It could be me but I can't seem to have the option of having:-
SILENT / VIBRATE / SOUND since moving to 2.3?
I used to be able to use volume keys to cycle through and via lockscreen swipe.
Last time I changed sound settings but option seems to have gone....
I can only access vibrate, no silent option. Must just be removed, I for one never used that option.
Although, if you go into setting>sound, you can change the 'Vibrate' option to 'Never' and this will enable complete silence.
Instructions
Go to > Settings > Sound > Vibrate ... Select 'Only when not in Silent mode'
You can then have Silent, Vibrate & Ringer
EraticTomTom said:
Go to > Settings > Sound > Vibrate ... Select 'Only when not in Silent mode'
You can then have Silent, Vibrate & Ringer
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That's what I thought but it doesn't work, I still can't access 'silent' from volume keys
madmurdoch said:
That's what I thought but it doesn't work, I still can't access 'silent' from volume keys
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Google removed this feature after 2.1 because...
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8668 said:
Many users were confused by how the volume buttons and vibrate mode worked together. This is an attempt to
make it clearer to everybody.
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http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8668
HTC kept it (along with others, including Cyanogenmod).
I've made an app to emulate it in 2.2+
https://market.android.com/details?id=opotech.advancedringerrockertrial
in settings you need to "enable silent state".
I have to quote myself from another thread, sorry about that!
My_Immortal said:
Go to Settings > Sounds > Vibrate
It'll give you 4 options that also affect the way volume keys and lockscreen works:
1. Always
Your phone will always vibrate, regardless of volume level, so in lockscreen when you slide for silent or pressing the volume keys all the way down, you'll be in vibrate only, never silent.
2. Never
It will never go to vibrate mode, no matter what.
3. Only when silent
Your phone will vibrate when in silent mode, so when you slide for silent in lockscreen or pressing the volume keys all the way down, you'll be in Vibrate Only
4. Only when not in silent
Your phone will vibrate when not in silent mode, so when you slide for silent in lockscreen or pressing the volume keys all the way down, you'll be in Silent Mode, no vibration.
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On my other phones, when you keep pushing volume down, the ringer transitions from ring, to vibrate, to silent. But on the the photon, it goes from ring to vibrate. How do I tottaly silence it?
I wish there was a silent toggle. Sometimes I want both the ring to vibrate...but not always. I need a quick toggle.
if you press and hold the power button. it will pop up a menu. sound off is one of the options. you can also set the sounds off using the settings app.
I'd recommend downloading "simple sound profile widget" - it is similar to the profiles back when I had a nextel and a black berry. I put a widget that has the option of normal, silent, or vibrate - very quick and easy!
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.zalio.android.spm
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Or just hold the down volume key and when you feel it vibrate, you will be in Silent mode...
I know what u mean
This option was gone since froyo for some weird reason
Only cm7 brings that way back (via volume rocker)
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Oh yeah. Probably would've helped if I read teh manual, but who does that
I wish there was a way to turn on vibrate individually quickly instead of going through the settings.
Huh?! It isn't gone. I use it all the time. Just press and hold the down volume key and it'll switch to Silent Mode...
SS2006 said:
I know what u mean
This option was gone since froyo for some weird reason
Only cm7 brings that way back (via volume rocker)
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it either goes ring to silent
or ring to vibrate
as i said back in the day, it would go from ring to vibrate to silent
to the OP, go to settings, sound, and play with the vibrate settings and ull get what u want
Yeah, that's right...
My bad, I didn't really check.
Damn, why'd they remove that feature...
SS2006 said:
it either goes ring to silent
or ring to vibrate
as i said back in the day, it would go from ring to vibrate to silent
to the OP, go to settings, sound, and play with the vibrate settings and ull get what u want
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Having an issue around the silent mode not vibrating for notifications (email or messaging) I'm using a nightly build.
Model - MB860
version - CM7-11092011
Vibrate is set to Always
Silent and vibrate are two different modes right?
WiredPirate said:
Silent and vibrate are two different modes right?
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Well I know silent and vibrate are different, but while silent means no sound (Duh) I have the sound mode set to switch between (sound+vibrate) and (vibrate) through the Notification power widget. To squash some of the future comments I've tested the issue through the widget or through settings options with the same results.
bbdman said:
Well I know silent and vibrate are different, but while silent means no sound (Duh) I have the sound mode set to switch between (sound+vibrate) and (vibrate) through the Notification power widget. To squash some of the future comments I've tested the issue through the widget or through settings options with the same results.
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I use Power Control Plus widget to switch between "sound + vibrate" and "vibrate", it works well for me. I believe there is also a silent option but I don't have that enabled to toggle. Also Shush is a great way to automatically turn your ringer back on after a set amount of time.
