I managed to rip off the volume control whilst removing the battery hatch on my DHD.
Had forgot to recharge the phone during the night and needed to change battery (had before buying the DHD heard bad things about it's battery life)
Got my nail under the plastic volume control instead than the hatch's opening slit.
The plastic that makes up the volume control was falling of after a few days later, there is no way to making it stay put.
It's still possible to change volume by using the nails at the "touch buttons" but it's really awkward and cumbersome.
Any widgets that has a volume control, so one can at least pre-set the audio volume roughly for phone calls.
PS. I don't think it's possible to fit a new plastic volume control.
Volume control + from the Android market would do everything you need. There's a free and paid (ad-free) version.
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Thanks callum_crouch
Tested a few volume controls from the Market but they all had advertisement.
Had hope that somebody had found a free one without advertisement.
Used to buy apps from the Market, but are in the middle of changing banks, which means I have no credit card and need a free one. Advertisements on my home-screen is more than I can live with.
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The "click" that follows each volume pressing drives my wife crazy, especially at night. Of coarse there is an option to get rid of the woman, but before taking such drastic measure, maybe the experienced folks here have an alternate idea??
The click should only happen when changing ringer volume, and i don't see why you would need to change it that much...
imo, it would be easier just to use the silent/vibrate/volume widget, since ringer volume is usually none or max...
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The click should only happen when changing ringer volume, and i don't see why you would need to change it that much...
imo, it would be easier just to use the silent/vibrate/volume widget, since ringer volume is usually none or max...
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Thank you for your reply.
Well, basically you are right. However, in order to avoid the difficulty to press the power button (awfully located) , I am using the "Fix Broken Power Button" app. That requires the use of the volume keys as a substitute to the power switch. Now, each "waking up" the DHD is accompanied with a loud "click", the one whicj I am trying to eliminate.
Thank you for your attention.
Maybe much better to change your wife? )))
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Try a different app, there shouldn't be a sound when unlocking to the lock screen instead of skipping it
CM7 has options to unlock to the lock screen or skip it, and skipping it makes a sound
I've been searching for a mod to allow the volume rocker to pause and resume media while the screen is off. Many roms have borrowed the "volume rocker to skip tracks" feature from cyanogenmod, but I rarely skip backwards and I would rather have a hard key option to pause/resume without having to turn on the the screen.
Also, I don't want to totally remap the volume keys, just edit the long-press function while the screen is off.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Quickly searching, I couldn't find anything like that other than remapping, but I did find this music player app. It does use the typical Volume rocker skip forward and back.
But if you read the description, you can use the power button double press to pause and double press to start the music , and you can edit the options of that function slightly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.purelogicapps.android.tactileplayerfree
It appears to run a service and isn't an actual music player in itself. You simply activate it, and then the functions apply to your music player. I can attest that the pause and skip FW and BK function works with AudioGalaxy. I don't use any other players but I may install and try a few with it.
It may be a battery drain, but that is to be determined.
Thanks... I hadn't seen that app before so I gave it a try. It uses double presses of the hard keys for media controls. Unfortunately it has a few drawbacks.
First, while you can use the power button to pause while the screen is off, it turns on the screen. Second, the the volume controls become a bit unruly and it tends to skip tracks when trying to change volume. I think this app would benefit from using long presses instead of multiple presses.
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That is a good point. Perhaps you should send that to the dev. Or if you know how to make your own apps........
After having messed with it since I found it, although some might find it useful, I agree with you on the long press vs double tap, and I would think having it running would just add memory demand and battery usage. As well its another thing to turn on and off.
Maybe you can try tasker.
Swiftkey'ed on my CM9 Galaxy Nexus
+1 for Tasker. Forgot about it.
Should be able to get it to function as desired. It is a tricky app to learn, be forewarned, but it can do amazing things once you start to figure it out.
Tasker is really cool and I've tried it on several occasions for this issue but I couldn't find a way to program long presses.
I thought there may be a simple way to edit the cyanogenmod "long press to skip back" into a pause/resume function (like a simple text edit) but I've had no luck. Wish I was a programmer...
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Anybody else bugged by the fact that they put the on/off button, like, the least reachable place on the phone?
I always have to juggle the phone around in my hand to reach the button, and then I have to juggle it back to reach the unlock ring. I mean, the two things I do most, pressing the on button and then sliding the unlock ring, are placed as far apart as possible. It's oddly cumbersome for such an elegant device. It's just a matter of time until I drop the damn thing. (I guess that way HTC sells more replacement screens... )
The volume buttons are where my thumb is, but I never use them. They are mostly in the way and I press them more by accident than on purpose.
Any idea whether there's a way to switch the on and volume buttons? There's probably no mod that can currently do this, but is this technically possible?
That is where the purpose of volume button to wake comes in handy. And yes, it is possible to do that.
Naah... not with me..
Yes it was a little bit difficult... but now I've become used to it....
there's a a mod for that
volume buttons to wake up the phone
use rc 3.0 or else search its thread
ckpv5 posted a long time ago
ummm... try searching -apm+ volume to wake
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I am using the volume wake thingie. But it will, you know, change my volume setting if I listen to any audio. Which I do a lot.
Also, you can't lock the phone with it. Which precludes my main use of the button: unlock phone, check clock or notifications, lock phone.
