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[Q] Vibration Intensity

Hi, I am really unhappy with the lack of vibration intensity and duration on this phone. I am missing so many notifications when on vibrate because it is so incredibly soft. I finally gave up my EVO 4G for the Epic Touch. My EVO's vibrate was always two sequential bursts and they were strong. I mean someone sitting next to me could hear the vibrations. Now with the Epic Touch the vibration (and I use the term loosely because it’s really more of a mosquito buzz) is just one single burst about one third of a second long, and if it is in my case at the time, I usually can't even feel it. There has got to be a way to increase the intensity somehow. Could it just be that I got a bad phone? Is this a problem for anyone else? Any other EVO users who made the switch noticing the same vast difference?
Thanks

wherestheanykey said:
Hi, I am really unhappy with the lack of vibration intensity and duration on this phone. I am missing so many notifications when on vibrate because it is so incredibly soft. I finally gave up my EVO 4G for the Epic Touch. My EVO's vibrate was always two sequential bursts and they were strong. I mean someone sitting next to me could hear the vibrations. Now with the Epic Touch the vibration (and I use the term loosely because it’s really more of a mosquito buzz) is just one single burst about one third of a second long, and if it is in my case at the time, I usually can't even feel it. There has got to be a way to increase the intensity somehow. Could it just be that I got a bad phone? Is this a problem for anyone else? Any other EVO users who made the switch noticing the same vast difference?
Thanks
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I can't decide if this is a real post or not, but it definitely made me chuckle. lol

jermzz said:
I can't decide if this is a real post or not, but it definitely made me chuckle. lol
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Why would it not be a real post? The vibration is a bit weaker. Not that big of a deal for me but I'm sure it is noticed by some.

jermzz said:
I can't decide if this is a real post or not, but it definitely made me chuckle. lol
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Yes it is a real post. I am really wondering if anyone else is noticing this also, and if anyone knows of a way to increase it through something like QPST or something. When I do the *#0*# to get to the test utility, and choose the vibrate. It puts your phone in a state of constent vibrate and if I hold it about waist level, I can't even hear it buzzing, and the feel in my hand is very minimul compared to all of the other phones I have had.

My E4GT vibrates stronger than my Evo did. In fact, at work I keep my phone on my desk in vibrate mode, and sometimes it rattles the whole desk.

JimSmith94 said:
My E4GT vibrates stronger than my Evo did. In fact, at work I keep my phone on my desk in vibrate mode, and sometimes it rattles the whole desk.
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Oh good, glad to hear it. At least now I can hope that there is just something wrong with mine, and go take it to a store and have it checked. I really want to feel good about this phone and know I am already fighting a bit of a bias, because I have always had HTC phones and have been very very happy with the way they are manufactured. For me to go to another brand and give up Sense was a huge mental battle. I am still struggling a lot with the lack of the Sense UI and all of it's really sweet widgets, but then to be disenchanted with the hardware too has been causing me to have second thoughts.
Thanks for the post, anyone else want to post their experience in this area?

I don't 100% remember my EVO's vibration, because I moved to the Nexus S before I got the Epic 4G Touch. The Nexus's vibration was pretty weak and I was getting used to that, so the E4GT's vibration actually startled me when I set it on a table and it went off. I can say based on what I can remember, that my E4GT's vibration is equal to if not better than my Evo's.

Are you looking for the phone to simulate an earthquake. The highest setting is pretty darn intense. I keep it at less than half and that is plenty strong for home row and notification IMO.
Perhaps an iphone will vibrate like the spin cycle on your washer, is that why all the housewives use them?
JC

JimSmith94 said:
My E4GT vibrates stronger than my Evo did. In fact, at work I keep my phone on my desk in vibrate mode, and sometimes it rattles the whole desk.
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I agree. If your worried about missing txts get handcent sms from the market.. It let's you change the intensity and duration of the vibration. Hope this helps. Cheers mate
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That reminds me, have you set your vibration intensity? Menu, Settings, Sound, Vibration intensity. I set mine to maximum, but I think it came set in the middle.

I'm pretty sure that setting is just for the haptic feedback...

