Can't get it to work and it is checked on in settings. Is there a trick to it? I've tried face down and face up and only while on outgoing call that is still ringing, not during a connected call. Is that the problem? That would seem weird to me.
Also, when I first started researching phones, one of the first ones I looked at had a feature that when you got a call if you turned it over it would silence the ringer. I have a feeling it was the Moto Droid though. Anyone know if there's an app to do that on the RZD or if I'm mistaken and it has that feature?
From my understanding, u must be in "normal" sound profile for flip speaker to work. Also the ringer does go silent* when u pick it up.
*maybe not silent, but ringer does get alot lower
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It's in normal.
I haven't noticed that with the ringing but I'm thinking more of a silence the phone and ignore it sort of situation. Like if I'm at work or with a friend and the phone rings I can just turn it over and it will stop.
Mine works. I accidently got it to work actually. Sat the phone down while talking to someone then all of a sudden they got loud. Everytime I have tried it sense it has work.
was one of the first things I discovered on my rezound, and I love it. I use it quite often actually haha. There is a setting in the menu to enable or disable it, as well as the silence if you move the phone while it's ringing.
Settings > Sound settings under incoming calls
I used to have these extra settings checked, but i read somewhere that it drains the battery faster. Maybe the sensors detecting the orientation of the phone causes some battery drain, but im not positive about that.
It works really well on mine. If there's a battery issue, maybe you want to check what power settings you're in. I keep mine in performance, since that also seems to cause less problems with 4G turning off. Also check if your sensors are working, maybe with a tilt game or something similar. I've had it on the whole time and it doesn't seem like I get less battery life than what people report, at least not obviously.
Just tested this out, and it seems like the speaker phone flip and silence ringer flip only work when the phone is on a flat surface. The phone lowers the volume of the ring when you pick it up, but mutes it completely if you flip it face down on a flat surface. The speakerphone works the same way, at least I couldn't get it to activate without putting the phone down.
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Just tested this out, and it seems like the speaker phone flip and silence ringer flip only work when the phone is on a flat surface. The phone lowers the volume of the ring when you pick it up, but mutes it completely if you flip it face down on a flat surface. The speakerphone works the same way, at least I couldn't get it to activate without putting the phone down.
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I tested the muting the rings when you turn it over and that worked, then when I answered it my friend hung up! She didn't know the second part of the test. lol. Then our food came and we stuffed our faces. Then we had to go to a stupid 3 hour safety training class that didn't apply to our department AT ALL. Oh well...
I wonder if it needs the sensor covered up as well as being turned over, the one that makes the screen turn off when you hold it to your ear.
Yep, I think that's it. If you turn it over and don't lay it on a table no speakerphone, but if you then just cover that sensor with your hand it goes to speakerphone. Problem with this function is when you turn it back over speakerphone turns off. Guess I'll just turn on speakerphone the old fashioned cumbersome way. Was hoping to just be able to flip it over and back. Oh well.
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Mine works. I accidently got it to work actually. Sat the phone down while talking to someone then all of a sudden they got loud. Everytime I have tried it sense it has work.
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lol in a crowded room with your family, talking to your GF bout all the sexytimes that are gonna occur later.......lol
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I took my ameo apart the other day to fix a speaker and noticed that it had i slot for a vibrating alert. so I took apart my old dead o2 xda ii and the motor fitted in perfectly, trouble is the ameo has no software to switch it on so its useless on the whole. does anyone know of a way to add this missing software? as it is built into the rom it would be hard to add seeing how its never had one anyway.
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This was brought up in a previous thread. But i've seen in the past something that enabled you to change profile, with the option to turn vibrate on adn off. I can't remember where I seen it though. Do a search maybe you'll come up luckier than me.
Hi, perhaps it can help : some skins of WISBAR Advance show the option.
But this doesn't mean it can really activate it...
its strange, its all setup for the motor inside, its as if they changed there mind last moment. it would be handy in my job to have it working, I guess the only real way is to take the software out of another rom with one and install it into the athena rom. i will keep searching.
jay
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Hi, perhaps it can help : some skins of WISBAR Advance show the option.
But this doesn't mean it can really activate it...
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wisebar is just the wallpaper for the real software behind I think, I dont think it is much trouble to add the button but its the rest. just because the slot and track is there, maybe some of the components are missing also. But im guessing here
Maybe vibrating alarm and the built-in microdrive won't like each other ?
Dieter
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Maybe vibrating alarm and the built-in microdrive won't like each other ?
