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[Windows Phone 7 General] professorwol:
I agree with OP! I also have a problem where if I play a game and I try to listen to music after wards the music is very low even at max only after I turn the phone on and off does it revert back to normal
[Windows Phone 7 General] jessej:
I agree that it is not the best solution but it atleast gives you the option of having the ring tone up load enough to hear without blasting all forms of media.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
This can be solved by using Media Volume Settings in the Marketplace. It has a fully functional free ad-supported version. Have you even read this thread? It's literally only 2 pages.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
have you tried "Media Volume Setting" in the marketplace?
[Windows Phone 7 General] mdsharpe:
App is not a solution

I agree with OP, this is an incredibly frustrating problem.

Unfortunately, it is consistent with the rest of the OS, i.e. *completely dumbed down*.

I listen to podcasts before I sleep most evenings. I like to listen with the volume on 1.

However, I always have to try and remember to turn it back up to a high setting so that I can hear my alarm (assuming it sounds, that is... but that's another story).
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
It's not his fault. The phone really should offer different volume controls for media and the phone ringer. I agree it's just not logical to have both in the same area, especially since the phone really foroces you to use headsets for so much stuff (notwithstanding the fact that sound quality on HTC phones are terrible, but FM Radio will not work without a headset, EQ is required to make some music sound decent, and that requires a headset, among other things). Sorry, but only a dumb person, or one hard of hearing, would have their phone blasting at near max volume in their ears.

When the phone is playing media, it the volume controls should be for media only - not the ringer.

It's Microsoft's fault. They went out of their way to put as few settings into the OS as possible. You'd think a company that has been maintaining a smartphone OS for at least a decade would at least have the basics down by now.

And no, he doesn't need new friends. A call can be an emergency, and in an emergency sometimes you don't have 5 minutes to return the call. You need to hear the phone ringing, and take that call.

Imagine someone from the school calling you about your child and you return the call 5 minutes later and say "LOL sorry I didn't hear my ringer, was listening to some Podcasts and forgot to put the Volume back up."

It's embarassing, clunkly, illogical, and just a ****ty way to implement this.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Haynes:
Agreed also about needing to have separate volume controls. Right now I keep my phone on vibrate and that helps to minimize the issue but hopefully MS adds this feature later.
[Windows Phone 7 General] crubbish:
Very well put out N8ter, thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Thanks, but I'm just shocked that so many people that come here seem as if they live in some other world. It's really not hard to see how this is a big issue, and smartphones have been separating the two for at least the past 4-5 years. Features phones do it, even...

Why do people take every negative thing about this OS and try to make it seem like it's a benefit, good design, or okay just cause they don't want to feel like they invested time and money in a ****ty platform?

It's okay to like WP7, and it's okay to not like it as well.

This issue is not limited to the OP, either. People all over are complaining about it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mirolg:
Fix the Volume control... fix the fcuking volume control....

500 features on MANGO- but THIS highest important feature is still missing!

A goddamn smartphone in end of 2011 does not have a seperate volume control for the ringtone... the boring Android has this simple feature at the beginn 1.5

Shame on you Microsoft ..... PUT PEOPLE FIRST :mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
For anyone who wants to get MS's attention about this, here is the official Twitter site: http://twitter.com/#!/windowsphone
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
They don't censor anything. I had multiple conversations with @windowsphone and @winphonesupport. You should ask the latter, they'll forward your request to the responsible team. Another - yet even better - way would be to use the feature request site.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
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[Windows Phone 7 General] Localhorst86:
You do realize that YOUR tweets will NEVER show up on THEIR Twitter page unless they retweet it, do you?

EDIT: tbh, this is not that big an issue for me, I hardly ever use the phone feature. But I do believe that seperate volume controls should be a basic feature. Also, make the "Vibrate" button in the volume bar menu make *ALL* Sounds shut up.... that would be cool.
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
One of the biggest missing features that is so need. I miss this feature from 6.5
[Windows Phone 7 General] mirolg:
Shame on you Microsoft ..... PUT PEOPLE FIRST
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
See what Localhorst wrote, he's absolutely right. There ain't no censorship at all.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Hope to see this in Apollo for sure. In the meantime its good recommendation to tweet @windowsphonesupport and check out the feedback request site.

