[Q] Audio Ducking on Sense ROMs - HTC Sensation

Hey guys,
Before I begin, I feel I have searched a fair bit around the Sensation forum and haven't found too much to help me solve this problem, so I am hoping that some devs or other advanced users might have a solution. This has been driving me nuts. I apologize if this has already been solved and I've missed the answer completely. If this is the case, please direct me to the appropriate thread and I'll be eternally grateful :victory:
I also apologize that this is a long read; I'm just trying to give as much info as possible.
Most of us know (and appreciate) the audio ducking feature on iOS, where the volume of music will lower for incoming notifications so that both the music and the notification are audible. I love the Android OS, but I really hate how on all the Sense ROMs I've used (stock 2.3.5, stock ICS, Sense 3-4.1) the stock HTC music app has the same issue --- incoming notifications totally cut off the music to play the notification sound, but the music is actually still playing even though it goes silent for a second or two.
I am also aware that on many AOSP/CM ROMs the Apollo or Google Music app does exactly what I want, and ducks the audio appropriately, making for a pleasing, smooth transition when the notification sound plays. Unfortunately, I love Sense and no matter how many times I try a different ROM I get annoyed with one thing or another and end up coming back. My current setup is in my sig - the only thing I am unhappy with is the audio ducking (or lack thereof). I tried PowerAmp on VIperS and even changing the notification settings didn't give me the result I wanted.
I did some Google-fu and found these links:
http://developer.android.com/training/managing-audio/audio-focus.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
So, it seems to me that the key difference between the AOSP music apps and the HTCMusic.apk must be in the audio handling. I am not a dev, so I don't know if this is system-wide or a just function of individual apps. From reading these links I get the impression that any app can use and modify the appropriate permissions, right? I am happy with the functionality of the HTC music app otherwise, so I would prefer to avoid recommendations for some other music player.
Is there not a way to modify a few lines of code and have the HTCMusic.apk use proper audio ducking behaviour? I am not a programming noob but I don't have any experience with Java/Android so any help is appreciated. Thanks very much, this is the only piece of puzzle preventing me from being 100% satisfied.

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Metalsauce said:
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I'm in the exact same boat,bouncing between AOSP/Sense every other week. I'm guessing that unless HTC writes their app to support audio ducking, you only solution is to use an alternative player. The AOSP Music app or Google Play Music app works a treat for ducking, but if your custom rom supports volume keys media control on screen off, they are likely to work only with HTC music app

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[Update 25/10/2011 - new betas] PowerAMP has a new beta - major update!

UPDATE: 25/10/11:
Beta 2&3 out - changelogs and download links here
Quick heads up about this update.
Brings lots of improvements, including seriously re-worked interface.
More details and download links (no warez) here: AndroidNZ: PowerAMP 2.0 Beta Quietly Released
NZtechfreak said:
Quick heads up about this update.
Brings lots of improvements, including seriously re-worked interface.
More details and download links (no warez) here: AndroidNZ: PowerAMP 2.0 Beta Quietly Released
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Download,very nice ,better than before and better as beats!thanks
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA App
Works really well! the ui interface is way better then before
Hey I tried this app and really nice ... only problem is with album art in library mode..It do not take album art assigned from SD card in library mode.
This beta has been released for public more than 2 weeks ago. Very nice one.
Yeah, I was very surprised that it hadn't broken in the Android news circles well before it did.
Thanks for sharing! This caused me to buy PowerAmp. The widget is really nice!
I wonder if the people that bought the original will get the new improved version for free
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk
Of course, when you install this beta it recognises your paid license.
Can beta be installed together with 1.x version or is this an upgrade?
M. Speksnijder
It's an upgrade and will replace your existing PowerAMP installation.
Hands, down, the BEST player I have ever used! I've lost any interest in other apps and equalizers - I can't believe I've just come across this
Sent from my Sensation using xda premium
I've been with PowerAMP for quite a while, but even so I was aware of it for quite come time before I tried it - totally kicked myself when I did get round to it! Installed the trial and listened to a couple of tracks, immediately went to the Market and purchased it.
