Help! Media volume and not ringer adjusting from homescreen - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone. I have an issue with my phone. When i go to change my ringtone volume from the homescreen, it changes the media volume. I reboot the phone and it adjusts the standard volume for the ringtone. After a while, it goes back to only adjusting the media volume from the homescreen. Even after i use advanced task killer to kill all applications. Is there any way to fix this issue? It is becoming very annoying to have to reboot my phone 3 times a day. Thanks again!

if you have headphones in then it will change media volume, do you have your heaphones or any other device connected to you phone?

nope not at all. I mean i love the phone but this is getting crazy. I still have a worthless GPS after flashing the new files and this issue going on. I think its software related because the media volume doesnt get stuck after inserting any headphones in the jack. So i really have no idea.

same here.
Was about to post the same issue.
Somehow I get the "media volume" instead of "ringer volume".
If I reset the device it gets fixed.
If a play a game, and then exit, it gets screwed again.
Checked for any app in memory but its empty.
Whats wrong?
Thanks in advance.

The volume rocker checks for what activity you're doing currently. If you're using media player or Navigation or games, the volume will be 'Media Volume'. If you played a game and exited, and your volume stuck with the 'Media Volume', it is probably the issue with that game who didn't properly reset the environment when exited.
Note, even if you're on Home screen, if you still have those apps running, your volume will stay that way. If you want to change ringer volume, just lauch phone dialer and change there.

Thanks for your reply foxbat
Thats what I thought too. That there should be somehting in the background still running so the phone still thinks its on it so the volume would be set to media.
However, I have 0 active apps running and even when I go to phone mode the control buttons on the side still shows media volume instead of ringer.
Thanks again for your time mate.

anibalin said:
Thanks for your reply foxbat
Thats what I thought too. That there should be somehting in the background still running so the phone still thinks its on it so the volume would be set to media.
However, I have 0 active apps running and even when I go to phone mode the control buttons on the side still shows media volume instead of ringer.
Thanks again for your time mate.
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Your issue seems to be related to a particular game you played. That's the issue with game itself.

Gonna test it out a bit more.

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Phone ring gone

Dear All,
For reason unknow, the phone ring gone. Vibrate mode work and if i select ring mode, vibrate comes out.
Have try the system setting. The ringtone function test mode also gone. No test tone can be played even for the default ring tone.
Any suggestion you can give me ? Hard resetting?
Thanks in advance
usually when my sound stops working i just have to soft reset so try that and also maybe a different ringtone
is this another of those headphone issues?
plug in and out your headphones several times, the X1 might think they are connected so doing this might solve it.
or just try turning the system volume up using the volume keys
​thanks will try so, if not, then hv my first hard reset !!!
Might also be file associations ...
My ringtone went silent and when I looked with a file explorer app all my mp3's were missing an association (clicking the file did not play it but gave a message saying no application is associated)
My solution was to restore the association -I used SKTools
Just thought it might be that ...worth a try
hard reset solve the problem and i also downloaded the latest software from se, now i can use EDGE to surf, much faster internet speed than before (can't remember the software version, but worth a try 2)
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I have had the same issue for the last 2 days. I have tried everything I could think of and hard reset is not an option. Maybe someone has an idea about what's wrong?
Test mode doesn't work.
When I click "ok" to set the ringtone our favourite four-coloured wheel pops up, spins for a couple of seconds and then it reverts back to the ringtone settings screen.
I deleted my most recent apps and games. I tried different sound files, checked the associations, cleared all the junk from the phone, etc, etc.
Official UK R3A ROM.
Facing the same problem previously.
What I did is increase the volume for both device & phone in speaker icon.
Noticed that I set the phone volume to the lowest range previously.
1. Device icon is for notification such as when you receive text msg.
2. Phone icon is for ringer volume.
Just tap on the speaker icon & you will see it.
Fahar Salleh said:
Facing the same problem previously.
What I did is increase the volume for both device & phone in speaker icon.
Noticed that I set the phone volume to the lowest range previously.
1. Device icon is for notification such as when you receive text msg.
2. Phone icon is for ringer volume.
Just tap on the speaker icon & you will see it.
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lolz. That's the first thing we try.
I found that PhoneEx wasn't agreeing with the defaukt phone manager haha. Set the ringtone through the default manager as well, that is the solution. You can always uninstall PhoneEx, but I like it too much.
i have the same problem and found out that the media player cannot playback my sound files as well. The strange thing is, that i can play all the ringtones and sounds with the mort player...???
So it seams that the problem is caused by the media player, if i try to start the media player directly it doesn´t work either (without any error message).
Anyone an idea to solve the problem?
Many thanks in advance,
Hakamuri
One month ago, my X1 went back from support (case crack) but I noted that all sounds were gone (ring, music, etc): so they repaired the case but caused problem to the speaker. Of course it's in warranty and they fixed their fault: ready in only 2 days.
msolcia... did u kno what they did to fix it? i have same prblm after replacing my case....