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions

More specifically:

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...ingtone-and-media-volume-separately?ref=title
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
They used to show up. But why would a person's Tweets not show up on their Twitter page? This is only with WP7 because other pages, a person's tweets do show up.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Localhorst86:
No, they didn't used to show up:

http://twitter.com/#!/WinPhoneSupport

this is what WPSupports twitter page is. No tweets beside their own.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Hmmm...maybe so. I seem to remember seeing other tweets on their page but maybe I'm thinking about my own page, seeing their replies on my own page. Shows how complex this social stuff is to me.

Anyway, for the benefit of the doubt I will edit my remarks of censorship.
[Windows Phone 7 General] prahladvarda:
yeah u r right..not only this app..almost all the apps of this kind dont integrate with OS well..appssay that they lock ur pictures' gallery..but they just make a shortcut to gallery in the app..lock the shortcut but not the gallery..leave its all OS problems not the app's..

these kinda apps require higher previleges it seems..maybe MS could have established 2 more levels of privileges..and granted them to marketplace apps which do these kinda things..
[Windows Phone 7 General] crixley:
lol I can't believe in wp8 they still didn't fix this
[Windows Phone 7 General] dazza9075:
fix what? its not broken, if you mean add a feature than im quite sure that were that a feature test groups asked for they would have added it.

Most current OSs are designed around people with the lowest set of abilities. That means they make it simple.

if the vast majority of users don't give too hoots to having it then adding it just creates another lay of complexity that many just don't need to have.

WM was and is the best because it gives almost complete control to the user, but that same level of control is single most important aspect of WMs demise it was too complex for every day job blogs to use (there were other reasons too but that's not the topic of discussion) at the end of the day its a feature that would be nice to have but not essential.

Its like throwing out the EU db restrictions and allowing us to use the full potential of our devices, it would be great to have MS give the EU the two fingers but its not essential
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
There should be advanced settings for power users to toggle separate volume controls. God almighty.. Sometimes I do wonder why I even bother with this OS lol..
[Windows Phone 7 General] crixley:
this is why my wp7 phone is relegated to being my backup phone. plus you point out things and fanboys says " it's a feature"

lacking things is apparently a feature these days
[Windows Phone 7 General] dazza9075:
At the risk of spoiling your anti MS FUD, who's said not having it is a feature? What was said is that its not a bug, it wasn't intended to have the feature. Focus groups would have identified that as being needed if that were the case. I

Yes it would be nice, but its not a bug, and only a minority have asked for it.

The fact you need a backup phone amuses me, android user by any chance? ;) joking aside, it is what it is, love it or hate it, you'll have a more enjoyable productive experience getting on with it rather than moaning about it. If the majority wants several vol controls, then it will be added im sure, but there isn't a big movement on this so didn't expect it soon
[Windows Phone 7 General] crixley:
Yes android user and completey happy :)

Galaxy nexus blows any wp7 phone out of the water that I have used.

The fact you are still missing basic features is laughable at best.

Backup phone = sitting in a drawer in case I damage my actually good phone
[Windows Phone 7 General] dazza9075:
I thought so, its amazing how easy it is to tell an android user from anyone else.

Coming from the most mod-able mobile OS ever, I personally consider WP as a breath of fresh air that actually does what it says on the tin and does it very well.

you say its laughable we don't have independent volume controls...I say I couldn't care less, if its there ill use it, as its not I can honestly say I don't miss it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] crixley:
Well obviously there are enough threads about it on various forums that people do care about features like this, and the lack of a back button in the browser, etc...

Marketshare/sales speaks volumes. You can give the argument "salespeople aren't pushing it enough" etc, but that is all I ever see.

The os is smooth and has great social media integration, but poor app selection/quality, lack of any customization (even just basic stuff like custom tile colours), and other basic things are definitely hurting its sales.

