When watching video it's annoying having to search for the volume buttons on the side of the screen to adjust the volume, I wish their was a way that when you touched the screen during a video the volume bar would pop up so you can adjust the volume without touching the side of your phone. Is their an app or ROM that allows you to do this?
If you use MX Player, you can gesture a "up" movement on the left or right side (One is for brightness and the other for sound) to increase/decrease volume.
Personally its not "annoying" for the volume buttons as they stand out. If you have a case thats making it hard to locate the volume buttons (e.g. Spigen as the buttons are flat and don't pop out) then thats a case issue.
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Hi all,
I'm sure that you've all noticed that there are two types of volume screens : the full-screen one and the extremely thin one which doesn't cover the screen.
I noticed the thin one when I tried using the Youtube app...
I hate the full-screen volume screen because you can't quickly adjust your sound and go straight back to what you were doing (you have to wait for it to disappear).
Is there any way to get rid of the full-screen volume screen and replace it with the thin one for all applications (including TF3D)?
Thanks for looking
NeoGreendawg said:
Hi all,
I'm sure that you've all noticed that there are two types of volume screens : the full-screen one and the extremely thin one which doesn't cover the screen.
I noticed the thin one when I tried using the Youtube app...
I hate the full-screen volume screen because you can't quickly adjust your sound and go straight back to what you were doing (you have to wait for it to disappear).
Is there any way to get rid of the full-screen volume screen and replace it with the thin one for all applications (including TF3D)?
Thanks for looking
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Just tap outside of the volume bars and they disappear instantly
Well, that certainly makes me a little feel foolish...
I would have liked to have the small volume screen for everything so it doesn't feel so 'disruptive' as going full-screen but this is still good to know, thanks
lol don't worry about it.
it took me a few days to realize the same thing lolol
The small one it's just the default one for WMpro devices The other is custom made by HTC for the latests devices.
No, i think he's not talking about the WM default one.
He means the small bar on top of the screen (e.g. when you use the volume buttons in the youtube application or wmp):
Thanks for the tidbit. Though it's a shame there is no 'Automatic' button on the volume screen to set it back to vibrate for appointments.
samluke said:
Thanks for the tidbit. Though it's a shame there is no 'Automatic' button on the volume screen to set it back to vibrate for appointments.
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Yes there is. Go to Settings > Sounds. It is about the 4th option down.
The above option will vibrate only for all appointments. This will suit most people. If you want to be selective about appointment categories then you can use an application like SPB Phone. There are probably free applications (donateware) that do the same thing too. The standard functioanlity exists on your phone though.
Crazy Racoon said:
No, i think he's not talking about the WM default one.
He means the small bar on top of the screen (e.g. when you use the volume buttons in the youtube application or wmp):
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Exactly !
It's not a big issue but when you want to adjust the volume while watching a video with Core player the full-screen volume screen is really annoying...
I'd love to have that thin volume screen all the time....
With the advent of Nookie Froyo and rumors of CM7 only one thing makes me Pissed off as heck. HARD BUTTONS!!!!! Of course, we could map the volume buttons for these things, but I have a proposal/wish (Since I can't program --_--)
Is there anyone who could make a app so that long pressing a volume button would bring up or lower the volume, and tapping them slightly would trigger the back button or menu button? Or vice versa?
I think this would kill our needs for soft-keys or any annoying launcher stuff. Just a wish. tell me if this is possible plx
or... double tap them --_--
I don't program either, but I was just thinking about alternative methods too, since I find soft keys annoyingly unelegant as well. I like the remapping of the hard volume keys for long presses idea. Another option might be to take a play from the jailbroken iphone book where Activator can launch programs or perform system actions with gestures (swiping in from the top, or tapping the volume indicator box after voluming up/ down, etc) - sort of like how swiping left on the nook status bar goes back or how swiping down the left side of the screen in fbreader changes the brightness of the display. Could be a system wide action where swiping left at the bottom if the screen regardless of if the status bar is visible would go back while swiping right would invoke the menu...
Sent from my Nook Color (1Ghz oc kernel, Android 2.1)
hmm.. well, I guess I'll just have to stick with soft buttons for now. {presses the nook color home button to death}
Several Apps That I Use...
