Hi,
I like this phone a lot but it has some annoying features or lack of them and because I don't want to go through the potentially tedious process of selling and looking for a different one I'd rather request some help in finding a good room and root the damn thing instead.
My issues:
- Inability to disable noise canceling when recording voice memos with a built in voice recorded app (I also tested some other ones and it seems to be present with all of them. IM apps seem to be the only things where this isn't present).
- If I want to set a custom ringtone or notification sound there's no slider on the side that allows for quickly scrolling though many files or a search bar which is insane and requires endless scrolling. The only workaround is to rename the file into Aaaaaa or something so it's placed on top alphabetically.
Nothing else really bothers me besides this but the mic thing is really annoying.
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Before ICS one of the stranger "features" I noticed was that the browser had its very own brightness setting. Until recently the mindset of the person who thought that little gem up (someone who must LOVE changing multiple brightness settings when ambient light changes) was just a curiosity, because, afterall, opera worked better than the standard browser anyway.
But now that this fantastic idea has spread to other apps (like the media player) it has become more than annoying - is there an easy way to stop this short of custom roms or modifying the apps in question?
YOu can use smart screen filter manually, havent found any apps to do it automatically. interesting..!!
EDIT: I will include fixes / solutions whenever i find them for problems we face in DX
DX is an awesome device, spec and style wise. But over the few days i had used my DX i have found some rather annoying problems. This is the list. Please read and check each event and report if you also have the same problem with same apps also. And its not a problem with the app, just the DX doesnt play nice with them. Atleast thats what i think as i have used them in other devices and are problem free.
1. Viber + Poweramp: We all like viber chatting and may at the same time listen to music on Poweramp. But if you maximize and minimize the keypad in viber, there is a sound lag and a pop crack sound always. The only solution is to disable your profile to silent or vibration. Note: Stock player does not create any sound hiccups. I havent tested any other player either.
SOLUTION: PowerAmp > Settings > Audio Focus > Untick "Short Audio Focus Change"
** After un-ticking there were no sound hiccups when i repeated the scenario as explained in 1
2. Poweramp: no need for an introduction as no one i know uses the stock htc music player. Suppose you are listening to a song and your device is in standby mode (screen off) and the song changes to the next song, the volume of the next song suddenly reduces to a low level. But the volume knob is same as where you set it. The solution is to close poweramp and start that song. This doesn't happen much, but it does happen.
3. Status bar drop down: While you are browsing a site like 9gag, you may stop to read the meme. During that time the HTC browser or HTC Sense decides to drop down the status bar automatically. This happens like every 10-20 seconds. The status bar just drops down instead of staying hidden. It does go hidden again within a second, but is rather annoying. The status bar should not show up unless i touch or drag the page down.
Please share your experiences if you have similar or any other problem.
Hello, Im using this awesome ROM, the only problems I found are two and they are very annoying.
1) Volume for notifications sounds too high. Why is this? The rest of volume like system, ringtone and such sounds fine and I can lower the volume. But the volume for notifications, even near to silence still sound a way high and kinda distorted for such high volume.
2) I found a little bug. Sometimes, some apps or websites shows my background instead of what should be there. A good example is when Im watching YouTube videos. The video starts fine, but once I rotate my phone for the full view, I see the background while the video still plays (using browser and not the YouTube app.
Also in the gallery I see like some square semintransparent boxes behind the albums but this isnt a big problem at all. More worried about the notifications sound problem, is very annoying :crying:
I hope someone can lend me a hand since I cant post in the original post yet and I havent too much time
Thanks in advanced
PS: I just noticed that I posted the threat probably in the wrong section. I had too much tabs open... sorry guys, if someone can move the threat that could help :/
I know many of you've experienced bad audio on Xperia Z5 Compact, as there's quite a lot of white noise when watching videos and on some music apps.
But I found a way to fix that problem . You do have to pay a few dollars for the app FauxSound if u want it to work though, and it's not 100% perfect, but makes the white noise inaudible in ALL apps for me. Note that there are some minor bugs, which I've described below.
What you'll need to do is install a kernel that supports FauxSound (for example Zach's Kernel Playground) and the FauxSound app from Google Play. In the app you want to tap Link Headphones Gain Controls, then drag the sliders down to -20, more or less depending on how much volume you need. Personally I'm running -30, cause why not.
NOTE: Some times while idleing the app will bug out and the sound will go up and down and be louder on one side etc. What you'll need to do then is simply open the FauxSound app and drag the "PowerAmp" slider up or down. Also, unless toggled, the app will reset when phone is rebooted. Also, when scrolling through the menus in the FauxSound app it might reset the sliders for some reason :/
I hope someone will find this helpful
Guys, you probably recognized, the included HD Audio recorder app diplays a bright pink notification bar when its recording in the background. Along with its notification.
this is probably a replacement for the blinking led that phones use when backgoung recording, for so called "privacy reasons"
now I need to record important meetings which may involve having to show stuff ON THE PHONE to ppl I talk to, while also recording said conversation.
i dont need this intrusive notification during that!
I managed to get rid by turning off the notification in place for the app itself.
Then only an android notification will appear that the app is working in the background, kinda okay with that.
My question: would this make the app prone to be stopped by android system and by that loosing the recording or cutting it short?
Thx for any info on that, sorry im new to Oreo, i know that in the past hiding notifications by certain apps could make them prone to be stopped.
thx :highfive:
ps: plz dont derail the thread by lamenting is this okay to do or not. this involves talks with authorities which in my country must take complete responsibility by law for what they say. But in practice they usually dont want to. thank you.