It's easy enough to turn off the screen with psShutXP but is there a way to also lock the keys? It seems that with the screen off the send and end key dont enter anything but the dpad still works. I would like to shut the screen down and lock the keys so I can put the touch in my pocket when playing music and not have the dpad messing things up.
get s2p (slide to play) it lets u shut the screen off n locks all keys but only plays mp3 n ogg files
here the .cab too
Related
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...
V
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.
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
edit:
I think I just found it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305402
edit:
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
edit:
No, Slide2Unlock invokes the slider (evidently) when the display is turned off, therefore no media player button control
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.
Hi guys, i've received my Xperia a couple of days ago, installed TomTom 7, Palringo Messenger and zsIRC.
I love it, i simply love it. But i have some problems with the usability which i believe you guys can help me iron out:
- If the Phone is put in Silentmode, the mp3 Players won't work, whether it is the Xperia Player Panel or MortPlayer... is there a workaround for this, or if not, is there a way to put silentmode on a hotkey, because it takes long to flip to the "Today" Page to put silentmode off...
- I tried MortPlayer because i found it hard to control the Xperia Panel Player with my finger while driving, but MortPlayer was kind of buggy, it changed the size to quater screen whenever i opened the keyboard and even without that bug i found it still too small since it didn't use the full resolution.
- Is there some kind kind of Alt+Tab like feature? I'd like to switch between tomtom and the mp3 player while driving and that would need some kind of quick window change button, is there a way of achieving that?
I don't have installed the original wm6.1 volume controle, but i think there are 2 bars and one of them for the system volume. I think it was the left one. Put the volume up and you should be able to hear sth. with the player.
EDIT: The Volume controle pops up when you press the volume down or up button
You can easily adjust volume and between modes normal, vibrate and silent with the volume up/down keys. Keep pushing vol down and you'll get to silent mode. Push vol up and you'll get back to normal mode through vibrate mode.
well, thats solved, but i still need something to change the programs while i'm driving, like a possibility to lay something like alt+tab on the ok button, for example.
Try AE Button Plus. You can set a button (single, double, triple or long press) for i.e. task manager (pretty neat aebp's own), alt+tab or switch to next application.
hi,
i have a question about the core player using the blank screen function as a hotkey. everytime pressing the hotkey for blank screen while the player is playing music with the screen turned off... so far so good but when i press the hotkey again the the coreplayer closes but the music is still playing. so i have to open the core player again to change the music or to turn it off. now my question: is it possible that i press the hotkey button (while the player is playing music with the screen turned off) and i come back to the coreplayer screen instead close the program?
regards
zooyorke
Hi
How did you manage to set hotkey? I always get #E5 value, no matter which key I press...
Previously I used CP in iPAQ914, had no problems with blankscreen you have. If I managed the hotkey settings, maybe I could find sollution to your problem...