Why my thread got closed I wana know how to make x10 vibrate and ring at sametime when receiving a call.
because unless there is something lost in the translation, it is VERY obvious that the phone can vibrate and ring at same time. its a basic function of the phone. is that not what you meant?
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Why my thread got closed I wana know how to make x10 vibrate and ring at sametime when receiving a call.
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easy go to settings>>sound & display>>phone vibrate !!!
I did that and put the phone on loud volume when I received call only ringtone no vibrate
..... this is even worse than all those FroYo and MT queations..
Check the phone manuals dood, or lurk on the phone's setting..
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...or, when it rings, shake it violently to simulate the vibration.
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...or, when it rings, shake it violently to simulate the vibration.
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ahahahahha
nice nice
the_ahmadzais said:
I did that and put the phone on loud volume when I received call only ringtone no vibrate
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Honestly I don't know why people are assuming you don't know what you're doing, I think it's safe to say you know how the settings on your phone work, after all you are posting on XDA so one would think you're tech savvy enough to know how to enable vibrate and ring...despite the large number of morons on here nowadays.
What I'm getting at is I'm experiencing a similar problem myself. Only my phone no longer vibrates when I receive messages. It will vibrate and ring for incoming calls but only ring and no longer vibrate for sms. I never changed anything, it just stopped working properly about 2 weeks ago and I was hoping the problem would solve itself, sadly it hasn't yet. I've double checked every setting, uninstalled and reinstalled different apps and have emailed Handcent about the issue, no solution so far.
Also, when I go to the notification settings in Handcent and "test notification" it never vibrates now, regardless of the vibration pattern I select.
Any real help other than unfunny childish smartass comments would be appreciated, for both of us I think.
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Honestly I don't know why people are assuming you don't know what you're doing, I think it's safe to say you know how the settings on your phone work, after all you are posting on XDA so one would think you're tech savvy enough to know how to enable vibrate and ring...despite the large number of morons on here nowadays.
What I'm getting at is I'm experiencing a similar problem myself. Only my phone no longer vibrates when I receive messages. It will vibrate and ring for incoming calls but only ring and no longer vibrate for sms. I never changed anything, it just stopped working properly about 2 weeks ago and I was hoping the problem would solve itself, sadly it hasn't yet. I've double checked every setting, uninstalled and reinstalled different apps and have emailed Handcent about the issue, no solution so far.
Also, when I go to the notification settings in Handcent and "test notification" it never vibrates now, regardless of the vibration pattern I select.
Any real help other than unfunny childish smartass comments would be appreciated, for both of us I think.
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I dont think they are childish comments, but the comments are assuming a lack of technical ability
What troubleshooting have you done? What (apart from uninstalling apps and changing settings) have you done at all? Have you thought that your phone may be broken?
Chances are that if it is failing at vibrate, then no amount of software tweaks or 3rd party apps can fix a hardware fault. TEST IT using the service menu.
(Lock screen - Menu, Back, Back, Menu, Back, Menu, Menu, Back) Service tests => Vibrator. If your phone does not vibrate, then you have a problem. If it does vibrate then go back and check all your settings again - factory restore if required!
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Why my thread got closed I wana know how to make x10 vibrate and ring at sametime when receiving a call.
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How can we assume that the user has any technical skill when this is what was written. If you have an issue, please give a decent outline of what it is (like RVICTORG has done) and the other users can probably see where you are going wrong. "Its not working" does not help anyone.
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Honestly I don't know why people are assuming you don't know what you're doing, I think it's safe to say you know how the settings on your phone work, after all you are posting on XDA so one would think you're tech savvy enough to know how to enable vibrate and ring...despite the large number of morons on here nowadays.
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Dude, have a look at some of the threads he/she has started, it seems they start threads just for the sake of it, and I've come across the same behaviour on other forums from them.
I got it figured out people are nice at Android forums to answer my question and not laugh at . And I do search before I post
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I got it figured out people are nice at Android forums to answer my question and not laugh at . And I do search before I post
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People are nice here too, but we get a lot of trolls, questions asked 1000 times and people who don't search before posting... so yeah, we're a little short tempered as well...
