Hi gurus,
I would like to be able to change volume when screen is turned off. Do you have a tweak?
Many thanks in advance
This is true, it gets REALLY annoying especially when I'm listening to music and can't adjust the volume with the screen off. Would love to see this problem fixed, especially since it was alleged that the HTC stock earphones had "volume control capabilities" (sigh....).
Had to resort to choosing between a HTC earphone with "forward", "backward", "call answer" capabilities, or a normal (and much better sound quality) earphone with volume control.
Tough choice eh? So yeah, I'm just typing this to bump this thread up, hopefully this would get fixed soon!!!
I use the HTC Music Player and the volume controls work for me on the side of the phone. Not sure what player you may be using, but I like to use the hardware supported software for reasons like these.
godsafk said:
I use the HTC Music Player and the volume controls work for me on the side of the phone. Not sure what player you may be using, but I like to use the hardware supported software for reasons like these.
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I was going to type much the same thing earlier, but got sidetracked.
Volume works fine for me in standby.
samsamuel said:
I was going to type much the same thing earlier, but got sidetracked.
Volume works fine for me in standby.
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Wooohoo!! Thanks!
p/s: Another question, would u guys have any idea how to reduce the volume bar increments from 3 bars to 1 bar? I know this can be done by adjusting the on screen volume bar via touching it. But using the volume rocker with the screen off while listening to music doesn't actually help, does it? It either gets too loud or too soft when I click on the volume rocker.
Is there any way of doing this without having to use the HTC player?
I have a preference for a different player (pocket player) but wish I didn't have to turn on the screen to access the volume controls.
5manarmy said:
I have a preference for a different player (pocket player) but wish I didn't have to turn on the screen to access the volume controls.
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windows media player volume works in standby.
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Hi guys
I got my HD a week ago and I am really satisfied with it!
The only thing that I am wondering is, how I can switch track while I am listening to the music with earphones. Due I dont want to pull out my phone every time I want to skip a track I am wondering how you guys do that? I mean hardware keys dont work (cos the up/down volume keys are already for the volume and the others are locked).
Are there wired earphones for the HD (attached on the 3.5mm jack) which allow to switch tracks?
Is it only possible to switch tracks with A2DP earphones over BT?
Hope you get my question
Thanks
Ascenca
Ascenca83 said:
Hi guys
I got my HD a week ago and I am really satisfied with it!
The only thing that I am wondering is, how I can switch track while I am listening to the music with earphones. Due I dont want to pull out my phone every time I want to skip a track I am wondering how you guys do that? I mean hardware keys dont work (cos the up/down volume keys are already for the volume and the others are locked).
Are there wired earphones for the HD (attached on the 3.5mm jack) which allow to switch tracks?
Is it only possible to switch tracks with A2DP earphones over BT?
Hope you get my question
Thanks
Ascenca
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Haven't got my HD yet, but I can switch tracks using BT headset over A2DP on my Trinity running Windows Mob 6.1, so I would assume the same will happen on the HD.
Thanks for the reply. Good news
So there is "only" a unwired solution am I right? Do wired earphones with the same functionality not exist right now attached to the 3.5mm jack?
Ascenca
Ascenca83 said:
Thanks for the reply. Good news
So there is "only" a unwired solution am I right? Do wired earphones with the same functionality not exist right now attached to the 3.5mm jack?
Ascenca
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Don't forget, I haven't got my HD yet, so am only guessing.
Don't know if they exist yet, but I would imagine they will. Anyone got the old SPV C500 (I think) miniusb phones with the vol/track change buttons that can try it out?
Ascenca83 said:
Hi guys
I got my HD a week ago and I am really satisfied with it!
The only thing that I am wondering is, how I can switch track while I am listening to the music with earphones. Due I dont want to pull out my phone every time I want to skip a track I am wondering how you guys do that? I mean hardware keys dont work (cos the up/down volume keys are already for the volume and the others are locked).
Are there wired earphones for the HD (attached on the 3.5mm jack) which allow to switch tracks?
Is it only possible to switch tracks with A2DP earphones over BT?
