so i just got the razr hd a couple nights ago, now on my old samsung s i had a display on one of the screens that showed what apps were active.
if i touch the icon that looks like paper on the bottom right of the phone (razor hd) and swipe them right does that acaully close out the apps or do i have to go into setting then apps to close them out ?
Second is there any way to change the icons on the unlock screen ?
Third if anyone has any good tips or useful hints feel free to share..
racefan82 said:
so i just got the razr hd a couple nights ago, now on my old samsung s i had a display on one of the screens that showed what apps were active.
if i touch the icon that looks like paper on the bottom right of the phone (razor hd) and swipe them right does that acaully close out the apps or do i have to go into setting then apps to close them out ?
Second is there any way to change the icons on the unlock screen ?
Third if anyone has any good tips or useful hints feel free to share..
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1) Well, swipping apps on Android 4.0 and above, It seems that you don't kill the app by swipping it, but don't worry Android handles the memmory well plus you have lots of RAM. Remember that task killers do more harm than good.
2) You can install a custom lockscreen from the market like Go Lockscreen there is no native way on the Motorola ROM unless you install another ROM.
3) Try installing another Laucher like nova, you won't see the lag that the Motorola Launcher has, but unfortunately you can't use the Motorola widgets like Circles on third party launchers...
And if you are bold enought try installing another ROM and see wich one suits you best, I have an XT925 with unlocked bootloader (good bye warranty) and I'm currently on CM10 wich I like a lot
well i think ill leave it as is but i do have one more question.....
how do i take a blue ray or standard dvd and get on to the phone ?
racefan82 said:
well i think ill leave it as is but i do have one more question.....
how do i take a blue ray or standard dvd and get on to the phone ?
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well, I supose you want to watch your DVDs on the phone?
You'll need to use a PC to convert your DVDs into a MKV file or some sort of video format that your phone supports...
Don't have experience doing that...
racefan82 said:
well i think ill leave it as is but i do have one more question.....
how do i take a blue ray or standard dvd and get on to the phone ?
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First you'll need software to rip the dvd or bluray to a pc. There are freeware options out there but you are generally better off buying the software (especially if you want to rip bluray). I don't have a bluray drive in my computer so I only do dvds. I use DVDFab and just rip the whole disc image, then use Handbrake (free) to convert for playback. I actually do these for my kids movies to stream them through dlna to the main TV, but the format (mkv or mp4) will play on the phone just fine as well. I'm not 100% sure the stock player does mkv, but there are many free players in the market that will.
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so i called my wife today and she said that i seemed really quiet on her end, so when she got home i used her phone and had her call me with my phone and she was right i seemed quieter then i think it should. has any else noticed or had this issue ?
Some ringtones doesnt sound loud enought specially song like ringtones, I "installed" mine edited to gain between 3 to 6 db and sounds good enought
Calvinx1 said:
Some ringtones doesnt sound loud enought specially song like ringtones, I "installed" mine edited to gain between 3 to 6 db and sounds good enought
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how do you do the edit to gain the db?
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how do you do the edit to gain the db?
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He used his own ringtone file and an app to increase the volume of the audio file. Audacity works well for this. If you drop a file in /sdcard/Ringtones it will find it on the next boot when the media scanner runs and you can use it.
If you want to use one that's on the phone, you can pull it out using adb. They are located at /system/media/audio/ringtones
You can also pull it off using an app that serves as a web browser or a file manager that will read from the root of the filesystem upwards. I haven't used the stock file manager yet so don't know if that will work. If you're rooted, you can increase the volume (gain) and then export it back to the same format and put it back in the same location /system/media/audio/ringtones or just the same to /sdcard/Ringtones but you'lle have the same file twice unless you edit the tags when you export, the filename isn't always what gets displayed.
Sortened and easy version: Use a tool on the PC to increase the volume or gain of the file then drop in in /sdcard/Ringtones/ and reboot the phone. Wait a few minutes to make sure the media scanner finds it during the boot process, find your Ringtone in the selection.
