Somehow I or an app or a setting has changed and all of a sudden every incoming call is being announced with an annoying (and loud) "Call from" in addition to the ringtone.
I have searched all over XDA and Google and found lot of people saying it is driving mode (turned off), but I have checked that and it is not set to do this, but it still it does the announcement.
I'd like to figure out what is causing this and turn it off -- any ideas?
Thank you in advance,
Kevin
Hmmm...do you have any apps related to the dialer, phone, contacts, or anything?
I assume you've tried restarting?
And, this is where you checked for driving mode, right? In Settings -> Language and Input -> Text-to-speech output -> Driving Mode is set to off?
ikjadoon said:
Hmmm...do you have any apps related to the dialer, phone, contacts, or anything?
I assume you've tried restarting?
And, this is where you checked for driving mode, right? In Settings -> Language and Input -> Text-to-speech output -> Driving Mode is set to off?
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I'll look back over my apps I've either tinkered with recently or installed.
I did confirm driving mode is off, but I decided to turn it on to see what would happen and I get two voice announcements. One says "incoming call from" answer the one I can't get rid of says "call from" in a slightly different voice. The one that says incoming is the one that is controlled by driving mode.
Thanks
kchasse said:
I'll look back over my apps I've either tinkered with recently or installed.
I did confirm driving mode is off, but I decided to turn it on to see what would happen and I get two voice announcements. One says "incoming call from" answer the one I can't get rid of says "call from" in a slightly different voice. The one that says incoming is the one that is controlled by driving mode.
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This has been driving me crazy for days!
If you have Robin installed - this is the culprit. Go into the apps setting and turn off caller I'd!
Hope this helps...
noren79 said:
This has been driving me crazy for days!
If you have Robin installed - this is the culprit. Go into the apps setting and turn off caller I'd!
Hope this helps...
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That was it. I don't recall setting that but it recently updated so...
Thank you very much!
Yeah, I guess it set it automatically on the latest update... Very annoying!
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Every incoming call and text speaks out an annoying 'incoming call' or 'incoming message'.
I don't know what she activated on her phone, but I can't shut it off.
It's rooted, de-bloated and still on the stock ROM.
Check to see if you have driving mode enabled. It's under settings > voice input and output > text to speech settings.
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Sounds like you have accessibility turned on.
go to settings/accessibility/ and uncheck accessibility.
Driving mode is also another possibility as raquel13 said.
robiatti said:
Sounds like you have accessibility turned on.
go to settings/accessibility/ and uncheck accessibility.
Driving mode is also another possibility as raquel13 said.
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as they said sounds like driving mode or accessibility settings. if not try resetting to factory settings. that should clear out those options. but id do that as a last resort type thing.
personally i love that feature
i know it annoys the hell out of some people, but is very convenient for me when i'm busy working or driving
so people finds it really cool, and some other will find it really annoying
Thanks!
I kept freezing apps. Thought I had it, but it just wouldn't shut up!
I just had some hands on time with GS2.
I couldn't get into Voice input-output/Text to speech to disable driving mode because it just kept crashing.
I unfroze a few apps and finally solved it. I think unfreezing System Manager did the trick.
Thanks for the help.
If I have driving mode selected and I deselect announcement for messages, the phone still announces the senders details. If I have the phone on silent, it still announces it. Is this a possible bug for our Gingerbread? Just wanted to see if any one else has this problem.
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If I have driving mode selected and I deselect announcement for messages, the phone still announces the senders details. If I have the phone on silent, it still announces it. Is this a possible bug for our Gingerbread? Just wanted to see if any one else has this problem.
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with announce you mean the notification sound? If yes then you should go to Setting->Sound->Volume and you can manage everything from there.
No, I mean like voice caller ID. The settings can be found under Settings>Voice Input and output>Text-to-speech settings>Driving mode settings
So I am the only wierd one facing this problem then
I'm currently out of my coverage area so the "searching for available network?" alert keeps popping up every 10-30 seconds. This is driving me craxy, I've tried disabling all alerts and even enabling airplane mode. I can't seem to find anyone with this problem, so I'm assuming I'm just missing a simple solution. I'm currently rooted with stock rom on 4.1.2.