Hope you get my question
Thanks
Ascenca
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About to get an HD tomorrow, but my solution is going to be to set the volume up/down as next/previous track and set the volume from the HD, since i've found out that I change tracks way more often than volume level
You could get an inline remote control? I have one on my diamond
ljames28 said:
You could get an inline remote control? I have one on my diamond
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This interest me. I would also like to keep the device in my pocket without having to take it out to change track and alter volume.
Can you provide a link to this product that you would recommend? Thank mate!
mkOnKeY bOy said:
Haven't got my HD yet, but I can switch tracks using BT headset over A2DP on my Trinity running Windows Mob 6.1, so I would assume the same will happen on the HD.
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On your Trinity, can you use the BT to control, while at the same time using a wired headset?
Insaneboy said:
About to get an HD tomorrow, but my solution is going to be to set the volume up/down as next/previous track and set the volume from the HD, since i've found out that I change tracks way more often than volume level
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And where do you change this? Wohld be nice to hear your solution
Thanks!
Ascenca
If you use Mortplayer you can assign the hardware buttons to whatever controls you want.
AE button plus maps the keys to your liking.
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
Maybe even short press up/down for next/previous and long press for vol up/down.
Insaneboy said:
AE button plus maps the keys to your liking.
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
Maybe even short press up/down for next/previous and long press for vol up/down.
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Would love to try this out, but I still don't have my HD yet.
Can someone try and and confirm that it can be done?
This would remove most of my unhappiness for not having the D-pad.
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If you use Mortplayer you can assign the hardware buttons to whatever controls you want.
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Hi
tryed out mortplayer! Nice program. The only thing that worries me is, that there are no 800x480 skin out there. so everything is only in 640x480. Do you know how to edit the *.mpz files to fit the screen?
I come from using many other mp3 players in the past, and I got a G1 to be my "be all" piece of hardware. One area that I feel the phone is lacking is in the music department.
I was wondering if a developer could create some sort of app that allows for track switching from the lock screen.
Or better yet, when I had my Blackberry I was able to hold the volume up button and that would switch to the next track while holding down on the volume rocker would go to the previous track. Just clicking the volume rocker would still adjust volume. Is there any way to implement this into the G1?
just2good4u3434 said:
I come from using many other mp3 players in the past, and I got a G1 to be my "be all" piece of hardware. One area that I feel the phone is lacking is in the music department.
I was wondering if a developer could create some sort of app that allows for track switching from the lock screen.
Or better yet, when I had my Blackberry I was able to hold the volume up button and that would switch to the next track while holding down on the volume rocker would go to the previous track. Just clicking the volume rocker would still adjust volume. Is there any way to implement this into the G1?
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There's probably some way to do all you describe above, but Android 1.5 supports AVRCP. If your BT headphones have playback controls they will work fine with G1 whenever music is playing, regardless of whether the screen is locked.
I believe Hero has some controls while in the lockscreen, forgive me if I'm mistaken. I just came off of it, reliability was too big of a trade off.
Double press the button on your headset/3.5mm headphone cable.
Hi,
When using the youtube app the volume rocker acts as rewind/fast forward and doesnt change the volume. This is really annoying. Is there any way to change this as I dont want to go into a youtube video, assess the volume of the vid, come out of it and then set the handset volume accordingly.
Secondly, is there a way to enable the notification LED to blink when email is received to the handset? Looked in settings but the option to enable it is greyed out...
Seconded on the YouTube thing. What were they thinking? Any tips?
Indeed.... can't really tell you how much I didnt enjoy loading up a gaga video only to have my ears DESTROYED by beyonce's wailing as she was in the song too
I had the first problem for a while too, here's how I fixed it:
-Download, install and start AEButton
-Disable the volume rocker buttons
-Re-enable them
-AEButton will now tell you that it'll restart the device, let it do so
-Fixed
I don't have HD2 yet, but the HTC volume control should have a custom setting for the Youtube app in order for it to work properly. On other HTC devices, it's under HKLM\Software\HTC\VolumeOverlay\InhouseAPClass\YouTube and should be HKLM\Software\HTC\VolumeOverlay\InhouseEnable2ndUI\HTCYOUTUBE. Do you guys have these keys? If not, you can try to create them and value under them, ClassName=HTCYOUTUBE and Enable2ndOverlay=0 respectively. Also, you could try to go to HKLM\Software\HTC\VolumeOverlay\3rdPartyAPClass, create a key there (name it anything, could be YouTube), and ClassName=HTCYOUTUBE under it. The latter hack allows to have the youtube-style volume control in any application (I use it for CorePlayer, for example).
