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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.
Are there shortcuts to activate/deactivate silent mode and vibrate mode or is the menu or volume button the only way? Sometimes I want to increase the volume and switch on vibrate, which doesn't seem possible unless you go into the menu. Also is there a way to set it to one ring only, or beep mode?
You can install any of the "switch mode" widget that you can find in Market, but the fastest way to change suond profile is push the volume down button for more than 2 seconds, phone will put in silent mode, then push once volume up to set it to vibrate. Push volume up for more than 2 seconds to restore full ring
Yep, seems to be the fastest way to change the volume and set silent, a bit annoying that it beeps along the way but no big deal.
But, if you do that to set it on vibrate, it doesn't seem to work for text messages... those stay silent because they have a separate setting to vibrate. WHY?!?!!!
Always seemed like an easy thing on symbian & windows mobile, you hold one button or a couple of clicks later everything is set to vibrate, especially useful if outdoors and can't hear messages.
I just hold down the END key and select "Silent Mode". Is that not an option on your phone?
Check out egg 'n stones' "Profiles" application in the market. You can define and set profiles from the application plus you can create shortcuts to any profile. For every profile you can set the volume of the different types of sounds (alarms, notifications, media, speech, etc.) It's my favourite profile manager.
Cheers.
thanks, i'll check it out
Or just install these widgets from Jerpelea's rom page. You can find the widgets link on the palm pre theme rom, 2nd post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538633
There is a really nice 1 button widget that sits on your home screen and you can press it and it cycles between silet, vibrate and ring.
Just allow the phone to accept 'unkown sources' in the application menu. Then access the widgets from the sd card (save them there) and then you can install them.
I have got a wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, brightness & volume widget that all have little blue icons that match downloaded from the marketplace..
there from Rounded Labs.. All free as well
my phone started acting weird lately. I can switch to silent or vibrating mode with the volume button when I first turn on the phone, but after I make one phonecall it stops that function and starts working as a up-down button that can navigate within the menu items and such.
I have checked all of the settings options that might have an affect on this, but couldn't find anything yet.
Any suggestions as for how I can fix this?
Vibrate all??
My volume buttons controlled all the notifications and sounds on my previous Android phones. That is NOT the case on the Samsung Vibrant. It will only control the volume for the incoming call ringer. I would have to go to settings for every notification volume to lower them and set them to vibrate. The only option I've found is t set the volume all the way down to silent on the side of the phone which will silence everything. The problem is, there is ZERO notification whatsoever. No led, no sound, no vibrate.
Isn't there a way to have the volume control all the sounds and vibration mode on the phone as a global setting?
Hello, I tried doing some searches for these, but could use a little help. I'm looking for a fix for my stock ROM to arrange my start menu icons to a rectangular grid instead of the default staggered layout. Sort of like the Android app launcher or iPhone layout. I know about c00kie's home tab, but I'm not interested in all the functionality it provides, just a regedit or cab I can install to rearrange my icons in start menu.
My second issue is with the Vibrate profile. Whenver I listen to music through my headphones while on vibrate mode, the system volume auto switches the vibrate mode off, which is fine. But when I disconnect my headphones, I would like for it to switch back to vibrate mode automatically because sometimes I forget. What makes it worse is that it defaults to silent mode after, so I can't hear if someone calls me. Is there a solution to this? Or maybe a cab that separates ring/system volume settings from media playback volume settings? I like how my old MyTouch can keep the vibrate profile the same even while listening to music.
google awesome start cab
that will arrange your icons in a list format
as for a profiler I rarely use them =/
This is the best work around I've found. I've tried this with power toggles but it should also work with other apps.
On your power toggle widget, add the volume toggle.
On the widget, press the volume toggle once. Your phone will go into priority mode. Press it again and you should be in silent mode.
Reactle's Light flow will also push LED's in this mode so its just like the silent mode in KK.
I've tested most of the social networking apps plus incoming phone calls, Google messenger, Whatsapp and Email. Phone remains silent, screen does not light up ( have ambient display enabled on my N5 so that lights up) and LED is pushed through.