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This is now made in photshop. The plan is making 5 or 7 homepages based on Home, Applications, Games, Music, Weather etc etc with on each left side a screenshot which I will paste in a x10 png photo exactly.
Questions:
How can I put the shortcuts on my screen without a title underneath it, so just a clean text.png file which will be the shortcut?
Which Launcher can you hide the bottom dock (and notification bar) totally? Or do I have to wait making this till we have 2.1 and use Launcher Pro?
Which application do I need to put the Home.png X10.png and the verticalbar.png files as pictures only without frames around it or anything? Especially the vertical bar will give problems I assume...
Hopefully somebody knows the answers and I can work with it. When it's done, I will share everything here of course...It needs quite a few hours of photoshopping and making everything the right size, but the plan is already in my head, which is half of the job...
Cheers,
Arnold
ADW launcher You can hide the icon labels, app drawer (bottom dock) and the status bar (notification bar). You hide the app drawer by holding your finger on it and when arrows show up just pull it. The icon labels can be turned off in the ADW settings.
EDIT: As for your question about the big icons..that can be done through ADW aswell but only if you compile it as a theme or using another application like BetterCut (not free if i remember correctly).
The vertical bar...i suggest you put it on the background itself because the only other way would be to make it into a gadget but in that case you would have a lot of trouble with aligning it like that (even with the overlapping function from ADW). All of the mentioned can be done but will require patience and in some cases XML editing to gain the desired effect.
EDIT(2): I'm not sure if BetterCut crops the icons or allows for big icons...someone else will have to answer that.
Hope i helped
owh.. nice work and hope u success PollPixx.. Hope it will be nice as the same you created the WP7 for WAD in windows mobile. Its really a nice work.
all of your enquiry can be used in adw launcher (donut). it really a nice launcher.
1. u can hide the label
2. status bar can be hide except for the dockbar i dont know about this one as this is a must as u need it to launch the apps
3. for the pic widget this one i still dont have it but you can try bettercut as u can paste any shorcut and even internet history
p.s. Sorry if i give wrong info. still new in android world
I have adw already, did not know you can hide labels. I will start working on it and see if better cut
Does the job as I wanted...thanks for info....
Sent from my rooted x10i using tapatalk. Cheers, Arnold
ADW Settings -> Screen preferences -> Hide StatusBar
ADW Settings -> UI Settings -> Hide icon labels
Thanks I found it.
With better cut the icons will be small. I need some picture programm to add the bigger x10 picture on my screen. It does have to be a shortcut as well. Bettercut crops my icons, Anyone?
Sent from my rooted x10i using tapatalk. Cheers, Arnold
I think if you add icons through ADW (Hold on the screen and Add->Custom shortcut) it should give you an option to adda full icon or crop an image..
But i never tested this so i'm not sure.
Nievery said:
I think if you add icons through ADW (Hold on the screen and Add->Custom shortcut) it should give you an option to adda full icon or crop an image..
But i never tested this so i'm not sure.
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Tried that , did not work...thanks for answering though...It seems to be I need some apps which runs on 2.1, so I have to wait. To be continued in a few weeks than...
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have you tried desktop visualizer? it's a free DL on the market... I've seen ppl use it for the effect you want, minus the vertical line
good luck on the theming
Trying it now and it should work....
Start to look nice. Will post the screens when I am finished, probably during next week...
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have you tried desktop visualizer? it's a free DL on the market... I've seen ppl use it for the effect you want, minus the vertical line
good luck on the theming
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It is working indeed: I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT BLACK STRIPE IS ABOVE DIALER, IT IS NOT ON MY SCREEN....must be something wrong with the screenshot
have to fine tune the bar so it will be in the middle, the x10 picture is not as sharp as the original so have to define the exact resolution to get it sharper and find a digital clock which is smaller than d-clock widget, than make the other 5 pages.
