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[Q] Turn off Screen but keep Media Player Working?

Anyway to turn the screen off, with the power button, but keep music playing?
Tried it with the touchflo3D player and the windows media player...both turn off the music when I try to turn the screen off...
Anyone else have this problem?
I have pocketshied installed...so not sure if this is a phone prob or pocketshield is causing it to happen...it still happens whether pocketshield is on or not though...
Thanks

I have never had this problem on my Tilt 2. Is this a TP2 only issue?

Miami_Son said:
I have never had this problem on my Tilt 2. Is this a TP2 only issue?
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No Kidding?! I have a Tilt2 also with the stock rom and all!
This must be an issue that pocket-Shield is Causing...grr
Guess I need another hardbutton/screen lock...device...hmm

StrangeShadow said:
No Kidding?! I have a Tilt2 also with the stock rom and all!
This must be an issue that pocket-Shield is Causing...grr
Guess I need another hardbutton/screen lock...device...hmm
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dude..u only need reg.cab name
"keep music playing".
search xda or google..

yeah, it's working for me as well although you cannot skip tracks like you can with iphone unless you install third party software.
did you check your lock setting and make sure you check "lock if playing music"?

PUTALE said:
yeah, it's working for me as well although you cannot skip tracks like you can with iphone unless you install third party software.
did you check your lock setting and make sure you check "lock if playing music"?
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Again, not an issue for me. I skip tracks without issue. I use my BT headphones to listen to music while I ride my mountain bike and I have runsat recording my ride going in the background. No issues whatsoever. I have none of the "fixes" mentioned installed, it has always worked fine for me even now that I'm using S2U2.

Miami_Son said:
Again, not an issue for me. I skip tracks without issue. I use my BT headphones to listen to music while I ride my mountain bike and I have runsat recording my ride going in the background. No issues whatsoever. I have none of the "fixes" mentioned installed, it has always worked fine for me even now that I'm using S2U2.
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I'll have to try S2U2.
What's with the skip track thing that's being talked about?
Do you guys mean while the screen is off?

I have the tilt2 and also have this problem. by default, WMP is supposed to keep playing, but only if you let the device suspend on its own. This generally works, but there will be a brief stutter and lag when it first turns the device off.
PocketPlayer is a good 3rd party app that has the option to turn off the screen for uninterupted listening. Playlist management is a bit of a chore with that program, though.

Miami_Son said:
Again, not an issue for me. I skip tracks without issue. I use my BT headphones to listen to music while I ride my mountain bike and I have runsat recording my ride going in the background. No issues whatsoever. I have none of the "fixes" mentioned installed, it has always worked fine for me even now that I'm using S2U2.
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Tried to get S2U2...but all I get is the zip file...can never get to the cabs...http://ac-s2.com/

StrangeShadow said:
Tried to get S2U2...but all I get is the zip file...can never get to the cabs...http://ac-s2.com/
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The cab file is inside the zip file along with a bunch of other stuff for modding the S2U2 clock and skins. All you need is the one cab file for the actual S2U2 program. Unzip it to a folder and just copy the cab file to your device and run it. If you don't know how to unzip a file you might want to reconsider modding your phone.
EDIT: Here. I'll make it easy for you. Latest version attached.

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The cab file is inside the zip file along with a bunch of other stuff for modding the S2U2 clock and skins. All you need is the one cab file for the actual S2U2 program. Unzip it to a folder and just copy the cab file to your device and run it. If you don't know how to unzip a file you might want to reconsider modding your phone.
EDIT: Here. I'll make it easy for you. Latest version attached.
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Never had a problem with zip files till i got Vista on a new computer. Was never a problem with XP...stupid vista.

Miami_Son said:
I have never had this problem on my Tilt 2. Is this a TP2 only issue?
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BTW did a hard reset...and the issue is still there.
It keeps playing if there's a headset, external speakers, or bluetooth headset that it is playing through....but not through the phone's speakers.

StrangeShadow said:
BTW did a hard reset...and the issue is still there.
It keeps playing if there's a headset, external speakers, or bluetooth headset that it is playing through....but not through the phone's speakers.
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Hey, I never thought to try that since I don't listen to music through the phone speakers. Mine stops when listening that way, too.

StrangeShadow said:
BTW did a hard reset...and the issue is still there.
It keeps playing if there's a headset, external speakers, or bluetooth headset that it is playing through....but not through the phone's speakers.
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My Tilt 2 does the same thing.
Could you just set a quicker "screen off" time in the power settings? Wouldn't that basically accomplish the same thing? It is weird that it will keep playing when the phone goes into standby on its own, but not when you press the power button to turn the screen off.

dwboston said:
My Tilt 2 does the same thing.
Could you just set a quicker "screen off" time in the power settings? Wouldn't that basically accomplish the same thing? It is weird that it will keep playing when the phone goes into standby on its own, but not when you press the power button to turn the screen off.
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Actually, it makes sense the way it is. If you are manually turning off the backlight it assumes you want to shut down all functions except the phone.

