[Q] Question about Volume rocker - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just received my XZ and I want to make sure I don't lose it. I never lost a phone but I am trying to take every measure to ensure its saftey. So I downloaded the Lookout app. It works great, just 1 thing.
When I tested the scream feature, you can just turn it down via volume button. So it makes the lookout app lost one of its functions :/
Anyone know how to lock the volume keys?

Im bumping this because I'd like an answer.

cerberusxd said:
I just received my XZ and I want to make sure I don't lose it. I never lost a phone but I am trying to take every measure to ensure its saftey. So I downloaded the Lookout app. It works great, just 1 thing.
When I tested the scream feature, you can just turn it down via volume button. So it makes the lookout app lost one of its functions :/
Anyone know how to lock the volume keys?
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Don't have the problem on mine...scream can't be turned down with the volume...

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Droid 4 silences itself ever since ota to .217

This is apparently a common enough thing from what I've seen on line, but every solution I find involves the person having used a profile switcher or their calender to signify being unavailable. I do not use either type of program. I almost never silence my phone. (in the movie theater or similar, yes, but otherwise never) Does anyone have any idea what it could be? It;s only been happening since the OTA update to .217 ICS. It's getting thoroughly aggravating missing calls and texts, as I'm sure you can imagine... Thank you to anyone with ideas/suggestions.
Check your settings in both the system settings as well as each individual app. I think after the update the messaging app is set to silent by default, or at least the vibrate is turned off.
If the system is messed up I recommend that everyone install the ota factory reset. Clearing out your old GB data and letting the ICS run "fresh" solves a lot of problems.
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Could it be a Smart Actions setting?
Settings are all fine yet it does randomly put itself on silent mode no vibration and you have to turn it back to vibration via settings volume rocker just puts it back on silent....
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The Magician Type 0 said:
Check your settings in both the system settings as well as each individual app. I think after the update the messaging app is set to silent by default, or at least the vibrate is turned off.
If the system is messed up I recommend that everyone install the ota factory reset. Clearing out your old GB data and letting the ICS run "fresh" solves a lot of problems.
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The Kraken! said:
Could it be a Smart Actions setting?
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If it keeps happening tomorrow, I will do a full factory reset. Hoping I won't have to though. It's a pain in the rear to restore everything... It isn't a smart action thing because I have that app frozen, good thought though. Thank you all for the responses.
I tried a fr from recovery menu never froze apps nor rooted this d4 didn't help...
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I've found that it is only doing it with phone calls now. I cannot find a setting in the phone app or the system settings that is set to mute, but it keeps happening. Also, after using the lock screen to unmute it, I have to turn up the volume manually. The lock screen thing only bumps it up to the minimum volume level... Anything else come to mind before i do a full FR? I'd really rather avoid it if I can... Thanks again.
Now I've got one worse. Did a FR, no go. Tried to update to Eclipse, and messed it up. Had to .sbf back to factory. EVEN AFTER the .sbf, still having the same issue with it muting while recieving a call.... (i.e. goes on vibrate instead of ringing....) Any ideas ANYONE???!!?!?!?
Honestly, this sounds like a hardware issue to me. If I understand correctly, it sounds like the phone keeps going to silent (or vibrate after ICS)?
My guess after all your software troubleshooting is that your volume down key is either physically or electronically damaged, and periodically decreases itself. You might want to try remapping the volume button or something to see if that solves the problem. Of course, after that you don't have any volume buttons, which stink.
Aside, the physical buttons (power, volume) on the D4 really stink. They are very mushy and almost flush with the case, poor design if you ask me.
That thought crossed my mind also, but it only happens on an incoming call, and I can adjust the volume up and down in every app. If I don't receive a call all day, there is no problem, texts & emails work fine. I've even had a friend sit with me and text me (sound worked) then call me (muted as it received the call) and all it did was vibrate, no ringtone. I have who is it and thought it might be that, but un-installed it and no change... I'm totally out of ideas...
Thank you for the ideas, unfortunately nothing has worked so far. Any further ideas will be much appreciated. Thanks again.
Finally figured it out. Apparently it had to do with some stetting that Who Is It made. I had it set to announce the caller, which apparently doesn't work now. When I un-installed who is it nothing changed, so I re-installed it and on a whim disabled the announce feature, and it's been ringing fine since. I believe it was some sort of setting because after disabling the announcement, I un-installed who is it again, and the phone would ring without a problem. No Idea what setting it was. Thanks to veryone for the help.

