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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.

Edge Screen audio controls - Poweramp App

In case anyone was looking for a music app that has edge screen controls, I just realized my Poweramp does have built in controls along with cover art automatically on the edge screen.
I am not rooted yet, running stock. But i do have the paid version of the app and i downloaded the free poweramp widgets pack... not sure if that makes a difference
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Pandora, Milk, and Google Play do this as well..... Are you sure it isn't a Samsung thing?

That's not built-in to Poweramp. It's part of Touchwiz.

PlayerPro Controls On The Edge As Well
The PlayerPro app also has it's controls along the screen edge, too. I absolutely love it.
It's nice to be able to multitask and still have my music controls within reach.

BIG_ROD said:
The PlayerPro app also has it's controls along the screen edge, too. I absolutely love it.
It's nice to be able to multitask and still have my music controls within reach.
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All music apps' controls get sent to the Edge panel.

I have the poweramp app, but the music controls do not show on the edge screen.

Spotify does it too.

DoWhatIDo said:
Spotify does it too.
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Holy mackerel! How many times must I say it? ALL music apps will trigger controls to show up in the Edge screen panel.

Most of these apps had/have notification tray controls.
These controls often get moved to the Edge screen. It's a Touchwiz trick.

bitter1 said:
Most of these apps had/have notification tray controls.
These controls often get moved to the Edge screen. It's a Touchwiz trick.
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What about video apps? I wish my mx player did this

blitz118 said:
I have the poweramp app, but the music controls do not show on the edge screen.
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Download the poweramp standard widget pack. If that doesn't work, you may have to get the paid version

misterwal10 said:
Download the poweramp standard widget pack. If that doesn't work, you may have to get the paid version
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I found the problem. I had to check the box to enable android lock screen.

Can someone post a screen shot of Google Play Music on the edge screen? Curious what it looks like.

opensourcefan said:
Can someone post a screen shot of Google Play Music on the edge screen? Curious what it looks like.
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Here ya go.

ALooneyGuy said:
Here ya go.
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That's so cool, thanks.
So I guess Samsung has built in something to make this happen, that's great. This means we may not be so reliant on others for compatibility.

Power amp just added new edge controls specifically for Edge users! I really dig it but it doesn't add anything as far as panels go. Check it out, I'm on the paid but I'll bet you van check them on the trial version.

I noticed that if i start playback from Google play music's widget the edge controls are not activated, only if i actually start the app. Has anyone figured way around this?

It's funny how you all handled the trolling.
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Hey So idk if its something I did but my edge panel l isn't showing any music controls at all. No adios at all not even milk....

pieces of cake said:
Holy mackerel! How many times must I say it? ALL music apps will trigger controls to show up in the Edge screen panel.
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Most of these apps had/have notification tray controls.
These controls often get moved to the Edge screen. It's a Touchwiz trick.
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Yes, most apps that place playback controls in the notification panel get edge controls.
However, it appears that some may not.
"Shazam" has notification panel controls but does not create an edge panel.

How to stop displaying what's playing on my phone

Like the title says, how do I stop android wear from displaying what my phone is playing?
If I play music from Google music/youtube it shows up on my watches display, how do I stop this?

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Like the title says, how do I stop android wear from displaying what my phone is playing?
If I play music from Google music/youtube it shows up on my watches display, how do I stop this?
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Install Feel the Wear, you can block notifications from your watch for any app.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.martinflorek.wear.feelthewear&hl=en_US

would you also be able to use the Android Wear App to block the YOUTUBE or GOOGLE MUSIC app notifications?

I have the same issue with Spotify. When I start playing Spotify, I get a spotify full screen thing on the watch with the track played and <</>> controls. Annoying, I don't care about the controls cause I can control Spotify from my true wireless earphones. I can't find a way to disable that.
Did you find a way to do it @Jaws4God?

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Did you find a way to do it @Jaws4God?
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I did not actually look.. I just know you can block apps via the WearOS app so didn't know if that would help.. I guess I could test it and see if it works..

Jaws4God said:
I did not actually look.. I just know you can block apps via the WearOS app so didn't know if that would help.. I guess I could test it and see if it works..
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i block chrome but when i watch instagram it still show on my watch, any solutions ?

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I did not actually look.. I just know you can block apps via the WearOS app so didn't know if that would help.. I guess I could test it and see if it works..
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I've tried this and it seems like it works for YouTube but it doesn't work for Google play music.

I found a way to stop my watch from showing what I'm playing. When you play a video or song from YouTube or Google play music and the media controls show up on the watch, long press the media controls face (in the center) and you get an option menu. One of the options is to turn off the media controls. Hopefully this helps someone.

