How come when I put my phone on silent mode and I launch some apps like dillo hills the in game sound still plays? Am I making some huge mistake?
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Though a jerkish thing to do, programs can override the ringer mode through the audio manager.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html#setRingerMode(int)
wow that's terrible. Maybe an app I can download that will override everything and make all applications silent? Because when the media volume is all the way down then you cant hear it.
Yes. the media volume controls the sound in most apps, games, music, video, etc. When "silent" mode is on, it only mutes the ringer, notification, and system sounds.
I've just adapted to turning the media volume down before going to class/somewhere "important" if I were listening to music beforehand as I usually do. Or just going to settings and turning it down before running an app that may have sounds.
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I keep my phone always in vibrate (i like it this way) but everytime I use AudioManager to play music I need to turn the volume up in the system for music to be played through the earphones and then turn it back to vibrate when I finish.
In all the devices I have used before (Symbian, iPhone, simple phones, etc) playing music over the earphones always worked in silent/vibrate mode but in the HTC Touch 3G the speaker/earphone volume seems to be linked to the same control. Is this at all possible? maybe with a reg change?
you should be posting questions in "questions and answers" thread
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for your question keep ring volume zero and system volume full
and set your ring style to "vibrate and ring"
sheennick123456 said:
you should be posting questions in "questions and answers" thread
please take care
for your question keep ring volume zero and system volume full
and set your ring style to "vibrate and ring"
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thanks for your suggestion but it does not seem to work fully - I did what you said but when I receive text messages or the battery is low the phone still plays these tones in loud mode, i.e. the phone is not silent. I would like to have the phone fully silent and still play music through the earphones (just like every other phone does; symbian, iphone, crappy phones, all phones)
marquk said:
I keep my phone always in vibrate (i like it this way) but everytime I use AudioManager to play music I need to turn the volume up in the system for music to be played through the earphones and then turn it back to vibrate when I finish.
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If you make a ".MP3" or ".wav" with nothing (no sound) in it.... you're phone should play the sound (nothing!) and vibrate.... and lateron music starts playing again at normal volume.... not so ?
sudist said:
If you make a ".MP3" or ".wav" with nothing (no sound) in it.... you're phone should play the sound (nothing!) and vibrate.... and lateron music starts playing again at normal volume.... not so ?
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that would probably do it - it just seems like such an effort to do something which is so obvious and all other phones can do
marquk said:
that would probably do it - it just seems like such an effort to do something which is so obvious and all other phones can do
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There is an App by merlot called mPlug, it might fit your needs http://dev.etechniker.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=83
Try changing all of your notification options (in the Sounds & Notifications page) to vibrate only.
How do I keep that awful system volume low? The annoying click click is too loud and it keeps going back up. Anyway to fix it? Am I doing something wrong that makes it go up constantly? Can I disable the clicking noise?
Check the keyboard setting , turn off key sound. Simple.
There is also a separate system volume setting under sounds.
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Use Tasker
I know what you mean about the system volume. I always listen to music on my train commute, which takes a lot of media audio adjustment due to varying external noise levels. Turns out, on my Samsung Vibrant, if you adjust the media audio, the system volume level adjusts as well, so I'd get to work and my phone would sound CLICK CLICK CLICK at an embarassingly high level until I adjusted the system volume back down. What a pain in the butt.
Just created a profile in the Tasker app, though, that should take care of it. For context, I am using Time = 00:00 to 23:59 and then created a task of System Volume = 1. My initial tests are good and adjusting other volume levels doesn't seem to affect the system volume level.
"Settings" > "Sound and display" > uncheck "Audible selection"
And while you're there, you might as well uncheck "Audible touch tones" and turn "System volume" all the way down
Using navigation in Google Maps turns the system volume to max... Presumably because the text-to-speech engine that it uses plays at system volume and they want you to be able too hear it.
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Is there a way? There are apps that can do this but the optimus 3d override their settings and have the loud click sound again.
I've noticed this from time to time... the keyboard volume is linked to media volume. Sometimes i just pull down the notification area, play music, adjust media volume, stop music. voila
How do I stop the music from pausing when a notification comes in?
I don't want to mute notifications. With my HTC Evo, it would reduce the volume on the music, but keep playing it.
Is there a system setting for this?
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When you listen to music just put your phone on vibrate, you still feel the notification but it doesn't mute the music. I use Spotify so I know this works.
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Thanks for the tip. This will work when I'm using it at work. But at home, I have my surround sound system connected to the phone via bluetooth. So I have Spotify playing on the surround speakers and it's annoying for it to interrupt the music - but I still need to hear the notification when I'm in another room.
Any ideas?
I have never used spotify, but this may work. If you have tasker, you can probably make a profile for when you connect to your bluetooth, and make a task which will put your phone on vibrate, but allow you to create a custom notification sound play using a different audio stream (like alarm or media) Some of choices for audio stream should allow you to hear the notification without it pausing spotify.
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Thanks. Wish I could try it out before buying. There's no other way?
Late to the party here. Wtf is with the last post date? 1970? Anyways.. *edit, now the date displays correctly. ****in' tapatalk!
Have you tried an app called "sound about" in the play store? Check it out and see if it does what you need.
Anyway to adjust media volume and ring tone volume at the same time? Like in most other phones.
Stock android and cm have the option of individually adjusting volume for ringtone, media, notifications. On the z3 it's a pain to adjust the media volume. If i have to watch a video with no volume I have to open apps like YouTube and adjust the volume and then play the video. Its a simple thing to have and yet the z3 doesn't have it. Thats the biggest issue I have with this phone.
If you have tasker, follow this guide:
www.droidforums.net/threads/link-ringer-and-notification-volumes.221354/
Edit, nope that doesn't work, sorry! Although I managed to link ringer and alarm volumes, but for some reason media volume doesn't work
Edit 2, it does seem to sort of work, but it's almost like the media volume works on a different scale to the other volumes. Anyone got any ideas?