Power Button Broke - Want To Remap To Camera Button

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    Power Button Broke - Want To Remap To Camera Button

    I have a Rooted Droid1, running very well. The power button is broken, it does not work. I've searched high and low in attempt to find a app to remap the camera button to function as the power button. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?

    Thanks in advance for you assistance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alanbk View Post
    I have a Rooted Droid1, running very well. The power button is broken, it does not work. I've searched high and low in attempt to find a app to remap the camera button to function as the power button. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?

    Thanks in advance for you assistance.
    I don't know of anything that will do that, but In SS 5.2 (not sure other ROMs do this too), there are a couple of options that can bypass this. There is a toggle for the notification strip that will sleep the phone, and you can also set the menu button to wake the phone. I can't remember off hand where that is, but it's in either Chevy's tools or the CM settings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LT* View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by alanbk View Post
    I have a Rooted Droid1, running very well. The power button is broken, it does not work. I've searched high and low in attempt to find a app to remap the camera button to function as the power button. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?

    Thanks in advance for you assistance.
    I don't know of anything that will do that, but In SS 5.2 (not sure other ROMs do this too), there are a couple of options that can bypass this. There is a toggle for the notification strip that will sleep the phone, and you can also set the menu button to wake the phone. I can't remember off hand where that is, but it's in either Chevy's tools or the CM settings.


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    Thanks. I did find a way to do it. I had to edit the /system/usr/keylayout/sholes-keypad.kl to accompish this.

    The original lines:
    key 116 POWER WAKE
    key
    211 FOCUS
    key
    212 CAMERA

    Changed them to:
    key 116 GRAVE
    key
    211 POWER WAKE
    key
    212 POWER WAKE

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    I have a Rooted Droid1, running very well. The power button is broken, it does not work. I've searched high and low in attempt to find a app to remap the camera button to function as the power button. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?

    Thanks in advance for you assistance.
    I don't know of anything that will do that, but In SS 5.2 (not sure other ROMs do this too), there are a couple of options that can bypass this. There is a toggle for the notification strip that will sleep the phone, and you can also set the menu button to wake the phone. I can't remember off hand where that is, but it's in either Chevy's tools or the CM settings.


    LT,

    Thanks. I did find a way to do it. I had to edit the /system/usr/keylayout/sholes-keypad.kl to accompish this.

    The original lines:
    key 116 POWER WAKE
    key
    211 FOCUS
    key
    212 CAMERA

    Changed them to:
    key 116 GRAVE
    key
    211 POWER WAKE
    key
    212 POWER WAKE

    Great! Thanks for posting that.
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    i think there is actually a user over at xda that created a little app that would let you remap your keys

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    Phew. Very convenient for me this was Just posted recently, as my power is super soft and pretty soon its going to be stuck in the on position smashed down. Thanks so much for finding this!!
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    Chances are I will be doing this too - unless the Targa gets an early release...

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    This fix is is very querky. I ended up sending the phone back to Motorola who fixed it at no charge. I was without the phone for about a week. This was the lessor of all evils for me.

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