Jameson JC said:
Are you looking for the phone to simulate an earthquake. The highest setting is pretty darn intense. I keep it at less than half and that is plenty strong for home row and notification IMO.
Perhaps an iphone will vibrate like the spin cycle on your washer, is that why all the housewives use them?
JC
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LOL, I am just looking for a similar vibration intensity to what I have had on every smart phone (all HTCs) up to this one. Or to determine if mine is just not functioning properly.
JimSmith94 said:
That reminds me, have you set your vibration intensity? Menu, Settings, Sound, Vibration intensity. I set mine to maximum, but I think it came set in the middle.
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You both reference there being a setting for vibration intensity, but that has no effect on notification vibration. It is for feedback vibration, that is why it is under the heading "Feedback". And why it is grayed out if you have haptic feedback unchecked. And why it says "set your touch feedback vibration intensity" in small type.
And yes just out of curiosity I did turn on the haptic feedback option and cranked the vibration intensity all the way up, and it had no impact on the notification vibrations, as would be expected.
Thanks,

[Q] Vibrate is weak?

Hi Guys,
This may be because I'm coming for a Blackberry but my Nexus's vibrate function feels WAY too light. I'll have the phone sitting on a pad of paper on my desk and the only way I know I have a notification is if I happen to glance over at the phone and the LED is blinking.
Has this been anyone else's experience? Is there an app (similar to Volume+) that would help increase the vibrate function's strength?
Thanks!

BlazinGTI said:
Hi Guys,
This may be because I'm coming for a Blackberry but my Nexus's vibrate function feels WAY too light. I'll have the phone sitting on a pad of paper on my desk and the only way I know I have a notification is if I happen to glance over at the phone and the LED is blinking.
Has this been anyone else's experience? Is there an app (similar to Volume+) that would help increase the vibrate function's strength?
Thanks!
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You, probably, have forgotten to turn on the vibration-notification in sms settings.
I even get frightened because of a phone, when there is a new text message and my phone is on the desk near me

I have vibrate in the Messenger app set to "Always".

DarkVasyaK said:
I even get frightened because of a phone, when there is a new text message and my phone is on the desk near me
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I can double confirm this. The vibration is so powerful that it also makes a loud noise at the same time. So this is definitely not a generic phone problem. Maybe your specific model ? Try to get another one.

does an app exist that will boost the vibrate function so that I can give it a try
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

I didn't think the vibration was weak on the GN until earlier today when I decided to install ICS on my trusty HD2 to see how it handled it. The vibration on my HD2 feels about 3 times more powerful than the GN so some people might see it as weak.

Thank you. I don't think its a phone defect, I'd really like to see some way to increase the intensity.
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lambda30 said:
I can double confirm this. The vibration is so powerful that it also makes a loud noise at the same time. So this is definitely not a generic phone problem. Maybe your specific model ? Try to get another one.
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I need to decrease vibration intensity because I I get frightened anytime the phone is on my wooden desk and vibrates! Any app out there?

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I am wondering the same thing!
gabster21 said:
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I need to decrease vibration intensity because I I get frightened anytime the phone is on my wooden desk and vibrates! Any app out there?
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My Galaxy Nexus's vibrate is INCREDIBLY weak. Barely audible at all when on a desk, and basically impossible to feel vibrate when it's in my pocket. At first I thought it was my silicone case, but even after taking it out of the case it's barely any better.
There are actually people who believe the vibrate is powerful? I wonder if I should get mine checked out.

eagle132 said:
My Galaxy Nexus's vibrate is INCREDIBLY weak. Barely audible at all when on a desk, and basically impossible to feel vibrate when it's in my pocket. At first I thought it was my silicone case, but even after taking it out of the case it's barely any better.
There are actually people who believe the vibrate is powerful? I wonder if I should get mine checked out.
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I have a feeling that they're being hyperbolicly defensive. Quite a few reviews have mentioned this as an issue, along with quiet notification sounds.
If you're in a silent room with your phone on your desk, of course you'll feel that the vibration is strong. But just get out of the house and into a loud place, like a mall. I missed two calls and an SMS the first time I went out with my GN even though vibrate AND sound were on.
Sorry to bump an old-ish thread, but still no one has offered any solutions. Is it possible or not to increase the vibration intensity?

