Is there a way to lock the touch screen? Perhaps with PQz or another third party software, could I map a button (like the screen back light button) to toggle lock/unlock the screen?
Otherwise, I can't find a way to use the media player in portrait mode (screen facing outwards) unless I put Universal in a case.
I tried searching the Universal forum for screen lock, but could not find the solution. Thx.
In the meantime, I have mapped the backlight button to toggle the screen when using TCPMP.
In Media Player, it seems my only options are to map one of the d-pad controls to toggle the screen.
I think VJEschaton will toggle the screen for you. Don't know if that's what you want. I'm working on some updates to that app...
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Thanks! I'll check it out.
Would DeltaLock be any good?? (get it from here: http://www.freewareppc.com/). It might lock the buttons too though.
Will WMP or TCPMP not play with the screen closed then?? (not tried this yet).
Never heard of DeltaLock, but thanks for the tip.
Frankly I have not tried with the screen closed, because I want to play the media with the screen facing up. (I don't want to have to keep opening and closing the device any time I want to change music, etc.) In any case, I found that both TCPMP and WMP can map buttons to toggle the screen on/off which essentially accomplishes my main goal --no accidental touches. But only TCPMP let me map commands to the screen backlight button. WMP, as far as I know, only lets me map commands to the D-pad.
I'll still have a look at VJEschaton and DeltaLock though to see if they offer any advantages for my needs.
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Please excuse my ignorance if this is an obvious question, but, how can I lock the screen and buttons on my Vario?
I like to listen to audio books through the headphones when I am on the beach walking the dog. With my C500 I could lock the screen and buttons and still listen to the audio, I know that I can tap the power button, but this stops the media player as well
Isn't there a combination of keypresses that will accomplish the same thing?
TIA
on the k-jam there is a "device lock" shortcut on the today screen, unfortunately up to now, no one has found where it is in the registry?
Ah yes, I er have found it now, that will do nicely!
I don't suppose there is something similar for closing running programs is there?
for closing files - personally i use magic button, but i also tried using switch (google for either)
Magic button allows you to close or minimise as you go, or use the "close all" to get rid of everything.
Switch was more of a task switcher with close all option (but the (X) only minimises and cant properly close screens)
Ofc if you want to use something built in, you need to go to the memory page, running programs, close all (many today screen plugins will link directly to this page IE Resco)
hi wondering if you guys could help please. im trying to use windows media player with the screen turned off but when i play my music and then use the power button to turn the screen off my music stops. im using the power button because i have not got the key board on. thanks in advance
try a freeware called screenOff it's turn screen Off but all other things are still working
thanks works great
you could also just go into the buttons tab under options in media player and set a button for toggle screen right at the bottom
inspectorgadjet said:
you could also just go into the buttons tab under options in media player and set a button for toggle screen right at the bottom
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Exactly...most media players have this function built in. If yours doesn't give MortPlayer a try. It's nice and has this feature built in. I don't like the default theme with MortPlayer as it's ugly so I just installed the MyPod theme and it looks great.
Just download the app here
http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=download&entry=mp_program&action=list
You can get the skins from the zip archive here (go to the Old Skins link at the top)
http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=download&entry=mp_skins&action=list
hi Moh
if i use the power button to turn off the light when media player is running i find that the machine locks, requiring a reboot.
does anyone else have this problem? it has done it from day one.
to be frank i only use the ms media player because my sony bt headset slider buttons cannot control any of the other players that i have tried.
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hi Moh
if i use the power button to turn off the light when media player is running i find that the machine locks, requiring a reboot.
does anyone else have this problem? it has done it from day one.
to be frank i only use the ms media player because my sony bt headset slider buttons cannot control any of the other players that i have tried.
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I have this issue also. Have to soft reset if I try to power off the device while a media player is running.
not had no problems with it failing to start up again once powerd off just use to turn me music off. not had that problem since i installed screenoff as above
just put the cover on the screen. I think that works
i have installed mortplayer 3.61-RC7 on my athena, but it updates my
screen to portrait mode when it starts...
this is normal ?
any chance to update the settings to forze landscape mode ?
thank's
Ow hell, I'm tired of looking for this on the forum, so I'll just ask it:
Is there a device lock application that can be assigned to a hotkey that turns off and locks the display BUT NOT THE BUTTONS.
I tried pLock and vjLock but it doesn't work.
The reason for this odd request is that I'd like to maintain WMP button control while playing music, while locking the display.
Hope I just overlooked it in my search.
