Hi all,
I recently updated to Cybergrmod's v10 (fixed) ROM from v9 and have encountered a really annoying issue:
After updating to v10 the feature to long press the volume keys to change tracks no longer works for PowerAMP. If I long press the volume rocker the volume does not increase/decrease, but it does not change the track either.
Additionally, the ICS lockscreen (NOT the full PowerAMP lockscreen) track change and pause buttons do not work either, so I suspect that this is a linked issue.
Interestingly, the volume key track controls do work for the default music player, but I've been spoiled by PowerAMP's eq and other features, so I'm really hesitant to change players.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
p.s. I apologize if this has already been answered elsewhere or if this is the wrong section to post in, but I did try searching for a solution first.
Poweramp has worked fine for me on aokp. Maybe just try uninstalling and reinstalling Poweramp or you could try clearing its data first.
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After re-installing it I think I figured out what was causing the problem: it seems that if the "respond to headset" button is not checked the volume key long press track change feature will not work.
I must have unchecked it when I was fiddling around with the settings. But anyways, if anybody else has this problem I think that this will resolve it.
Thanks for the reply
Can someone please help me out with a MOD or PATCH for JB to switch tracks by long pressing Vol +/- keys. found a couple of apps in Playstore but none seem to work flawlessly. And moreover they dont have the feature of "long" press.
i m also looking for the same..
Its a feature of LEWA OS
HI all. I recently started using Poweramp. I am on the Embryo ROM.
I believe PowerAmp is supposed to have capability to allow for using the volume keys to skip songs on a long press when the screen is off / in lockscreen mode.
I see settings that sound like they relate to this in PowerAmp (under headset settings, not lockscreen) and I see settings that seem to relate to this in ROM Customizer on Embryo.
Ive tried tweaking a bunch of them but I cant figure out how to get this to work, and what combination of settings, in the app and/or ROM, will activate this function. I get the lockscreen mode to work where, when I wake the device, it shows PowerAmp controls as the lockscreen, but no success with the volume key skip.
Any advice would be very appreciated.
I have recently updated to Android 6 with OTA package offline. Is there any way to wake the phone by volume key instead of power key. I tried adding WAKE next to volume keys in keylayout file. I am rooted but did not flash custom recovery yet. I do not want to use apps from play store as they tend to drain lot of battery. Any suggestions?
After a long I found a simple way to do this. Its with an app called DTSO in play store. Make sure to add this is protected apps list to run when screen off. Hope this helps everyone and prolongs the life of power key
Disclaimer: I have fixed the infamous power button several times successfully, but now it's no longer possible so let's not go into that any more. For anyone who really wish to altogether replace the button, the following article is a good read, especially the comments on experiences. https://protyposis.net/blog/replacing-the-nexus-5-power-button/ TL;DR: it's tough.
So, my power button finally died permanently, and I'm now trying to figure out how to manage using a phone without a power button. The following things are doable and absolutely fine:
Turning on the phone: requires a PC with Fastboot, and attached USB cable. Press volume down and attach cable, phone will enter fastboot. Then do "fastboot reboot". This is quite problematic if you're not near a PC, but only really is an issue if the battery runs out.
Shutting down the phone: I use third party app like TWRP manager. Requires root I presume. Can be done with ADB as well e.g. by issuing "svc power shutdown" as root. Anyway a non-issue.
Rebooting: No problem, works basically similarly as shutting down.
My main concern is turning on the display. Currently I'm using CM13 CAF and I've set the volume buttons to turn on the display. It's fine, BUT - there is a long lasting bug where sometimes after phone call the display goes dark, and suddenly the volume buttons do not turn on the display. Only way to use the phone then is to find a computer to reboot it. Even attaching a USB cable does not turn on the display if this bug occurs. Not fun!!! I'm not completely sure about AOSP CM13 if the bug exists there, might have to test.
What are the good options for turning on the display other than CM13 / volume button? Are there some Xposed modules to specifically help with using the phone without power button? Any other tips / ideas?
Would you actually use the phone if your power button really died for good?
Edit: Here are some great suggestions given by you so far:
Gravity Screen - Additional service to unlock screen when necessary using proximity sensor. Has some battery usage concerns though.
Another non-CM13(CAF) ROM that do not perhaps have the "blank screen after phone call" issue, and hope that you won't actually need the power button by any incident
Setting up Xposed and using a module e.g. Xposed Additons to mimic power button behavior on volume button(s)
Use an external Pressy-like gadget to have a ROM-independent way to mimic the power button
Use a kernel that supports DT2W (double tap to wake) feature to turn on the screen. Also has some battery usage concerns.