Yeah, I fail to see how anyone can think the vibrate on this phone is strong. I set my D2G next to the phone and it got an email I can hear the vibrate in the other room. Next when the SGN got a vibrate I barely heard it 2 feet away in my chair. Either I have a defective model or this phones vibrate is insanely weak.

Bump for revisiting this...
I'm considering the GNexus, but vibration strength is a big issue for me. I keep my phone on silent with vibration at work and out in general, because I personally consider it more considerate to others.
I'm not concerned with vibration when it's sitting in my desk, but I'm definitely concerned when it's in my pocket. In fact, I returned the RAZR because I literally missed every call and SMS that came in because the vibration was so week.
Can anyone compare this to the SGS2's vibration, which I thought was strong, and I could feel it when in my pocket. Same thing with the iPhone when I had that -- I thought the vibration was very strong.
I know it sounds like a weird deal-breaker, but if I'm missing calls/SMS, it defeats the main purpose of the phone, you know?

I turn off all default and use light flow. The vibrate time can be customized. I hate to 2 little buzz vibrates. I have it set for a continuous time of 3 seconds.

ssmug said:
Bump for revisiting this...
I'm considering the GNexus, but vibration strength is a big issue for me. I keep my phone on silent with vibration at work and out in general, because I personally consider it more considerate to others.
I'm not concerned with vibration when it's sitting in my desk, but I'm definitely concerned when it's in my pocket. In fact, I returned the RAZR because I literally missed every call and SMS that came in because the vibration was so week.
Can anyone compare this to the SGS2's vibration, which I thought was strong, and I could feel it when in my pocket. Same thing with the iPhone when I had that -- I thought the vibration was very strong.
I know it sounds like a weird deal-breaker, but if I'm missing calls/SMS, it defeats the main purpose of the phone, you know?
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I would consider the vibration strength as low/decent. I came from a Motorola XT720 which had a much stronger vibration.
I've never used a SGS2 or RAZR so I can't really comment. I've used friend's iPhones briefly but would say the iPhone has a stronger vibrate.
For what it's worth I can usually feel the vibration of texts and calls when the phone is in my pocket.

I don't really care, but the vibrate function on my SGN is absolutely anemic. It's the weakest I've ever had in any smartphone, to the point where I just turn it off because it's so unnoticeable.

Hello guys
Is there any method to get GN vibrate when pocket? Obviously it should be in dependence of proximity sensor, but I cannot set it up, as lets say HTC Sensation does.
Thanks and ciao
Majjjjo

I having the same sota problem with my sensation

I just thought of this and I have no idea if it would work but would it be possable to ad a little more unevenness to the pager motor to make it vibrate more, not Evan sure if u can get access to the little buzzer but as I said its just an idea
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this made me think. i think there's an "option" to change vibrate strenght in the source....

Noisy vibration motor

Received my OP3 yesterday and immediately i noticed the vibration motor is kind of weak / noisy.
It makes some kind of rattling noise. Im not sure if this is normal or a defective unit so i was wondering if more people having the same issue.
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Yeah, same here. It may have to do with the vibration intensity which may be set a bit high in OOS 3.1.2. But it's just my guess. You could try a ROM with a modifiable vibration intensity and see what the results are then.
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DonJuan89 said:
Yeah, same here. It may have to do with the vibration intensity which may be set a bit high in OOS 3.1.2. But it's just my guess. You could try a ROM with a modifiable vibration intensity and see what the results are then.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Just seen the android authority review they state it as " Sub-par vibration motor ". I agree.

Somewhat agree, feel's very much like the same motor used in the opo. I don't actually mind it to be honest, phone may be silenced but instill can just about hear it when a notification comes in..

Yeah its not that much of a big deal, but im used to strong vibration motors i think i just have to get used to it
But it feels a little bit cheap on such a high end build

My S7E haptic feedback motor is strong but very muted/quiet. When I got my OP3 I immediately thought it was broken. It really disturbs me at the moment amd I hope I get used to it or find info about some units being defective so I can send it back for fixing.

