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Program idea/Suggestion: Stop SMS tone/Vibrate with keypress

hi.. i was thinking of something that may be of use regarding stopping SMS tone sound/vibrate via keypress (or assigned key) or screentap..
maybe if we could have a background program that monitors incoming SMS.. when an SMS comes in, it plays the selected sms tone and/or vibrate - but at the same time, captures all buttons (or an assigned key perhaps - like games) and/or screen areas so that it continues to play the song only if any of these actions (button press or tap) are made -in which the background program will stop the tone and or vibration it is playing..
the thing is, there is really no way of stoping any notification because it is handled by the OS itself..
so, maybe one of the initial requirements for this idea to fully work is to disable the native SMS Sound (and vibrate) notification so that the OS will do nothing upon an incoming SMS.. (it can be done so by unchecking the play sound and vibrate boxes in the incoming text message section of the Sounds and Notifications Settings)
so the SMS notification function (sound and vibrate) will be fully handled by the proposed program suggestion..
imagine it like this..
it is like having a background media player with just 1 song in its playlist and that is your SMS alert tone..
it stays in the background, invisible, but it monitors the sms notification database.
if an incoming SMS (or email whatever) is detected, it starts to play the song in the playlist once..
it then takes control over all physical input controls in the device (buttons, scrolls, volume sliders, touchscreen) - ala buttons locking program - in which all of the input controls are assigned as a STOP playing function..
so when you press a button (or tap the screen whatsoever) the program will stop the background music, unlock all buttons to it's normal functions and returns to the background - awaiting another incoming SMS..
another analogy can be made is that it is like an alarm clock program, it stays in the background, but instead of waiting for a time to strike before activating the alarm, it waits for an incoming SMS (or email whatsoever).. and like alarm programs, it will become activated from the background (so that it will become the top/active window/program) and takes control of the hardware buttons and the screentaps (some alarm programs do this so you can stop the alarm with any button or screen tap).. then after dismissing the alarm, it returns to the background and once again wait.. the only difference is, the active window of this program is invisible, meaning, no visible window will be imposed in the screen (only the title bar will change i presume)..
it sounds simple enough.. but i'm no programmer and i don't have any idea if even half of what i said can easily be done..
i just know that these things can be done because such things have already been done or is a part of exsisting programs.
like detecting incoming SMS (can be done by scripting, or have been done by SMS-like programs)
making a program that resides in the background
making a program that is invisible (not detectable by task manager and has no visible window) even if active
and of course music playback and vibration control (aside from media players most of these are alarm programs)
i hope this can help.. and someone can develop a little program from the idea..
thanks..
here is some reference/source code on detecting incoming SMS .. i don't know if it works because i can't read .net and progy stuff.. but i hope it can help
http://twit88.com/blog/2008/03/03/net-detect-incoming-call-or-sms-in-windows-mobile-phone/
http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/32305/1954

anyone?
guess programmers are busy.. hehehe..

It's more like nobody's interested.
Though I do kinda miss it when my Nokia stops playing the alert/vibrate when I press a button.. but I'm already ok with it right now.
I just make short alert tones 3 - 5 seconds long.
Ok lang yan pre, mga tao kasi dito ayaw ng may additional background services pa dahil every byte of memory counts. Unless kaya talaga nila baguhin ung notification dll, they won't be interested.

I actually wouldnt mind this as well! Although im not a ppc programmer or anything.
But i cant assign a longer sms tone (The one that goes "Message....Message...Message....") and as it goes longer it slowly goes louder and louder.
Love that sms tone but i cant put it on because i cant stop it by pressing a button - which you could do with normal phones.
Im keen to support and this project if anyone takes it!
(Im glad i wasnt the only person who wanted this!)

thanks for the support guys.. upping this again, hoping that some good programmer can spare some time..
yeah.. i really miss the "normal" phone/notification behavior of other Mobile OS..
the problem is so basic that the big annoyance and inconvinience can't easily be tolerated..
it's been a problem ever since people started using a WM phone (and i've been using WM phones for almost 5 years now)..
they say, just assign shorter tones.. but that is not the point.. doing so is not really a solution.. it is more likely tolerating the problem and adding another problem..
the problem with assigning short SMS tones is that you are limited only to short ones (which is a rarity these days), and most of the times the old school cheesy ones..
cropping and converting tones (mostly from mp3 songs) to shorter ones need a PC (or a special in phone program), which is a hassle all the time.. you can't even download and immediately use tone contents off the web/wap/carrier or use tones sent from other people's phones.. you always need to shorten it up so it won't play infinitely when receiving a text message..
@kabayan da vinci.. mahirap talaga maging iba sa nokia country.. hehe..

up again for someone to notice.. hehe..

up again..

