Hello guys!
I have several things in mind, and a few questions. Hope this is the right place to post.
First of all: why are all the smartphones makers getting rid of physical buttons? I don't see any good thing about those tactile buttons we have on the Galaxy S3 for instance: you press the "back" button by mistake all the time, and you have to turn your screen on to be able to use them.
How do you do when you're doing some sports or just walking down the street and simply press a button in your pocket to skip a track you're listening to?
Secondly: I thought there was a kind of rule about how to use the long press function on volume buttons. In my mind, it's clear that a long press on Volume Up will skip to the next track, and a long press on Volume Down will skip to the previous track. How disappointed I was when I discovered it was not the case on the Galaxy S3!
Is there a simple way to have this working (no custom ROM, no super complicated hacking...)? Is it a modification by Samsung itself? Cause apparently applications I was using before on my old HTC that supported this feature don't skip anymore when I long press on Volume Up button... instead, it just destroy my ears with a super loud volume! How useful is that?!
I don't want to change the stock ROM, as I had a lot of troubles before with custom ROMs on my previous smartphone (either the GPS wouldn't work anymore, or the camera, or another thing...)
Thanks in advance for your help and advices!
EDIT: I found a way to achieve this. Check out my other post!
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Hi,
I really, really miss the function of being able to skip to the next track by holding down the volume buttons, like on my blackberry, so I don't have to take the phone out of my pocket, wake it up, unlock screen, and manually press the "next" button just to skip to the next track (I am the type of person that skips tracks often, and do not like playlists).
Since I use custom in ear monitors, I don't have the remote on the earphone like the stock earphones do.
On the web, someone mentioned that all I have to do is root the phone, and install an app such as buttonremapper, and then I will be able to remap the volume button to act as a music track skipper when being long pressed.
Is this true? I much rather not flash to another rom.
Thank you soooo much!
Cyanogenmod has this functionality. Currently, nothing other than Cyanogen will do what you want.
If you want to keep stock ROM though, your only choice is PlayerPro. It has a lockscreen widget that lets you use the volume buttons to skip tracks when the device is locked.
Ah, thank you for your reply! I had actually used Player Pro when I first gotten my SG2, but switched to Poweramp because of the better EQ.
I have downloaded Player Pro again, and the skip song function works great. I just wish it works while the screen is on, and works with widgetlocker instead of its own locker. But I know I can't have everything.
Thank you again.
No problem. Latest version of PlayerPro also introduced a shake to skip songs feature, so you can use that to skip songs while another app is active. I tried it and it works.
Once again, thank you so much aydc! You have solved my problem! I will give the shake and bake a try, I just hope people don't think I am weird when they see my hand shaking/baking around in my pocket..
I LOVE this phone! (other then no led notification, and no default music skipping via volume button )
when screen is on, but lock screen still on, volume should work if a media player is going, but otherwise, the volume buttons shouldn't control ringer volume unless you unlock it first. I'm finding in my pocket or when I check time, volume is constantly changed to volume all the way down or all the way up. is there any way to hack a change in this behavior???
thanks ya'll
This is also happening to me a lot. I always keep my phone on vibrate while working. Come to find out my ringer is on full blast during a meeting after checking the time is no fun
noticed this also. bump bump
That would be great it sucks that it changes
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This is one of the few things I hate about this phone.
Need mod so Volume Down does turn volume down or turn on vibrate
I hear your pain. Let's keep this thread going or make a new one for a dev to take it on.
On my OG, I used the Button Mapper app to change the Volume Down button to duplicate the Power button. Too bad it only works on Gingerbread.
Benefits of this mod being two fold:
1) To wake the device just press Volume Down. Much easier than top button.
2) When fumbling with the phone, you could not inadvertently turn the volume down and/or set it to Vibrate.
Let's hear some chatter guys.
I'll take anything to quit the pocket volume changing
Wipywd: See the original article for the Evo 4G.
http://www.pocketables.com/2010/12/how-to-remap-buttons-on-your-rooted-htc-evo-4g.html
This was the best thing since sliced bread. I saw some early traffic when the Evo LTE came out with guys trying to make a setting like this. It evolved into forward and backward for audio players. Then there was this one for Viper's ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688556
Recommendation: Change the title of the thread to:
"Dev needed to mod Volume Down button to Power function".
Let's see if we can get more interest and a dev to help us out.