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I got it figured out people are nice at Android forums to answer my question and not laugh at . And I do search before I post
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look mate, if thats all it takes to get you all p'd off, well whatever. If you look up at the top of this thread, i did ask you what you meant....no response though. sometimes you just have to ask it the right way.
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I dont think they are childish comments, but the comments are assuming a lack of technical ability
What troubleshooting have you done? What (apart from uninstalling apps and changing settings) have you done at all? Have you thought that your phone may be broken?
Chances are that if it is failing at vibrate, then no amount of software tweaks or 3rd party apps can fix a hardware fault. TEST IT using the service menu.
(Lock screen - Menu, Back, Back, Menu, Back, Menu, Menu, Back) Service tests => Vibrator. If your phone does not vibrate, then you have a problem. If it does vibrate then go back and check all your settings again - factory restore if required!
How can we assume that the user has any technical skill when this is what was written. If you have an issue, please give a decent outline of what it is (like RVICTORG has done) and the other users can probably see where you are going wrong. "Its not working" does not help anyone.
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Dude, have a look at some of the threads he/she has started, it seems they start threads just for the sake of it, and I've come across the same behaviour on other forums from them.
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No I haven't looked at any of his other threads, and believe me I know there's a lot of idiots on this forum nowadays, but I guess benefit of the doubt before harsh words :S Doesn't matter now, he solved his problem but I haven't resolved mine.
Like I said in my earlier post, my phone will vibrate for incoming calls, just not messages any more. The service test was one of the first things I did and I can confirm my phone will still vibrate. I have absolutely no idea why it's not for messages and I feel like I've exhausted all possible solutions barring re-flashing firmware. I haven't received a response from Handsent yet, based on that and no others commenting here I assume this is just an annoying isolated incident.
Will update if I find a solution. Thanks for your suggestions guys despite me having already trying them it's still appreciated and if you think of anything else let me know, peace.
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I got it figured out people are nice at Android forums to answer my question and not laugh at . And I do search before I post
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Ummm..... So, you figured out the solution to your problem, and all you say is "it's good now'', and don't share HOW you fixed it? Come on, dude!
You started this thread because you had a problem. Now that you found the solution, it is only logical that you post the solution as well. This way, other readers that have the same problem can get help too! I'm sure RVICTORG would like to know what you had to do!
@rvictorg -- have you tried the standard messaging app?? does it work on that?
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@rvictorg -- have you tried the standard messaging app?? does it work on that?
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Yeah I tried turning on notifications for the standard app and no vibrating, just audio and visual alerts. :S Thanks though. I'm thinking I may just have to uninstall/re-install Handcent to see if that helps.
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Yeah I tried turning on notifications for the standard app and no vibrating, just audio and visual alerts. :S Thanks though. I'm thinking I may just have to uninstall/re-install Handcent to see if that helps.
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so does your phone vibrate at all now? what were the results of the vibrate test in the service menu?
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I was wondering if anybody has been able to come up with a fix for the K-Jam regarding the problem where the unit doesn't vibrate when a new email arrives when in standby? This issues occurs with the new AKU2 ROM that introduced push mail.
Thanks!
i keep having to beat my head against a wall because people don't know how to read, let alone search. so here is the answer:
Microsoft has specifically said this is NOT an option in the current AKU2 roms. Why? because MS took out that option because it would drain battery life, especially if you are getting a lot of e-mails a day. if MS decides to enable this, that's up to them. is it as simple as a reg entry? no idea. but lets drop this subject and the continuous posts untill something actually does come up.
While there is no FIX per-se there is a very goos and easy work around.
Phone Alarm from http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.htm
lets you do a ton of stuff. Setting vibrate for all e-mail accounts is just one of them.
It also supports repeating alarms for e-mail too. Actually this is why I found this program. I use my 9100 as a pager for my companies tech support so I wanted a repeating alarm rather than just a go off once where it could be missed. Check it out.
