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Playing music with backlight off, help please.

Good morning,
I recall that on WM6 B&B 4.0 i was able to turn off the screen and still be able to hear music or talk on the phone etc...
However and after my upgrade to 4.1 everytime i turnoff the screen the sound, phone etc, will just stop working... is there any way, aka tweak-hack, that will allow me to do this again, or was this a bug that was not suppose to happen??
Thanks in advanced.

abolition said:
Good morning,
I recall that on WM6 B&B 4.0 i was able to turn off the screen and still be able to hear music or talk on the phone etc...
However and after my upgrade to 4.1 everytime i turnoff the screen the sound, phone etc, will just stop working... is there any way, aka tweak-hack, that will allow me to do this again, or was this a bug that was not suppose to happen??
Thanks in advanced.
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do your use Audio Manager Plugin to play the Music?
If so, press a Control Button in the Today Plugin once the Music has started
(i.e. Pause and then Resume)
Then it should work.

Icefeldt said:
do your use Audio Manager Plugin to play the Music?
If so, press a Control Button in the Today Plugin once the Music has started
(i.e. Pause and then Resume)
Then it should work.
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Hi and thanks for ur quick response, i use audio manager and the Today plugin as well, however i tried what you say and music stops when i shut off the screen... i tried to change song, play,pause everything from the today plugin and yet music stopped...

abolition said:
Hi and thanks for ur quick response, i use audio manager and the Today plugin as well, however i tried what you say and music stops when i shut off the screen... i tried to change song, play,pause everything from the today plugin and yet music stopped...
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Hi
Think you need this screensaver app. Copy to phone then create a shortcut to Today Menu Launch using Total Commander

DMan said:
Hi
Think you need this screensaver app. Copy to phone then create a shortcut to Today Menu Launch using Total Commander
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Hi and thanks for the file, however this is not what i had.
When i turned off the screen with the button on the top right the music still played that is not happening anymore.
Can anyone confirm what im saying? someone on v4.0?

I have 4.1 and it works fine here.

tillo said:
try to start a audiofile, then pause, then play again, then turn off. For me this worked fine.
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I tried that, but, music stops, then when i turn the screen on again music resumes from the point it was b4... can anyone add his/her audio plugin for today screen, i upgraded mine to a different version and im afraid its that...

ok i solved it!!!!!
Downloaded this:
http://freedownloadplus.softonic.com/PDA/HTCAudioManager_Softonic.zip
and inside the zip there is a audiomanager.exe substitute for the file inside /windows/ and now there is no need for touching on the today screen, both today and normal program work on standby mode.!!!!!

abolition said:
ok i solved it!!!!!
Downloaded this:
http://freedownloadplus.softonic.com/PDA/HTCAudioManager_Softonic.zip
and inside the zip there is a audiomanager.exe substitute for the file inside /windows/ and now there is no need for touching on the today screen, both today and normal program work on standby mode.!!!!!
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where do I copy and paste the file? any place in windows or a special file?

HTC sense music player problem

I have had my desire for about 2 months now and i allways use it as a mp3 player i have the HTC sense music widget on my home screen and i normally play the music through that and then lock the screen and put it in my pocket but when i tried doing that today music stopped playing and no matter what i do nothing seems to keep the music playing when locked, this has only ever been a problem for me today, does anyone have a clue what to do to fix it?

Installed anything new recently?

Yes but i have deleted everything i have installed since it last worked properly.

cryraxz said:
Yes but i have deleted everything i have installed since it last worked properly.
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Have you installed RemoteVol, by any chance? The app that allows you to change volume from the forward/back keys on your headset?

No i haven't, has anyone else had this?

have you installed a power saving or battery saving app? alot of them auto switch things like that off when the screen is off to save batt power, maybe there are options in settings somewhere to restore it

Nope nothing like that

cryraxz said:
Nope nothing like that
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I think that if you have SpareParts installed, it auto-downloads RemoteVol if you enable that option to change volume via the keys on the stock headset.

Keep dialer open?

Hi guys, I have some problems with default dialer basically it takes about 20-30 seconds to load but after it loads itself then I can send it to background and and open it again with call button and it appears immediately. Unfortunately after some time system closes it again(?) and again it takes a while to open it. My question is can I setup my system in the way that it will not close dialer? I want to keep it running in the memory after the first load. Can it be done?

renice is 'supposed' to help this.
but I would also like to have the phone pinned-on.
I often will open the dialer before setting the phone to sleep.
it will wake up for calls much quicker this way.
but if you are using any other apps the dialer will close.
I am sure this will be fixed. it seems to be a popular issue.

