I recently started using my phone as the music player in my car through my car's stereo Aux port. This is great because it allows me to listen to my Spotify playlists in the car. However, one thing I find annoying about this new setup is that in order to skip tracks I have to unlock the phone and use the screen. While driving this can prove difficult/dangerous.
I'm looking to see if anyone knows a way that I can skip tracks without unlocking the screen, possibly by using the volume buttons.
Right now the only solution I can think of is just to have the display never go to sleep so I can just tap the screen to change a track. The obvious issue with this is that my battery will drain extremely fast. So I'd like to avoid this if possible.
We'll have this with CM7, until then I'm not sure there is a solution. Best thing I have found it using my bluetooth controls (Sony Headset).
You could use an alternative lock screen that supports this.
You can do this with WidgetLocker. (Plus you get to replace that horrible Samsung lock screen.)
if you use Fox player it comes with its own LockScreen replacement
I suppose for now I can put the Spotify widget on the home screen with WidgetLocker.
This will help a bit. I'll be pretty excited when there is a way to do this with the volume buttons though.
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Use playerpro, its awesome!! It replaces the lock screen with its own when play music and you can change songs by swiping left or right, or even by holding the vol up or down, i think its like $5 but its totally worth it.
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sn0warmy said:
I'm looking to see if anyone knows a way that I can skip tracks without unlocking the screen, possibly by using the volume buttons.
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Hi there, I fully recommend PowerAmp. You can change the tracks by holding
the vol buttons up or down. The free version is awesome, but I have bought the full version simply because it's a great development. Seamless playback, support for almost any format/container
Thanks for the feedback guys. I will be giving PlayerPro and PowerAmp a try.
I really like the idea of using the volume buttons to change tracks or even swiping on the homescreen to do it.
sn0warmy said:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I will be giving PlayerPro and PowerAmp a try.
I really like the idea of using the volume buttons to change tracks or even swiping on the homescreen to do it.
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Cool, glad you got something from our responses, maybe you can go thru and hit the thanks button for the ones that helped
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Cool, glad you got something from our responses, maybe you can go thru and hit the thanks button for the ones that helped
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No need to beg for a thanks.. Lol
I own both poweramp and player pro and I'd say go the poweramp route.
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Really liking playerpro need to try power amp next
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i actually tried both but neither one allows me to skip tracks using the volume buttons. is there some specific setting for that? i setup the lockscreen widget for each one thinking that would do the trick but had no luck. Does the ROM matter? im using beastmod.
Actually if you have the music 4.0 app you can user the volume control keys while asleep too skip tracks and go back.. Ex: hold down volume up goes to the next track
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Actually if you have the music 4.0 app you can user the volume control keys while asleep too skip tracks and go back.. Ex: hold down volume up goes to the next track
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see that doesnt actually work for me. just changes the volume
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i actually tried both but neither one allows me to skip tracks using the volume buttons. is there some specific setting for that? i setup the lockscreen widget for each one thinking that would do the trick but had no luck. Does the ROM matter? im using beastmod.
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Yes, press menu, then settings, the go to lock screen and it gives you the option to override vol controls so you can select long press chsnge song and short press volume, or long press volume and short press change song, theres even an option in settings to shake to change song
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Yes, press menu, then settings, the go to lock screen and it gives you the option to override vol controls so you can select long press chsnge song and short press volume, or long press volume and short press change song, theres even an option in settings to shake to change song
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okay nice so that works with the screen awake/on. is there a way to make it work without having to turn the screen on?
you could download the MIUI music app and enable "shake to change song"
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okay nice so that works with the screen awake/on. is there a way to make it work without having to turn the screen on?
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Well if you enable the shake option, that works with the screen off
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has anyone come with a solution yet? thats my most miss feature from CM7
can anyone make an app that can do this? while the screen is off? with the dafault music player?
long press power= play/pause music
long press volume up = change next
long press volume down = previous
Am I the only one that can't tell much of a sound difference between the stock player and playerpro and poweramp? I played the same mp3 on all three, switching back and forth, and I couldn't tell much of a difference. Poweramp may have been slightly better, but then again it wasn't enough for me to be sure.