Thanks for this...better design than before. Equalizer in more enhanced with a couple of new features such as limit, mono, and stereo x. Also have added a 7dB Equalizer Band in Advanced Tweaks - PowerAMP keeps getting better!
I love power amp, only real issue i am having with this beta tho is the equaliser refuses to stay set on whatever i set it as. Even if i turn the equaliser off, when the next track starts the it turns on again and reverts to preset 1!
Only seems to happen with earphones plugged in!
So far, the beta seems much friendlier...
EDIT: Except for the folder selection, it loads, then again and again
Yep, there are definitely a few bugs that need sorting.
I was having issues with custom EQs, but for whatever reason they seem to have sorted themselves now... EQ seems to be consistently reported problem though.
I don't use folders, so hadn't come across that problem - thanks for letting us know (hope you've fed back to the dev!).
I downloaded it, i tried it and i approved it very quickly.
I'm surprised whenever I read someone is still using Beats to listen to their music. And then I just kinda laugh.
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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Yep, there are definitely a few bugs that need sorting.
I was having issues with custom EQs, but for whatever reason they seem to have sorted themselves now... EQ seems to be consistently reported problem though.
I don't use folders, so hadn't come across that problem - thanks for letting us know (hope you've fed back to the dev!).
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I have both beats and Poweramp....Poweramp puts beats to shame. The only issues I've seen is that it forgets album art on some songs and goes back to a generic album art. Also if I clik on menu, more then settings app crashes? Any one else?

[FIX] DSPManager in Sense 3.5 Roms

As more developers are now releasing Sense 3.5 roms I thought it best to share some issues I had with DSPManager on these roms and what I did to get it working properly.
1. If DSPManager gets quiet when ticking the checkbox for "bass boost" or get really loud and tingy when selecting "virtual room" this is an indication that the application library or "lib" isn't functioning properly to produce the correct output.
2. If DSPManager does not seem to affect audio in any way when selecting it's various enhancements this, obviously, is also a sign of the app not functioning properly.
I'm an audio enthusiast so DSPManager working on my rom was a must. My attempts to "fix" DSPManager were great and over a long period of time. Some devs out there have supposed "fixes" for it and some devs don't really care about the app because they don't use it. My method will limit your ability to use enhancements from with HTC music player so if you're not willing to lose that ability in exchange for DSPManager working instead do not try this method. The various libraries "libs" in the system/lib/soundfx folder seem to conflict with DSPManager so what you need to do is delete each one of these.
The libs will be some or all of the following:
libbeats.so
libbundlewrapper.so
libreverbwrapper.so
libsrsfx.so
libvisualizer.so
The DSPManager lib that you DO NEED TO KEEP there is libcyanogen-dsp.so
You need to use root explorer or any other file explorer capable of root access to browse to system/lib/sounfx. Once you've deleted the conflicting libs you need to reboot the phone. Once the phone restarts you need to adjust the audio settings in DSPManager after you've begun playing music to notice the change. Attempting to select enhancements from within HTC music player from this point on will either give a message of "Enhancements not available" or a Force close dialog although the music will not stop playing you will simply be returned to your home screen. At this point you can now use DSPManager for each output currently in use whether it be phone speaker, headphone or bluetooth. Remember some roms will have a higher bass output just by themselves without using DSPManager so be sure if the bass seems super loud on low settings after installing to set your equalizer lower than normal for bass so as not to damage any equipment you may have attached to it.
For those of you running a sense 3.5 rom without the DSPManager lib "libcyanogen-dsp.so" I will attach it in this thread and you can follow the steps outlined. You need to unzip the .SO file from the .ZIP and place into system/lib/soundfx and set permissions to rw-r--r--
Cool! I rather have dsp manager than beats anyway. Thanks
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I guess you never checked my rom
you can use all htc music equalizer options and on top of that sound output from equalizer can be deeper adjusted with dsp.
Im picky about sounds."Sound forge" came out 18 days ago
vin255764 said:
I guess you never checked my rom
you can use all htc music equalizer options and on top of that sound output from equalizer can be deeper adjusted with dsp.