mnjm9b said:
renice is 'supposed' to help this.
but I would also like to have the phone pinned-on.
I often will open the dialer before setting the phone to sleep.
it will wake up for calls much quicker this way.
but if you are using any other apps the dialer will close.
I am sure this will be fixed. it seems to be a popular issue.
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There is a difference between the dialer and the phone. The dialer is actually Contacts.apk. The phone app which is called by the Dialer is Phone.apk.
The renice thing that people experiement with is about giving Phone.apk, or actually the process com.android.phone higher priority to speed up incoming calls. Usually that also means giving mediaserver higher priority also as it is responsible for playing the ring signal.
Contacts on the other hand is loaded fast if it's still in memory, sleeping, but if you have run other apps there is a good chance that it has been closed down. This is when it will take a long delay to start the Dialer (or Contacts as it's the same app). Renice:ing it will propably not make much difference.
Perhaps there are ways keep in the memory but I do not know how. What I do know is that increasing the memory can help keeping it there a little longer and that can be done with compcache. Compcache is compressed swap that in RAM. It's also possible to make more complicated setups with compcache that works togheter with a swap area on the SD-card.
In VaniljEclair Compcache can be enabled from within Spare Parts (in settings) and it uses 25% of the RAM for swap and while it doesn't make a huge difference it at least helps.
Personally I use Dialer One (free app from Market) instead of the stock Contacts/Dialer and I think it actually may be a bit quicker when loading.

Thanks guys for your input it helped a lot. Unfortunately one dialer doesnt work too well on my kaiser Imust admit that it loads much fasterthan the default one but isnt very responsive after the initial load so i think i will stay with the default dialer for now.
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-Arturo- said:
Thanks guys for your input it helped a lot. Unfortunately one dialer doesnt work too well on my kaiser Imust admit that it loads much fasterthan the default one but isnt very responsive after the initial load so i think i will stay with the default dialer for now.
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With dialer one I turn off the "contact pictures" options and also vibration. works very well for me.

kallt_kaffe said:
With dialer one I turn off the "contact pictures" options and also vibration. works very well for me.
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Thanks, Kalt I tried it again and it's working fine now maybe because i finally created 2 ext partitions and both data and system were placed on them.
Also I have another issue Suddenly my power button stopped turning the screen off i can only invoke a menu with " reboot, turn off,etc." options. What could have go wrong?

-Arturo- said:
Thanks, Kalt I tried it again and it's working fine now maybe because i finally created 2 ext partitions and both data and system were placed on them.
Also I have another issue Suddenly my power button stopped turning the screen off i can only invoke a menu with " reboot, turn off,etc." options. What could have go wrong?
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check the panel and pm.sleep variables in your default.txt/startup.txt
Perhaps you've changed one of them by mistake?

Thanks Kalt actually I have managed to sort it out by assigning "sleep"action to the end call(red) button under spare parts which automatically fixed my power button.
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[Q] Turn off Screen but keep Media Player Working?

Anyway to turn the screen off, with the power button, but keep music playing?
Tried it with the touchflo3D player and the windows media player...both turn off the music when I try to turn the screen off...
Anyone else have this problem?
I have pocketshied installed...so not sure if this is a phone prob or pocketshield is causing it to happen...it still happens whether pocketshield is on or not though...
Thanks

I have never had this problem on my Tilt 2. Is this a TP2 only issue?

Miami_Son said:
I have never had this problem on my Tilt 2. Is this a TP2 only issue?
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No Kidding?! I have a Tilt2 also with the stock rom and all!
This must be an issue that pocket-Shield is Causing...grr
Guess I need another hardbutton/screen lock...device...hmm

StrangeShadow said:
No Kidding?! I have a Tilt2 also with the stock rom and all!
This must be an issue that pocket-Shield is Causing...grr
Guess I need another hardbutton/screen lock...device...hmm
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dude..u only need reg.cab name
"keep music playing".
search xda or google..

yeah, it's working for me as well although you cannot skip tracks like you can with iphone unless you install third party software.
did you check your lock setting and make sure you check "lock if playing music"?

PUTALE said:
yeah, it's working for me as well although you cannot skip tracks like you can with iphone unless you install third party software.
did you check your lock setting and make sure you check "lock if playing music"?
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Again, not an issue for me. I skip tracks without issue. I use my BT headphones to listen to music while I ride my mountain bike and I have runsat recording my ride going in the background. No issues whatsoever. I have none of the "fixes" mentioned installed, it has always worked fine for me even now that I'm using S2U2.

Miami_Son said:
Again, not an issue for me. I skip tracks without issue. I use my BT headphones to listen to music while I ride my mountain bike and I have runsat recording my ride going in the background. No issues whatsoever. I have none of the "fixes" mentioned installed, it has always worked fine for me even now that I'm using S2U2.
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I'll have to try S2U2.
What's with the skip track thing that's being talked about?
Do you guys mean while the screen is off?

I have the tilt2 and also have this problem. by default, WMP is supposed to keep playing, but only if you let the device suspend on its own. This generally works, but there will be a brief stutter and lag when it first turns the device off.
PocketPlayer is a good 3rd party app that has the option to turn off the screen for uninterupted listening. Playlist management is a bit of a chore with that program, though.