Sent from my rooted x10i using tapatalk. Cheers, Arnold
have you tried digital clock by maize? I know that's smaller than our stock digi clock and has more customizing options.
I use now our stock clock but 1x1, fits perfect.
For some reason my phone is rebooting every hour all of the sudden.
When it finally starts up all widgets which i added disappeared and I have an empty homescreen. Never happened before till today...
Very annoying!
If i touch on the spots where the widgets were, it vibrates and I can swype them to the dustbin. But when i just tap on the place where the widgets should been, nothing happens! It is driving me nuts, what is wrong with the phone all of the sudden???
What I am doing now has nothing to do with root or playing in the settings, I just add homemade icons as shortcuts. I just finished HOME and APPS and now I can start all over again for the second time!! Damn.....Does anyone know or experienced the phone reboots all the time? If yes,what is the solution??
well, i give up, I reset the phone in factory settings and started all over again, just installing adw en desktop visualizer first.
When I add more than 2 pages of widgets the phone reboots all the time, it must be desktop visualizer, further on my phone is empty now. I come this far and than it crashes all the time, spend 6 hours and result is a complete empty phone
very frustrating, all my games and settings and programs are gone with no result on this theme....
EDIT: WHEN I PUT MY TELEPHONE ON THE COMPUTER, IT WORKS, SO SOMETHING IS WRONG ON MY SD CARD....
HOW CAN I FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH IT AND HOW DO I EMPTY AND CLEAN IT COMPLETELY?
Edit 2: The icons will not load after reboot...damn....i am really lost now...
Edit 3: reboot again and now it says, "no sim", i think i ruined my phone somehow....HELP!!!!
try flashing with SEUS or pc companion, that should totally repair your phone.
regards DauL
Thanks..... i know, but how do you do that, without sim my computer doesn't recoginze my phone in pc compagnion. This is sooooooooo frustrating, something must be wrong on my sd card, if it's working and I say IF, first thing i do is formatting my sd card (first copy the files to the computer). When I do that, which files on SD card I have to keep on it to avoid my phone bricks again ???
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Thanks..... i know, but how do you do that, without sim my computer doesn't recoginze my phone in pc compagnion.
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Sorry to hear about your project, there's nothing worse than spending hours of work for no apparent reason. Can't you use SEUS instead without the sim card?
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When I do that, which files on SD card I have to keep on it to avoid my phone bricks again ???
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Just format the card and put it back in, the phone, I would imagine will just rewrite the essential files, I think. I've done it before and it worked ok.
thanks, I go now to a repair centre which is luckily in my town I called them, know someone who works there and he says he can reset my phone.
I will delete all files from my sd card and put music/video/pictures back on and put it in my phone than to see what happens, thanks for the quick reply, hopefully it will work out.
Maybe using shootme with the 1 click root system ruined it, i installed that recently or Desktop Visualizer, that's the other new thing on my phone. Since than the problems started...
I am guessing it was shootme, as Desktop Visualizer works for everyone if you read all the comments about it....
Still frustrated by the way
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thanks, I go now to a repair centre which is luckily in my town
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You could save yourself the trip and run SEUS yourself, if that fails then go.
PollPixx said:
Maybe using shootme with the 1 click root system ruined it, i installed that recently
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I'm one click rooted too and haven't had any issues since installing ShootMe, so not sure it would be that.
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or Desktop Visualizer, that's the other new thing on my phone
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Try without that and see what happens, it may well work for others, but if the majority of them are using solid built themes, and your just in the process of making/testing one, it could just be a compatibility issue that you've not yet pinpointed.
flashing right now, thanks, i will post the progress today....just in case other unlucky members have the same problem
Flashing seems to be okay, I lost of course everything i installed, but it starts up again.
Next move, only install ADW and Desktop Visualizer in 2 hours, first i don't want to have a reboot for 2 hours to be sure...
