I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT SINCE THE PHONE CAME OUT, EVER SINCE I ROOTED IT, THE SYSTEM VOLUME, THE MEDIA VOLUME, AND ESPECIALLY THE VOICE CALL VOLUME CHANGE ON THEIR OWN!
the voice call volume is just set to full blast every time i make or receive a phone call, no matter how many times i set it lower
the system volume changes randomly, along with the media, which isn't THAT big of a deal, but still, wtf?
i've been through two different phones, restarted, cleared caches, switched roms, downloaded audio managers, removed audio managers, I CAN'T FIGURE THIS **** OUT, SOMEBODY HELP PLEASE!
What rom are you on currently? Does it have the quick settings in the status bar?
Every rom I've been on with the quick settings had the volume setting in there. I would occasionally use that to set the volume, and didn't initially realize that if you tap the icon for the volume it changed the volume type. I kept accidentally only changing media volume instead of ringer volume for instance, bc I saw it say "Ringer" once and didn't bother actually reading how it was labeled after that.
So before I realized it, I would have been describing the same issue you described, although yours sounds more serious.
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What rom are you on currently? Does it have the quick settings in the status bar?
Every rom I've been on with the quick settings had the volume setting in there. I would occasionally use that to set the volume, and didn't initially realize that if you tap the icon for the volume it changed the volume type. I kept accidentally only changing media volume instead of ringer volume for instance, bc I saw it say "Ringer" once and didn't bother actually reading how it was labeled after that.
So before I realized it, I would have been describing the same issue you described, although yours sounds more serious.
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right now i have the Viper4g rom, i had the charmeleon rom before that, and the regular viper rom before that, and stock rooted before that, ever since i rooted it it's been doing this no matter how many times i restarted and wiped the phone, even after i got a new phone
Same route I've taken, except now on flex's stock w/ goodies. All have that same volume shortcut in the status bar quick settings, which was initially causing my problems, only bc I didn't realize what I was doing.
Try flex's Rom, or mean Rom. The viper, charmeleon, venom are all pretty closely related, maybe it's something that's carried over?
Do you do cache and system wipes each time?
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Same route I've taken, except now on flex's stock w/ goodies. All have that same volume shortcut in the status bar quick settings, which was initially causing my problems, only bc I didn't realize what I was doing.
Try flex's Rom, or mean Rom. The viper, charmeleon, venom are all pretty closely related, maybe it's something that's carried over?
Do you do cache and system wipes each time?
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i do full wipes, cahes, system, everything, and this has been since stock rooted
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OK I have been having issues with my ringer and notification volume.
I can have it set to full volume and I miss calls or messages because the volume changes to the lowest setting or silent.
Any ideas on why this would happen?
A lot of people are having this issue, and, it is listed in the issue thread. The only 2 things we have come up with is that it is a software problem, or people are accidently pushing the rockers, and the phone is acting as if it is awake registering the action.
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A lot of people are having this issue, and, it is listed in the issue thread. The only 2 things we have come up with is that it is a software problem, or people are accidently pushing the rockers, and the phone is acting as if it is awake registering the action.
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Hard to push buttons when it is sitting on the table...
I am going with software. I am also trying turning off the special features like pocket mode and quiet on pickup to see if that helps.
i haven't had this problem yet, but i DO have the problem of system volume continuously making itself 100% lol..thankfully though i don't use anything that uses system volume, so nothing is blaring loud and scaring the crap outta me.
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Hard to push buttons when it is sitting on the table...
I am going with software. I am also trying turning off the special features like pocket mode and quiet on pickup to see if that helps.
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Well, you didn't specify it wasn't in your pocket or what not.
Turning off those features might help. Isn't there a setting that sets the volumes to be what they were on previous use? For example if you pick up the phone and the volume goes down, maybe it sticks like that? Doesn't explain it going to 100% though.
Ok here is my biggest issue that I have found. I use alarmdroid to wake me up and for other routine alarms. I have it connected to beautiful Widgets so when I press the time it opens alarmdroid. When I go in to the app, then exit, it changes my alarm volume to zero. I also use the app volume locker so I know when it is changing settings on me. I have successfully recreated this problem numerous times. Anyone else with this combination of apps experience this? How about with just alarmdroid?
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I use plain old Sense clock and alarm.
Sense alarm rocks. It's easy, and wakes me up every time with its annoying ass beeping. I hate alarm clocks. I hate waking up, period.
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I 100% believe that I accidentally hit the volume rocker and so I downloaded volume locker and I have not had any volume issues since!!
I would use sense alarm, but I usually run sensless ROMs. So I like to keep things similar. Anyone else use alarmdroid? Anyone care to try it and see if they can duplicate the problem?
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Marine6680 said:
Hard to push buttons when it is sitting on the table...
I am going with software. I am also trying turning off the special features like pocket mode and quiet on pickup to see if that helps.
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It happened to me a couple times and then one time I noticed that the way I was holding the phone when I woke it up or turned it "off" was applying pressure to the volume rocker and changing the volume. It happened so quick I barely noticed it, just saw a blip at the top of the screen once and figured out what it was.
I think changing those settings helped. I will keep checking on it though.
My I9100 is running the stock 4.0.3 ICS update that was installed via Kies. Everything I've read says that ICS links the ringer and notification volumes, but this has not been my experience.
My volume rocker only changes the ringer volume. I verified this by installing Persist Volume Control and watching as only the ringer volume changes.
Does anyone know what's wrong? This behavior seems different from everyone elses'.
Thanks!
Everything I've read says that ICS links the ringer and notification volumes, but this has not been my experience.
Evidence please .
jje
JJEgan said:
Everything I've read says that ICS links the ringer and notification volumes, but this has not been my experience.
Evidence please .
jje
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Here are a few sources:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23117
http://forums.miui.us/showthread.php?19241-Unlink-Ringer-and-Notification-volumes
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...k-ringer-notification-volume-please-help.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507000
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My I9100 is running the stock 4.0.3 ICS update that was installed via Kies. Everything I've read says that ICS links the ringer and notification volumes, but this has not been my experience.
My volume rocker only changes the ringer volume. I verified this by installing Persist Volume Control and watching as only the ringer volume changes.
Does anyone know what's wrong? This behavior seems different from everyone elses'.
Thanks!
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As I always want to control the volume levels of each media type separately, I am happy that the ringer and notification volume level are not linked.
But I am using Elixir Widget app from the Play store to change the volume levels and save my volume profile(s).
Usually, I do not change the volume level by the volume key.
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Here are a few sources:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23117
http://forums.miui.us/showthread.php?19241-Unlink-Ringer-and-Notification-volumes
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...k-ringer-notification-volume-please-help.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507000
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None are for Samsung Galaxy SGS2 ICS .
jje
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None are for Samsung Galaxy SGS2 ICS .
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Does it matter? Is this not core functionality that should be found in all flavors of ICS? No matter how bastardized by the OEM?
Either way, in the Google link one person does mention their SGS2.
Is my research wrong and are these indeed not supposed to be linked?
So... nobody knows?
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....My volume rocker only changes the ringer volume. I verified this by installing Persist Volume Control and watching as only the ringer volume changes...
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exactly the same problem. They're obviously supposed to be linked because every single google result except this one is ICS users trying to separate the link complaining they want that feature back
Attached a screenie of my offical O2 kies-updated ICS 4.0.3 volume screen, showing they're not linked...
constantly missing texts because i just use the volume rocker to turn up my phone forgetting it doesnt turn up notifications like Gingerbread used to
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exactly the same problem. They're obviously supposed to be linked because every single google result except this one is ICS users trying to separate the link complaining they want that feature back
Attached a screenie of my offical O2 kies-updated ICS 4.0.3 volume screen, showing they're not linked...
constantly missing texts because i just use the volume rocker to turn up my phone forgetting it doesnt turn up notifications like Gingerbread used to
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Glad I'm not alone... but maybe us 2 are?
GB I have the option to link or keep separate.
I personally prefer separate control over these settings.
Why would you wish to permanently link them?
Could you not simply just set these values where you wish them individually and be satisfied?
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How hard is it to turn one or both up or down. Custom settings are what makes a phone individual.Personally i like the idea they are not linked. My ringer can be turn full on or off and my notifications to just a whisper...Perfect.
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GB I have the option to link or keep separate.
I personally prefer separate control over these settings.
Why would you wish to permanently link them?
Could you not simply just set these values where you wish them individually and be satisfied?
