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My Galaxy Nexus has crazy vibrating ... I mean I don't know how to explain it other than it wakes me up bigtime!
My colleague has the exact same Galaxy Nexus. His vibrate is not as strong, so we swapped batteries to see if there's a difference, but my phone vibrated way harder.
What in the world could it be? I seriously feel like the phone's vibrating so hard it's causing damage inside
Well that clearly is a hardware fault. Get it repaired.
that's why I mentioned the battery swap... and how weird that is. Isn't the vibrator in the battery (usually?)
Swapped batteries with my colleague and my phone still had a stronger vibrate. Maybe it's a setting on my phone, but I haven't noticed vibrating strength in options
Just one last check before you send it. You can change the vibration duration under Settings>Language & Input>Android Keyboard>Advanced Settings>Vibration duration settings. It should normally be 5ms. You can reduce it to that, if it is higher or set differently via some app.
If all else fails, return/repair. Hope this helps.
No, the vibrator is in the actual device.
And the vibration length setting applies only to the keyboard and thus has nothing to do with your issue.
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Hi, I am really unhappy with the lack of vibration intensity and duration on this phone. I am missing so many notifications when on vibrate because it is so incredibly soft. I finally gave up my EVO 4G for the Epic Touch. My EVO's vibrate was always two sequential bursts and they were strong. I mean someone sitting next to me could hear the vibrations. Now with the Epic Touch the vibration (and I use the term loosely because it’s really more of a mosquito buzz) is just one single burst about one third of a second long, and if it is in my case at the time, I usually can't even feel it. There has got to be a way to increase the intensity somehow. Could it just be that I got a bad phone? Is this a problem for anyone else? Any other EVO users who made the switch noticing the same vast difference?
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Hi, I am really unhappy with the lack of vibration intensity and duration on this phone. I am missing so many notifications when on vibrate because it is so incredibly soft. I finally gave up my EVO 4G for the Epic Touch. My EVO's vibrate was always two sequential bursts and they were strong. I mean someone sitting next to me could hear the vibrations. Now with the Epic Touch the vibration (and I use the term loosely because it’s really more of a mosquito buzz) is just one single burst about one third of a second long, and if it is in my case at the time, I usually can't even feel it. There has got to be a way to increase the intensity somehow. Could it just be that I got a bad phone? Is this a problem for anyone else? Any other EVO users who made the switch noticing the same vast difference?
Thanks
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I can't decide if this is a real post or not, but it definitely made me chuckle. lol
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I can't decide if this is a real post or not, but it definitely made me chuckle. lol
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Why would it not be a real post? The vibration is a bit weaker. Not that big of a deal for me but I'm sure it is noticed by some.
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I can't decide if this is a real post or not, but it definitely made me chuckle. lol
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Yes it is a real post. I am really wondering if anyone else is noticing this also, and if anyone knows of a way to increase it through something like QPST or something. When I do the *#0*# to get to the test utility, and choose the vibrate. It puts your phone in a state of constent vibrate and if I hold it about waist level, I can't even hear it buzzing, and the feel in my hand is very minimul compared to all of the other phones I have had.
My E4GT vibrates stronger than my Evo did. In fact, at work I keep my phone on my desk in vibrate mode, and sometimes it rattles the whole desk.
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My E4GT vibrates stronger than my Evo did. In fact, at work I keep my phone on my desk in vibrate mode, and sometimes it rattles the whole desk.
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Oh good, glad to hear it. At least now I can hope that there is just something wrong with mine, and go take it to a store and have it checked. I really want to feel good about this phone and know I am already fighting a bit of a bias, because I have always had HTC phones and have been very very happy with the way they are manufactured. For me to go to another brand and give up Sense was a huge mental battle. I am still struggling a lot with the lack of the Sense UI and all of it's really sweet widgets, but then to be disenchanted with the hardware too has been causing me to have second thoughts.
Thanks for the post, anyone else want to post their experience in this area?