It is fine to be a fanboy, but to many things like this are an issue.

P.S.- there isn't a big movement because no one is buying them
[Windows Phone 7 General] dazza9075:
What speaks volumes is the loudest person in a room and that is usually Android users who seem to think alternate personal choice is only for the delusional "few"

We could get in to a conversation about this but its entirely off topic.

Facts are these

Does WP have individual volume controls? - No it doesn't

Is it, essential? - No it isn't

Would it be nice? - yeah but see above.

can it be added by us? - technically no, however if you able to circumvent some of the tightest security on any OS platform there are some dirty reg tweaks that allow you to modify various audio levels. Interop unlock is the minimum level needed to perform these tweaks
[Windows Phone 7 General] vovantuong:
Any music app with separate volume control?
[Windows Phone 7 General] dazza9075:
See above, nope.
[Windows Phone 7 General] danmoz98:
Speaking of volume, when I got my LUmia 900 there was an issue that the volume of the alarm wouldn't go any lower than 12, 12 was the lowest setting, everything below that was the same as 12. This was an issue since day 1 of the phone being released. I hoped that each update would fix this but alas, nope.

So yesterday I updated to 7.8.

Now the only volume my alarm has is 'MEGA ****ING LOUD WAKE THE ENTIRE STREET UP'. It doesn't matter if the volume is set to 0 or 30, it's all the same (about 30 if you were wondering). Like most people, I don't like being suddenly and violently woken up by the equivalent of a foghorn.

Why is fixing this such a problem?

Not only that, but this bug appears to have manifested itself into the LUmia 920!

http://forums.wpcentral.com/nokia-lumia-920/211397-alarm-clock-volume.html
[Windows Phone 7 General] kadajawi:
Not having independent volume control is a joke. ANY phone from the last 10 years or so has it. My mother ALWAYS misses phone calls because the volume is too low. I bought a WP7 device for her because it is easy to use, but I'm considering giving her an old Nokia instead (in fact she wants it back!). She does use her phone to listen to music, watch YouTube etc., and the stupid phone is simply too loud for that. It is ridiculous that MS forces her to think about increasing the volume after every time she listened to music, and then to get deaf when she wants to listen again. For crying out loud she is 60+, she already forgets stuff. Basically my mother is really pissed off by her phone, and I am too because it often caused a lot of problems when she (as usual) missed a call. She is already known in the family for never picking up phone calls, and everyone laughs about her stupid phone, giving comments on how she should have gotten an Android device or iPhone. They will never, ever, consider WP because of this.

There is NO reason at all to not have separate controls. When listening to music, playing a game that has audio output etc. the volume rocker sets the music volume, when not doing it it sets the ringtone volume. That is not confusing at all, and could be clarified by some text on screen.

I do like WP, but an omission like this is enough to be completely useless and not even worth wasting 1 second of thought about buying it. Heck, I would not even take it if it were free. That is how bad the omission of this feature is... not even Apple is that obsessed with simplicity! Not even Apple thinks its users are such morons that they'd be confused a volume rocker that has... gasp, 2 different functions, depending on what mode you are in. No wonder that the WP market share is so small.

Btw.: Yes, when WP7 launched Android was an incoherent, inefficient mess. But 4.2? It is bloody brilliant, fast and stable. The UI makes sense and is quite coherent (though not quite as pretty as WP7, and I do miss the controls that appear during music playback when you press a volume button... that is absolutely brilliant).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0n3y0n7r335:
My Atrix 4g was working fine and then I set it off the the side while I worked on some homework and when I came back and tried to unlock it, nothing happened, the screen remained black although I could flick the volume up and down switch and get a vibration and a sound, it seemed to me like the device was still on and working just the screen was black. I pulled the battery and when I put it back the phone refused to boot and showed a red LED. I waited 5 min and pulled the battery again and this time the phone booted up perfectly and is still working right now, is this something I should be worried about? Should I bring it back to the store for an exchange?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neer2005:
Definitely bring it back for an exchange
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0n3y0n7r335:
Do you happen to know the exchange policy at AT&T? I have no warranty, but I've only had it for a week or so.

