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I couldn't find anyone else complaining about this which surprised me.
I have tried all ROM's so I assume this is a WM6 issues but in WM5 with my 8525 when using the vibrate function whether it be for phone calls or new emails etc it would be a nice long constant vibrate.
Now with WM6 the vibrate function is a wimpy ass short 3 vibrate pulses. I mean I carry my phone right on my belt and I can barely feel it go off sometimes.
Is there a way to change this in anyway?
It vibrates AND sucks and you Complain ??
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but its my phone not my girl
Man I can't believe I'm the only one that this bothers and I can't find anyway to change it :-(
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It vibrates AND sucks and you Complain ??
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LOL! 10/10
Finally usable vibrate, the wm5 constant vibrate was so loud and hard that it was impossible to hear ring tone beneath it
WM5 used to sound like a cow mooing if on a wooden desk.
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Now that's funny
Anyway, to try and give a possible solution (cos I don't always just complain about people posting repeat questions ) I remember reading something about ring \ vibrate patterns ages ago...
If you look in the blue angel wiki reg hacks page (here) there is a section about a third of the way down about phone settings and there's quite a bit there.
I've not tried it but it seems likely to be the fix
Good luck!
Yes but that is for just the standard ringtone because I already tried it. That hack doesn't do anything to the vibrate function for new email notification..
So my search continues but thanks..
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some people are hard to please
I love the three short bursts... just enough to tell me theres a message but not too much to make my trousers look like there's a ferret in there trying to escape (like in WM5)!
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I love the three short bursts... just enough to tell me theres a message but not too much to make my trousers look like there's a ferret in there trying to escape (like in WM5)!
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Honestly I thought the same thing at first but I have noticed recently that I am missing them because its just not strong enough..Heck if I could up the amount of times to like 6 maybe that might help also..
Ok so to change the vibrate function during a phone call ring its
Phone Ringtone Script [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\RingTone0]
Change the value of "Script"
Here's the code:
a - stands for display
r - repeat/replay the script again
c - sets the volume C50, c150, c100
f - means flash .. f1 flash for 1 second and f0 stands for flash continuously
p -means play ringtone
v- vibrate then incorporate te]with number to state how many seconds it will vibrate example. v3 vibrate for 3seconds or v0 for continous
w - stands for wait or pause then specify how many seconds like w3(wait for 3 seconds)
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So I figure with any luck I could find a registry setting for the vibrate on new email notification. The best I could find is under
HKEY CURRENT USER/CONTROLPANEL/NOTIFICATIONS
the ones at the top reprsent all of what you have for settings under sound notifications which I want but under the new email one theres no value called script.
Anyone else who is a bit more familiar with registry settings give me any ideas or anything?
thanks
kha said:
Finally usable vibrate, the wm5 constant vibrate was so loud and hard that it was impossible to hear ring tone beneath it
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I agree I could not stand the wm5 vibrate, I am constantly using im+ and that constant vibrate would freeze the device when I would receive simultaneous messages.
my phone is still vibrate like WM5, long and non-stop.
WM5 was too much, I definitely prefer WM6 vibrate, but think something halfway between would be better.
It seems to me that not only is it not continuous but it doesn't vibrate as hard, thoguht hat might be because the motor takes too long to get up to full speed, so the 3 bursts don't get it running flat out?
Definitely an opportunity for someone to put together a little application to make it easy to customise.
Has anyone been able to find where this is in the registry? I have reverted back to wm5 and would like to change it to the wm6 3 pulse vibrate rather then the continuous.
Has anyone figured this out yet?
The long continuous one of wm5 was really annoying (esp. when phone is sat on the desk) but at least I didn't miss calls / not see texts/emails arrive.
I would prefer something inbetween. Perhaps 2x 1 sec bursts.
I don't have WM6 yet, but have been reading these threads before I do apply it -- and THIS is why.
good thing you reported back nahgum. I agree it's long and annoying, but at least if ur in a position that you can't glance at your phone, you know whether someone called or txted.
For those saying WM5 is long -- it would be great to find a way to do something like 2 1 2 for phone and 3 3 3 3 3 for txt. MrDSL is on the right track, just gotta find the key -- then someone could probably whip a little gui to make it nice and smooth.
