Hi,
I would like to present my first Xposed Mod. I'm uploading it in the hope it's useful to someone as well as me
Basically all it does is raise the volume when Waze is talking, and then lower it when it's done. This is really only useful if, like me, you use your phone to also play music at the same time (in my case, I use PowerAmp) where I've found the output of PowerAmp significantly dominates the voice that Waze emits. This is designed to fix that.
Please do let me know if any comments/feedback. The project is also open source: https://github.com/jaysh/xposed-waze
Thanks!
Jay
I yet can play music ( Gmusic or Web radio) using waze.
I use feature named "play on loudspeaker"...
Your module boosts waze volume?
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Steph310 said:
I yet can play music ( Gmusic or Web radio) using waze.
I use feature named "play on loudspeaker"...
Your module boosts waze volume?
Sent from my Xperia SP
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It boosts it compares to other applications that are playing music. It raises the volume to 100% when Waze says something, then lowers it back to normal when it is done.
If you are playing it through loudspeaker I imagine this won't be a problem for you, but when you connect to to your car via a headphone cable then it's a problem for me (I don't know about others).
Does it clarify it?
Is it possible to create a mod where Waze does not automatically close itself when left in the background? I am aware this is intentional by Waze when there is no GPS movement and in the app is left in the background. The problem is, where I live is plagued with standstill traffic jams and I prefer to switch off my screen, allowing the voice guidance to do the work. The next thing I realise, Waze has already turned itself off and I had been driving way off-course without even realizing it.
This has been my number one gripe with Waze - would be absolutely great if you could implement this in your module. No pressure, but just a suggestion
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When downloading in xposed I get an error its not valid, when I download the attachment from here, I get a problem parsing error. What's up?
bobstone said:
When downloading in xposed I get an error its not valid, when I download the attachment from here, I get a problem parsing error. What's up?
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Can you tell me which version of xposed, and which version of Android/RAM please? And what phone do you have?
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Can you tell me which version of xposed, and which version of Android/RAM please? And what phone do you have?
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Thanks for the quick response. I have a galaxy s4, jb 4.2.2 and the newest recently updated xposed (can't check at this moment.
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Thanks for the quick response. I have a galaxy s4, jb 4.2.2 and the newest recently updated xposed (can't check at this moment.
Thanks
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I set the minimum target version to 19 (Android 4.4) because that's what I was running at the time. Here's an APK that has it set to 17 (Android 4.2/4.2.2), so it should work on your phone.
Please let me know if it does, and I can provide this for general release.
Thanks!
Jay
HoTsHoT89 said:
Is it possible to create a mod where Waze does not automatically close itself when left in the background? I am aware this is intentional by Waze when there is no GPS movement and in the app is left in the background. The problem is, where I live is plagued with standstill traffic jams and I prefer to switch off my screen, allowing the voice guidance to do the work. The next thing I realise, Waze has already turned itself off and I had been driving way off-course without even realizing it.
This has been my number one gripe with Waze - would be absolutely great if you could implement this in your module. No pressure, but just a suggestion
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I tried to reproduce this with no luck unfortunately. I saw there are other complaints of this but some users report that they're not seeing this. Can you give me a little more detail on how you know it's intentional? That could help me undo that logic if I can figure out what it is.
Is there any chance Waze is being killed by Android? Which device do you have?
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I tried to reproduce this with no luck unfortunately. I saw there are other complaints of this but some users report that they're not seeing this. Can you give me a little more detail on how you know it's intentional? That could help me undo that logic if I can figure out what it is.
Is there any chance Waze is being killed by Android? Which device do you have?
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I'm on an Xperia Z1 - it's rather unlikely that it is killed by Android with the lean amount of background services I had.
But, I think I have the answer. I noticed that I greenified Waze, so I'm likely sure that is the culprit, but I appreciate your time taken into helping me look into it.
It is possible using this below 4.2.2? I have 4.1.2 and using Waze same like you, navi with a music from tune in or Google music.