I found that if I just push the lock button for S2U2 it locks the screen and shuts the screen off at the set time, but allows the music to keep playing. A small hassel, but a work around.

Keep Music Playing
Registry location:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\ Unattended\
Change Wav1 dword value to a "0"
Then when you have music playing in any program,
tap the power button to put in suspend mode,
and you're good to go.

Vibration after 5.0.1 update

Has anyone noticed that they lessened the effect of the vibration? I wish there was a setting for that

I haven't noticed something like that for my watch.

trdspectacoma said:
Has anyone noticed that they lessened the effect of the vibration? I wish there was a setting for that
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did you change your watch band? i've noticed the position of the watch impacts the "quality" of the vibration. short of that, the vibration is just as strong as it was before. seems like an odd thing to change without change-logging it.

Im not getting any vibration at all from anything after the update, not when I power on the watch or from opening wwrae mini launcher

for gmail, i get an extra vibration after i swipe right and click delete...minor annoyance

The vibration is definitely lighter after the 5.0.1 update. I surmise that it's part of their effort to extend battery life. I, too, wish there was a control for that like ambient.

TabGuy said:
The vibration is definitely lighter after the 5.0.1 update. I surmise that it's part of their effort to extend battery life. I, too, wish there was a control for that like ambient.
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I'm not getting ANY vibration for notifications after the update, really hoping they fix this soon as it's the whole point of a smart watch. Have tried restarting and resetting to no avail.

i don't see how people are getting zero vibration. i'd send the watch back. i don't think there's a way to turn it off without also turning off the notifications.

maximus96 said:
for gmail, i get an extra vibration after i swipe right and click delete...minor annoyance
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I find this annoying also. Can't believe they would add this "feature" without the ability to disable it.

JCrichton said:
I find this annoying also. Can't believe they would add this "feature" without the ability to disable it.
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ditto. I liked it earlier when it would just delete silently.

No lockscreen on Bluetooth

Hi, I have something puzzling me and I think the community will be able to help me. I've been on CyanogenMod for the longest time before buying my N5X and one of the features I miss the most is the profiles settings.
My problem is I want to disable my lockscreen automatically when connected to my car Bluetooth. To be clear, I want it gone completely, not just the security, as in when I press the power button I go straight to Play Music. I have Trigger installed but can't seem to find a way to do this. I'm also willing to buy Tasker if I'm sure it will allow me to do it.
I'm rooted and running Cataclysm ROM if it helps.

Delete your car Bluetooth and re-connect it. It should prompt you to set up a Trusted Devoice. This will disable the lockscreen while connected to this device.

k.s.deviate said:
Delete your car Bluetooth and re-connect it. It should prompt you to set up a Trusted Devoice. This will disable the lockscreen while connected to this device.
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Thank you for trying to help me, but I think you didn't read my post completely. I know about trusted devices, I use it. I want my lockscreen completely gone, so I don't have to swipe up to get inside Play Music.

I use fingerprint scanner and it goes straight to home screen.

Skorp_X said:
Thank you for trying to help me, but I think you didn't read my post completely. I know about trusted devices, I use it. I want my lockscreen completely gone, so I don't have to swipe up to get inside Play Music.
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Settings - security - screen lock - select none. Or like the post above said, use fingerprint.

k.s.deviate said:
Settings - security - screen lock - select none. Or like the post above said, use fingerprint.
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Now I'm starting to think you're just trolling. First suggestion is far from automatic, second one is not an option, the phone is in a car mount.
Again, I'm looking for a software way to do it.

Skorp_X said:
Now I'm starting to think you're just trolling. First suggestion is far from automatic, second one is not an option, the phone is in a car mount.
Again, I'm looking for a software way to do it.
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Then leave screen on for the maximum time, so you won't have to deal with lock screens, until there is an app that would do it for you.

Skorp_X said:
Now I'm starting to think you're just trolling. First suggestion is far from automatic, second one is not an option, the phone is in a car mount.
Again, I'm looking for a software way to do it.
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Not trolling, it would do exactly what you asked, lock screen completely gone not having to swipe up. You never mentioned it was in a mount, are you charging it at all in this mount? If so, use the keep awake option in developer settings.

k.s.deviate said:
Not trolling, it would do exactly what you asked, lock screen completely gone not having to swipe up. You never mentioned it was in a mount, are you charging it at all in this mount? If so, use the keep awake option in developer settings.
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Maybe you're not trolling, but you're ignoring parts of my posts to find a half-assed way to make it work. I guess you missed the "automatically" part.
And no, not charging. I don't stare at my phone for 8 hours a day so I don't need to charge while driving. And please, if you're not gonna help don't post.

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Maybe you're not trolling, but you're ignoring parts of my posts to find a half-assed way to make it work. I guess you missed the "automatically" part.
And no, not charging. I don't stare at my phone for 8 hours a day so I don't need to charge while driving. And please, if you're not gonna help don't post.
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Wow. OK, sorry for giving suggestions that could have potentially helped you until you found a way to use tasker in your favor.

