[Q] Lock the volume buttons on the side? - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Love the DInc, but I have the worst time with the hard buttons on the side. They are so easy to press, and while I'm handling the phone, I frequently accidentally turn the volume down all the way. Ideally, I'd like to disable those buttons from being able to change the ringer volume. I haven't seen an app for that, although I have seen apps that change the ringer volume back to what it was after a few seconds if it was accidental, but that also affects changes with my auto-profile settings app as well. Not helpful...
Any ideas?
Thanks.

I had the same problem and I use "vibrate mode by force" app, not sure if this is one you've tried already. It basically locks it into vibrate mode. Perfect for me since I never use the ringer, ever- and it doesn't affect media volume when you want to change that.
There's another setting on the app to lock it into silent as well.

POQbum said:
I had the same problem and I use "vibrate mode by force" app, not sure if this is one you've tried already. It basically locks it into vibrate mode. Perfect for me since I never use the ringer, ever- and it doesn't affect media volume when you want to change that.
There's another setting on the app to lock it into silent as well.
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I used to never use the ringer when I had my Blackberry, as the vibrate was so strong. Now I just miss calls.
Thanks anyway for the feedback!

Bump... anyone else? Maybe a CFW can give me the option?
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pixel8or said:
Bump... anyone else? Maybe a CFW can give me the option?
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There is an app called volume locker. I use it and it works great (Free App)

Yep tried volume locker, but doesn't play well with auto profile setting software. I'll keep looking, and update this thread if I find the answer.
Thanks!
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Volume Locker worked well when I was using Timerriffic, but with Tasker I keep getting a volume change notification from Volume Locker.
Anyone else having this issue?

I have no issues with volume locker. Works great...
Running Skyraider 3.5 and No task killers

Damn. just did a complete wipe and reinstalled Volume Locker and it still asks me to confirm the volume change when Tasker changes my profile. I did notice there's a plugin necessary for Tasker (according to the Volume Locker listing in Market), but I can't seem to find anything on it on the net or either dev's site.

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[Q] Setting where power button ends call in progress?

Where is the setting to make power button end call in progress?
I have it enabled and now i want to disable it but i cant remember where it is. I checked all the setting in both cyanogen and dialer one, but i cant find it.
Any help is appreciated,
dL
Under accessibility menu in settings.
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klownin5643 said:
Under accessibility menu in settings.
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Thank you.
I don't have that, or anything, under accessibility settings.
AFAIK, only CyanogenMod (and CM-based ROMs) will carry that setting. I haven't seen it in Sense or Ruby.
THANK YOU!!!
I too enabled this feature thinking it would be really nice. But I soon found that if you put the phone on speaker and have one of those auto-select prompts when you call a company and the screen times out you are basically screwed because you can't get the screen to come back. Pushing the power button ends the call.
I was running a Cognition Rom.
Adjusting your volume didn't wake your screen?

[Q] Is there a way to let one contact ring while phone is silent?