Modify key mapping (gpio-keys.kl) to assign power button function to a volume button (see below)
So there certainly are options! And stuff like Pressy was even new to me. Can you think of more workarounds?
Gravity Screen.
Hi
I used Chroma which is working very good with volume buttons unlock. Now using my build from AOSP also with volume button wake and navigation button for locking.
Using terminal for reeboting/recovery/bootloader/shutdown.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will check them as well.
I'm testing currently Xposed Additions which allows remap any button to perform actions. I've set the volume key down to wake the phone, and long press volume down to lock it. This way I can still enjoy screen off music controls (at least next track by volume up).
Unfortunately this would not mimic the long pressing of power button for hard reboot. So in case display would just not turn on, the phone is still useless until you can get to a computer. But let's see.
Fihlvein said:
Thanks for the suggestion, I will check them as well.
I'm testing currently Xposed Additions which allows remap any button to perform actions. I've set the volume key down to wake the phone, and long press volume down to lock it. This way I can still enjoy screen off music controls (at least next track by volume up).
Unfortunately this would not mimic the long pressing of power button for hard reboot. So in case display would just not turn on, the phone is still useless until you can get to a computer. But let's see.
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Not a big fan of Xposed and i dont listen to music on my N5 so a bit easier for me.
su | reboot
su | reboot recovery
su | reboot bootloader
su | reboot -p /power off/
I did not found a way for turning it on but connecting via fastboot and than reboot.
I have the exact same setup, but as backup, I use one of those cheap chinese Pressy clones. I use Headset Button Controller to unlock the screen on click, and it usually works when the download buttons refuse to. The only problem with this is not being able to use hedphones, and having the extra service running "just in case".
Use a ROM/kernel that supports Double Tap 2 Wake?
there is 2 options its a bit risky 1 try running normal CM13 and install ElementalX kernel it supports double tap 2 unlock the second option is just get on ebay buy new button and just replace it had this problem thought that i bricked the phone thanks for good information how to get it back up
I've updated the suggestions so far to the OP, thanks a lot!
By the way, do you know if the "10sec long press power button to force hard reboot" feature is mapped somehow physically to power button only? I'm guessing so as it works independently from where you are, in bootloader, recovery, ROM, etc. I was trying to mimic it using volume button (which is mapped to work as power button), and while the regular power button presses work within ROM, the 10sec long-pressing won't work. That would have be too cool to be possible.
Fihlvein said:
I've updated the suggestions so far to the OP, thanks a lot!
By the way, do you know if the "10sec long press power button to force hard reboot" feature is mapped somehow physically to power button only? I'm guessing so as it works independently from where you are, in bootloader, recovery, ROM, etc. I was trying to mimic it using volume button (which is mapped to work as power button), and while the regular power button presses work within ROM, the 10sec long-pressing won't work. That would have be too cool to be possible.
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it is a qboot thing(one of the bootloaders from qualcomm, that loads before fastboot mode)
Okay I don't know how I didn't realize this earlier but mapping the power key to a volume button is by far the simplest way for me, if one has root. No extra apps needed. Here's how:
Option 1: on existing ROM:
- Boot into TWRP
- Mount /systen
- Modify e.g. with vim /system/usr/keylayout/gpio-keys.kl (I had to use Linux as Windows adb messed up the characters totally while editing)
Original:
key 115 VOLUME_UP
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN
New (volume down as power):
key 115 VOLUME_UP
key 114 POWER- Save & reboot, and enjoy volume down functioning as a power button (minus 10s long press, that won't work sadly)
Option 2: directly to source when building ROM by yourself:
- Go to your synced source tree root location and locate your device tree (in this example I'm using CM13-CAF)
cd ./devices/lge/hammerheadcaf/- Create a new local Git branch:
git checkout -b newbranchname- Modify the button layout file
nano ./gpio-keys.kl
Original:
key 115 VOLUME_UP
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN
New (volume down as power):
key 115 VOLUME_UP
key 114 POWER- Commit the change:
git commit -am "change button layout"- Build & enjoy volume down acting as a power button!
I've tried this, along with other methods such as installing apps with root access. nothing seems to be working. I'm on the pixel experience rom (android 9.0). any help would be appreciated.
nigelrodrigues95 said:
I've tried this, along with other methods such as installing apps with root access. nothing seems to be working. I'm on the pixel experience rom (android 9.0). any help would be appreciated.
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Although my power button currently works, the case I have makes it really hard to use (and I prefer not to anyway):
"WaveUp" app from F-droid to wake the screen with the proximity sensor.
Double-tap the status bar in lineage-16 to shut off the screen.
For any kind of rebooting, I just open a terminal and type the commands.