I have WM6 (Black Satin) and it still has the long long vibration, which is quite annoying.
Any idea how to change to the 3 short pulses mentioned in this thread?
The registry tweak is quite limited (cannot have pulsing vibrations while playing ringtone).
Thanks!
You guys should look into a program called "Phone Alarm". It allows you to change the vibration feature to your heart's content.
Okay I think I found another bug in the HTC sms program which I discovered today and wanted to see if its just me or anyone else. The other is hoping someone has a fix for a signal problem, and a solution for the third. I have the HTC EU Official ROM WinMo 6.5 with sense 2.1, and the phone is HardSPL.
1) I noticed today a bug in the HTC SMS program (I know who hasnt), but this doesnt seem to fall under anything I've read so far. Here the problem, When you click the contact icon on the slider bar it brings you to the flip contacts, when you click the contacts picture you go into their "profile" when you click the second sms icon here you can txt back and forth, now what I noticed is if you txt thru there when someone responds to a txt, the tone set (be it the default, or custom) doesnt ring completely. It rings for like a 1/4 of a second. I noticed this as I was txting a friend. Has anyone else have this or encountered this? This is completely different then not being notified of an incoming txt, but runs along the same possible reason why we dont get one.
2) I use a bluetooth 85% of the time, I have one major issue. I saw a possible fix, but I dont remember where or what site, but I dont know if its for this issue either. I normally keep my phone on my belt clip on the right side and the bluetooth on the right ear, but if I decide to move the earpiece to my left ear, the signal seems to get weak, and I start hearing crackling until; I move the earpiece back, or move the phone to the same side. Is there a cab or registry edit that improves the signal strength for this? I have two bluetooths, sony erricson and a Jabra V250, both have the same symptom.
3) Everytime I get a call or make a call, when I am talking the proximity sensor kicks in, which is fine, but everytime I move the phone away from my ear, thescreen isnt at the dialpad but at the black notification screen. I understand that if there was a txt, missed call event then thats fine, but when none of these exist its annoying. Is this by design or is this just something thats going to annoy me to hell and back?
Bumpy Bumpy...
Anyone?
Also I found I think another bug, I dont know if its been mentioned, if it has sorry, but has anyone realized that when the phone is on and at standby and the screen goes black that the volume keys still adjust the volume? I normally keep my phone in a leather case on my belt, and notice that when I bend down the buttons if hit will adjust the volume up or down, I ran into this by accident while bending down all of a sudden my phone vibrated briefly checked the phone and saw the volume was all the way down, thought maybe the screen was up and thats why it happened after the second time I tested it and sure enough you can adjust the volume. I know for a fact the Fuze never did that. Anyone else have this issue?
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Bumpy Bumpy...
Anyone?
Also I found I think another bug, I dont know if its been mentioned, if it has sorry, but has anyone realized that when the phone is on and at standby and the screen goes black that the volume keys still adjust the volume? I normally keep my phone in a leather case on my belt, and notice that when I bend down the buttons if hit will adjust the volume up or down, I ran into this by accident while bending down all of a sudden my phone vibrated briefly checked the phone and saw the volume was all the way down, thought maybe the screen was up and thats why it happened after the second time I tested it and sure enough you can adjust the volume. I know for a fact the Fuze never did that. Anyone else have this issue?
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I don't know that this is related to your symptoms above, but several TP2 owners (myself included) have experienced the fact that this model seems to be particularly sensitive to cases with stronger magnets in the clasp...the magnets are just strong enough to trigger the magnetic switches in the phone that register when you slide open the keyboard, or remove the stylus. It drove me nuts for a while trying to figure out why my phone seemed to keep randomly turning itself on in the case, especially right when I was first sliding it in/out. I had thought it was because there were hardware buttons still active even when the screen was dark, but some thorough experimenting/testing proved the issue was due to the magnets....a conclusion that was confirmed by several other users once I actually bothered to go looking online for a solution (....after I'd spent hours figuring it out for myself lol). So, it might be the cause of your screen coming on and then the volume buttons are just the first ones that get pressed by your particular case and/or posture.
Unforutuately, I doubt there's any possible connection between that and your other issues...