I'd like to somehow configure it so that the phone will ring when my wife calls even if I have the phone on silent (if I'm sleeping away from home and there's an emergency).
Any way to do this?
Thanks.
Set a silent ring tone for all of your contacts except her
Try RingMaster from the Market...
My go to tool for these kinds of things is always Tasker, very versatile.
Download a Silent ringtone with the Zedge app and set it as you phone ringtone. Set a normal ringtone for anyone you want to hear.
I use setting profiles to create a night/sleep profile that keeps the phone quiet, unless someone in my family group calls.
I have this set on a time schedule that depends on the day.
Does lots if cool stuff like silence your phone during meetings, lower volumes during work etc... its a little easier to use than tasker IMHO.
I haven't tested yet but Llama has this function called Noisy Contact which allows you to set a different ring volume to some contacts while the phone itself keeps the original volume setting.
Just search market for llama
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tauruslei said:
I haven't tested yet but Llama has this function called Noisy Contact which allows you to set a different ring volume to some contacts while the phone itself keeps the original volume setting.
Just search market for llama
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Llama is fantastic. My phone goes silent at night, but if my wife calls it will ring.
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Yeah llama can do a lot more than just profile managing. If set properly it could potentially boost your battery life a little. I ask it to turn off wifi and sync at night if I'm home, which is kinda nice.
I would love to see NFC implementation tho
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try autoring in market
select enable and auto enable when silent and put yr wife's contact under the white list and vola!
you may need to apply force ring too
gabster21 said:
My go to tool for these kinds of things is always Tasker, very versatile.
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I like doing this with Tasker and allmost every thing I need with this program.. I personally like not have many different app. installed just to take care of 1 thing each..
Therefor I like Tasker that much.. since this one program can save me for installing a ton of apps.. and its rock solid !!!
offroadr35 said:
I'd like to somehow configure it so that the phone will ring when my wife calls even if I have the phone on silent (if I'm sleeping away from home and there's an emergency).
Any way to do this?
Thanks.
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Try Selective Silence
You could do it also with Xposed and Xblast Tools. Use Quiet Hours for all day and whitelist your one contact. You could even set how many times she or he can get through while those hours are active