Plus, they both take up way more CPU than the stock player (to be expected, I guess). Playerpro was constantly going "in the red". I already uninstalled that one. Still on the fence for Poweramp.
The stock is surprisingly easier for me to navigate through my music also. I like to view by folders (which can have a long list of songs) and I like how the stock has that alphabet bar on the right that you can just press the letter to go to. Much faster than dragging the bar to scroll.
Only negative about the stock player is you can't map the volume and power keys to skip/back track, pause, etc.
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I think the G2 guys could have taken this one cue from the iPhone and other phones. I'm really hoping this is something we can add after root is available.
Not a big fan of having to use the power button.
I have been using widget locker app and it allows to be waken from by trackpad.
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ya on my n1 it was so much more convenient to just press the trackball to wake ugh patience i guess...
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I have been using widget locker app and it allows to be waken from by trackpad.
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i have this. But can't get it to do what you're saying
Yea it is kind of irritating having to press power to wake all the time
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No legendary is right. Widget locker fixes this well enough.
Just disable the notification icon and in advanced settings check "wake up with any button press".
As far as I can tell the only draw back is having to slide the bar to unlock and then having to enter ur unlock pattern if u have one.
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I'm glad you found your answer on your own. I really do like that app and when it worked it was a double bonus. Had it installed on my nexus one. Can't wait for ROMS to take advantage of it soon
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I used it on my Vibrant. It was kind of buggy at times. Though, I'm not sure if that was the app, or the phone.
No its the app. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't...
Another trick
If you are holding the phone in your left hand (as I mostly do), use the trick that someone posted in another thread-- Just snap the keyboard open about 1/4 of the way. It will wake and unlock in one super-quick step. It can be done in the right hand, too, just not quite as easily.
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No its the app. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't...
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You really have to tweak settings to make it reliable... took me a bit. Hiding the notification makes it less reliable by their own admission. I have it working fine now though.
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You really have to tweak settings to make it reliable... took me a bit. Hiding the notification makes it less reliable by their own admission. I have it working fine now though.
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Can you share the settings you're using to make it stable on the G2? Sounds like a great app.
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Widget Locker Enabled
Buttons > Allow Menu Button in Lock Mode
Behavior > Appear on boot
Behavior > HomeHelpers Launcher set to your preferred system home (I'm using Launcher Pro)
Advanced > Easy Wake Mode
and DO NOT hide notification icon if you can help it.
I'm also using the rotary slider instead of the standard one...
so now I press the trackpad to wake up... slide to unlick, and then use unlock pattern to get to home screen. I still prefer that to having to press the top power button.
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If you are holding the phone in your left hand (as I mostly do), use the trick that someone posted in another thread-- Just snap the keyboard open about 1/4 of the way. It will wake and unlock in one super-quick step. It can be done in the right hand, too, just not quite as easily.
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yup thats what I do, plus im glad we are required to use the power button, which has less chance of getting pressed in your pocket/case as oppose to trackpad..
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Widget Locker Enabled
Buttons > Allow Menu Button in Lock Mode
Behavior > Appear on boot
Behavior > HomeHelpers Launcher set to your preferred system home (I'm using Launcher Pro)
Advanced > Easy Wake Mode
and DO NOT hide notification icon if you can help it.
I'm also using the rotary slider instead of the standard one...
so now I press the trackpad to wake up... slide to unlick, and then use unlock pattern to get to home screen. I still prefer that to having to press the top power button.
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awesome - thanks for this, i'll be giving it a whirl!
[EDIT] i just tried it out, tried many different settings (including those suggested) and couldn't get it to work more than a few times. alas, that's more frustrating than helpful, so til it's fixed i've uninstalled. thanks for trying to help out though - i really do want trackpad wake.
