Hey evbody, Im back with Note 8 (from the 7 & LGV20) and have a wierd issue. At work I have a Bluetooth speaker,syncs up fine,nice & loud. For some reason I cant control the volume direct from the phone. The slider moves like normal and its either full blast (or so it seems) or off. Its like the ramping ability of volume is gone. Did something change with Samsung while I was away? My LG and other Sammys worked fine. Say for instance Im playing music and a few profanity laced tracks come up, I could lower volume by simply pressing vol down hard button, without waking phone up. Now Its unresponsive and When waking phone up,it shows me slider is almost at minimum yet Lil Wayne is still blastin. Moving slider more goes to zero which kills all audio.
Any ideas? Is there a Bluetooth profile or something I missed?
Does the volume slider show the name of the device as you're changing the volume?
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louforgiveno said:
Does the volume slider show the name of the device as you're changing the volume?
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Yes, It shows up as Sound Kick 2. I misspoke early stating button was unresponsive while phone screen is off. It actually does work but behavior is still the same. ie. Holding volume down wont do any ramping until volume hits minimum/zero which mutes all sound.
2muchspl said:
Yes, It shows up as Sound Kick 2. I misspoke early stating button was unresponsive while phone screen is off. It actually does work but behavior is still the same. ie. Holding volume down wont do any ramping until volume hits minimum/zero which mutes all sound.
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Sorry, beats me....perhaps unpair and re-pair....the only other thing i can think that may be doing it is in the volume panel when you click vol button and if you press the arrow to the right to reveal all the volumes....have you enabled the option to 'use volume keys for media' i DON'T have that enabled....perhaps if you do try disabling it and see if that works.
Best of luck getting this issue resolved. If i can think of anything else i will chime back in.
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Best of luck getting this issue resolved. If i can think of anything else i will chime back in.
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Thank for any help, Im puzzled as well ?. I left work for the day and will give it some attention in the a.m., I also plan to bring speaker home and pair it to the wives Note 8 to see is it isolated. Hopefully someone can pair to an external Bluetooth speaker and see how thiers behave.
2muchspl said:
Thank for any help, Im puzzled as well ?. I left work for the day and will give it some attention in the a.m., I also plan to bring speaker home and pair it to the wives Note 8 to see is it isolated. Hopefully someone can pair to an external Bluetooth speaker and see how thiers behave.
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Interestingly enough i just tried with my jbl pulse and what i noticed is that when i press volume keys on note it actually turns the speaker volume down (as if i were pressing actual speaker volume button)
Whereas with my note 7 and EVERY other phone the two volumes where independent....i could have phone on full volume and speaker at 15% etc....so interesting find......gonna try enabling that toggle i mentioned earlier and see if that switches back to old method.....must be part of the new bluetooth protocol.
Ok think i got it for you!
That toggle did nothing but what you want to do is on the bluetooth page press the three dots in the right upper corner, select media volume sync and disable that setting. Hopefully solved.... i learned something new today !
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Interestingly enough i just tried with my jbl pulse and what i noticed is that when i press volume keys on note it actually turns the speaker volume down (as if i were pressing actual speaker volume button)
Whereas with my note 7 and EVERY other phone the two volumes where independent....i could have phone on full volume and speaker at 15% etc....so interesting find......gonna try enabling that toggle i mentioned earlier and see if that switches back to old method.....must be part of the new bluetooth protocol.
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Im thinking youre on the right track of a new BT protocol or something to that effect, your view on how your Note 7 behaved is exactly how mine behaved on various devices. My phone sits closer to me where as my BT speaker is hard to reach. I usually kept the BT speaker volume at max and used phone volume buttons as my control. Hopefully I can do a little testing in the a.m.. I actually skipped my internal playlist today and streamed iHeart due to it.
I see your potential fix and will give it a full swing at work tomorrow, actually anxious. I'm a person who needs music to be productive. Thank you for digging around for a solution.
