@KALofKRYPTON I've got an XZ3 and it suffers the same problem, yeah. I just naturally assumed it was the default behavior of this new phone, as I recently upgraded from an older Xperia which didn't have the new Android update on.
When it appears, the little cog beneath the media volume slider is a shortcut to your ringtone volume control settings. Two taps / three seconds of your life that you'll never get back, but it's there.
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@JohnnyShoulder that's more something Huawei is doing with their customisations.
Sony tend to tread pretty close to stock Android these days. Which is mostly a good thing, but in this case, not.
@RogerRoger I've found an (old) APK for a button configuration app that sorts it. Behaves well when media is focused too so I've sorted it now. Will link if you want it.
The clock thing is actually doing my nut in though! 🙄😬
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@KALofKRYPTON Thanks for the offer but, since I was lucky enough to upgrade the phone itself at the same time as upgrading to the new version of Android, I've been able to kinda go "well, this is how the new phone works now, I guess" and learn it (and all the other changes). Switch it back just as I've gotten the hang of it and that's what'll properly confuse me!
Didn't even notice the clock thing, but then I wear a watch and have clocks around the apartment, so checking the time on my phone is less of a thing for me anyway.
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@KALofKRYPTON Ah I see. I actually don't mind the new volume controls as I listen to a lot of music whilst I'm traveling to and from work, and my phone is on silent for the majority of the day any way.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
It's this 'clock above clock' thing. I've maintained essentially the exact same homescreen layout for many years, and the notification bar has pretty much always been status stuff to the right, and notifications on the left. But now, becuase of Samsung and their 'notch'... ðŸ˜
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I very rarely use my laptop unless there's something Windows specific I have to do - or that would just be easier with a keyboard; so phone or tablet (which shares a very similar layout). That's just my Homescreen, left pane is a calendar widget and right has a couple of widgets and a couple of rows of my most used apps
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@KALofKRYPTON First thing I did with my new phone (with my last couple new phones, actually) was remove the baked-in Google app. That disables or removes most of the annoying intrusions, but then I also remove all the social media apps, music apps (save the default Sony music player, which I've stripped down to simply show me the album covers for the .mp3s I've uploaded to the phone's memory) and disable anything that requires my location, so Maps, weather, etc. all get the boot.
I basically have Phone, Messages, Chrome and Contacts alongside the shortcut to my other apps (of which there's only one page) and that's it. Don't even have the network name at the top; I know what network I'm on, why do I need that?!
Damn, I sound old.
"We want different things, Crosshair. That doesn't mean that we have to be enemies."
I understand the appeal of stripping everything out.
I used to root and customise every phone I had. Until Sony slowed down with the bloatware and Samsung's Touchwiz actually got to be rather good.
I've disabled the status bar clock now - shame there's nothing baked in to let me move it back.
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