So now if one doesn't want notifications in the lock screen, one also loses playback controls. If you only allow non-expanded notifications, you only get crippled playback controls. FFS, the loss of lock screen widgets might be forgiven if at least there was a smart alternative.
/vent
On the other hand, now the stereo channels get reassigned to the correct speakers no matter the landscape orientation, so yay, I guess?
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The other day I tried my XDA2 as an MP3 player for the first time, walking to the supermarket with headphones on. I realised that you must keep the machine turned on otherwise Windows Media Player stops playing. Bit surprised by this! (Does this fit with what other people have found? Seems a little impractical.)
So, I had to walk to Tescos with the XDA2 switched on in my trouser pocket. By the time I got there, I'd managed to open the Contacts app, find an ex-girlfriend's contact info and edit it. I'm not sure how I did this in my pocket. (But she always used to call me 'Clever ****' )
Anyway, has anyone heard of an app that covers the screen with some sort of blank page and turns off the backlight, so that I need to touch a specific spot to reactivate the regular display? With something like that, I couldn't accidentally mess about with the machine and cause havoc. If such a thing doesn't exist, does someone fancy making one? Surely it would be so simple.
Would be interested in your thoughts, XDA2 brethren.
sublimatica
WMP has an option to Toggle off the screen.
Tools - Settings - Buttons
Hardware buttons are still live but the screen, and touch capability, are disabled. It also helps to extend battery life.
COOOL!
Perfect! Map the Action button to the screen toggle and my prayers are answered! Thanks a bunch for that - I'd discovered how to map play, pause, stop etc to the cursor pad, but didn't realise what 'screen toggle' did.
Nice one. Much appreciated.
Hey guys, my oneplus 2 is on version 2.0.2 and I'm having a weird Spotify bug. When it's in my pocket it'll skip and stop. I thought somehow it was turning on using the double tap to wake gesture so I disabled it but it and it didn't make a difference. I also use poweramp and I've never has this happen with that app. Maybe it's turning on the screen somehow? Any help would be appreciated.
There are gestures for Music control that include play, pause, next and back. Might check to see if those are enabled. Another way of making sure it's not gesture related would be to always put your phone in your pocket with the screen facing out. That ensures that your thigh isn't 'drawing symbols' on your touch screen. Downside is exposing your screen to things you bump in to...
I tried both of those already. I don't use the music gestures so I never turned them on. Weird because it doesn't happen with poweramp, only spotify.
Something that's been bugging me with my active display is where I have my phone mounted in my car to the right of my steering wheel. It's constantly popping up the time / active display when I move at all. I'm sure this is speeding up battery drain. It also happens a lot when I'm at my desktop at home and at work since I keep the phone nearby, upright in my keyboard's built-in dock or laying flat on the desk between my arms.
While I LOVE the idea, it would be nice to incorporate the option to have it activate via single tap instead of waving over or looking at the device. It comes up a lot when I'm not looking at it and not really waving over it. Any movement near it seems to bring that screen up and since it's not AMOLED, it is lighting every single pixel enough to worry me on drain. I've looked at displaying active display, but then I lose the entire convenience of not having to press the physical power button.
My LG G4 had a double-tap, but I think I would enjoy a single tap or something. Does anyone know of my options to disable the wave or looking at the phone waking but still have convenience? I swear I read there's an option to have it activate on movement of the phone, but not the waving detection... but can't seem to put that together myself.
I feel like a bit of a dunce... I disabled Approach for Moto Display, but left Wake screen when notifications arrive set to On Moto Display and moving the phone works. If I set that to Ambient Display or Off, then moving the phone does nothing at all. It's a temporary solution to my annoying issue, but still no response to a tap on the screen which would be the best option for those needing to disable Approach for Moto Display for whatever their reason.
One thing to make sure you're doing is that you are acknowledging notifications as they come in. You can swipe them tot he left or right to dismiss, but if you do nothing with a notification it will keep lighting the screen up every minute or so until you do.
I did not know this initially and was concerned over how much the phone lit up, after finding this out and acknowledging the notifications as they come in it's gotten a lot better.