Dieter
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I think that that is the most likely answer. I'm sure it would be OK at first but could damage things in the end,
I also remember reading about this somewhere. Seems like someone said vibrate was going to be incorporated, but was not because of the microdrive. I saw a vibrating motor that was only 3mm x 11mm. Maybe less vibrate would have less effect on the drive. Software though, hmmmmmmmm.......
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I also remember reading about this somewhere. Seems like someone said vibrate was going to be incorporated, but was not because of the microdrive. I saw a vibrating motor that was only 3mm x 11mm. Maybe less vibrate would have less effect on the drive. Software though, hmmmmmmmm.......
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The Better solution and answer provided some time ago was to make a recording of another device vibrating (i.e.: sitting on a desk or table) then using that audio file as the ringtone. It won't shake the innards of your Athena and if anyone in a meeting or where ever hears it, they wouldn't likely know the difference.
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The Better solution and answer provided some time ago was to make a recording of another device vibrating (i.e.: sitting on a desk or table) then using that audio file as the ringtone. It won't shake the innards of your Athena and if anyone in a meeting or where ever hears it, they wouldn't likely know the difference.
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I just don't understand people who say the vibrating sound thing is a solution. If the pda is in your pocket, how does the vibrate sound let you know you have a call. You do not even hear it. It is the actual vibration that would let you know you have a call. i would give up the microdrive in a second for a real vibrate mode!
And besides hearing a vibrating phone in a meeting is just as bad as hearing it ring. So the idea would be to notify you that you have a call and others would not hear it.
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I just don't understand people who say the vibrating sound thing is a solution. If the pda is in your pocket, how does the vibrate sound let you know you have a call. You do not even hear it. It is the actual vibration that would let you know you have a call. i would give up the microdrive in a second for a real vibrate mode!
And besides hearing a vibrating phone in a meeting is just as bad as hearing it ring. So the idea would be to notify you that you have a call and others would not hear it.
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If you are putting Athena in your pocket, you must be a BIG person or wear oversized clothes. IMHO Athean is not a pocket device (too big), but having the sound of a vibrating phone with the volume towards low is only audible very near the device. I would agree with your comment on being annoying if it were on loud. Perhaps those who absolutely want to vibrate should look towards the X7510 which has the 16GB flash instead of uDrive, and work on the hack to make it available as a ring setting.
Try to use standard HTC Home - it has possibility to choose vibra tone ( but I'm not shure if it send signal to vibra)
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If you are putting Athena in your pocket, you must be a BIG person or wear oversized clothes.
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lol
As it happens, I'm 6 foot 3 and weigh around 23 stone (325 lbs) so i meet both of those criteria. I have no problem with fitting this thing in my pocket.
Still, i don't do it cos i don't want to forget it's in there and crack the screen if i sit on it! Personally, vibration is not a problem for me, cos if I'm in a meeting or somewhere I can't answer the phone, i put it on silent and deal with everything afterwards.
Just because I CAN be contacted at any time on my mobile, doesn't necessarily mean that I WANT to be contacted.....
off topic :Woot! 100 posts.....
I almost posted this yesterday and didn't, but I feel the need to back up eagle 1. A recording of a vibrating phone is not a solution. I need vibrate here: in the car with the radio turned up, in a meeting, in a movie or performance theater. A quiet buzzing recording will be missed every time. There are times when I must be available, like when the kids are home with a babysitter.
The fact that HTC designed vibrate into our phones and then left it out is a real shame. I too would have given up the MD to get vibrate.
The Athena fit's quite nicely in my suite jacket pocket, or, indeed, the inside pocket of my leather jacket - either way, when I'm out I often can't hear the ring but would be able to feel a vibrate.
Ok Guys, based on your scenarios, here are some vibrating bluetooth options.
http://www.netpcdirect.co.uk/bluetooth_vibrating_bracelet.php
Bracelet, watch, wear it while driving, in a meeting, at the movies. . . . .
And if you don't want to tie up yout bluetooth, there is this gizmo:
http://www.potomactech.com/browse/telephones/telephone-accessories/100.phtml
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If you are putting Athena in your pocket, you must be a BIG person or wear oversized clothes. IMHO Athean is not a pocket device (too big), but having the sound of a vibrating phone with the volume towards low is only audible very near the device. I would agree with your comment on being annoying if it were on loud. Perhaps those who absolutely want to vibrate should look towards the X7510 which has the 16GB flash instead of uDrive, and work on the hack to make it available as a ring setting.
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Actually the Athena fits pretty good in a coat pocket and even better if you ditch the keyboard and cover. When I am out I do this along with carrying the Style-i.
raskell - that's why I bought the Jabra BT8010 which has vibrate, although the motor is so small I sometimes miss it when its in the pocket of my jeans. Not as good as an industrial-strength vibrate would have been built-in to the Athena.
