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[Q] [MOD] Sound Settings - Silent - Vibrate - Sound

As everybody knows, there are three types of feedback which the Epic delivers to users (aside from the blinking light). They are: Silent (no sound or vibrate), Vibrate, and Sound.
Currently, the settings only allow for: Silent Mode, Vibrate Mode, or volume mode with vibrate.
This makes sense to me but what doesn't make sense is why we cant have all three in one option. We have to go into settings and change them every time we want to go from silent mode (then can add or take away volume by clicking side button) to vibrate mode (then can add or take away volume by clicking side button).
Instead the MOD I'm requesting is to enable the sound up side button to go from:
Silent to Vibrate to Sound Up
and Sound Down button to go from:
Sound to Vibrate to Silent
Is this possible?
Would any other users like this feature?
Thank you for reading and posting!
(Currently using Midnight ROM 4.2 BYOR)

If nobody comes up with a mod, you may consider using something like Widgetsoid to place a homescreen widget which allows you to switch between Sound/Vibrate/Silent.

i could swear this was how it worked when i was on DI18 Eclair. Ever since i upgraded to EB13 Froyo, theres a new button for silent/vibrate in the notifications dropdown next to wifi, bluetooth, gps, 4g.
now when i use the volume buttons it goes straight from sound on, to which ever combination of silent/vibrate is configured in the settings rather than toggling between vibrate and sound as well.
i have resorted to using widgets to quickly switch, but would love a mod to let the vol buttons do what im sure they used to do... (maybe im crazy and they never did this though)

I use extended controls. On top of the standard controls from the power widget that's our loaded into the rom I had an option for silent and vibrate and a couple other things. Honestly this widget is alot easier then the pull down cause off all the stuff I use it for
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MysteryEmotionz said:
I use extended controls. On top of the standard controls from the power widget that's our loaded into the rom I had an option for silent and vibrate and a couple other things. Honestly this widget is alot easier then the pull down cause off all the stuff I use it for
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Thank you all for posting your thoughts!
I ended up using extended controls. It was great advice - highly customizable. Don't know how I've used my phone so long without it! Highly reccomend extended controls.
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jersap said:
Thank you all for posting your thoughts!
I ended up using extended controls. It was great advice - highly customizable. Don't know how I've used my phone so long without it! Highly reccomend extended controls.
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Your welcome. I've been recommending it since the eclair days in my theme threads. Here's a screen shot just incase anyone else is interested
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I would definitely like to see a mod to bring this functionality back. It is ridiculous to change something as fundamental as this, every phone i've had knew the difference between silent and vibrate and both were easily accesible.
Adding a widget works, but it is a clunky work-around and not everyone wants a huge power control widget or an extra button on their homescreen.

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Volume rocker

Just wondering if its possible to turn the volume rocker off, everytime I grab my phone I end up turning my sound all the way down and it's very annoying.
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corybucher said:
Just wondering if its possible to turn the volume rocker off, everytime I grab my phone I end up turning my sound all the way down and it's very annoying.
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i'm just kidding, but i couldn't resist....

Yeah they need some type of way to lock it.

Theres an app called ring guard that reverts the ring tone volume when accidentally hit. It's pretty good because I used to hit out all the time.
If you don't like that then I suggest acquiring a case the protects the volume from being so easily pressed.
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i'm just kidding, but i couldn't resist....
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Riggs may be kidding but it's actually the truth. The volume keys are useful, why would you want them disabled? The best solution to your problem really is to just stop pressing them. I know the problem, I had my own issues with them... for about 2 days. Then I just stopped pressing them.
Don't downgrade your device, upgrade yourself
^ Shift Faced

Thanks everyone for your replies, no I'm not holding it wrong but I am left handed and the volume rocker is always against my hand. When typing like I am right now I occasional hit the volume by accident. Also I have car holder and that always hits em as well, didn't have that problem with my evo so I was just asking a question. I appreciate the jokes because they are funny and I thank the only one of you all who actually gave me some good advice.
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I use Volume locker - it still allows you to press the button, but does not change the setting until you confirm it on the screen. It seems to be the best solution sort of editing the text file on the phone that contains the button mappings.
Good luck

I use volume locker also by hourdb in the market...I can vouch that its a great app that does wonders...also comes with many fine tune settings to control many different scenarios depending on your needs.
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Screen power saving mode?

Can anyone explain to me what happens when screen power saving mode is enabled in settings so far I always keep it enabled and all it seems to do is dim the display a bit and increase the battery life massively. Can anyone tell me if it's doing anything like slowing down my phone slightly with animations or something cause I don't want to be missing out, but so far that's all I can see.
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Drizzy xS said:
Can anyone explain to me what happens when screen power saving mode is enabled in settings so far I always keep it enabled and all it seems to do is dim the display a bit and increase the battery life massively. Can anyone tell me if it's doing anything like slowing down my phone slightly with animations or something cause I don't want to be missing out, but so far that's all I can see.
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it seems to dim my display quite a bit.. :/
I ended up disabling it.