[Q] Faulty mute toggle?

Hi everyone
Re-posting this from the general section (posted on there by mistake, was still half asleep lol, sorry)
Just got the xperia z yesterday (after my previous lg 4x was stolen... grrr... may the thief get permanent bursting hemorroids...) and I noticed a weird thing.
The mute/vibrate/sound toggle in the notification bar does not seem to work, and the same goes for the one in the popup shown by pressing the power button for a couple seconds.
Details: the mute or vibrate icon appears on the notification bar, but if I check the volumes in settings, they're still all on, and if I receive a call or get a notification or whatever, the phone actually rings despite the supposedly muted state.
All this doesn't happen if I "manually" turn the volume off with the volume buttons or via settings: in that case the vibrate icon appears and the phone actually does not ring.
Has anyone experienced anything similar?
All good here dude. Hope you get it fixed. Have you tried turning phone off and on again? That usualy fixes small.glitches.
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steve17harris said:
All good here dude. Hope you get it fixed. Have you tried turning phone off and on again? That usualy fixes small.glitches.
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Yep, already tried that of course, as well as uninstalling the one widget I have that interacts with volumes, just to be sure it was not some weird conflict (and of course it wasn't)
Not a biggie actually, as I can turn it down manually or by said widget, but I hope I'll figure it out anyway if only for the sake of understanding the source of the issue
Yep I understand that. Annoys me when I cant get something working lile its ment to.
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I have a problem with the toggle in the notification bar and the power off menu. System settings show me notifications and ringtones are off, but the phone still has audible, unmuted notification sounds. Really annoying.
robogo1982 said:
I have a problem with the toggle in the notification bar and the power off menu. System settings show me notifications and ringtones are off, but the phone still has audible, unmuted notification sounds. Really annoying.
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Yep, that's the same exact issue I'm having
I guess we have to wait for a software update.
robogo1982 said:
I guess we have to wait for a software update.
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I guess as much...
Actually, I could try a factory reset just to be sure, but I admit I'm kind of too lazy to set my stuff up again from scratch only to try and fix that small glitch
Vostradamus said:
I guess as much...
Actually, I could try a factory reset just to be sure, but I admit I'm kind of too lazy to set my stuff up again from scratch only to try and fix that small glitch
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Well, I was thinking the same, but now that we got root... :laugh:
robogo1982 said:
Well, I was thinking the same, but now that we got root... :laugh:
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Heard about it, but haven't read the whole thing yet (yep, still being lazy)
Jokes apart, I was planning to leave it 100% stock for at least a little while to see how the battery behaves without even the slightest piece of modding (got the phone only last friday, today has been the first real "field test" for the battery and so far I'm pretty positively impressed)
Well I have already removes/frozen a bucketload of apps happy bunny, I am. Now I only need to figure out which app does what so I don't kill something and make my phone less usable.
robogo1982 said:
Well I have already removes/frozen a bucketload of apps happy bunny, I am. Now I only need to figure out which app does what so I don't kill something and make my phone less usable.
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lol I removed a few apps too, but luckily for me they were uninstallable without root or anything.
I also disabled a few more through the stock apps management, for the time being it's sufficient for my taste
Same irritating automatic toggling action going on
Vostradamus said:
Hi everyone
Re-posting this from the general section (posted on there by mistake, was still half asleep lol, sorry)
Just got the xperia z yesterday (after my previous lg 4x was stolen... grrr... may the thief get permanent bursting hemorroids...) and I noticed a weird thing.
The mute/vibrate/sound toggle in the notification bar does not seem to work, and the same goes for the one in the popup shown by pressing the power button for a couple seconds.
Details: the mute or vibrate icon appears on the notification bar, but if I check the volumes in settings, they're still all on, and if I receive a call or get a notification or whatever, the phone actually rings despite the supposedly muted state.
All this doesn't happen if I "manually" turn the volume off with the volume buttons or via settings: in that case the vibrate icon appears and the phone actually does not ring.
Has anyone experienced anything similar?
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Yes, having the same problem as well with mine. But it has been the same problem since I had ICS on my Xperia Arc S, then Xperia V and now this when I use the toggle in the notification bar or any other toggle aside from toggling it manually via setting. Very irritating since it has never and probably will never be fixed due to the fact that it's a cross-model issue. Chances are, those who say they don't have this problem already has it but don't know it yet or will get it eventually. Sony needs to iron this out once and for all