Im picky about sounds."Sound forge" came out 18 days ago
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Aye, DSP manager and HD video are the reason I use your ROM as my daily ...and yeah, DSP Manager sh*ts all over Beats for me (though I'm using beats earphone), a must have tweak for my Evo.
Thanks for this thread. Bookmarked in case I flash a different 3.5 rom
ok ok
the fix is to move dsp lib from soundfx folder to lib folder.
thats it.Simple as 1,2,3
Just do not enable beats effect.It doesnt work properly anyway
That's seems legit of course I never would've thought to try to move the lib. I did notice your rom had a fix for it. At one point I had HTC equalizer and DSP working but thats kind of overload to me. Maybe I'll try it out though.
nice work..
vin255764 said:
ok ok
the fix is to move dsp lib from soundfx folder to lib folder.
thats it.Simple as 1,2,3
Just do not enable beats effect.It doesnt work properly anyway
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I tested your suggestion to no avail. Your method may work in your rom but not necessarily in others.
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nice work..
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Thank you sir
Hello xlxcrossing! I've just come across your thread and I must say I find it very interesting. I first used DSP Manager in Cyanogenmod 7.1 and as it turns out, Bass Boost would get quiet and Virtual Room would get really loud (and awesome, according to my taste), like you point in Case 1.
I'm currently using Cyanogenmod 7.2 RC1 and it is a completely different experience. I think DSP is working "right", according to what you say in the OP. However, I think I liked it better when the Virtual Room setting would completely change the sound. Do you know what libs I should change in order to achieve the effect you point out in Case 1?
Thanks in advance!
redsmith said:
Hello xlxcrossing! I've just come across your thread and I must say I find it very interesting. I first used DSP Manager in Cyanogenmod 7.1 and as it turns out, Bass Boost would get quiet and Virtual Room would get really loud (and awesome, according to my taste), like you point in Case 1.
I'm currently using Cyanogenmod 7.2 RC1 and it is a completely different experience. I think DSP is working "right", according to what you say in the OP. However, I think I liked it better when the Virtual Room setting would completely change the sound. Do you know what libs I should change in order to achieve the effect you point out in Case 1?
Thanks in advance!
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If you want the virtual room setting to sound hollow and tingy then don't change any libs just leave things as they are. Install whatever rom you want and DSPManager and you're good to go. If you are using headphones as appose to a bluetooth car stereo as I do then you will probably not notice the sound as being distorted as much. Hope that answered your question.
Fantastic, I only wish I saw this thread sooner. I pretty much stick with MikG because the dsp works so well on it. This opens up my options for a daily driver.
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If you want the virtual room setting to sound hollow and tingy then don't change any libs just leave things as they are. Install whatever rom you want and DSPManager and you're good to go. If you are using headphones as appose to a bluetooth car stereo as I do then you will probably not notice the sound as being distorted as much. Hope that answered your question.
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Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it.
I don't really wish to change ROMs right now... I'm very happy with Cyanogenmod 7.2. Also, I made a mistake explaining myself. I was using a Sense 3.5 ROM (not CM7.1) when I came across your Case 1. Do you know which libs I should change in CM7.2 in order to make it sound like the time I had Sense 3.5 installed? I've tried changing the libs myself, but so far CM7.2 won't boot whenever I put the Sense 3.5 libs in /system/lib. Hope you can clear this mess up for me because I'm very confused .
Best regards.
EDIT: Just to be clear, I'm not changing the entire /system/lib folder. I'm just changing:
libaudio.so
libaudioeffect_jni.so
libaudioflinger.so
libaudiopolicy.so
redsmith said:
Hello xlxcrossing! I've just come across your thread and I must say I find it very interesting. I first used DSP Manager in Cyanogenmod 7.1 and as it turns out, Bass Boost would get quiet and Virtual Room would get really loud (and awesome, according to my taste), like you point in Case 1.
I'm currently using Cyanogenmod 7.2 RC1 and it is a completely different experience. I think DSP is working "right", according to what you say in the OP. However, I think I liked it better when the Virtual Room setting would completely change the sound. Do you know what libs I should change in order to achieve the effect you point out in Case 1?
Thanks in advance!