Guess no one really wants this except you and myself ytsejam_....haha...

i don't really get it.. it is an OS/Phone function and SHOULD be given attention.. and should have been so, decades ago.. but people are just plain gaga about skinning and all apps and stuff nowadays are centered on making our WMs into iphones (instead of solving OS problems)..
the basic problems and functions already ignored..
well.. just my 2 cents.. i'm also grateful for the nice skin and plugin apps made in this forum.. and much respect for those people..
and.. please.. no flaming thanks

up again..

Upped, has anyone found an alternative or anything?

Hi, just come across this thread. My Samsung Omnia CAN stop the sound/vibration on incoming SMS by pressing the hang button, dunno if other PPC/PDA's will behave the same way
Btw, my old Nokia 6280 worked exactly the same way, just pressing the hang button

this would be realllly nice.. i just want a normal music ringtone that doesnt have to play for 30 seconds everytime i get a text

sphinxy said:
Guess no one really wants this except you and myself ytsejam_....haha...
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hey i want this too... its kinda irritating me u see. i have msg tone which is about 10seconds i cant wait that long to read a msg hehehe so everytime when the SMS tone i playing i read a msg while its playing the nexttime a msg comes the sound does not play at all. So im supporting this one hoping someone could do something with this..

maybe if there was a way to play 2 tones but the second would be silent n play when u open a message that might stop the first tone

Up 1. I support this idea too. It's kinda irritating when u in some meeting or conferences while u forget to silent up ur phone. The tone will keep ringing until it end. Me myself met this situation b4 and the bad experience still irritating me... XD

ytsejam_ : Based from your handle, you must've wanted to assign a Dream Theater song as your text tone... That's why you thought of this... Hehehe!
BTT: I support this idea, as well...

I hadn´t look the full API searching for a solution for there problem, but I imagine that there´s now way stop the SO playing a sound after he started. What could happen is to turn-off all the SO notifications for SMS and use another program to show this notifications... then in this new program includes an option to stop play the sms tone...
Testing in my HTC Touch... when I use the hardware button for setting volume... it stop vibration and playing sound for calls and sms incoming...

some idea
i noticed that you can stop the long sms alert by navigating to sounds & notifications - sms tone , and press stop button ■. maybe someone can find the source code to relate this touch button press to hardware button in order to stop the tones.

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Increasing Vibrating Time

Whenever my phone is set to vibrate i find that if i receive a text message it will only vibrate like 3 times (in a pulsing way, one after another) then stops and if i have the ringer on it vibrates one time for like 5 secs....is there any way to increase the vibrating time, such as to have it vibrate like until i open or dismiss it?? also the speaker volume is very low even when i try to answer a phone call its so low that i can barely hear the person on the phone although the volumes all the way up.....any help is appreciated and thanks in advanced

Does anyone know how to make the SMS single vibrate notification *shorter* (e.g. same length as the phone connection notification)

I also am intersted in figuring out how to do so. Please help.

Call resopnse lag

Hey I have a small problem with my Fuze. Why is it that the phone will flash the light around the D-Pad before it starts to play my ringtone? Is anyone else having this problem? I want my phone to immediately start ringing when receiving a phone call instead of getting the flashes first. I miss many calls because by the time my phone actually plays my ringtone, it'll have gone by about 3 or 4 rings from the caller. Any help is appreciated.

change dialpad to win 6.1 default
change ringtone to a .wav file
That will speed it it up by 3-4 sec. You will never get rid of all the lag though. sorry

I think theres a setting without DiamondTweak that enables you to disable the delay between the call be recieved and the ring or vibrrate initiating. Check it out here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=409540

djcaston said:
I think theres a setting without DiamondTweak that enables you to disable the delay between the call be recieved and the ring or vibrrate initiating. Check it out here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=409540
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Unfortunately that only changes the delay between the first ring and consecutive rings, not the initial delay before the first ring.

Thanks, it made a enough of a difference that it is no longer a nuisance.

[APP][2.2+] Smart Notify

Hi, try my app Smart Notify for SMS, calls and events popup and reminder and much more
Some other functions
- functions for numbers: No reminder, Own sound for SMS, Ring when silent profile, Reject call (Blacklist), Block messages, Vibrate only, Loudly ringing, Loudly ringing in pocket, Save SMS or missed call from the number selected in the calendar, Add a note to a phone number
- option for saving an unknown number after received a call to contacts
- mute ringing with hand on phone (on devices with proximity sensor) - covering the phone or by turning down will mute ringer and vibration
Available on Play Store

mvysata said:
Hi, try my app Smart Notify for SMS, calls and events popup and reminder and much more
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Hi Milan!
I've just tried your app and it's perfect for me (i9070 running CM10.2).
I tried many apps (on android < 4.3) for missed sms (Missed calls message flasher, SMS Popup...), but yours is running best.
I'm not using all the options, just a popup (sms+calls) + reminder.
Great job!

