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How to disable....

Hello,
How do I disable the:
- Loading indicator (when starting up a prog the Windows logo shows up)
- Lighting up of the keypad
- LED indicator when GPS is activated
...when the GPS function is activated.
The context of my question is;
I have a prog installed which sends an stealth sms with the device coords when lost or stolen to the phonenumber I make the request from.
All goes stealth except when the device is activating the GPS function to get the coords. The loading indicator shows up 3 secs and the keypad lights up. Allthoug very brief, this offcourse could make the thief aware that the device is doing something suspicious.
It would be very cool if these could be disabled just for the GPS function. I'm afraid however that these are general functions that can only be disabled permanently or not at all.
So my questions are:
- Can the 3 above named actions be disable for GPS activation only? If so, how would I do that? What registry keys need to be edited?
- If they cannot be disabled for GPS only, is there a way to disable them at all?

Disable Arview in Mails and/or make the silent mode silent

Hi,
my Galaxy Note 2 (with rootet Stock 4.1.2) just embarrassed me during a presentation and it seems it is caused by bugs and or hidden features that I can't find.
What happened:
Prior to the start of a presentation I used the power button of the phone to switch it to silent mode.
As the presentation start was rescheduled I wanted to send my next appointment a note that I might be late by a few minutes.
For this I opened the samsung email app using the S-Pen. When hovering over a mail my note 2 screamed the date, title and abstract of the mail into the room - really great, could only have been worse if it would have been an "enlargment" spammail.
After the presentation I checked the settings:
- Note 2 set to silent mode
- Airview turned of in note 2 settings
- Open up email, hover with the pan and I get shouted at again.
- Checking the volumes I realize that silent does not correspond with silent on all volume levers, the media lever is still at it's previous position (which was all the way up).
- Can't find any airview setting in the mail app itself.
So the questions are:
- Is there any way to turn of the reading of the mail data?
- Is there any way to turn off the media volume (I can't even manually get the volume indicator for media the be stroken through).
- Is there any way to simply disable all sound output prior to a meeting?
Thanks for your answers,
Norbert

[Q] Note 2 stuck on silent mode when charging

I have a GN2, AT&T stock ROM (Jelly Bean 4.1.2), rooted with CWM SuperUser. When I connected the phone to OEM wall charger, other charger, or to PC via USB the phone switches to "silent" mode - no sound, no vibration - and cannot be changed back. With phone connected or after disconnecting, the volume rocker on the left side will cause the volume slider to pop up, but it remains stuck on silent. When I open the master volume control, Ringtone shows 0 / silenced and cannot be adjusted, Media shows last setting and is adjustable, and both Notifications and System are greyed out and show 0 / silenced. Long press on the Power Button shows "Mute" is activated (green underscore) but tapping Mute, Vibrate or Sound has no effect other than to close the "Device options" pop up. The only remedy that I have found is to reboot the phone.
Other things that I have tried and found not to help are:
- Long press Home, go to Task Manager > RAM > Clear memory. No change
- use Battery Doctor and Clean Master to close all running apps. No change.
- turn off Developer Options (usually on). No change.
- tried adjusting volume in Settings > Sound. Greyed out / locked as described above. No change.
- tried different USB cables - no change
- tried different PC - no change
Anyone have any idea why this is happening and how it could be resolved?

I appear to have solved the problem - sort of. After further troubleshooting by freezing apps one at a time via Titanium, I found that the Bedside Mode app was the culprit. Once frozen the issue disappeared. I tried deleting data and defrosting the app - problem reappeared. For now I've deleted Bedside Mode and the problem seems to have resolved.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app

Disabling ambient screen and just having the normal lock screen?

Just got my XZ2C two days ago and I cant find a solution to one problem:
How can I disable this "ambient display" lockscreen, which additionally is "over my lock screen".
I want to directly see the content of a new message via notification when I receive it.
Now with the XZ2C, the phone lights up and I have this black screen with a clock and a small new notification icon. (I guess this is called the ambient display?)
I then have to double tap the screen to be brought to the lock screen, where I then can see a notification with the message content...
I was not able to find a solution for this online.
Can anyone help?