Let me know if this works
Cheers
J.
Doesn't work for me, I can only switch between Priority mode (I guess, the star symbol appears in the notification bar) and ringer+vibration. I have to use the hardware volume button to bring up the volume menu, then choose priority mode (click it away without doing changes) and then I can use Power Toggles to set it to vibrate only or completely mute. This works only one time, so when I get back to vibrate+ring I have to go through the whole process again when I want the phone to be silent.
But this is the second time I installed Lollipop. The first time I did a rollback to KK shortly after, but during the first install the sound noticeably crackled during toggling and I also could get it to vibrate only, but not mute completely.
Since then Power Toggles received an update which brings the behaviour I mentioned first in this post, I reported this to the dev.
Good thing now is that you can toggle data connection with the actual version which didn't work before (needs Root).
Can you tell what your Power Toggles settings are or maybe upload a backup file?
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I just tried out the Power Toggles Volume Slider and this one is working! You press it and it brings up a window with all the volume modes to choose from, it's two clicks and you have the phone in silent, vibrate, ring or ring+vibrate!
Two drawbacks though:
-Doing this leaves a card in the recen app slider
-The Power Toggles widget doesn't change so you only know if you're in priority mode (muted, star symbol in notification bar) or on vibrate (vibrate symbol in notification bar).
If you're on ring only or vibrate and ring there is no hint on the homescreen or the widget. You kinda have to open the slider menu again to be sure.
I have to try out later if all this really works and isn't just some optical feedback without any function.
That's strange, clicking on one of the toggles on the widget should not leave a recent app in the slider. It doesn't for me, never has.
I can tell I am in silent mode by looking at the PT Toggle. When in silent, it will show a struck out speaker. Otherwise it appears as normal.
Once again. this is the best workaround I could find and it's working flawlessly for me, so I thought I should share.
J.
sutobe said:
Doesn't work for me, I can only switch between Priority mode (I guess, the star symbol appears in the notification bar) and ringer+vibration. I have to use the hardware volume button to bring up the volume menu, then choose priority mode (click it away without doing changes) and then I can use Power Toggles to set it to vibrate only or completely mute. This works only one time, so when I get back to vibrate+ring I have to go through the whole process again when I want the phone to be silent.
But this is the second time I installed Lollipop. The first time I did a rollback to KK shortly after, but during the first install the sound noticeably crackled during toggling and I also could get it to vibrate only, but not mute completely.
Since then Power Toggles received an update which brings the behaviour I mentioned first in this post, I reported this to the dev.
Good thing now is that you can toggle data connection with the actual version which didn't work before (needs Root).
Can you tell what your Power Toggles settings are or maybe upload a backup file?
EDIT:
I just tried out the Power Toggles Volume Slider and this one is working! You press it and it brings up a window with all the volume modes to choose from, it's two clicks and you have the phone in silent, vibrate, ring or ring+vibrate!
Two drawbacks though:
-Doing this leaves a card in the recen app slider
-The Power Toggles widget doesn't change so you only know if you're in priority mode (muted, star symbol in notification bar) or on vibrate (vibrate symbol in notification bar).
If you're on ring only or vibrate and ring there is no hint on the homescreen or the widget. You kinda have to open the slider menu again to be sure.
I have to try out later if all this really works and isn't just some optical feedback without any function.
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The recent app appears in the slider when I use the Volume Slider Toggle. This is also the only way I can mute the phone.
Maybe you can upload your PT config so I can have a look how you did set it up?
Attaching a screenshot. The rightmost toggle is the volume toggle.
sutobe said:
The recent app appears in the slider when I use the Volume Slider Toggle. This is also the only way I can mute the phone.
Maybe you can upload your PT config so I can have a look how you did set it up?
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Yes, for some reason I am having a different effect than you have, I can only switch between ring only and ring+vibration...I hope PT gets antoher update pretty soon.
sutobe said:
Yes, for some reason I am having a different effect than you have, I can only switch between ring only and ring+vibration...I hope PT gets antoher update pretty soon.
