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[Q] How to skip music tracks without unlocking phone?

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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xyience said:
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

fivefingerdeathpunch said:
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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elflip88 said:
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"

fivefingerdeathpunch said:
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.

Any headphones with volume controls?

Are there any in ear headphones that have 3 button volume controls that will work with the S3?
I currently have the Klipsch S4i so I wanted to know if there is anyway to get the volume buttons to work on the S3 (I don't like the S4a version since it's only one button).
Thanks.

Wrong place... theres an accessory thread for this.. with posts about earplugs and headphones.

Sorry, forgot to post it in this section. Thanks for moving it here.

Dude i suggest to use headst droid app...download it from bazaarandroid.com using aptoid...
Wid d help of app u can use any headset wid just one and control some functions by single click,double click,long click etc
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I have ordered the a-jay One+ headphones. It has a mic and button on, and has a specific Android app for controlling what the button does.
You can modify what you want the button to do, but it by default does, play/stop, FF, rewind, volume up/down
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006H3KGLM/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00
wow just looked I ordered 2 days ago and they were £27, looks like a lot of people have ordered for S3's....

I have a pair of these, very nice IEM's for the money.
MeElectronics M6P
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vimsec11 said:
Dude i suggest to use headst droid app...download it from bazaarandroid.com using aptoid...
Wid d help of app u can use any headset wid just one and control some functions by single click,double click,long click etc
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Don't need aptoide, just search the play store for "headset" or "jays".
Works great with a pair of earphones from my galaxy player with only one button!

The Ibeats I got with my htc work as a volume control and have a mic
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The bests ones will be the urbeats (like ibeats but android version ) has 3buttons and works ons2 perfectly so if I had guess yes it will work on galaxy s3

Jays Headset app +++

The HTC ones that came with my Desire work fine. Much prefer them for cycling with as the in ear types block out sounds of traffic etc around you. There's no volume control but you can skip tracks, pause, play and take calls.

I own a pair of Beats Pro headphones and have a volume control Monster cable.
On my S3, the volume buttons do not work at all, but the mic and the centre button works fine. If I use poweramp, you can set up the double and triple click of the centre button to change tracks.
However, I would love to obtain control of the volume buttons as well...does anyone have any ideas on how this might be achieved? I have been looking for some kind of adapters or something..but no luck...
I also wouldn't mind changing the Monster cable to a volume control compatible one. Any ideas?

b0gd4n said:
I own a pair of Beats Pro headphones and have a volume control Monster cable.
On my S3, the volume buttons do not work at all, but the mic and the centre button works fine. If I use poweramp, you can set up the double and triple click of the centre button to change tracks.
However, I would love to obtain control of the volume buttons as well...does anyone have any ideas on how this might be achieved? I have been looking for some kind of adapters or something..but no luck...
I also wouldn't mind changing the Monster cable to a volume control compatible one. Any ideas?
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Headset droid allows you to set the change track button as volume control by holding the button down. Nothing else seems to work in the same manner from my searching.
Hope this helps.
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Apple's...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB770G/B?fnode=MTY1NDA0Ng

About 4-5 headsets that will work on high end Samsung like s2 and s3 also htc devices like htc headphones Sony smart headset and urbeats and beats solo ( htc version from AT&T sprint or tmobile website or store) all come with 3 buttons that work and mic that work ( on the galaxy s2 and tab the 2 button work as volume buttons and middle play/pause )

thelastred said:
About 4-5 headsets that will work on high end Samsung like s2 and s3 also htc devices like htc headphones Sony smart headset and urbeats and beats solo ( htc version from AT&T sprint or tmobile website or store) all come with 3 buttons that work and mic that work ( on the galaxy s2 and tab the 2 button work as volume buttons and middle play/pause )
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I am looking for a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable with mic and controls that works on my s3 and my Beats...any ideas?

I bought a pair of a Jays one + they are decent headphones and there is a free app to control functions from the button control remote on the headphones.

http://www.lunashops.com/goods.php?id=2087
It's 3.5 to 3.5 for solo monster

twoashj said:
Apple's...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB770G/B?fnode=MTY1NDA0Ng
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Garbage....and not just cause they're an Apple product either

klipsch S4A's are good and also has an app to help with the controls. they have them places for like $99 but I was able to get them from amazon for $51

Volume keys change ringtone volume

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.

ououououo said:
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

matt95 said:
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!

glukosio said:
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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hira151 said:
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?

