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Some time ago I noticed that my Shadow no longer has any sort of volume control - in call or not. Volume buttons do nothing but move the selection to the top of the screen (of whatever screen is active). I can't say exactly when this happened, but it was sometime after installing new themes. Unfortunately I can't remember what I installed or when because I've installed quite a few things . I've tried uninstalling potentially violating programs, changing themes, etc with no luck. Browsed the registry and couldn't really find anything that looked like a keymap for the volume keys. Anybody have any suggestions on how to get my volume control back???
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Hi all,
I was using Set Volume 0.8.0 for some time, but I have experienced a few minor problems.
I flashed new rom few days ago, and I noticed that it already has a nice full screen interface for volume.
The only problem is - to activate it - one have to touch +/- volume hardware side butons.
I would like to remap them, and to place a shortcut to program shortcuts in order to invoke a volume interface screen.
Is it possible to do that?
I have found 2 small exe (WisVol.exe and Vol_WM6.exe) files here on forum, but they both invoke a smal baloon and not the full screen interface.
Thanks in advance and cheers,
Nenad
I'm having a similar issue. I just cooked a 28014 rom and included the HTC Mega Volume Control. It pops up when using the HW button, but if I click the volume icon at the top in that new large menu that pops up, nothing happens at all. How can I fix that?
Hi,
I have found this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397936
Can I link somehow a .DLL to a button to execute it?
I sound stupid even to myself asking this question, but it looks that I am the only one - beside phazei - who reads this subject - soo
I finally customized my mega the way I wanted it to be when I initially bought it. I'm also running a 6.5.5 rom. Unfortunately I still have some issues with it and I was wondering if someone knew anything about them. First of them is if it would be possible to remove the start soft key in the bottom left corner of the screen. That would be nice since the mega already has a hardware start key and the one on the screen becomes redundant. It would be nice if we would just have two soft keys in the bottom corners
Also, I looked for a solution for the ugly volume manager in these last builds but couldn't really find one. I tried other volume managers like setvolume but that one is buggy even with answering phone calls. I find that unacceptable because most of all, it's a phone. So maybe if we could restore the default one or use another one without so many bugs that would be great. I saw somewhere that a solution was already available but for vga phones. Maybe that could be ported to qvga
I am with you on this. Would love to see these fixes.
I need theses fixes too!!! WM 6.5.5 has bad interface...
Why does the volume control must be so fat and ugly??
The most important thing is volume control in the youtube app sucks!
I wish someone can fix the volume control to use back the original HTC one.
Erm ok, the problem is even when the default HTC Volume control is implemented in the ROM, for some reason WM 6.5.5 overwrites that. I tried a few times. I think that sucks cos I'm a student , and my phone needs to be on silent. But the new volume control can be activated on the lockscreen so I'm afraid it would turn silent off. Any suggestions for this?
tlkh said:
Erm ok, the problem is even when the default HTC Volume control is implemented in the ROM, for some reason WM 6.5.5 overwrites that. I tried a few times. I think that sucks cos I'm a student , and my phone needs to be on silent. But the new volume control can be activated on the lockscreen so I'm afraid it would turn silent off. Any suggestions for this?
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There's a nice app called SetVolume that does the trick quite nicely. Also, there's a cab that can remove the start button. I lost the cab but there's a registry tweak that does the job. You can search for it.
Hello everyone,
I have an unlocked Nokia Lumia 710 running a custom ROM and all in all the phone is good. However, the proximity sensor doesn't seem to work properly (I don't know if the problem is from the custom ROM or from the phone itself but it doesn't really matter) - when I'm in a call I keep pressing the Hold and Mute buttons (no matter how I hold the phone) which makes me really irritated. So I was wondering, there should be registries I guess that make the buttons active when pressed during a phone call. Can someone point me to the correct registries that control if the buttons are active or not when pressed so that I will hopefully be able to completely disable these two buttons (so that when pressed nothing happens)? I don't use them anyways, so completely disabling them would certainly fix my problems. I'm posting in the general WP7 section because I guess the location of these registries would most probably be the same for all phones...
Thanks a lot in advance!