If it goes wrong again, I know where the problem was......
flashed it and everything is working again. Even my new project goes well after reboot...i thaught....but after 2 pages again it is restarting every minute and i have to flash again. so it is proven for me Desktop Visualizer will not work on our phones when you want to add several pages full of widgets....
Is there any other tool than desktop visualizer which get the job done?
Or a home programm like ADW which you can set a different wallpaper for each page! That would do the trick to, than I make everything in photoshop and add with bettercut blank .png files for the shortcut on the right places....
Cheers,
Arnold
Hey,
I just got my myTouch 4G Slide, and I have a few annoying issues. It could be due to the fact that I bought it in China (it even has some apps with Chinese names).
I don't like the "genius" button - I won't use that, and it doesn't work whatsoever. Is there a way to replace its function with, say, search button (like I had on my previous Android phone)?
Music: firstly, I don't even have a music application - I have to open it with the File Explorer (so I can't multitask). Could be because it's Chinese. The main problem is that the music is played from the speaker in the back of the phone. I like to sometimes listen to music without earphones. Is it possible to play music from the same speaker I use to talk?
When I scroll the applications menu, it "jumps" rather than scrolls smoothly - kinda like the difference between scrolling with the mouse wheel, and hitting "Page Down". Is it also a Chinese issue?
Pictures: so far I'm loving the camera. The only issue is that the pictures it produces are named IMG001, IMG002 and so on. That's really annoying. Is it possible to have the pictures named like on my previous phone, which was simply the time it was taken (yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss)?
Thanks a lot for all helpers!
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Hey,
I just got my myTouch 4G Slide, and I have a few annoying issues. It could be due to the fact that I bought it in China (it even has some apps with Chinese names).
[*]I don't like the "genius" button - I won't use that, and it doesn't work whatsoever. Is there a way to replace its function with, say, search button (like I had on my previous Android phone)?
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Thanks a lot for all helpers!
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ronash said:
[*]Music: firstly, I don't even have a music application - I have to open it with the File Explorer (so I can't multitask). Could be because it's Chinese. The main problem is that the music is played from the speaker in the back of the phone. I like to sometimes listen to music without earphones. Is it possible to play music from the same speaker I use to talk?
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The music icon in the app drawer is one of the apps hidden by Rosie (Sense Launcher). /system/customize/MNS/default.xml has the hidden app list in it.
I don't know if it's possibly to play music through the front-facing speaker at this time, though there's no reason why it can't be. A fun project for someone.
ronash said:
[*]When I scroll the applications menu, it "jumps" rather than scrolls smoothly - kinda like the difference between scrolling with the mouse wheel, and hitting "Page Down". Is it also a Chinese issue?
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Yea, that's the way it's supposed to be. I don't like it either. You have to edit the Sense launcher directly to change it.
I just spent all day digging around in a decompiled Rosie.apk (Sense launcher) pulling out Kidzone by it's teeth. I've been fixing that kind of stuff since before the sun came up today, funny you should post those questions.
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[*]Pictures: so far I'm loving the camera. The only issue is that the pictures it produces are named IMG001, IMG002 and so on. That's really annoying. Is it possible to have the pictures named like on my previous phone, which was simply the time it was taken (yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss)?
Thanks a lot for all helpers!
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Dunno about this one. I don't think it's a native option, but don't see why it couldn't be written in after the fact.
Thanks for the reply.
Firstly I think we can be sure all the things I posted in OP are solvable - simply because (I think) Android is a Turing-complete machine
As for the "genius" key, I suppose it requires root etc.? Well I guess I would have to root it sometime
For music, how do I un-hide it, then? It really makes no sense to hide such a basic application!
I hope you'll keep me and the rest of the forum updated with the other stuff mentioned. Best of luck!
Have a nice weekend,
Ron.
Can't you get google music from the market? If not, download a room, pull the apk and install it. And this phone is much much much much better rooted. Thanks six btw, enjoying the rom.
