Kinda annoying feature. Anyone know how to disable the screen turning on when getting a text?
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Mine doesn't do that are you running a stock rom, and what carrier?
Mine doesn't do that either on Sprint.
Yea mine doesn't do that although I wish it did like my og EVO did
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I'm on stock Rom. But every ttime I get a text, my screen lights up for about 3 seconds
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Since you didn't answer the question of which carrier, I am going with that its Sprint from the model number in your signature.
My girlfriend's S3 is also doing this on her AT&T variant. I haven't been able to find an answer.
I have an AT&T one and it won't do it for email or text and I really would like it to. Must be a setting. Someone has to know.
You have to change the stock app. Stock messaging app is bad anyways. Look into GO SMS Pro or another app of your choice. The app has what your looking for then disable your stock messaging app.
For email just use the Gmail client. This also has the option for it.
Its all about the apps folks. I don't think the stock app has a way to have the screen to just remain off.
I think he is using blazer Rom from phantomhacker cause I also notice it. Sprint version btw.
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Workaround
Found a quick fix to this that is way better than defaulting to another SMS app. Simply download "SMS pop up" from the play store, make sure its enabled, and under additional preferences untick "screen on pop up" and then under notification settings untick "enable pop up" (unless you want the pop up of course). You will have to untick the regular SMS app notifications under settings but its a fix that's working for me that still keeps the stock messaging app intact.
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Found a quick fix to this that is way better than defaulting to another SMS app. Simply download "SMS pop up" from the play store, make sure its enabled, and under additional preferences untick "screen on pop up" and then under notification settings untick "enable pop up" (unless you want the pop up of course). You will have to untick the regular SMS app notifications under settings but its a fix that's working for me that still keeps the stock messaging app intact.
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That will stop the screen from waking every time but won't turning notifications off in sms settings also prevent the phone the phone from letting you know at all that you have a message?
that is a nice woorkaround but too bad we have to use double the battery and 2 apps running at once to stop it. There has go to be a solution !
I made a thread about this yesterday. It happens to me everytime. On vzw
I'm running ATT variant and my screen wakes up when I get a text. Im currently rooted and looking through the messaging defaults with root explorer. Im sure theres a setting in there that is set to 1 or true that is doing this or vice versa for everyone else. I havent had an android device for quite some time so it might take me a bit to find it. If someone is a bit more experienced than me they'll probably find it faster.
dc82 said:
That will stop the screen from waking every time but won't turning notifications off in sms settings also prevent the phone the phone from letting you know at all that you have a message?
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Following what I wrote: If you disable the stock sms notifications under messaging>setting then the phone will not recieve any notifications regarding new messages. This is why SMS Popup is used instead. It uses a notifications service in conjunction with an optional popup to notify you when a new message arrives. If you enable notifications in SMS Popup, you will still receive notifications when new messages arive. SMS Popup is the service that will receive and notify you of the message, not the stock messaging app. It also has some other features including color customization of the LED light and selecting a specific SMS vibrate pattern. Like I said if you disable the "Enable popup" setting under the "notification" menu in SMS Popup it can serve as a intermittent workaround. As for the need to install it to accomplish this simple setting, it has a low battery and memory footprint as it is mostly a simple service and not a fully effective SMS replacement application. I have spent countless hours trying different solutions to this issue and this seems to be the best most effective workaround I could find whilst dodging SMS replacement apps like handscent and chomp. It was imperative for me to not have my screen light up in my pocket as I choose to go without a lock screen. Hope this helps and is a worthy solution until some development ushers in a new more efficient solution. Cheers!
There's got to be a way using root privileges to stop this. Heck we can stop the annoying wifi pop ups.
Thanks srath16 for finding a hackish way around.
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srath16 said:
Following what I wrote: If you disable the stock sms notifications under messaging>setting then the phone will not recieve any notifications regarding new messages. This is why SMS Popup is used instead. It uses a notifications service in conjunction with an optional popup to notify you when a new message arrives. If you enable notifications in SMS Popup, you will still receive notifications when new messages arive. SMS Popup is the service that will receive and notify you of the message, not the stock messaging app. It also has some other features including color customization of the LED light and selecting a specific SMS vibrate pattern. Like I said if you disable the "Enable popup" setting under the "notification" menu in SMS Popup it can serve as a intermittent workaround. As for the need to install it to accomplish this simple setting, it has a low battery and memory footprint as it is mostly a simple service and not a fully effective SMS replacement application. I have spent countless hours trying different solutions to this issue and this seems to be the best most effective workaround I could find whilst dodging SMS replacement apps like handscent and chomp. It was imperative for me to not have my screen light up in my pocket as I choose to go without a lock screen. Hope this helps and is a worthy solution until some development ushers in a new more efficient solution. Cheers!
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I completely understand now. That's. Cool. There got to be a more in house way of doing this, but that would work in the meantime. Thanks for sharing.
This happens to me also and im running on Verizon at the moment would love if someone could find a way to fix this.
blackguy101 said:
This happens to me also and im running on Verizon at the moment would love if someone could find a way to fix this.
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+1. But maybe we are in the minority and others actually like this feature?
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+1. But maybe we are in the minority and others actually like this feature?
