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CoolDesign started one of these for the Mini, although I love my phone I thought it was a good idea so decided to start one for the Mini Pro (2011 version). Check out the other thread too (http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/107847#107847) as I'm sure alot of features will be shared, I've copied some into this thread.
Please post enhancements only, not bugs or issues with your phone... unless of course it is something that needs enhancing! I'll try to copy them into this post to keep them all at the start.
- Screen flickering - ambient light sensor on/off option, or not updating so often.
- Photos seem over-compressed - don't compress so much or give options.
- Video seems over-compressed - don't compress so much or give options.
- Fade-in alarm and fade in ringtones options. **
- Lock-screen "widget" for the music player. (Surprised this wasn't there). **
- Three settings on the "brightness" widget (dim, mid, bright). **
- Rotate home screen and app drawer. It does this when the keyboard is out so it can be done, if not by the sensor can we have a widget that rotates the screen. (Anyone know of one?)
- Allow for a preview on the lock screen of messages recieved (SMS, etc), theres plenty of space under the clock. **
- Use a long press on the included headphones button to activate Voice Search so you can ring someone or navigate somewhere without touching/unlocking the phone.
- Include the other two switches (Backlight and Data Traffic) in the Status Switch. (Because of its size it currently doesn't go in the middle so looks weird) Or reduce it to four and allow it to be configured with which ones we want. **
- Camera sounds. I know some places have to have sounds by law, but can we have a separate volume for it as I'm not sure which one controls it but its overly loud!! (shutter and focus) If I switch xLoud off it helps but I want this on...
- Allow the volume keys to be used for next/previous track/station or volume (setting, either or) when playing music/radio and the phone is locked.
Added (25/10/2011):
- Have a setting to control the timeout of the keyboard backlight.
- Have a setting to control the keyboard backlight brightness as it is difficult to see in low light (especially on the white Mini Pro).
** Just to add uliwooly-wooly posted some useful apps which provide this functionality (the starred items). See here and here or scroll down.
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preview sms you can install this app
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.lulusoft.locale.lockscreen&feature=search_result
backlight and data traffic
check the other POWER CONTROL widget I suggested above
camera sound
you need to flash a Global Generic firmware to your phone to have the option to turn off the sound
or use Quick Settings app -> volume control-> system volume
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bwx.bequick&feature=search_result
volume keys to control the music player its a great idea but you can use the headphones to do that, press it once to stop/play the song, press it twice to skip a song, press it thrice and you'll go to the previous track
or you can use the app above and add this feature to the lockscreen
Now you will probably say, now come SE didn't included all this features, some of them make sense, but the others are features that aren't used by most users, like I don't want to have a notification message on my lock screen but it is there, and I wouldn't want to have a preview SMS on my lockscreen but some users do, the beauty of a Smartphone its not the phone itself is the market, with it's myriad of possibilities to customized your device
I believe you can do this already ... but you just do a quick double press... I'll try it again tonight but pretty sure it works.
Maybe double tap forward... long press back when music player is running?
Yeah, I've tried everything, it doesn't work 
... haha and yeah this "Forum" really needs an Edit button ..
Hi, good idea I'd like to help an active participant in the 'cricket' forum: Login, then on the right side press 'Edit thread' - and you'll see the miracle 
lol ... why is it over there!! Thanks
Hmm .. strange... I've just tried it, basically works like this for me:
(Locked or unlocked doesn't seem to matter)
If last player used was music player (the one that comes with the phone), one press plays the track then one press pauses the track. While playing, a double tap on the button on the headset skips to the next track.
If the last player used was the radio (again the included one), one press starts the radio and one press stops the radio. While playing, a double tap on the button skips to the next scanned station.
The volume keys do the volume... camera key does nothing.
preview sms you can install this app
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.lulusoft.locale.lockscreen&feature=search_result
backlight and data traffic
check the other POWER CONTROL widget I suggested above
camera sound
you need to flash a Global Generic firmware to your phone to have the option to turn off the sound
or use Quick Settings app -> volume control-> system volume
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bwx.bequick&feature=search_result
volume keys to control the music player its a great idea but you can use the headphones to do that, press it once to stop/play the song, press it twice to skip a song, press it thrice and you'll go to the previous track
or you can use the app above and add this feature to the lockscreen
Now you will probably say, now come SE didn't included all this features, some of them make sense, but the others are features that aren't used by most users, like I don't want to have a notification message on my lock screen but it is there, and I wouldn't want to have a preview SMS on my lockscreen but some users do, the beauty of a Smartphone its not the phone itself is the market, with it's myriad of possibilities to customized your device
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