I know there isnt any connection with the other issues, I just didnt want to make another post and have XDA shoot me for it.
Also I know about the magnet interference I read up on that long ago, but thats not my issue. I thought that was it, but I can do the same thing while holding the phone in my hands. So the magnet in the holder does not apply. I can have the home screen up, hit the power button to blackout the screen and then hold the volume down key and it will lower the volume cause by holding it down the phone will vibrate, when I turn the screen on, the volume is all the way down.
AngelDeath said:
1) I noticed today a bug in the HTC SMS program (I know who hasnt), but this doesnt seem to fall under anything I've read so far. Here the problem, When you click the contact icon on the slider bar it brings you to the flip contacts, when you click the contacts picture you go into their "profile" when you click the second sms icon here you can txt back and forth, now what I noticed is if you txt thru there when someone responds to a txt, the tone set (be it the default, or custom) doesnt ring completely. It rings for like a 1/4 of a second. I noticed this as I was txting a friend. Has anyone else have this or encountered this? This is completely different then not being notified of an incoming txt, but runs along the same possible reason why we dont get one.
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You get a shortened notification if the phone thinks you are looking at the screen when the message comes in. It would be nice if this could be turned off, but that is why.
The Pro2 isn't necessary 100% at fault with the Bluetooth problem. It can be a combination with your handsfree earpiece too.
Every Jabra unit I own has always exhibited this problem with every HTC phone I have. The first time I bought a Jabra I remember reading in the manual about their recommendation to keep the phone and earpiece on the same side of the body to avoid "interference" (referring to the body??). And if I'm listening to music through A2DP, and I move the phone to the other side of the body, the music cuts out too.
I also have an old Sony Ericsson HBH-660 and it doesn't have this problem if I wear it on the other side of the body, so it's appears both HTC phones and Jabras emit a weaker bluetooth signal.
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The Pro2 isn't necessary 100% at fault with the Bluetooth problem. It can be a combination with your handsfree earpiece too.
Every Jabra unit I own has always exhibited this problem with every HTC phone I have. The first time I bought a Jabra I remember reading in the manual about their recommendation to keep the phone and earpiece on the same side of the body to avoid "interference" (referring to the body??). And if I'm listening to music through A2DP, and I move the phone to the other side of the body, the music cuts out too.
I also have an old Sony Ericsson HBH-660 and it doesn't have this problem if I wear it on the other side of the body, so it's appears both HTC phones and Jabras emit a weaker bluetooth signal.
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My Sony Erricson is a HBH-GV435 And both the Jabra and the Erricson exhibit this behavior. I dont know where I read it, but I think there is a registry edit about improving the signal, unless it was something else and I read wrong, was hoping someone knew what I was talking about.
Zylograth,
I wouldnt want it turned off, if anything it should ring normally. And I think that maybe in connection to the possibility of the SMS alerts not coming in when the screen is off. I think its related somehow. But do you know where this shortened tone noticification is located?
But now what about the other behaviors? Anyone else have them?
The noticification screen is really starting to bug me with I move the phone away from my ear.
I have been searching around for this for a while but I couldn't find a very clear answer to this.
The haptic feedback vibration on the phone, is soo soft, at first I thought it didn't vibrate when I was typing, but later I really felt it very lightly. Yhe vibration is very light in general imo, but it's acceptable, but with haptic feedback this is just too light lol.
Now the straight question: Is there a way to increase the vibration for haptic feedback?
I have already tried Kickback, and I like that vibration level, but it works on anything except the keyboard >.> Tried it with and without the system default haptic feedback options on and off.
I haven't seen an option. I miss a lot of calls when my phone is on vibrate. They probably kept it low to give gamers more battery time.
with the vibration thing, you know personally i dont use haptic feedback as i believe the feature will only add to the processes already eating the battery.. with your statments i presume you only want the feedback or vibrations when typing. you might as well try Smart Keyboard Pro from the market. It has a vibration feature for every key you press and the vibration length is adjustable too! at least the vibration feature will only work when typing and not all the time when you do something else with your phone aside from typing. saves battery!
No, he/she wants the vibrating to be stronger so he/she can feel it.