Cheers,
Keeth
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I think I just found it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305402
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Nope problem still stands. DeviceLock with "blank screen" doesn't work on my wizard. it just turns the display off for a sec and then on again.
I'm looking for something similar to the "display off" function in BatteryStatus but something that can be assigned to a key.
How about 'Slide2Unlock'?
I guess the question would be, why do you want a lock app that does not lock the buttons? Isnt that just turning the screen off?
The buttons on my wizard are not that easily pressed when in my pocket. So the problem is the touchscreen.
When i'm listening to music, i'd like just to put my hand in my pocket to skip to the next song using the directional pad.
There must be something out there that, as you said, just turns off the display (as BatteryStatus offers) but without making another application active or going to the Today screen (since then i would lose button control over the player).
Thanks Sian for the tip, I'll try slide2unlock
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No, Slide2Unlock invokes the slider (evidently) when the display is turned off, therefore no media player button control
Hey guys, I listen to music on my phone all the time via the "touch" knockoff audio manager and I love it. I have batterystatus and I really like that I can turn off the screen with a few clicks. My question is does anyone know of a program that I can set my record button (or any programable hard button) to turn off the screen or something along those lines? I would love to still be able to control the music without the display, just to get that much more battery life.
Thanks for any help.
You can choose a hardbutton for screen on/off on the player called "mortplayer".
http://mort.sto-helit.de/forum/
There are wonderfull skins too!
i know Wizard and Prophet are different...but FYI with my prophet the music keeps going when I tap the off button to "standby"; and I can control the volume/tracks with BT headset.
Don't know why it should be different with wizard.
Also there is a small util in the pdamobiz rom i am running called "displayswitch" which can be mapped to a hardware button. This works if you want to use the phone buttons with the screen off.
edit: turns out displayswitch is part of psshutxp http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/english/
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Hey guys, I listen to music on my phone all the time via the "touch" knockoff audio manager and I love it. I have batterystatus and I really like that I can turn off the screen with a few clicks. My question is does anyone know of a program that I can set my record button (or any programable hard button) to turn off the screen or something along those lines? I would love to still be able to control the music without the display, just to get that much more battery life.
Thanks for any help.
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You can assign any installed program to any of the hardware buttons by clicking Start/Settings/Personal/Buttons. Why not assign PSshut to the record button, and tap "Light Off" when PSshut pops up? This will blacken your screen while listening to music, saving some battery life. You can find PSShut by scrolling the drop down arrow box in "Buttons"
Mortplayer also can be configured to kill the screen and all buttons save one from a timer, in the latest version. Very easy to use, doesn't require an additional program to achieve your goal.
If you're totally locked into your audio manager, though, I'd look into Smartskey. I was not a big fan at first, but it's fairly capable, and with a little tweaking, will probably do what you want.
gsplayer...
How do i do this? i cant assign a button for it, i tried searching but those threads were recommending something called pocket shield, but isnt there a way to use the windows media player toggle screen function?
thanks
Use CorePlayer or Pocket Music...they both have features to switch off the screen.
Using Windows Media player you simply power off with the switch on top and the player continues.
take a look here for Windows Media and Core: http://www.ppcmobility.com/forums/showthread.php?t=603
Possible that there's a setting I wasn't aware of in WMP but - I found that when I used WMP for music and hit the sleep button at the top, the music stopped playing - although when I use the music player tab in the TouchFlo3D, it carries on uninterrupted when hitting the sleep button
i dont like the HTC media player, its much easier to search using windows media player.
i used to assign a key to toggle screen when i had my touch dual, but on the HD i cant assign any keys.
any help? if possible i dont want to download a third party media player.
at the moment im just letting the screen turn itself off, but doing so risks my pocket touching the screen and doing stuff
My 2 cents
well I use TF3D for my music needs (it's enough for me) and my solution to turning the screen off (without headphones in, since with them it's not an issue) is with Gyrator which I have set to turn the screen off when I turn the HD upside down.
Just switch off the screen with your power button. It works regardless of whether you're using Coreplayer or native TF3D music player or FM radio. But the wired headset must be plug in for it to work.
An additional tip:
Since the screen is blanked out, how do you change volume and switch channel/song?
My way of doing this is to install AEBplus, and make single press of volume buttons Up and Down arrow key, and double press (you can use long press too, if you so prefer) as volume up and down. In this way, you need not get out of blank screen in order to skip or repeat songs, or to change channel.
Is there anyway of doing this via the htc player from the today screen?
I like the convenience of playing music from this screen. Just need the display to switch off.
Prefer not to install another player then have to search for it to play a bit of music.