DarkManX4lf said:
I found a way to stop my watch from showing what I'm playing. When you play a video or song from YouTube or Google play music and the media controls show up on the watch, long press the media controls face (in the center) and you get an option menu. One of the options is to turn off the media controls. Hopefully this helps someone.
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OH MY GOODNESS! THANK YOU!! I never knew we could do that. I just tried and it works amazingly! I now have added a shortcut to "Media Controls" on the watch face and the controls don't appear automatically anymore! Exactly what I wanted. Thanks

vivelafrance said:
OH MY GOODNESS! THANK YOU!! I never knew we could do that. I just tried and it works amazingly! I now have added a shortcut to "Media Controls" on the watch face and the controls don't appear automatically anymore! Exactly what I wanted. Thanks
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How did you add the shortcut for media controls?

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How did you add the shortcut for media controls?
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I can add 4 custom shortcuts with the watch face i'm using (Called "Quante"). In the list of apps and functions, there is one called "media controls". Which means that as soon as I listen to music on the phone, that shortcut let me have access to the media controls.
What I originally wanted is for the media controls to NOT automatically come up, only when I pressed the shortcut and your solution worked like a charm.
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DarkManX4lf said:
I found a way to stop my watch from showing what I'm playing. When you play a video or song from YouTube or Google play music and the media controls show up on the watch, long press the media controls face (in the center) and you get an option menu. One of the options is to turn off the media controls. Hopefully this helps someone.
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OMGOSH! Thank you, I had no idea how easy it was to stop it.:good:

Question How to display audio controls over lock screen or in quick pull down menu?

I have not been able to figure out how to quick access audio music player controls without having to go to the particular app. My previous Android allowed me to access the stop/pause/play control over the lock screen and in the pull down menu from the top. What am I missing? Thanks.

Are you allowing your lockscreen to show all sensitive content (notifications) on it? I can play with my music apps some more shortly to see what happens - I mostly use them in Android Auto so I don't often look at the phone screen while music's playing.

roirraW edor ehT said:
Are you allowing your lockscreen to show all sensitive content (notifications) on it? I can play with my music apps some more shortly to see what happens - I mostly use them in Android Auto so I don't often look at the phone screen while music's playing.
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I have my Settings to "show all notification content on lock screen." I should mention I'm running Nova launcher, which I've always been running on an Android phone. My issue is to be able to pause or play music from my lock screen or pull down menu, which I've always been able to do pre-P6P.

gmfeld said:
I have my Settings to "show all notification content on lock screen." I should mention I'm running Nova launcher, which I've always been running on an Android phone. My issue is to be able to pause or play music from my lock screen or pull down menu, which I've always been able to do pre-P6P.
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Maybe it's the particular music app?
With Rocket Player, for example, I get:
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and additionally with dragging down my notifications:
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I'll test PowerAMP and GoneMad next.

I am using AIMP player and that has music controls on the lockscreen and drop down toggles too.

Both PowerAMP and GoneMad work for me on the lock screen (and pull-down notifications) too.
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Thanks, I will try those. On my P6P I've been using Music Player, Poweramp, Spotify and Qobuz. The first two are new to this phone, but Spotify and Qobuz I've been using for a while and my memory is I was always able to access the controls on lockscreen and drop down.

Poweramp is not showing up for me. Perhaps that's a consequence of Nova Launcher?

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Poweramp is not showing up for me. Perhaps that's a consequence of Nova Launcher?
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I use Nova Launcher (I am signed up for their Beta program) exclusively and have for ~10 years, give or take. The only effect Nova could possibly have in relation to lock screens that I can think of is that you can set gestures that lock the screen, either through Accessibility services without root, which performs a "hard" lock such as rebooting the phone (where you have to enter your primary unlock method - not biometrics), or via root where you can have gestures lock it "properly", which is ironically just like a normal lock. There may actually be a third or hybrid option in Nova that performs a normal lock without root - I can't recall for sure.
I've never seen it affect the contents of my lock screen so it's probably something else. I'm currently using CleanSlate kernel's Sweep to Sleep to lock the screen, so I'm not using Nova's gestures to lock the screen, but I was a month or so ago without any effect on music players, or my lock screen contents that I noticed.

Yeah, I've also been using Nava Launcher for years and never had an issue.

gmfeld said:
Thanks, I will try those. On my P6P I've been using Music Player, Poweramp, Spotify and Qobuz. The first two are new to this phone, but Spotify and Qobuz I've been using for a while and my memory is I was always able to access the controls on lockscreen and drop down.
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In Poweramp settings need to turn on show on lockscreen.

Thebear j koss said:
In Poweramp settings need to turn on show on lockscreen.
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Thank you, I found it. I upgraded to the paid version yesterday, I think that's why I wasn't seeing that setting before.

