It seems like ever since Oreo (currently running Pie) my notifications have been really screwed up and I'm at a loss as to how to fix it. I need help lol.
1) With screen off, a lot of times I won't get any notifications until I wave my hand over the proximity sensor.
2) Sometimes my LED doesn't turn on. Like, I'll grab my phone and there'll be a notification on the lock screen, but the LED doesn't alert me to it. Other apps don't flash the LED at all even though it's turned on in settings.
3) I never get voicemail notifications. At all. And I can see missed phone calls if I open the phone app, but there's otherwise no indication of missed calls. Wtf!
I've tinkered with all of the notification settings to no avail. I also noticed the number of options that can affect notifications seems a complicated mess. I'm a bit disappointed at what the Android notifications have become.
Can anyone offer any help with this?
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Hi,
I've found that the notification light on the front of my desire is quite random as to whether it decides to flash or not when a new message has arrived, or when I have a missed call, etc., sometimes it does, other times it does not. Sometimes the light is not flashing, but when I press the power button to unlock the screen, I see that there are new messages waiting.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is it software/hardware problem? Or a user problem in that I haven't switched on some setting? I have everything turned on in settings -> Display -> Notification Flash
It's not random but the light only flashes for something like 10 minutes. There are apps, that can keep the light flashing, in the market.
Its not to do with that, I've had it where I watched a sms arrive, the phone beeps and vibrates, but the notification light doesn't blink at all during or after the arrival of the sms.
I never worked this out, in the end i found an app called "LED me know" on this forum which did the trick.
I found that the notification light not working even I set the option "pulse notification light" on in the setting menu (In the condition of the screen is off and idle after received notification or missed call and etc., the light is still off).
Then I unlocked the BL and tried some stock version of google firmware website.
But it does not work as well.
Only the moment someone phone to me and the light will on with the white color.
I wonder whether it is the hardware problem for the light or only the setting.
Thanks so much for your help.
The notification light doesn't do much by default. I believe it lights up when you get a call and for stock SMS.
I use the app "Light Flow" to control the app a bit better, though, and set colors for different notifications.
I would go to a Sprint repair center and have them test the phone. This could be software or hardware related. If it is software a reset would fix it. Also you may want to download a different notification program to see if it would step in and make them work again. But the best idea is to let a store test it - they have a machine to diagnose problems like this.
So I've searched everywhere and I haven't seen anything for this issue. Even though all the settings are correct and i have vibrate checked in the messages app, my phone won't vibrate for notifications like text messages all the time. Sometimes it will vibrate and sometimes it won't. So my phone will be in my pocket and I'll check it 30 minutes later and see 3 or 4 texts but it never vibrated. I exchanged my phone and am having the same issues. Everything is stock. Has anyone had this problem?
the phone vibrates, it just does it too softly for you to feel it... that's the problem with light phones, the original epic 4g could cause an earthquake but that's because it was gigantic, I never felt the epic 4g touch, and this one I feel it at times...
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no it definitely doesn't vibrate. I've set it on the table and texted it and it'll vibrate on every 10th text or so. usually it'll just light up for the notification but it won't vibrate.
m3meems said:
no it definitely doesn't vibrate. I've set it on the table and texted it and it'll vibrate on every 10th text or so. usually it'll just light up for the notification but it won't vibrate.
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menu/settings/sound...........make sure sound and vibration are checked. that is the default for the entire phone even if vibration is enabled in messaging. also make sure your vibration intensity is all the way up.
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menu/settings/sound...........make sure sound and vibration are checked. that is the default for the entire phone even if vibration is enabled in messaging. also make sure your vibration intensity is all the way up.
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Yes that's already been checked and vibration intensity is all the way up. The phone does vibrate on some texts, but not most, which is what the problem is.
I've noticed it'll vibrate normally when the screen is on and I get a text, but it won't when the screen is off?
I've definitely seen bugs in phones in which things like notification LEDs didn't work when the phone was in sleep mode. Whaddya know, I recall one of them being a Samsung (Intrepid). Granted it was years ago and Windows Mobile 6.5, but whoever was coding notification and power management back then wasn't fully aware of the point of "notifications".
Then again I just sent myself a test to the Note 2 while the screen was off... phone vibrated, screen turned on briefly (I hate that), blue light started blinking, heard my notification sound, and screen turned back off.
So there's something interfering with your phone's ability to wake up while it is trying to notify you. Have you done any power management modifications or installed anything designed to save battery power?
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I've definitely seen bugs in phones in which things like notification LEDs didn't work when the phone was in sleep mode. Whaddya know, I recall one of them being a Samsung (Intrepid). Granted it was years ago and Windows Mobile 6.5, but whoever was coding notification and power management back then wasn't fully aware of the point of "notifications".
Then again I just sent myself a test to the Note 2 while the screen was off... phone vibrated, screen turned on briefly (I hate that), blue light started blinking, heard my notification sound, and screen turned back off.
So there's something interfering with your phone's ability to wake up while it is trying to notify you. Have you done any power management modifications or installed anything designed to save battery power?
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I haven't changed any power management settings or downloaded any apps designed to save power. I've tried factory resets several times. The phone will vibrate for texts but after about 30 minutes or so goes back to not vibrating. I've called samsung and taken it to the sprint store and no one can figure it out. I first thought the motions was causing te problems but it still doesn't vibrate when those are off. I'm completely out of ideas.
EDIT: I may have figured it out, if I turn on "Wake up in lock screen" in the settings in S Voice, the phone stops vibrating on texts. When I turn it off, the phone vibrates again. Toggled it on and off and the changes were immediate. Does anyone else have this problem??
Currently, running Cyanogenmod 10.1.2-toro with a build number cm_toro-userdebug 4.2.2 JDQ39E.
OK, suddenly, I have lost all notification sounds. And yes, I have tried and made sure everything is turned up.
Normal daily use is I turn down notifications to 1 notch above vibrate only while at work, so I still know something comes in, but does not bother co-workers. Then turn it up full blast when I leave. Today was no different. I got messages with notification noises this morning, turned it down at work like normal, and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Left work, turned it up and nothing. When I am changing the volume with the rocker, I can hear the level it should be at, but when I get calls, emails, texts, no noise, just vibrate and that is only on Google Voice. Checked all the settings, they are all turned up. When I change ringers for things, I can hear the change. When a notification comes in, looking at all the settings, I should be getting sound. I do still get the blinking LED to let me know things have come in.
Please tell me I am stupid and somehow did missed some easy checkbox or something..
I tend to have my phone on silent a lot but the notifications still light up the screen such as text messages etc but I have noticed a few times that when I get calls on silent (Haven't tested on other profiles) the screen only lights up when the call has been missed but it literally lights up the screen and has no notification to say I have missed a call, I only see that once I unlock the phone and swipe down on the notifications bar... I haven't changed any notification settings and it only seems to happen with calls.
Has anyone else had a similar issue?
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I tend to have my phone on silent a lot but the notifications still light up the screen such as text messages etc but I have noticed a few times that when I get calls on silent (Haven't tested on other profiles) the screen only lights up when the call has been missed but it literally lights up the screen and has no notification to say I have missed a call, I only see that once I unlock the phone and swipe down on the notifications bar... I haven't changed any notification settings and it only seems to happen with calls.
Has anyone else had a similar issue?
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I have the same Problems on Vibrate-Only, some Calls get missed some others lights up the Display.
I don´t have an answer why it sometimes work and sometimes not.