I don't 100% remember my EVO's vibration, because I moved to the Nexus S before I got the Epic 4G Touch. The Nexus's vibration was pretty weak and I was getting used to that, so the E4GT's vibration actually startled me when I set it on a table and it went off. I can say based on what I can remember, that my E4GT's vibration is equal to if not better than my Evo's.
Are you looking for the phone to simulate an earthquake. The highest setting is pretty darn intense. I keep it at less than half and that is plenty strong for home row and notification IMO.
Perhaps an iphone will vibrate like the spin cycle on your washer, is that why all the housewives use them?
JC
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My E4GT vibrates stronger than my Evo did. In fact, at work I keep my phone on my desk in vibrate mode, and sometimes it rattles the whole desk.
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I agree. If your worried about missing txts get handcent sms from the market.. It let's you change the intensity and duration of the vibration. Hope this helps. Cheers mate
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That reminds me, have you set your vibration intensity? Menu, Settings, Sound, Vibration intensity. I set mine to maximum, but I think it came set in the middle.
I'm pretty sure that setting is just for the haptic feedback...
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Are you looking for the phone to simulate an earthquake. The highest setting is pretty darn intense. I keep it at less than half and that is plenty strong for home row and notification IMO.
Perhaps an iphone will vibrate like the spin cycle on your washer, is that why all the housewives use them?
JC
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LOL, I am just looking for a similar vibration intensity to what I have had on every smart phone (all HTCs) up to this one. Or to determine if mine is just not functioning properly.
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That reminds me, have you set your vibration intensity? Menu, Settings, Sound, Vibration intensity. I set mine to maximum, but I think it came set in the middle.
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You both reference there being a setting for vibration intensity, but that has no effect on notification vibration. It is for feedback vibration, that is why it is under the heading "Feedback". And why it is grayed out if you have haptic feedback unchecked. And why it says "set your touch feedback vibration intensity" in small type.
And yes just out of curiosity I did turn on the haptic feedback option and cranked the vibration intensity all the way up, and it had no impact on the notification vibrations, as would be expected.
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Hi Guys,
This may be because I'm coming for a Blackberry but my Nexus's vibrate function feels WAY too light. I'll have the phone sitting on a pad of paper on my desk and the only way I know I have a notification is if I happen to glance over at the phone and the LED is blinking.
Has this been anyone else's experience? Is there an app (similar to Volume+) that would help increase the vibrate function's strength?
Thanks!
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Hi Guys,
This may be because I'm coming for a Blackberry but my Nexus's vibrate function feels WAY too light. I'll have the phone sitting on a pad of paper on my desk and the only way I know I have a notification is if I happen to glance over at the phone and the LED is blinking.
Has this been anyone else's experience? Is there an app (similar to Volume+) that would help increase the vibrate function's strength?
Thanks!
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You, probably, have forgotten to turn on the vibration-notification in sms settings.
I even get frightened because of a phone, when there is a new text message and my phone is on the desk near me
I have vibrate in the Messenger app set to "Always".
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I even get frightened because of a phone, when there is a new text message and my phone is on the desk near me
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I can double confirm this. The vibration is so powerful that it also makes a loud noise at the same time. So this is definitely not a generic phone problem. Maybe your specific model ? Try to get another one.
does an app exist that will boost the vibrate function so that I can give it a try
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I didn't think the vibration was weak on the GN until earlier today when I decided to install ICS on my trusty HD2 to see how it handled it. The vibration on my HD2 feels about 3 times more powerful than the GN so some people might see it as weak.
Thank you. I don't think its a phone defect, I'd really like to see some way to increase the intensity.
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I can double confirm this. The vibration is so powerful that it also makes a loud noise at the same time. So this is definitely not a generic phone problem. Maybe your specific model ? Try to get another one.
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I need to decrease vibration intensity because I I get frightened anytime the phone is on my wooden desk and vibrates! Any app out there?