Hope this will work...
Sigh, just found out that when playing a song under the music tab - and you use the volume rocker, surprise surprise it doesnt actually control the volume at all! It controls the track listings.
Bah! This is a STUPID idea, a shame really!!
WHAT??? Volume rocker doesn't control volume during playback? And how are we supposed to do it?
Correct. Unless it's just mine, but I doubt it?
How to control volume you ask? Well that's simple.
You come OUT of the music application and then adjust the volume, and then go back INTO the application..... Logical.
That's a damn stupid design decision. Beside the inconvenience, music player doesn't need to have the same volume level as the rest of the phone! On my HD I have maximum volume for system/ringer, whereas my music player is set to like 20%. When I plug the headphones in and start it, it's set automatically to this level - otherwise I'd be deaf by now.
And does this happen both with the headset plugged in and without it? Again, on Touch HD you can adjust volume even when the device is turned off while music is playing.
So could anyone check the registry keys I mentioned earlier? Hopefully, it's just a missing setting...
Just read my post again on how to fix it, and no, it's not a design decision, it used to just control the volume for me, it only started controlling playback once I used the mediacontrols on the headset.
M-en-M said:
I had the first problem for a while too, here's how I fixed it:
-Download, install and start AEButton
-Disable the volume rocker buttons
-Re-enable them
-AEButton will now tell you that it'll restart the device, let it do so
-Fixed
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Volume Rocker
The Volume rocker works perfectly for me in both YouTube & Music player.
volume keys work for volume in both youtube and music for me..
is there anything you've installed that could interfere?
Hi Fards, great to see you in this thread. You were a valuable asset at ironing out bugs & probs when I was using Itjes Xperia ROM's. I'm sure you will be here too.
fards said:
volume keys work for volume in both youtube and music for me..
is there anything you've installed that could interfere?
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Now that just makes it a whole lot worse. I had nothing installed when I tested YouTube originally. Volume controls control cue/reverse. Does that mean unit defective?
weareborg said:
Now that just makes it a whole lot worse. I had nothing installed when I tested YouTube originally. Volume controls control cue/reverse. Does that mean unit defective?
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Maybe different rom?
Lack of attention to details and throughness so often causes user dissatisfaction.
Leechoonhwee said:
Maybe different rom?
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Possibly. Though its a stock rom sim-free unit. Even if its just a software bug or a rom issue, average Joe (or Josephine) shouldn't have to go hacking the registry, or what not, to fix it. Imagine trying to explain that convoluted series of (potentially disastrous) steps just to make your bloody volume button WORK...
Different roms should not justify this oddity.
simplymee said:
Hi is there a way to enable the notification LED to blink when email is received to the handset? Looked in settings but the option to enable it is greyed out...
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See entry 24 for solution here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
Indeed, it would appear it is a problem with the headset, damn bizarre.
This is what happened with me anyway...
Listened to music with the headset in and then the volume controls control the track playback, not the volume, whilst you are IN the application. As soon as you come out then yea that's fine it controls the volume again.
When you disconnect the headset, the settings don't seem to revert and once you go back into the music application, the volume rocker still controls the damn playback not the volume......
.... actually i don't know. From using my headset yesterday I've just tried adjusting volume in the music app now this morning and the volume rocker isnt doing ANYTHING when in the music application....
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Resetting seems to solve the problem, don't know when the problem will re-occur though. To be honest, I don't know how to alter registries and things like that!
oh this is ridiculous there HAS to be a way to fix this.. i dont ever want these to do anything OTHER than volume.
OR have a volume control on the inline
at the moment i have skip controls on the headphones AND skip controls on the side of the phone!
Hi,
I have had this great phone for a week and used the plentiful advice on xda to get it working exactly as I want... almost.