Jelly Bean & vibrate for notifications

Has anyone else noticed volume settings are even worse then they were for ICS? Not only are ringer + notification volumes still linked, Google even linked the system volume to them now as well. And more annoying: how on earth does one disable vibrate for notifications? The only setting to control vibrate I seem to have is "vibrate when ringing" in the sound menu. Unchecking this one does nothing for notifications.
I use Audiomanager Pro for my sound profiles, and the vibrate options you can set for each profile have no effect. The only way to disable vibrate seems to be to enable silent mode. But I don't want that, when I'm at home my GNEX lies on my desk in the room and I simply do not want it to vibrate for ringer & notifications.
Or am I somehow overlooking something really obvious here?
It is a pain in the a$$ but I found a pretty cool solution. Might not be what you were looking for but "easy profiles" in the market will let you unlink all those. It has a 2 week full trial. You can even reinstall the trial again if you want. Plus it allows all kinds of triggers and rules etc. Almost like tasker ... except for notifications.
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So, if you're looking to control the vibrations for each app, any application that supports notifications should have a setting inside it with semi-fine-grain controls for notifications. These controls will generally allow you to specify whether you want a sound or vibration notification, and when to initiate them. For example, in Gmail->settings->[your email]->vibrate & ringtone there is a setting called "vibrate" in which you can specify if you would always like a vibration, only while in silent mode, or never. Hopefully this answers your question.
pinke123 said:
So, if you're looking to control the vibrations for each app, any application that supports notifications should have a setting inside it with semi-fine-grain controls for notifications. These controls will generally allow you to specify whether you want a sound or vibration notification, and when to initiate them. For example, in Gmail->settings->[your email]->vibrate & ringtone there is a setting called "vibrate" in which you can specify if you would always like a vibration, only while in silent mode, or never. Hopefully this answers your question.
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Thanks for the reply but it doesn't I'm afraid. I know you can control notification settings per app, but doing so for 10+ apps every time I want to temporarily disable notification vibrate sort of defeats the purpose. What I want is a Gingerbread like setting for vibrate for notifications: one setting to disable/enable vibrate for notifications that overrides individual app settings.
I'm beginning to think Google simply does not want to allow such settings any more, but I'm surprised not more users are annoyed by this. Linking volumes was a bad call, but removing control regarding vibrate settings is an even worse one imho.
Petrovski80 said:
Thanks for the reply but it doesn't I'm afraid. I know you can control notification settings per app, but doing so for 10+ apps every time I want to temporarily disable notification vibrate sort of defeats the purpose. What I want is a Gingerbread like setting for vibrate for notifications: one setting to disable/enable vibrate for notifications that overrides individual app settings.
I'm beginning to think Google simply does not want to allow such settings any more, but I'm surprised not more users are annoyed by this. Linking volumes was a bad call, but removing control regarding vibrate settings is an even worse one imho.
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I just updated my Nexus S to Jelly Bean and was very sad to discover this problem. Previously, I could use Audio Manager Pro to control whether notifications vibrated or not (both with volume on and off). Now, Audio Manager Pro's vibration settings seem to do nothing. I have to go into the individual app's notification settings to choose whether it vibrates or not. As you said, with multiple apps, this is unacceptable.
I emailed the Audio Manager dev to point this flaw out. I'm not sure if it is an unfixable Jelly Bean deficiency or if the Audio Manager app just needs to be updated. But I surely hope it is the latter and not the former.
I have to hand it to RIM... one thing they had right was notifications profiles built into the OS that were vastly superior to anything I've seen on Android or iOS. And the notification LED. It still blows my mind that more Android devices don't have a bright, visible notification LED.
chrikenn said:
I just updated my Nexus S to Jelly Bean and was very sad to discover this problem. Previously, I could use Audio Manager Pro to control whether notifications vibrated or not (both with volume on and off). Now, Audio Manager Pro's vibration settings seem to do nothing. I have to go into the individual app's notification settings to choose whether it vibrates or not. As you said, with multiple apps, this is unacceptable.
I emailed the Audio Manager dev to point this flaw out. I'm not sure if it is an unfixable Jelly Bean deficiency or if the Audio Manager app just needs to be updated. But I surely hope it is the latter and not the former.
I have to hand it to RIM... one thing they had right was notifications profiles built into the OS that were vastly superior to anything I've seen on Android or iOS. And the notification LED. It still blows my mind that more Android devices don't have a bright, visible notification LED.
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Yes I totally agree regarding the profiles you can set on BlackBerry devices. I also emailed the dev of audiomanager, hopefully the jelly bean API still allows more control over vibrate than the Android settings menu suggests.
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AUGH I just clued into this tonight after weeks on JB. I can't find any way to globally disable all vibrations at night. What the hell was Google thinking? Now I might have to put the damn thing on airplane mode just to get some freaking sleep.
Yeah it looks like we need need to live with this or flash a ROM that has modified sound/vibration settings to a normally usable level (read: the Gingerbread implementation).
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For now, my compromise is to set Tasker to disable account sync when the phone is both face down and plugged in. Since Gmail is the most common source of vibration, it should do the trick. In the morning when I flipped it over and woke it, my e-mails came in about 5 seconds.
cmstlist said:
