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Old 01-14-2010, 12:14 PM
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Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

So I just got a new Verizon TP2, and ran into a glaring problem with it. With the keyboard slid out and typing, the index finger of your left hand naturally falls directly on the on/off button (the one that turns off the screen in the upper left corner). So you hit a few letters and invariable you hit the switch and the screen turns off.

At first I thought maybe it was just me, so I asked 5 different co workers to try it (without telling them what I was testing for, I just asked them to type some text) and every single one had the screen turn off on them.

So is there anyway to disable that button when the keyboard is slid open? And how dumb is HTC for putting the button there in the first place? I mean, did NO ONE at HTC actually pick up the phone and try it before approving the design and shipping the thing out? Not a single engineer used the thing with the keyboard out? Pretty shoddy work. Up there with the reset switch being behind the battery cover (who in the world thought THAT was a good idea?)

HTC seems to be the champs at getting something 95% right and them competely shooting themselves in the foot by making 1 idiotic decision that ruins the device.
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:50 PM
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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

Has no one else had this problem?
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:52 PM
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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

pretty sure I saw a cab for this, Ill look around
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Old 01-14-2010, 02:00 PM
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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

I have used this fix myself. Works exactly like I wanted it to. You can tap the button all day while the keyboard is out and it won't turn off the screen.

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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

+1... Very interested in this. I hate pressing the power button when using the keyboard.
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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

I'll try those cabs later on... Just checking, the button will work when the keyboard is NOT out, but will be disabled when the keyboard IS out, right?

Edit: Seems like thats what it does. If this works, I just might not return the phone!

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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

Great thread.

Please post your results.
I will be downloading the cab if there are positive reports.
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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

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Great thread.

Please post your results.
I will be downloading the cab if there are positive reports.
i have used this cab for sum time...no issues...does what its supposed to do.

you open up the program from start menu, pick your option (disable short press power button when kb is open, disable long press power button when kb is open and also sum other combos)

it will only disable the power but when kb is open and then operates as normal when closed.

pretty straight forward, so go ahead an dl, give it a shot...
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Re: Possible to disable on/off switch when keyboard is out?

The author of these fixes released new versions.

They are detailed and made available for download in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563592

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