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If I want my ringer to be quiet, I want my notifications to also be quiet. I should be able to do this via the volume rocker, like I can on my One X, and used to be able to do prior to my I9100's ICS update.
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How hard is it to turn one or both up or down. Custom settings are what makes a phone individual.Personally i like the idea they are not linked. My ringer can be turn full on or off and my notifications to just a whisper...Perfect.
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It's quite a nuisance if I want them to be adjusted concurrently.
I've read that ICS is supposed to force (or give the option of) linking, which is the point of my thread. Is this only the case for every phone except the I9100?
nice thanks so much
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How hard is it to turn one or both up or down. Custom settings are what makes a phone individual.
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Its not a custom setting, this is supposed to be stock ICS, i certainly wouldnt have chose to have this crap feature.
It now takes 4 presses to get to the menu every time you wander into a quiet situation, and then another 4 when you leave it (not including actually moving the volume sliders).
I personally find that very annoying when there's a volume control on the side of my phone.
Use CM9. Has ability to link ringtone & notification volumes.
Is there a way to implement this on stock Samsung ICS (Touchwiz)? Tried quick settings but the option is greyed out.
Thanks
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Everything I've read says that ICS links the ringer and notification volumes, but this has not been my experience.
Evidence please .
jje
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I've had this issue too. Thought the volume buttons should control both ringer and notifications but they didnt. Im running Caulkin's ICS rom too so that may have something to do with it. Regardless, after MUCH searching and downloading of apps that I thought would do this but they didn't, I finally found an app that did this for me! Quick Settings by Halfbit - note that there are two apps by different developers called the same thing. I didn't try the other one but this one worked.
Strange though, the selection to link the notification and ringer volumes is checked, but grayed out. So guess you have to uninstall the app to change this configuration..
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Apparently not. Stock/ota ics for droid4 also removes the checkbox to allow you to link the volumes if you want to. I want to link them as well so when i turn it down at a meeting, i don't get blown out of my chair when i get a text.
Setting everything once and forgetting it doesn't work for a lot of people. For me, i need it quiet at work, then loud while not at work so i can hear ringer/sms sounds over road noise/music while driving, or if i leave my phone upstairs at home. I use moto's smart actions to handle the volume changing automatically (think of it as a gimped version of tasker) but now that ringtone and notification vol are no longer linkable, and smart actions can't control notification volume, i consider it to be broken. It turns down ringer vol just fine, but notifications are still crazy loud. Very annoying. Can't wait for cm9 (or even 10) for the droid4!
This might seem like a silly question...
However:
On my S1, when I hit silent or vibration only, when an email arrives, the S1 doesn't make a noise (or vibrates) ie. the notification (like Haze) doesn't play.
yet on the S3, no matter what I do, be it on silent, vibration or what not, the sound STILL plays.
Am I becoming crazy or did samsung just overlook an important bug?
-Chris
Did you check all the volume levels?
(Hit the button on the right side when you turn up / down the volume),
I've noticed that (At least in TouchWiz), the media and notification volumes don't always get lowered when you put it on silent.
Also check "System Settings -> Sound" to see if there's anything that would indicate that it should play a sound while in silent mode.
Confirmed, put phone on silent. Started a video, there was sound.
This sucks.
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Confirmed, put phone on silent. Started a video, there was sound.
This sucks.
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Hit the settings button that pops on the screen on the right of the volume level shown when you press the volume buttons.. change your media and notification levels from there...
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Hit the settings button that pops on the screen on the right of the volume level shown when you press the volume buttons.. change your media and notification levels from there...
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Okay, but if you put the phone on silent it should be SILENT
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Hit the settings button that pops on the screen on the right of the volume level shown when you press the volume buttons.. change your media and notification levels from there...
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that's not the point of the button that you press for silent.
Or else what would be the point of the button, when i have to manually do it myself?
I'll log this and get back to you.
I don't know about you, but that seems normal, coming from ICS from SGS2 and iPhone, silent means alerts/notifications is off. But when you play Music or Youtube or Videos will play the sound, if you're actively trying to play media then it makes sense to play sound.
Android has always (except for a brief spell) had separate volumes for ringers, media and alarms
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I don't know about you, but that seems normal, coming from ICS from SGS2 and iPhone, silent means alerts/notifications is off. But when you play Music or Youtube or Videos will play the sound, if you're actively trying to play media then it makes sense to play sound.