Have gestures that allow the functions that you folks mentioned. For example, Aldiko has a great brightness adjust by swiping down one side of the screen, and Dolphin HD has a lot of gesture-activated commands.
I'm not a programmer but some bright dev out there might be able to come up with the appropriate calls to allow gestures for volume - what about a poll?
On my Nokia 820, I am playing music from the SD card. The screen times out, and the music keeps playing. When I wake the device, a music control bar slides down from the top, then slides back up and goes away.
How do I pin that control bar to the Start Screen?
Peace
jrdemaskus said:
On my Nokia 820, I am playing music from the SD card. The screen times out, and the music keeps playing. When I wake the device, a music control bar slides down from the top, then slides back up and goes away.
How do I pin that control bar to the Start Screen?
Peace
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I don't believe theres a way to pin it to the screen but if you hit the volume button it will pop back up again
I will try that.
Thanks
The music controls disappearing after some time actually was a change they included in WP8 because people were complaining about them being present on the lock screen.
The volume button works well as a replacement.
Press once to get the control bar, press again to change the volume.
If it was my phone, that would be good enough for me.
This is my wife's device and she is loving it. Getting a lot of use out of the camera.
I am the one asking for the extras.
Hope you are all enjoying your new devices too.
Peace
One thing I like about Chromecasts is that the major apps that first came out, Google music, Avia, etc., have a volume slider. My Roku 3 does not have that option even though there are volume + and - buttons on the remote, which works only for the headphones.
So why does a volume control on an app even matter? Well, one of my sound systems has a tendency to be either too loud or too soft - in other words, the sound increment is too large. Another system is hooked to a 3 piece PC speakers set. There's no remote so manually walking up to turn up and down the volume --whenever a song is too loud and the next is too soft -- is a hassle. Thus, having the volume control on the app is great!
However, I see that not all Chromecast apps have a volume slider, which kind of makes it incomplete -- at least to me. The apps I use the most for streaming are Avia, which has volume slider on the chromecast icon; BubbleUPNP which has a slider but only if you go into options/Play Now/ enable volume slider - it works great; and Plex, the volume is located in settings icon when playing movies, but there is no slider to be found when playing music.
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However, I see that not all Chromecast apps have a volume slider, which kind of makes it incomplete -- at least to me. The apps I use the most for streaming are Avia, which has volume slider on the chromecast icon; BubbleUPNP which has a slider but only if you go into options/Play Now/ enable volume slider - it works great; and Plex, the volume is located in settings icon when playing movies, but there is no slider to be found when playing music.
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All the Chromecast-enabled apps I've used so far have obeyed the hardware volume keys while casting.
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All the Chromecast-enabled apps I've used so far have obeyed the hardware volume keys while casting.
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It didn't occur to me to test the physical volume buttons on the casting device to see if that work. I usually use the app's onscreen volume slider, at least with the apps that have it. I went back to test the apps that lack an onscreen volume slider and so far these apps do allow volume control via the physical volume buttons on the device. This should solve the problem, unless for some reason the buttons don't respond. :angel: Thanks for the tip!
Wow! Perhaps somebody from Google heard my calls! Chromecasts finally remembers volume settings across apps. I've tested it and it works great.
http://androidcommunity.com/chromecast-update-bringing-volume-and-stability-improvements-20140409/
"That one deals with the volume level. Google mentioned how this Chromecast update brings a fix so the audio volume level will remain the same across sessions. Basically, this means you shouldn't have to worry about flipping to the Chromecast to be greeted with a super high (or super low) volume."
Hey, so before I updated to Pie when I hit the volume button it would increase/decrease the type of audio my phone was using at that moment. For example, if I was listening to music the media volume would be adjusted. If my phone was just on the home screen it would default to ringer/notification volume.
Now with Pie it always goes right to media volume. You have to hit the little gear icon to adjust the other volume types.
The previous Android OS's had that cool drop down feature so you could quickly see and set all the other volume types right then and there, without having to go to a whole new screen, like it is now with Pie and that gear icon.
Am I missing something in the audio settings that let you change it back to the old way?
Thanks.
Thr funny thing is: When using the instagram app I get both volume changers:
note that it will still adjust in-call volume while you're in a call, but otherwise it will always default to media. (ditto the previous comment, huge win for me personally)