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i keep having to beat my head against a wall because people don't know how to read, let alone search. so here is the answer:
Microsoft has specifically said this is NOT an option in the current AKU2 roms. Why? because MS took out that option because it would drain battery life, especially if you are getting a lot of e-mails a day. if MS decides to enable this, that's up to them. is it as simple as a reg entry? no idea. but lets drop this subject and the continuous posts untill something actually does come up.
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ahem. What I have seen MS state is that turning on the screen when new mail arrives could seriously impact battery life for high volume mail users. The last public statement from MS that I've seen (besides the statement above) is that the vibe-on-email issue couldn't be replicated but would be escalated in the WM team. The response was from Jason L. who posts to one of the WM team blogs and his response was posted here by a forum user who contacted him directly.
For reference, the pre-AKU2 ROMs also do not vibe-on-mail and whatnot and stuff.
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While there is no FIX per-se there is a very goos and easy work around.
Phone Alarm from http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.htm
lets you do a ton of stuff. Setting vibrate for all e-mail accounts is just one of them.
It also supports repeating alarms for e-mail too. Actually this is why I found this program. I use my 9100 as a pager for my companies tech support so I wanted a repeating alarm rather than just a go off once where it could be missed. Check it out.
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This application doesn't correct correct the problem. Using it, the device does not vibrate when new mail arrives while it is in standby.
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This application doesn't correct correct the problem. Using it, the device does not vibrate when new mail arrives while it is in standby.
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TECHNICALLY you are correct. This program does not FIX the problem, if you have the settings done a specific way you can get the behavior folks are looking for.
If in the Alarm settings page you set "Always vibrate if muted", "Always vibrate with sound" both on, and set "Don't activate backlight on alarm" off or unchecked. Then when an email of any kind comes in, push or otherwise, the phone will wake up, make your selected sound and vibrate as often you choose in the repeat settings. I tested with with my mail2web account extensively.
So as I said at the beginning TECHNICALLY the phone does not vibrate while asleep, Phonealarm will turn on the phone and then vibrate according to your settings so I am right too. It can be done.
Since I was at the movies this past weekend and felt a vibrate while the phone was in it's holster I can say for sure this does what I need it to.
Oh, and by the way I left the theatre before I pulled out the phone to check the message. We must think of others.
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summiter said:
This application doesn't correct correct the problem. Using it, the device does not vibrate when new mail arrives while it is in standby.
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TECHNICALLY you are correct. This program does not FIX the problem, if you have the settings done a specific way you can get the behavior folks are looking for.
If in the Alarm settings page you set "Always vibrate if muted", "Always vibrate with sound" both on, and set "Don't activate backlight on alarm" off or unchecked. Then when an email of any kind comes in, push or otherwise, the phone will wake up, make your selected sound and vibrate as often you choose in the repeat settings. I tested with with my mail2web account extensively.
So as I said at the beginning TECHNICALLY the phone does not vibrate while asleep, Phonealarm will turn on the phone and then vibrate according to your settings so I am right too. It can be done.
Since I was at the movies this past weekend and felt a vibrate while the phone was in it's holster I can say for sure this does what I need it to.
Oh, and by the way I left the theatre before I pulled out the phone to check the message. We must think of others.
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You sir are my favorite person of the day. I was going to work through the the dozens of setting permutations this evening to see if I had missed something. Thanks for the concise solution.
What do you personally do about the backlight coming on? Set the timeout to something low? It would be nice if it came on, vibed, and then went off. Well, really it would be nice it would freakin vibe with the backlight remaining off.. =)
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You sir are my favorite person of the day. I was going to work through the the dozens of setting permutations this evening to see if I had missed something. Thanks for the concise solution.
What do you personally do about the backlight coming on? Set the timeout to something low? It would be nice if it came on, vibed, and then went off. Well, really it would be nice it would freakin vibe with the backlight remaining off.. =)
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Well thanks :shock:
I have not changed the backlight timeout since I rarely get more than a few of messages a day (I use it for urgent tech support messages) and I actually find I like that the phone is on when it comes out of it's holster. Since the thing never leaves my belt There is no real battery issue since I would pull it out and turn it on anyway. :wink: But I guess if you were worried about that, then setting the backlight timeout low would be a good solution.