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Thank you, I found it. I upgraded to the paid version yesterday, I think that's why I wasn't seeing that setting before.
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Awesome. PowerAMP and Nova Launcher Prime are probably the two oldest apps I paid for and still use.

Question google assistant: "sure, but first you'll need to unlock your device"

this happens frustratingly often when issuing voice commands to google assistant at home. I have all the smart lock features enabled. anyone got any ideas? i've googled and enabled all the suggested settings related to this.

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this happens frustratingly often when issuing voice commands to google assistant at home. I have all the smart lock features enabled. anyone got any ideas? i've googled and enabled all the suggested settings related to this.
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I agree.... very frustrating, especially when my clock can do it without needing to be unlocked

I'm experiencing this as well but only when I use one routine I have and I don't need to unlock it the routine runs but I get the message. Weird!

All you need to do is go into the Google app itself settings , Google assistant,
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There's allot of nice features hidden in that Google app settings

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All you need to do is go into the Google app itself settings , Google assistant, View attachment 5506229View attachment 5506231
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Enabling every single one of those options still doesn't allow, for example, lights in the Home app to turn on. As described earlier, you can initiate the process without unlocking, but it won't proceed until you actually unlock. Thanks anyway.

yeah I have all those settings activated already. still does it unfortunately.

Me 3!

Only way to fix this is to use Smart lock or buy a nest mini.

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Only way to fix this is to use Smart lock or buy a nest mini.
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The OP mentions trying smart lock and it wasn't any help.
Nest Mini is a good suggestion, but personally, I keep my Mini's microphone switch always off. I want to do everything by phone. Maybe the OP will like the idea better. Google should just fix it, though.
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this happens frustratingly often when issuing voice commands to google assistant at home. I have all the smart lock features enabled. anyone got any ideas? i've googled and enabled all the suggested settings related to this.
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roirraW edor ehT said:
The OP mentions trying smart lock and it wasn't any help.
Nest Mini is a good suggestion, but personally, I keep my Mini's microphone switch always off. I want to do everything by phone. Maybe the OP will like the idea better. Google should just fix it, though.
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I should mention, I had to add my location twice into Smart Lock to work and now it works perfectly.
I also have to ask, what is the point of the nest mini with the mic off? The speaker is very low quality compared to other speakers in its price range.

Zach Alt said:
I should mention, I had to add my location twice into Smart Lock to work and now it works perfectly.
I also have to ask, what is the point of the nest mini with the mic off? The speaker is very low quality compared to other speakers in its price range.
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Doorbell, cheap (I got one for $15 and the other for $20), and my wife is happy with how it sounds just fine.
I've got a Denon receiver for the high quality needs.
Since it comes with a physical switch for the microphone, I'm sure there are others who feel similarly.

i've tried doing the boxing trick with smart lock location ie 4 separate location points around the corners of my home location. I used to do that with my samsung. i'll see if that helps. stupid bug tho that should just be fixed.

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I should mention, I had to add my location twice into Smart Lock to work and now it works perfectly.
I also have to ask, what is the point of the nest mini with the mic off? The speaker is very low quality compared to other speakers in its price range.
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Oh, another reason is they're very small, you can buy mounts that make it so you can just plug it into the wall and the speaker is held right there above (or below) the wall socket, so it's out of the way.

adding further smart lock points made no difference. nifty trick from google. this particular facility doesn't fully work, so you're pushed towards buying a nest or two.

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adding further smart lock points made no difference. nifty trick from google. this particular facility doesn't fully work, so you're pushed towards buying a nest or two.
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Did you add and remove your location more than once? That's what I had to do and now my smart lock works flawlessly. It turns on right when I walk in my door and off just a few feet outside it.

Zach Alt said:
Did you add and remove your location more than once? That's what I had to do and now my smart lock works flawlessly. It turns on right when I walk in my door and off just a few feet outside it.
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smart lock in general is working, but I still randomly get asked to unlock my device when issuing voice commands.

I am having this issue as well. Just switched from 4a 5g to a 6, and ever since then I very frequently hear "but first you'll need to unlock your device", even when I never said anything that even sounds like google. Plus it interferes with me using my dedicated assistant devices in my house. I don't want to disable assistant completely on my phone, because I use it while I am out and about, but if it is locked, I don't want it to respond at all. All of the toggles mentioned in the screenshots here are unchecked, yet it still does it.

Same issue here. I have a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and it does this all the time. Have anyone tried to suggest a "feature request" to Google Assistant team? Maybe this can be a future enhancement as this is such an important and common use case. I'm thinking that if it really want to be secured, maybe it can trigger something like:
sure, but first you'll need to unlock your phone. What's the passcode?​Then if you are driving and can't type in the passcode, you can then just "say" the passcode, etc.
Thoughts? Thanks!