Also how do you know its just not a small software glitch or something that is insignificant and was a one time thing? Or do you think I should bring it back just in case.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live4nyy:
If you bought it from AT&T then you have 30 days to return/exchange it. Tell them there is a software issue where it forces your phone to turn off. To be safe, you could call their corporate customer service at "611" and tell them the situation and they will note your account about the situation that way the reps in the store cannot turn you away.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0n3y0n7r335:
What if I bought it from RadioShack though? They had a sale where it was only $150.. xD

Btw mine is rooted and everything, how do they check for root anyways? And in order for me to exchange it I'm guessing I have to factory reset, would that undo the root?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live4nyy:
Radioshack should have a similar policy. You should be able to check it online.

No, a restore will NOT remove root. Which root method did you use? I believe SOC and aRoot both have unroot options. I had to return my first Atrix as well and I used Root Explorer to uninstall SU before I ran the unroot script to make sure it would be removed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ciloteille:
I returned my bricked atrix to radio crap and they swapped no problem
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0n3y0n7r335:
I used aRoot, out of curiosity what was wrong with your first Atrix?

I did a quick google and no one seemed to have experienced the problem that I had with the blank screen, although there seem to be no other issues and its snappy as usual. If I decided just to keep this Atrix and not go through the hassle of returning and then downloading everything and setting my theme back up and a million other personalization things I did, do you think I would regret it later?

Oh and do you think it would have anything to do with the fact I dropped my phone? I was just chilling in class and it fell out of my pocket. Lol it was like a 2 foot drop onto tile face first, although there are no visible damages aside from a scratch in the corner thats minuscule and took me like 5 min to find.

Also, the issue didn't occur until like a couple hours after I dropped it.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live4nyy:
I brought mine back because of software issues like the battery monitor displaying the phone as charging even though it was unplugged, screen brightness was changing even though I had the auto turned off, little things that I haven't experienced on my second phone.

With yours, if you feel comfortable enough to hold onto it for awhile longer I don't see any harm in that. Radioshack gives you 30 days. There have been random reboot issues on some of the Atrix's so it might not be anything serious. I've had a couple issues with the screen freezing on me, which what could have happened on yours.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0n3y0n7r335:
Well mine didn't randomly reboot, and the screen didn't freeze, it just blanked for awhile, I don't think its serious enough to constitute my phone as a "lemon". I'll probably end up holding on to it and seeing if anything else happens and if not then just keep it. Thanks for all the help though! :]

And if anyone else has experienced this issue or something similar, it would be awesome if you could share your experience.
[Nook Color General] orphancow:
simple should my nook be stock before running nookie froy0 from sd card? or will i be fine if i put the nookie froyo sd card in and just reboot?
[Nook Color General] cshehan:
It shouldn't make any difference to the bootable sd as to what's in the internal memory.
[Nook Color General] Pinoy8125:
It doesn't matter whether NC is rooted or not. Burn nookie froyo image on SDcard then insert while NC is off then power on. It will boot from the sd card as long as it is in. Remove it from NC to boot on stock rom.
[Nook Color General] orphancow:
awesome thank you. seemed like a dumb question but i am super paranoid about my electronics.

Any suggested sites for the correct steps for burning img for us mac users?
[Android] TheShadowMan:
I'm trying to implement a Power Menu mod for the SGS4G but I'm running into trouble with Globalactions.smali from Android.Policy.jar. I've been using this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811532&highlight=power+menu+mod which was written for the Vibrant and just been adapting it to the SGS4G but I can't even figure out how to adapt it to the Globalactions.smali file.