This latest OS from MS really seems to be where they forgot about current users. They made all these changes without the ability to even hack back the old way. It's just so stupid. The battery icon thing, and now this vibrate thing. And for each one they ahve a plausabile answer except for the fact that there are tons of users that like things the way they are. I don't care if they change the default setting but they sould offer a registry setting to at least change it back when they make a big change. That is fricking MS for you! :evil:
I'm noticing that the LED flashes only some of the time for things like Twitter and SMS. The notification bar has the update on it but the LED seems to not want to play ball.
Has anyone else experienced this or similar? I know the LED works because it shows when charging and when the battery was low it flashed. Specifically I use Touiteur and had the LED set to blue but even on the standard green it's hit and miss.
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Mine doesn't flash when I get email, but seems to work for SMS or missed calls.
I was hoping someone would make a thread about this, I never got around to making one!
Mine flashes for everything which is annoying!!! I get a lot of emails so is constantly flashing! I've tried going into Settings -> Display -> Notifications and deselecting everything except Missed Calls and SMS/MMS but made no difference!
i'm so used to Magic 8 colors... shame DHD has only orange and green
also it somehow tends to turn it off after a while being on.
I've sent an email to HTC to ask about it since it's a big issue to me. Notification sounds feel similarly hit and miss so I'm suspecting some trigger is being missed, possibly due to the new Sense UI. I'll post any reply I get.
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I've got two led's. One for the battery on the right of the speaker and one on the left behind the speaker. The left one is for notifications only n I must say I'm disappointed as its located being the speakers its not as visible as I would like it to be. Is there anyway to get the battery led to function as a notification led as its not covered so much more visible?
I've got a reply but nothing helpful. So far it seems they're willing to blame app compatibility. I've asked for information regarding any changes that have been made to the LED notification system on the Desire HD and now I wait for another reply.
I told them I had no such issues on two other Android phones and they seem to be implying that the apps are coded for specific phones when we all know apps are coded for an SDK version. To quote the part of the reply...
"All the functions/programs you mean are made for Nexus and G1/Dream most of the times, Desire and some other are similar enough for it to work. Cannot help you with third party software."
Pretty clear the guy doesn't have a clue about this so I'm hoping if I nag long enough he'll pass me on to someone with more knowledge.
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I've got two led's. One for the battery on the right of the speaker and one on the left behind the speaker. The left one is for notifications only n I must say I'm disappointed as its located being the speakers its not as visible as I would like it to be. Is there anyway to get the battery led to function as a notification led as its not covered so much more visible?
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I see two LEDs up top but charging uses the same LED as the notification system. The left one behind the grill. I haven't seen the second one light so it's probably the proximity sensor.
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i only see one led too (with two colors).
Dyonas tel HTC that even GMail (2.2 app) acts like that... and gmail.apk 2.2 aint made for g1!
Another really pointless reply from them.. in the initial contact I mentioned the camera being misaligned so that's what the first part is referring to. Here's the latest reply and below it is how I have just responded.
Dear <me>,
Since receiving your e-mail i have looked for any more known cases and was unsuccessful if you are concerned that this may cause issues i recommend that you take the device back to the retailer.
Regarding the LED,
We do not give developer support so i cannot help you with this.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number <not important>.
Sincerely,
Adrian
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Response to it from me..
Hi,
With regards to the LED notifications, I'm not asking for developer support or any support in fact. I'm simply trying to find out if HTC have changed the method for using them with the Desire HD. You said that programs are coded for specific phones and I'm sorry but that's not true. They are made for SDK versions, most going as far back as Android 1.6 for widest compatibility, so any changes in the programs affecting the LED notifications would show in ALL versions, not just the version shipping with the Desire HD.
This again points to either HTC changing something with the Desire HD or a programming bug with the Sense UI in some way. I realise this isn't an easy issue to look into but it is a very important one and while I appreciate you're trying your best, I will not let this issue drop until I get a more satisfactory answer.