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that is normal.
But when a SMS is received, on an s2, and you have it on SILENT what happens?
Does the notification sound still play?
As on the S1...and pretty much any phone dating back to the 3310, it remains SILENT
I've noticed this issue also. Silent mode doesn't mute the notification volume as it should. The temporary work around is to set volume manually, but it seems it is a bug in the Touchwiz UX framework.
I for one can't wait until I get either stock ICS or CM9 (maybe JB or CM10 soon if we're lucky, the source was recently released). These little issues are resolved very quickly in a community developed ROM (less than a week in most cases). There is usually a wait of months for OTA updates.
I just pray that AdamOutler can crack the verizon GS3 bootloader to allow easy customization. The International, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint users have unlocked/unsigned bootloaders.
Grab audio manager on google play
Then you set the mute profile for all the sounds you want (ringtone, notifications, player,...) and then you add the widget to your homescreen
When you want to mute, just "click" on the widget, got to the profile tab and then select your mute profile
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I've noticed this issue also. Silent mode doesn't mute the notification volume as it should. The temporary work around is to set volume manually, but it seems it is a bug in the Touchwiz UX framework.
I for one can't wait until I get either stock ICS or CM9 (maybe JB or CM10 soon if we're lucky, the source was recently released). These little issues are resolved very quickly in a community developed ROM (less than a week in most cases). There is usually a wait of months for OTA updates.
I just pray that AdamOutler can crack the verizon GS3 bootloader to allow easy customization. The AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint users have unlocked/unsigned bootloaders.
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I think it got fixed actually - magically or via OTA
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I think it got fixed actually - magically or via OTA
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What firmware would that be, out of curiosity? I'm running XXLFB based ROM and it's still not fixed, been driving me insane.
Not sure this helps if you've already got it fixed but I've been using RealSilent ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.geekherd.realsilent ) as recommended by Jerry over at AC. Pretty handy, but not sure how it works with the stock silent toggle in the notification pull down.
It does however work perfectly with CM9.
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I'm on lfb, but on darkyrom v2.
I think lfb did it for me.
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Not sure this helps if you've already got it fixed but I've been using RealSilent as recommended by Jerry over at AC. Pretty handy, but not sure how it works with the stock silent toggle in the notification pull down.
It does however work perfectly with CM9.
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Isn't that app for the media volume, not notification?
I thought CM9 came with an option to link notification volume with ringer, so that notification on silent is no longer an issue purely because of that.
Maybe I will try a LG1 based ROM... can't believe Samsung overlooked something so basic.
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Isn't that app for the media volume, not notification?
I thought CM9 came with an option to link notification volume with ringer, so that notification on silent is no longer an issue purely because of that.
Maybe I will try a LG1 based ROM... can't believe Samsung overlooked something so basic.
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I believe you're right. Sorry, disregard my post.
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After trying about 5 different apps including volume +, finally found a straightforward workaround, use the app called simple sound profile widget:
I can't post links yet since I'm under 10 posts, so search for it on Google play.
Really the issue is that Samsung unlinked notification and ringer, but left vibrate and silent toggle alone, so all it does is mute the ringer and not the notification. You'll notice on silent or vibrate, go to system volume and ringer volume still stays the same but shows a mute icon, while notifications volume does not. To fix this you need an app that, when toggling profiles, does not assume ringer and notifications are linked, and also TURNS DOWN VOLUME TO ZERO for both notification and ringer, as I don't believe mute for notifications is working. Simple sound does exactly that, the only thing missing is a true toggle widget since you have to click the widget then select a profile, but it fixed the notification issue properly so I'm not complaining.
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What firmware would that be, out of curiosity? I'm running XXLFB based ROM and it's still not fixed, been driving me insane.
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I´m on custom LFB and it works as it should
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I´m on custom LFB and it works as it should
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Maybe your custom ROM fixed it, I'm on Omega 8.1 which is base on LFB, issue is still there.