'Ambient Display' (from Sony, activates when device is lifted)
Settings/Lock screen & security/Lock screen preferences/Ambient display
>'Activate when device is lifted' (On or Off)
Ambient display options include:
- New notification (toggle on/off)
-Sticker (select)
-Photo playback (on/off) (Demo/Photos on device)
-Music information (toggle on/off)
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Note: there is also a new 'Ambient Mode' (from Android), just released (11/2019) to XZ2c. It only activates (if turned on) when device is plugged in to charge)
'Ambient Mode' (from Android, accessed thru Google Assistant settings)
Google Account/Settings/Google Assistant/Assistant/Phone/Ambient Mode (toggle on/off)
Hope this is helpful

Kavu2 said:
'Ambient Display' (from Sony, activates when device is lifted)
Settings/Lock screen & security/Lock screen preferences/Ambient display
>'Activate when device is lifted' (On or Off)
Ambient display options include:
- New notification (toggle on/off)
-Sticker (select)
-Photo playback (on/off) (Demo/Photos on device)
-Music information (toggle on/off)
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Note: there is also a new 'Ambient Mode' (from Android), just released (11/2019) to XZ2c. It only activates (if turned on) when device is plugged in to charge)
'Ambient Mode' (from Android, accessed thru Google Assistant settings)
Google Account/Settings/Google Assistant/Assistant/Phone/Ambient Mode (toggle on/off)
Hope this is helpful
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Note, this hasn't devolved to the H8314 yet. Perhaps next update. It doesn't appear to be in 52.0.A.11.32 which has the 11/1/19 security update.

hgoldner said:
Note, this hasn't devolved to the H8314 yet. Perhaps next update. It doesn't appear to be in 52.0.A.11.32 which has the 11/1/19 security update.
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If you're referring to the 'Ambient Mode"....
I have the Sony H8314 XZ2 compact - Verizon-USA (with Nov21 security update 52.0.A.11.32) and I do indeed have it on my phone. It's accessed thru the Google account. You can get to it via the Android Google app\(…more)\Settings\Google Assistant\Assistant\Phone or thru home-screen\right swipe\Google account icon (top right)\Settings\Google Assistant\Assistant\Phone. It might be a server-side thing still rolling out. idunno.
Note: I've tried it and it works and is nice and all, but I've turned it back off b/c I thought it might interfere with the 'Battery Care' function. No info/evidence of a problem, just makes sense that it might preclude Battery Care from doing its purpose. I mostly charge overnight anyway so no real need to use phone when charging.

Kavu2 said:
If you're referring to the 'Ambient Mode"....
I have the Sony H8314 XZ2 compact - Verizon-USA (with Nov21 security update 52.0.A.11.32) and I do indeed have it on my phone. It's accessed thru the Google account. You can get to it via the Android Google app\(…more)\Settings\Google Assistant\Assistant\Phone or thru home-screen\right swipe\Google account icon (top right)\Settings\Google Assistant\Assistant\Phone. It might be a server-side thing still rolling out. idunno.
Note: I've tried it and it works and is nice and all, but I've turned it back off b/c I thought it might interfere with the 'Battery Care' function. No info/evidence of a problem, just makes sense that it might preclude Battery Care from doing its purpose. I mostly charge overnight anyway so no real need to use phone when charging.
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[update] Took a few days, but apparently within the last 48 hours it has become available on my H8314, too. I think it might have been bundled in a Carrier Services update, which also enabled RCS on Verizon handsets.

Kavu2 said:
'Ambient Display' (from Sony, activates when device is lifted)
Settings/Lock screen & security/Lock screen preferences/Ambient display
>'Activate when device is lifted' (On or Off)
Ambient display options include:
- New notification (toggle on/off)
-Sticker (select)
-Photo playback (on/off) (Demo/Photos on device)
-Music information (toggle on/off)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Note: there is also a new 'Ambient Mode' (from Android), just released (11/2019) to XZ2c. It only activates (if turned on) when device is plugged in to charge)
'Ambient Mode' (from Android, accessed thru Google Assistant settings)
Google Account/Settings/Google Assistant/Assistant/Phone/Ambient Mode (toggle on/off)
Hope this is helpful
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Sadly, this does not help.
That is also the first settings category I checked and tried to use, to disable that "feature".
Problem: e.g.: If I get a new WhatsApp message,
- the phone screen turns on, shows a black screen with:
- a clock
- a message icon for a new message notification in the middle
I would prefer to:
- the phone screen turns on, with my normal lockscreen picture
- a notification is shown, which also shows me (part of) the message content.
If I remember correctly, this was the behaviour with my previous XZ1 compact

