I have recently moved to an S3 after years in iPhone land. Its been mostly great, the S3 is a way more open and powerful platform. However a coupe of small things are driving me nuts.
All I want is my phone to vibrate and ring at the same time for incoming calls. Vibrate and play a tone when an SMS is recieved and neither vibrate or play a tone when an email is recievied (but still pop up the icon in the notification area). Seems simple enough, but it appears to be impossible on the stock phone. The only setting covering vibration in the Sound menu is "Sound and Vibration" but if I tick this the damn phone vibrates for all notifications, even if I have the notification sound set as "Silent".
The most frustrating thing is that is seems vibration settings per app used to be there in the S2, but have been removed in the S3. Now the Messaging and Email Apps do not have a specific vibrate option, rather it is all controlled with the global "Sound and Vibration" option.
My other annoyance is there is no easy way to control the brightness from the notification area (with out installing a crappy app). Once again it appears the S2 had a slider right on the notification pulldown, but for some reason this was removed?!?
I have used up all my Google Fu and have no answers. Can anyone suggest how to do these seemingly simple things in the stock rom, or suggest an app or even rom that has these features.
Thanks.
try this....
Setting > [email protected] > ringtone &vibrate
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can i add another problem? no notification sound when i receive a sms. icon does not appear in the status bar.
k0k0z said:
try this....
Setting > [email protected] > ringtone &vibrate
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I should have clarified I am using the stock email app, not gmail.
revo14 said:
can i add another problem? no notification sound when i receive a sms. icon does not appear in the status bar.
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You can fix that in the messaging app settings. Messaging -> Settings -> Notification Settings. Tick Notifications and then select a ringtone. If it is still not working then its a bug, try rebooting the phone.
Regarding brightness control, try the app Quicker in Google Play
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Martin5000 said:
Regarding brightness control, try the app Quicker in Google Play
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Thanks for the suggestion.. it gets quite close to what i want if you use the status bar shortcut. Just wish it could put the slider *right on* the status bar.
I think that saying it's a mess is a bit melodramatic. I have mine set up exactly as you describe. Maybe you need to play with your in-app settings a bit more ...
fluxbends said:
You can fix that in the messaging app settings. Messaging -> Settings -> Notification Settings. Tick Notifications and then select a ringtone. If it is still not working then its a bug, try rebooting the phone.
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yup i already did this. looks like my unit needs to be replaced.
Is anyone else having problems where your phone freezes for a few seconds when you recieve a sms while the phone is in use?
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If i were you i'd do a factory reset.
Before i got my phone i had heard issues where notifications either wouldnt appear or would appear even when there is no text and various other issues regarding sound etc
So to make sure i didnt get any of these issues as soon as i got my phone i didnt a factory reset straight away and i haven't had any issues.
I've set my phone to silent and vibrate. The SMS notification vibration duration is annoyingly long on the S3. Is there a way to shorten it?
I use volume control + pro, and everything is good.... Give it a try
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I have exactly the same problem. Since i get a lot of mail every day, it's annoying to have vibration enabled, but disabling it in global settings disables it also for SMS :/ I don't think there is a way right now to leave it enabled for SMS only.
Jekkin said:
Is anyone else having problems where your phone freezes for a few seconds when you recieve a sms while the phone is in use?
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Yes I have this problem too but it vibrates for long time and then suddenly reboots
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AMoosa said:
I think that saying it's a mess is a bit melodramatic. I have mine set up exactly as you describe. Maybe you need to play with your in-app settings a bit more ...
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Same here, I set up mine almost exactly as he describe and no problem at all.
So after all this discussion, has anyone figured out how to disable just the vibrate alert for the stock email app? I still want notification in the taskbar, just no vibrate.
Pahel said:
I have exactly the same problem. Since i get a lot of mail every day, it's annoying to have vibration enabled, but disabling it in global settings disables it also for SMS :/ I don't think there is a way right now to leave it enabled for SMS only.
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No problems at all. As has been said, you need to set your notifications in the in app settings, not the general sound settings on the phone.
To start, go into the phone settings and select sound, and then for notifications set it to silent. Leave sound and vibration as checked.
Then use your in app settings to set you sound and vibration for notifications. I haven't used the stock email app, I use the gmail app. You have to go into the settings for each individual app, but you can set a custom notification sound and vibration for each account. I tested this with two of mine, having vibration on for one and off for another then sent some mail. It vibrated for the account with vibration on, and did not vibrate for the one with vibration off.
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TimmyRaa said:
So after all this discussion, has anyone figured out how to disable just the vibrate alert for the stock email app? I still want notification in the taskbar, just no vibrate.
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OK, just out of interest sake I set up an email account using the stock email app and while it does have custom notification settings for each account, it does not give you the option to disable/enable vibration. So, to me, it appears you can not turn off the vibration in the stock email app without turning it off for the whole phone.
I would assume your only choice would be to use a third party email app if this is important to you.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
I'm on stock everything and it works fine. Only thing I had to do is install an app to get some specific mp3 ringtones I had made. But I do have the option for different types of vibration for different contacts or groups, the silent mode works and the custom vibration also works.
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1. Pull down the menu where you see notifications and can switch wifi gps etc. Off.