If there is no way to disable this pop up, is there some way I can at least make it think there is signal so it stops popping up? The alert has increased to every second. I can't even manage to type 2 words before the pop up blocks the screen and disables the keyboard.
That sounds annoying! Try this..
-Go to phone dialer and dial #*#*4636*#*#
-Select "Device Information"
-Scroll down and press the button "Turn off Radio"
Does that do the trick?
lmike6453 said:
That sounds annoying! Try this..
-Go to phone dialer and dial #*#*4636*#*#
-Select "Device Information"
-Scroll down and press the button "Turn off Radio"
Does that do the trick?
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When I dial that I just get a pop up that says "emergency calls only"
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When I dial that I just get a pop up that says "emergency calls only"
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It was just a lil off that's why you didn't get the menu. But he was right! It's input this way *#*#4636#*#*
Most codes start with the star* first.
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It was just a lil off that's why you didn't get the menu. But he was right! It's input this way *#*#4636#*#*
Most codes start with the star* first.
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Thanks that works, but turning off the radio doesn't disable the pop up. I just connected to Rogers (I'm in CAN atm) and disabled roaming. So there's no pop ups while I'm their coverage. I still can't believe there's no way to disable that pop up.
Remove the Sim card! this will fix the problem
Saiyan26 said:
I'm currently out of my coverage area so the "searching for available network?" alert keeps popping up every 10-30 seconds. This is driving me craxy, I've tried disabling all alerts and even enabling airplane mode. I can't seem to find anyone with this problem, so I'm assuming I'm just missing a simple solution. I'm currently rooted with stock rom on 4.1.2.
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Simply remove the Sim card! This will fix the problem. When there is no sim card, the phone will not search for network, hence you will not get this error.
I simply removed the sim card, rebooted the phone, and tada, when I am flying on airplanes, and ofcourse there is not network coverage there, I can finally use the phone for games, music, etc, without this annoying message poping up every 30 seconds or so.
I have this EXACT same problem. I first noticed it after I turned on WiFi calling. This is not a mild annoyance. It's happening so often that it's rendering my phone nearly unusable. If anybody has any ideas I'd love to hear them. It also only started happening after I updated to Android 9.
I hated this so much on the S10, because it would interrupt games, apps, everything (and my network coverage sometimes flipped from 1 bar to 0, so I was seeing this 20-30 times a minute) but I found a solution that has worked for me so far (I've definitely seen my network transition to Emergency calls only without popping this up). Fair warning, I don't know what other consequences this had, but basically, I went to Settings -> Apps -> triple dot menu -> Special access -> Appear on top -> Show system apps -> (then I went through a bunch of apps that I thought could be the culprit, and turned them off. That included the phone apps). I've tested to make sure that if someone calls me I still get notifications (audio if phone volume isn't vibrate/mute, and full screen popup if I'm in another app). For completeness, I also went through the system apps in Settings-> Apps and turned all their notifications to silent and minimized, but as far as I can tell, that didn't help. I haven't gone back and turned stuff back on, because I never want to have this happen again.
problem resolved
cover to mute
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problem resolved
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Very curious what the issue was, and how it was resolved. I went the Asus Support chat route, and was supremely disappointed when they sent me to their website, had me do a reset, a reinstall of the Zenwatch Manager, then decided it must be a hardware issue, and told me it would need to be sent in to be serviced.
If cover to mute doesnt work, and the app wont save the selection when I click apply...but cover works for other features....why blame the watch hardware? Seems more likely to be a phone software issue than watch hardware.
Support had no clue. The watch is saying install android wear, the phone indicates that Zenwatch Manager requires and uses Android Wear configuration, and the guy is telling me I dont need to install Android Wear. Very frustrating half hour!