Icefeldt said:
Sadly, this does not help.
That is also the first settings category I checked and tried to use, to disable that "feature".
Problem: e.g.: If I get a new WhatsApp message,
- the phone screen turns on, shows a black screen with:
- a clock
- a message icon for a new message notification in the middle
I would prefer to:
- the phone screen turns on, with my normal lockscreen picture
- a notification is shown, which also shows me (part of) the message content.
If I remember correctly, this was the behaviour with my previous XZ1 compact
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Ok so I tried turning off my 'ambient display' and I get the same result as you, namely a new message icon appears on an ambient screen....even tho the ambient screen is turned off and without picking it up(which is what normally activates the ambient screen). So a bug is there in the coding I guess. If you turn off the 'wake screen for new notifications' then you get a blank screen with a blinking light at top left.
You can get your lockscreen pic to show with a text preview if you press the power button or do the double tap.
Hope this helps.

Kavu2 said:
Ok so I tried turning off my 'ambient display' and I get the same result as you, namely a new message icon appears on an ambient screen....even tho the ambient screen is turned off and without picking it up(which is what normally activates the ambient screen). So a bug is there in the coding I guess. If you turn off the 'wake screen for new notifications' then you get a blank screen with a blinking light at top left.
You can get your lockscreen pic to show with a text preview if you press the power button or do the double tap.
Hope this helps.
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I thought all of this (how and where notifications appear for WhatsApp) are controlled from Settings->Apps & Notifications->WhatsApp->Notifications.

Question Vivo X80 Pro [Origin OS, CN Version] - Bugs & Experiences - Let's share

Dear Forum,
after scanning the x60 and x70 threads about notification issues I'm still struggling with missing notifications and badges for certain apps [in this case Signal and Threema]. What I did so far:
- uninstall com.vivo.pem via ADB App Control
- set notification settings correctly for the apps: (Allow notification, allow smart notification, Floating notifications on (Threema, Signal), Lock screen notifications on (Threema, Signal), display notification details on lock screen, Chats: priority display) // (Home Screen icon badges only for Whatsapp available for some reason)
- set single permission settings for the apps: autostart on, startup on, floating window on, desktop shotcuts on, display on lock screen on, background pop-ups on, Remove permissions and free up space off
- set display settings: show on the off-screen on, show on the lock screen on, show on the home screen on, show in the status bar on, notification method: original icon
- set battery settings correctly: Boost mode, saving mode off, high background power usage on, always on display on, optimize battery life off, auto enable battery saver off
[Phone settings: Drawer style, dark mode, Android Style control center, Vivo Origin System Launcher]
Whatsapp is working: Home Screen notifications, badges, also lock screen notifications - Threema and Signal are not working, driving me a bit crazy. "Sometimes" there is a notification sound, sometimes not. Starring at the lock screen with turned on blue ambilight, it sometimes appears, sometimes not. So my questions:
1) Is there anyone who has experience with Signal and Threema notifications on a Vivo device and could share his/her solution?
2) Should I uninstall also com.vivo.abe and com.iqoo.powersaving?
3) There are no badges for almost all third party apps (Whatsapp badges are working) - is there a way to change it, to get also badges for Signal, Threema, Telegram and so on? (Change Launcher?)
I appreciate your help!