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Im thinking youre on the right track of a new BT protocol or something to that effect, your view on how your Note 7 behaved is exactly how mine behaved on various devices. My phone sits closer to me where as my BT speaker is hard to reach. I usually kept the BT speaker volume at max and used phone volume buttons as my control. Hopefully I can do a little testing in the a.m.. I actually skipped my internal playlist today and streamed iHeart due to it.
I see your potential fix and will give it a full swing at work tomorrow, actually anxious. I'm a person who needs music to be productive. Thank you for digging around for a solution.
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Fingers crossed.
Disabling that made it work in 'legacy' mode for me (independently)
Also try toggling the developer options setting "Disable absolute volume"
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Ok think i got it for you!
That toggle did nothing but what you want to do is on the bluetooth page press the three dots in the right upper corner, select media volume sync and disable that setting. Hopefully solved.... i learned something new today !View attachment 4290577
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This did it!!!! Works absolutely perfect. Thank you a million times. Im not sure what the purpose of the default setting was but it will not be missed.
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This did it!!!! Works absolutely perfect. Thank you a million times. Im not sure what the purpose of the default setting was but it will not be missed.
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Awesome. ur welcome!
I turned off the default setting -- in order to use dual output -- and now I am NOT able to turn it back on again. Other people have the same problem. Any solutions??
Can't turn it back on.
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Hi. You can turn off the media volume sync but you can NOT turn it back on!!
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
louforgiveno said:
Ok think i got it for you!
That toggle did nothing but what you want to do is on the bluetooth page press the three dots in the right upper corner, select media volume sync and disable that setting. Hopefully solved.... i learned something new today !View attachment 4290577
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Thanks for this; just got a S9+ and my volume bar was 'bouncing' every time I changed an app with my Bluetooth headphones connected. Disabled the 'volume sync' and it works like normal.
Broo said:
Thanks for this; just got a S9+ and my volume bar was 'bouncing' every time I changed an app with my Bluetooth headphones connected. Disabled the 'volume sync' and it works like normal.
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No problem. Glad it helped
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louforgiveno said:
Ok think i got it for you!
That toggle did nothing but what you want to do is on the bluetooth page press the three dots in the right upper corner, select media volume sync and disable that setting. Hopefully solved.... i learned something new today !View attachment 4290577
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Thank you so much. Still helping in 2019.
Just to add a little something that really expands how the volume is used, download from the Play Store Sound Assistant and Precise Volume. Sound Assistant is a very light program that allows you to control the sound of every app on your phone and has an EQ included.
Like if you play games on your phone and don't want the game(s) to be heard, you can turn them each all the way down while still keeping your ringer, media, notifications, etc the same. Or you can modify those individually as well.
Check it out.
Solution to this in 2020 is under disable absolute volume under developer setting. You must toggle Bluetooth off and back on and also turn Bluetooth speaker off and back on. Now you can control the volume of some older speaker with your phone.
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For some reason, the notification volume is not affected by the volume rocker. Does anyone have a way of lowering and raising all volume at the same time?
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For some reason, the notification volume is not affected by the volume rocker. Does anyone have a way of lowering and raising all volume at the same time?
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I'm noticing this as well. On my Infuse, the volume rocker would raise and lower the ringer AND the notification volume. It's also annoying having to dig into the settings to change it everytime!
yeah it would be great to link all volumes to one for me
Has anyone found a solution to this issue yet? This is the only phone I've found with two different sound settings for calls and notifications.
Thanks in advance.
Bump. There's no mods or anything that change this?
I actually didn't notice this until you pointed it out. I spent some time trying a few apps from the market that were suppoded to link the volumes but nothing seems to work.
Volume slider widget.
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.hinterhofapps.sliderwidget
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Eun-Hjzjined said:
Volume slider widget.
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.hinterhofapps.sliderwidget
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I see nothing about tieing the notification volume to the volume rocker. Do you use it as such? Seems it is just another volume widget which I already use AudioManager for. AudioManager has profiles so I can set my notifications to go quiet at night.