For now, my compromise is to set Tasker to disable account sync when the phone is both face down and plugged in. Since Gmail is the most common source of vibration, it should do the trick. In the morning when I flipped it over and woke it, my e-mails came in about 5 seconds.
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Wtf was Google thinking? First linking ringer and notification volumes. Now making it near impossible to control vibration globally with a profiles app.
Google is really moving backwards in this area and I can think of no reasonable explanation as to why.
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chrikenn said:
Wtf was Google thinking? First linking ringer and notification volumes. Now making it near impossible to control vibration globally with a profiles app.
Google is really moving backwards in this area and I can think of no reasonable explanation as to why.
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Exactly. It's a mystery what problem the Google devs think they needed to fix. Gingerbread handled volumes and vibration just fine. Don't fix what isn't broken.
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chrikenn said:
Wtf was Google thinking? First linking ringer and notification volumes. Now making it near impossible to control vibration globally with a profiles app.
Google is really moving backwards in this area and I can think of no reasonable explanation as to why.
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They were asked about this at Google I/O, supposedly it was too confusing for some users. They basically avoided a response when it was brought up how it is now impossible to set, for example, navigation and music to both have comfortable volumes at the same time. It's like they know it sucks but they still won't fix it, it kind of pissed me off when I was watching it.
pfmiller said:
They were asked about this at Google I/O, supposedly it was too confusing for some users. They basically avoided a response when it was brought up how it is now impossible to set, for example, navigation and music to both have comfortable volumes at the same time. It's like they know it sucks but they still won't fix it, it kind of pissed me off when I was watching it.
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Would it be possible for a custom ROM, say AOKP or CM10, to revert the vibration and volume behaviours back to being more like they were in GB?
pfmiller said:
They were asked about this at Google I/O, supposedly it was too confusing for some users. They basically avoided a response when it was brought up how it is now impossible to set, for example, navigation and music to both have comfortable volumes at the same time. It's like they know it sucks but they still won't fix it, it kind of pissed me off when I was watching it.
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Oh I somehow missed that. Bad argumentation imho. If you can understand how 3 volume sliders (ICS/JB) work, you don't suddenly get confused if there are 5 sliders (GB). All this does is annoy people who want to control individual volumes. Restricting them by linking is *not* a usability improvement because it's less confusing.
"Three sliders? Ok, I got it". "Five sliders? ZOMG I'm confused!"
Google should have made it at least possible to unlink in 'advanced settings' or something. Heck I'd be happy to edit a bulky.config file if that would unlink.
cmstlist said:
Would it be possible for a custom ROM, say AOKP or CM10, to revert the vibration and volume behaviours back to being more like they were in GB?
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AOKP and CM have the volumes unlinked, according to the specs and users on XDA. I'm guessing it's also possible to get the 'old' vibration behavior back as well. However I'm very happy with vanilla android, and flashing a custom rom just to get this one issue fixed always seemed overkill to me. But as soon as CM10 gets in a more stable state, I just might flash it.
turn off vibrate alerts in Jellybean - I fixed it
dunno how I missed something so simple but I service provider was able to help me fix the problem of the vibrate settings being on for all alerts and ringtones. for the ringtone, its in advanced settings and you can uncheck vibrate there. for the other apps, you have to go into the settings via the app not via the phone settings>apps and do it for each app, so for example, I use go chat for text messages, so I had to go into the app itself and then go to its settings and then turn off vibrate, same for email and facebook. and it worked, its fixed.
Yeah but that's still useless for those of us who just want to toggle all vibration at once, especially with an automated program like Tasker.
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cmstlist said:
Yeah but that's still useless for those of us who just want to toggle all vibration at once, especially with an automated program like Tasker.
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Have you tried Sound Manager from the market? It allows you to set vibrate for all notifications via the advanced menu.
I have to be honest that I only tried this in cm10 and in stock ics. I expect it to work in stock jb too.
Mr_Q said:
Have you tried Sound Manager from the market? It allows you to set vibrate for all notifications via the advanced menu.
I have to be honest that I only tried this in cm10 and in stock ics. I expect it to work in stock jb too.
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No it does not work in stock JB. CM10 must have put back what Google got rid of. There is no more global vibrate toggle in stock JB.
I'm a little late on this one...
- slide down the "notification bar" from the top
- 3rd icon from the left ("speaker")
- this button has three states (ringtone / no ringtone + vibration / no ringtone + no vibration)
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another option:
- keep the power button pressed
- select one of the above mentioned sound options at the bottom
regards,
schemo
schemogroby said:
I'm a little late on this one...
- slide down the "notification bar" from the top
- 3rd icon from the left ("speaker")
- this button has three states (ringtone / no ringtone + vibration / no ringtone + no vibration)
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another option:
- keep the power button pressed
- select one of the above mentioned sound options at the bottom
regards,
schemo
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Sorry what you're describing has nothing to do with the feature Google removed. This is about the ability to globally disable vibration, independently from sound. None of the options you listed include "sound on, vibrate off".
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App to lock individual volume settings