If you click on power saving mode in settings it should show what you want and give you further options. It's that way on the Note 2.
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Ive only checked this option in my power saving settings. Ive turned off power saving for both cpu and haptic feedback. Ive noticed it only dims the display a bit. Is there anything else that this setting does?

Looks to me like it lowers the Gamma value of the screen.
You can just as easily set the brightness to 80% yourself... Same effect

I've read somewhere when i was using note 2 that the cpu is reduce to two core only. I dont know is it true or not.
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I turned it on and off with brightness at 90% and there was no difference between the two. So it just lowers the maximum brightness by about 10%.
IzArsha said:
I've read somewhere when i was using note 2 that the cpu is reduce to two core only. I dont know is it true or not.
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That's the CPU setting in the power saving menu. We're talking about the screen mode setting.
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Want to freeze the volume limiter 'Nanny' but can't find it

Just rooted the phone today and DL'd TiBu and am looking for the process that causes the volume to decrease with that ridiculous 'Listening at full volume may cause your head to explode' stupid A warning so I can freeze the thing. Tired of constantly having to increase the volume to full when listening to music and then that stupid warning popping up. What is that process called so I can freeze its azz???

k2thejx5 said:
Well in the past i always heard having the percentage showing kills the battery faster. I had always believed that since it seemed that way with the nexus one but you could be right. I would love to change the battery to one of the custom ones though
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Install xposed framework then wanam and it's under the sound settings.
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Thank you!
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Install xposed framework then wanam and it's under the sound settings.
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Well, that didn't work. The only thing it changes is no notification it's dropping the volume. It still IS dropping the volume about a third down. That is what I want to prevent, not necessarily the notification that it's doing it but the volume drop. Any ideas how to stop it from dropping the volume when I use Google Music, PowerAmp, Pandara, etc???
Sportster1 said:
Thank you!
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Sportster1 said:
Well, that didn't work. The only thing it changes is no notification it's dropping the volume. It still IS dropping the volume about a third down. That is what I want to prevent, not necessarily the notification that it's doing it but the volume drop. Any ideas how to stop it from dropping the volume when I use Google Music, PowerAmp, Pandara, etc???
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I use tasker for that. As soon as I plug headphones in I have it set to move volume to max. I've never found another way unfortunately.
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That's one thing I miss about my old Razr Maxx, the Moto task manager that allowed me to change values during certain times of day or during certain actions. Does Tasker work pretty well doing that?? I'll charge my phone overnight at times and when it hits 100% it turns the screen on and it never goes off. And the volume is full blast at night and I'll get a task and I'll nearly jump out of my socks when it sounds.
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I use tasker for that. As soon as I plug headphones in I have it set to move volume to max. I've never found another way unfortunately.
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Trick I use to save battery

I know some people won't want to do this, but it's something I do that I personally find helps with battery life. Nothing revolutionary, and some people won't want to but... different strokes for different folks. It's very tempting with this beautiful screen of ours to blast the brightness and get the most out of the Super AMOLED (or whatever they're calling it these days) but I've found if I'm in the same environment reading/watching videos/whatever to turn the brightness ALL the way down. Struggle with that for a few minutes while your eyes try to adjust, then turning the brightness up just a tiny bit will be (or at least seem) plenty bright. Anyway, combining that along with having rooted with Scott's CleanROM (I'm on Verizon) and my battery life has been golden! [emoji2]

Here's a screenshot of where I'll often have my brightness after doing this.
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Seems really low, but I have no problem reading or doing anything at this brightness, unless I'm out in direct sunlight or something. Anyway, just my .02

Nvm
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This is not a trick.

Suggestion then

I use the slider on the left to turn down the brightness in mxplayer which is my de facto movie watching app.... Turn it to 15 in bright day time environments and down to 5 indoors or in dark scenarios. Otherwise the system wide default is +5 on the notification slider and auto. Able to cross 5.5 SOT easily with this much.

I have a trick to open the phone. I use the power button on the side or the home button on the front of the phone.

BehelitOutlaw said:
I have a trick to open the phone. I use the power button on the side or the home button on the front of the phone.
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I've been wondering how to open the phone, thanks!

You should try out adaway! It's much more powerful than adblockplus, it actually modifies the host file. Also, try out lux if you haven't. It's seriously my favorite and most essential app. I don't know how I survived without it all these years.

BehelitOutlaw said:
I have a trick to open the phone. I use the power button on the side or the home button on the front of the phone.
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Thanks mate, now I finally know how to operate this phone

I use this as my lockscreen image to save battery

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