Edit: Figured it out. You bring up the sound volume you wish to change using the widget. Then you use the volume rocker to adjust it. If it had profiles it would be sweet.
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I see nothing about tieing the notification volume to the volume rocker. It is just another volume widget which I already use AudioManager for. AudioManager has profiles so I can set my notifications to go quiet at night.
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No, it really does tie them together. You have to use the widget to do it, but it works flawlessly and is neat looking to boot. Thank you very much!
Was just looking in my AudioManager settings and there is a setting for Ringer and Alerts linking but it is greyed out. I wonder if this is another of those ICS things.
Cm9 and aokp they can be tied together..
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you can even expand the tab to show all volume types
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And it's studa, if you would, think ludacris when reading my name.
Quick Settings app let's you control both notification and ringtone volume simultaneously with side rocker.
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Quick Settings app let's you control both notification and ringtone volume simultaneously with side rocker.
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Thanks, this works even better than the slider widget.
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Quick Settings app let's you control both notification and ringtone volume simultaneously with side rocker.
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Yep, Quick Settings (by halfbit) actually links the 2 together. Can't unlink them but I don't want to anyways.
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No, it really does tie them together. You have to use the widget to do it, but it works flawlessly and is neat looking to boot. Thank you very much!
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Tried the app and put the widget on the home screen but it still doesn't tie the two volumes together. When I tap the one i want to change on the widget and use the rocker its still only changing ringer volume
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After further review Quick Settings does not work for linking the 2 together for ICS. Although it shows correctly in the Quick Setting settings it does not actually link the 2 together. To test go to regular volume settings and turn all volumes on full. Then go to QS settings and bring down the volume to almost silent but not silent. You will see both ringer and notification volume set to low in QS. Now go to your regular volume settings and you will see alert volume untouched. Better yet, send yourself a sms and volume will still be full.
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After further review Quick Settings does not work for linking the 2 together for ICS. Although it shows correctly in the Quick Setting settings it does not actually link the 2 together. To test go to regular volume settings and turn all volumes on full. Then go to QS settings and bring down the volume to almost silent but not silent. You will see both ringer and notification volume set to low in QS. Now go to your regular volume settings and you will see alert volume untouched. Better yet, send yourself a sms and volume will still be full.
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Agreed. Tested the same thing in quick settings with the same results.
I guess its just a Samsung thing cuz I've never had this issue on anything but a Samsung phone. Galaxy nexus, skyrocket and now the note. Fortunately there were work arounds on the other two phones (via custom rom or market app). Really annoying!
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Is there a way to turn down the ringtone AND notification volume at the same time? I despise the fact that I have to turn down both volumes separately in the settings when I get to the office....I'm beyond frustrated at such a simple thing.
Every other phone I've ever had, you simply use the volume rocker to lower the ringtone and the notification volume at the same time.
Nobody else finds this frustrating...or has a workaround?
May I suggest using Tasker which would not only take care of both volumes but also do it automatically for you once you get to work (based on GPS location or WiFi network)?
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Sorry, I just leave all of my phones on vibrate only 24-7.
Jimmmycrackcorn said:
Is there a way to turn down the ringtone AND notification volume at the same time? I despise the fact that I have to turn down both volumes separately in the settings when I get to the office....I'm beyond frustrated at such a simple thing.
Every other phone I've ever had, you simply use the volume rocker to lower the ringtone and the notification volume at the same time.
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I'm the exact opposite. In fact, the main reason I returned the G4 is because it linked the notifications with ringtone volume.
Jimmmycrackcorn said:
Is there a way to turn down the ringtone AND notification volume at the same time? I despise the fact that I have to turn down both volumes separately in the settings when I get to the office....I'm beyond frustrated at such a simple thing.
Every other phone I've ever had, you simply use the volume rocker to lower the ringtone and the notification volume at the same time.
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Why not use the smart settings or tasked to do this automatically?
Its funny that the opposite of this (the volumes linked) was one of the big UI complaints with the G4.
