long press is menu, I use it all the time.

--drl

I used xposed additions module to remap it. Also mapped the volume keys, home and power buttons to change music, play/pause and activate torch respectively while I was at it.

How do I customize the Menu/Recent button in CM13

I just recently flashed the CM13 and I found out the recent apps has to be accessed using the home button! I prefer the original lollipop button layout so I went searching around and found the 'Button' option in the settings and I was able to customise the home button, power button and the volume rocker but there was no option to customise the menu key to use it to access the recent apps!
I searched the settings for Menu and it showed up there but when I tap it, it goes back to the 'Button' options but it doesn't appear anywhere in there.
What do I do?

Same here, its frustrating. Do you have solved your problem?

Menu button issue

Hello yours,
some apps displaying the menu key into the navigation bar. Some tweaking tools also offers an option to show these menu key generally. So far, so good. But when I touch on these button, the recent panel will be opened - every time. A restart changes nothing... I'm currently on V07.
Has anyone a solution for this?
On a german forum (android-hilfe.de) I found the same issue posted from another user, but these thread is still without any answers.
Many thanks in advance
Dan

It must be a bug in the official rom.
I use a tool called "menu button" in google play, it works well, if correctly configured (I do not show any menu, but I use the menu button in the notification bar of this app).
Waiting for a correction too.