He is referring to when he is typing on the keyboard. Not when someone calls. Grab swift key keyboard, stock does not let you alter the level of. Vibratiob
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exactly what i was saying
Thanks for the replies everyone! I'm gonna fool a bit around with keyboards from the market
Wasn't referring to your post. It was meant for the person above yours. Should you have quoted and not be lazy.
narflynn619 said:
exactly what i was saying, read thoroughly before commenting
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anyone find an app to increase vibrate strength? especially for when people call
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anyone find an app to increase vibrate strength? especially for when people call
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Try GOContacts... Maybe that will have better vibration?
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Here's a paraphrase from my wife, who is using Mango on a Samsung Focus. I couldn't answer her question, so maybe someone else can?
So I usually have my phone on vibrate, and I just turn the volume all the way down to enable vibrate.
Question is, how do I switch to completely silent?
When I use the volume button, the volume bar appears, and I can tap the icon on the far right to switch between ring, vibrate, and ring+vibrate. Where's silent?
If I go to Settings > Sounds & Ringtones, I can switch from vibrate to silent. Now, turning my volume all the way down puts the phone in silent mode, and tapping the icon on the volume bar switches between ring and silent.
Seriously? Must it be that tedious? Is there no way to have vibrate and silent both concurrent options? Can someone PLEASE explain this to me? It's driving me nuts.
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As she already discovered, you can set it in settings. I don't see why it's tedious. If you do have more choices, it wouldn't be an one click switch. As far as I can tell, my Android phone does exactly the same thing.
"Question is, how do I switch to completely silent?
When I use the volume button, the volume bar appears, and I can tap the icon on the far right to switch between ring, vibrate, and ring+vibrate. Where's silent?"
Your wife is totally right.
This is the kind of stupid details that make WP7 so annoyning on a daily basis.
You will also notice later:
- that you cannot edit forwarded emails
- that you cannot select and send a PDF document
- that you cannot delete a bunch of pictures in the picture hub
- that you cannot add 2 mobile phone numbers to a same contact
- that you cannot paste a number into the phone dialer,
etc, etc, etc....
"Annoying by design" is a good definition of WP7 indeed...
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As she already discovered, you can set it in settings. I don't see why it's tedious. If you do have more choices, it wouldn't be an one click switch. As far as I can tell, my Android phone does exactly the same thing.
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You're kidding right? How about each press takes you to ring -> vibrate -> silent? That's what I call not tedious! And it's still a one click switch!
arturobandini said:
"Question is, how do I switch to completely silent?
When I use the volume button, the volume bar appears, and I can tap the icon on the far right to switch between ring, vibrate, and ring+vibrate. Where's silent?"
Your wife is totally right.
This is the kind of stupid details that make WP7 so annoyning on a daily basis.
You will also notice later:
- that you cannot edit forwarded emails
- that you cannot select and send a PDF document
- that you cannot delete a bunch of pictures in the picture hub
- that you cannot add 2 mobile phone numbers to a same contact
- that you cannot paste a number into the phone dialer,
etc, etc, etc....
"Annoying by design" is a good definition of WP7 indeed...
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Dang, Arturo. And here I thought you were gonna say something good about Windows phone. Man, am I disappointed.
Peew971 said:
You're kidding right? How about each press takes you to ring -> vibrate -> silent? That's what I call not tedious! And it's still a one click switch!
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This would be ideal. Hopefully this gets implemented.
Thanks, all.
I just noticed that there is a WP7 Q&A forum. I apologize if I posted in the wrong forum...feel free to move this thread if necessary, mods.
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As she already discovered, you can set it in settings. I don't see why it's tedious. If you do have more choices, it wouldn't be an one click switch. As far as I can tell, my Android phone does exactly the same thing.
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This very tedious…why aren't silent and vibrate both options up front? Basically, for my options I get to have ringer and just ONE non-ringer. I can have "ringer or vibrate" OR "ringer or silent." And I have to go to settings in order to choose between those two options?
arturobandini said:
Your wife is totally right.
This is the kind of stupid details that make WP7 so annoyning on a daily basis.
