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Notifications on watch, Phone on silent or vibrate

Whenever I put my phone on silent or vibrate only, the watch doesn't vibrate for notifications either... is there anyone else experiencing this?
I am using it with a vzw g3

I am not experiencing this, but there is a setting in the Android Wear app to have watch only notifications when connected or both devices. Maybe try toggling that?

ThePublisher said:
I am not experiencing this, but there is a setting in the Android Wear app to have watch only notifications when connected or both devices. Maybe try toggling that?
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ive tried that but its still hit or miss... what phone are you using?

tsy87 said:
ive tried that but its still hit or miss... what phone are you using?
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i337 Samsung S4 on Goldeneye 38

tsy87 said:
Whenever I put my phone on silent or vibrate only, the watch doesn't vibrate for notifications either... is there anyone else experiencing this?
I am using it with a vzw g3
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My understanding is that currently the watch will vibrate ONLY when the alert makes noise on your phone... let me see if I can dig up the article where I read that... but the article was more about not having the watch notify for certain notifications.
EDIT: Found it...
Little-known fact: Notifications will only cause your Android Wear watch to vibrate and light up if they'd also make a sound on your phone. If a notification is set to be silent on your phone, it'll show up and be available on your watch but won't do anything to alert you to its presence.
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mikefletcher85 said:
My understanding is that currently the watch will vibrate ONLY when the alert makes noise on your phone... let me see if I can dig up the article where I read that... but the article was more about not having the watch notify for certain notifications.
EDIT: Found it...
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thanks!! but what about vibrate mode on your phone?
Another strange thing is.. when I select "notify on watch only" the phone goes into silent mode... And last time I tried, it, the notifications were not going off on my watch.

tsy87 said:
thanks!! but what about vibrate mode on your phone?
Another strange thing is.. when I select "notify on watch only" the phone goes into silent mode... And last time I tried, it, the notifications were not going off on my watch.
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I would have to play around with it myself. I was just reading up on the Moto 360 when I came across that article so I am not sure about Vibrate instead of silent

What's App messages not vibrating the watch...help?

I get the notification on the watch when I receive a new message. However it doesn't vibrate so I don't know its where until I look at it. Other apps like gmail vibrates the watch. Does anybody know how to make whatsapp notifications vibrate as well?
thanks

You have to change the actual notification setting in the app for whatsapp. There isn't a special section for wear you just have to change notifications to vibrate as well.

erandhawa said:
You have to change the actual notification setting in the app for whatsapp. There isn't a special section for wear you just have to change notifications to vibrate as well.
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that worked! thank you

Turn off music control/notification

Hey guys, I wasn't sure if this warranted it's own thread, but I think it does since there's no "Ask Any Question!" sticky like some of the big boards.
Anyway, when listening to music through Pandora, I have a persistent notification allowing me to pause/play my music from my Moto 360. Can I turn it off? Notifications are very large and block the face so I can't tell the time. Normally, I'm okay with swiping others away, but this one is persistent. I tried adding Pandora to the notification mute list in the Wear app, but that didn't work. I can mute all notifications, that's not what I'm after. Can I just turn off music control somewhere?

Johmama said:
Hey guys, I wasn't sure if this warranted it's own thread, but I think it does since there's no "Ask Any Question!" sticky like some of the big boards.
Anyway, when listening to music through Pandora, I have a persistent notification allowing me to pause/play my music from my Moto 360. Can I turn it off? Notifications are very large and block the face so I can't tell the time. Normally, I'm okay with swiping others away, but this one is persistent. I tried adding Pandora to the notification mute list in the Wear app, but that didn't work. I can mute all notifications, that's not what I'm after. Can I just turn off music control somewhere?
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Go to Android Wear app on your phone, select the Cog Gears (Settings) icon on top right corner. Select first option "Mute app notifications", select Pandora or any apps you don't want notifications to be pushed to your watch. Done!

Crushader said:
Go to Android Wear app on your phone, select the Cog Gears (Settings) icon on top right corner. Select first option "Mute app notifications", select Pandora or any apps you don't want notifications to be pushed to your watch. Done!
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Is there a way to disable ALL notifications? I dont see a reason to get notifications on my watch when I always have my phone on me. I guess you could say I got it for an advanced watch, not another gadget to notify me of e-mail, etc

tekkitan said:
Is there a way to disable ALL notifications? I dont see a reason to get notifications on my watch when I always have my phone on me. I guess you could say I got it for an advanced watch, not another gadget to notify me of e-mail, etc
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You can just pull down from the top of the watch until it vibrates and says "Mute" then you won't get any notifications until you repeat those steps to unmute it

For some reason, this trick doesn't work with tune in radio

Really?
tekkitan said:
Is there a way to disable ALL notifications? I dont see a reason to get notifications on my watch when I always have my phone on me. I guess you could say I got it for an advanced watch, not another gadget to notify me of e-mail, etc
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Ummmm, you did know it was a smartwatch when you bought it? If your not using it, as a smart watch, then I don't see the point of you owning it... Just saying.

michaeldanielbourke said:
Ummmm, you did know it was a smartwatch when you bought it? If your not using it, as a smart watch, then I don't see the point of you owning it... Just saying.
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Wanting to get rid of a persistent notification that bothers him hardly puts him in the category of not using it as a smartwatch.
Even if you turned off all notifications, it's still a smart watch, it runs apps, responds to voice queries, keeps your phone unlocked, etc...
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tekkitan said:
Is there a way to disable ALL notifications?
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Remember during initial setup when it asked you to activate the Android Wear notification listener service? Undo that. Then it has no idea when you have a notification.

