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Wrong notification sound since OTA update

Since I installed the OTA update yesterday, I no longer have the problem where my Evo doesn't play any notification sound, but it plays the wrong one.
After a reboot it plays the right one for a while, then starts playing the wrong one again.

Are you using a separate app (Like handcent) to do the notification sound, or did you do it in settings?

Greenfieldan said:
Are you using a separate app (Like handcent) to do the notification sound, or did you do it in settings?
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I use Handcent. Open it up, go to menu/settings and do it in there. It used to be that it worked for a while and then stopped playing a notification sound altogether. And this was before I installed Handcent.

Silent everything instead of just the ringer

How can I make my gnexus go completely silent when I put it on vibrate/silent mode? I don't what apps to make any sound when I turn down the volume all the way using the volume buttons. Right now I have to go to settings>sounds and change it there.
Oh and is there a way to force it to always vibrate even on silent mode?

ArmanUV said:
How can I make my gnexus go completely silent when I put it on vibrate/silent mode? I don't what apps to make any sound when I turn down the volume all the way using the volume buttons. Right now I have to go to settings>sounds and change it there.
Oh and is there a way to force it to always vibrate even on silent mode?
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1. You can turn down just the media volume. That volume can be adjusted with the volume buttons too, you need to let media make a sound and then press the volume button.
You can also search for volume widgets on the market, I bet there are some that will suit your needs.
2. You can set vibrate in sound setting to "always".
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Herman76 said:
1. You can turn down just the media volume. That volume can be adjusted with the volume buttons too, you need to let media make a sound and then press the volume button.
You can also search for volume widgets on the market, I bet there are some that will suit your needs.
2. You can set vibrate in sound setting to "always".
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1. That's the problem though. I'm sitting in class and open an app and suddently it starts playing a music. Even the sound of taking a screen shot is unaffected when phone is on silent.
2. I can not find this option in Settings>Sound. I have "Vibrate and Ring" which is set to enabled but it does not affect silent mode.

I use an app called RealSilent off the market. Its free and does what you need.

Use Audio Manager, or something similar. There's plenty of apps out there...

I use quick setting app.....has all volume settings on one page to change values of basically everything
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You could also use a profiles app and create a profile that silences everything. (And also a profile that brings everything back up to volumes you like when it's not silenced.)

Thanks everyone I'll try the market

I believe the actual problem is that ICS has combined notification volume and ringer volume in to 1 volume. I haven't seen any of those apps mentioned above, but how can they possibly get around this newly imposed restriction in ICS??
I use Llama for setting profiles on my ICS Nexus S and it warns you about this exact thing.

I've used Mute before on the SGS. Worked well there. I haven't used it yet for the Galaxy Nexus so I can't say if it's been updated for ICS.

the7thson said:
I believe the actual problem is that ICS has combined notification volume and ringer volume in to 1 volume. I haven't seen any of those apps mentioned above, but how can they possibly get around this newly imposed restriction in ICS??
I use Llama for setting profiles on my ICS Nexus S and it warns you about this exact thing.
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Lol this isn't just ics
It was in gingerbread too
The notification and ringer volume are the same (and I actually prefer that)
And OP all you need to do is make the ringer silent, then go into a media app, something like music, power amp, even camera, and then turn down the media volume from there, its pretty simple
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subxero123 said:
Lol this isn't just ics
It was in gingerbread too
The notification and ringer volume are the same (and I actually prefer that)
And OP all you need to do is make the ringer silent, then go into a media app, something like music, power amp, even camera, and then turn down the media volume from there, its pretty simple
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But not very practical to do this over and over. Its easier to have a toggle.
Phone on silent in class, open Tiny Tower, and BOOM you have tons of sounds lol. So I really need to find one that works. I used "silent toggle widget" on my G2, but it doesn't mute everything on the GNex.
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j.go said:
I've used Mute before on the SGS. Worked well there. I haven't used it yet for the Galaxy Nexus so I can't say if it's been updated for ICS.
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Looks like "mute" works... when you hit the widget to mute everything, and go into "sound" settings, the ringer is silenced and the games/media sound is set to 0. I'll test more after class. Not gonna risk it right now
Also, the widget is kinda ugly but I think I can look past that if it does what I need.

subxero123 said:
Lol this isn't just ics
It was in gingerbread too
The notification and ringer volume are the same (and I actually prefer that)
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Wrong. I'll let the picture do the talking instead of a petulant "lol".