You will also notice later:
- that you cannot edit forwarded emails
- that you cannot select and send a PDF document
- that you cannot delete a bunch of pictures in the picture hub
- that you cannot add 2 mobile phone numbers to a same contact
- that you cannot paste a number into the phone dialer,
etc, etc, etc....
"Annoying by design" is a good definition of WP7 indeed...
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Whoa, bro. Me, my wife and 4 other extended family members have made the switch to WP7 without looking back. I have very few gripes about the OS, and those I do I'm pretty forgiving of, new as it is. I haven't been bothered by any of those things that you were, but I can understand how they might frustrate some. I, for one, am happy to give them a little more time, because the OS experience in general WAY more than makes up for it.
This particular issue, the vibrate vs. silent issue, just seemed so obvious, that I was honestly hoping I was just being clueless and someone had an answer for me.
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You're kidding right? How about each press takes you to ring -> vibrate -> silent? That's what I call not tedious! And it's still a one click switch!
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Right. Weird that this isn't already the case.
Wyn6 said:
Dang, Arturo. And here I thought you were gonna say something good about Windows phone. Man, am I disappointed.
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I take it Arturo is a notorious naysayer.
I think the killer thing is the ringer volume and media volume cannot be separated....
Normally,I set my alarm to the highest volume for the morning. Then, I'll bath and go to school.
On the way to school,I basically use headphone to listen to music...and Crap,the volume on the headphone almost hit me to deaf....
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You're kidding right? How about each press takes you to ring -> vibrate -> silent? That's what I call not tedious! And it's still a one click switch!
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That's two clicks to go from ring to silent, not one. Right now, for people who don't need vibrate, it can be done in one click. You also can't go from vibrate to ring in one click. Right now, for people who don't need silent, it can also be done in one click. So basically you are punishing people who needs either vibrate or silent just so that you can go from vibrate to silent in a single click. What if I want ring and vibrate, should I have a forth choice?
I am not saying one way is necessarily better than the other, but you are making a different compromise that may not please everybody either.
Android also chose to have a two choice switch rather than three choice switch. There maybe some apps that would allow you to do it differently via a widget though.
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I think the killer thing is the ringer volume and media volume cannot be separated....
Normally,I set my alarm to the highest volume for the morning. Then, I'll bath and go to school.
On the way to school,I basically use headphone to listen to music...and Crap,the volume on the headphone almost hit me to deaf....
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Totally agree about this one. I find myself adjusting the volume all the time.
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drokkon said:
This very tedious…why aren't silent and vibrate both options up front? Basically, for my options I get to have ringer and just ONE non-ringer. I can have "ringer or vibrate" OR "ringer or silent." And I have to go to settings in order to choose between those two options?
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Unfortunately, as far as I know, that's how it stands right now.
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That's two clicks to go from ring to silent, not one. Right now, for people who don't need vibrate, it can be done in one click. You also can't go from vibrate to ring in one click. Right now, for people who don't need silent, it can also be done in one click. So basically you are punishing people who needs either vibrate or silent just so that you can go from vibrate to silent in a single click. What if I want ring and vibrate, should I have a forth choice?
I am not saying one way is necessarily better than the other, but you are making a different compromise that may not please everybody either.
Android also chose to have a two choice switch rather than three choice switch. There maybe some apps that would allow you to do it differently via a widget though.
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Totally agree about this one. I find myself adjusting the volume all the time.
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Unfortunately, as far as I know, that's how it stands right now.
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Have you tried emailing the author of Toggle to see if it can be added to his app? (Assuming the relevant API is available)
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That's two clicks to go from ring to silent, not one. Right now, for people who don't need vibrate, it can be done in one click. You also can't go from vibrate to ring in one click. Right now, for people who don't need silent, it can also be done in one click. So basically you are punishing people who needs either vibrate or silent just so that you can go from vibrate to silent in a single click. What if I want ring and vibrate, should I have a forth choice?
I am not saying one way is necessarily better than the other, but you are making a different compromise that may not please everybody either.
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So you're saying that my solution is worse than having to go to settings everytime you want to toggle vibrate and silent?
You're crazy.
Peew971 said:
So you're saying that my solution is worse than having to go to settings everytime you want to toggle vibrate and silent?
You're crazy.