^ ditto. It was reliable for a while then became sporadic
This should be an app fixable thing as opposed to needing root though. I will wait I suppose.
I really want this feature too, but I don't want to have the phone wake when pressing the vol/camera keys. Is there somewhere we can request this in the next software update from T-mobile / HTC? I assume this is not remediable without rooting otherwise. I'd prefer not to root my phone just for this one feature.
i haven't tweaked any settings and my trackpad now wakes the phone up every time. I say now, as it didn't do it consistently until i un-installed a live wall paper i had (Thunderstorms) - a couple of other issues vaporized when i un-installed that app
neat wallpaper though - the developer is supposed to be working out the bugs for use on the G2
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I really want this feature too, but I don't want to have the phone wake when pressing the vol/camera keys. Is there somewhere we can request this in the next software update from T-mobile / HTC? I assume this is not remediable without rooting otherwise. I'd prefer not to root my phone just for this one feature.
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Hahhaha! Don't ask tmobile or htc for help. They'll just lock it down more. I have a headache from trying to get root access working. This nand lock really sucks! Sorry a bit off topic, I guess.
So now that we've got full root, is there a quick, simple and reliable way to wake the phone by pressing the trackpad button (i.e. wake to the unlock screen, not fully unlock).
[Edit: Found it, works perfectly on my Desire-Z, needs root. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830806]
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I just switched from HTC evo to Epic 4g and the app "No Lock" doesn't seem to work on Epic 4g anymore. Basically it's an app that allows me to use volume key rather than power button to unlock and turn on the screen.
Does anyone experience the same problem? Any alternative?
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I just switched from HTC evo to Epic 4g and the app "No Lock" doesn't seem to work on Epic 4g anymore. Basically it's an app that allows me to use volume key rather than power button to unlock and turn on the screen.
Does anyone experience the same problem? Any alternative?
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I don't know of an app but if you root, cm9 and aokp support that feature
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I use it in conjunction with widgetlocker without issue but my volume buttons do not wake my screen.
When you say 'it does not work' is that what you want it to do? Because it's only supposed to bypass the lockscreen
Thank you. Ya I will give aokp a try.
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I use it in conjunction with widgetlocker without issue but my volume buttons do not wake my screen.
When you say 'it does not work' is that what you want it to do? Because it's only supposed to bypass the lockscreen
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It seems to be able to bypass the lockscreen but not turn the screen on with volume key. Funny thing is that the volume key works sometimes, but not all the time.
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I do not prefer the screen to wake via the volume buttons, and several of the ROMs available have that feature enabled.
I was informed by an esteemed member about where to change this setting if you are interested in simply enabling the feature. It requires root and a root capable file explorer
Id sure like to know how to enable this feature.
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I was recommended to use es file explorer, because it's easier to use to mount the /system as writeable.
Open explorer of choice and make sure it can find the root directory, and make sure that the /system path is mounted as writeable or r/w, depending on the app. Superuser will get involved and then you can go up to the highest file tier. Find the path system>usr>keylayout and find file sec_key.kl
Click to open as text and use a text editor. The first two lines are -volume_up & volume_down. if they are not followed by a space and the word 'wake' enter it.
the menu button should provide a save option. As far as I know this will wake the screen by volume buttons regardless of anything else.
Now that I go through the motions, this may only wake the screen when something is playing; music or video.
Anyway, I hope you can figure something out.
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I was recommended to use es file explorer, because it's easier to use to mount the /system as writeable.
Open explorer of choice and make sure it can find the root directory, and make sure that the /system path is mounted as writeable or r/w, depending on the app. Superuser will get involved and then you can go up to the highest file tier. Find the path system>usr>keylayout and find file sec_key.kl
Click to open as text and use a text editor. The first two lines are -volume_up & volume_down. if they are not followed by a space and the word 'wake' enter it.
the menu button should provide a save option. As far as I know this will wake the screen by volume buttons regardless of anything else.
