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Samsung Omnia - Lock ALL keys - including the volume buttons?

Hi all
I've had my Omnia for a few weeks now and love just about everything about it now that I've tweaked it to suit me. I've set up the M2D system and think it handles great.
There's just one thing that I'd like to change and I wondered if anyone may have found a solution for me. When you lock the keys/screen by pressing and holding the 'end' button, the volume buttons can still be used - I thought I'd switched my phone to vibrate mode and gone into a meeting but must have caught the volume button a few times because halfway through the meeting my phone started screaming out Paradise City by Guns N Roses at almost full volume when a call came in, which was very embarrasing!
Anyhow - if anyone knows of a way to also lock the volume buttons along with the rest of the hardware buttons and the screen upon pressing and holding the 'end' button, I'd really appreciate the details.
Thanks in advance.

just hold the NO button to lock all the buttons instead of using power button to lock the phone.

i found the way to stop that i had the same problem and all you need to do is go to "settings" then "buttons" then scroll right until you see "wake up" then check the last box!!!!!!

A few odd button press questions. Please?

1. Pressing the Volume Up/Down button once will have the Volume Slider appear. Pressing it twice will have it appear, but muted. Is this built-in?
2. Sometimes when I soft key something, especially in messages, the resulting menu will auto-scroll down to the bottom. Why?

Ad.1 In my Vario it changes gradually, even if I press very quickly two times down it just moves 2 times down on a scale.
Ad.2 I've noticed that it happens when I press the soft-key quite long, probably the device already swiches to next menu and then 'thinks' it's a second press - because on the 2nd menu usually in the same place is an arrow that allows you to scroll down.
My question is - in portrait mode i have problems pressing left/right on the phone, the same in landscape mode - up/down. rotating the touchpad works great and moving up/down in portrait / left/right in landscape.
Is this a common problem? Or maybe it's not possible at all?

Normally I use the keyboard's left and right, but if I use the pad's it works fine as well... what exactly is the issue?

thehyecircus said:
1. Pressing the Volume Up/Down button once will have the Volume Slider appear. Pressing it twice will have it appear, but muted. Is this built-in?
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I can see something similar:
pressing the Volume Up/Down brings up the volume screen (system/ring in normal mode or the in-call one during calls), and a second press hides it!
No chance to change the volume without touching the screen

seems to be fixes with S2U2 1.36 and these settings

New zoom idea

What if holding down the vol + button zoomed in. And holding - zoomed out. That way we would never have to worry about missing the soft key or messin up gestures. The way I hold my fone, the vol keys are super accessible too.
Just a thought.

topdnbass said:
What if holding down the vol + button zoomed in. And holding - zoomed out. That way we would never have to worry about missing the soft key or messin up gestures. The way I hold my fone, the vol keys are super accessible too.
Just a thought.
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i like this idea .. another thing i would love is to actually be able to disengage the volume buttons altogether .. annoying to be in the middle of something and bump them accidently .. i'd rather take the long way thru the menu to change my volume .. perfect spot for a zoom tho

Yeah that would be cool.
I mean who really uses the volume rocker in the browser anyway?
I don't remember the last time I did.
The next JF should include all these different options for zooming in the settings.
Also an option to get rid of the soft zoom keys could be nice since sometimes they get in the way when multitouch zooming.

I'm agree, i pretty much never want to adjust my ringer volume, in fact, it annoys me that I'm always accidentally doing it and missing calls. would be nice to have the rocker be zoom in maps and browser, and only in call volume and media player volume when you are in those apps.

Yeah, the volume control app is great and because of it I never use the rocker.
So lets make happen! (directed towards JF)

really love the volume control over the browser. even my wife likes the idea

Your take on the perfect (Android) button placement?

Back button on the far left? Second from the right?
Power button on the top? On the side?
Softkeys or real buttons? On-screen (a la Honeycomb) or off-screen?
Do we need a search button at all?
A lot of sweat, blood, and saliva has been spilled over it. [citation needed]
Now it's *your* turn to join the fray!
If you were to design *the* perfect Android phone, what buttons would you give it? And where? And what would it be like?
Or maybe you don't even care about how the buttons are placed, as long as the manufacturers could just agree and they all make devices with similarly-placed buttons?
Me? I'd personally place the buttons sorted by their frequency of use, starting from the leftmost to the rightmost (from the most natural to the most awkward for my thumb to press). Back button - Home - Menu - Search, from left to right.
But I see how this would be an issue to left-handed people, so I'd settle for Back and Home button in the center, and Menu and Search flanking them. That's fair enough I think.
I would love to experiment with placing the back button on the top of the left side of the phone (indexable for right-handed people, and thumbable for left-handed), but I can see how this is not for everyone I'm not even sure I'd like it.
However, if manufacturers could just agree on the placement of the buttons, that would be good enough for me.
Whether it's hardware buttons or touchscreen buttons ain't an issue to me.
I'd place the power button top center (index-fingerable).
I find volume buttons useful only during calls, so I'd like to have them function as volume buttons only during calls. During idle/homescreen/any other scenario, they would become two (customizable!) shortcut buttons (a la Blackberry). <-- if only one thing from my dream phone is manifested, I hope it's this one. Two wasted (and often pressed by accident) buttons, turned into something more useful.
If I wanna be detailed about it, I guess the volume buttons should be on the center of the right side of the phone, so one of them can be customized as shutter/camera button (although I wont use it as such, preferring to tap the screen instead).
How's yours?