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I am not saying it's worse, I am saying it's a different compromise and not necessarily a better compromise. Personally, I prefer ring and vibrate, which is not even supported in your solution unless you have a 4 choices option.
My preferred solution is to open up the APIs to developers and make the OS customizable. Unfortunately, I think that's too Android for Microsoft.
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I think the killer thing is the ringer volume and media volume cannot be separated....
Normally,I set my alarm to the highest volume for the morning. Then, I'll bath and go to school.
On the way to school,I basically use headphone to listen to music...and Crap,the volume on the headphone almost hit me to deaf....
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As far as I can tell, the alarm volume is separate from the the other phone volume settings. Regardless of the volume settings, it seems to start off relatively quiet and get progressively louder as you let it go. Even with the phone on silent or vibrate, the alarm still goes off.
species5618w said:
I am not saying it's worse, I am saying it's a different compromise and not necessarily a better compromise. Personally, I prefer ring and vibrate, which is not even supported in your solution unless you have a 4 choices option.
My preferred solution is to open up the APIs to developers and make the OS customizable. Unfortunately, I think that's too Android for Microsoft.
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Um...4 choices (ring, ring+vibrate, vibrate, silent) is the ONLY way it should exist, as far as I'm concerned. I could care less whether all you use is ring and silent; if all I use is ring+vibrate and vibrate, ALL 4 options should be exposed ALL the time. You cannot convince me that allowing 4 options at a time inconveniences people so much that other people should be inconvenienced completely.
drokkon said:
Um...4 choices (ring, ring+vibrate, vibrate, silent) is the ONLY way it should exist, as far as I'm concerned. I could care less whether all you use is ring and silent; if all I use is ring+vibrate and vibrate, ALL 4 options should be exposed ALL the time. You cannot convince me that allowing 4 options at a time inconveniences people so much that other people should be inconvenienced completely.
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So you will need to click three times to go from ring to silent? Not to mention you will have to remember which comes after which. How is that any easier than click setting->ringtone->vibrate?
If you have to have 4 options, then either have two buttons (ring/silent, vibrate on/off) or have a drop down list. Either would require only 2 clicks at worst to jump between options.
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So you will need to click three times to go from ring to silent? Not to mention you will have to remember which comes after which. How is that any easier than click setting->ringtone->vibrate?
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Why do you have to remember which comes after which (and I don't think that would be very difficult in any case)?
I would also like to see it work this way.
Scott
species5618w said:
So you will need to click three times to go from ring to silent? Not to mention you will have to remember which comes after which. How is that any easier than click setting->ringtone->vibrate?
If you have to have 4 options, then either have two buttons (ring/silent, vibrate on/off) or have a drop down list. Either would require only 2 clicks at worst to jump between options.
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All Ring/Vibrate/Silent options should be exposed, all the time. PERIOD. You should very VERY rarely need to go into settings, and certainly not to switch between two commonly used modes.
Counting "steps" is a valid way to talk about complexity. For example, someone could say "WP7 only requires one step, long pressing the camera button, to go from standby to camera. iPhone and Android require at minimum 2 steps: unlocking the phone and tapping the camera icon."
This cannot be applied to what I'm asking for, however! Tapping up to 3 times in the SAME PLACE to toggle between 4 ring modes is NOT 1 "step" more complicated than tapping 2 times to toggle between 3 ring modes! That's like saying that the volume rocker is poorly designed because you have to click it 30 times to get from the highest volume to the lowest volume!
I'm dissapointed by options in mango. I liked far more the prvious ringer or vibrate. I'mean why should i ever want an option to ring without vibrate. Thats a personal choice and let it be sationary, it belongs into settings menu.
About sound levels, I agree, that ringers / notifications should have sepperate controll, sth like nokia phones have, like 5 levels and thats it. And they should fix the bug if there is appointment notification in calendar then alarm clock does not work...
It's the little niggles that annoy people the most
Fortunately they're probably the easiest to fix
Hopefully this will be changed in an update, like saving camera settings was. I'd like to be able to click the icon when you press the volume rocker to go Ring and Vibrate, Vibrate AND then Silent.