Now that I go through the motions, this may only wake the screen when something is playing; music or video.
Anyway, I hope you can figure something out.
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cool thanks so much i will give it a try
thank u
Nuenjin said:
I was recommended to use es file explorer, because it's easier to use to mount the /system as writeable.
Open explorer of choice and make sure it can find the root directory, and make sure that the /system path is mounted as writeable or r/w, depending on the app. Superuser will get involved and then you can go up to the highest file tier. Find the path system>usr>keylayout and find file sec_key.kl
Click to open as text and use a text editor. The first two lines are -volume_up & volume_down. if they are not followed by a space and the word 'wake' enter it.
the menu button should provide a save option. As far as I know this will wake the screen by volume buttons regardless of anything else.
Now that I go through the motions, this may only wake the screen when something is playing; music or video.
Anyway, I hope you can figure something out.
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this one worked perfect
actully i have GT B5512 and when i opened sec_key.kl ,, i found volume_up and _down keys have alreasy WAKE written in it. (though i m not able to unlock using volume keys).. so i thought it will be great to unlock from HOME key so i wrote WAKE after home key and it worked. thanks a lot dear NUENJIN...
i found an app called wake all on play store, try it
ashu258 said:
this one worked perfect
actully i have GT B5512 and when i opened sec_key.kl ,, i found volume_up and _down keys have alreasy WAKE written in it. (though i m not able to unlock using volume keys).. so i thought it will be great to unlock from HOME key so i wrote WAKE after home key and it worked. thanks a lot dear NUENJIN...
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I will also tried this method but unfortunatelly not working! I follow the same above method. So please help.
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I will also tried this method but unfortunatelly not working! I follow the same above method. So please help.
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TouchWiz or AOSP? @tdunham has a Volume Wake mod for TouchWiz Jelly Bean
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Since my power does not function I had to depend on the volumes to wake my phone. I found that it didn't always work properly and sometimes would not even wake up the phone as if the volume control had gone to sleep when the phone went into deep sleep. The only thing that I've had work flawlessly is Gravity Screen Pro.
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Since my power does not function I had to depend on the volumes to wake my phone. I found that it didn't always work properly and sometimes would not even wake up the phone as if the volume control had gone to sleep when the phone went into deep sleep. The only thing that I've had work flawlessly is Gravity Screen Pro.
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Yep that's what I use too
Not sure if there is already a thread like this but I just found out something that I found was pretty freaking awesome!
Was listening to some B.o.B when I tried clicking the volume buttons on my earphones. ( Monster/Nokia purity) then boom the buttons act as a previous and next. For me the volume down is next and obviously the volume up is the previous
And just found out that holding the middle button activates the voice search
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Doodsz said:
Not sure if there is already a thread like this but I just found out something that I found was pretty freaking awesome!
Was listening to some B.o.B when I tried clicking the volume buttons on my earphones. ( Monster/Nokia purity) then boom the buttons act as a previous and next. For me the volume down is next and obviously the volume up is the previous
And just found out that holding the middle button activates the voice search
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Do you have any other headphones that u can test with? You're positive that it didn't work on ics? If yes to both, I can't wait to flash jelly and try!
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Yes to both.
But I have to find my other earphones
If I find it ill get back to you
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I have headphones with a single button on them. Long pressing opens up voice search, single clicking while listening to music acts as a play/pause actions, double clicking moves to the next track and I hope triple clicking moves to the previous track.
My Etymotic buds don't work.
The play/next track button just pauses, and volume buttons do nothing.
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I have headphones with a single button on them. Long pressing opens up voice search, single clicking while listening to music acts as a play/pause actions, double clicking moves to the next track and I hope triple clicking moves to the previous track.
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Triple click does not go to previous track. Single pauses/plays.
Double moves to next track.
Long press brings up Google now.
Haven't been able to figure out previous track yet.
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I should get mine in 2 hours. I have Zagg smartbuds that I can try out. Also gonna try the apple headphones and see if those work too.