Anyways, I wondered about the technical possibility of just switching the buttons.
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I am using the volume wake thingie. But it will, you know, change my volume setting if I listen to any audio. Which I do a lot.
Also, you can't lock the phone with it. Which precludes my main use of the button: unlock phone, check clock or notifications, lock phone.
Anyways, I wondered about the technical possibility of just switching the buttons.
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paresh kalinani pls change your signature
the diffrent colours + size is hurting my eyes
@birthdaydog lolss..i wanted the volume keys to be the camera key just when we start the cam as to click self photos easily
quite diff to click self by touching screen
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@birthdaydog lolss..i wanted the volume keys to be the camera key just when we start the cam as to click self photos easily
quite diff to click self by touching screen
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Well, then there is public interest in finding a way to mod the keys, right?
Try a two second timer.
I have somewhat large hands, and the placement doesn't bother me. I can reach the button with my index finger and reach the ring with my thumb.
I do really miss having an external camera button.
yeah its not too much of a problem for me. i can hit the power button, and then use the unlock ring, but it requires a bit of stretching. i dont have to move the placement of the phone in my hand though.
Greetings everyone,
Is there a way to disable the ringtone volume control using the volume rocker? Every time I use my phone, I keep hitting the volume rocker by mistake, changing from vibration mode to sound mode. I tried using apps like RingGuard and such, but they weren't effective and kept popping up in the notification center. Is there a way to get rid of the ringtone control option?
Thanks!
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Greetings everyone,
Is there a way to disable the ringtone volume control using the volume rocker? Every time I use my phone, I keep hitting the volume rocker by mistake, changing from vibration mode to sound mode. I tried using apps like RingGuard and such, but they weren't effective and kept popping up in the notification center. Is there a way to get rid of the ringtone control option?
Thanks!
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would like to know too!!!!
amgpower63 said:
Greetings everyone,
Is there a way to disable the ringtone volume control using the volume rocker? Every time I use my phone, I keep hitting the volume rocker by mistake, changing from vibration mode to sound mode. I tried using apps like RingGuard and such, but they weren't effective and kept popping up in the notification center. Is there a way to get rid of the ringtone control option?
Thanks!
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Completely disable the Volume buttons on Samsung Galaxy S3
I absolutely hate the placement of the power button on my Samsung Galaxy S3. When I go to holster my phone, if I accidentally hit the power button and wake the phone, when the phone fits into the holster the volume button will often brush against the holster and the volume will inadvertently change since the phone is now "awake" - this drives me CRAZY. I much preferred the power button to be on top of the phone, like my old Droid Incredible. But I do love my S3....
I tried the apps that "lock" the volume, but I was not happy with that solution. The apps seemed clunky, the geek in me doesn't like to have unnecessary app running in the background, and those apps tended to interfere with and/or alter the settings of the super-simple Silent Toggle Widget that I prefer to use.
So this is how I set up my phone:
- Completely disable the volume rocker button (see below);
- Use the Silent Toggle Widget on my Home screen to change the phone from "Sound" to "Vibrate" to "Silent";
- Use the Volume Control+ app to change the individual volumes via software, when the need arises, which it rarely does.
I love it. I don't find any real need to change individual volumes, for me the sound is either "on" or "off" - color me simple I guess.
So, to completely disable the volume rocker button on the Samsung Galaxy S3:
- Root your phone (sorry)
- Edit the file /system/usr/keylayout/sec_keys.kl [note the plural "s" in sec_keys.kl]
- Comment out the first two lines with the pound sign (#) to disable key 115 volume_up and 114 volume_down
- Reboot
Hope someone else finds this useful
this is a real shame that yoy have to disable the whole rocker, as this functionality has been for years in the iPhone...
Hi all,
Is there any clever way of waking up the HOX from standby using the better positioned buttons like volume up/down, home button etc?
Not interested in any of the apps that activate by shaking or moving phone as I fear it will activate too often in my pocket etc.
Regards, Jens
U should try a custom rom like viper rom
It has alot of tweaks but volume wake up
Not working in deep sleep
For me i use viper rom & custom kernel to use s2wake :thumbup::thumbup:
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jepehd said:
Hi all,
Is there any clever way of waking up the HOX from standby using the better positioned buttons like volume up/down, home butter etc?
Not interested in any of the apps that activate by shaking or moving phone as I fear it will activate too often in my pocket etc.
Regards, Jens
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i use an app called awesome on off. you wake the phone by picking it up at a specific angle (you can choose the angle from a list). i set it to 80 degrees and then carry it around upside down if in a pocket so it won't activate on its own.
jepehd said:
Hi all,
Is there any clever way of waking up the HOX from standby using the better positioned buttons like volume up/down, home button etc?
Not interested in any of the apps that activate by shaking or moving phone as I fear it will activate too often in my pocket etc.
Regards, Jens
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If your bootloader is unlocked, your can try CM10 / RD-MIUI which have this feature.
There should be many other custom ROMs with this feature also, but definitely not ARHD.
Give a search for sweep2wake a wonderful feature which works on ARHD perfectly with custom kernels (I use Faux 12b1). Less the hardware button is pressed more the longivity of the device (telling from a bitter past experience)
Also ARHD with Suite Tools has an option of Vol +/- wake feature.
Suite tools isn't available yet on JB. I want swipe wakeup features also