2. Enable the notifications by scrolling to the right and finding the ( ! ) logo.
Vibration is now activated again. Had the problem myself my girlfriend kept asking me how
On my stock ICS ROM there used to be a toggle button that enabled me to hide the notifications in the notification bar. A very usefull feature as I use my phone a lot to show technical pictures to customers and when sms and what'sapp notifications pop up, it doesn't look all that professional. On the different Jelly Bean ROMS i can't find this option anymore. Has it just disappeared from Jelly Bean? Or do i need another ROM? Now using Omega V27.1. Thank you for any advice.
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On my stock ICS ROM there used to be a toggle button that enabled me to hide the notifications in the notification bar. A very usefull feature as I use my phone a lot to show technical pictures to customers and when sms and what'sapp notifications pop up, it doesn't look all that professional. On the different Jelly Bean ROMS i can't find this option anymore. Has it just disappeared from Jelly Bean? Or do i need another ROM? Now using Omega V27.1. Thank you for any advice.
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It's there on jb.. Press and hold the notification.. You will get an option to go to app info.. From there you can toggle notifications on and off
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It's been rolled into the "Blocking mode" feature. Open (the main) Settings from your app drawer and you can configure it from there. If Omega uses the original toggles (and not the 15 toggles), you can also configure Blocking mode from the notification bar (and turn it on and off from there).
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It's there on jb.. Press and hold the notification.. You will get an option to go to app info.. From there you can toggle notifications on and off
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Thanks. Didn't know that.
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It's been rolled into the "Blocking mode" feature. Open (the main) Settings from your app drawer and you can configure it from there. If Omega uses the original toggles (and not the 15 toggles), you can also configure Blocking mode from the notification bar (and turn it on and off from there).
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Looks like even if i enable blocking mode, my notifications still show up. Is it the ROM?
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Looks like even if i enable blocking mode, my notifications still show up. Is it the ROM?
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Apologies for my incorrect reply, it does seem to be removed - the notifications feature of blocking mode only seems to refer to incoming call notifications
qwerty12 said:
Apologies for my incorrect reply, it does seem to be removed - the notifications feature of blocking mode only seems to refer to incoming call notifications
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OK, thanks. A shame really. If anybody has other options please be so kind to let me know.
Since updating to jelly bean I no longer receive email notifications or sounds in the notification bar. Sync is enabled and email notification sound set but nothing.
Anyone know why please?
swipermusic said:
Since updating to jelly bean I no longer receive email notifications or sounds in the notification bar. Sync is enabled and email notification sound set but nothing.
Anyone know why please?
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What ROM do you use? Is your device rooted? If it is rooted, try to check with Titanium Backup, the "Exchange Service" status.... maybe it was frost before or you've deleted it
Thanks for reply. It's stock jelly bean. Rooted but don't use TB.
Hello,
I have S2 i9100G and have just installed jeally bean (i9100gXXLSR)
i have this weird problem since s2 has no LED i was using a nice application that gives notifications on the screen called NO LED
any way after jelly bean when i download this app it requires to enable it from setting>accessibility
when i do so the app works but when i swipe through the home screen i get a voice notification mentioing that i am on page number 1 and so on
it is so annoying and i am sure the Talk Back option is off
i tried another app and get the sameresult as soon as i enable it from the accessibility
plz help
bebo91 said:
Hello,
I have S2 i9100G and have just installed jeally bean (i9100gXXLSR)
i have this weird problem since s2 has no LED i was using a nice application that gives notifications on the screen called NO LED
any way after jelly bean when i download this app it requires to enable it from setting>accessibility
when i do so the app works but when i swipe through the home screen i get a voice notification mentioing that i am on page number 1 and so on
it is so annoying and i am sure the Talk Back option is off
i tried another app and get the sameresult as soon as i enable it from the accessibility
plz help
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Maybe the service gets killed, had that to with another app. They updated it and now it's working fine. So i think it's an app fault.
Don't know if you have root and if it's possible for your phone version, but if it's possible you can flash a siyah or dorimanx kernel which has a BLN function. But i warn you, be carefull.
I tried other apps like led blinker those kind of apps to provide notifications for 3rd party apps like whats app and facebook
It needs to be enabled from setting >accessibilty
As soon as i do so i get this annoying voice mentioning number of pages
I neee help the voice killing me
I'm new to this android and touchwiz thing from an iPhone, so maybe i'm just tripping.
I recently rooted my phone getting the Hyperdrive ROM ver 5.0.5(?) (the most recent one) and I unchecked flash notification thing on the setting, but when I get incoming calls, it still flashes. It's bugging the hell out of me. I digged through all the setting possible and couldn't find anything related to it. Anyone have a fix for this android newcomer?
imafriend123 said:
I'm new to this android and touchwiz thing from an iPhone, so maybe i'm just tripping.
I recently rooted my phone getting the Hyperdrive ROM ver 5.0.5(?) (the most recent one) and I unchecked flash notification thing on the setting, but when I get incoming calls, it still flashes. It's bugging the hell out of me. I digged through all the setting possible and couldn't find anything related to it. Anyone have a fix for this android newcomer?
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Open Hyperdrive Control app. Click Custom Settings/UI Mods/General Mods/Flash Blink Control. Click the preferences tab at the top. Uncheck incoming call.
yofife2069 said:
Open Hyperdrive Control app. Click Custom Settings/UI Mods/General Mods/Flash Blink Control. Click the preferences tab at the top. Uncheck incoming call.
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Holy crap. THANKS!