This maybe software opposed to hardware...
Just got my new titan sorted out last night and firstly - really happy with it! build is lovely, UI - love it, overall really nice feel to use.
However, the volume control - volume is ok, and vibrate is fine but is there a 'silent' with no vibrate mode? i cannot find it?
You can only have a "Silent no vibrate" setting if you turn off Vibration on the sound settings...the only down side is this turns off vibration in all situations so you have to manually toggle it in settings as you wish.
You've stumbled across what I believe is the most bone-headed problem with this OS: you have to choose between silent and vibrate in settings.
In other words, I think you should be able to tap the icon to switch between:
Ring > Ring with Vibrate > Vibrate > Silent
but no! There is a vibrate toggle under Settings > Ringtones and Sound. If you have it turned on, your ringer options are:
Ring with Vibrate > Vibrate
If you have it turned off, your ringer options are:
Ring > Silent
SO, if you're like me and pretty much just want to use Vibrate or Silent, you're stuck going into Settings EVERY TIME. Even more infuriating, if you're actually on the "Ringtones and Sound" page and pull down the ringer option with your volume rocker and hit the ringer icon, you can see that your choice toggles the "ringer" switch on the page - so clearly it wouldn't have been too much harder to have the "vibrate" toggled "remotely" as well.
I love this OS, but this single flaw drives me bananas.
drokkon said:
You've stumbled across what I believe is the most bone-headed problem with this OS: you have to choose between silent and vibrate in settings.
In other words, I think you should be able to tap the icon to switch between:
Ring > Ring with Vibrate > Vibrate > Silent
but no! There is a vibrate toggle under Settings > Ringtones and Sound. If you have it turned on, your ringer options are:
Ring with Vibrate > Vibrate
If you have it turned off, your ringer options are:
Ring > Silent
SO, if you're like me and pretty much just want to use Vibrate or Silent, you're stuck going into Settings EVERY TIME. Even more infuriating, if you're actually on the "Ringtones and Sound" page and pull down the ringer option with your volume rocker and hit the ringer icon, you can see that your choice toggles the "ringer" switch on the page - so clearly it wouldn't have been too much harder to have the "vibrate" toggled "remotely" as well.
I love this OS, but this single flaw drives me bananas.
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Why not just turn the volume rocker to 0 for silent? Then you don't have to go to settings... or do you want other things to make sound?
MS has made weird choices for WP7. (Have they ever used a phone ?)
I suggest you to vote for this missing (basic) feature here :
http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...the-ring-vibrate-toggle-button-a-3-way-option
Have you also noticed you can't choose the volume level of the Alarm ?
Many "features" like this in WP7..
ROCOAFZ said:
Why not just turn the volume rocker to 0 for silent? Then you don't have to go to settings... or do you want other things to make sound?
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If you use the volume rocker to go to "0" and you have vibrate turned "off" in settings, then the ringer will turn to "silent" mode. If you use the rocker to go back above "0," then the ringer will turn to "ring" mode.
If you use the volume rocker to go to "0" and you have vibrate turned "on" in settings, then the ringer will turn to "vibrate" mode. If you use the rocker to go back above "0," then the ringer will turn to "ring+vibrate" mode.
There are four modes, but only two available at any given time based on whether you have "vibrate" enabled in settings.
crmb said:
MS has made weird choices for WP7. (Have they ever used a phone ?)
I suggest you to vote for this missing (basic) feature here :
http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...the-ring-vibrate-toggle-button-a-3-way-option
Have you also noticed you can't choose the volume level of the Alarm ?
Many "features" like this in WP7..
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Double-checked and it looks like I gave this three votes back in October.
Hello,
I'm pretty new to the android system (previously windows mobile) and I don't really understand how to start or stop the vibrations when the ringtone is ON. For now, the phone always vibrate when ringtone is ON, and if I deactivate the vibrations on the app notification itself, it will not vibrate even in vibrate mode.
Is there a way to easily choose to have vibration or not, regardless of the ringtone volume and the app notif setting (I don't want to go to setting and activate vibrate mode for all the app one by one each time I want or don't want the phone to vibrate!)?
Just enable vibrate while silent and disable vibrate with ringtone, for notifications though its a per app basis, or u can choose to entirely disable vibrations by completly decreasung vibration strength.
May I know where to find the option to decrease the vibration strength?
I'm using Mate 10 Pro
mhamdto said:
May I know where to find the option to decrease the vibration strength?
I'm using Mate 10 Pro
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There is no setting to adjust "vibration strength".
But if you go to settings > Sound > you will notice in here there are two settings for vibration (single sim) or three settings if you are using 2 sims.
You will have to experiment with these variable settings to achieve what it is your trying to achieve.