Same here. But I had the side affect of knowing this behavior from my opo.
On my note 4 it was Better in terms of vibration intensity. The opo 3 is louder but generates less vibration. It feels and sounds cheap. Although I have to admit that for me it's not that big of a deal since I have my phone on the desk all the time and vibration for me is just a quieter way of informing me rather than having the sound on...
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zat0x said:
Received my OP3 yesterday and immediately i noticed the vibration motor is kind of weak / noisy.
It makes some kind of rattling noise. Im not sure if this is normal or a defective unit so i was wondering if more people having the same issue.
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I have the same issue. In fact it wasn't like this before. I like to set a very light vibration when I type and I've just noticed a hiss noise each time I press a button/key. I use OP 3 for a week and it definitely wasn't like this before this moment. It may be related to recent update I've got yesterday (but this seems unlikely), or the engine isn't so good than I thought. Anyway that's a bit disappointing. Is your vibration hissing too? I can hear it even at the lowest settings when the vibration barely noticeable but the noise is still present. Sounds very cheap, even my $100 Jiayu sounded better.

Mine feels the same, too rattly.
Do you think there are a few defective unites around or is it the same on all OP3's and a bunch of us are more sensitive to it than the rest?
I did take mine to the service center where they said that if the vibration motor was defective in any way, it would just not work at all and mine apparently has no issues.

mines noisy and kinda weak as well but i arranged with it just fine

I have the same issue too. The phone makes a rattling noise while vibrating and it is annoying!!

Ask for a replacement!!

I have this vibration issue too, but it occured after some weeks, not at day 1.
I did a service request, described the issue and sent it in.
After some days my OP3 came back, protocol said "no service needed, all test went fine".
Funny thing, the vibration issue was gone.
The next morning it was back again and now I'm in forum right now, looking for a solution...

Oh man, they used the same cheap and rattly vibration motor they used on the One, not the good one from 2. I just realized.

problem with vibration on pixel xl

Hi guys. I just started to using it today and came across very odd issue. The vibration seems to be broken. I can barely hear it working and cannot find an option to increase its intensity. Is anyone facing the same? It sound just ridiculous for a phone that expensive.

My vibrator seems to be working fine. Only had the phone for a day so far tho.
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Not sure how quiet it is for you, but I think they are all pretty quiet. If I had it sitting on a table I wouldn't hear it. If you root and use a elementalX kernel you can increase the intensity, makes a huge difference.
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gonzo237 said:
Not sure how quiet it is for you, but I think they are all pretty quiet. If I had it sitting on a table I wouldn't hear it. If you root and use a elementalX kernel you can increase the intensity, makes a huge difference.
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I am thinking about rooting it, and I regret I didn't do it first thing. After restarting the device the system message pops up a with "vibration intensity set to 70"...

boober78 said:
Hi guys. I just started to using it today and came across very odd issue. The vibration seems to be broken. I can barely hear it working and cannot find an option to increase its intensity. Is anyone facing the same? It sound just ridiculous for a phone that expensive.
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With me occurred the opposite.
I'm so disappointed about that issue.
I simply loved the phone, but on the second day of use the strange vibration noise started.
For sure, in my case, is a manufacturing defect.
The vibration motor seems to be broken. The vibration mode is so intense, that it seems to make a "scratchy" sound at the end of each vibration. It's almost like the vibration motor is loose or something inside the phone is loose and the vibration noise gets worse.
And the worst of all is that I imported the phone to Brazil, and now I don't have any idea how can I receive support to my phone.

Vibrating motor

Curious if I have a hardware problem. Actually I'm hoping I am. I don't have my ringer on during work and I keep missing phone calls and notifications because I can't feel it vibrating. It's horrible. My old Shamu would vibrate off a table, this thing would be lucky to move at all. What are the rest of you seeing??

I agree: the vibration on the Pixel 3 XL seems very weak compared to my old Nexus 6 and 6P.