Could anyone give me a hand? here's the smali file:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12235402/GlobalActions.smali

Thanks.:)
[Android] OMJ:
I'm no expert, but I put together these basic instructions for someone else, maybe it will help you....this was specific for the 4n1 power mod

-download patch file: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8324212&postcount=2

-deodex android.policy.jar

-open deodexed android.policy.jar w/ 7zip, extract classes.dex

-decompile classes.dex (java -jar baksmali.jar classes.dex)

-make changes per patch file (Baksmali\out\com\android\internal\policy\impl)

-copy folder to smali dir

-compile classes.dex (java -jar smali.jar -o classes.dex out/)

for the icon:

-decompile com.htc.resourses using apktool, (apktool d com.htc.resourses.apk)

-navigate to apktool\com.htc.resources\res\drawable-hdpi & choose an icon, copy it's name

-navigate to apktool\com.htc.resources\res\values\public.xml, search for the icon name

-copy icon hex value, ie... 0x020200d5, omitting the 0x0, making it 20200d5

-open Baksmali\out\com\android\internal\policy\impl\GlobalActions.smali

-search for original icon (20200d9), change to 20200d5

-copy folder to smali dir

-compile classes.dex (java -jar smali.jar -o classes.dex out/)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] cybertyk:
does anyone know of any transparent-keyboards? or can one be made by fiddling with the apk?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rex4u:
Hello,

Just a simple question - can gaming damage or deteriorate touch sensitivity or any other qualities of display over time ?

I love Fruit Ninja ;)

Thanks everyone !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saphirrot:
man , of cause not :D why should they ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rex4u:
Thanks sapphirot.

Actually I read it sometime back in some forum that gaming had made his screen less responsive :(

So thought better to ask to people who know better :)
[Vibrant Android Development] tunefoo:
Hey everyone I want to apologizes for last week and the gong show that happened.

I had testers test it fully and it is stable!

Bugs: So Far

Everyone may have to add network separately

THIS WILL BE UPDATED AS MORE ARE FOUND

It has Tigers Blood Kernel and it is Stable

It is also themed

Disclaimer:​

I am not responsible for anything that will happen which may lead to a $200 paper weight.​

Download: http://www.multiupload.com/UCIND0XVA9

MD5 08b8cd92a8b2a97e046d92ca15d75857

Thanks To:

-jcc332006

-designgears for their sick rom

-jellette

- And whoever else help testing or making

Please plovide feedback so it can get better!

As well please NO FLAMING!!!

Please Click Thanks! If You like it!
[Vibrant Android Development] tunefoo:
Saved For UPDATES AND PICS
[Vibrant Android Development] Dan_Brutal:
Nice man!
[Vibrant Android Development] tunefoo:
Thanks, Took Me long time to Fix it! Hope You Enjoy it....Screenshots will be uploaded soon!
[Vibrant Android Development] jcc332006:
Good stuff Tunefoo! Downloading now. I'll try to get som pics up for you shortly. If noone beats me to it. Hoping the best for you on this project. Can only get better man!:)
[Vibrant Android Development] Liestman:
Does not work, get the 3 vibrations, and a black screen.
[Vibrant Android Development] tunefoo:
Should work I have four people test for me and everyone said it works and I tested it too

Sent from my Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] Liestman:
Hmmm, dunno, I will try to download again.
[Vibrant Android Development] tunefoo:
Killerace confirmed it working just now

Sent from my Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] stevencpoynter:
Having issues here too, random buzzing at the Galaxy S logo then black screen with freakout buzzes every five seconds or so.
[Vibrant Android Development] Liestman:
Yea, thats the same thing I am getting.
[Vibrant Android Development] lightninbug:
what is the final size of your guys downlaoded file? Zshared hasnt been downloading FULL file recently...try using megaupload when its up
[Vibrant Android Development] stevencpoynter:
192megs was my file size
[Vibrant Android Development] Liestman:
197.611 for me.
[Vibrant Android Development] stevencpoynter:
Here in lies our problem rofl
[Vibrant Android Development] Liestman:
Correction, 192 megs
[Vibrant Android Development] stevencpoynter:
I'm getting 192.97 and 192.98 across all the multi upload sites.
[Vibrant Android Development] lightninbug:
i just got 193megs from multiupload direct download...wait till its done uploading i guess..or come back in an hour