You can turn on vibration for all apps in their individual settings and they will vibrate or not depending on what you do in the "master" settings I mentioned above.
However, if you want only certain apps to vibrate, or not, while leaving the master vibration turned on, then you will have to make those adjustments individually.
Thank you for all the replies.
jaseman said:
There is no setting to adjust "vibration strength".
But if you go to settings > Sound > you will notice in here there are two settings for vibration (single sim) or three settings if you are using 2 sims.
You will have to experiment with these variable settings to achieve what it is your trying to achieve.
You can turn on vibration for all apps in their individual settings and they will vibrate or not depending on what you do in the "master" settings I mentioned above.
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That's where I'm stuck. I set the vibration ON in the app notification, since, I want the notification to be able to vibrate when I ask for in the master setting. But I don't find a way to choose only the sound but not the vibration in this case :/
The settings relative to the SIM are about calls, I don't really car about those one, it's more about messenger or WhatsApp, sometimes I just want them to "bip" without having the vibration that are not good with this phone, looks like a piece of metal that resonate in a metallic box. Somewhat awful in fact for my personal tastes.
I would gladly cut off the vibrations from the app notification, but there are some times, when the phone is into a bag or a pocket, were vibration is far better than sound.
WM10 and all WP previously had the simple vibration master toggle control on the sound volume panel that can be activated or not regardless of the sound volume and it was pretty convenient, would have been nice to have this simple toggle on android device too.
Hildr said:
Thank you for all the replies.
That's where I'm stuck. I set the vibration ON, since, I want the notification to be able to vibrate when I ask for in the master setting. But I don't find a way to choose only the sound but not the vibration in this case :/
The settings relative to the SIM are about calls, I don't really car about those one, it's more about messenger or WhatsApp, sometimes I just want them to "bip" without having the vibration that are not good with this phone, looks like a piece of metal that resonate in a metallic box. Somewhat awful in fact for my personal tastes.
I would gladly cut off the vibrations from the app notification, but there are some times, when the phone is into a bag or a pocket, were vibration is far better than sound.
WM10 and all WP previously had the simple vibration master toggle control on the sound volume panel that can be activated or not regardless of the sound volume and it was pretty convenient, would have been nice to have this simple toggle on android device too.
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I am having a hard time trying to clearly understand what it is that you are trying to do but maybe this will help.....
For example I use Textra as my messaging app. I believe it is far better than the default app provided by Huawei.
Now open the phones master settings > sound > I have "Vibrate in silent mode" toggled ON, then next to "SIM 1 vibrates when ringing" I have toggled ON. Close settings.
Now in Textra > Settings > Customize notifications > scroll down to "Vibrate" and I have mine set to "Always"... however there are three other settings to choose from such as "Yes (except on silent)" or "Yes (only when on vibrate)" or "No". So you can take more granular control of when it will vibrate on receiving a text message. I highly recommend Textra! You will not be sorry!
Now let's look at Gmail as the next example. Open Gmail > tap top left hamburger icon > scroll down to settings > General settings > Manage notifications > under your email address is the word "Mail"...long press right on the word "Mail" itself...not on the toggle to the right but on the word "Mail". Now another "hidden" settings dialogue window will open and you will see an entry for "Always vibrate" as well as "Always pulse the notification light". This is where you can turn off vibration for Gmail while leaving it on for all other apps in the master setting.
Hope this helps!
Ok, so in fact, if the app does not allow a fine tune of the setting, we are screwed up?
For what I was looking for, here are an example with and old WP of mine:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
First slider is for ringtone
Second slider is for app and media
And then, the toggle vibration ON or OFF
There is also a setting for each app to activate or not if vibration/sound will be played, but it's the master setting seen previously that control what is done.
You could then have your apps/call ring and vibrate, or only ring, or only vibrate, or nothing at all (silent mode, slider to 0 and vibration toggle off).
So when I have my phone in my pocket I just let the volume at max and Vibration ON (only authorized app would vibrate). But when I put my phone on my desk for work and I suddenly receive a lot of notifications through WhatsApp or messenger because a discussion is ongoing, I just lower the volume, and cut off the master vibration so it doesn't resonate on all the desk (it does more noise than the ringtone itself and it's really annoying).
Considering I often answer to the messenger discussion on the computer, it's nice to have the "bip" from the phone, but not the vibrations.
But in the same time, once I left my desk, I just have to press the vibration toggle to have all the authorized app vibrate when a notification came in.
That's what I was used to have and now looking for on the mate 10 pro.
I've found that Samsung have an setting "vibrate with ringtone" that cut/allow the vibration if ringtone volume is not shut down. That is exactly the mode missing here.
I hope I'm more clear with that example, I'm not really fluent in English, sorry for that.