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I have a pair of Sony Wired with music and volume control. They seemed to work better on GB when using my LG G2x, but the ICS on the Nexus only registered the 1 main button (Previous, Skip, volume up and Volume Down did nothing). On the LG G2x, everything worked great except Volume which I read was a Apple exclusive.
I also have a A2DP BlueAnt Handsfree unit for calls, but has 2 Volume buttons and a main button. I'm curious to see how it handles it when playing music.
I'll give them a shot again tonight to see how JB handles it.
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Triple click does not go to previous track. Single pauses/plays.
Double moves to next track.
Long press brings up Google now.
Haven't been able to figure out previous track yet.
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confirm that it worked with a samsung earphone! :good:
I can confirm my handset didn't burst into flames with an Apple headset and while the vol up/down buttons didn't work, long press on middle opened search and short press pauses/plays. I don't have any music on my GNex to try the next/previous tracks.
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I can confirm my handset didn't burst into flames with an Apple headset and while the vol up/down buttons didn't work, long press on middle opened search and short press pauses/plays. I don't have any music on my GNex to try the next/previous tracks.
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Ok good, I didn't want my nexus to explode. Thanks for being the Guinea pig
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I have bought the headset control app and noticed that the long press didn't let me control volume anymore :-( any idea how to disable or modify the controls mentioned above?
Thanks!
LanderF said:
I have bought the headset control app and noticed that the long press didn't let me control volume anymore :-( any idea how to disable or modify the controls mentioned above?
Thanks!
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Theres jays headset control on the play store
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Ok good, I didn't want my nexus to explode. Thanks for being the Guinea pig
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You guys have it backwards, my Jellybean rocking Nexus would make the apple headphones burst into flames!
Doodsz said:
Theres jays headset control on the play store
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Unfortunately, JAYS headset control is overidden by Google's control. At least that's what happens to me...
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confirm that it worked with a samsung earphone! :good:
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Nice. I have several brands, but usually use zaggbuds. Triple click did not work with them.
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Wilsonium said:
I can confirm my handset didn't burst into flames with an Apple headset and while the vol up/down buttons didn't work, long press on middle opened search and short press pauses/plays. I don't have any music on my GNex to try the next/previous tracks.
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Also if you have Apple earbuds you can double click the middle button and it will skip to the next track. This all works in ICS too.
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Unfortunately, JAYS headset control is overidden by Google's control. At least that's what happens to me...
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yup same with the app I'm using. Hope the devs can override the override.
a click+long click for google now would be my choice
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Unfortunately, JAYS headset control is overidden by Google's control. At least that's what happens to me...
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Media button router gave me access back to my third party bluetooth voice dialer on Jellybean. However to access google voice commands now I have to initiative them by touch instead of the center bluetooth button. After they are initiated the google voice commands work as they should on bluetooth.
Only thing left is to get the center BT button to distinguish between a long and short press so it can initiative either my 3rd party voice dialer or google voice commands. There is another app I have in mind to test for that. Here is link for media button router.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.harleensahni.android.mbr
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Also if you have Apple earbuds you can double click the middle button and it will skip to the next track. This all works in ICS too.
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No it didn't work for me. Only pause/play and long press for voice worked.
Apple has patents on their implementation of 3 button controls. So any "Made for iPod/iPhone" headphones DON'T work on android. I doubt JB would change that. The only thing Google can do legal-wise is to natively implement double-press and triple-press for the main control button.
3 button headset made specifically for android are supposed to exist (Headset Droid supports them) but I haven't found any yet.
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Is there a way to disable this function? I really don't need it. I have not once since I got the phone used it, only by mistake...
And when using some camera apps, with volume key as shutter. I like my ringtone to be static thank you.
It would be cool if it could be changed to control media volume at all times.
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Is there a way to disable this function? I really don't need it. I have not once since I got the phone used it, only by mistake...