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To me this is a very big deal because if you leave the phone for a few minutes and aren't close enough to hear an audio notification the LED is what I rely on. Missing notifications like this I might expect from a custom ROM but I haven't touched the phone in any way like that. I didn't see your reply in time to mention the GMail issue and I only have my experience to go on which is Twitter updates not always firing. You should raise a ticked too, the more we get raising the issue the better the chance they'll look into it.
i stop sending tickets to HTC last year... they never fix anything.
I rather find a perm root and put CM onto it!
Their latest and seemingly final reply seems to have something that may point to an answer. Unfortunately I lack the knowledge to check if it is of any use. The guy suggested any changes would be in the Kernel and linked me to the source code area. Is anyone able to look into the source code and see if there are changes to the notification LED system for the DHD? It's pointless not useful to ask app developers to look into it until we have something concrete to point at as a cause.
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Their latest and seemingly final reply seems to have something that may point to an answer. Unfortunately I lack the knowledge to check if it is of any use. The guy suggested any changes would be in the Kernel and linked me to the source code area. Is anyone able to look into the source code and see if there are changes to the notification LED system for the DHD? It's pointless not useful to ask app developers to look into it until we have something concrete to point at as a cause.
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can you leave the code sample, please?
thanks
The source code? It's available on http://developer.htc.com to download.
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I asked Cyanogen about this and he thinks the lights driver he wrote for the G2 may work.
Being a basic user I have no idea how to try that out without instructions so... I've done the fact finding, who's going to help with this part?
My email LED notification has not been working properly, sometimes yes but mostly no.
Got email mid morning today, sound and LED worked. Left it in this state for several hours still okay. Just got another sound notification for the same previous email, how does that work
Think this is yet another bug....
I've now had this happen with the GMAIL app so I'm bugging them some more.
Would there be any point in posting in the development section to ask for help using the G2 lights driver from Cyanogen?
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I've also had GMail fail on LED notification and SMS! It seems to be random now. Coming from a WM6.5 defector I quietly smile to myself
I think I figured it out and if im right it's really stupid. I had two notifications earlier, one for Twitter and the other for e-mail (not gmail). The LED wasn't flashing for either. I opened Touiteur to view the updates thete which cleared that notification and straight away the LED began flashing for the e-mail alert.
Why one notification would disable the LED if it's already on I have no idea but the above has happened more than once now. There's an LED test on the phone which HTC had me test. It has other tests too for anyone curious.
Key this into the dialer.
*#*#DIAG#*#*
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Where can i find the test for the LED? Mine doesnt seem to flash for any alerts.
Typically i don't ask for help but this time i'm going to throw it out there.
Every time i receive a SMS message my phone reads it out loud. Like "text message from 134-123-7654, _____________" no alert no nothing just reads it out loud.
I do not have "talk back", or "sound back" installed on my phone. And i've fixed permission and verified all of the settings under the SMS app and "voice input/output" in the main menu....
any other ideas.
CMNightly 252.
1) What SMS app are you using?
2) Don't tell your friends about this problem or you are certain to get 100 ill timed text messages that say things like "I love gay porn!" and "Man, it sure is roomy in these pants!"
Off hand my first guess is to completely uninstall the SMS app, make sure all the directories that save settings are deleted too, and reinstall. That's the first thing I'd do. If that doesn't work....I dunno....call a priest for an exorcism?
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1) What SMS app are you using?
2) Don't tell your friends about this problem or you are certain to get 100 ill timed text messages that say things like "I love gay porn!" and "Man, it sure is roomy in these pants!"
Off hand my first guess is to completely uninstall the SMS app, make sure all the directories that save settings are deleted too, and reinstall. That's the first thing I'd do. If that doesn't work....I dunno....call a priest for an exorcism?
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1) stock SMS app,
2) yea. i have yet to tell anyone, other than this post about it.
Yea i might try to reinstall the OS and see if that fixes my problem.
i had this same problem it got so bad when my friends found out so i factory reset every thing and it worked..
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1) stock SMS app,
2) yea. i have yet to tell anyone, other than this post about it.
Yea i might try to reinstall the OS and see if that fixes my problem.
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do you have any apps installed like vlingo, genius or anything else similar?
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do you have any apps installed like vlingo, genius or anything else similar?