Of for example whatsapp, open whatsapp, use 3 dot menu and choose settings, slect ringtone to none if u dont want and toggle vibration based on what you want, every app has its own settings inside its menu, not in the master settings.
lingarajug said:
Of for example whatsapp, open whatsapp, use 3 dot menu and choose settings, slect ringtone to none if u dont want and toggle vibration based on what you want, every app has its own settings inside its menu, not in the master settings.
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So you telling me the only way to have the vibration quiet for 20 min is to pass 5 min to stop every app in its own setting, to do the opposite after, each time I want to change the behavious of my phone, so from 4 to 10 time a day? Oo
If u want all vibrations quite for 20bminutes go to master sound setting and tap OFF vibrate which will totally stop any app vibratioms as well and turn it back on when you need it.
lingarajug said:
If u want all vibrations quite for 20bminutes go to master sound setting and tap OFF vibrate which will totally stop any app vibratioms as well and turn it back on when you need it.
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I'm still confused. Where to find the toggle for vibration in the sound settings?
I'm attaching a screenshot for my sound settings options on my Mate 10 Pro
lingarajug said:
If u want all vibrations quite for 20bminutes go to master sound setting and tap OFF vibrate which will totally stop any app vibratioms as well and turn it back on when you need it.
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That's exactly what I'm looking for... but, I've absolutly no idea how to do it. Is it possible with EMUI 8? (thank you @mhamdto for the screenshot).
Yes just below silent mode there is option for vibrate in silent mode, do if u want all notifications off and vibrate off thrn enable silent mode and vibrate in silent mode as well but if u want it other way then silent mode off and vibrate on, and if u want to mute yhen turn sound all the wsy down and then mute option appears below the bar.
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Yes just below silent mode there is option for vibrate in silent mode, do if u want all notifications off and vibrate off thrn enable silent mode and vibrate in silent mode as well but if u want it other way then silent mode off and vibrate on, and if u want to mute yhen turn sound all the wsy down and then mute option appears below the bar.
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Correct me if I'm wrong. What you basically mean is if I want to enable vibration is to put my phone in silent mode. In other words, if the phone is not silent then you can't control the vibration from the sound settings
Ok, thank you all for the replies. It looks like it's impossible to control vibration with sound ON then. That's stupid but well, it's not like the phone was a high end one with a €800 price tag... Oh wait
mhamdto said:
Correct me if I'm wrong. What you basically mean is if I want to enable vibration is to put my phone in silent mode. In other words, if the phone is not silent then you can't control the vibration from the sound settings
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No you can control vibration even when phone is unmuted.
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Hildr said:
Ok, thank you all for the replies. It looks like it's impossible to control vibration with sound ON then. That's stupid but well, it's not like the phone was a high end one with a €800 price tag... Oh wait
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It is entirely possible to control vibration when phone is unmuted, just play with the settings for a while and you will understand slowly.
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No you can control vibration even when phone is unmuted.
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It is entirely possible to control vibration when phone is unmuted, just play with the settings for a while and you will understand slowly.
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I apologize, @mhamdto and I should be very stupid, could you please post a screen of your sound setting with sound ON and Vibration ON, and with sound ON and vibration OFF please. But without having to disable vibration on each app of course, cause we don't have time to disable 20 setting each time we want the vibration quiet but the sound ON.
What we are looking for should take less than 10sec to do like with other phone, so it should not be hard to do two quick screenshots of the setting.
I am just wondering if I had this issue with .125 firmware and if it's not new with .128
Hildr said:
I apologize, @mhamdto and I should be very stupid, could you please post a screen of your sound setting with sound ON and Vibration ON, and with sound ON and vibration OFF please. But without having to disable vibration on each app of course, cause we don't have time to disable 20 setting each time we want the vibration quiet but the sound ON.
What we are looking for should take less than 10sec to do like with other phone, so it should not be hard to do two quick screenshots of the setting.
I am just wondering if I had this issue with .125 firmware and if it's not new with .128
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@Hildr no need to apologize. We are on the same side here. I'm attaching the screenshots as requested. P.s. I'm on build 8.0.0.129
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@Hildr no need to apologize. We are on the same side here. I'm attaching the screenshots as requested. P.s. I'm on build 8.0.0.129
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Ho, sorry, I was asking for @lingarajug, I did notice you were looking for the same thing as me. And yeah, the parameter in your screenshot adjust the vibration only in silent mode like you said. I wonder how @lingarajug adjust vibration with sound ON...
Edit: Contacted the Huawei Support, they told me to disable "Vibrate when ringtone". So I think the setting should be there but is missing on some firmware, I've sent them a screenshot of my sound setting and will see their answer. Hopefully the setting will be back with a future update.