And when using some camera apps, with volume key as shutter. I like my ringtone to be static thank you.
It would be cool if it could be changed to control media volume at all times.
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i don't think it is possible...i have never seen such a mod...it is useless for all of us here so don't think somebody will make it
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i don't think it is possible...i have never seen such a mod...it is useless for all of us here so don't think somebody will make it
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What do you mean by "useless for all of us here"? Am I really the only one who is bothered by this? I have accidentally put the ringervolume to very low values a number of times without knowing. The whole function just seems strange to me.To bad there isn't a mod around for it (or to bad that I'm strange, as it seems).
thanks
maybe you may remap keys with an app, but you must be rooted first. you can unmap buttons at all i think, but about only media volume i can't help you, nobody thought about before, solution: you have to get used to this!
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maybe you may remap keys with an app, but you must be rooted first. you can unmap buttons at all i think, but about only media volume i can't help you, nobody thought about before, solution: you have to get used to this!
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Thanks, I am rooted but un- or remapping the keys is not really what I was looking for. I still want to be able to adjust speakervolume during calls etc... I guess I will have to get used to it.
But is this function really used by people? I am curious, please someone elaborate.
There must be some line of code that goes: while not playing media and vol key is pressed- change ringvolume. Just change that to mediavolume, that was what I was thinking.
Anyway, will drop the subject if no-one is interested.
It is a problem to me, too. I think the default function of volume buttons could be the media volume, not ringtone volume.
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Don't buy smartphones then if volume buttons are annoying. Volume buttons is a must for a lot of people, that's why they exist. If phone producers wouldn't make phones without volume buttons, no one should bye these phones. Eventually, you can root your phone and delete volume buttons I key mapping.
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VaderSKN said:
Don't buy smartphones then if volume buttons are annoying. Volume buttons is a must for a lot of people, that's why they exist. If phone producers wouldn't make phones without volume buttons, no one should bye these phones. Eventually, you can root your phone and delete volume buttons I key mapping.
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Thanks for reading the thread before posting.....
On iPhone we can disable this function...
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Would not be surprised if Apple patented that lol. But not the ability to switch between ringer and mediavolume. My phone would be perfect with something like this implemented, have not found any other annoyances at all.
Have you tried Volume Locker it's free and I used this on my DHD which kept changing.
Thank you! Just installed it, and it seems to do the trick. I also got this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656096
[MOD]Change/Remove sound made when you alter volume | [TOOL]
....to make it silent. Cheers!
I have the same problem and still looking for solution
Hi,
It's a shame, that Android doesn't have this feature, but the IPhone.
I've a Samsung Galaxy S3, but the same problem - it would be great if somebody could create a MOD for this problem.
Tim
It would be great to have a mod for volume buttons to change media volume instead of ringer.
For ringer I just use two options, vibrate only or vibrate + ringtone. I don't change ringer volume except incidentally, which is annoying.
I believe that CyanogenMod can remap volume keys behavior.
It's amazing that people reply to this thread before reading the original message.
What I have gathered so far is that the default android build does not allow to decouple the ring volume from the buttons for some mysterious reason.
CyanogenMod roms do have an option that takes care of that!
For phones that do not have CM available some alternatives were posted before.
any solution for stock rooted phones?
I thought the air gesture feature would be really useful to skip music tracks while riding my motorcycle, but I can't get it to work! I'm using the stock music player, loaded a bunch of songs on the SD card and I turned on the air gesture settings. I can get it to skip tracks by saying "next" using the voice command feature, but this probably won't help much in a full face helmet at 70mph!
What I would like to be able to do is have the phone in the transparent pocket of my tank bag and be able to wave my gloved hand over the sensor to skip a track. In theory it should be possible as long as my hand is within 7cm of the screen, according to Samsung. I tried it out just sitting in front of my computer, and no matter how I wave my hand (and believe me, I've tried all sorts of combinations: fast, slow, closer & further from the screen), I can't get the music to skip a track. Any ideas?