Proof that you're damned if you do damned if you don't. Someone's always not going to be happy no matter what.
zorzed said:
May I suggest using Tasker which would not only take care of both volumes but also do it automatically for you once you get to work (based on GPS location or WiFi network)?
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it's not JUST work where I'd like to be able to quickly turn down notifications and ringtones....... in what instance does someone want notifications volume up and ringtone down...or vice versa? if you lower one, you'll want to lower the other. seems really silly not to link them.
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I'm the exact opposite. In fact, the main reason I returned the G4 is because it linked the notifications with ringtone volume.
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why would you ever want them unlinked? when would you have the ringtone or notifications louder than the other?
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again, it's not OLNLY work where I'd like to have quick control of turning both down
I understand your desire, but you also question why would you want them unlinked.
Me personally, I have a ringtone that is much more aggressive than my notification tone. I usually have them set at their own levels, and when I do want to turn them down, I am usually going for silent so I just use the mute to vibrate toggle. I would never want them linked, and would rather a vendor error on the side of giving me options rather than lumping it all in one basket.
I just did a quick search for an app to do what you ask. I haven't tried it, but you could give it a go: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.marextafl.mx.simplevolume&hl=en
Good luck on your hunt.
Since you asked...
I have particularly loud notification sound. Normally it's a good thing since I don't receive that many notifications. However, there are times when I'm out and about and doing some heavier than normal texting or someone includes me in a group text including my mother, 2 sisters and niece.
That's way too much and I immediately turn down my notification volume in that situation.
I wouldn't want to turn everything down and risk missing a call. Just notifications so that everyone around me doesn't stop and give me the stink eye because my phone is going off like crazy. (with the 1up mushroom sound from Super Mario Bros.)
I definitely prefer them to be controlled separately. Having a "main control" that brings down all volumes at the same time is also handy to have but if I had to pick one or the other I'd choose the individual controls.
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Ya I like them unlinked too. I get lots and lots of notifications and sometimes I just want them on vibrate while I still want to hear when I get a call. I do this at work all the time.
fair enough.... to each their own I guess
Wait. On the second screen when the main screen is off you can slide from right to left and there's a speaker icon. Tap it to set the phone to vibrate, silent or on. Also, you can set the volume slider in the pull down notification panel. When this is there you can tap the equalizer icon all the way to the right and adjust the ringtone and notification volumes separately.
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this isn't just about turning it from speaker on, to vibrate...... this is about lowering both volumes together at the same time
Well. Sometimes I like my call volume higher than my notifications. This is also not a V10 issue. I believe that this is the way Android itself handles the volume controls. The only device I know of that has one volume for all sounds is Apple's iPhone.
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Some older android phones had them stuck together... it may of been an OS thing or a manufacture thing. I do know at one point they had a checkbox to unlink them, and man was that a good day.
Hi everyone,
I'm a bit more than a week in with the Pixel 6, coming from a phone that has an actual hardware ring/vibrate/silent switch. I miss that switch dearly.
Is there a fast way to silence the Pixel 6? I'm aware you can press the volume key, then choose the "silent" icon, but that takes some time/fiddling, and it DOESN'T SILENCE THE PHONE. Only silences notifications/rings. My old phone when silenced also silenced media, everything except alarms.
Invariably I'm doing something at the table or whatever and an ad comes on at volume. Sure, I can hold the volume down key, but it takes a bit for that to gradually silence the media.
What I want is to be able to double tap the volume control or something similarly fast and have it instantly silence everything (except alarms), similar to how the physical sound off switch worked on my OP6T.
Is there a solution for this? I'm fully stock, not rooted, not planning to root.
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Hi everyone,
I'm a bit more than a week in with the Pixel 6, coming from a phone that has an actual hardware ring/vibrate/silent switch. I miss that switch dearly.
Is there a fast way to silence the Pixel 6? I'm aware you can press the volume key, then choose the "silent" icon, but that takes some time/fiddling, and it DOESN'T SILENCE THE PHONE. Only silences notifications/rings. My old phone when silenced also silenced media, everything except alarms.