[Q] notification sounds?

My phone plays notification sounds while I'm in a call. Is that normal and how do I stop it?

Bump. Help me out. it's my wife's phone and she's busting my balls!
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What kind of sound?
Same as the alert sound, or different? is it random or timed?
How often, and how loud?
Can the other person hear it?

I'm running M'ICS and I don't have that issue. Maybe check into a different rom or see if there is a mod for your current one.
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I'm bumping this thread as I have the same problem! Using stock text messaging app.
On Gingerbread it would only make the notification sound if I was not on a call. Now after ICS update it makes the same sound while on a call or off the phone. Its horribly annoying while on a call because its loud and both parties can hear the notification. Any fix to this?
I don't want to turn notifications off as I like to hear them but not while on the phone.

Here are the stock FF18 Touchwiz Email and MMS apps that I modded to be silent during in call use for the Blazer ICS rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28161313&postcount=7631
Please backup your rom before flashing these, just in case.

tdunham, thanks but your Silence.MMS zip didn't work for me. I'm stock rooted on ICS with AGAT recovery.
It installed fine and I tried messing with both the sms volume right from the app (put it on default, silent, cloud etc) and also messed with system volume the same way. Its either silent all the time or makes a sound all the time (on a call or off the phone).
I guess I'll just need to keep it silent and use the led light to notify me or use Handcent which is fine but I was hoping to avoid having to use a 3rd party app. Oh well, its a minor issue. Thanks anyway.

I'm sorry, I was sure that would work for you. I've had good feedback about it. If it's any consolation, the stock apps aren't the only one's that do it. My 3rd party Navigation app 'Waze' does it also.

Notifications while listening to music.

I've had a few android phones for work but finally bought an s3 as my personal phone getting rid of my iPhone 4. I love it except for when I'm listening to music I hate that it totally blocks out the song to play the notification, sometimes I don't even hear the notification just hear my phone vibrate but my music doesn't even stop it keeps playing but is silent. Is there any kind of work around this?
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if you're on Jellybean use blocking mode and turn off notifications.
If you're on ICS, you can put the phone in silent mode but that turns off the ringer too.

Ahhh didn't think about using that for that. I don't mind getting the notification just don't want it to completely silent my music.
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gunnyman said:
if you're on Jellybean use blocking mode and turn off notifications.
If you're on ICS, you can put the phone in silent mode but that turns off the ringer too.
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Elaborate on using blocking mode.... where do you enable/disable it?

settings/blocking mode
you can disable incoming calls
notifications
alarms
and the LED indicator. I have mine set to turn off led and notifications between 11 PM and 7 AM.

Notification sounds on silent?

So perhaps this is a feature working as intended, but I'll be damned if it isn't super annoying. Basically, even if my phone is on silent or vibrate, the minute I plug in a headset, it'll start playing notification sounds through the headset. I can understand this possibly being useful if my phone was in a loud mode. But when I'm listening to music in my car or something and the phone is on vibrate, it'll dim the music and play a notification sound. If it's on silent, it'll dim the music but not make a notification sound. Hopefully that was easy enough to understand. Basically I need it to stop adjusting the volume of the music when I receive a notification. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm rooted stock and would prefer not to have to install a custom rom.
Thanks for any help guys
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+1
I can't believe there's no way to fix this, I've searched for a while and it seems to be a somewhat common problem. I was also trying to stay with stock ROM but I may flash CM if it fixes this. Could anyone else confirm?