My phone is stock, unrooted, if that helps. I do have a Spigen GLAS.t screen protector on there, but it doesn't cover any of the sensors.
Are you sure you click on air gesture and then air browse and selected music
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I believe it only works with the stock music player as well. That sucks. Tried it in poweamp and didn't work.
whytechapel_x said:
I believe it only works with the stock music player as well. That sucks. Tried it in poweamp and didn't work.
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Is there a specific apk in the /system/app directory for the air gesture feature? I can probably edit it to send a media next broadcast instead of being hard coded to the stock player.
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Is there a specific apk in the /system/app directory for the air gesture feature? I can probably edit it to send a media next broadcast instead of being hard coded to the stock player.
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+100 to that
Thankyou elflip88... I didn't have it set to change on the lock screen. Now at least that is working! I don't think that solves my problem of changing tracks when the screen is completely off though. Is there a way to make the phone wake up enough to get to the lock screen with a hand gesture? I have it set to where it shows the time and notifications when you reach for it, but I can't change tracks from that screen.
elesbb said:
Is there a specific apk in the /system/app directory for the air gesture feature? I can probably edit it to send a media next broadcast instead of being hard coded to the stock player.
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Didn't find anything.
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Didn't find anything.
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Might be in the framework then. Not a big deal. Only problem is i have no device to test things on.
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Apparently, the built-in air gesture only works for the stock media player and only when the phone is awake. You should install "wave control". You can set the media player it works with and switch songs with the screen off. I have used it while driving a moving truck and it works very well. :good:
mahgnillig said:
I thought the air gesture feature would be really useful to skip music tracks while riding my motorcycle, but I can't get it to work! I'm using the stock music player, loaded a bunch of songs on the SD card and I turned on the air gesture settings. I can get it to skip tracks by saying "next" using the voice command feature, but this probably won't help much in a full face helmet at 70mph!
What I would like to be able to do is have the phone in the transparent pocket of my tank bag and be able to wave my gloved hand over the sensor to skip a track. In theory it should be possible as long as my hand is within 7cm of the screen, according to Samsung. I tried it out just sitting in front of my computer, and no matter how I wave my hand (and believe me, I've tried all sorts of combinations: fast, slow, closer & further from the screen), I can't get the music to skip a track. Any ideas?
My phone is stock, unrooted, if that helps. I do have a Spigen GLAS.t screen protector on there, but it doesn't cover any of the sensors.
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whytechapel_x said:
I believe it only works with the stock music player as well. That sucks. Tried it in poweamp and didn't work.
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Thankyou elflip88... I didn't have it set to change on the lock screen. Now at least that is working! I don't think that solves my problem of changing tracks when the screen is completely off though. Is there a way to make the phone wake up enough to get to the lock screen with a hand gesture? I have it set to where it shows the time and notifications when you reach for it, but I can't change tracks from that screen.
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Dracarnion said:
Apparently, the built-in air gesture only works for the stock media player and only when the phone is awake. You should install "wave control". You can set the media player it works with and switch songs with the screen off. I have used it while driving a moving truck and it works very well. :good:
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you all can try Hovering Controls, it emulates Air gesture for all phones (Android 2.2 and up) and works mostly with all music/video players, even with screen off.
you can find it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.golgorz.hoveringcontrols (for support, Google Play)
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351974 (XDA version totally free and full)
forgin said:
you all can try Hovering Controls, it emulates Air gesture for all phones (Android 2.2 and up) and works mostly with all music/video players, even with screen off.
you can find it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.golgorz.hoveringcontrols (for support, Google Play)
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351974 (XDA version totally free and full)
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Try wave control app as well might help you out
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Try wave control app as well might help you out
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For me wave control did not work. I tried it with pandora (which it says it should work) but every time i tried the gestures it would launch the default music app. I know exactly whats wrong with it but im gonna dig up the Air Gestuers API and make my own instead of editing the smali.