[Q] volume shortcuts G2 / Android 2.2 - G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there,
Not sure if this is the best place to post this or not because it potentially applies to other devices running froyo but I'll start here since I have a G2.
I was curious if there was a way to get a direct shortcut to the volume control sliders (Menu -> Settings -> Sound -> Volume). There doesn't seem to be one by default (only one to get to Sound settings). There seems to be apps that can do this but I wanted to see if it could be done possibly through an Any Cut shortcut, but I do not know how to go about finding out which parameters to use (i.e. Action/intent) to launch the default volume control (using Any Cut's "make your own" option because there doesn't seem to be one listed under Activity by default).
Also, there seems to be a minor "bug" with getting to the volume control from the Sound settings menu when the phone is in Vibrate or Silent mode. Both of these modes check the "Silent mode" box in Sound settings, but when that box is checked, the "Volume" selection which launches the volume control is disabled. So, in order to launch the volume control you need to first take your phone out of Silent mode to change say the media volume level. If this is indeed a bug, albeit a minor one, how would I go about submitting this to the proper people?
Sorry for the long post...thanks very much.

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Volume Control problem?

Hi all,
I have my TP2 on Voda. I'm using SPB instead of TF.
If I'm in a call and I turn down the earpiece, the volume also goes down on the phone ringer. So I miss calls.
I'm sure I found a setting for this but I swaer I've spent the last two hours trying everything, to no avail.
Please can anybody help?
Tx.
must be something strange you installed - these are two separate volume settings, you should be able to have in-call at lowest, and any other ring-volume.
Go into the Manila Sound Settings dialog, there is a setting in there to enable/disable linked volume.
linked volume is system/ringing - it does not link in-call volume as well - I think - but go ahead and try.

[Q] Is there really no 3-way silent / vibrate / vibrate + sound toggle?

I've driven myself nuts looking for this, and I can't seem to find it at all. My last phone, the lowly Eris, had several different levels of sound toggle, and from what I can tell, this phone only has two you can use at any one time.
You can set it to:
Silent / Sound
Silent / Sound + Vibrate
Vibrate / Sound
Vibrate / Sound + Vibrate
But there's no third (or fourth) toggle that combines the above modes. The worst part about this is you must go deep into the settings to specifically change 'vibrate' to something else. Do one or more ROMs fix this? Because that's ridiculous. Every phone I've had, all the way back to the dumb-phones in the late 90's, had some kind of "silent -> vibrate -> sound -> sound + vibrate" gradual progression.
Or is there an app or widget that fixes this oversight?
I use an app called "simple sound" its free and from the market and works great for sound profiles. You should try it out
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

Sounds gone missing

Changed my default notification and ringtone sound to one that I downloaded. It plays fine when I select it in the Settings --> Sound --> Ringtone/Notification. However it does not play when I get a call or a TXT. And yes, my volume is up.
On a side note, I am so ticked that I cannot set the ringtone and notification volume levels independently!! I cant stand the wait for ROOT so we get some good ROMS
Anthrax79 said:
Changed my default notification and ringtone sound to one that I downloaded. It plays fine when I select it in the Settings --> Sound --> Ringtone/Notification. However it does not play when I get a call or a TXT. And yes, my volume is up.
On a side note, I am so ticked that I cannot set the ringtone and notification volume levels independently!! I cant stand the wait for ROOT so we get some good ROMS
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe a dumb question, but have not installed any type of profile app right? I use profile apps so I can quickly change to different setups for night, meetings etc.
Well I do have Sound Manager installed. Since the ringtone and notifications is tied together right now, this app is mostly useless.
I did verify that sounds were turned up. Once I selected a sound that is included with the phone everything is fine. really a pain.

[Q] Req: app using volume buttons to control volume profiles

Hello, I have searched for this for some time now, but I cannot find any app to do it:
I want to use the volume buttons to change volume profiles.
This way I can create these profiles:
- Silent
- Vibrate
- Soft (ringer, notifications and media)
- Normal (ringer, notifications and media to a 'normal' volume)
- loud (all volume channels a bit louder)
- max (all volume channels louder, some on max)
Changing should not cycle, zo when pressing the Volume+ several times the 'max' profile is chosen and keeps chosen.
Who knows an app that can do this?
Anybody that knows an app or softmod which can do this?
I only see apps with shortcuts on the desktop or from notification bar, but redirecting the volume buttons like this is nowhere to be seen...
There's a defect issue for Android with a request to force the buttons to change a specific volume channel, but that's still something different.
I would love to know how Tasker can use the buttons immediately, without only noticing the volume chance of channels. This way I can make my own tasker task with the volume button up and down.
Currently I am investigating 'Quick click' (downloadable from app store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blor.quickclickgold)
It at least looks promising - the rest can be done via Tasker, I think

Help! Volume control problem is driving me nuts!

I can't get alarm volume back to normal in Uber Driver app.
It so happens Uber Driver app decided to use "alarm" volume type for trip alerts. I personally thinks it's a very bad idea because this volume type is not shown when you expand the volume control overlay, at least in a Samsung S9+. I'm going to raise it with Uber but I don't think they are going to change it, because they have an option of using the loudest volume for trip alerts, so if they use any other volume type, it disrupts use of other sound outputting apps such as music or ringtone. Even if they are OK to change it, it will be thrown in the backlog for a long time before it gets rolled out. This does not address my direct problem.
So in order to control this volume type, I had downloaded several volume control apps which showed this volume type, but now the volume seems stuck at the lowest level! I'm losing trip alerts in Uber Driver app which voids my chance of making money when driving for UberEats. This is really frustrating.
I suspect the reason it's stuck at lowest volume level consists of the following:
My alarms are set to start from lowest volume and increase, because I usually can wake up or hear the alarm go off at lowest volume. I don't need to startle myself. So everyday from the wake up alarm, the alarm volume is reverted back to lowest.
One or some of the apps I installed for volume control must have bugs. They do not unlock the volume when they are uninstalled.
Or, it could be as simple as from some point on, the Samsung or Android system no longer allows control of alarm volume from "the outside"?
I had done a settings reset, did not fix the issue. I do not want to be forced into doing a full factory reset including apps and data. And I don't have the time to write an app to check what volume type or parameter is causing this issue. And I don't think those volume boost apps will help, because currently the Uber Driver app alert sounds far away, not just soft. It sounds echoed and far away. I've had a similar experience with its built in voice navigation before this problem started (and before I applied the Oreo upgrade) - the navigation sound (which is on media volume type channel) would start soft, echoed and far-away-sounding, but became normal after about 2 seconds. That problem has gone away and it wasn't too much trouble. This alarm volume problem has not gone away no matter what I did, and it is a big problem for me because of the money-making opportunities I'm missing. Strangely, the system built in alarm clock alarm sound does not have this problem. I have been turning them off before they get the chance to get louder, but even the lowest volume sound did not appear to be far-away-sounding, or too soft. The Uber Driver app alerts when they are at the lowest of the low, were not audible at normal use distance of a phone.
I did upgrade to Oreo and applied the security update which came a few days after the initial Oreo release. But I doubt that caused the issue because it was after I tried the apps that I started having this issue. The first I installed was https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=netroken.android.persistfree, which contained adds and I uninstalled. Second was https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loadlynx_jp.vollynx.free and third was https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.hp.volume as an attempt to fix this issue. I did reinstall the first one and checked and unchecked the lock volume tick box, did not make a difference.
How can I get control back on my alarm volume? Please help.

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