Invariably I'm doing something at the table or whatever and an ad comes on at volume. Sure, I can hold the volume down key, but it takes a bit for that to gradually silence the media.
What I want is to be able to double tap the volume control or something similarly fast and have it instantly silence everything (except alarms), similar to how the physical sound off switch worked on my OP6T.
Is there a solution for this? I'm fully stock, not rooted, not planning to root.
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Jus flip it.
Frankenscript said:
Hi everyone,
I'm a bit more than a week in with the Pixel 6, coming from a phone that has an actual hardware ring/vibrate/silent switch. I miss that switch dearly.
Is there a fast way to silence the Pixel 6? I'm aware you can press the volume key, then choose the "silent" icon, but that takes some time/fiddling, and it DOESN'T SILENCE THE PHONE. Only silences notifications/rings. My old phone when silenced also silenced media, everything except alarms.
Invariably I'm doing something at the table or whatever and an ad comes on at volume. Sure, I can hold the volume down key, but it takes a bit for that to gradually silence the media.
What I want is to be able to double tap the volume control or something similarly fast and have it instantly silence everything (except alarms), similar to how the physical sound off switch worked on my OP6T.
Is there a solution for this? I'm fully stock, not rooted, not planning to root.
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Bro I feel you! I'm noticing now valuable that switch was to me as well. I'm literally thinking about sending this phone back and buying another OnePlus device or buying a refurbished item.
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Thanks I was unaware. I will give it a try.
biglo said:
Bro I feel you! I'm noticing now valuable that switch was to me as well. I'm literally thinking about sending this phone back and buying another OnePlus device or buying a refurbished item.
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There are times I feel I should have grabbed an 8T for $400, but i wanted for once to experience a pure google phone. I knew it was going to be thick and heavy when I bought it but I didn't realize how much I would miss that switch.
That said, I'm enjoying the Pixel otherwise, and am pretty settled in with it. I've made the transition and don't plan to send mine back. This is a pretty nice phone!
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Thanks for this but it didn't silence the phone. I was playing a game, an ad came up with loud sound. I tried flipping the phone but nothing happened. Am I missing something?
Frankenscript said:
Thanks for this but it didn't silence the phone. I was playing a game, an ad came up with loud sound. I tried flipping the phone but nothing happened. Am I missing something?
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Settings > System > Rules. Enable and use the "silence phone" rule. It's location-dependant so there is no toggle like what you are used to.
EDIT: For finer control than what Google provides, Tasker or a similar app should work for you.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Settings > System > Rules. Enable and use the "silence phone" rule. It's location-dependant so there is no toggle like what you are used to.
EDIT: For finer control than what Google provides, Tasker or a similar app should work for you.
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Hmm. I'm not sure I understand how this is supposed to work. I don't want the rule to start when I reach a location or connect to a network, I just want to be able to quickly tell the phone to silence all sounds (other than alarms of course) at specific times like if I see an ad loading up. And I would want to be able to undo the silencing quickly too.
I went into the rules and tried enabling, but it's all about doing things when I reach a location/wifi spot.
I did double check my gesture settings, to make sure the Flip to Shhh was on... it is... I Think the shushing just applies to notifications and ringing, not media (ad sounds are controlled via media sound level).
Use button Mapper by flar2 and map long press volume as you wish. That's what I've done coming from op6t
mitchst2 said:
Use button Mapper by flar2 and map long press volume as you wish. That's what I've done coming from op6t
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Thanks. Installing the app now.
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Thanks. Installing the app now.
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I'm sure you'll work it out but here's the setup
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I'm sure you'll work it out but here's the setup
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THANK YOU
I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief. I set mine so a single tap of the volume down mutes the media volume. Problem solved! And I like the option to disregard button mapper when the volume control is being used manually.
OK now! My biggest beef with this phone now fades into the sunset.
My initial reason to install was torch which I've mapped to volume down. Great app and @flar2 is a member on here so give him a thumbs up
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Use button Mapper by flar2 and map long press volume as you wish. That's what I've done coming from op6t
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Genius!