[MOD] Remap your... headset keys

Pretend you're using some non-stock headset (because stock one is a complete garbage) that has more than 1 button on it.
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You plug it in any android device -- these buttons do what they should, change the volume.
You plug it in an HTC Vision -- these buttons switch tracks for some weird reason! (well, the reason is not that 'weird' -- it's just HTC decided to use these functions on their headset)
Some of you may have tried to edit .kl files, but probably without success.
The secret is that Android detects the headphone jack as another device, that has no configuration created for it (at least on ICS and JB).
That causes the system to use "generic" key layout mapping which clearly says:
Code:
key 163 MEDIA_NEXT
key 165 MEDIA_PREVIOUS
key 226 HEADSETHOOK
The solution for this is pretty simple. We need to find a necessary device, create a configuration for it and put it into /system directory.
Long story short, putting h2w_headset.kl to /system/usr/keylayout (don't forget to set permissions to rw-r--r--) will make headset buttons work like they do on all "normal" devices.
By the way, if you're using CyanogenMod, you're not losing an ability to switch tracks! "Volume rocker track skip" option also works for headset buttons (and you can also double-tap the Play/Pause/PTT button to go to the next track)

Odp: [MOD] Remap your... headset keys
Doesnt work for my headset
Wysyłane z mojego HTC Vision za pomocą Tapatalk 2

Formiak said:
Doesnt work for my headset
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Need some more details. What headset are you using? Did buttons even work before installing this mod?

This is apple headset. Only play button works on android devices.
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Formiak said:
This is apple headset. Only play button works on android devices.
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They've got different pinouts for those buttons, unfortunately.
What you could try is to type "getevent" in Terminal Emulator, press some headset buttons and post the output here (but I doubt phone will even recognize this)

Hey I have been having a weird issue with apple headphones now, all other brands work, and apple headphones usally work as a headset/mic but the mic hasn't been working for some reason?
Could this be mapping related? And if not does anybody know of a solution?
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xhitz said:
Hey I have been having a weird issue with apple headphones now, all other brands work, and apple headphones usally work as a headset/mic but the mic hasn't been working for some reason?
Could this be mapping related? And if not does anybody know of a solution?
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Different pinouts again. One word: Apple.
As for buttons, there is a pretty good manual on how to make +/- buttons work with Android devices.

Hello,i got Ascend P1 smartphone,i got a problem,every headset i put in there Samsung/Htc the inline control vol+/vol- just do the same of play/pause,is like i got 3 button all the same pause/play .... is a software problem or hardware?!

youngchaos said:
Hello,i got Ascend P1 smartphone,i got a problem,every headset i put in there Samsung/Htc the inline control vol+/vol- just do the same of play/pause,is like i got 3 button all the same pause/play .... is a software problem or hardware?!
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Probably a software one, but quite difficult to fix.
All Android-based devices control headset buttons by measuring a resistance between two pins: 0 Ohms (short-circuit) for play/pause/call (this also works with iPhone headsets), plus 220 and 600 Ohms for volume or track switch keys.
This is controlled by a kernel headset driver, which acts as a "mapper" between resistance values and key codes.
Next, key codes are passed to the Android framework, where these key codes are mapped to their "behaviour" (that's where .kl files comes into place)
I don't think this is a hardware issue, because your device detects _every_ resistance change, but always assigns the "default" key code for it.
If it was a hardware fault (let's say, device couldn't detect resistances lower than 100 Ohms), volume buttons wouldn't work at all.

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Probably a software one, but quite difficult to fix.
All Android-based devices control headset buttons by measuring a resistance between two pins: 0 Ohms (short-circuit) for play/pause/call (this also works with iPhone headsets), plus 220 and 600 Ohms for volume or track switch keys.
This is controlled by a kernel headset driver, which acts as a "mapper" between resistance values and key codes.
Next, key codes are passed to the Android framework, where these key codes are mapped to their "behaviour" (that's where .kl files comes into place)
I don't think this is a hardware issue, because your device detects _every_ resistance change, but always assigns the "default" key code for it.
If it was a hardware fault (let's say, device couldn't detect resistances lower than 100 Ohms), volume buttons wouldn't work at all.
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Can you help me to remap the kl files? or is too hard to do this?! it's really painful to not use volumes buttons

youngchaos said:
Can you help me to remap the kl files? or is too hard to do this?! it's really painful to not use volumes buttons
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Please read my post carefully. That's a kernel-related thing, modifying .kl files won't help here.

NeverGone\RU said:
Please read my post carefully. That's a kernel-related thing, modifying .kl files won't help here.
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Oh damn,i need to report this to huawei then?!

Worked great with my HTC One M8 and HTC Smart Wire headset RCE190.
Now I can control volume while listening music and can use the volume buttons to take pictures with camera.
Thanks :good:

[Q] Air gesture to change music track?

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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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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+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.

whytechapel_x said:
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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mahgnillig said:
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

richardlibeau said:
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.