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The music icon is in the media room icon, along with video player, slacker radio and a couple other items. It took me a while to find it when I got my phone last month.
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Haha I rooted my phone within an hour of getting it
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dung8604 said:
Haha I rooted my phone within an hour of getting it
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You have to... i dunno wut da fuhhh T Mo did with this "OS Overlay?"
So, are there any available solutions to the presented problems (except for the first one)?
In addition, I think that when I firstly got the phone and got a call, I got two circles (accept/reject), which I had to drag to a ring (a bit similar to the lock screen). Now it just gives me the standard accept-reject buttons. I couldn't find anything about it in the settings - what have gone wrong?
I believe the answering screen alters depending on whether your screen was locked, or unlocked, at the moment you received your call. Correct me if I'm wrong...
Anyone knows why they removed the Stocks app? Or it is hidden? If hidden how to enable it?
dung8604 said:
Haha I rooted my phone within an hour of getting it
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How did you root it and what did you install in it?
I'm just a bit scared of doing that.
I have two questions :
Can you replace to default music image I would rather have a beats music image. And how?
Second question, I'm using arhd, I haven't flashed anything I just super wiped it today because of the probably I've been having, the problem is that when I choose to turn it off, it would turn on right after. Like I restarted it.... How do I fix
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Do you mean icon or the image displayed when you have a lack of album art?
For an icon, use Desktop Visualizer on the market. It'll let you make a custom shortcut where you can specify a beats icon.
For the album art placeholder, you'll have to depackage the APK, find the image, replace it, repackage it, sign it, and reinstall it. More trouble than it's worth really but if you know what you're doing, it can be done in 20 minutes.
thats alot of work, LOL is there a youtube video for this? because i dont even know whats the process called
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Hi Everyone,
One of the reasons I love CM10 is that you can skip tracks without tunring on the screen with the volume rocker. I love CM10, but I thought it would be great to be able to have this in stock.
So I was searching and trying to do it myself, and found a great tutorial here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728236
BUT I have a lot of problems deodexing the files. So I wanted to ask if there is any experienced developer that could be kind enough to help us modify the android.policy.jar and just post it here so we could replace our stock one and finally have this great mod on our stock devices.
Saludos,
Gustavo
UPDATE: I managed to deodex the files using apktools. Will try to manage a way to get the hack working
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Hi Everyone,
One of the reasons I love CM10 is that you can skip tracks without tunring on the screen with the volume rocker. I love CM10, but I thought it would be great to be able to have this in stock.
So I was searching and trying to do it myself, and found a great tutorial here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728236
BUT I have a lot of problems deodexing the files. So I wanted to ask if there is any experienced developer that could be kind enough to help us modify the android.policy.jar and just post it here so we could replace our stock one and finally have this great mod on our stock devices.
Saludos,
Gustavo
UPDATE: I managed to deodex the files using apktools. Will try to manage a way to get the hack working
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Thanks so much! I was definitely wanting this too. If you need me to test i would be more than happy to help out
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Ok,
I´ve given it a try, sort of understood how to make things. But then when I try to get the /system/framework/android.policy.jar from my stock ROM and then I deodex it, I find out that its empty!! I already tried putting CM10 and extracting it, to see if I did something wrong. But no, when I get the android.policy.jar from CM10, I see it has a lot of stuff.
How can we actually mod the stock ROM? Am I doing it wrong?
If any of the more experienced DEVs would like to help, it would be great. Otherwise, I'll keep looking for info on this and when/if I find out something, I'll tell you guys.
For anyone willing to do this, I found some usefull posts with "examples" here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770564
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728236
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955731
Just wanted to bump this I have been looking into this. I really want this feature but I don't think I have the know how to get this working myself.
How about using an app like player pro or alternate music players have this as an option built in...
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How about using an app like player pro or alternate music players have this as an option built in...
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Do you use any of those with stock and does it work? I have tried several apps that people say in forums that "work with longpress" but most of them work with a headphone button longpress.