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It is possible using this below 4.2.2? I have 4.1.2 and using Waze same like you, navi with a music from tune in or Google music.
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I don't see why not. Here's an APK, can you let me know if it works fine please?
Thanks,
Jay
Hi
I've got this exact same problem with iGo. I use poweramp connected with audio cable in my car.
The navigation instructions are way to weak compared to music.
Do you think your tweak could do the job? Or is it specially made for waze ?
Thanks
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I've got this exact same problem with iGo. I use poweramp connected with audio cable in my car.
The navigation instructions are way to weak compared to music.
Do you think your tweak could do the job? Or is it specially made for waze ?
Thanks
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I'm afraid it's entirely specific to Waze. Sorry.
@jayshah
Hey man, wanted to inform you this earlier regarding the issue I had with Waze automatically closing - and the real reason was that it wasn't getting a GPS lock. Now it's not the phone but rather that in the city, there are many overhead highways which block the GPS signal, and we do have long traffic jams and intersections under them which naturally would cause Waze to close after a period of time.
If it is possible, could you include an option for Waze to not close itself? The intention here is once that I travel to open skies I can then continue to contributing without needing to check on my phone.
I was wondering if it was possible to add a setting for the volume adjustment. While this app works for me, it makes waze too loud in comparison to the music. Rather than raising volume to max, I'd rather play with it and find an appropriate level.
Great mod. Is there a way to get this to work with Google maps navigation instead of Waze?
I was so excited when I saw this earlier today!
Sadly, I think the real issue is just the volume output of my phone. I already have it set to max to listen in the car, and all this does is drop it down to 15% when the Waze announcement is over. :crying:
I'll definitely keep an eye on your module, though, to see what other goodies you might come up with.
Support on android 5.1?
Hello,
I have a car stereo "Avin Avant-2" which runs on Android 4.1.1.
I use Waze, but the sound is much too low to understand the information.
I discovered your application, but I do not know how it works because I have no icon on the screen.
I installed the version "4.1.2-XposedWaze" because it is the only one that wants to settle on my car radio.
Can you help me use it?
Thank you
macandnews
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So I now use my Moto Atrix as my music player like I did with my Captivate. The only problem is, is that my music player randomly stops in the middle of the song. I go back to the player to press play and the song starts over......
this is one of MANY problems that I have been having with the Atrix.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Not sure what that issue is but you might want to try another music program. I messed around with the included player for a short bit but I got winamp and I really like it so far. There's quite a few other good options out there.
Hope you're able to figure something out.
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Not sure what that issue is but you might want to try another music program. I messed around with the included player for a short bit but I got winamp and I really like it so far. There's quite a few other good options out there.
Hope you're able to figure something out.
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Do you know of anything like the player on the iPod touch? Or something that works as good as the Samsung Android music player?
Edit: THANK YOU!!! Winamp is working amazingly and the problem has been fixed.
Edit: Continues to have the same damn problem....... f**k the Atrix
Still having the same issue with winamp? That seems odd... what file types are you using?
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Still having the same issue with winamp? That seems odd... what file types are you using?
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I believe that they are MP3. I didn't have this weird problem with my Captivate.
does it have lockscreen controls?
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does it have lockscreen controls?
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The Captivate did. but my Atrix doesn't
Magic_Bunny said:
So I now use my Moto Atrix as my music player like I did with my Captivate. The only problem is, is that my music player randomly stops in the middle of the song. I go back to the player to press play and the song starts over......
this is one of MANY problems that I have been having with the Atrix.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11595440&postcount=4
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11595440&postcount=4
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Thank you!!!
Gotta love how people blame the phone when a ****ty autokill app is the culprit...