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Right. This isn't an "issue", it's just a feature that Samsung has deployed that some like and some don't. Being able to turn it on and off though would be nice.
like the title says, because i had just finished using Call Control's Call Blocker Pro app free for a year when i left a review and submitted to them via FB. Are there any apps of the kind you guys would recommend that is just as great as Call Control with no root required? There are too many to choose from, idk what's the supposed "really good one".
Have a look at Tasker. It's MASSIVE and will do a tonne of things more than block calls, but you can set it to block calls not in your contact list, block hidden numbers or block specific contacts.
For example, I have a contact called "Ignore Me" and Tasker is set to block all calls from that user. Whenever I get a call from a new number I want blocked I just add it as another number to that contact and I never get any more calls.
I've tried many call blockers but Tasker is the only one that has given me all I asked for, plus it can do soooooo much more!
You can get Tasker here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
and here's a helpful guide for getting going with it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775
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Have a look at Tasker. It's MASSIVE and will do a tonne of things more than block calls, but you can set it to block calls not in your contact list, block hidden numbers or block specific contacts.
For example, I have a contact called "Ignore Me" and Tasker is set to block all calls from that user. Whenever I get a call from a new number I want blocked I just add it as another number to that contact and I never get any more calls.
I've tried many call blockers but Tasker is the only one that has given me all I asked for, plus it can do soooooo much more!
You can get Tasker here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
and here's a helpful guide for getting going with it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775
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that looks great and all, but i want something that specifically and simply blocks calls/sms as good as Call Control does...without the use of root
Give phone call blocker a try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=embware.phoneblocker
Works perfect for me.
Root call blocker
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What's difference between Extreme Call Blocker Droid and Call Blocker?(both by dev. Greythinker)
I've got a stock Verizon S4, and I'm using the stock Messaging app. Sometimes, I get audible notifications when a new SMS message arrives, but often I don't. I cannot consistently reproduce the problem. I just tried rebooting, and the first message I got after the reboot only vibrated, even though notification volume is set to 7/7.
Gmail and Mail apps seem to behave as expected--audible notification on first new email received, but no audible notifications for subsequent until I check email...then first message received after the check is audible again.
Messaging app will sometimes give an audible alert for every message received, even if there are other unchecked messages already presernt (which is what I want), and sometimes will not alert for any message, whether it's the first unchecked or not.
I do use Llama, but I've confirmed that the "Normal" profile is active, and I've manually checked all the volumes and they're set where they're supposed to be. (All are 5/7 or higher.)
Anyone else have any issues with Messaging notifications?
Whoops...apparently it _is_ Llama. (More specifically, apparently it's the default Samsung messaging app, and how it reacts to the way most automatic sound profile-changing apps (including Llama) handle vibration settings.)
I'd searched for threads on this problem before I posted, but apparently not well enough. Found this one today: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261746&page=2
For Llama users, the dev has figured out why the S4 acts differently, and has a beta version of Llama available to handle it. Check out the June 24, 2013 post on the dev's blog, here: http://kebabapps.blogspot.com/ .
Thanks to user kanahpoo in the referenced thread above for the pointer.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Here is my pseudo-complicated situation: I have a gate sensor at the front of my property that communicates wirelessly to my automation system. The system can then notify me via text or email anytime my gate sensor is tripped. I would like for my phone to simply act as a doorbell by just making a sound anytime someone drives through my gate. So far I have accomplished this but unfortunately for my organized & partially OCD brain, my phone's notification bar is overloaded with messages that I have to clear several times per day. Basically, I would like for it to make a sound but not to show any icon or notification in the pull-down notifications menu.
I have tried several SMS apps (Handcent, GO SMS Pro, Chomp, Textra and stock) and have been unable to find a way to accomplish this. The closest thing I've found is to use the "privacy inbox" on several of these apps that allows me to place any messages from the automation system into a different inbox. I'm able to give it a different sound, different icon and different (or no) LED blink color. Unfortunately, this still leaves my notifications pull-down menu riddled with alerts from my gate sensor.
I don't know if there is an Android-based work-around or if anyone can recommend a decent SMS app that would give me this option. I have tried the same thing with email but not only do I run into the same problem, but the delay in the syncing of the email defeats the purpose because the person will usually already be at my door before I hear the tone. Because of this, I would like to stick with the SMS method.
There may also be another option that is outside the box that I have yet to consider.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan
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I am currently using an awesome SMS/Call blocking app called aFirewall Blocker. It seems that the developer (I think it was Thomas Tong @thl16888) has discontinued the app and it has been removed from the Play store. It's unfortunate, as the app is now causing issues in Android Pie and I would have loved an update.
I am looking for a replacement app that can block texts and calls and put them, without notification, into an archive section that can be restored later. Being able to setup the blacklists with google's contact groups would be great. I know on my Samsung Note 8 the default "Messages" app has a feature like this but it does not allow scheduling. I need it to be able to perform the blocking on a set of schedules. Such as nights and weekends.
For example, I have set up aFirewall to block all my work contracts (as defined by the google contacts "work" group that I set up) on nights, weekends and optionally another schedule for vacations. All texts and calls from work people go unannounced and are "archived" or hidden until I decide to open pandoras box when I am ready. I can then read the texts and see who called and un-archive the texts back into my main text message conversations. The app even had the ability to send an auto-reply, which was great for vacations.
The point of the app is to keep my sanity and avoid having to stress out when I see people constantly and rudely trying to bother me at all hours of the night and weekends.
Anyone know of a good replacement? Even if it is a side loaded, and not officially accepted by google, app?