Sfkn2 said:
For some reason, this trick doesn't work with tune in radio
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This doesn't work for Spotify either. Are there any other idea's?

Just adding my voice... it's a really annoying 'feature' of Android Wear (or Wear OS, as it now seems to be called).
I went through and I disabled every single notification (about 300 or so of them) and the media notification still appears, and doesn't time out. This is annoying because it lights up the screen which eats through my battery. Why can't it auto-hide itself LIKE EVERY OTHER NOTIFICATION?
Grrr....

Notification vibrations - do I have this right? (If so, wtf?!)

I've seen a few posts about this, but never a definitive statement, and it's such odd default behavior that I want to check I have this right:
- If you have app notifications on the _phone_ on silent or vibrate, then the _watch_ notification will be silent; if it makes a noise on your phone then it will vibrate
- There is no way to override/workaround this on a per app basis
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This is really annoying if true since I have most of my apps set to vibrate only, and I therefore want them to vibrate on my watch..

SmokinAl said:
I've seen a few posts about this, but never a definitive statement, and it's such odd default behavior that I want to check I have this right:
- If you have app notifications on the _phone_ on silent or vibrate, then the _watch_ notification will be silent; if it makes a noise on your phone then it will vibrate
- There is no way to override/workaround this on a per app basis
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This is really annoying if true since I have most of my apps set to vibrate only, and I therefore want them to vibrate on my watch..
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I don't experience this at all. No matter if my phone is on silent vibrate or ringer, the 360 still gets the notification. [VZW HTC M8 Stock.]

CMNDR said:
I don't ehxperience this at all. No matter if my phone is on silent vibrate or ringer, the 360 still gets the notification. [VZW HTC M8 Stock.]
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Do your notifications vibrate on your watch even when not making a sound on your phone?
Mine definitely don't (s3), but if I turn on sound on eg gmail, I'll then get watch vibrations

SmokinAl said:
Do your notifications vibrate on your watch even when not making a sound on your phone?
Mine definitely don't (s3), but if I turn on sound on eg gmail, I'll then get watch vibrations
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Yup, all the notifications on my watch vibrate all the time.

CMNDR said:
Yup, all the notifications on my watch vibrate all the time.
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This is how mine works as well, I am using a Moto X running 4.4.4.

Hmm so strange ... It's not like there are billions of settings I could have misconfigured. And this is with gmail (and everything else), so not obscure apps
Fwiw I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...tion-watch-t2887718/post55687468#post55687468 with a potential solution.

If phone is on vibrate, moto 360 won't vibrate with new text message via message app.

Can someone test this for me. If I have my note 4 with the sound on or in silent mode I get the moto 360 to vibrate showing a new text. But If the note 4 is on vibrate, the moto 360 will not vibrate to let me know I have a new text via the stock messaging app. So frustrating! Please help

It is not dependant on the "Global" mode...it is dependant on the "In-App" setting.
i.e. Whatsapp: You need to set it to "vibration - on" in the app settings, so even if your "global" setting is total silence, you will still get vibrations on the watch.
Hope it makes sense.

Interesting, I have all vibration disabled on my Note 4, both globally and in-app, and I receive vibrations on the watch just fine when the phone is set to Silent.

I am talking about stock messaging app. Yes, you're getting notifcations when the phone is on silent or if the volume is on. But, if you put your phone to vibrate you will not get the moto 360 to vibrate from a new text message via the stock app

Thanks zhou for the response but I definitely have vibration on in the stock messaging app.

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I am talking about stock messaging app. Yes, you're getting notifcations when the phone is on silent or if the volume is on. But, if you put your phone to vibrate you will not get the moto 360 to vibrate from a new text message via the stock app
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I have the same problem with the stock msg app on my Note 3 on VZW. I ended up using a 3rd party msg app and now it vibes and notifies on all three positions silent, sound, and vibe.

I have the Note 2 and the same thing happens when using stock messaging...Moto 360 will vibrate when phone is set to normal or silent, but when the phone is on vibrate the Moto 360 will get the notification but not vibrate. The stock messaging app is set to vibrate in settings.

I believe this is a problem for everybody but they just have not realized it yet

stu5797 said:
I believe this is a problem for everybody but they just have not realized it yet
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It's not a problem for everyone. It's a Samsung problem. Use a different SMS app.
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I have the same problem with my Galaxy S5 and the stock messenger. My solution was switching to hangouts for sms.

stu5797 said:
I am talking about stock messaging app. Yes, you're getting notifcations when the phone is on silent or if the volume is on. But, if you put your phone to vibrate you will not get the moto 360 to vibrate from a new text message via the stock app
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stu5797 said:
I believe this is a problem for everybody but they just have not realized it yet
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Don't think everyone. I started a thread on AC and someone with a Note 3 claimed that it worked in all three positions. Silent, sound, and silent..

HigherSensation said:
I have the same problem with my Galaxy S5 and the stock messenger. My solution was switching to hangouts for sms.
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I am using Textra, no problems for me too.

Stock messaging app on my Sony Xperia Z2, and face no such issues.

I am having the same problem, but with facebook and facebook messenger. Both have notification+vibration on.
My problem is that it doesnt even work on loud ringer
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