Might there be a registry tweak for the number of steps for the volume button? I generally listen to music with the screen off. If I want to change the volume using the physical button I am limited to 5 steps. However, the volume control for the HTC player has 15 steps; much more usable. Is there any way to change the button increments to 15?
Thanks in advance.
-Bob-
It looks like if you go to the registry you can change where you want the small volume control used in music player to appear and add it to other apps. So hopefully someone will be able to figure out a way to make it appear all the time.
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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.
Hi,
Apologies if this has already been covered - it's not in the wiki and search comes up with nothing.
I've noticed that HTC have made the volume control different depending on which application is active. If I'm watching a youtube video and use the volume side buttons, the volume slider is a nice little side pop-in. Likewise with Windows Media Player. But everywhere else (CorePlayer for example), the regular volume control screen comes up.
I guess there must be somewhere in the registry to add applications where the sidebar volume control appears rather than the standard one.
Does anyone know where?
Solution..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5343338&postcount=1
Its quite easy just a few steps and off you go!
HTC volume control always irritated me because by default it controls ringer volume, not system volume.
And guess what ? There is simple registry entry for that !
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\VolumeOverlay\DefaultPage
Change from 1 to 0. Softreset and you are good to go. I've just found it out, so stay if you can, you can help me testing possible conflicts with misc situations/applications.
PS. It looks on my screen like there is space in middle of 'defaultpage' .. it is not ! No idea why it looks like that. That values should be there, you don't create any new keys or something.
this do the same as turning off the single volume setting?
No .. you have two sliders. But if you press the volume keys, it controls system volume, not ringer volume (as it does without the tweak).
Thanks, what a helpful tweak, indeed!
great ! very helpful
Ok .. I think it works in every situation. Haven't found single problem during weekend.
Not sure if I get this...but if I turn off the single volume settings, my vol buttons only change the system volume by default, unless I click on the ringer tab.
Maybe they changed it ? Mine always moved ringer first. I have 1.43.479.2 ROM.
Hi,
I was wondering if the touch HD can be adjusted so that the volume buttons can be used during music playback (with screen truned off)to change tracks up or down depending on which button is pressed for some seconds?
You know like it does with the volume(where screen is off yet buttons functionality is available)
itll save time having to take the phone out of your pocket everytime...
I personally use AEButton Plus. With this program you can reassign all buttons with new Commands.
The config is:
Volume Up
One Press - Up (Last Title)
Double Press - Volume Up
Volume Down
One Press - Down (Next Title)
Double Press - Volume Down
Download http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
greetz Floh
yh i think thats pretty close to what I was thinking, ill download and try it now
Thanks
ilhaq said:
Hi,
I was wondering if the touch HD can be adjusted so that the volume buttons can be used during music playback (with screen truned off)to change tracks up or down depending on which button is pressed for some seconds?
You know like it does with the volume(where screen is off yet buttons functionality is available)
itll save time having to take the phone out of your pocket everytime...
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Try the Core Player. It has this feature built-in that you can assign any function to any button. Also some ROMs are tweaked to skip tracks with volume buttons when screen is off (like Laurentius26's V4) with HTC Sense's player.
im not that keen on downloading unofficial roms anymore but ill give core player a try
Thanks
I want to design an app to avoid this accidental long press on the volume button to avoid music volume's sudden increase.
In the activity, I can manage to do that by simply override the onKeyDown method.
However, in the background, there is no way to monitor the hardware key press (At least what I have found). I have tried several ways:
Use ContentObserver to monitor the volume change at background, then adjust the music volume back to original. It works, however, the system's music volume will always be increased first then adjusted back. I know several other existing app can already do this, but I don't want to do this. The small gap is very annoying if you keep pressing the volume button.
I tried to fire the main activity in the content observer (since I can override the volume key in the activity), however, it is still not simultaneous. It is even worse. Because it takes a longer time to start the activity.
So is there any other suggestion that I can overcome this problem? If I can root my phone, is it possible to monitor the key press at background?
Also, if there is no way to override the volume button at background, is there any way to set the max volume for the stream_music?
Appreciated!
I don't know, but I have an idea for you maybe:
You can use WindowManager to add Views from service, maybe these can access onKeyDown?
Kind Regards