Miami_Son said:
Again, not an issue for me. I skip tracks without issue. I use my BT headphones to listen to music while I ride my mountain bike and I have runsat recording my ride going in the background. No issues whatsoever. I have none of the "fixes" mentioned installed, it has always worked fine for me even now that I'm using S2U2.
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Tried to get S2U2...but all I get is the zip file...can never get to the cabs...http://ac-s2.com/

StrangeShadow said:
Tried to get S2U2...but all I get is the zip file...can never get to the cabs...http://ac-s2.com/
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The cab file is inside the zip file along with a bunch of other stuff for modding the S2U2 clock and skins. All you need is the one cab file for the actual S2U2 program. Unzip it to a folder and just copy the cab file to your device and run it. If you don't know how to unzip a file you might want to reconsider modding your phone.
EDIT: Here. I'll make it easy for you. Latest version attached.

Miami_Son said:
The cab file is inside the zip file along with a bunch of other stuff for modding the S2U2 clock and skins. All you need is the one cab file for the actual S2U2 program. Unzip it to a folder and just copy the cab file to your device and run it. If you don't know how to unzip a file you might want to reconsider modding your phone.
EDIT: Here. I'll make it easy for you. Latest version attached.
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Never had a problem with zip files till i got Vista on a new computer. Was never a problem with XP...stupid vista.

Miami_Son said:
I have never had this problem on my Tilt 2. Is this a TP2 only issue?
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BTW did a hard reset...and the issue is still there.
It keeps playing if there's a headset, external speakers, or bluetooth headset that it is playing through....but not through the phone's speakers.

StrangeShadow said:
BTW did a hard reset...and the issue is still there.
It keeps playing if there's a headset, external speakers, or bluetooth headset that it is playing through....but not through the phone's speakers.
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Hey, I never thought to try that since I don't listen to music through the phone speakers. Mine stops when listening that way, too.

StrangeShadow said:
BTW did a hard reset...and the issue is still there.
It keeps playing if there's a headset, external speakers, or bluetooth headset that it is playing through....but not through the phone's speakers.
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My Tilt 2 does the same thing.
Could you just set a quicker "screen off" time in the power settings? Wouldn't that basically accomplish the same thing? It is weird that it will keep playing when the phone goes into standby on its own, but not when you press the power button to turn the screen off.

dwboston said:
My Tilt 2 does the same thing.
Could you just set a quicker "screen off" time in the power settings? Wouldn't that basically accomplish the same thing? It is weird that it will keep playing when the phone goes into standby on its own, but not when you press the power button to turn the screen off.
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Actually, it makes sense the way it is. If you are manually turning off the backlight it assumes you want to shut down all functions except the phone.

I found that if I just push the lock button for S2U2 it locks the screen and shuts the screen off at the set time, but allows the music to keep playing. A small hassel, but a work around.

Keep Music Playing
Registry location:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\ Unattended\
Change Wav1 dword value to a "0"
Then when you have music playing in any program,
tap the power button to put in suspend mode,
and you're good to go.

[Q] AudioIn wakelock, battery is lasting 4 hours on stock!

Hi,
I'm still on non-rooted stock and I can't for the life of me figure out what's causing this wakelock. I reset the whole phone to factory defauls and closed all apps, still won't go away!
Please see ss attached
Any ideas?
Thank you!
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schiphol said:
Hi,
I'm still on non-rooted stock and I can't for the life of me figure out what's causing this wakelock. I reset the whole phone to factory defauls and closed all apps, still won't go away!
Please see ss attached
Any ideas?
Thank you!
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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If you have reset and it still happens, this points to perhaps something on your SD card.
I had this a while back before I rooted. A number of things can cause it, but this is what worked for me;
I had a music folder called 'Allsorts' which had LOADS of tracks and Power Amp tried downloading album art for the lot. Somehow mediascanner got stuck on one of these pictures. Once I deleted all the album art out of that folder, it stopped happening.
To quickly determine if this is something on your 'SD card' getting mediascanner stuck, put a .nomedia file in the root of your SD card and reboot your phone. See if the problem stops. If it does, you then just need to move this .nomedia file from the root into other folders to narrow down the location of the problem.
Failing that, backup everything on your SD card, and then reformat it. If it stops, move stuff back a bit at a time.
Only other things I can think of are;
Try turning off 'Sync Google Photos' & 'Sync Instant Upload' in your Google account sync settings.
or
Turn off 'Pocket Mode' in sound settings (always turn that off IMO - silly option)
or
Turn off 'Screen Lock Sound' in sound settings. (not sure about this one. Just read somewhere it caused someone wakelock troubles).

@wnp_79
Thank you for your elaborate and detailed response! It would appear the problem is indeed with some files on my sdcard. I'm trying the nomedia file on my music folders now. Thanks again!

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