ZarW said:
Dear Forum,
after scanning the x60 and x70 threads about notification issues I'm still struggling with missing notifications and badges for certain apps [in this case Signal and Threema]. What I did so far:
- uninstall com.vivo.pem via ADB App Control
- set notification settings correctly for the apps: (Allow notification, allow smart notification, Floating notifications on (Threema, Signal), Lock screen notifications on (Threema, Signal), display notification details on lock screen, Chats: priority display) // (Home Screen icon badges only for Whatsapp available for some reason)
- set single permission settings for the apps: autostart on, startup on, floating window on, desktop shotcuts on, display on lock screen on, background pop-ups on, Remove permissions and free up space off
- set display settings: show on the off-screen on, show on the lock screen on, show on the home screen on, show in the status bar on, notification method: original icon
- set battery settings correctly: Boost mode, saving mode off, high background power usage on, always on display on, optimize battery life off, auto enable battery saver off
[Phone settings: Drawer style, dark mode, Android Style control center, Vivo Origin System Launcher]
Whatsapp is working: Home Screen notifications, badges, also lock screen notifications - Threema and Signal are not working, driving me a bit crazy. "Sometimes" there is a notification sound, sometimes not. Starring at the lock screen with turned on blue ambilight, it sometimes appears, sometimes not. So my questions:
1) Is there anyone who has experience with Signal and Threema notifications on a Vivo device and could share his/her solution?
2) Should I uninstall also com.vivo.abe and com.iqoo.powersaving?
3) There are no badges for almost all third party apps (Whatsapp badges are working) - is there a way to change it, to get also badges for Signal, Threema, Telegram and so on? (Change Launcher?)
I appreciate your help!
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the problem is dark mode. I have the same problem with Telegram. with clear mode no problem.

robbie1981 said:
the problem is dark mode. I have the same problem with Telegram. with clear mode no problem.
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I turned dark mode off, Threema notifications in the status bar are working like 70% now, sometimes they don't - that's so weird.
Is there a solutions for getting badges? Maybe changing the launcher?

Same problem with Google's Messages app, so can't see when I receive a SMS.
I hope they will fix this ASAP.

xperia81 said:
Same problem with Google's Messages app, so can't see when I receive a SMS.
I hope they will fix this ASAP.
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1) Set settings of the app like in 1st message
2) Set settings of battery/energy usage like in 1st message
3) Switch to bright/light-mode
4) restart phone
-> after doing that, almost 100% of all Threema message are shown as notification. Still struggling with AquaMail, but this will be fixed within next days.

ZarW said:
1) Set settings of the app like in 1st message
2) Set settings of battery/energy usage like in 1st message
3) Switch to bright/light-mode
4) restart phone
-> after doing that, almost 100% of all Threema message are shown as notification. Still struggling with AquaMail, but this will be fixed within next days.
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Now at the moment everything seems to work even in dark mode, and even with AquaMail, I just followed this instruction:
https://www.chinahandys.net/vivo-china-version-einrichten/ (German)
No badges in AquaMail but in WhatsApp they work, but I dont need that.

xperia81 said:
Now at the moment everything seems to work even in dark mode, and even with AquaMail, I just followed this instruction:
https://www.chinahandys.net/vivo-china-version-einrichten/ (German)
No badges in AquaMail but in WhatsApp they work, but I dont need that.
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I knew that tutorial before. For me the notifications in status bar and home screen for Threema and Signal did not work having dark mode turned on. Switching to the brigth/light mode the notifications work perfectly.
Considering the badges - I get used to it not having badges for messaging apps.
Just for the readers, you can turn on badges on the home screen for the following apps (Origin OS, Dim9000):
- Designs
- Settings
- iMusic
- iManager
- Kuaishou
- Messages
- Notes
- Recorder
- Telephone
- Clock
- V-Appstore
- Vivo
- Vivo.com
- VivoCloud
- Whatsapp

ZarW said:
Dear Forum,
after scanning the x60 and x70 threads about notification issues I'm still struggling with missing notifications and badges for certain apps [in this case Signal and Threema]. What I did so far:
- uninstall com.vivo.pem via ADB App Control
- set notification settings correctly for the apps: (Allow notification, allow smart notification, Floating notifications on (Threema, Signal), Lock screen notifications on (Threema, Signal), display notification details on lock screen, Chats: priority display) // (Home Screen icon badges only for Whatsapp available for some reason)
- set single permission settings for the apps: autostart on, startup on, floating window on, desktop shotcuts on, display on lock screen on, background pop-ups on, Remove permissions and free up space off
- set display settings: show on the off-screen on, show on the lock screen on, show on the home screen on, show in the status bar on, notification method: original icon
- set battery settings correctly: Boost mode, saving mode off, high background power usage on, always on display on, optimize battery life off, auto enable battery saver off
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Thanks a lot for your suggestions, but no way to make the Telegram notifactions work...any suggestion? I don't have a sim inside the phone for the moment, but I don't think this is the problem