Not working for me either
I can't get incoming calls (Nexus 5, stock Lollipop 5.0.1) to mute using the feature either. Could it be related to the fact that I wear the watch on my right wrist?
nah, sounds like a hardware issue... send it in for service.
nah, sounds like a hardware issue... send it in for service.
Are you putting your palm ON the watch? That's what I have to do with my Moto 360.
cover to mute
What's odd, is cover with palm does work for other things....if you want to return to dismiss whatever is on screen, and return to the watch screen, so the cover function works! And the phone calls can be answered or dismissed from the watch with a right or left swipe. Its just that function in zenwatch manager.
Here was my solution
I had this problem too, and found a solution.
PROBLEM: On my phone, in the Zenwatch Manager app, under the "Cover to Mute" setting, I would tick the box next to "Incoming call", then "apply", but when I would go back into that setting, the box would be unticked.
SOLUTION:: On the WATCH, start FoneHelper (touch the clock to get the main menu--where it says "speak now" up top--scroll down and press the menu item "start", scroll and press "fonehelper). You will then have the option to toggl "Cover to Mute." I was able to enable the setting from that screen.
*Incidentally, when I do it that way, I can immediately see that choice reflected on my phone, in the Zenwatch Manager App. I still cannot use the Zenwatch Manager to enable this setting, but I've succesfully done it via my watch multiple times.
Hopefully this is helpful for someone else as well.
Confirmed resolution!
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I had this problem too, and found a solution.
PROBLEM: On my phone, in the Zenwatch Manager app, under the "Cover to Mute" setting, I would tick the box next to "Incoming call", then "apply", but when I would go back into that setting, the box would be unticked.
SOLUTION:: On the WATCH, start FoneHelper (touch the clock to get the main menu--says "speak now" up top--scroll down and press the menu item "start", scroll and press "fonehelper). You will then have the option to toggl "Cover to Mute." I was able to enable the setting from that.
*Incidentally, when I do it that way, I can immediately see that choice reflected on my phone, in the Zenwatch Manager App. I still cannot use the Zenwatch Manager to enable this setting, but I've succesfully done it via my watch multiple times
Hopefully this is helpful for someone else as well.
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That's it! Even Asus support was stumped, but that setting is the cause/solution!
Thanks for taking the time to provide such a well written response! Thanks again! +++
Thank you so much. Having the same problem and this totally fixed it for me!
On Nexus 5 and Android 5.1 installed this does not help. Problem is, that Watch put Phone into "Interrupt priority" state, which allows only important events to ring or vibrate. But this setting does not prevent ring or vibration, which is already in progress during the incoming call. I tried to use Takser app to set Silent mode on, ringer off, vibrate off, interrupt mode to None - but none of them helped. It can mute the ringer, but not the vibration. But then i figured out the solution. First, you need a rooted phone. Then create Tasker profile for variable set event "%INTERRUPT~priority". This will trigger event, when Watch will set the phone to "interrupt priority state". Create a task for this profile to just simulate pressing volume down key: select Button action to do this. This will completly mute the call.
Also, ASUS support told me, that this issue will be fixed in android 5.1.1 in the middle of may.
Is there a way to turn this off? When I answer a call I have to press 1. It's annoying and I've missed called fumbling around. Can I turn this off?
alfiej said:
Is there a way to turn this off? When I answer a call I have to press 1. It's annoying and I've missed called fumbling around. Can I turn this off?
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If you have Google voice enabled, check your settings online and turn off call screening
Thanks! Appreciate it!
alfiej said:
Is there a way to turn this off? When I answer a call I have to press 1. It's annoying and I've missed called fumbling around. Can I turn this off?
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Yes. seems like Sprint is now joining forces with google voice and the app is doing it.
Go to:
1) https://www.google.com/voice
2) upper right corner there's a gear, hit on it and choose settings
3) under setting choose "calls" and turn call screening off
4) if you do not want the voice-mail text go to "phones" and un-check "Notify me of new voicemails via text"
I disabled under "phone" the "Your Google Voice Number" and took out my number
Seems like google is trying to get people to use their programs without our permission. Not good.