I can't seem to find any information or settings on how to enable the volume buttons when my phone is locked. This would be very useful as I tend to lock the phone when it's in my pocket and it's a pain when walking to have to get it out, unlock it and enter my passcode just to make it louder or quieter by a few notches.
Also, is it possible to make the hardware buttons increase or decrease in smaller increments - it's jumping up or down by three at a time (single increments would be preferred)?
Thanks
+1 on Tmo US version
Is there really no way to do this? Seems like the kind of thing one should be able to change in the registry...
Changing volume in the pocket is a habit I've been using with music players since I had my first walkman in 1982!
i use miri roms for months now and i've noticed some time ago that volume buttons work even when my phone is locked and although the increment value for system and ring volume vary from rom to rom, i've noticed that when listening to music the increment is +/- 1.
i just verified so that i'm sure what i'm talking about and here's more specific data:
i'm with latest miri rom 6.5.X V.15.2 and radio 2.09.50.29
volume buttons work when phone is locked
volume increment is 3 for system and ringtone volume
volume increment is 1 for music player
i use the build in HTC music tab player so i don't know about other players though...
if you need info on some other player just tell me which one and i'll test it for you.
bonapardo said:
Is there really no way to do this? Seems like the kind of thing one should be able to change in the registry...
Changing volume in the pocket is a habit I've been using with music players since I had my first walkman in 1982!
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Volume buttons should work without unlocking the phone with all ROMs when listening to music. Unless the chef specifically took the functionality out.
Thanks for the replies guys, I've not logged on for a while! I'm using an old version of CorePlayer rather than the built in one (much better EQ settings - can actually get the phone to sound okay). I'd assume that the player being used should have no bearing on the phone volume (apart from maybe the increments). Maybe I'll give the miri ROM a go. Just using my standard Vodafone ROM with a few tweaks (including Cookies Home Tab).
I am just using the default Samsung music app, so maybe a simple player switch will suffice...
I am coming from a iPhone 5. One thing the iPhone does very well is play music. There are a copy of issues with my S4 in this regard that are driving me crazy, I am hoping you guys can help me resolve them:
1. Volume rocker on headphones does not control music volume. As far as I can tell the volume rocker just doesnt do anything at all. Is there a way to make this control music / voice levels? Very annoying having to fish for the phone to actually move the volume rocker.
2. Previous doesnt work. On the iPhone you can triple click the button on the headset to either restart the current song or go back to the previous song that was playing before. I used this quite often as i sometimes like to Binge on a particular soundtrack. This does not seem to work currently, triple pressing the button simply goes to the next song (double tap) and then pauses (single tap).
Loving the S4 so far, I definitely hope the above is something that is possible to fix though. Thanks a lot guys!
Try google play music? The volume thing worked on my s3 however I've yet to test ion s4... Also i use poweramp
sgh-i747(d2att)(sgs3) on latest cm10.1 or ultimatum
my headphones work on the s4 so far... volume and pause/skip tracks also works. single tap button to pause, double tap to skip etc. maybe u got a faulty headset?
Yeah sounds like a faulty headset...mine works
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Or push it further in maybe? It seems to be hard at first to press in the headphone all the way... loosen up over time
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Which headphones are using? Some headphones dont work well with android os ....for example...volume rocker wont work on some beats headphones ....you can download an app on the market that can help somewhat.....
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Cali3350 said:
I am just using the default Samsung music app, so maybe a simple player switch will suffice...
I am coming from a iPhone 5. One thing the iPhone does very well is play music. There are a copy of issues with my S4 in this regard that are driving me crazy, I am hoping you guys can help me resolve them:
1. Volume rocker on headphones does not control music volume. As far as I can tell the volume rocker just doesnt do anything at all. Is there a way to make this control music / voice levels? Very annoying having to fish for the phone to actually move the volume rocker.
2. Previous doesnt work. On the iPhone you can triple click the button on the headset to either restart the current song or go back to the previous song that was playing before. I used this quite often as i sometimes like to Binge on a particular soundtrack. This does not seem to work currently, triple pressing the button simply goes to the next song (double tap) and then pauses (single tap).
Loving the S4 so far, I definitely hope the above is something that is possible to fix though. Thanks a lot guys!
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remember it has to be the s4 headphone not apples they wont work