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nope. The only thing i can think of is i installed that new cluzee app, the Siri knockoff.
Edit :
I think i may of found the problem. There is a "cluzee reader" setting that is on by default. I turned it off, i'll see what happens.
Doing a fresh ROM install or even reverting back to a working save are guaranteed fixes. I figured you'd rather not have to reset everything though.
I'd bet the cluzee setting you found fixes it though.
agg! this started happening to me yesterday... i did recently install cluzee and llama, but last i looked the "reader" was set to "off" in cluzee.... and none of my "accessability" things are trned on..... i see that unsder <settings><voice input and output> under output that pico TTS is installed but "always use my settings" box is unchecked.... really annoying at work when i get a text.... thank goodness it wasnt a personal message or what not... aside from reloading everything - is there any other settign i should check. im useing the factory "messaging" app on my MTS4G...
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Typically i don't ask for help but this time i'm going to throw it out there.
Every time i receive a SMS message my phone reads it out loud. Like "text message from 134-123-7654, _____________" no alert no nothing just reads it out loud.
I do not have "talk back", or "sound back" installed on my phone. And i've fixed permission and verified all of the settings under the SMS app and "voice input/output" in the main menu....
any other ideas.
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Just gonna 10 char this cause you got stumped ;-)
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My mom's Charm does that with calls, idk why and have never looked, since she kind of likes it.
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mark manning said:
Just gonna 10 char this cause you got stumped ;-)
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IT randomly stop doing it. i have no clue, this one has be bugged out a little bit.
If all else fails... LOWER THE VOLUME!
I'm having this issue with multitasking and sound where eg. if i open xbox music and then go back to my desktop the music volume reduces. Another example would be where i am chatting with a friend on skype(metroapp), i can't put it in the background and do other things because the sound reduces so much that i can't hear it.
I tried going to sounds in control panel and make it do nothing when there is communication activity but it doesn't help.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
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Oh yeah that was quite helpful.
Neither is your sarcasm. I didn't see the latter portion of your post, and had posted the same idea, ie going into CP. I later deleted the redundancy. Given your attitude, I'll keep any subsequent suggestion to myself.
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Neither is your sarcasm. I didn't see the latter portion of your post, and had posted the same idea, ie going into CP. I later deleted the redundancy. Given your attitude, I'll keep any subsequent suggestion to myself.
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Congratulation you just wasted a few seconds of my life reading your post. Please do keep your subsequent suggestion to yourself.
^^ Well that escalated quickly.
I have the same problem but only if I am in skype and switch out my speakers for my headphones. That is when I encounter that problem.
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Congratulation you just wasted a few seconds of my life reading your post. Please do keep your subsequent suggestion to yourself.
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Also how the hell do you plan on fixing your problem if you aren't willing to take suggestions from him.
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Well, e.mote's "suggestion" boiled down to either "I didn't read your post" or "I'm going to imply that you're an idiot for even asking this" (instead of putting in an edit saying something like "EDIT: sorry, mis-read OP, please ignore"; seriously, how else would you read that initial response post-edit?) depending on whether you read the pre-edit version or not. I wouldn't have found that very useful either. Since he further went on to be sufficiently thin-skinned to be unable to take mild sarcasm in response to (intentionally or otherwise) coming across as an insulting prick... seems unlikely he was in a helpful mood anyhow.
Yo, e.mote, you've been very helpful here sometimes, but don't be a prick, man! BTW, your avatar doesn't do you any favors in the "no really, I'm not a sarcastic troll" department, even if your Thanks meter does.
To the OP: do you have different Communication and Default output devices defined, by chance? Does this problem still happen when using headphones? If you switch the Sound->Communication option to "Mute all other sounds" does it have any effect (I know you tried setting it to Do Nothing)? I've not heard of this problem before. Another thing to try: open the Volume Mixer (on the desktop, right-click the Volume icon in the tray and select Volume Mixer, or left-click it and then click Mixer) and see if your background Metro apps have a reduced volume there for some reason.
@GoodDay
Your name-calling isn't appreciated, nor is putdown of my avatar. It is below you, and my opinion of you is lessened. My future responses to present company may be less graceful.