I'm looking for an app that locks individual volume settings. I have AudioManager Pro and while it does have lock volume feature setting, it locks everything. Honestly, I just wish to lock the system and ringer volumes. I keep pressing the volume keys when I grip the phone so I keep messing w/ my preferred settings. I tried AM Pro's lock setting but since it locks everything so times like when I'm on a call and wish to change the volume I have to change it via the AM Pro app or unlock the volume settings from the app. Other times are when I'm playing games and wish to change the volume. As you can see, it gets annoying. I've already emailed the AM Pro devs requesting the feature but was wondering if anyone is using or know of any app that locks individual volume settings. TIA!

[Q] Where the heck is the vibration option?

Having an issue with go sms pro which i'm sure some have had before; there is no vibration with notifications.
Now this is being caused because for some odd reason, system vibration is turned off, or so go sms says. There is no option in ANYWHERE to enable vibration in stock TW. I was able to fix this problem with my s3 by downloading a program called audiomanager, and setting it from within there, but as of new versions of this program, there doesn't seem to be an option for it in the free version.
So i come to you in a time of need. How in the world do i enable system vibration?! :crying:
Saw this on the tmobile website. Hope it helps:
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v2/discussions/42505
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Android_Monsters said:
Saw this on the tmobile website. Hope it helps:
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-discussion?content=/api/core/v2/discussions/42505
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I'm getting "Object not found!" on that url after a bit of trying to load whatever it is. Mind copy/pasting the details?
Nooblit said:
Having an issue with go sms pro which i'm sure some have had before; there is no vibration with notifications.
Now this is being caused because for some odd reason, system vibration is turned off, or so go sms says. There is no option in ANYWHERE to enable vibration in stock TW. I was able to fix this problem with my s3 by downloading a program called audiomanager, and setting it from within there, but as of new versions of this program, there doesn't seem to be an option for it in the free version.
So i come to you in a time of need. How in the world do i enable system vibration?! :crying:
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If you go into messages>menu>settings>scroll down to notifications setting and make sure vibrate is checked...... The phone will vibrate even when you are in sound mode. I cant figure out how to make it vibrate only in vibrate mode for messages. Hope this helps!!!
deziguy420 said:
If you go into messages>menu>settings>scroll down to notifications setting and make sure vibrate is checked...... The phone will vibrate even when you are in sound mode. I cant figure out how to make it vibrate only in vibrate mode for messages. Hope this helps!!!
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I assume you're talking about default messaging app, and it only works for itself. If i want to use another app like go sms, i'd need to uncheck notifications in that little area, also disabling vibration.
There is a master setting that needs to be enabled for it to work in go sms, but it's no where to be found.
Nooblit said:
I assume you're talking about default messaging app, and it only works for itself. If i want to use another app like go sms, i'd need to uncheck notifications in that little area, also disabling vibration.
There is a master setting that needs to be enabled for it to work in go sms, but it's no where to be found.
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Did you check under setting>my device>sound>vibration intensity ?
Gonna revive this old thread for anyone who is interested in this fix.
I've tried everything in this thread and nothing worked. I decided to go to the play store and search "system settings" in hopes that someone might have made an extended settings app for this reason. I came across an app called "Smart Settings". This app allows you to create custom profiles that have an on/off toggle for notification vibration; something current touchwiz versions, if not all android versions lack. All you need to do is create a custom profile with notification vibration set to on, enable, then uninstall. There's no other app or system option that will allow you to toggle the master notification vibration setting, so 3rd party apps like gosms will work flawlessly. Switching between built in vibrate only and sound on profiles do not effect the master system vibration option.
I hope this helps anyone with this issue. It was a pain in the ass to find something that actually worked.
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Nooblit said:
Gonna revive this old thread for anyone who is interested in this fix.
I came across an app called "Smart Settings". This app allows you to create custom profiles that have an on/off toggle for notification vibration; something current touchwiz versions, if not all android versions lack. All you need to do is create a custom profile with notification vibration set to on, enable, then uninstall.
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Success! Thanks so much, there was an app I had used ages ago that did the same thing but then they made it pro only. I didn't uninstall but froze through Titanium Backup so it's there when I get flash happy and need to restore the vibrate. Now I won't miss all my damn texts.
Glad this helped at least one person out.
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