Hey, the more vibrating accessories you can get, the better your chance of not missing a call!
I would suggest making a Mortscript with a vibrate command. I'm not sure what component Mortscript relies on to vibrate but it seems it's incorporated into itself.
Now, my question is did you see any place to slip in an earpiece?
I have a Verizon HTC Thunderbolt and I regularly use the flip feature while on the phone to enable my speaker phone. I turn my phone face down on a flat surface and the speaker phone is automatically enabled. I reverse the process and the speaker phone is automatically disabled. Recently this feature stopped working and now when I put my phone face down the speaker phone no longer automatically starts. Can you please help me restore this feature?
Go into your sound settings and make sure "flip for speaker" is checked.
I confirmed that "Flip for Speaker" is checked. While Googling for a possible solution I encountered a recommendation to try gently dropping the phone, face down, on a soft surface, to "recalibrate its proximity", I tried that and it worked. My speaker phone now works again when I flip it over.
Could you be a little more specific about how you got it to work exactly because I haven't been able to get mine to work since day 1. Basically list the steps you did in order for you to get it working again. Thanks
I held my phone, face down, over the carpet, about 6 inches from the ground and deliberately dropped it. Then I picked it up, started a phone call, flipped my phone like normal and it automatically switched to speaker phone.
I did that and it stil didn't work. I had to start a call then drop it like you said and then the speaker turned on. After ending the call I called again to see if that fixed it but it still didn't work. In order for me to get it to work i have to drop it everytime I want the speaker to turn on?????
Troubleshooting steps:
1) hardware or software? Download "android sensor data" from the market. Observe the readings as you rotate your phone. If the readings don't move, your sensor is broken and you need a replacement.
2) if they do move, and accurately, its software. Google will yield ways to re-calibrate as well as how to enable the feature.
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I'll be damned...that worked!!!
Ya, you don't have to drop the phone to get it to work. You can usually just "tap" the phone against your hand or shake the phone to get the sensors to get "unstuck".
I have a question for those with the issue. Are you using any kind of case with a magnetic clasp?
I know they say it doesn't affect the phones, but ever since I had a G1, I've never used any cases with magnets in them because they always seemed to mess up all the sensors.
Just something I've observed over the years.
I am using the seidio Convert 3-in-1 but i'm pretty sure there's no magnet in it.
Still working on the sensor info. Will post results
Thanks for all the help
I've had the exact same issue with mine since day 1 I got the phone. It has never worked with that feature and when I mentioned it to Verizon they had no answers. I'm glad someone brought this up so I could fix it as well!
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I've had the exact same issue with mine since day 1 I got the phone. It has never worked with that feature and when I mentioned it to Verizon they had no answers. I'm glad someone brought this up so I could fix it as well!
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You also have to remember that the flip feature also seems to use the prox sensor, so if you just "flip" the phone in the air, it will not activate the speakerphone. I can understand this, because let's say you are holding the phone in your watch hand and you flip the phone quickly to check the time. You would not want the phone to go to speaker for that.
It has to detect the "flip" and also that you flipped the phone against something (like a tabletop, etc).
I recalibrated my sensor by going to display then calibrate sensor. After that I made a call and the only time it actualy works is when you lay it down on a flat surface, but then when you go to pick it up the speaker turns off.. WTF.... The whole point of that is to be able to flip your phone and have the speaker turn on. Why even have it if you have to manually do it during a call anyway? Sounds like they didn't put a whole lot of thought into the functionality of the flip for speaker phone. I use my speaker all the time but what good is it to set your phone down to turn the speaker on, of course you will be able to hear the person talking but what about them being able to hear you?
I'm not using a case at all.
Karine said:
I'm not using a case at all.
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But when it changes position from flat to any other does the speaker still stay on or does it turn off?
Since using the drop technique I described to fix my flip feature, it now works when I flip it regardless of the type of surface.
MomentFreak said:
But when it changes position from flat to any other does the speaker still stay on or does it turn off?
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As long as the prox sensor is tagging, you will have speaker phone.
Easy way to test.
Call a number. Turn the phone over while holding it in the air. Cover the prox sensor (the sensor just to the left of the speaker grill at the top of the phone). Speaker phone will come on. Move hand away from the prox sensor, speaker phone will go off.
So I did the test and when I covered the speaker it turned on and stayed on even after removing my hand and putting it in an upright position.
Is that what it's supposed to do?
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So I did the test and when I covered the speaker it turned on and stayed on even after removing my hand and putting it in an upright position.
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Ahh, I just tested it as well and you are correct!
