Hello everyone
I'm having this weird issue with my Nexus 6P (which is afaik on the latest software version) that I did not have with my LG G4 when I had it.
Basically, when I play music from any app (Spotify, Soundcloud, Poweramp, etc), I can't control the music when the screen is shut off and the phone is unlocked.
Let me clarify: I set my phone to not lock automatically when I turn off the screen. I like it that way; there's a 1 min waiting period until it actually locks.
Unfortunately, in that 1-minute waiting period I cannot:
- Adjust the volume using the hardware volume rocker
- Cannot adjust the volume using any sort of headphone control
- Cannot pause or start the music
Until the 1 minute period is over and the device actually locks, or I just turn on the screen and unlock the device.
But this has been very inconvenient, so I want to know what I can do!
Thank you all.
I have the same issue here. It also effect (probably unsurprisingly) control over BT from car radio.
I dont seem to remember this always being the case, only since the last security update I think.
Same issue here... been that way for a week or so now, quite annoying. Restarting the phone doesn't fix it.
OmriSama said:
Hello everyone
I'm having this weird issue with my Nexus 6P (which is afaik on the latest software version) that I did not have with my LG G4 when I had it.
Basically, when I play music from any app (Spotify, Soundcloud, Poweramp, etc), I can't control the music when the screen is shut off and the phone is unlocked.
Let me clarify: I set my phone to not lock automatically when I turn off the screen. I like it that way; there's a 1 min waiting period until it actually locks.
Unfortunately, in that 1-minute waiting period I cannot:
- Adjust the volume using the hardware volume rocker
- Cannot adjust the volume using any sort of headphone control
- Cannot pause or start the music
Until the 1 minute period is over and the device actually locks, or I just turn on the screen and unlock the device.
But this has been very inconvenient, so I want to know what I can do!
Thank you all.
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I'm getting this too. Anyone find a fix?
Hello, I have the same situation, basically my workaround was to enable the fingerprints setup and have the phone immediately lock with screen off. Then instead of pressing power I trained myself to unlock using either indexes. It is quite fast.
The volume buttons will work off screen only while the phone is truly locked so no smart lock with Bluetooth either; screen off but unlocked doesn't work. I also have problems while driving and using Maps off screen, probably for the same reason.
I filed a bug report with Google, there are a bunch of people with the same problem but this isn't fixed in the monthly updates. I haven't tried the android N preview Good luck!
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I have my P3600 since Saturday and I updated it with the latest ROM which included the GPS.
Now I’m having problems with the power settings and functionality. I search all the threads for solutions but no similar problems are described so I post a new thread.
Problem 1:
The power settings are: backlight off after 30 sec. power off after 1 min. (on battery power). After 30 sec. the backlight dims to the lowest setting but the device does not switch off after 1 min (or any time for that matter). This is a huge drain on the battery! I can switch off the device with the power button but once it turns on again (e.g. while receiving an SMS or email) it stays on with the dimmed backlight.
Problem 2:
Using a Bluetooth headset and the media player the player pauses when switched of with the power button. This means just listening to music for around an hour and the battery is completely flat. My previous device was a S200 and that worked fine (could be switched off with the power button).
My guess is that both problems may have simple solutions so I’m asking you all to help me with this.
Thanks in advance,
Stefan
niobium said:
I have my P3600 since Saturday and I updated it with the latest ROM which included the GPS.
Now I’m having problems with the power settings and functionality. I search all the threads for solutions but no similar problems are described so I post a new thread.
Problem 2:
Using a Bluetooth headset and the media player the player pauses when switched of with the power button. This means just listening to music for around an hour and the battery is completely flat. My previous device was a S200 and that worked fine (could be switched off with the power button).
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Well for problem 2 you haven't searched enough! Anyway you should not use the power button; go to the Windows Media player settings and map the "Toggle screen" function to a hardware button. Then toggle the screen off when you play music.
Regarding your other problem: what software have you installed? Have you got this problem on a freshly upgraded phone?
The solution you propose for problem 2 probably works for other devices but not for the Trinity. You can only assign buttons up, down, left, right and enter and they are needed within the player for obvious functions.
Problem 1 after fresh ROM update but right after that I installed TomTom 6.
I might try a new ROM update and check but rather as last resort...
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The solution you propose for problem 2 probably works for other devices but not for the Trinity. You can only assign buttons up, down, left, right and enter and they are needed within the player for obvious functions.
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It works for the Trinity too. You can also assign other functions to buttons if you keep them pressed. Toggle screen is assigned to "Hold Down" in my case. So if I press down once I decrease the volume, if I keep pressed I toggle the screen.
As to your first problem; i'm having the same problem too...
To narrow it down a bit; my device turns off (to standby) just like it should when i just briefly check the time or something and then put it away with the todayscreen on (so with no aplications running except some today-plugins ofcourse). However; it DOESN'T go back to sleep when the system has given any sort of notification, like a missed call or a received text-message or reminder for a calendar-item.
