V551 - Disable side ring volume control?

I remember seeing a SEEM edit to change or deactivate certain buttons
but I'm not sure if that one is incuded. Look at the SEEMs guide at
www.xlr8.us/hofo.



> Nope. I don't think so. This thread was around some time ago. The
> consensus then was that you could only give it a password. That's what
> I did and it seems to work OK. When I hit it by accident (and I have a
> horizontal case), it puts up the "Enter Unlock Code". A bit annoying
> but it prevents the ringer getting shut off.
>
> If you do find a way to disable these buttons, please let us know.
>
> John
>
>
> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:44:20 -0500, dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
>> It's the one "feature" that I hate. When I want to adjust the ring
>> volume, I'll do it through the menu. I'm tired of having it turned
>> off by accident.
>>
>> Is there a way to disconnect the control?

[POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

In <t0lr0290vdhkfog6u3sg6u64j3ptts19ek@4ax.com> on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:44:20
-0500, dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:

>It's the one "feature" that I hate. When I want to adjust the ring
>volume, I'll do it through the menu. I'm tired of having it turned off
>by accident.
>
>Is there a way to disconnect the control?

If you don't have the latest firmware, get it updated. I've found that the
latest firmware makes it much less likely to get the ring turned off.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:30:03 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
>In <t0lr0290vdhkfog6u3sg6u64j3ptts19ek@4ax.com> on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:44:20
>-0500, dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
>>It's the one "feature" that I hate. When I want to adjust the ring
>>volume, I'll do it through the menu. I'm tired of having it turned off
>>by accident.
>>
>>Is there a way to disconnect the control?
>
>If you don't have the latest firmware, get it updated. I've found that the
>latest firmware makes it much less likely to get the ring turned off.

How does one go about flashing the firmware - nothing really about it
on Howard except to only use R47 but that is over a year old. And in
what way does the firmware update change the behavior?

On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:10:41 GMT, "BruceR" <br@NOhawaiiSPAM.com>
wrote:

>I remember seeing a SEEM edit to change or deactivate certain buttons
>but I'm not sure if that one is incuded. Look at the SEEMs guide at
>www.xlr8.us/hofo.
>
>
>

Thanks. I'll look.

[POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

In <54pr029glhv2f8bk1jrd0bukjog7qav7e5@4ax.com> on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:02:29
-0500, dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:30:03 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>>
>>In <t0lr0290vdhkfog6u3sg6u64j3ptts19ek@4ax.com> on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:44:20
>>-0500, dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>>It's the one "feature" that I hate. When I want to adjust the ring
>>>volume, I'll do it through the menu. I'm tired of having it turned off
>>>by accident.
>>>
>>>Is there a way to disconnect the control?
>>
>>If you don't have the latest firmware, get it updated. I've found that the
>>latest firmware makes it much less likely to get the ring turned off.
>
>How does one go about flashing the firmware - nothing really about it
>on Howard except to only use R47 but that is over a year old.

Get it done under warranty.
-or -
Do it yourself. "Google is your friend." Look for Motorola modding.

>And in
>what way does the firmware update change the behavior?

Ignores the kind of keypresses you might make when it's not in use.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:
> It's the one "feature" that I hate. When I want to adjust the ring
> volume, I'll do it through the menu. I'm tired of having it turned off
> by accident.

> Is there a way to disconnect the control?

You can't disable it, but you can block the function.

Menu>Settings>Security>Lock Application>1234>scroll down two pages (22
lines) to "-Audio", a few lines below "AIM" (which makes it look like
"-Audio" is a subset of "AIM"), Change, Locked, END.

After you do this, when you pull your phone out of your pocket, it will say
"Enter unlock code", because you have inadvertently tried to change the
audio style. "cancel" and carry on with use of the phone.

--
---
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:09:50 +0000 (UTC), dold@XReXXV551X.usenet.us.com
wrote:

>dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:
>> It's the one "feature" that I hate. When I want to adjust the ring
>> volume, I'll do it through the menu. I'm tired of having it turned off
>> by accident.
>
>> Is there a way to disconnect the control?
>
>You can't disable it, but you can block the function.
>
>Menu>Settings>Security>Lock Application>1234>scroll down two pages (22
>lines) to "-Audio", a few lines below "AIM" (which makes it look like
>"-Audio" is a subset of "AIM"), Change, Locked, END.
>
>After you do this, when you pull your phone out of your pocket, it will say
>"Enter unlock code", because you have inadvertently tried to change the
>audio style. "cancel" and carry on with use of the phone.

Wow, that sure seemed like a good idea. And it does block the Audio
function on the menu. It just doesn't disable the same function on the
button. Moronic programming.

On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:53:41 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
>In <54pr029glhv2f8bk1jrd0bukjog7qav7e5@4ax.com> on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:02:29
>-0500, dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:30:03 GMT, John Navas
>><spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>>>
>>>In <t0lr0290vdhkfog6u3sg6u64j3ptts19ek@4ax.com> on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:44:20
>>>-0500, dgk <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>It's the one "feature" that I hate. When I want to adjust the ring
>>>>volume, I'll do it through the menu. I'm tired of having it turned off
>>>>by accident.
>>>>
>>>>Is there a way to disconnect the control?
>>>
>>>If you don't have the latest firmware, get it updated. I've found that the
>>>latest firmware makes it much less likely to get the ring turned off.
>>
>>How does one go about flashing the firmware - nothing really about it
>>on Howard except to only use R47 but that is over a year old.
>
>Get it done under warranty.
>-or -
>Do it yourself. "Google is your friend." Look for Motorola modding.
>
>>And in
>>what way does the firmware update change the behavior?
>
>Ignores the kind of keypresses you might make when it's not in use.


I looked through lxr8's map (http://www.xlr8.us/hofo/) but didn't see
anything about disabling a button or reassigning a function to it.
There is lots of interesting stuff there but nothing that I really
need to do. Do you happen to know which setting I should be looking
into?