Seems it does not constantly check the prox sensor.
If you turn the phone back over the speaker phone will be on and unless I cover the prox sensor again, it will stay on.
Kinda of odd since it did not work that way when I first got it. I wondering if maybe something with the custom roms or the kernel, may be changing the behavior?
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Try updating tasker. Worked for me
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How do you update tasker and what exactly is it?
Does this **** happen to anyone else?
It's just started today, at least I've only noticed it today.
I will just be talking like normal on speaker - and it switches itself off and to the head piece only.
It is driving me nuts ... I've restarted the phone a few times and haven't put any new software on today or any updates.
Was your phone face down and not on a sturdy flat surface?
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Go to Menu, settings, sound, and check to see if you have flip for speaker checked.
It's been a good weekend - we got our phones already!
One of the things I hated most about my e4g and e3d were that the vibrate motor sounded like someone has taken a belt sander to the back of the phone.
The 4g LTE sounded great... for a couple of days. But its already starting to make a buzzing noise. For work I need to be notified of emails and messages but am often in meetings where I can't have the ringer on and if the phone buzzes like its coming apart I can't have it on vibrate either.
I havent tried to chase down a replacement for it yet as it is still acceptable but is anyone else seeing the same thing already?
I noticed the same thing we could try to return it for a new one but I had this with both of my Evo's and my Evo 3D. I assume it is just the fact that htc uses ****ty vibrate motors
At least yours vibrates mines doesn't even do that
mine is doing it. thought it was normal, until i got a notification and sounded like it broke out of its holder within the phone and started rattling around.
eeesh. i can live with it, i usually turn off all vibration options to conserve battery, and i'll fix it when i become confident/ballsey to take it apart and do it myself.
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mine is doing it. thought it was normal, until i got a notification and sounded like it broke out of its holder within the phone and started rattling around.
eeesh. i can live with it, i usually turn off all vibration options to conserve battery, and i'll fix it when i become confident/ballsey to take it apart and do it myself.
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The vibe motor looks like its right above the camera... pretty easy to spot. I am going to put some foam around it behind the SD card door and see if that helps/postpones the inevitable.
Check settings. AFAIK there were options I've seen to increase/decrease the vibration amount. Check if that fixes it, if not, then yea might be a bad motor.
Ok, I swear I am not going crazy.
It seems like every phone call I have, I hear the other end hit their face w/ the phone to make the beep sound like they hit a number. There is no way every single person I talk to is doing this. I have checked my phone, and the proximity sensor works fine, and my keyboard isn't even pulled up....so it can't be me can it? I'm using viper rom.
Does every person I call have fat faces? I mean, I guess it could be that...but for EVERY phone call to have that sound is just kinda weird. Or...I could just be going crazy.
Deff going crazy or everyone just hitting the phone w their face
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I only notice the proximity sensor act strangely (if at all). The screen shuts off immediately at the start of a call. Very annoying, especially when you want to hang up.
Very strange but today during a phone call it happened to me. I did manage to look at the phone and made sure the proximity sensor was working and it was, so i just blew it off and blamed the other person.
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Are all the callers calling from iPhones? It's possible they are, and that means they could all have the same quirk with their phone when t connects to a call. Or maybe they do all slap themselves with it. Maybe they saw somebody do it on an Apple commercial so they all have to follow suit?
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If you're just hearing it at the beginning of a call, it could be because your phone is connecting to a nearby airrave device. When it is connected, it will make three beeps at the beginning of a call. It could be that you're just hearing the last of these beeps... Or going crazy.
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I have this issue as well, except I know what it is. Every single time I hear that sound its from an email, sms, or some other notification popping up during the call.
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I have this issue as well, except I know what it is. Every single time I hear that sound its from an email, sms, or some other notification popping up during the call.
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Yep. I think HTC just made a very poor choice of the notification during calls. Why would you choose an alert that sounds like a key press? And at least so far I have not found a setting to change or turn off this notification.
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I only notice the proximity sensor act strangely (if at all). The screen shuts off immediately at the start of a call. Very annoying, especially when you want to hang up.
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Are you using a Zagg HD screen protector. The early version of this screen protector covers the proximity sensor. I think if you call Zagg they will send you a replacement. I just cut a notch in the screen protector and it took care of the problem.
My girlfriend does this from her Droid X all the time. Hate the iPhone alert passthrough. so dumb!
I usually keep my phone an inch or two away from my face so its never a problem. It also avoids the screen getting all oily and smudgy. Also, my proximity sensor works as its supposed to, as I constantly check during calls just for fun of it. I am using Realook screen protector without any prox sensor cut offs.