I just noticed on my 6P that while playing a video in YouTube full-screen, if I rotate the screen 180 degrees, there is a slight pause or interruption in the audio. I doesn't appear to be a Marshmallow issue because my Nexus 6 on the same connection rotates without any pauses. (Same thing with a Note5 and LG V10.)
Does this happen to anyone else? Easiest way to check is to open the YouTube app and play a music video full-screen, since any pause or interruption in the audio will be easily noticed.
Nothing here.
No pause on mine. I have heard else where that the pause is from the left and right speakers switching to the proper side as you flip the phone over.
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No pause on mine. I have heard else where that the pause is from the left and right speakers switching to the proper side as you flip the phone over.
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I guess that could be a possibility, but even so I wouldn't expect a noticeable pause. Also, I would expect something similar to happen on the Nexus 6, but it doesn't.
After playing with it a bit more, I actually noticed that if I rotate from portrait to landscape (with top of phone to the left) back and forth, there is no pause. It is actually the rotation from portrait to landscape (with top of phone to the right) where the pause occurs. (And again, rotation from landscape to reverse landscape pauses.)
I also let my phone sit for a bit to "cool down" just in case the SD810 was throttling, but I still see the pausing.
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No pause on mine. I have heard else where that the pause is from the left and right speakers switching to the proper side as you flip the phone over.
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exactly, i had the moto xpe and there was a pop noise everytime i switched the display.
yea, me too, any ideas?
Title says it all. I will keep it short and sweet.
Upgraded from an OP8. The Oppo definitely feels heavier in the hand and pocket but can attribute this to the ceramic housing. Feels good in the hand, even with the stock case. I did receive the gift pack which had the Kevlar case and that is lovely but the top, bottom and side buttons are exposed to the elements and that has put me off using and I am continuing with the stock case.
Camera - good. Better than the OP8. Better than a Pixel6 Pro? No, almost as good. I am no camera expert so I don't tinker with all the settings, I am more your regular point and shoot user. I rarely shoot video so can't comment much but again no issue, playback is nice and crisp, sharp smooth quality.
Good battery - charges quick, although I'm not convinced the wireless charger is as fast as it claims i.e. 50W.
User experience - this is where I have some gripes. On the whole it is fine and slick and snappy most of the time but...
1. Sometimes there is a moment of freeze/lag/sticks when I have tried to leave an app or switch to another app- not snappy.
2. When I am listening to YouTube via Bluetooth in the car and somebody calls me, the YT playback continues so I hear both the caller and YT. The caller does not hear the YT playback but can hear me. I have tried the various permission settings but no joy.
3. Screen sometimes wakes up with fingerprint. What I mean here is I can place my thumb on the screen and it signs in. However sometimes I have to double tap the screen to wake it up THEN apply my finger to unlock.
4. Power button - does not power down. Have to use volume up and Power button. Not a biggie but quite annoying.
5. No lockdown mode. I badly want this, but again this works in tandem with the power button.
6. No alert slider like the OnePlus range (which I hear is ditching the alert slider which means they will be using and rebranding Oppo hardware going forward). I usually have my phone on vibrate or silent, very rarely on Loud/ringtones. A helpful XDA user advised me to use the vibrate button to switch between silent and vibrate.
7. I use the Podcast Addict app. The player appears in the banner (pull down) even after I have closed the app. Annoying. This did not happen on the OP8, ever.
Appreciate 6 of the 7 above are software issues and this might be a ColorOS thing and needs tidying up. If anyone has answers to the above that can help me, please do let me know.
I like my phone. Is it significantly better than my OP8? No... better camera but on a day to day, that's it. Again this comes down to what people use their phones for. I am not a gamer so the new SD8.1 will be of use to others.
Thanks all
I trust user reviews more than the mainstream glowing it's great reviews...
All Androids need to be optimized to get the best performance. Workarounds need to be found for issues.
Try modifying the notification settings for Pod Addict. For badly behaving apps I will turn off notifications for them completely... or just take out the trash
This setting is useful to kill ads globally: