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Hello! Xda-viewers,
I had a question about Coreplayer,
maybe usefull for other music players as well.
When I want to listen to music and put my HD2 in my pocket,
I can't put off the screen because the music will stop.
I enabled the screen off in 5minutes, so when I put my phone,
in my pocket with screen on, after 5 minutes it puts off the screen,
and by this also the music.
Is there any app or mod to let the music play even with screen off.
For example, the Media player standard on the HD2, keeps on playing,
even with the screen turned off.
With my HTC P3600 I also used Coreplayer and could use the blank screen
futur in Coreplayer to put off the screen with sound still on. But this function,
doesn't work that well with the HD2.
thanks and greetings,
SOLUTION: Post 7-8
Timo
Hi,
the same problem with nitrogen.
same here, with coreplayer
Well...
My investigations...
So I found this with Coreplayer: If I press the power button to turn off the screen it will do as you said Coreplayer just stops, I think this is power saving mode.
However I have the screen off delay on default (I never changed the setting) which is about 1min and found that if I left the device to turn the screen off itself Coreplayer would just carry on. So rather than pressing the power button I leave it to turn itself off which means my music keeps playing.
Now from your first post I see that your having the issue when it turns itself off as well so could this be something to do with changing the delay, maybe trying the default 1min for power off and 30secs for backlight dim might help. Maybe someone else with the default settings could confirm this. Or maybe I'm just one lucky man
Cheers,
Prime
when coreplayer is on and playing music etc just press the windows key and then tap on 'lock'. you can leave the phone like this or press power button for blank screen. coreplayer or any other media player will continue to play.
hope this helps
will try
I'll try these solutions, if one works I'll post back,
if not, maybe there is somebody that can rip something from
the windows media player app, this one works just fine with
the screen turned of in any way
thanks!
Timo
Try this. I hope this will resolve Your problem.
Solutions
I tried the folowing:
-Normal way, press On/Off button to lock and put off screen while Coreplayer is playing
Music stops playing
-Settings: Light 10sec time-out, device 1min time-out. While Coreplayer is playing, I let the device time-out by itself. It also locks itself.
Music keeps on playing, works!!
-With Coreplayer on, goto start-menu, press LOCK (down-left in the screen). After this, the device time-out, it also locks itself.
Music keeps on playing, works!!
-Used the CAB 'BlackMe'. Installed, when runned it turns off the screen, also auto locks.
Music keeps on playing, works!!
So many solutions, THANKS!!
Hi!
I am not sure why you are spending so much effort. Just use the "blank screen" feature of the coreplayer!
In version 1.2.5 (build 4506) you will find it under "Menu -> Options -> Blank Screen". This switches off the screen and disables the keys.
Bye,
Basti
Coreplayer Blank screen
As I said in the top of the conversation,
I used the 'Blank screen' option from Coreplayer,
menu -> option -> Blank screen,
when I had my P3600 it worked fine, with my HD2
when I active this the screen go's blank, good,
but after a second the screen goes back on, in lock mode, not good
Timo
I got the same problem too.
Does this cab file mean that you can now use the power button and it carries on playing, or does it mean you have to muck about with things still before turning the power 'off'?
I'll probably try it anyway and thanks for providing it but this is a real pain for me after having Coreplayer working just right on the Touch HD.
Thanks!
CAB solution
The CAB will not change the fact that the sound goes off with the power on/off button. So yes, you have to start up coreplayer, put on you're music and then run the program installed by the CAB.
Timo
Thanks for clarifying.
Hmmm, I appreciate the trouble someone's gone to to provide this cab and am grateful for the effort but if I'm not mistaken, I'd guess it's less messing about just to let the screen time out by itself?
Sorry if that sounds ungrateful or critical - it's not meant to!
Cret said:
Thanks for clarifying.
Hmmm, I appreciate the trouble someone's gone to to provide this cab and am grateful for the effort but if I'm not mistaken, I'd guess it's less messing about just to let the screen time out by itself?
Sorry if that sounds ungrateful or critical - it's not meant to!
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I slighty disagree, when I want to put on some music fast, I startup coreplayer, start the music, press homescreen button and press the black_screen in my quick menu. So it's a personal thing, wait.... or quick black screen . Also when you want you're time-out on say 10min or longer, the black_screen app is also a handy tool to quickly put off the screen with music on.
And it didn't sound critical, it's a forum, so no hard feelings
No worries mate. It was a guess really or assumption since I've not actually tried the cab.
Good points and well made.
xda shutdown works to. Change sleep setting to "lights out".
I found Tedd's Droid Tools today. It has two features:
1) offers an alternative way to answer the phone when it is locked (use camera button or a long tap screen button)
2) In-Call Screen Guard
Quote from the developer:
I wrote this for my wife whose hair messes with the proximity sensor that shuts offyour screen during calls causing accidental hangups, mutes, etc. About 3 seconds after answering a call (or starting a new one) a screen will pop up over the normal in call screen which has a button in the center you can long press to exit out with. When the screen goes dark, the screen guard will restart as long as you are still in a call.
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There is an issue with the current version causing the screen lock to display right after the alternate answer screen appears. For those who have an issue with the slide/stretch to answer on your Backflip I tried this out and it answered every time (about ten tests). I had to hit the menu key and then either the camera key or the on-screen button the app adds.
The extra protective screen may be useful for those who have a problem with the proximity sensor not working as designed for you. The developer mentions that his wife's hair gives the one on her phone fits.
perfect on my xperia... even if you have it closed it's autolaunched :S works perfect although it's not replacing the sony ericsson call screen but adding some buttons
lqbweb said:
perfect on my xperia... even if you have it closed it's autolaunched :S works perfect although it's not replacing the sony ericsson call screen but adding some buttons
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Yeah - it presents it's option as an overlay to the stock answer screen.
On your phone does it cause the screen lock (not the pattern lock or pin lock) to pop up?
marvin02 said:
Yeah - it presents it's option as an overlay to the stock answer screen.
On your phone does it cause the screen lock (not the pattern lock or pin lock) to pop up?
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yeap, like a charm! i have to long press the button on the middle
I found something called 'Tedd's Answer Call Tool - Remixed!' installed on my phone.
I didn't install knowingly and now I cant find how to uninstall it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Being an iPhone convert one of the features/shortcuts I was really fond of was the ability to press the "home" button twice to be able to control the media player even if the phone was locked... Does anyone know is something similar exists for this phone?
It's probably not exactly the same but the built-in music player works pretty well. If the screen is locked, you just press the power button to bring up the lock screen and you can slide down the disc icon at the top and control the playback without unlocking the device.
I am unable to drag anything while the screen is locked.... I do require an unlock pattern so maybe this differs than the original lock screen?
ptc62 said:
I am unable to drag anything while the screen is locked.... I do require an unlock pattern so maybe this differs than the original lock screen?
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Start playing some music and then try it.
gtg465x said:
Start playing some music and then try it.
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What he said.
When you are playing music in the background, you have media controls in two other places. The first is the notification drawer if you have the phone unlocked and are doing something with it, and the second is on the lock screen, in the form of what looks like a half CD hanging out from the top that you can pull down and get media controls on.
If you have an unlock pattern, you lose the ability to use the stock music player controls on the lock screen, as well as the puzzle piece slide. I ran into this problem before as well and eventually went back to not having an unlock pattern.
I used to have Widget Locker before I started rooting and using custom ROMs on my EVO 4G, and it worked very well.
I have tried CM7 and Gingerbread-EVO-Deck(1.2), and both have issues with Widget Locker. This first is that not all widgets function properly. I can deal with that and make adjustments. The second, however, is that the "native" unlock screen stays active, so that I actually have to unlock and then unlock again to access the phone. Any ideas for fixes? Or is this just an incompatability with AOSP Gingerbread ROMs?
mevensen said:
I used to have Widget Locker before I started rooting and using custom ROMs on my EVO 4G, and it worked very well.
I have tried CM7 and Gingerbread-EVO-Deck(1.2), and both have issues with Widget Locker. This first is that not all widgets function properly. I can deal with that and make adjustments. The second, however, is that the "native" unlock screen stays active, so that I actually have to unlock and then unlock again to access the phone. Any ideas for fixes? Or is this just an incompatability with AOSP Gingerbread ROMs?
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Ok, here's where it gets tricky, but not so much.
I found a way to make the WidgetLocker lockscreen completely replace the stock lockscreen and to make the volume keys work without waking the phone.
A little background info: The stock lockscreen is what prevents the volume buttons from turning on the screen (ie when you're highering/lowering volume of music with the screen off). Once you disable the stock lockscreen, using the volume keys will turn on the screen. Here's how to fix everything:
1. Disable the stock lockscreen in CyanogenMod/Advanced Settings -> Tablet Tweaks -> Disable lockscreen.
2. In WidgetLocker settings, go into, I believe the Behavior menu, and check the Allow Volume Control (or whatever it's called).
3. Download ButtonRemapper. Open it up and find Volume Up and Volume Down. It'll say "W" next to them. Change it to NONE. Hit apply, your phone will Hot Reboot. Even if you decide to stop using WidgetLocker and use the stock lockscreen instead, you shouldn't need to change these back since the stock lockscreen disables volume button waking anyway.
4. Enable Root Helper in WidgetLocker settings so that there isn't a delay when turning the screen on and off.
The only "issue" is that when you first turn on/reboot the phone, you'll hit the homescreen, since the homescreen is disabled and WidgetLocker starts up after the phone turns on. But that's it. After that, everything works perfectly.
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Which widgets aren't behaving properly? There are some settings in WidgetLocker to disable the "Dragging Disabled" tooltip and to adjust widget space and disable widget interaction, etc. Just look through; it took me a while to notice.
Product F(RED) said:
Ok, here's where it gets tricky, but not so much.
I found a way to make the WidgetLocker lockscreen completely replace the stock lockscreen and to make the volume keys work without waking the phone.
A little background info: The stock lockscreen is what prevents the volume buttons from turning on the screen (ie when you're highering/lowering volume of music with the screen off). Once you disable the stock lockscreen, using the volume keys will turn on the screen. Here's how to fix everything:
1. Disable the stock lockscreen in CyanogenMod/Advanced Settings -> Tablet Tweaks -> Disable lockscreen.
2. In WidgetLocker settings, go into, I believe the Behavior menu, and check the Allow Volume Control (or whatever it's called).
3. Download ButtonRemapper. Open it up and find Volume Up and Volume Down. It'll say "W" next to them. Change it to NONE. Hit apply, your phone will Hot Reboot. Even if you decide to stop using WidgetLocker and use the stock lockscreen instead, you shouldn't need to change these back since the stock lockscreen disables volume button waking anyway.
4. Enable Root Helper in WidgetLocker settings so that there isn't a delay when turning the screen on and off.
The only "issue" is that when you first turn on/reboot the phone, you'll hit the homescreen, since the homescreen is disabled and WidgetLocker starts up after the phone turns on. But that's it. After that, everything works perfectly.
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Which widgets aren't behaving properly? There are some settings in WidgetLocker to disable the "Dragging Disabled" tooltip and to adjust widget space and disable widget interaction, etc. Just look through; it took me a while to notice.
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Thanks a bunch, I'll try those sugggestions out.
Tried disabling the lock screen, seemed to work. The only trouble with this solution is that disabling the lock screen also disables the security (passcode/password).
Thanks again.
mevensen said:
Tried disabling the lock screen, seemed to work. The only trouble with this solution is that disabling the lock screen also disables the security (passcode/password).
Thanks again.
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There's definitely a way to use a password, although I don't know if it requires disabling the lockscreen. It's in the WidgetLocker FAQ.
Product F(RED) said:
There's definitely a way to use a password, although I don't know if it requires disabling the lockscreen. It's in the WidgetLocker FAQ.
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Cool, I found it.
With non-Sense, the WidgetLocker will hit the second unlock screen if you use a password/passcode. It will work with an unlock pattern, however.
In my case, this doesn't really help, as my work e-mail requires a password/passcode, and does not allow patterns.
Thanks, again.
Hi guys,
so (as a musician :angel I noticed instantly that when you are listening to music and tap that home button or recent button the music gets interrupted slightly, just for a split second but enough to be really annoying (amazing speaker on this phone btw, wasn't expecting that). It is most apparent when music is playing and you press the recent button repeatedly.
Anyway, I tried to find a solution and found out that it's caused by the "now on tap" feature. I guess as soon as you hit that homebutton it starts scanning the screen or something.
Solution: You have to change the default setting for "Assistance & voice input" which you can find under Settings/Apps/Advanced/Default app settings. I use screen off and lock for this action but maybe it's enough if you just disable the "use text/screenshot from screen toggles here.
cheers
I tried your fix, but without luck. Whenever pressing the home button I get a stutter in the music. Did you do anything else besides what you described?
Hm well I completely disabled now on tap? Maybe that?
No luck
Well... some luck....
I'm on Google Now and whenever i'm on the home screen pressing the home button, dragging down notification or using the previous app menu i get a stutter in the playback. But when using the Huawei launcher music works flawlessly. So it seems to be Google Now Launcher related.
So it's partly the launchers fault. I see. It works with Nova launcher though since that's what I'm using and since I disabled the home button now on tap feature I don't have any issues with playback.