What we would want with this mod is have the volume rocker of the phone sort of work as the headphone button, allowing it to longpress to skip tracks.
Yes that feature works in stock rooms using the alternative music apps... It is built into their setting check either player pro or power amp both support it... But it will only work with those music players
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Yes that feature works in stock rooms using the alternative music apps... It is built into their setting check either player pro or power amp both support it... But it will only work with those music players
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I have used poweramp basically since it came out, and ATM such a feature is not available. As I said, they work with headset buttons, not with the phone's volume rocker. I really do wish you could show me I am wrong.
What we would want with this mod is have the PHONE VOLUME ROCKER longpress to skip tracks. In other words, have the volume rocker work as the headset buttons.
Saludos,
Gustavo
Check the control settings for premium version of player pro.. As you see the option is there... I just have it grayed it out cuz I don't use it... It's on the lock screen part of it's settings
I just bought it and after 3 minutes I decided to get a refund.
First of all, what it does is that when you have its lockscreen activated, and the phone's screen is on the player's lockscreen replacement you can switch songs with the volume rocker, which is not really quite what i want. I want to be able to do it while the phone's screen is off (like in CM10). unfortunately CM10 does not have audio over BT which kills it off for me.
Besides I feel like Poweramp (which I have bought a long time ago) is an overall better looking player.
I got an idea, someone could test? See above!
1- Deodex your rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179009
2- See this, i found on razr I forum, but i think it will work.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267643 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2330286&highlight=skip+track
3- Test
EDIT:
HEY, FOUND AN EASY WAY LOOK AT THIS AWESOME APP LOL:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silentlexx.volbtntrackctrl&hl=pt_BR
THIS WORKS FINE ON MY ROOTED JB 4.1.2 AND STOCK GOOGLE MUSIC PLAYER LOL AMAZING!!!!! NOW I CAN BACK HOME TODAY HAPPY!!!!!
The only con is for memory... 20mb that goes away... but this serves as a workaround... very nice!
I have once created an app very similar to this but limited. I finally got around to making it better. I must say its pretty awesome now
Simply install the attached APK, open it, and either create your notification, or set up the auto method. Then Control your media
Very simple to use and easy to love
Should work with all media apps including Pandora
UPDATE 10-3-13 v1.0.1:
-Fixed layout issue on MDPI devices (i hope)
-Fixed force close issue
Works well enough, but could be improved. Shows pause button even when no music is playing, so should show play button. Also, icon is bland. But as I said, works o.k
Needs more improvement:
1. Shows really big buttons on my MDPI phone (LG Optimus L3).
2. Application has resolution incompatibility when opened (Texts inside overlaps).
3. Suggestion: Enable to add custom buttons (Shuffle / Repeat / Vol+ / Vol-) on notifications.
4. Suggestion: Change App Icon.
But it works. That's a good sign! But again, I'm gonna uninstall it first, aince its pretty unstable on its first stage. Will keep track for updates!
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Needs more improvement:
1. Shows really big buttons on my MDPI phone (LG Optimus L3).
2. Application has resolution incompatibility when opened (Texts inside overlaps).
3. Suggestion: Enable to add custom buttons (Shuffle / Repeat / Vol+ / Vol-) on notifications.
4. Suggestion: Change App Icon.
But it works. That's a good sign! But again, I'm gonna uninstall it first, aince its pretty unstable on its first stage. Will keep track for updates!
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Can I have some screenshots? It works perfectly on my s3, s4 and Asus tablet tf300t.
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anonymous724 said:
Works well enough, but could be improved. Shows pause button even when no music is playing, so should show play button. Also, icon is bland. But as I said, works o.k
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The only way to detect when music starts playing is a very hacky and resource hungry way that i would prefer not to use. So I set the button to pause assuming you are going to be listening to music anytime soon... And whats wrong with the icon?
I updated the OP can you guys try the newer version?