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The process I outlined is for Sense 3.5 roms only...although it may work in other Sense roms as well but I have not tested. Cyanogen is an AOSP rom meaning stock android only. Those libs you listed in your edit are not present in the file system folder I specified and wouldn't be tampered with for this particular process. You should be able to find a thread on CM w/DSP.

[Q] Speaker / Camera Distortion / Dialer / Skin

Hello All,
I got a new HTC One X on ATT for my wife last week. I have a SGS2 since last two months but I am new to Android.
My wife liked the look of HTC One X. But got a few questions. (She was using iPhone previously).
1. We observed that the speakers are very low. I saw a few threads here about this issue but didn't find a solution. Is there any work around for it?
2. My wife found that while taking a picture at full resolution it gets slightly distorted at the sides. If a person is standing at the side (end) he might look a bit shorter or taller. Anyone else observed same problem?
3. Is there any good dialer or something for incoming call available which can show names a bit larger with all options (speaker, mute etc.) I tried a few full screen caller IDs but they dont provide all options.
4. Is there any way to use Touchwiz or somthing similar without rooting the phone? I found Sense a bit slower compare to my SGS2 and not that much beautiful (subjective).
Hoping to get some replies.
Thanks,
Alex
I'm going to go ahead and answer your #4.
No. You need to root to be able to modify system resources, such as the UI.
1) Call volume, music, or both? Music sounds okay to me, about what I would expect from a tiny smartphone speaker. Also in line with past HTC phones I've owned. But I know people tend to find speaker volume on HTC phones to be lower than other brands. And call volume over the speaker is a bit low. You can try the app "Volume+" on the Play Store (there are both free and paid versions) to boost volume, and see if that helps. But be careful, as boosting the volume over what the phone is designed for can damage the speaker.
2) Haven't noticed that.
3) Don't personally know.
4) A lot of the lag tends to come from the launcher. So you can try an alternate launcher, such as ADW Launcher, Launcher Pro, GO Launcher, and others. But you won't be able to get rid of all Sense elements without flashing a new ROM. AFAIK, there is no way to get TouchWiz on the phone unless somebody decides to port it over into a ROM (which of course would require root and unlocked bootloader to install), which is pretty unlikely.
Thank you very much for your replies.
For speakers.
- I found it very low in Pandora and Youtube and also in call. I tried Volume+ yesterday and as per it all values are set at maximum (speaker 15/15 if I remember correctly, I will try to dig through it in evening). My wife really likes to listen music loudly when at home and this is kind of upsetting for her from such a beautiful phone. I am also trying to find out other tweaks which can help.
For Camera,
- I will try to post a few pics for example. I thought it might be because it takes pics in widescreen and might be stretching them a little bit.
For Dialer,
- If anyone know a good dialer please let me know. Will "Go launcher" replace dialer too?
For launchers,
- Can I disable Sense when I use other launcher? I think "Go Launcher" kind of matches "touchwiz". Will HTC Sense will take up resources when I use other launcher?
Thank you very much for your replies. Still open to new ideas.
Alex
redpoint73 said:
1) Call volume, music, or both? Music sounds okay to me, about what I would expect from a tiny smartphone speaker. Also in line with past HTC phones I've owned. But I know people tend to find speaker volume on HTC phones to be lower than other brands. And call volume over the speaker is a bit low. You can try the app "Volume+" on the Play Store (there are both free and paid versions) to boost volume, and see if that helps. But be careful, as boosting the volume over what the phone is designed for can damage the speaker.
2) Haven't noticed that.
3) Don't personally know.
4) A lot of the lag tends to come from the launcher. So you can try an alternate launcher, such as ADW Launcher, Launcher Pro, GO Launcher, and others. But you won't be able to get rid of all Sense elements without flashing a new ROM. AFAIK, there is no way to get TouchWiz on the phone unless somebody decides to port it over into a ROM (which of course would require root and unlocked bootloader to install), which is pretty unlikely.
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For Camera,
- I will try to post a few pics for example. I thought it might be because it takes pics in widescreen and might be stretching them a little bit.