There's a registry value that is updated automatically by the proximity sensor and indicates its current status system-wide, but I doubt you'd want to use it. For one thing, it would almost certainly get immediately reset by the sensor, faulty or otherwise. For another, the Phone app isn't the only thing that uses the proximity sensor; you would end up locking out the touchscreen in some other apps too. Finally, this would also prevent you from pressing the End Call button!
I don't know of a registry value that's specific to the Phone app's use of the proximity sensor. However, even if there is, the first and third reasons above still apply.
I instead recommend that you simply tap the power button when putting the phone up to your ear to talk. This will turn off the touchscreen (and incidentally save power) and you can tap the Power button again to access the Phone app or any other app on the phone when you need them, without interfering with the call.
There may also be a tool in some built-in Manufacturer or Diagnostics app that would let you test and adjust the sensitivity of the proximity sensor. This would perhaps be the best option, but I don't know where or if it exists on a Lumia.
What I want to do is not to play with the proximity sensor itself but rather with the buttons on the screen during a call. I guess I didn't make myself clear enough, sorry about that. The idea is that when I'm in a call, the proximity sensor does not work properly and I always press either the Mute or the Hold buttons. So, these buttons can still appear during a call but when you press them, I don't want anything happening. I mean, the idea is even when the phone is not next to your ear and the screen is active during a call, pressing the buttons to do nothing. I'm just following some simple logic, which might of course be incorrect (or too simple), but I'm thinking that there is most probably a separate registry for each button that controls whether this button does some action when pressed or not. I'm also hoping that they'll be separate registries for each button so that I can, for example, disable the actions for the Hold and Mute buttons, but leave the End Call button active. The problem is that I have no idea where to look for this registry since I'm still new to WP OS.
Heck, it would even be OK for me to completely remove the buttons from the screen during a call (or substitute the current buttons with some 1x1 px transparent images), if that's possible, so if someone knows how to do even that, tell me.
I was also considering using the power button when in call but I first want to see if there is any other way to do what I want. And since I'm not using the Mute and Hold functions at all, I just thought about disabling them.
No, I understood you. I was suggesting the "fix your proximity sensor" option because normally, the problem you're experiencing just doesn't happen; that's what the prox sensor is for. Sometimes it's miscalibrated, though, or something is covering it up (some poorly-cut or installed screen protectors do this, for example).
The "Phone" app isn't a Silverlight app like third-party ones; it's a native EXE that we pretty much can't modify without using a custom ROM. That's going to make changing it the ways you suggest (disabling or resizing certain buttons, etc) quite difficult.
I'm pretty sure you don't want to disable all the buttons always, even if that were possible. For one thing, that would prevent you from hanging up, as I mentioned before. It would also prevent you from dialing any numbers, which would make the use of touch-tone automated services impossible.
The Power button option really seems like the best fit for you. It's easy, doesn't require any hacks, doesn't break any other functionality, and should be the next-best solution beyond actually solving the problem.
I see now, makes sense. In my head it sounded simpler than what it really is. I was considering resizing the buttons because I'm also using iOS and I quite enjoy digging in the OS and changing some elements, so it's possible there to, for example, substitute some buttons with transparent 1x1 px images, etc. But that's irrelevant. Looks like WP is different and I still need some time to get in to it. Anyways, thanks for your help.
P.S. The screen protector was the first thing I "accused" but unfortunately it wasn't causing the problem.
On a custom ROM, you could definitely tweak the Phone app if you wanted to. However, the way WinCE (the kernel behind WP7) works, OS files are almost always marked as "in ROM" which means that the filesystem driver will refuse to modify them while the OS is booted. This makes tempering with the stock OS difficult; we have to find ways to modify the behavior of apps and system features without modifying the apps or features themselves.
Hello all,
Recently the power button on my Nexus 5 has been acting really weird. Sometimes it works flawlessly, others it requires pressing it really hard to work. In order to prevent it to stop working indefinetely, I am looking for a way to remap my volume-up button so it can work as a power button. I don't need it to turn my phone on or to work in the recovery mode (from what I read, it seems to be impossible), only when Android is running.
I've already tried some workarounds:
1) Volume Unlock Power Button Fix app: I tried it, but it just allowed me to turn on my phone with volume but not turning off. Also, it drains a LOT of power.
2) Buttonremapper app: It would theoretically do exactly what I wanted, but did not work at all.