[Q] Phone 'dies' after using touch to wake feature after a period of time

Hey guy,
I love this phone and the ability to touch the screen to wake it via the app eXperience Pro.
The only issue is that with the framework / module loaded , when I receive or make a call, the phone would be close to my ears which means that the proximity sensor will shut the screen off. However, when the conversation ends, I wouldn't be able to turn the screen on, either by tapping the screen or pressing the power button.
There are times that when I am not in a call, and my phone is just sitting idle, and when it comes to waking it up, it wouldn't do so. I have to manually restart it just like the issue above. What I noticed yesterday was that my led notification light was on indicating that I had a message. I didn't look at it until after awhile which I realize that I couldn't turn on the phone. The led notification was still working.
Then I decided to call up my phone and I could hear the dial tone from my other phone, however, my xperia Z was sitting idle with its screen off without any ringtone and so on.
I would really like to feature to work flawlessly. Tried it on about 4 ROMs, and the issue persist. Is there any way for me to show the log so someone could figure out whats causing the phone to behave this way?
Without the module loaded, the phone works just fine. I have sent a PM to the developer but have not received any replies since.
not all apps are made for every android phones out there. If its causing issues to your Z, just stop using it or contact the app developer (which you did) and hope for the best.
I dont think there is anyone willing to just make a rom or tweak just for a specific app to function flawlessly on an Z. Especially when its not a super popular app.
LitoNi said:
not all apps are made for every android phones out there. If its causing issues to your Z, just stop using it or contact the app developer (which you did) and hope for the best.
I dont think there is anyone willing to just make a rom or tweak just for a specific app to function flawlessly on an Z. Especially when its not a super popular app.
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My main concern is what is causing this to happen and to see if other xperia Z users are facing the same issue.
I'm using this app.. For me until now no problem..