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I'm set to widescreen too (which is default), and don't notice any stretching. Post a couple pics, I'd be curious to see the distortion.
alex8525 said:
For Dialer,
- If anyone know a good dialer please let me know. Will "Go launcher" replace dialer too?
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No, launcher and dialer are separate apps. They do make GO Dialer. Not sure if it has the feature you want, but the GO apps are pretty nice in general.
alex8525 said:
For launchers,
- Can I disable Sense when I use other launcher? I think "Go Launcher" kind of matches "touchwiz". Will HTC Sense will take up resources when I use other launcher?
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The Sense launcher will be be disabled (or at least not active). Sense is more than just the launcher, so there will be other processes still running in the background. But you should see better launcher performance, and also overall improvement in RAM usage. Downside, is that you can only use HTC widgets on the Sense launcher.
After you install the 3rd party launcher, and press the home button, you will be given the option of what launcher to use. Just pick your launcher of choice and set it as default. To clear the default, just go to Settings>apps and find the name of the launcher and select "Clear defaults".
Will try to post pics when get back to home.
Looking to ideas if there are any from others too for these problems.
Regards,
Alex
alex8525 said:
Hello All,
I got a new HTC One X on ATT for my wife last week. I have a SGS2 since last two months but I am new to Android.
My wife liked the look of HTC One X. But got a few questions. (She was using iPhone previously).
1. We observed that the speakers are very low. I saw a few threads here about this issue but didn't find a solution. Is there any work around for it?
2. My wife found that while taking a picture at full resolution it gets slightly distorted at the sides. If a person is standing at the side (end) he might look a bit shorter or taller. Anyone else observed same problem?
3. Is there any good dialer or something for incoming call available which can show names a bit larger with all options (speaker, mute etc.) I tried a few full screen caller IDs but they dont provide all options.
4. Is there any way to use Touchwiz or somthing similar without rooting the phone? I found Sense a bit slower compare to my SGS2 and not that much beautiful (subjective).
Hoping to get some replies.
Thanks,
Alex
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For incoming volume ear speaker, under sound or call in advanced settings select hearing aid check. It will increase the volume for the ear piece.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

What would you like to see implemented in CM10?

So, now that CM9 is stable, and CM10 is under development, what are you hoping the developers merge?
Personally, I have a few changes I'd like to see.
One, I'd like Apollo to be replaced, or repaired. No landscape support, a white-holo theme that doesn't fit with the black-holo stock ICS/JB look, and downloading album art from a data connection rather than using the embedded album art...all in all, I hate Apollo music, and I think many would agree that it is an inferior music player. At the very least, allow a setting to use the embedded art, and give it a black, rather than white, UI.
I'd like the lockscreen on phones to be enabled for landscape, and for tablet lockscreens to be enabled for portrait, and to either respond to the orientation settings, or the auto-rotate setting. So far, the lockscreen orientation is not well implemented. I know it is capable of using landscape, because in CM9, I disabled auto-rotate with the notification bar toggle, while in landscape, and was able to use a landscape lockscreen, so it's there. It just needs to be enabled.
Better unity between the Cyanogen tweaks and stock android. For example, the power toggles in the notification tray, and the power widget. The backlight setting is a good example - in the notification tray, it's dim, 25, 50, 75, 100, auto. In the widget, it's dim, 40, 100, auto. I'd like to see the widget either use 50 as the midpoint, or the notification tray to use increments of 20, rather than 25, so that it has 40 as a midpoint. Or better yet, make both the widget and pulldown toggles exactly the same - make the widget use 25% increments, or the notification bar use the stock settings. The backlight is only one example, but I think there are a few easy tweaks that would make it feel more "unified." Even the wallpaper menus - if you look at the menu for choosing the Cyanogenmod wallpapers, it has a slightly different UI than the menu for stock wallpapers. If you add the static menu button to the navigation bar, it is visually different from the "normal" menu button that shows when apps need it, even though it serves the same purpose. I'd like to see CM integrate cleanly with what remains of stock Android.
I'm not completely sure if this one is possible, because I don't think the GPU uses a governor like the CPU, but rather a set clock-rate, but if possible, I'd like to see the ability to set the GPU in the performance settings.