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I am wondering the same thing!
gabster21 said:
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I need to decrease vibration intensity because I I get frightened anytime the phone is on my wooden desk and vibrates! Any app out there?
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My Galaxy Nexus's vibrate is INCREDIBLY weak. Barely audible at all when on a desk, and basically impossible to feel vibrate when it's in my pocket. At first I thought it was my silicone case, but even after taking it out of the case it's barely any better.
There are actually people who believe the vibrate is powerful? I wonder if I should get mine checked out.
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My Galaxy Nexus's vibrate is INCREDIBLY weak. Barely audible at all when on a desk, and basically impossible to feel vibrate when it's in my pocket. At first I thought it was my silicone case, but even after taking it out of the case it's barely any better.
There are actually people who believe the vibrate is powerful? I wonder if I should get mine checked out.
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I have a feeling that they're being hyperbolicly defensive. Quite a few reviews have mentioned this as an issue, along with quiet notification sounds.
If you're in a silent room with your phone on your desk, of course you'll feel that the vibration is strong. But just get out of the house and into a loud place, like a mall. I missed two calls and an SMS the first time I went out with my GN even though vibrate AND sound were on.
Sorry to bump an old-ish thread, but still no one has offered any solutions. Is it possible or not to increase the vibration intensity?
Yeah, I fail to see how anyone can think the vibrate on this phone is strong. I set my D2G next to the phone and it got an email I can hear the vibrate in the other room. Next when the SGN got a vibrate I barely heard it 2 feet away in my chair. Either I have a defective model or this phones vibrate is insanely weak.
Bump for revisiting this...
I'm considering the GNexus, but vibration strength is a big issue for me. I keep my phone on silent with vibration at work and out in general, because I personally consider it more considerate to others.
I'm not concerned with vibration when it's sitting in my desk, but I'm definitely concerned when it's in my pocket. In fact, I returned the RAZR because I literally missed every call and SMS that came in because the vibration was so week.
Can anyone compare this to the SGS2's vibration, which I thought was strong, and I could feel it when in my pocket. Same thing with the iPhone when I had that -- I thought the vibration was very strong.
I know it sounds like a weird deal-breaker, but if I'm missing calls/SMS, it defeats the main purpose of the phone, you know?
I turn off all default and use light flow. The vibrate time can be customized. I hate to 2 little buzz vibrates. I have it set for a continuous time of 3 seconds.
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Bump for revisiting this...
I'm considering the GNexus, but vibration strength is a big issue for me. I keep my phone on silent with vibration at work and out in general, because I personally consider it more considerate to others.
I'm not concerned with vibration when it's sitting in my desk, but I'm definitely concerned when it's in my pocket. In fact, I returned the RAZR because I literally missed every call and SMS that came in because the vibration was so week.
Can anyone compare this to the SGS2's vibration, which I thought was strong, and I could feel it when in my pocket. Same thing with the iPhone when I had that -- I thought the vibration was very strong.
I know it sounds like a weird deal-breaker, but if I'm missing calls/SMS, it defeats the main purpose of the phone, you know?
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I would consider the vibration strength as low/decent. I came from a Motorola XT720 which had a much stronger vibration.
I've never used a SGS2 or RAZR so I can't really comment. I've used friend's iPhones briefly but would say the iPhone has a stronger vibrate.
For what it's worth I can usually feel the vibration of texts and calls when the phone is in my pocket.
I don't really care, but the vibrate function on my SGN is absolutely anemic. It's the weakest I've ever had in any smartphone, to the point where I just turn it off because it's so unnoticeable.
Hello guys
Is there any method to get GN vibrate when pocket? Obviously it should be in dependence of proximity sensor, but I cannot set it up, as lets say HTC Sensation does.
Thanks and ciao
Majjjjo
I having the same sota problem with my sensation
I just thought of this and I have no idea if it would work but would it be possable to ad a little more unevenness to the pager motor to make it vibrate more, not Evan sure if u can get access to the little buzzer but as I said its just an idea
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this made me think. i think there's an "option" to change vibrate strenght in the source....
