Not sure if anyone is familiar with something like this, or if it even exists, but here goes.
When I go running, it's very annoying to keep messing around with my phone in its arm band. It effects my pace and concentration. Hardware keys are still annoying to switch tracks with because it requires more effort than I want during a run. I have two pairs of headphones, one that came with my Samsung Galaxy S4, and one off-brand pair I picked up from Office Depot on clearance. Both have a button on the cord. I found an app that is supposed to allow me to assign functions to this button, which seems sporadic at best in its functionality. Sometimes the button works the way it should, sometimes it doesn't.
What I WANT is something I can hold in my hand, or at least wear around my wrist that's bluetooth capable and allows me to control my music. It doesn't even need to be super elegant, it can have 1-3 buttons. As long as it works to play/pause, select a previous track / next track, and adjust the volume; I'm happy. It HAS TO WORK. I don't want something that works when it feels like working, if you can understand that.
So, with that, have any of you found anything like this or do you know of something that can fit my needs? I don't think it's ridiculous to hope for something that'll allow playback control while always working when I use it, so hopefully someone on here can point me in the right direction.
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Okay... I am on my third i760 in two weeks.
First one, which I had for a year, started having touch screen issues, it just wouldn't recognize the taps.
Second one, a refurb, right out of the box, won't calibrate the touch screen correctly. After several attempts, it is consistently reading my screen taps 1/4" in higher than where I tap.
Now they send me a brand new one in the box with accessories and everything. Touch screen works PERFECTLY on this one, BUT....
Some of my sound effects aren't working. The sound works overall, play music or set ringtones or whatever, but some sound effects don't work or work intermittently. For instance, I enable the tap sound for when I tap on the touch screen. But it won't work. UNLESS there is another sound already playing. I.e.: if I have music playing with WMP, the tap sound works when I tap the screen. But if I'm just sitting at the today screen, no tap sound no matter how I try.
The issue is strictly with very short sounds. It's like the speaker isn't responding fast enough.
After playing with it some more I realize that any really short sounds it's like only the very tail end of the sound plays out loud, you can just barely hear it, but if I cause the sound to play repeatedly very quickly, then it will play fully. For instance, the screen tap, tap once, and if I hold the phone to my ear I can hear a little sound, but if I tap a bunch of times in a row I will get the full tap going for each touch of the screen.
Is there some kind of buffer or other setting that maybe I can adjust in the registry that might affect this?
Even a (several) hard reset(s) does not resolve this issue. I called Verizon hoping they might be able to point me in the right direction, instead they are offering to switch me to another phone. They offered me my choice of XV6800, XV6900, and Saga. I really don't want ANY of those phones! He said if I want to wait they may allow me to direct trade to a Storm or a new slide out keyboard WM phone that he wouldn't name or give me any information on... I'm sure he was talking about the Touch Pro. Free upgrade!
But until that day, do you guys have any suggestions??
With non stock headphones.. phone calls do not come through the headphone..
I know with real nokia ad-54's plugged inline at least the phone calls work through the headphones (but not the fake ones on ebay.. you have to get real oem ones)..
But i ski with my phone and listen to music through the helmet headphones.. and am looking for a media controller where the buttons actually work to pause, play etc. ... nokias dont work. as do a couple i tried on ebay that are supposed to work with this phone.. Does anyone know one that actually works?
thanks
Moved thread to proper section (Accessories)
lgkahn, you need to stop and read the "STOP!! Before posting read this NOW!!" sticky thread up at the top of each of these sections, there you will find clear guidelines for proper thread placement.
sorry i thought i was posting in the accessories section .. i know it goes there.. guess i screwed up.. you dont have to be so harsh.
I didn't mean to sound harsh with that, just firm, but if it was just a simple mistake as you described, then I apologize. Dealing with hundreds of misplaced threads, where the vast majority are caused by people who just don't bother to figure out the right way to do things, can cause an itchy trigger finger I suppose
aaaaaand we're back!
to answer your question, no the nokia remotes won't work because the pin layout inside the 3.5 jack is not the same between Samsung and Nokia. I've been dying to find a solution for this, it's absolutely necessary for ppl who listen to a lot of music / don't want to get their phone out.
Possible workarounds:
1/ Bluetooth headset OR the Jabra bluetooth dog tag thing (to be honest i don't find it convenient to have to use BT and "accessories" to control the music
2/ Switch media player, apparently double play or mixzing work with the stock earphones by double pressing the talk / play/pause button on the left earbud. I like to have my own IEMs (earphones) and don't plan on using the Samsung ones so it's not an option.
So that leaves us kinda screwed.
You could always take a look at SE's LiveView, but music control doesn't work very well yet with the SGS, hope taht will change
I am looking to customize a tablet for a very specific purpose.
This might not be the place to post this project but I don't know where else to start. If this is not the place can someone here guide me to where I should post this?