Anyone know how to get the screen back that I saw at set up about how long the vibration would go for? Also, Is there a way to increase intensity on this watch?
vvveith said:
Anyone know how to get the screen back that I saw at set up about how long the vibration would go for? Also, Is there a way to increase intensity on this watch?
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Download the app, 'Feel the Wear' by Martin Florek. Allows you to customize your vibrations.
As for intensity. Not possible to alter. That is a hardware fix. But with the app, you can make the vibration last longer than normal, making it more obvious when a notification comes in.
Does anyone find that the vibration is noisy?
I don't know if this is my unit but when it vibrates in a silent room it's audible from a few meters. Vibration strengh is definitely weaker than my 1st gen moto 360.
If it's my unit, I'll ask for a replacement coz I barely feel the vibration.
Paninno12 said:
Does anyone find that the vibration is noisy?
I don't know if this is my unit but when it vibrates in a silent room it's audible from a few meters. Vibration strengh is definitely weaker than my 1st gen moto 360.
If it's my unit, I'll ask for a replacement coz I barely feel the vibration.
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It's like that for everyone. I have the mesh band which helps since it is metal and can be worn tighter than the link band.
Thanks. IMO the first purpose of a smartwatch is to make sure you get notifications. Therefore I decided to send it back as it was a deal breaker for me. Too bad...really liked the design (black stainless steel )
Vibrator is VERY noisy, I was surprised.
thanks all.
vvveith said:
Anyone know how to get the screen back that I saw at set up about how long the vibration would go for? Also, Is there a way to increase intensity on this watch?
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I tried that feel the wear and it tears through battery, but after wearing a watch, which I have not done since mobile became a thing, I find I look at the watch often enough to catch anything I did not feel so I'm good. It's so nice to only pull my phone out to pay for things, now I wait until my phone replaces my keys and eventually the watch can do all that the phone can, pay for things and unlock doors and start cars.
It seems that "Feel The Wear" doesn't show the notification card, it only vibrates. Does anybody have it work with the card popping-up at the same time as the vibration? Or anybody had the same problem and got a solution?
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I have very weak vibrations too, and it is very annoying.
The purpose of the watch is to notify me of appointments, emails and calls.
"Feel the Wear" ..... I am not sure what it does if anything.
If does not have very good documentation.
Change the pattern, length of vibrations how ??? "Feel the Wear" does not say.
There is a list of 100 or so applications .... I am supposed to manually edit them and which ones.
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Covart said:
Download the app, 'Feel the Wear' by Martin Florek. Allows you to customize your vibrations.
As for intensity. Not possible to alter. That is a hardware fix. But with the app, you can make the vibration last longer than normal, making it more obvious when a notification comes in.
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Thanks for the tip !!
Why is the vibration so loud lol. I just got the watch yesterday. I wore it to work today and I got three notifications at once and it was way too loud in a silent room. Kinda embarrassing loud. I love this watch but hate the vibrate. I see people have asked this question but I didn't see a solid answer besides rooting it and installing a custom kernel. Is there a way to turn off all vibrations for the watch on a global level? I can live without vibrations but I need notifications.
i dont know what happened. since the update to 1.5, sothing strange is hapening to watch. suddenly begins to to vibrate then stop, the begin again without any reason. dont know if it´s a watch problem, firmware problem... it´s not a constant vibration.. i can not explain exactly. Anyone can help me ? regards
miruim said:
i dont know what happened. since the update to 1.5, sothing strange is hapening to watch. suddenly begins to to vibrate then stop, the begin again without any reason. dont know if it´s a watch problem, firmware problem... it´s not a constant vibration.. i can not explain exactly. Anyone can help me ? regards
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I had that issue since unboxing on July 17th, but not since a factory reset because I unpaired my phone within the watch's settings. I did not connect it to Bluetooth only through android wear and it's working great. I guess I can't make calls but I don't mind. It's working great now.
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I have another type of issue. From time to time watch stops vibrating at all and start vibrating again without a reason. I cannot see any behavior pattern in it, but they don't vibrate even in process of loading after reboot. Is it hardware problem? I've tried "Feel the wear" app - no effect, watch just not vibrate when I press "try" button.
update: It starts work after I hardly shake my wrist and work for a hour or two.