So my best guess is that it has something to do with the databases notification que (where WM2003/CE 4 had the problem of overflowing this notification que).
It's really anonying the hell out of me too, cause it really drains the battery fast if you don't discover it soon enough...
As for problem 2; map the screen-toggle to pressing the silver 'enter'button.....that workd great for me. By the way; i'm tinking about getting the new wired media remote control HTC is releasing shortly (check this link). I wonder if these buttons will be mappable.....
Edit: just as i posted this, i received a text message and this time it nicely turned back to standby (ie turned of) state when i didn't check it right away. I did however soft-reset last night before going to sleep. So i really do think it must be in the notification que somewhere, as PocketPlus will still clear that everytime i soft reset. Anyone having the same problem exactly as described ?
Well I found my phone again on after I received an SMS and this made me decide to completely reinstall the original ROM (including the GPS).
Step by step I installed all the applications (and tested the device in between: I started some programs and got some notification).
So far the result is that it all works fine now.
The difference might be the different ROM (from smartmobility.nl in stead of europe.htc.com although the version is exactly the same).
For problem 2: I unmapped the button 1 (was speed dial and moved that one to press&hold). In media player I mapped the button to ‘toggle screen’. I still like the S200 for this better because it only kept the media player & Bluetooth alive so that’s the best for preserving the battery…
niobium said:
For problem 2: I unmapped the button 1 (was speed dial and moved that one to press&hold). In media player I mapped the button to ‘toggle screen’. I still like the S200 for this better because it only kept the media player & Bluetooth alive so that’s the best for preserving the battery…
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Hmmmm....i do the screen-toggle everytime i use it as a musicplayer, and i get considerable good batterylife....
However, i'm not using the BT headset anymore cause the volume was too dim...i'm using the 3,5mm adapterplug now. But batterylife with bluetooth was about the same when i used it.
After all the work yesterday, this morning the problem with not going to standby occured again!
But now I know more. It happened only after I added some sites to my RSS feedreader.
I use pRSSreader from David Andrs (http://pda.jasnapaka.com/prssr/)
Using the 'update settings' with 'automatically connect' the program tries to create a notification on the today screen if new messages arive.
This notification process is the problem. If I switch it of and soft-reset, the device works fine again.
I will mention this problem to David Andrs...
I hope this will help you as well.
My phone is always waking up for odd reasons (AVRCP commands, switching in and out of roaming, etc...), and I can't seem to get the darned thing to stay OFF.
Music A2DP streaming is the biggest deal to me, because not only will the device wake up when I press a remote command (on my AVRCP headset), it will also keep the device backlight on indefinitely. This is clearly shortening my battery.
I tried Slide2Unlock, and have it set to shut off the display if no activity for 5 sec., but the problem is that Slide2Unlock appears to not notice when it is woken up, and just sits there without turning the screen back off again! (a simple screen press brings Slide2U back to life, and then it will toggle the screen... but this defeats the purpose!)
There must be SOMETHING I'm missing here... doesn't anyone else have this problem???
I have 2 things for you. The first, is if you're using WM6 that's a known issue and unchecking the today timeout in start-->settings-->today-->items tab should solve most of your problems. The second is a little program that I found (not sure where at , but it might have been on here) called screen off. Install it and then set it to a hardware button and it will allow you to turn just your screen off whenever you don't need it on.
Maybe it depends on the player you're using? With Coreplayer, my phone's screen just flashes on and off quickly when it receives an AVRCP command.
Still doesn't explain the roaming thing though.
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I have 2 things for you. The first, is if you're using WM6 that's a known issue and unchecking the today timeout in start-->settings-->today-->items tab should solve most of your problems. The second is a little program that I found (not sure where at , but it might have been on here) called screen off. Install it and then set it to a hardware button and it will allow you to turn just your screen off whenever you don't need it on.
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Yes, I'm using WM6 on a HTC Titan (Sprint Mogul).
I don't currently timeout to the today screen, but I don't see how that would cause my problem really- I've heard people mention that before, so can anyone explain what difference that would make?
I already have a shortcut to screen toggle (wrote my own MortScript to do it). That's not a problem anyway since every media player can assign a button to toggle the screen- The problem is that it keeps turning the screen back on when a button is pressed no matter how many times I toggle!!
Plastriq, I've heard that coreplayer does that... that's how they deal with this problem. They're the only ones that have addressed it as far as I know, and I'm not about to pay for their app when I already have TCPMP and WMP for free.
I just can't believe that there haven't been more practical ways around this yet!
I have a couple of issues that needs a help from this group.
1. I have selected to have both Vibrate abd Ring and the vibration is too strong and I would like to make the vibration quiter. Any registry setting for this?
2. When I am not using the phone and sometimes when I switched off the power button after a few seconds a blank light is glowing.
3. Is it possible to reduce the voulme by single bar instead of 3 bars at a time. It's causing a problem in listening to music. songs having too low or too high.really pathetic.. I have installed many voulme related cab files which is causing some other issues.. any good one for HTC touch diamond2?