Taz
Not sure if a dev with this device has looked into framework-res.apk that's most likely where this modification should take place. Then again system>usr> keylayouts etc, could be the issue. Is the issue on stock? Or on all roms?
Sent from my EVO
I think you should start a new thread to change the functionality of it, as that's probably more complex than just stopping the volume buttons while the screen is locked. the main problem is volume changed without you meaning to
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I think you should start a new thread to change the functionality of it, as that's probably more complex than just stopping the volume buttons while the screen is locked. the main problem is volume changed without you meaning to
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@wlpywd: Exactly. If you distill your issue down to the basics, I think we are asking almost the same thing. Let's figure this out for a dev to code. We have Sinistertensai's attention. Let's PM to work out the spec and post together.
Whatcha think wlpywd?
like I said, I'm all for ANYTHING that will solve this without needing to flash a whole new rom.
I can't really contribute much to any development of any kind, other than wish-listing, as my Android programming skills are just barely in the realm of existing, but I'll do whatever I can!
Hello!
I got my S3 a mount ago and I've noticed that my volume rocker is looking kind of pressed down anytime so it's not parallel with the screen, even though I've been gentle to it.
Is it just me and my OCD, or this might actually happen/that's the way it looks? I'm not having problems like a stuck button, just the way it looks. I really want to keep my phone in a good as possible state, including little things.
Thanks!
I does kinda happen. Mine has done the same. Most people for example while playing music will put the volume up one at a time so its not too loud, where as when putting the volume down people generally hold the volume key until the volume drops.
Also happens when flashing new roms through Odin and the phone needs to be put into download mode which of course is Holding power button, Home button And volume down key for 10 seconds or more sometimes, which can also cause the same effect.
Hope this helps.
Hi guys!
After using Android for some months now, I'm having some questions (that google coudn't answer).
1) How can we copy links in the new YouTube app? I can only share them on Twitter/Facebook/Dropbox/etc...
2) Is an app/tweak available to increace the amounts of steps of the volume bar?
Sometimes it happens that the lowest volume is still kinda loud. So it would be helpfull if I could reduce the volume even more, without muting it.
3) Aren't there any apps that can emulate the control of the Apple earphones control thing? The only button that works is the play/pause button.
The only apps I can find, can only use 1 button (like press the button 5 times to go to the next track). That's kinda unhandy.
Tips/Solutions are appreciated!
Matt
S23U is my first ever Sammy device, and I am decidedly not in love with placement of the volume buttons. Any idea why it is so far up on the right side of the device, forcing me to slide my hand up every time I need to adjust? This could have been avoided if they had placed them below the power button. What am I missing?
Well, if you don't like using it, just return it and look for a phone meeting your expectations?
Edit: the Asus Zenphone 9 could be what you're looking form in term of size factor.
I mostly like the phone, it is just those god damn buttons. Have pressed the power button 5x in the last 3 hours when intending to adjust the volume. was a genuine question trying to understand what the rationale may have been.
you will get used to it in time - changes are always hard at the beginning
The only solution i can give You is to use samsung one hand operation:
One Hand Operation + – Aplikacje w Google Play
Z łatwością korzystaj z urządzenia jedną ręką!
play.google.com
It is must have app for me as you can do everything with gestures. In example you can short swipe up to volume up and swipe down to volume down. You can adjust long swipe with all other phone settings like one hand mode, home, back button etc. I use it for so long time that i can't even operate the phone without it xD
I agree, but there's surely a objective reason for that, pretty sure engineers thought about it .
I hate the placement too coming from oneplus, but Ill get use to it I guess.
You have to get used to it.
It took me a week to learn that the power button is under the volume control (pixel 7 has the power button above)
aureum said:
The only solution i can give You is to use samsung one hand operation:
One Hand Operation + – Aplikacje w Google Play
Z łatwością korzystaj z urządzenia jedną ręką!
play.google.com
It is must have app for me as you can do everything with gestures. In example you can short swipe up to volume up and swipe down to volume down. You can adjust long swipe with all other phone settings like one hand mode, home, back button etc. I use it for so long time that i can't even operate the phone without it xD
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That is what I was looking for. Thanks so much. Moved the volume control to the left edge which is where it should have been. Today I discovered that their placement interferes with my X-ram phone holder and my DJI drone controller. Truly mystifying decision by Samsung. Ended up just disabling the volume buttons with Button Mapper.