Magic_Bunny said:
So I now use my Moto Atrix as my music player like I did with my Captivate. The only problem is, is that my music player randomly stops in the middle of the song. I go back to the player to press play and the song starts over......
this is one of MANY problems that I have been having with the Atrix.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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Do me a favor and post your bug in this thread on their support forum:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/45468?tstart=30
I've got the same problem.But one thing I am sure is that when you use task manager to kill background program,don't kill those you are not familiar with.I tried several times to find out what's impacting the music player,but finally,it turns out to be obscure.I mean when I erase everything from the kill list,music wont stop in sleep mode,but I cannot prescisely tell who are they.It seems that several programs together work on it.Most suspect those whoes string having 'media' in them.
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Gotta love how people blame the phone when a ****ty autokill app is the culprit...
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Some people just react and blame instead of trying to find the solution.
I went through that once due to a task killer. I ignored the music app from the task killer, but eventually realized the task killer was not needed!
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Gotta love how people blame the phone when a ****ty autokill app is the culprit...
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I now blame the Auto Kill ---- I don't have the Music app in the Auto Kill and I thought that the phone was acting dumb, so I guess the Auto Kill was being a little b*tch
Don't know if this is a fix for everyone but I was having the same problem. I removed the gallery app from the auto-kill list and it fixed the issue. I tested it several times by adding and removing the gallery app to and from the auto-kill list. Every time it was on the list, the music would cut out after sleep. Every time I removed it, everythnig functioned mormally.
ok i did my own tests today adding programs to auto-kill list and playing back audio in between. the playback issue only appears when the screen go dark . i focused first on apps that in my opinion had nothing to do with media and after all this time consuming process i found that adding certain programs creating the problem . here is the DO NOT list and hope this work for all of ya
1) gallery
2) purchased media*
3) music
* im sure this folder was created after sync with my itunes . i used motorola media link app ( free download from motorola site) which work like charm on my mac pro adding exactly that i checked. keep in mind that your case could be different depending on type of sync or adding media method so its up to you finding the correct folder. now if you sync via the mentioned moto app you maybe having other folders on list like podcasts or whatever you decided add to your phone storage . i cant confirm this because only folder i synced was purchased media . post your findings... peace!
why are you guys even bothering auto killing apps? thats a big no-no
+1 auto-kill = BAD JUJU
If your going to use a TaskManager, use it only to manually stop rogue processes or apps. Never let it run on its own.
I used OSMonitor to kill off apps as needed. There's tons out there, but only use one that doesn't run automatically.
Dude, seriously, are you 12 or something?
Grow up man!!
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I now blame the Auto Kill ---- I don't have the Music app in the Auto Kill and I thought that the phone was acting dumb, so I guess the Auto Kill was being a little b*tch
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why are you guys even bothering auto killing apps? thats a big no-no
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Agreed... I'm not sure why you feel the need to kill apps on a phone with a gig of RAM. The only thing it does is kills your battery when you have apps that continually try to restart, then the task killer kills them.
After running my phone without a reboot since Monday, and NO task killing, I still have around 250MB free, and have no problems running Dungeon Defenders, etc. No lag, no anything. Mind you, I run a live wallpaper, as well.
Does anyone know a way to keep GPS running when the phone goes to sleep? There are times when I want to have my location continuously reported to Google Latitude, and it's a terrible waste of battery to keep the screen running just to do that.
I'd thought there would be an easy answer to this, but I'm not finding one. There's a two-year-old XDA post on this question here without any real answers. And I found a post elsewhere that suggests that Tasker can make the phone keep GPS working when the screen goes off, but I don't see any function in Tasker for this.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Alan
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Does anyone know a way to keep GPS running when the phone goes to sleep? There are times when I want to have my location continuously reported to Google Latitude, and it's a terrible waste of battery to keep the screen running just to do that.
I'd thought there would be an easy answer to this, but I'm not finding one. There's a two-year-old XDA post on this question here without any real answers. And I found a post elsewhere that suggests that Tasker can make the phone keep GPS working when the screen goes off, but I don't see any function in Tasker for this.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Alan
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I found Tasker sucked the hell out of my battery, but nevermind... It depends on the app some of them will just pull GPS data when it is asked for, which im sure Latitude would do... What are you trying to achieve exactly?