A friend of mine has a Motorola Razr which automatically switches to standby (screen off) when it's put into his pocket.
Does anyone know if there's a way for us HOX users to accomplish this?
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A friend of mine has a Motorola Razr which automatically switches to standby (screen off) when it's put into his pocket.
Does anyone know if there's a way for us HOX users to accomplish this?
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Man, I feel like an advertisement recently, but I feel like this would be something not too hard to accomplish with Tasker. If light levels drop to near nothing and the proximity sensor detects a very short distance, like the phone is in your pocket, it turns the screen off. I'd also put in an if for disabling this function when you're on a call, just because it already does it and I don't know if it'd interfere. You could test it though.
Battery use might be a concern if it polls the sensors too much. Would have to look into it.
Edit: I set up a simple test for this on my Infuse, and I got it to work, but it doesn't work instantaneously. The sensors are only polled every x number of seconds, but I don't know what that number is exactly. I suspect it shouldn't take more battery than it would if you had auto brightness on, and with auto brightness on, it's probably already updating the value, if it isn't always anyway (I want to say it does regardless), so I guess battery shouldn't be a concern. I guess it turning off with a couple of seconds of delay is still better than it staying on for 30+ seconds.
Edit: The problem isn't an auto-brightness issue at all. The buzzing sounds happen when the brightness is lowered to around 15-25% (like when one puts the headset next to his or her head). 15-17% seem to be when the whining is the loudest. The issue can be reproduced by manually adjusting the brightness to those levels. Has anyone else had any similar problems?
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My phone is pretty much perfect save for a buzzing sound when auto-brightness is active and my screen is on. It's very noticeable when I'm making a call. I'm assuming that it's coming from the camera. In most cases, I have auto-brightness disabled. However, I am worried that the buzzing sound is a symptom of a much larger problem that I have yet to run into.
Is this a widespread problem, or did I pick up another lemon (this is my second unit as my first one had some dead pixels)? I am still within my 14 days, so if I have a bad phone, I'd like to return it while I still can. However, if this is a widespread problem, I'm OK with it since I can live with manual brightness...
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mine doesn't do it
i have a humming sound whenever the screen is on. %30-33 auto.
I have the same problem between 19% adn 28%. Irritating humming/buzzing screen noise.
My Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ has no vibration anymore, should I assume it is damaged somehow? Is there any way to test it before sending it to service?
Going into settings, vibration intensity is at max and going through the call vibration modes, nothing happens.
There might be a lot of this popping up I think. I posted a thread as well
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-10+/help/phone-longer-vibrate-t3966335
Definitely broken somehow. It was never dropped, not even 1 inch on the desk. Not close to any water.
Booted in safe mode, no vibration.
Reset to factory defaults, no vibration.
I am so disappointed.
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Definitely broken somehow. It was never dropped, not even 1 inch on the desk. Not close to any water.
Booted in safe mode, no vibration.
Reset to factory defaults, no vibration.
I am so disappointed.
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As am I. I'm replacing mine with a new one. Have to cover shipping though. Still, it'll probably happen again.
Vibration is a key feature. I always keep it on vibrate. Did you change the vibration pattern? And what model do you have? I have SM-N975F/DS. I believe I changed it to the zig zag one shortly before this happened
SM-N975F/DS here, bought from Singapore.
I did not changed any patterns and trouble is I have no idea when it went away. Noticed this morning that is is very light when typing text, and knew something was missing. Took a while to realize "haptic" feedback was the culprit.
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SM-N974F/DS here, bought from Singapore.
I did not changed any patterns and trouble is I have no idea when it went away. Noticed this morning that is is very light when typing text, and knew something was missing. Took a while to realize "haptic" feedback was the culprit.
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I edited.. i meant SM-N975F/DS as I'm sure you did too. This is a major upset indeed. And like I said, I'm getting a replacement but I suspect it'll happen again. Don't know how Samsung messed this one up.