Prevent ringer volume from changing

It is a very common situation. Surely it has also happened to you with your Android: that the ring volume is changed unintentionally or accidentally. It is also typical to lend the cell phone and have it returned to you in silence or with the volume low, something that you only realize when you find yourself with missed calls.

I have found two ways to prevent the ringer volume from being changed accidentally (or by someone else). Change the default function of those buttons or lock them, something you can do with remapping apps.

Let the volume buttons control the volume of the music

This is a solution that kills two birds with one stone. Normally the volume buttons control the volume of the ringer, but with this solution you can change their action, so that, by default, they control the volume of the music (or rather, the multimedia volume: audio, video).

How to increase the volume of your cell phone (even beyond the limit)

At the moment, the only application that makes this possible is Rocker Locker. You just have to activate it and that’s it. From that moment on, each time the volume buttons on the phone are pressed, the multimedia volume will change and no longer the ringer volume, as it normally happens.

If at any time you want to change the volume of the ringtone, you can do it manually from the general settings of your Android, Sound option.

Descargar: Rocker Locker (Google Play)

Lock the ringer volume

That is, in case the volume buttons of the device are pressed by someone or accidentally, the ringer volume does not change (or is immediately restored to its previous level, overriding the action of the buttons).

One of the apps that does this is Volume Lock & Mute (Dieter Thiess).

How to raise lower VOLUME cell phone WITHOUT buttons

First set the desired ring volume on your Android. After this, open the application, activate it with the power switch and enable the button «Lock volume at current level».

Be careful with its operation: after pressing the volume buttons, the application will take a couple of seconds to restore the volume to its previous level. Don’t expect me to do it immediately and think it doesn’t work.

Descargar: Volume Lock & Mute (Google Play)

There are other applications of this type available for free on the Play Store. In my case, I have also tried the applications Volume Lock Control (RecoSystems) and Volume Locker (Shopriant), where in addition to blocking the volume of the ringtone and notifications, you can optionally activate the blocking of the volume of the alarm, the music, the games, volume within calls, screen touches and system sounds. Volume Locker has the peculiarity that, if you change the volume of the ringtone with the phone buttons, the application gives you 30 seconds to apply this change. If you do nothing, the application will automatically restore the volume to the level set before the change.