EDIT: If you do try Tasker you can set it so certain apps will activate the GPS and certain screen times, hours of the day etc...
Thanks! I'm trying to find a way for Google Latitude (which I think just runs within maps) to record my path via GPS (say when I'm on a hiking trip) without the screen needing to be on constantly, which is the only way I've found to do that so far. But if you are saying that I can make a tasker profile which will tell my phone to keep the GPS on when Maps is running, then I think that would solve this! Or do you have a better approach in mind?
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Thanks! I'm trying to find a way for Google Latitude (which I think just runs within maps) to record my path via GPS (say when I'm on a hiking trip) without the screen needing to be on constantly, which is the only way I've found to do that so far. But if you are saying that I can make a tasker profile which will tell my phone to keep the GPS on when Maps is running, then I think that would solve this! Or do you have a better approach in mind?
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There is an app specifically for that on the market I can't remember what its called though sorry just search hiking or something
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OK -- I found a really nice app for this: Latify. (There's also the unfortunately named Backitude, which looks like it would get the job done.)
Thanks for the tips, everyone!
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Sorry to bump this, but I thought you might like this better if you want to keep your GPS receiver always on when your screen is off (will drain your battery of course)
https://market.android.com/details?...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImcuYW5kcm9pZC5ncHN0cmFja2VyIl0.
GPSTracker Lite, specifically made for what its name is. It tracks your path. I use it in my car, in which case the phone is always on the charger when this is running.
Hope this helped.
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Does anyone know a way to keep GPS running when the phone goes to sleep? There are times when I want to have my location continuously reported to Google Latitude, and it's a terrible waste of battery to keep the screen running just to do that.
I'd thought there would be an easy answer to this, but I'm not finding one. There's a two-year-old XDA post on this question here without any real answers. And I found a post elsewhere that suggests that Tasker can make the phone keep GPS working when the screen goes off, but I don't see any function in Tasker for this.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Alan
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I've read in the changelog from the new version of Google Maps something about battery saving with latitude. Just go to the market and try to read yourself the details.... I don't use latitude, so I didn't go into details....
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Anyone able to get SiriusXM app to work on NT?
It installed for me with no problem, but when I try to login, the progress circle just spins.
Maybe I'm having a dense moment, but wouldn't the Nook need GPS hardware to pick up XM? Then again, I only have XM in the car and may be missing something.
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Maybe I'm having a dense moment, but wouldn't the Nook need GPS hardware to pick up XM? Then again, I only have XM in the car and may be missing something.
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This is their Android app for use with the internet account option.
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This is their Android app for use with the internet account option.
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Yea, I should have known that. I had the trial internet option for awhile several years ago.
I get the same thing. I'm sure it's just the Sirius app itself. It's notorious for being one of the biggest POS apps in the Market, and it appears that Sirius and/or the devs couldn't care less about all of the complaints in it's comment section.
same issue at first
I was having the same issue, just a "loading" indication, then it would just close out with no message or error. Today I just got the updated apk, and now it will go through with logging in and updating some files, but then when it's about to pop up with the channels, I get the Force Close notification.
Q&A go to Q&A. Getting tired of moving threads.
this not connecting is still happening...it's a shame too, I listen to downloaded Stern Shows and would love to take this task and put it on the tablet instead of listening on my phone and wasting that battery....
any updates would be great
Has anyone else had issues with popping or crackling while listening to AAC audio? I notice it a lot with Pandora, and they use the AAC codec, it's not clipping, or audio drop out from bad connection, but it has a very apparent crack or pop every few seconds. It has made Pandora useless for me. I've tried both Cognition, and Nocturnal, thinking that maybe it was a mod issue.
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Nevermind. If anyone else has these issues, a quick search will reveal that turning off Adblocking software fixes this issue...don't know why...but it does.