lukemo said:
Thanks a lot for your suggestions, but no way to make the Telegram notifactions work...any suggestion? I don't have a sim inside the phone for the moment, but I don't think this is the problem
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1) set settings like in post 1
2) unmute chat in telegram (telegram itself)
3) switch into boost mode (battery settings)
4) allow background activity (battery settings)
5) turn off dark mode
6) restart phone
-> telegram is working perfectly for me with settings from post 1 and dark mode turned off. Always restart your phone to get things work. To be honest, this origin os behaves sometimes really strange :/ hope you get it work.

ZarW said:
1) set settings like in post 1
2) unmute chat in telegram (telegram itself)
3) switch into boost mode (battery settings)
4) allow background activity (battery settings)
5) turn off dark mode
6) restart phone
-> telegram is working perfectly for me with settings from post 1 and dark mode turned off. Always restart your phone to get things work. To be honest, this origin os behaves sometimes really strange :/ hope you get it work.
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You are right about origin os...thanks again, I didn't put previously in boost mode and I only disabled com.vivo.pem...do you think that disabling is not enough?

lukemo said:
You are right about origin os...thanks again, I didn't put previously in boost mode and I only disabled com.vivo.pem...do you think that disabling is not enough?
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To be honest, I do not know. While getting it working step by step I was very impatient at some point, so I can not tell you which setting is really needed to get it working - please feel free to test it step by step to figure out which settings are really needed. I will post my settings again a bit more structured.
The only thing I can tell you: I have uninstalled neither com.vivo.abe nor com.iqoo.powersaving, but with the settings below, uninstall of com.vivo.pem and a phone restart my notifications are working perfectly.
Tested and successfully working with Signal, Telegram, Threema, Whatsapp (Vivo X80 Pro, Origin OS, Dim 9000):
1) uninstall com.vivo.pem via ADB App Control
2) set notification settings correctly for the certain app (Settings/Notifications/App notifications/APP):
2a) allow notification
2b) allow smart notification
2c) floating notifications on
2d) Lock screen notifications on
2e) display notification details on lock screen on
2f) Chats: priority display (if there are chats listed, choose priority display)
3) set single permission settings for the certain app (long press App/App Info/App Permission/Settings Single Permission):
3a) autostart on
3b) startup on
3c) floating window on
3d) desktop shotcuts on
3e) display on lock screen on
3f) background pop-ups on
4) set single permission settings for the certain app (long press App/App Info/App Permission):
4a) permissions and free up space off
5) set display settings (Settings/Notifications/Display settings):
5a) show on the off-screen on
5b) show on the lock screen on
5c) show on the home screen on
5d) show in the status bar on
5e) notification method: original icon
6) set battery settings correctly (Settings/Battery):
6a) Boost mode on
6b) saving mode off
7) set battery settings correctly (Settings/Battery/More settings):
7a) always on display on
7b) optimize battery life off
7c) auto enable battery saver off
8) set battery settings for App correctly (Settings/Battery/background power consumption/App):
8a) high background power usage on
9) Restart Phone