Frankenscript said:
THANK YOU
I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief. I set mine so a single tap of the volume down mutes the media volume. Problem solved! And I like the option to disregard button mapper when the volume control is being used manually.
OK now! My biggest beef with this phone now fades into the sunset.
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curious how you set this up, i can't find that option.
earthbend said:
curious how you set this up, i can't find that option.
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Here it is. I went into Volume Down and set it up as shown here:
The Samsung Galaxy S21 got rid of the phone jack from previous models and now has only a USB-C connection. I bought a USB-C-to-phonejack converter so I could use the headphones I had from my S7 phone. It works when I am using the headphones to listen to music or watch videos. By "works" I mean not only do I hear sound through them, but I can control the volume either using the phones controls or the built-in controls on the headphones. EXCEPT! Except when on a phone call. When I use the headphones when using the phone, the volume control does nothing. Neither the controls on the phone itself, or the controls on the headphones. I end up deafened because the volume is at max and can't be turned down. Again, this is only while speaking on the phone; other apps let me use the volume controls.
Any ideas on ways to fix this?
Thank you,
S.
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The Samsung Galaxy S21 got rid of the phone jack from previous models and now has only a USB-C connection. I bought a USB-C-to-phonejack converter so I could use the headphones I had from my S7 phone. It works when I am using the headphones to listen to music or watch videos. By "works" I mean not only do I hear sound through them, but I can control the volume either using the phones controls or the built-in controls on the headphones. EXCEPT! Except when on a phone call. When I use the headphones when using the phone, the volume control does nothing. Neither the controls on the phone itself, or the controls on the headphones. I end up deafened because the volume is at max and can't be turned down. Again, this is only while speaking on the phone; other apps let me use the volume controls.
Any ideas on ways to fix this?
Thank you,
S.
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I can't guarantee that this will work. But often what seems obvious to me is something other people miss completely. (And the other way around too.)
When you press the volume down or up rocker on the phone, have you noticed the three horizontal dots at the top of the onscreen volume indicator? If you tap on that 3-dot menu, multiple vertical volume indicators appear. I haven't tested with a USB-C audio jack dongle but I am betting that if you have the dongle plugged in (regardless of whether the earphones are plugged into the dongle), one of those vertical volume sliders will be specifically for the dongle/USB-C output.
Give this a try and let us know if this works. If it does, I realize this might be annoying to do every time. But maybe then you can find a utility in the Play store that allows you to set individual volume levels.
Good luck.
P.S. I fully understand if you prefer the wired earphones. But I can tell you that when I use bluetooth earphones of various kinds, simply pressing the volume rocker does reduce/increase phone call volume.
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I can't guarantee that this will work. But often what seems obvious to me is something other people miss completely. (And the other way around too.)
When you press the volume down or up rocker on the phone, have you noticed the three horizontal dots at the top of the onscreen volume indicator? If you tap on that 3-dot menu, multiple vertical volume indicators appear. I haven't tested with a USB-C audio jack dongle but I am betting that if you have the dongle plugged in (regardless of whether the earphones are plugged into the dongle), one of those vertical volume sliders will be specifically for the dongle/USB-C output.
Give this a try and let us know if this works. If it does, I realize this might be annoying to do every time. But maybe then you can find a utility in the Play store that allows you to set individual volume levels.
Good luck.
P.S. I fully understand if you prefer the wired earphones. But I can tell you that when I use bluetooth earphones of various kinds, simply pressing the volume rocker does reduce/increase phone call volume.
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Thank you. I never really noticed those dots in the volume control; just ignored them all this time! I pressed them and see the extra options. I haven't tried the USB-C dongle yet... I just packed it away for a trip this week. I'll keep it in mind though and try it as soon as I unpack.
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Hi all, after the android 12 update, I am now unable to take screenshots on my surface duo 2. I used to press the power button and volume down together, now that's no longer working. Anyone else have this issue also?
Still works on my SD2.
Flavio said:
Still works on my SD2.