For anyone wondering, I was using AdFree 0.8.47. I tried simply uninstalling the application, which didn't work, you have to revert the host files back to normal. Does anyone know of an adblocking option that works well with audio programs?
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Its because of the host file blocking for apps that have ads heavily integrated. I think its like how if you tried to bootleg a vhs back in the day theyd come out kinda futzed up. I use adaway and havent had any problems with youtube pandora or anything.
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I'm afraid that's not it at all. I'm using a version of Pandora that has all the ads removed, so it shouldn't affect it's ability to play regular music. I will try adaway, thanks for the suggestion.
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I'm saying its BECAUSE the ads are removed. Its a well documented issue over in the trick droid thread.
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I'm saying that doesn't make sense because the version of Pandora I'm using has the advert framework removed. How could it block something that isn't there? Comparing it to a vhs copy wasn't a good comparison.
Cleaned.
I am going to leave this open because there seems to be a valid question regarding ad-blocking and Pandora, but let this not get personal.
If you think OP is not going to listen to your suggestions or is not of sufficient cranial capacity to engage in discussion, please do not reply and he will be bereft of your help.
If you think someone's reply is flawed in logic, please respectfully reply such. Nothing wrong with disagreeing or even getting into a heated debate, so long as it does not become personal or flamethrowers come into the picture.
Let's try it again, thanks
I'm having an odd issue with the Android app, I'm using JB 4.2 leaked from Samsung. When I'm using it with my car stereo the app doesn't seem to refresh the song information. That means my car stereo display remains stuck displaying the information of the first song played. If I unlock at phone and look at the app the information is the same the display, and lock screen, are showing. Sometimes unlocking the phone and opening the app makes it refresh and display the current song info.
It's very annoying. I tried Pandora support but they gave me the usual uninstall and reinstall answer, adding they don't support custom and rooted roms, of course...
I know it's a long shot but... you never know. Any idea? Could be the rom? I froze Play Music because it was always starting on its on, does that break anything?
Best way to find out is first unfreeze play music and test and second is to drop back down to 4.1.2 and test. If first doesn't work but second does then its to do with 4.2.2 leak.
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Best way to find out is first unfreeze play music and test and second is to drop back down to 4.1.2 and test. If first doesn't work but second does then its to do with 4.2.2 leak.
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I'm stupid, of course I can unfreeze it and find out. Sorry.
As for going back to 4.1.2, that's gonna be time consuming and sadly I don't have much free time. Heh. I was hopping someone who has it running on its phone could confirm of deny having the same issue. That's why I was saying "long shot".
What happened when you unfrozen it? Did it work.? Sorry I can't help you.
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What happened when you unfrozen it? Did it work.? Sorry I can't help you.
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Provided that Google Music works flawlessly with the car stereo, nope it didn't change anything, sadly.
I'll keep you posted if there are developments.
[Update 08/12/2013]
I gave up. Ditched Pandora for Google Play Unlimited. I know, Pandora is awesome, but for me this crap is important. I'm sick in the head.
Same issue with Samsung G4
Any update on this? I am having the same issue with brandnew out of the box Samsung G4. No mods or anything.
I also notice that on reconnecting to the car (after being turned off), the volume is very low but gets restored to the correct level when the track changes to the next one.
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I'm having an odd issue with the Android app, I'm using JB 4.2 leaked from Samsung. When I'm using it with my car stereo the app doesn't seem to refresh the song information. That means my car stereo display remains stuck displaying the information of the first song played. If I unlock at phone and look at the app the information is the same the display, and lock screen, are showing. Sometimes unlocking the phone and opening the app makes it refresh and display the current song info.
It's very annoying. I tried Pandora support but they gave me the usual uninstall and reinstall answer, adding they don't support custom and rooted roms, of course...
I know it's a long shot but... you never know. Any idea? Could be the rom? I froze Play Music because it was always starting on its on, does that break anything?
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