Ringtones. So far, to enable a song as a ringtone, you need to use Apollo. So, for people who removed it for another music player, or kangs that don't have it, they can't set a song as a ringtone. Also, once you pick a song as a ringtone, it stays in your ringtones menu, so after a while, it gets cluttered. I think a cleaner implementation of ringtones is in order. Rather than implementing the song as a ringtone, once you choose a song, it should gray out the default ringtones, and use the song. Something like "enable custom ringtone" checkbox, and once checked, it gives you a file browser to pick a song, and grays out the stock ringtones, or something along those lines. This would allow people who don't use Apollo to set a song as a ringtone, and would prevent clutter in the ringtone list.
The Galaxy S3 has a feature that allows the phone to stay awake while you are using it. Rather than timing out if it detects no input, it will use the front camera with face detection to see if you are still looking at the phone, and if you are, stay awake. This would be nice to put into the settings.
And lastly...a file browser. CM7 had one, so I don't get why they would take a step back and remove it from CM9. It's not hard to get one, but it would be nice to see integrated.
And yes, I know Steve Kondik won't read this. But, where CM is a community ROM and anyone can submit code, I think this would be a good place for users to submit ideas and feedback, while being exposed to developers. I'm willing to bet if the community submits ideas that the developers like, it can greatly increase the quality of Cyanogenmod, which is already the best out there, making it perfect.
bluesy_92 said:
So, now that CM9 is stable, and CM10 is under development, what are you hoping the developers merge?
Personally, I have a few changes I'd like to see.
One, I'd like Apollo to be replaced, or repaired. No landscape support, a white-holo theme that doesn't fit with the black-holo stock ICS/JB look, and downloading album art from a data connection rather than using the embedded album art...all in all, I hate Apollo music, and I think many would agree that it is an inferior music player. At the very least, allow a setting to use the embedded art, and give it a black, rather than white, UI.
I'd like the lockscreen on phones to be enabled for landscape, and for tablet lockscreens to be enabled for portrait, and to either respond to the orientation settings, or the auto-rotate setting. So far, the lockscreen orientation is not well implemented. I know it is capable of using landscape, because in CM9, I disabled auto-rotate with the notification bar toggle, while in landscape, and was able to use a landscape lockscreen, so it's there. It just needs to be enabled.
Better unity between the Cyanogen tweaks and stock android. For example, the power toggles in the notification tray, and the power widget. The backlight setting is a good example - in the notification tray, it's dim, 25, 50, 75, 100, auto. In the widget, it's dim, 40, 100, auto. I'd like to see the widget either use 50 as the midpoint, or the notification tray to use increments of 20, rather than 25, so that it has 40 as a midpoint. Or better yet, make both the widget and pulldown toggles exactly the same - make the widget use 25% increments, or the notification bar use the stock settings. The backlight is only one example, but I think there are a few easy tweaks that would make it feel more "unified." Even the wallpaper menus - if you look at the menu for choosing the Cyanogenmod wallpapers, it has a slightly different UI than the menu for stock wallpapers. If you add the static menu button to the navigation bar, it is visually different from the "normal" menu button that shows when apps need it, even though it serves the same purpose. I'd like to see CM integrate cleanly with what remains of stock Android.
I'm not completely sure if this one is possible, because I don't think the GPU uses a governor like the CPU, but rather a set clock-rate, but if possible, I'd like to see the ability to set the GPU in the performance settings.
Ringtones. So far, to enable a song as a ringtone, you need to use Apollo. So, for people who removed it for another music player, or kangs that don't have it, they can't set a song as a ringtone. Also, once you pick a song as a ringtone, it stays in your ringtones menu, so after a while, it gets cluttered. I think a cleaner implementation of ringtones is in order. Rather than implementing the song as a ringtone, once you choose a song, it should gray out the default ringtones, and use the song. Something like "enable custom ringtone" checkbox, and once checked, it gives you a file browser to pick a song, and grays out the stock ringtones, or something along those lines. This would allow people who don't use Apollo to set a song as a ringtone, and would prevent clutter in the ringtone list.