Hi guys,
I have a Galaxy S2 I9100. It was on stock ROM (ICS 4.0.3) until yesterday, then I flashed Slim Bean 3.1. So far everything works mostly as expected on Slim Bean, but there is one major annoyance:
After every reboot (or when I just toggle between Silent and Normal), the volume is maxed on everything (system, ringer, notifications, etc). The volume sliders are all still where they're supposed to be, but the actual volume is loud as hell. The only way to fix it is to drag each volume slider down one notch and then back up one notch - then the volumes are at the proper levels again. I don't mind doing this after every reboot, but after switching the phone from Silent back to Normal? I do that ALOT :-/
Any ideas? I've googled extensively to find the issue, but no luck.
Btw, I also tried Volume+ and Volume Locker apps to see if that helps, but it doesn't (I guess because they keep the sliders from moving, but the sliders aren't moving anyway, the volume just increases "behind the scenes").
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Btw, I also tried Volume+ and Volume Locker apps to see if that helps, but it doesn't (I guess because they keep the sliders from moving, but the sliders aren't moving anyway, the volume just increases "behind the scenes").
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Try flashing some other kernel like siyah kernel
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Try flashing some other kernel like siyah kernel
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Thanks, I'll try that. Just to recap, you flash a kernel AFTER flashing a ROM, right? So you don't lose any data or anything, you just clear the cache and then install the zip from sdcard (within CWM)? Also, do you clear the Dalvik cache when installing a kernel?
I flashed the latest Siyah Kernel successfully - it made no change to the weird volume behaviour, however :/
For reference, 2 screenshots:
UPDATE: Another thought just hit me - that maybe the DSPManager is amplifying the notification sound intermittently. I checked though, and can't find anything wrong there either.
How to completely disable sound output of cell phone with press of a button, and re enable it just as easily when needed?
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You can either use the sound toggle or you can press volume down.
There is no hardware button in SGS3 like in iphone
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How to completely disable sound output of cell phone with press of a button, and re enable it just as easily when needed?
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you have a widget "turn off all sounds." that should help.
Unfortunately the samsung widget isn't an option. And turning down just volume of sounds the "normal" way doesn't cut it: some apps (system apps i think) can override sound settings and play at any most unfomfortable times.
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As I answered you in your identical other thread try Tasker sound options.
Could you be more specific and let us know what apps?
just as an example that might be not useful at all for you but might guide you in the correct direction: I use tasker to switch my phone & tablet during work in vibration mode and no app is able to break it, even system apps like the dialer or battery low signal sounds.
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I believe the apps that can brake the silence are for example the caller app and other little sounds that are automated when doing some things in rom, for example the sound when focusing camera i believe or maybe the screenshot sound. I know these can be disabled manually, and i have, but i never want to incur into unpleasant surprises, and that widget does all i need. Furthermore i did try your tasker solution yesterda applying ALL sound settings allowed within the tasker settings i could, but none of them did what i wanted. The samsung system widget "turn off all sounds" completely disables sound output and when trying to press volume buttons the volume isn't allowed to shift. this is important because even if i applied a simple way to shut off all sounds (for example most mute apps on play store or tasker actions on sound) some apps can still modify sound themselves....and this does lead to - unpleasant surprises!
This is what samsung's widget avoids perfectly, this is what i'm looking for.
Hope to have straightened things up in this thread, even though i doubt anyone has the answer i'm looking for.
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I believe the apps that can brake the silence are for example the caller app and other little sounds that are automated when doing some things in rom, for example the sound when focusing camera i believe or maybe the screenshot sound. I know these can be disabled manually, and i have, but i never want to incur into unpleasant surprises, and that widget does all i need. Furthermore i did try your tasker solution yesterda applying ALL sound settings allowed within the tasker settings i could, but none of them did what i wanted. The samsung system widget "turn off all sounds" completely disables sound output and when trying to press volume buttons the volume isn't allowed to shift. this is important because even if i applied a simple way to shut off all sounds (for example most mute apps on play store or tasker actions on sound) some apps can still modify sound themselves....and this does lead to - unpleasant surprises!
This is what samsung's widget avoids perfectly, this is what i'm looking for.
Hope to have straightened things up in this thread, even though i doubt anyone has the answer i'm looking for.
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thanks, much clearer now to understand. somehow I fear that there are not a lot of options to achieve this though.
I just tried on my phone the screenshot function though, in vibrate more there is no sound to hear, also camera shutter sounds is off. maybe it is related more to the rom itself?
I dunno....there are other sounds i can't really remember, but what im interested is still a complete all sound output disable solution (not individual-problem one). Anyways thank you for your help
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