3) Editing generic.kl: I tried switching volume-up and power buttons codes in generic.kl, but also did not work. Maybe I need to modify another file?
3) Xposed Framework + Additions: The installation of Xposed went Ok, but after installing Additions module I got stucked in bootloop. I am running Android 5.1 stock, maybe this module is not yet compatible.
So, can anyone help me? Do I need to install a custom ROM?
PS: I live outside US, so no warranty for me. Otherwise I would just use it
Thanks in advance for any help!
Cheers,
Humberto
Hi folks,
Just a heads up for anyone who might be facing the same issue. I decided to change from stock to Cataclysm ROM due to some specific features (listed below). After the installation, here's what I did to work around this problem:
1) Enabled "Volume wake" and "Sleep button on status bar" in "Cataclysm Settings / Miscellaneous".
2) Enabled "Swipe to sleep" and resized NavBar to 115% in "Cataclysm Settings / Navigation bar options". -> This way I can swipe in NavBar at any time (except lockscreen) to turn off screen. I raised it a little to facilitate the swipe gesture.
3) Changed Lockscreen Dialer shortcut to ""Turn off Screen" app shortcut (just search for it in the play store) in "Cataclysm Settings / Lockscreen options" -> This allows me to just swipe right and turn off the screen when my security settings are disabled (which accounts for most of the time). I found it way faster than pressing sleep button in status bar, especially when I'm driving and I can't look at the screen. Plus, I don't really use the dialer function of my phone so often since the invention of Whatsapp ;P
I realize this is not the perfect solution, but I don't see a better way to deal with this power button malfunction problem (except from a hardware fix).
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Humberto
PS: I am really enjoying Cataclysm. It's a very nice ROM, completely stable and with a lot of other interesting features aside from the ones mentioned above. I strongly encourage anyone to give it a try!
I'm facing the exact same problem but I really need to eliminate the power button or I will need a power button fix soon.
The solutions you found hthiengo are good if not needing to turn off (or worst: running out of battery, something that happens me sometimes). I'm in the situation that next time I hit power button I will need to replace the button, or throw the nexus away
I did installed the xposed additions for lollipop but it is not working, and the Cataclysm trick is not enough in this case
Ok, after some research I've found a temporary solution:
For the power button you can remap modifying the file gpio-keys.kl under system/usr/keylaout (i wonder why anyone could figure out thise before, no that difficult). I would like to map power button leeaving it useless but I've found it impossible to remap the power button (probably because the key number is not 116). I would have liked to see xposed additions to help me map the keys but is not functional at least for me.
If the phone runs out of battery I've found that if I plug the power cable by pressing both volume buttons at the same time, eventually it starts up with the bootloader so I can plug the pc cable and it will reboot sucessfully.
So despite the phone know is pretty disfunctional (not the best phone for a hurry without battery), I can still use it for some weeks before I plan buying a new one or something (or I find a place for reparing). Its a shame I could not find a better solution for example, ADT when powered off so I could just reboot it by using ADT reboot command while powered off.
And It would be really amazing if the volume up button could also power it on from the powered off state.
In my case the power button is broken, but sometimes it gets stuck and puts the phone in a reboot loop: To avoid pressing the power button accidentally I've made a hole in the protective case so its pretty difficult to access it.
That's all for now. If anyone can make it better I will be glad to hear him/her
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S6 and I am new to android. I find the phone to be really interesting but one thing that keeps catching me out is the 2 buttons on the bottom of the phone, the back button and the “stack” button which loads all open apps. I am always pressing these by accident and would love to disable them, is this possible?
Not unless you want to root and modify things you don't yet know about as an Android newcomer. I'd suggest you stay away from that for now and just get used to being careful about the location of the capacitative buttons. :good:
It's just a matter of getting used to them, I'm afraid. However, if you want to avoid accidental hits at specific times such as when watching movies or playing games, they can actually be disabled without root. All you need to do is enable a feature called Interaction control under Accessibility settings. Once that's done, simply hold Home and Volume down and tap "Done" and you will see the buttons don't work anymore. Hold down Home and Volume down again to go back to normal. Quite handy really once you know it's there.
You can disable the capacitive buttons (or make them do other things) with an app called All in one Gestures