The Galaxy S3 has a feature that allows the phone to stay awake while you are using it. Rather than timing out if it detects no input, it will use the front camera with face detection to see if you are still looking at the phone, and if you are, stay awake. This would be nice to put into the settings.
And lastly...a file browser. CM7 had one, so I don't get why they would take a step back and remove it from CM9. It's not hard to get one, but it would be nice to see integrated.
And yes, I know Steve Kondik won't read this. But, where CM is a community ROM and anyone can submit code, I think this would be a good place for users to submit ideas and feedback, while being exposed to developers. I'm willing to bet if the community submits ideas that the developers like, it can greatly increase the quality of Cyanogenmod, which is already the best out there, making it perfect.
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The lock screen portrait for tablets and vice verse is weird an uncomfortable. For music, god get Google play music or a new Apollo theme its not so hard. The only GPU all that does good is chain fire 3d, which is incompatible with jellybean. Ringtones can be implemented without Apollo. The stocky feeling is still there. The Ui can't be completely the same as stock. And for a file browser, devs are already including oi file explorer in jellybean and if not, DOWNLOAD IT. DON'T BE LAZY. And suggest these to your phone devs, not here. As I am already running a non alpha stable release of jellybean on my phone, there are many things you can do to fix these yourself.
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You don't need to use a music player to set ring tones, I have custom ring tones for phone, messaging, all three of my Email accounts. All set without using a music player.
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i would like to have two diefferent volume controls for media
one for the normal phone speaker(s)
and one control for headsets, etc.
another feature i would like to have is:
app folders in the app drawer of trebuchet (not only on home screen) (couldn´t find an option to enable it yet, if there is one)
Dj_Fex said:
i would like to have two diefferent volume controls for media
one for the normal phone speaker(s)
and one control for headsets, etc.
another feature i would like to have is:
app folders in the app drawer of trebuchet (not only on home screen) (couldn´t find an option to enable it yet, if there is one)
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For the speaker stuff, why? Its useless. But the app folders in the drawers seem like a good idea.
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iKoolkid said:
For the speaker stuff, why? Its useless. But the app folders in the drawers seem like a good idea.
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i know there is a control to set the volume down if the volume is very loud and you switch to your headset to take care of your ears
but it doesn´t turn the volume down before switching to the headset so the music could be loud for 1 or a half second
and it is good if you want to hear music with another volume on phone speakers then headset
the feature is not to important but i hope that they could fix it, that the volume changes after switching
Hi if these can happen in cm10 it would be fantastic..
1. Sounds of call and music can be played through different speakers ie headset, Bluetooth or speakers separately.
2. Two or more media players able to play on different speakers.
3. We can mix call and music so the person other side of call can here music also..
4. We can record audio from different source like Mic,call,FM or music separatly at same time
5. There should be a mixture interface from which inputs and output can be controlled independently..
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mmrx said:
Hi if these can happen in cm10 it would be fantastic..
1. Sounds of call and music can be played through different speakers ie headset, Bluetooth or speakers separately.
2. Two or more media players able to play on different speakers.
3. We can mix call and music so the person other side of call can here music also..
4. We can record audio from different source like Mic,call,FM or music separatly at same time
5. There should be a mixture interface from which inputs and output can be controlled independently..
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good ideas, but do your really want to hear music while calling someone
and i don´t know if this is realizable (don´t you need more than one sound card to do this or something like that?)
good 8mp camera please
more elaborate volume controls
more governors and io schedulers and a touch recovery would also be great
Dj_Fex said:
more governors and io schedulers and a touch recovery would also be great
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Already there.
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Add option to customize the statusbar like AOKP, like centerclock and stuff like that.
fluffenforliberty said:
Add option to customize the statusbar like AOKP, like centerclock and stuff like that.
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Most jellybean ROMs are getting those cherry picked So they are already there for most phones.
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Dj_Fex said:
good ideas, but do your really want to hear music while calling someone
and i don´t know if this is realizable (don´t you need more than one sound card to do this or something like that?)
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Music during call mean low volume background music. Although it is possible to play MP3 on poweramp and videos on Mx during call but the other side party only hear Mic input..