ZarW said:
To be honest, I do not know. While getting it working step by step I was very impatient at some point, so I can not tell you which setting is really needed to get it working - please feel free to test it step by step to figure out which settings are really needed. I will post my settings again a bit more structured.
The only thing I can tell you: I have uninstalled neither com.vivo.abe nor com.iqoo.powersaving, but with the settings below, uninstall of com.vivo.pem and a phone restart my notifications are working perfectly.
Tested and successfully working with Signal, Telegram, Threema, Whatsapp (Vivo X80 Pro, Origin OS, Dim 9000):
1) uninstall com.vivo.pem via ADB App Control
2) set notification settings correctly for the certain app (Settings/Notifications/App notifications/APP):
2a) allow notification
2b) allow smart notification
2c) floating notifications on
2d) Lock screen notifications on
2e) display notification details on lock screen on
2f) Chats: priority display (if there are chats listed, choose priority display)
3) set single permission settings for the certain app (long press App/App Info/App Permission/Settings Single Permission):
3a) autostart on
3b) startup on
3c) floating window on
3d) desktop shotcuts on
3e) display on lock screen on
3f) background pop-ups on
4) set single permission settings for the certain app (long press App/App Info/App Permission):
4a) permissions and free up space off
5) set display settings (Settings/Notifications/Display settings):
5a) show on the off-screen on
5b) show on the lock screen on
5c) show on the home screen on
5d) show in the status bar on
5e) notification method: original icon
6) set battery settings correctly (Settings/Battery):
6a) Boost mode on
6b) saving mode off
7) set battery settings correctly (Settings/Battery/More settings):
7a) always on display on
7b) optimize battery life off
7c) auto enable battery saver off
8) set battery settings for App correctly (Settings/Battery/background power consumption/App):
8a) high background power usage on
9) Restart Phone
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If i click on
settings/notifications/Display settings
everything is grayed out. I can not change nothing there. Anyone can help why I face this problem?

kenajanek said:
If i click on
settings/notifications/Display settings
everything is grayed out. I can not change nothing there. Anyone can help why I face this problem?
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Just a guess - Vivo Account?
Are you logged in into your Vivo Account? If not, created one on their website and log in - please share if this is working...

ZarW said:
Just a guess - Vivo Account?
Are you logged in into your Vivo Account? If not, created one on their website and log in - please share if this is working...
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Unfortunately Im already logged in into my vivo account. I disconnected, logged in again and restarted phone...Same outcome

kenajanek said:
Unfortunately Im already logged in into my vivo account. I disconnected, logged in again and restarted phone...Same outcome
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What about your battery settings? Maybe before changing the display settings you need to do step 7) and 8) - but I've no clue why your display settings are grayed out. Have you deleted certain systemapps with ADB?
If you find the solution, just share it here.

ZarW said:
What about your battery settings? Maybe before changing the display settings you need to do step 7) and 8) - but I've no clue why your display settings are grayed out. Have you deleted certain systemapps with ADB?
If you find the solution, just share it here.
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I tried several things now. Going back some steps and checking again ... always stays grayed out.
I deleted only vivo.pem and some Bloatware. Nothing what has to do with display settings ...
So at the moment I dont know what to do next, but with rest of settings all notifications working for me. Only lockscreen notifications dont show up as well as tiktok notification. But thats more or less OK for me.
If I find out how to change Display notification settings I will share here, for sure.

Hello
@kenajanek
Have you activated the Nano alerts ? (Settings/Notifications/Nano Alerts scenario settings )

Vivo_Fan said:
Hello
@kenajanek
Have you activated the Nano alerts ? (Settings/Notifications/Nano Alerts scenario settings )
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Good point! If I activate them, I am able to change Display notification settings.
But is it recommendable to have them activated? I thought its kind of too chinese stuff, for being usefull here in europe.

ZarW said:
1) set settings like in post 1
2) unmute chat in telegram (telegram itself)
3) switch into boost mode (battery settings)
4) allow background activity (battery settings)
5) turn off dark mode
6) restart phone
-> telegram is working perfectly for me with settings from post 1 and dark mode turned off. Always restart your phone to get things work. To be honest, this origin os behaves sometimes really strange :/ hope you get it work.
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thank for the hint，I think bug in darkmode is the root cause，I can get the notification sound but no visual in notification center, clearmode is ok!
I have reported this system level bug to the PM of iQOO(subsidiary of vivo, they share the same OS) via weibo, hope they can fix it in the later release!

kenajanek said:
Good point! If I activate them, I am able to change Display notification settings.
But is it recommendable to have them activated? I thought its kind of too chinese stuff, for being usefull here in europe.
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greeting from China!
I have reported this system level bug in darkmode to the PM of iQOO(subsidiary of vivo, they share the same OS) via weibo, hope they can fix it in the later release!