Dear dev's
I've got another idea hope you can do something with it
I was wondering if it would be possible to tweak the youtube app so you can turn the screen off during a video i.e. if you just want to listen to the music and don't want to drain your battery with the screen on when it's not being used.
When you press the "end call button" it shuts everything off so I'm fairly sure that's not the way to go
Maybe just a simple button in the menu list. Menu > "Music mode" or something like that.
Happy hacking!
Regards,
DaanJordaan
asking the same question twice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=595911
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Is it possible to listen to music on the XDA with the screen off? ie just like when your talking on the phone and the screen is off but the speaker is still active.
If I turn the phone off with the power button the music stops, also the auto power off after time X doesn't kick in when Win Media Player is running.
Having the screen on all the time (even with the back light off) really drains the battery.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
If you're using Windows Media Player, goto Tools, Settings, and then Buttons. You'll be able to map Screen Toggle to a key which will turn the screen on/off with the press of a button.
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Hi!
Yes, you can do it too with other players like GSPlayer and Mort Player.
These players come with preset timer to off your screen to save battery power and at the same time allows you to listen to music.
resco audio thingy will do the same job, as will betaplayer.
be sure to enable the feature through options.
Also im sure there are many more programs that will do this for you.
(even just a backlight plug-in?)
w0rd.
Pocket Music Player 3 has this feature also. It's one of the better players I've found thus far.
screensaver
phm power toys has a app that will turn off the display
http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/PowerToys/
Heres another little freeware app that I have been using for a while - gives an option on the Today screen to turn off display, and pressing one of the units buttons turns it back on.
Also gives on screen bar graph of the battery capacity (the main function of the program i think) plus main memory and expansion memory capacity/usage, plus a soft reset, ability to turn off auto power off and a few other things i cantremember.....
There has been a lot of notes from people who have installed and cant uninstall (although why you would want to is beyond me..) but if you go into settings/today/items/ select power check then options, there is all the configuration settings plus instructions on how to uninstall.
Cheers, Dave.
EDIT.... Might help if i pasted in the link huh... http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/powercheck.shtml
EDIT2... Worth mentioning that the default button to fire back up the screen is Button 1, which on the XDA2 is the top right button (calendar). Don't do what I did and try each of the buttons - couldnt work out what button 5 was so I selected it as the option to turn back on the unit - guess what - there is no button 5 on the XDA2.... soft reset wouldn't bring it back up, had to hard reset in the end... Please learn from my mistakes!!!
Hi all,
Im liking the Hero a lot but i have one niggle. When i make calls i tend to use a bluetooth headset. So as u can imagine i dial / select contact, press DIAL and then i would normally put the phone in my pocket.
Only i cant coz the screen is still active. Grrrrrrr. I have to wait for the 15 sec lowest time out to activate before i can do that.
On my ELF i just used to dial then once ringing, press the power button to shut the screen off. On the hero this action disconnects the call.
ARGHHHHHHH hehe. Guys i have looked in the tools section in the market place but cant seem to find anything that will help.
can anyone help me out here with tips / tricks or an app ??? I just want to press something that will turn the screen "off" without disconnecting the call
Thanks guys,
AndyG
basically, i would like a hold button that doesnt shut the screen off, for when im watching movies, but a universal hold would be better than just an application as i also watch tv/ streaming online, not just in a video player!
for the euro, and now canadian hero, i think most people would be okay with maybe volume up and down at the same time? honestly i dont care which buttons you use i would just really appreciate it!
thanks in advance!
Did you search Market for this type of app?
If so you will find Screen On, KeepScreen, Toggle Screen Timeout, ScreenModeWidget... and probably some more.
lol first of all, there are like tons of these apps in the market, and second:
could you please tell me how you want to press volume UP and DOWN at the same time, when they are a rocker button?
these days you should think people know they can embarass themselfes on the internet... someone should put up a sign...
Oooh, narky, I can't believe people would embarass themselfes on the internet either, where's that sign again?
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lol first of all, there are like tons of these apps in the market, and second:
could you please tell me how you want to press volume UP and DOWN at the same time, when they are a rocker button?
these days you should think people know they can embarass themselfes on the internet... someone should put up a sign...
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only one 'embarass' himself is you, i just pressed both buttons at the same time
ahah on my hero it is very easy to hit up and down at the same time...
i guess my searching skills suck as i searched "lock" and "hold" and got nothing
after checking those apps out, i see that they actually don't do what i need!
Now after feeling like an idiot, i feel like my request stands.
im NOT talking about the sleep.
to re phrase - i want a prog that allows the end button to be hit without turning the screen off!
now i know there is prob this out there so someone tell me what to search as i cannot find it!
edit #3
i want to be able to watch a movie, and be able to press any button/ anywhere on the screen without anything happening! (maybe volume buttons as an exception)
I am running tazz froyo, but this has been a problem for a while. When I receive a text message with sound, like one of those stupid forwards everyone gets it has no sound. I have searched the phone settings and cant find a way to disable or enable the sounds. does anyone else have this problem or know what might be causing it?
My second problem is how do you wake the phone up from sleep while on speaker phone without hanging up on the person. The only way that I have been able to do it is to press the end button which terminates the call.
thanks for the help
For the first one, I have no idea.
For the second one, I'm glad to share this as I found it out yesterday.
Press and hold the volume up button and then press the send button to wake the screen when you're on a call and the screen won't turn on.
Despite having no lock screen set, I cannot get the volume button long press to work to load the applications. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? The option is enabled, and I've only disabled applications that deal with the voice recognition stuff from LG.
Edit: Go figure... After half an hour of research and trying different things it only works after I posted this question. I have no idea what I did differently.
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Despite having no lock screen set, I cannot get the volume button long press to work to load the applications. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? The option is enabled, and I've only disabled applications that deal with the voice recognition stuff from LG.
Edit: Go figure... After half an hour of research and trying different things it only works after I posted this question. I have no idea what I did differently.
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I assume your talking about the screen off press and hold to launch camera or quick note trick? I've noticed a couple Times it hasn't worked right for me, but it usually does.
Make sure your screen is off, and press vol down and hold for a good couple seconds and it should launch the shortcut. Also make sure the proximity sensor isn't covered. Mine didn't work at all when it was covered, which is the same for the double tap to wake.
Btw, do you know how to change what the button launches? I like the camera but don't care for quick note, and didn't see a way to change it.
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I assume your talking about the screen off press and hold to launch camera or quick note trick? I've noticed a couple Times it hasn't worked right for me, but it usually does.
Make sure your screen is off, and press vol down and hold for a good couple seconds and it should launch the shortcut. Also make sure the proximity sensor isn't covered. Mine didn't work at all when it was covered, which is the same for the double tap to wake.
Btw, do you know how to change what the button launches? I like the camera but don't care for quick note, and didn't see a way to change it.
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I have found they will not launch for me if I am in a Chromecast session, or playing some music with the screen off through the phone's speaker. I am assuming that was my problem since I can't replicate it under any other circumstances.
There is an option in the phone's menu system to turn it on or off, but it does not allow for the shortcut to be changed. We'll have to wait for custom ROMs to give us this feature.
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I have found they will not launch for me if I am in a Chromecast session, or playing some music with the screen off through the phone's speaker. I am assuming that was my problem since I can't replicate it under any other circumstances.
There is an option in the phone's menu system to turn it on or off, but it does not allow for the shortcut to be changed. We'll have to wait for custom ROMs to give us this feature.
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Yeah that does make sense. And I didn't think they were changeable but it's good to know this is confirmed.