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How about separate volume controls per program? Using A2DP with the cars stock stereo works amazingly well for almost everything. Phone calls and music are fine, but navigation is almost impossible to hear and alerts are deafening. It would nice to be able to adjust the volume of just Google maps versus the rest of the programs, for example.
I actually like Apollo, just wish it rotated.
As for a complete longshot: Maybe a better car dock? I don't know how many people use car docks, but they're almost all terrible and completely unintegrated with the programs. The dock's I've tried just launch the music, podcast or maps program...I could do that with the stock launcher. Also, with the phone in dock mode it's hard to hit the buttons. The touch interface is expecting a decisive press or swipe, but that's difficult when the phone is at a fixed point (on the windshield, for example) and you're finger is hovering around it...hitting bumps and whatnot.
Better gesture actions. Some very cool stuff is offered out of the box by the Samsung SIII and incorporating that into CM10 would be great.
Selfishly, I'd love to see support for popular older phones (Droid Inc) but I see why they are dropping support for older phones - you have to keep the new shiny phones working before you bother with the old ones....
a few thoughts
bluesy_92 said:
The Galaxy S3 has a feature that allows the phone to stay awake while you are using it. Rather than timing out if it detects no input, it will use the front camera with face detection to see if you are still looking at the phone, and if you are, stay awake. This would be nice to put into the settings.
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This one I especially would like to see, too. Its the one and only feature I miss from stock Samsung, and the replacement apps available in play store are, well, not perfect to say the least. Despite this, face awake is certainly a feature that should be included in the ROM (assuming of course it is wanted - but as you point out, its a wish thread :fingers-crossed.
Regarding Apollo, my two cents are that it should probably be split off from CM development entirely. Not sure what the rest is thinking, but personally I don't use it anyway, and giving it to a dedicated team might help getting some load off CM development after all its "only" a music player. Again, just my personal view from a complete naive outside point of view.
File Browser - I'm actually undecided. Personally, for example, I use a replacement anyway. But on the other hand its a basic component of Android OS, so it also has some logic to keep a rather simple one as fallback option in case of problems.
I disagree a bit with the performance tweaks. For sake of release stability I'd actually keep them out completely, since users really knowing what they do in these advanced options can easily use community build kernels optimized for this. Same argument as above: keep CM focused (and avoid unnecessary bug reports, too) and leave the luxury-addons to dedicated teams. Use the strength of the community :highfive:
And, last not least, also my thanks to all people involved in CM development. It is outstanding work, providing us with a competitive alternative and a great example of community-driven development Keep going! :good:
The pop up text that CM recently implanted in source I think, for every cm10 rom
this right here......is my.. pretty boy swag!
I'd love to see more integration with JB UI, list mode rather than this tiles in 'artist section' - i think all of those should look the same. Also music controls on lockscreen - I'd really love to have that sony's solution - when u see lockscreen you just swipe clock for music controls, swipe back to see clock - it's lighter, more elegant and u don't always unlock your phone to change music, the current look is a shame. I hope apollo won't be forgotten cuz currently it stands out comparing to rest of the software : C

[Q] n00b question regarding custom jb roms

hey guys, ive been a lurker on this forum for some time, but just got around to registering an account yesterday. I've been looking at all the jb custom roms for the One X and I am beyond tempted to start running some. But the few following questions about features and functionality I have not been able to find answers to:
1. Does loading non sense roms lose the beats audio equalizer on the phone? if not, which roms have the beats audio feature still in it?
2. I use my phone for a lot of music, I use a lot of google play music, and the stock music player on my device, and the sense setup has lock screen music widgets for me to change tracks and what not. Do any of the custom roms feature the ability to change tracks from the lockscreen?
Those are pretty much the only questions I have at the moment, can anyone reccomend any stellar roms out there that are ahead of the rest of the pack? So far, the biggies i see are of course cyanogenmod and aokp but Im getting the urge to start diving into my phone.
Thanks guys!
Should have posted in q&a forum.
Read, read an then pick one an try it, if you want stockish types of things stay with sense based ROMs.
WR
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