I notice the RIM Playbook uses a edge-edge gesture to wake up the screen. Has anyone seen something similar for recent HTC phones (i.e. ones without a trackball/optical trackpad).
I'm wary of wearing out the power button, but also want to minimize power usage by not having the display on all day.
I use an app call No Lock which gives me the ability to wake the phone using the volume rocker. I figure you can get more wear and tear out of the volume rocker than you can the power button. I would love to see an app to wake the screen with a screen swipe.
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No Lock doesn't work for me - probably because of the Exchange security policy.
A nice alternative would be swiping across all of the capacitive buttons to wake the screen.
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Yes, I constantly accidentally hit the volume buttons. Is there an app that can lock them, so they only work after I enable them in the app?
Really? My favorite thing about the phone is that the volume buttons work when the phone sleeps. That drives me insane about every other phone/mp3 player I've used.... having to dig the phone out of my pocket and wake it up just to adjust the volume.
How are you accidentally hitting the volume buttons? Just curious.
One thing I've been wanting to request is a way to make a long-press of the volume buttons be forward/back a track. That'd rule.
nolageek said:
Really? My favorite thing about the phone is that the volume buttons work when the phone sleeps. That drives me insane about every other phone/mp3 player I've used.... having to dig the phone out of my pocket and wake it up just to adjust the volume.
How are you accidentally hitting the volume buttons? Just curious.
One thing I've been wanting to request is a way to make a long-press of the volume buttons be forward/back a track. That'd rule.
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When I go from portrait to landscape, by the time I'm done, I see the volume change window on the screen. I don't even know if I hit the + or the -.
Cannot wake phone while on speakerphone if "power button to end call" enabled
Please star this issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39869
This is a regression in 4.2 and is extremely frustrating as I love the "power button to end call" option but it renders the phone useless on speakerphone.
They should allow for the volume rockers to wake the phone on phones without physical home buttons.
I had the same issue with my one x, I'm not sure it's even an issue, more a consequence of using that feature. The volume rocker has got to control volume in a call so we can't really use it to wake it up. I agree it's really annoying but just change back.
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letom said:
I had the same issue with my one x, I'm not sure it's even an issue, more a consequence of using that feature. The volume rocker has got to control volume in a call so we can't really use it to wake it up. I agree it's really annoying but just change back.
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It's quite easy to throw in a "screen off" clause to the code to first wake the device if the screen is off and then control the volume.
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rickytenzer said:
Please star this issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39869
This is a regression in 4.2 and is extremely frustrating as I love the "power button to end call" option but it renders the phone useless on speakerphone.
They should allow for the volume rockers to wake the phone on phones without physical home buttons.
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There's been a response to this problem:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/mobile/ZlDsNF3gdHs/6_kfdv1w91cJ
The workaround is to wake the phone through connecting it to a charger.
I never noticed this problem on the S2 but it's bang in my face on the Nexus 4.
I wonder if there is a third party app that will keep the phone awake during a call?
Hi all,
This has happened to me twice now and I can't figure out how to fix this.
When you make a call you have your standard options on your screen such as mute, speaker, numbers etc. However after a few minutes the screen naturally turns off and there is no way to turn it back on again without having to press the Sleep button.
The reason why this is a problem is if you want to enable/disable mute, speakerphone or you need to input a number as in my case i was on hold for a long time to a call centre.
I tried to press the back button as well as home, but both did nothing and finally the volume buttons but that didn't activate the screen. The only button you can press is the Sleep button but that will end the call.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
When you are on the phone, the screen should turn off when the phone is near your ear, pretty much immediately, and come back on soon after you take it away. Unless you are using speaker phone of course.
Perhaps a problem with your proximity sensor?
The sleep button only ends the call if you set it too.
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Hi, I am not sure if this is possible but better to ask anyway.
Sometimes I like to have a radio app playing and I need to MUTE it, but the screen is off and locked and I don't want to fumble with the S4 Active's sticky volume button (is yours 'sticky'? my volume rocker loves to zoom up and down with a slight push),
just mute/unmute without hitting menu/enter code/swipe or some other combination of keys.
I thought maybe it could be done through that "headphone jack button" accessory but that is not really what I am looking for.
Something akin to the gesture of flipping the phone face down to stop the ringing. or swiping your hand over the screen to mute/pause, but that only works on certain apps and when the screen is on. I want a function like this with the screen OFF.
Any suggestions?
APeter001 said:
Hi, I am not sure if this is possible but better to ask anyway.
Sometimes I like to have a radio app playing and I need to MUTE it, but the screen is off and locked and I don't want to fumble with the S4 Active's sticky volume button (is yours 'sticky'? my volume rocker loves to zoom up and down with a slight push),
just mute/unmute without hitting menu/enter code/swipe or some other combination of keys.
I thought maybe it could be done through that "headphone jack button" accessory but that is not really what I am looking for.
Something akin to the gesture of flipping the phone face down to stop the ringing. or swiping your hand over the screen to mute/pause, but that only works on certain apps and when the screen is on. I want a function like this with the screen OFF.
Any suggestions?
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Have you tried Tasker? Are you familiar with it at all? If you want, I could try to create something for you. What is the app so I can test to see if it works?
APeter001 said:
Hi, I am not sure if this is possible but better to ask anyway.
Sometimes I like to have a radio app playing and I need to MUTE it, but the screen is off and locked and I don't want to fumble with the S4 Active's sticky volume button (is yours 'sticky'? my volume rocker loves to zoom up and down with a slight push),
just mute/unmute without hitting menu/enter code/swipe or some other combination of keys.
I thought maybe it could be done through that "headphone jack button" accessory but that is not really what I am looking for.
Something akin to the gesture of flipping the phone face down to stop the ringing. or swiping your hand over the screen to mute/pause, but that only works on certain apps and when the screen is on. I want a function like this with the screen OFF.
Any suggestions?
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I am answering my own question with this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2492565
Doesn't work with everything but it is a great start!
Thanks :good:
Today I found out that the lower half of my volume button was jammed into the phone itself, the top half still sort of works.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how fix this or any replacements to use instead, at the moment I'm thinking of assigning the lock button to turn volume down and use a dt2w kernel instead.