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Hi, thanks for checking. I'll have a closer look at my device and the settings.
ltMason1 said:
Hi all, after the android 12 update, I am now unable to take screenshots on my surface duo 2. I used to press the power button and volume down together, now that's no longer working. Anyone else have this issue also?
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Mine isn't working either. It only works after turning off the device but it becomes disabled with the time. Did you find any solution?
Rizh-sha said:
Mine isn't working either. It only works after turning off the device but it becomes disabled with the time. Did you find any solution?
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Hi, I still haven't found a solution, I'm thinking of resetting my phone back to factory settings, then doing the 12 update again. I'll let you know if that's fixed it.
No problem here.
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well, I found the issue with the screenshot not working.
If you change the gestures settings on your duo to the three button gestures and then slide down from the top to bring down your quick actions and notifications. That will disable your screenshot (power plus volume down) and quick mute (power plus volume up) functionality.
Even after switching the gestures back to swipe actions and restating the phone screenshots wont work.
The only way to enable screenshots again is to switch back to swipe gestures, then hard reset the phone. Power plus volume down for about 20 to 30 seconds until the phone turns off.
Then press and hold the power button until the phone turns back on.
This is clearly a bug. I prefer having the old 3 button gestures control system but now I cant use it, if I want to have a working screenshot button.
Disappointed, but I'm glad I figured it out.
This issue is still persistent after a factory reset.
ltMason1 said:
Hi all, after the android 12 update, I am now unable to take screenshots on my surface duo 2. I used to press the power button and volume down together, now that's no longer working. Anyone else have this issue also?
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Still works on my SD2
ltMason1 said:
well, I found the issue with the screenshot not working.
If you change the gestures settings on your duo to the three button gestures and then slide down from the top to bring down your quick actions and notifications. That will disable your screenshot (power plus volume down) and quick mute (power plus volume up) functionality.
Even after switching the gestures back to swipe actions and restating the phone screenshots wont work.
The only way to enable screenshots again is to switch back to swipe gestures, then hard reset the phone. Power plus volume down for about 20 to 30 seconds until the phone turns off.
Then press and hold the power button until the phone turns back on.
This is clearly a bug. I prefer having the old 3 button gestures control system but now I cant use it, if I want to have a working screenshot button.
Disappointed, but I'm glad I figured it out.
This issue is still persistent after a factory reset.
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I know this is late but MS still has not fixed this issue, but I pointed to point something out, you do not need to do a hard reset, changing to the swipe gesture and then a normal restart also works. Also if you like the 3 buttons as i do as a alternative you can thwe square which brings up the open apps dialog box and you can take a screenshot of the app in the center, not he same thing but thought I'd mention it.
I don't have this bug on my SD2; I try to do the same process you describe and still keep three buttons control
Just an FYI, there was an update that came through this morning that seems to have fixed the screenshot keys in 3 button mode. Figured I would let everyone know that has had this issue such as I. There was no specific detail about the update other than operating improvements.
AngelDeath said:
Just an FYI, there was an update that came through this morning that seems to have fixed the screenshot keys in 3 button mode. Figured I would let everyone know that has had this issue such as I. There was no specific detail about the update other than operating improvements.
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Interesting, I have still been running into this problem when in 3 button mode. It will work for a little while and then suddenly stop working again until I restart the phone.
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Interesting, I have still been running into this problem when in 3 button mode. It will work for a little while and then suddenly stop working again until I restart the phone.
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Actually I have been busy as of late, but there was another update that happened 3 weeks ago and the screenshot is now NON-Functional for me in either option, so its broken completely, where before if I changed it to swipe gesture it would work, now nothing works.
AngelDeath said:
Actually I have been busy as of late, but there was another update that happened 3 weeks ago and the screenshot is now NON-Functional for me in either option, so its broken completely, where before if I changed it to swipe gesture it would work, now nothing works.
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It still works (consistently) for me in gesture mode, but not surprised to hear thats not the same for everyone. Every day its a new "quirk"