Link please
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

mvysata said:
Thank you. I'm glad you like my app
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I've noticed 2 minor issues, but they could be rom-specific (CM10.2)...
1. When a msg arrives while the phone is locked, a default notification message is heard but not the whole 2 seconds (it's the duration of the sound itself), approx the last second of it. Every next reminder sound with the same tone is heard ok.
2. When I activate popup screen and new msg arrives, if I reply through popup actions everything is OK, except - this sent msg is not in my default mesagging app.
Great work!

Smart Notify on Play Store

Downloading!!!

jazzh said:
I've noticed 2 minor issues, but they could be rom-specific (CM10.2)...
1. When a msg arrives while the phone is locked, a default notification message is heard but not the whole 2 seconds (it's the duration of the sound itself), approx the last second of it. Every next reminder sound with the same tone is heard ok.
2. When I activate popup screen and new msg arrives, if I reply through popup actions everything is OK, except - this sent msg is not in my default mesagging app.
Great work!
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Hi,
1. It's strange, it must play whole sound.
2. Sent messages are saved in default android database (content://sms), it's must be some different things in your phone

New features
In new version added LED flash on incoming call and silent profile and tone notification of full battery.

Added lost or detected phone signal notification

mvysata said:
In new version added LED flash on incoming call and silent profile and tone notification of full battery.
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Hi! Everything is running fine except led camera flash notif... at the same time app "Flash Notification" works fine with camera led flash on my i9070...

jazzh said:
Hi! Everything is running fine except led camera flash notif... at the same time app "Flash Notification" works fine with camera led flash on my i9070...
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Hi, it can be problem on Samsung phones, I will look at it.

jazzh said:
Hi! Everything is running fine except led camera flash notif... at the same time app "Flash Notification" works fine with camera led flash on my i9070...
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Please try new version, i hope it will be ok

Yes, it's ok now. Deinstalling the additional flash app right now
Thx

Added WhasApp, Facebook, Gmail, Email, K-9 Mail, Aqua Mail, CloudMagic, MMS notifications

Hello Milan
Smart Notify Unlock does not work when I move it into system/app. What can I do?

I just want to report that your app works great in cm11 on moto g.
Could you please add more timing details for reminder. Not to be 1 minute, but 15 seconds in the first 1 min, then 60 sec in the first 15 min, then 300 sec in 60 minites... or to be configurabile?

? about Smart Notify
mvysata said:
Hi, try my app Smart Notify for SMS, calls and events popup and reminder and much more
Some other functions
- functions for numbers: No reminder, Own sound for SMS, Ring when silent profile, Reject call (Blacklist), Block messages, Vibrate only, Loudly ringing, Loudly ringing in pocket, Save SMS or missed call from the number selected in the calendar, Add a note to a phone number
- option for saving an unknown number after received a call to contacts
- mute ringing with hand on phone (on devices with proximity sensor) - covering the phone or by turning down will mute ringer and vibration
Available on Play Store
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Can this be configured to repeat the reminder tone as well as vibrate? If so, how?
Thanks.

techcntr said:
Can this be configured to repeat the reminder tone as well as vibrate? If so, how?
Thanks.
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I will try add it to the next version, reminder pattern in seconds 60,300,300,60,3000
I think it's good idea.

jazzh said:
Yes, thx...
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Individual reminders are in the new version of app

I just looked at play, not updateable yet. Will check later.

[Q] No notification sounds during phone call?

Is there any way to turn on notification sounds (for new text msg or email etc.) during phone calls?
I find myself constantly taking my phone away from my ear during calls to check if there are any new notifications since the sounds get muted during call and find this kind of annoying. Seems like this should be a standard option, no?

Turn on pulse notification light in display.
You really talk on the phone so much and receive so many notifications that this is a problem?
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mistahseller said:
Turn on pulse notification light in display.
You really talk on the phone so much and receive so many notifications that this is a problem?
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Notification pulse is turned on - that has nothing to do with sound. It bothers me because notification sounds worked just fine during calls on my Galaxy Nexus.
If I talk on the phone for 40 minutes but I get an important text message 5 minutes into the call that needs a timely response, yes, it is a problem.

Anyone have any ideas? This is an annoying issue.

+1. I'm looking to see if there's a solution for this.

Yes , I need to know the answer to the same , because missing out on important messages are a fear when I am on long calls . Thanks .

Anything new on this? Just got my Nexus 5 and I'm having the same issue.

Use tasker. Make a profile that makes a short vibration upon receiving a notification. You could use a sound instead of vibrate, but imo that would be annoying for you and the person you're on the phone with.

Nexus 5 issue.
There's a simple solution for this., just go into your settings>sounds and notification >interruptions. Here you can edit what notification will interrupt you while being on a call.