I think power button on top right side, lock button under, or like you mentioned having them function as volume buttons during call. Do completely away with search button, add in maybe a camera button where my search is, but make it where you have to hold it for a second so you do not enable it accidently. Have a designated capture button for the camera, that also functions as a silent/vibrate setting out of the camera.
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Different people, different preference. Perhaps a default Home key, + 2 customizable keys where the user can choose their preferred key to be assigned.
I'd have the Search Key and Back Key always on the screen.
Menu key shouldn't even be on the phone. That should force app developer to design and create user interface with menu function incorporated in their app for consistency purpose.

I would love to have buttons on the back of the device

Now that I'm getting used to honeycomb (and apps developed for it), i can assure you that the search and menu buttons are not really necessary. i'd want a device with a back button on the left, the home button in the middle and a end call / power button on the right. that's it. oh i actually forgot a volume rocker at the usual spot at the side of the device.

Dustin.Dwayne said:
I think power button on top right side, lock button under, or like you mentioned having them function as volume buttons during call. Do completely away with search button, add in maybe a camera button where my search is, but make it where you have to hold it for a second so you do not enable it accidently. Have a designated capture button for the camera, that also functions as a silent/vibrate setting out of the camera.
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Hmm.. No search button.. Interesting.
I find it useful to search things from the homescreen without having to open a particular app first (be it Market, Springpad, Contacts, Evernote, etc.), but I can surely live without it
albling said:
Different people, different preference. Perhaps a default Home key, + 2 customizable keys where the user can choose their preferred key to be assigned.
I'd have the Search Key and Back Key always on the screen.
Menu key shouldn't even be on the phone. That should force app developer to design and create user interface with menu function incorporated in their app for consistency purpose.
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Customizable keys FTW!!
JuanDeaux said:
I would love to have buttons on the back of the device
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Wouldn't that be awkward, Mr. Doe?
fabsn said:
Now that I'm getting used to honeycomb (and apps developed for it), i can assure you that the search and menu buttons are not really necessary. i'd want a device with a back button on the left, the home button in the middle and a end call / power button on the right. that's it. oh i actually forgot a volume rocker at the usual spot at the side of the device.
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Oh, you even made the pic!
Your opinion is interesting. I can easily see why the search button isn't really necessary, but the menu button? Substituted by long-press, I presume? (I never tried Honeycomb for any longer than 2 minutes )
I'm beginning to get glimpses of what ICS is gonna be like Keep it coming, guys! Let's crowdsource this!
Thanks to the moderator who moved my thread. I was hesitant on where to put my thread, but finally decided on the "General" forum, even though my OP contains questions, because I thought it was more of a "discussion" thread instead of a particular question trying to uncover a particular answer (which is what Q&A usually is)

Switch between Silent/Vibrate with volume button?

Hi,
In my previous phones I could just hold the volume - button and the volume would reduced till the phone was on Vibrate mode. Then if I pressed the Volume - one more time, it would've gone to Silent mode. But I can't do the same with my Huawei Mate 8. Is there any way to have shortcut for switching between vibrate/silent ?
Thanks,

yugi_oh said:
Hi,
In my previous phones I could just hold the volume - button and the volume would reduced till the phone was on Vibrate mode. Then if I pressed the Volume - one more time, it would've gone to Silent mode. But I can't do the same with my Huawei Mate 8. Is there any way to have shortcut for switching between vibrate/silent ?
Thanks,
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Hmmm, I always simply use the quicksettings to put the phone on sound/silent/vibrate, and for easy access put do not disturb under that as well. Click, click, done :good:
In the second screenshot you can also see the silent switch after pressing down till volume zero using the side buttons. But the first method is the quickest of the two

Pfeffernuss said:
Hmmm, I always simply use the quicksettings to put the phone on sound/silent/vibrate, and for easy access put do not disturb under that as well. Click, click, done :good:
In the second screenshot you can also see the silent switch after pressing down till volume zero using the side buttons. But the first method is the quickest of the two
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Mine doesn't have that silent switch! do you have any idea why?

yugi_oh said:
Mine doesn't have that silent switch! do you have any idea why?
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Possibly a newer firmware version I guess?

Pfeffernuss said:
Possibly a newer firmware version I guess?
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