[Q] One calling last dialed contact from my pocket

5 times over the last few days my phone has called the last dialed contacts while sitting in my phone. I think it's something to do with removing the headphones (stock) while Spotify is playing as the last two times that's when it happened but it may be a coincidence as I can't replicate it.
Has anyone had this happen or heard of something similar?
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I had a similar problem that unlocked the lockscreen with just tapping the screen anywhere. Could it be that your phone is doing the same?
alonso_91 said:
I had a similar problem that unlocked the lockscreen with just tapping the screen anywhere. Could it be that your phone is doing the same?
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I have that with my phone i can tap anywhere on the screen to unclock it, it doesnt matter what lockscreen i use^^
How do i get it back so its drag to unlock?
Wafflez_SE said:
I have that with my phone i can tap anywhere on the screen to unclock it, it doesnt matter what lockscreen i use^^
How do i get it back so its drag to unlock?
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I'm not too sure what makes the lockscreen behave like that as I couldn't diagnose the problem properly.
Here's what i did just before the phone stopped doing it:
First I completely turned off the phone by long pressing the power button until the timer ran out​Then I pressed the VOL- key while still holding the power button to go into bootloader​Once in the bootloader I simply booted into recovery​Finally from recovery just held down power until phone booted up again​I'm not sure which step fixed it for me if bootloader, recovery or simply completely turning off the phone but after i did that the lockscreen went back to normal.
I suggest you try every one of the steps once in order to better evaluate which step fixes this (if it fixes them at all)
Let me know how you get on
Tried those steps, unfortunately my lockscreen is acting as it did before. But thank you for your help
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Wafflez_SE said:
Tried those steps, unfortunately my lockscreen is acting as it did before. But thank you for your help
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No problem, sorry it didn't work like it did for me
I wonder why the lockscreen does that and if we are the only ones that have the problem
Arival said:
5 times over the last few days my phone has called the last dialed contacts while sitting in my phone. I think it's something to do with removing the headphones (stock) while Spotify is playing as the last two times that's when it happened but it may be a coincidence as I can't replicate it.
Has anyone had this happen or heard of something similar?
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Are sure your not pressing play/pause on your headset twice . That dials the last number.
alonso_91 said:
No problem, sorry it didn't work like it did for me
I wonder why the lockscreen does that and if we are the only ones that have the problem
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A factory reset fixed the problem
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Wafflez_SE said:
A factory reset fixed the problem
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Thanks for the tip its good to know, hopefully someone will find some other way to fix it without losing apps and data
If you're experiencing the bug where pressing anywhere on your One's lockscreen causes it to unlock, you've prolly got an app installed that has an Accessibility Service component to it. If you have any Accessibility Service enabled, it will cause this bug. (Light Flow and the Pebble smartwatch apps are 2 common apps that use an Accessibility Service).
On your phone go to Settings: Accessibility and look under Services. If anything there is enabled, disable it and that should stop the lockscreen from behaving this way.
This bug will also cause the phone to answer any incoming call if you press anywhere on the lockscreen while your phone is receiving a call.
ranphi said:
If you're experiencing the bug where pressing anywhere on your One's lockscreen causes it to unlock, you've prolly got an app installed that has an Accessibility Service component to it. If you have any Accessibility Service enabled, it will cause this bug. (Light Flow and the Pebble smartwatch apps are 2 common apps that use an Accessibility Service).
On your phone go to Settings: Accessibility and look under Services. If anything there is enabled, disable it and that should stop the lockscreen from behaving this way.
This bug will also cause the phone to answer any incoming call if you press anywhere on the lockscreen while your phone is receiving a call.
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Thank you for that now I finally know what causes the bug, any way to fix it? Or are there any Roms with the bug fixed?
alonso_91 said:
Thank you for that now I finally know what causes the bug, any way to fix it? Or are there any Roms with the bug fixed?
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I'm not aware of any way to fix it, unfortunately. Wish I knew a way, believe me, because this issue is keeping me from using the full functionality of my Pebble smartwatch with my HTC One. :crying:
I've actually mentioned this bug to a couple of HTC employees in a thread on Reddit here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1d6we1/hello_from_htc/?limit=500
and one of them has already brought this to the attention of some HTC engineers, so hopefully it will be fixed with a future update!
ranphi said:
I'm not aware of any way to fix it, unfortunately. Wish I knew a way, believe me, because this issue is keeping me from using the full functionality of my Pebble smartwatch with my HTC One. :crying:
I've actually mentioned this bug to a couple of HTC employees in a thread on Reddit here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1d6we1/hello_from_htc/?limit=500
and one of them has already brought this to the attention of some HTC engineers, so hopefully it will be fixed with a future update!
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Cheers, it's almost certainly the pebble doing it then; it's seemingly happening whenever I pull out headphones that have a microphone and button, while music is playing through Spotify and my pebble is connected.
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thanks for the info, this has been driving me crazy as well.
i have found that killing the lockscreen with a task killer will revert it back to pull to unlock for a while for some reason.

[Q] ENABLE volume warning

How can i enable the volume warning after disabling it? Usually it would be back when i restarted my device, but since the Lolipop update this is not the case.
I'm running Android 5.0.2 to be exact.
And i'm not looking for answers like "it's better without it" i have very loud earbuds and i want to have the warning!
How did you turned it off?
notiflux said:
How did you turned it off?
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It gave the warning, i pressed volume up and it was gone.
You're not alone. At least two users more are experiencing it (including me): http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/help/safe-headset-volume-warning-lollipop-t3031908
I don't know why is there so much silence regarding this issue. It's so annoying.

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