[Q] How to put phone in vibrate or sound mode while listening to music?

I was listening to music at the gym this morning, and I wanted to switch my phone from Priority Mode to All. (I use Priority Mode as Silent Mode because I just turn off everything and it only allows Alarm to come through, and I always keep my phone on vibrate so All Mode is my Vibrate Mode.) However, I couldn't figure out how. I ended up having to stop the music, wait a few seconds, press the volume button, switch it, then play music again. Seems a bit tedious to do, so was curious if anyone knows another way? Thanks.
Yeah - wait for Android 5.1.
Settings> Sound & Notification
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Settings> Sound & Notification
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That unfortunately doesn't work if you are in Priority Mode or None mode. There is no way to switch the mode without using the volume button, but when listening to music, the volume button is then dedicated to the music volume.
EDIT: Nevermind...found it in Settings> Sound & Notification> Interruptions. Didn't realize the top setting changed the modes. It is worded differently so I didn't even think to try that. Thanks!
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My phone will not stay on vibrate.

Every time I notice if I bring the volume down to vibrate only with DND enabled...it for some reason increases the volume to low from vibrate on its own. I always have to change it. It happens during random times of the day without me knowing. I even tried going to the sound settings to enable the volume rocker to only affect the media volume just to make sure it's not me. Still didn't work. Can anyone tell me what may be causing this strange issue?
EDIT: I'm sorry but ignore this thread. I found the culprit...the cause was my Bixby Home Routine. I completely forgot all about it and how I set it up to enable sound when I'm home and connected to my wifi.

Volume constantly jumping up and down

Hey guys since I've owned this phone I've had constant problems with the phone automatically adjusting the volume usually way down. When not on Bluetooth it's less pronounced but still occurs, I'll turn on a podcast and the volume will drop on the phone to like 20%.
On Bluetooth, the problem becomes an absolute nightmare. Every time I switch apps, or even open new browser tabs the volume settings appear on screen and randomly jump either up or down. If I'm moving quickly between apps or browsers, this can occur multiple times (up or down) within a 5 second window. Pretty much anytime I turn on audio I have to turn the volume all the way back up.
I've disabled Bluetooth absolute volume in dev settings but don't see any other fix for this.
Also, the problem is independent of player. Spotify does it, stitcher does it, VLC does it, and pi music does it. And even when I'm connected to Bluetooth and doing nothing audio related but just switching between apps and browser it will be jumping the volume levels around and popping up the audio slider on the right side of the screen.
What Bluetooth device are you using? Perhaps it uses touch controls and they're acting up

No sound control popup or actual volume change when using volume buttons

I'm running COS 6.1 A.10 on my unrooted/unlocked European X2 Pro.
When I press the physical volume buttons, I very often don't see the sound control popup. Sometimes it appears and I can change the volume, but in most cases it doesn't appear at all. It doesn't make a difference which app I'm using - YouTube, Prime Video. I don't have an active BT device linked or a headset plugged in either. Quiet Time is turned off, all volumes in Sound & Vibration are turned to medium, the default function for volume buttons is set to Media Volume although nothing changes if it's set to Media Volume.
I used to have MacroDroid to change sound settings based on time/location/events but that's uninstalled. I still have Do Not Disturb which mutes my phone during calendar events. Regardless of any such apps, I should still be able to use the volume buttons to adjust the volume but there are no popups most of the time.
I just restarted my phone and the volume popup is back. I know this happened before but after a while it's gone again without knowing why. Does anyone have an idea what could be the reason and how I can get my volume popup back permanently? Thanks for your help.

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