Words can be interpreted in a variety of ways, and I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. However, I don't believe snark is the attitude to take when one is trying to get help. As you well realize from your own tart-tongued responses to some, there is no obligation here to answer questions or provide tech support.
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@goldflame09
The first step to troubleshooting is to hit Google search. I'd start with
http://google.com/search?q="windows+8"+low+sound+volume+on+multitask
I didn't see any immediate relevant hit, which usually mean that it's not a systemic problem, and more of one particular to your setup. You mentioned that it happens in Skype, and only when headphones are involved. Then, expand your search out to enclose either or both of those terms.
You may also want to just search on "windows 8" skype low audio|volume to see if there are hits.
If you haven't already, I'd also suggest getting familiar with Google search syntax. 90% of all questions here, as long as they aren't specific to the particular setup, have already been asked elsewhere, and some will already have solutions.
thekiller99 said:
I'm having this issue with multitasking and sound where eg. if i open xbox music and then go back to my desktop the music volume reduces. Another example would be where i am chatting with a friend on skype(metroapp), i can't put it in the background and do other things because the sound reduces so much that i can't hear it.
I tried going to sounds in control panel and make it do nothing when there is communication activity but it doesn't help.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
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I've had this exact problem. Here's the solution:
Go to the desktop and right click the Windows volume icon in the task bar and click on "Playback Devices", then in the "Sound" panel that pops up (and under the playback tab), right click your Speakers and click on "properties" then go to the "Advanced" tab, and deselect the "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" check-box.
If you notice that Skype has been lowering the volume on other applications when it's open, then go to the "Communications" tab of the same Sound panel and select "Do nothing".
While this helped me a lot, I discovered some new information on the subject from the MSDN blog on sound tagging and priority in Metro apps here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappd...edia-to-make-your-app-shine-in-windows-8.aspx
Hope this helps.
Thank you for these responses. I will look into it.
As for you people who keep criticizing e.mote's comments. Stop it or I will have mods close this thread because apparently you can't stop b****ing like little kids do.
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I should have kept my criticism private, and for that I apologize. Nonetheless, I stand by thekiller99 (the original parent of the thread) - if a comment is made in error, then edited, it should be marked as such. If you feel that's out of line, you and every other member have the right to notify the moderators, but - to adapt your own earlier response - you're not likely to get much help from people if you shut down the threads where you're asking for help. This is the Internet; there will be misunderstandings and mistakes. Accept that they will happen, try to avoid situations that could cause them, and apologize if you cause one anyhow. That's all any of us can do.
Please let us know what you discover. It sounds like the issue occurs in a few different forms. It may also help to mention exactly what hardware each person is using, in case there's a common thread that can be used to find the root of the problem.
I accept your apology and offer my own for being rash.
I will let you know what I come up with though.
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Is there any way to get rid of the annoying ascending ringtone feature??? It is really a pain specially whenever a notification arrives as i can't hear anything due to very low volume
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/general/mod-disable-ascending-ringtone-t3218683
Use the search feature in the forums...
jpinoy said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/general/mod-disable-ascending-ringtone-t3218683
Use the search feature in the forums...
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Thanks bro.. Actually did search for that but couldn't find it somehow... Will be more careful next tym...nd thanks a lot again
ankushgautam said:
Thanks bro.. Actually did search for that but couldn't find it somehow[emoji14]... Will be more careful next tym...nd thanks a lot again
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No worries, sometimes it's the key word used in the search.. haha..
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No worries, sometimes it's the key word used in the search.. haha..
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So thankful I found this thread. I was getting tired of missing texts and other notifications due to the volume being crazy low. All better now. It's ridiculous for Lollipop to not have a setting to adjust this. Why would they do that? Other devices I have had have that adjustment, and of course I would always just turn it off. Very surprised Lollipop doesn't come with this adjustment and Motorola didn't see fit to have something of their own to correct it.
So I have noticed that this audio config tweak stops working sometimes. I have to reboot my phone then the audio is working again and not ascending. Not sure what is causing it to occur but it's happened twice now. As soon as I reboot, everything is good to go again.