I want to do something for my Dad. He is elderly and has a type of dementia that robs him of his short term memory. He has the weakness that comes with age but fortunately his eyesight with glasses and hearing are still good. He likes music (mostly big band from the mid to late 30's) so I want to put together a music system for him that is straight forward and does not require him to remember anything about how to use it. We have not been successful with radios, cd players and such because of small buttons and controls and his memory problem. He always has to end up asking someone to get the device to work or he figures it is broken so he tries to fix it. What I really want to do here is give back my Dad some sense of independence as his frailties has taken so much of that away. My current thinking is some sort of Tablet tied to a stereo amplifier and speakers. Everything would be controlled by the tablet with on screen prompts to guide him every step of the way. The tablet cannot have the cluttered menu system they normally come with. It has to be modified to have very limited functionality.
Tablet requirements:
* Turn the tablet and stereo system on and off with the same button.
* When it all turns on go right into playing music.
* When it turns on the volume is set to a preset level so we can make sure it does not initially come on to loud.
* A way for him to adjust the volume.
* A way for him to set a multi-band equalizer to his liking while the music is playing.
* Default random music shuffle mode from all the music loaded not just per album.
* Alternately a way to pick the song he wants to play.
* Larger font/type for older eyes if he does not want to wear his glasses.
* A way for me to load his music and update the software but setup so as not to be accidentally stumbled into.
* Don't think we want something that has to be charged as he would get frustrated if it stopped working. Maybe just a wall wart type power all the time.
* Hard wired to stereo.
* Mounted on swing out arm to wall so it can be stored out of the way but is supported and does not have to be held and can't be dropped. (This and the stereo and speakers I can take care of.)
Possible but not necessary at this time:
* The music player could also show information about the current playing song.
* A picture mode he can look at his own photos while music plays.
* Auto shut off at night or sleep timer button.
We would prefer a tablet that is popular to insure support from original manufacture as well as large modding community such as yours.
I have an electronics background and have done some limited programming so I fully intend to help in any way I can.
Quick question
So now you all have had time to digest my project. Let me ask a basic question. Can a tablet without too much trouble have a custom menu that it boots up into whenever it's turned on?
Yes, for an example through a custom launcher.
Maybe even just an app that starts on boot.
The question is not how much trouble, but how much work.
It most likely isn't that difficult, but probably is a lot of work.
Tablet suggestion?
Thanks for that. I found out that dedicated menu thing is referred to as "kiosk" mode.
So my next question is what tablet would be ideal for this project? I am thinking something that has been produced in large numbers and is popular with the modding community. Any suggestions?
I've been searching for a way to control the volume of different apps independent of each other. As in those apps that don't have any in-app specific volume controls. The only thing I've found is that the native android OS doesn't support such a feature, but that information is old. And while I'm inclined to believe that is still the case, making sure never hurt anyone.
While this has bugged me a bit in the past, it's only now that I've started using Google Now that's it's become annoying. I'm occasionally playing a game that has no in-app sound control, and I don't like the music/effects of that game, so I turn the media volume down to mute. But when I then switch to Google Now, the voice is on the same "media" volume control, which in turn makes me miss the spoken answer to my inquiry. I may not play the game in question a month from now, but the issue will surely persist with another app in the future.
Any suggestions?
Anyone know if it's possible under Android atm?
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I just got AirPods for my OnePlus One and while everything has been great, the only thing missing is pause/resume when taking them out of your ears. I've read conflicting reports about that feature working on Android, thus was wondering if any other 1+1 user has them?
Here is my experience so far:
- The microphone works in some apps, but not all, and not always.
- Pairing is like any other bluetooth earphone, BUT, you can also pair them to your Apple stuff and switching between Android/Apple is super easy (no need to re-pair)
- They turn on / connect as soon as you remove one bud from the case, which is super nice. This does not start playback so you don't have to hurry and put them in your ears.
- Listening to only one works (with the other in the case). Sometimes there will be a bug where the remaining bud will not register 2x taps to pause, but that does not happen often.
- 2x tap = pause/resume, even if you set it to Siri on Apple.
- 2x tap works 95% of the time (5% it doesn't register). That is true on Apple stuff as well though.
- Removing buds / putting them back does NOT pause/resume, at least not on my Android 6 OnePlus One.
- You can pair them to an Apple device once, then you can always connect them to that apple device from the airplay button or the control center thing.
- If you do that, it will auto-disconnect from the paired Android device.
- When you want it back on Android, you DON'T have to pair again, simply go into bluetooth settings and click on AirPods, they will connect back to your Android.
- This is MAJOR: even when you have the AirPods working on Android, the battery % shows up on your iOS device!! I still don't get how that works, but it does, and it is bloody fantastic.
It sounds like it's just software related as I've seen form posts regarding ear detection automatically switching from Spotify to apple music when the bud is reinserted. Maybe it's just a simple mod on the waiting (also the x2 tap doesn't work when the bud is out of ear which is evidence that the sensor is working)