No now playing in Sounds setting?

Just got a pixel 2 xl and one of the features I was most excited about was Now Playing, unfortunately I can't find it anywhere in settings>Sounds>Advanced settings, any idea what could be wrong?

Settings, Security, lock screen preferences then it should be in there

Yasharkhan said:
Just got a pixel 2 xl and one of the features I was most excited about was Now Playing, unfortunately I can't find it anywhere in settings>Sounds>Advanced settings, any idea what could be wrong?
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What happens if you type in "Now Playing" in the settings search menu?

Badger50 said:
What happens if you type in "Now Playing" in the settings search menu?
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Thanks for the quick reply, I got it ,I had to install pixel ambient services from play store but now I've another issue, now playing isn't working, I've tried turning it on and off and on and even rebooting my phone but nothing, tried with many songs but doesn't recognize any, any one else faced similar issue?

Yasharkhan said:
Thanks for the quick reply, I got it ,I had to install pixel ambient services from play store but now I've another issue, now playing isn't working, I've tried turning it on and off and on and even rebooting my phone but nothing, tried with many songs but doesn't recognize any, any one else faced similar issue?
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It's glitchy at best. Works sometimes for me and takes a long time to recognize a song. Much more of a novelty item

For me works well with commercial music. If I listen the sort of music I like best.. Nothing. Not surprised there though.
I hope they'll be adding songs to the database and make it more useful.

Yasharkhan said:
now I've another issue, now playing isn't working, I've tried turning it on and off and on and even rebooting my phone but nothing, tried with many songs but doesn't recognize any, any one else faced similar issue?
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Well, it takes quite a while to recognize a song, and it can range from several seconds to even minutes. I wouldn't rely on it being able to pick up every song out there, especially at low volumes or loud environments that can make it harder for the device to recognize songs. Also, you might want to make sure that you're not covering the microphone and that your microphone works perfectly fine.

It was working for me, but it has since stopped. I think it happened when Google issued the November update. Looks like they might have broken something.
Yasharkhan said:
Thanks for the quick reply, I got it ,I had to install pixel ambient services from play store but now I've another issue, now playing isn't working, I've tried turning it on and off and on and even rebooting my phone but nothing, tried with many songs but doesn't recognize any, any one else faced similar issue?
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Tis a poor feature. Only recognises very famous songs. The sort of songs you already know the name of!

Plus, Google Hates Christmas. 1 in 3 Christmas songs don't show up.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL

Many users facing this problem. Even me, After enable now playing feature it's not working properly. But after uninstall Words With Friends 2 game, it's work like a charm.

My display won't light up with new notifications - any ideas why?

Hi everybody,
I'm running the Android 11 public beta and to be honest I've been doing so pretty much since I bought the 3a XL, so I can't remember if this was an issue beforehand. I am having absolutely no issues elsewhere.
Basically when a text, WhatsApp, Gmail or anything like that comes through I get the sound but the screen doesn't light up.
I don't have AoD activated (can't stand using them) but I do have the toggle for lighting up for new notifications activated. I have no power saving modes or do not disturb settings switched on and all notification settings for my apps seem to be fine. I don't want to reset my phone and start all over again as I really can't be bothered just for this one thing, and it would also use up my last slot with YouTube Premium so I'd have to call them to clear my device list again.
Please can someone think what might be happening here. Is this a bug with 11? Or can anyone think of anything else to try.
Many thanks

Maybe check lockscreen settings and see if you're not allowing the notifications there.

41rw4lk said:
Maybe check lockscreen settings and see if you're not allowing the notifications there.
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Show all notifications etc are on. When I tap the screen the notification is there so it's not hiding it or anything - it just doesn't light the screen up.

Double check all settings in Display > Lock screen display. I think all the action is there. I'm sorry if this is menial or redundant. Just offering up ideas, it could be a bug but I can't verify it since I'm not on 11.

41rw4lk said:
Double check all settings in Display > Lock screen display. I think all the action is there. I'm sorry if this is menial or redundant. Just offering up ideas, it could be a bug but I can't verify it since I'm not on 11.
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Yeah sadly I've been through all the settings and I really can't find anything that would be causing this. I thought maybe it could even be a faulty proximity sensor or something but that's working fine too.
I was hoping that it was a known bug because then at least I know it'll get fixed, although this issue has survived the most recent beta update.

leoni1980 said:
Yeah sadly I've been through all the settings and I really can't find anything that would be causing this. I thought maybe it could even be a faulty proximity sensor or something but that's working fine too.
I was hoping that it was a known bug because then at least I know it'll get fixed, although this issue has survived the most recent beta update.
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Here's a screenshot of my settings, not sure how much will match with yours but I can't imagine much difference. Either way I get notifications the way you want with these settings. If you don't you might file a bug report.
https://imgur.com/a/DGqXkIR

It's happening on my phone also. Maybe a bug in Android 11