4. Any good mp3 music player that can also be controlled through remote controller. I am having RC 100 HTC remoted controller to change the song/reduce the volume. Having SP2 player..good one but not able to control it thru' remote.
Is it possible to go to next/previous song by tilting like in sony ericsson.
5. Whenever I am opening some application, it's going to sleep/lock immediately. I don't want it to go to sleep automatically. I want to manually close. Though I have Diamond tweak with Fast Sleep is disabled.
michealjohn said:
I have a couple of issues that needs a help from this group.
1. I have selected to have both Vibrate abd Ring and the vibration is too strong and I would like to make the vibration quiter. Any registry setting for this?
2. When I am not using the phone and sometimes when I switched off the power button after a few seconds a blank light is glowing.
3. Is it possible to reduce the voulme by single bar instead of 3 bars at a time. It's causing a problem in listening to music. songs having too low or too high.really pathetic.. I have installed many voulme related cab files which is causing some other issues.. any good one for HTC touch diamond2?
4. Any good mp3 music player that can also be controlled through remote controller. I am having RC 100 HTC remoted controller to change the song/reduce the volume. Having SP2 player..good one but not able to control it thru' remote.
Is it possible to go to next/previous song by tilting like in sony ericsson.
5. Whenever I am opening some application, it's going to sleep/lock immediately. I don't want it to go to sleep automatically. I want to manually close. Though I have Diamond tweak with Fast Sleep is disabled.
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Have a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-270040.html
PLease help on the below items.
Atleast for the below one.
I don't want HTC to go sleep immediately. For example, I am refering the notes in MS word in HTC, I need it to open until I close that application. But it going to sleep mode after a few seconds which causing a nonsense. I nees to switch on the phone again, enter the password and select the running pgm again.
Is there a way to disable lock screen widgets without closing the playing audio.
I listen audio through my bluetooth and keep my phone in my pocket. Currently leaving anything playing keeps a widget on the top of the lock screen. All to frequently I find that I have skipped the song I wanted to hear or have jumped forward 25 minutes in my book. I found a setting in Podcast Addict and that app no longer does it.
I am rooted and using the stock rom. Would screen shots help?
I went ahead and contacted Samsung, the say it cannot be done.
Explain to me in more detail what you mean because I stream music and books, etc.. from my phone all day long and have no issues with it.
As an example, I use NPR One I launch the app, start streaming audio then press the power button to lock and power off the screen. If the power button gets pressed again the lock screen has audio controls. In this case it would only be play/pause and skip. I don't want those controls on the lock screen.
Hey guys,
Don't know if you've noticed yet, but Ambient Display on the N6 5.1 turn on the screen fully when playing/pausing/skipping from a BT device (possibly inline headphone media controls as well, but I don't have those to test). This means that it will turn on in your pocket when changing/pausing songs (it doesn't use proximity sensor). It also means that if you're navigating with the screen off and listening to audio, it will turn on every time you press a media button on your bluetooth radio, and since navigation keeps the screen on, it will stay on.
I honestly don't know if it's a bug or if it's another one of Google's brilliant "features", but I have created a bug report. If this annoys you please take a few seconds to star it: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=160035
I have also created a thread on the Nexus product forums https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/nexus/nexus-6/oZ1RlOeZ-Q0
Thanks.
I just noticed my phone did it this morning in my car listening to music. Kind of annoying but for me its not a big deal.
thanks,
There are 2 ways around this. Either disable ambient display, or set up smart lock and add your BT device as trusted. Had the same issue with my car radio but after setting the screen lock and trusted device, the screen stays dark. Hope this helps.
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There are 2 ways around this. Either disable ambient display, or set up smart lock and add your BT device as trusted. Had the same issue with my car radio but after setting the screen lock and trusted device, the screen stays dark. Hope this helps.
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My BT stereo is already a trusted device. Could you double check this, please? Check if Ambient display is working first, cause yesterday after messing with it, I couldn't enable it until a reboot.
andy o said:
My BT stereo is already a trusted device. Could you double check this, please? Check if Ambient display is working first, cause yesterday after messing with it, I couldn't enable it until a reboot.
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I also have my BT headset as a Trusted Device and can confirm that my display still wakes on play/pause events. Very frustrating, nearly enough that I'd switch back to wired headphones.
apraetor said:
I also have my BT headset as a Trusted Device and can confirm that my display still wakes on play/pause events. Very frustrating, nearly enough that I'd switch back to wired headphones.
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I found a fix, pretty much by blind luck at the Tasker user help forum, using Tasker and the Secure Settings plugin. You may need to be rooted though. Not sure cause it's not on the "root actions" section of Secure Settings, but I think you have to be.
When setting up the plugin task, select Actions -> Device Setting. Then on Setting Table, "secure". Setting name, "doze_enabled", and Setting Value, "0" for off, "1" for on.
It's still ridiculous that this is happening though.