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Same here
Tried it on a couple of Nexus devices. Worked on all. Tried it on the OnePlus One today and worked as well.
Toggling the switch once is priority, what happens when you toggle it again? Does the volume icon strike out?
Notification toggle works like a charm.
I just found out you actually have to DEACTIVATE the ring+vibrate function in the Power Toggles "Volume Toggle" settings to get it working "properly"
Now I can switch between vibrate+ring / vibrate+ring in priority mode (star in status bar, no idea what kind of use this has) / silent (also with star in status bar) / vibrate only (with vibrate symbol in status bar)
Even though PT got the hiccups this week for some reason, had calendar notification sounds when it was on vibrate only and some other weird behaviour. A couple of reboots solved the problem so far.
Still, PT needs a huge update.
jutinarora said:
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Could please inform the name of this icon pack?
Enviado de meu Nexus 5 usando Tapatalk
Difft Icons
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=difft.icons
Sent from my OnePlus One using XDA.
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Hi what rom u use and what theme?
Stock rom.
Nova Launcher
Difft Icons.
Don't remember the wallpaper source, sorry.
Silent mode android l (rooted)
I found solution in your kernel switch vibrator amp to 0, now got silent mode and when watt back switch to default valute 63
Was posted on reddit today, haven't seen it here I think.
Link to the reddit thread explaining everything: oneplus reddit thread.
TL;DR:
You can now have DND with vibration.
Slider in normal position. Hold volume down while pushing notification slider all the way up and down again very fast. It should be in vibration mode now.
Very nice trick, it was so boring to have to use the screen to change from with/without vibration.
I now fear that I will destroy the slider very quickly now
Let's hope it will soon be possible to achieve this just by pushing "vol down" as it was before :'(
(and vol down again to remove vibration, even in normal mode, just as it was before the 3 modes were created in Android)
i dont get it what is old vibration mode? i get vibration mode via slider? its silent
Vihru said:
i dont get it what is old vibration mode? i get vibration mode via slider? its silent
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Sound + vibration -> Vibration -> no sound at all
That's how I would like to use the slider
For now it is :
sound + vibration -> some hell where there is sound for some and not for others -> no sound (and maybe vibration if configured so, but not switchable easily)
supermamie said:
Sound + vibration -> Vibration -> no sound at all
That's how I would like to use the slider
For now it is :
sound + vibration -> some hell where there is sound for some and not for others -> no sound (and maybe vibration if configured so, but not switchable easily)
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Totally agree! Or just give us the option to REALLY control the slider?
Is it just me or this is not possible anymore in 4.0.3?
supermamie said:
Is it just me or this is not possible anymore in 4.0.3?
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Lol not working for me either anymore xD
The tip works but it's quiet binding and painful.
Natively, it works. You put the physical button up (Silent) then you push the down volume button (and you keep the button pushed) and finally you place the physical button on normal mode. The "Vibrate mode" should ingage. If not, try again. It always work for me. A bit ****y isn't it?
Or...you install an application like "Sound Toggle" and it will do the trick via a widget.
Nope, it's not a bug, it'a a functionnality. ^^
Killawave said:
The tip works but it's quiet binding and painful.
Natively, it works. You put the physical button up (Silent) then you push the down volume button (and you keep the button pushed) and finally you place the physical button on normal mode. The "Vibrate mode" should ingage. If not, try again. It always work for me. A bit ****y isn't it?
Or...you install an application like "Sound Toggle" and it will do the trick via a widget.
Nope, it's not a bug, it'a a functionnality. ^^
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I tried and tried and tried, without success
Any tips on an app which will add a quick toggle to switch on/off the vibration ?
supermamie said:
I tried and tried and tried, without success
Any tips on an app which will add a quick toggle to switch on/off the vibration ?
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Try this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/themes/easy-to-vibration-mode-nougat-t3559124
I use Power Toggles. Add the Volume toggle to the widget and you can go ring, silent, vibrate modes.