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Volume control in call

In every rom I've tried, the volume buttons don't work when I'm holding the phone to my head. Is this supposed to be like that? Anyone know of a way to fix this?
Also, is there a way to decrease the min volume, even the lowest is still loud.
Thanks
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Declining Calls

Whenever I am trying to decline a call my One S accepts the call. I then have to press the end button.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

How do you try to decline it? It might be that you're doing it wrongly?

Are you dragging the red icon into the circle? I have not had an issue doing it this way. I will say that I tried to silence a call by pressing down on the volume, and it answered the call instead. That may be a setting somewhere though.

Hmm let me guess..are you dragging the ring up over the red call icon instead of dragging the red call icon DOWN into the ring?
It's ok..when I flashed a sense Rom on my HD2 a while back I kept pulling the ring up to launch shortcutsand couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work !
Ring up for regular unlock, icon down for action.
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tgtoys said:
Hmm let me guess..are you dragging the ring up over the red call icon instead of dragging the red call icon DOWN into the ring?
It's ok..when I flashed a sense Rom on my HD2 a while back I kept pulling the ring up to launch shortcutsand couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work !
Ring up for regular unlock, icon down for action.
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Only thanked because I find it funny that someone who would buy a One S, and be a member of XDA wouldn't know how to decline a call, even though the phone has tutorials lol
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Alright I feel so dumb right now lol.
I had the Sensation before this and it seemed like pulling up the ring towards the red icon always declined it. So i got accustomed of declining calls that way.
Anyways yea pulling down the red icon works fine.
Sorry for the dumb mistake >_<

we wont tell if you wont

OllieArmageddon said:
Only thanked because I find it funny that someone who would buy a One S, and be a member of XDA wouldn't know how to decline a call, even though the phone has tutorials lol
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Always ran AOSP or CyanogenMod on my HD2, only had a short stint with a Sense rom (not a fan of pre-4.0 sense, too heavy!) and never go through tutorials, I like to figure things out for myself.

Notification sounds don't shut off

Anyone else have this problem? Can't imagine I'm missing a setting.... Mute generally means mute.
According the this screen shot all sound should be off, correct. Dumb question but I want to make sure I'm not missing something.
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So, I'm the only lucky one with this problem? It's not a big enough deal to return to it but it is annoying.
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I have this same problem with my sgs 3. It's really annoying i had checked everything but notification kkeeps popping up even when i have read all my emails next messages.
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Okay, sounds will not shut off no matter which method I try. Any ideas? Factory reset my week old phone
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Audio manager from the play store effectively shuts the sound off if anyone else has this problem.
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Samsung wants me to send the phone in to fix this but I'm not sure being without a phone for a week or more is worth. Plus, I'm pretty sure if I install a custom ROM this problem will disappear. I'm frustrated, this is a stupid easy problem to fix (with an app) but a BRAND NEW phone should not have this problem to begin with. I wonder if I flashed the stock rom on top of the stock rom (lol) if that would work? Only one other person has this problem?

factory reset should fix your problem.

Johnnybee said:
factory reset should fix your problem.
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I did that this morning...did nothing. Thanks though.

Ryno77 said:
I did that this morning...did nothing. Thanks though.
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As a workaround you can choose "Silent" as your Notification sound.
If you only need this functionality at work for example look at Llama that will allow you to configure it very easy.

alexinna said:
As a workaround you can choose "Silent" as your Notification sound.
If you only need this functionality at work for example look at Llama that will allow you to configure it very easy.
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I've tried Llama before but really didn't look into it too far. Where I work is only about 3 miles from my house so I'm bouncing off the same tower in both places..... Did not work too well with Llama. Can someone check if there volume shows the same as mine when set on mute? The only thing muting is the ring tone. Just curious...
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Ryno77 said:
. . . Can someone check if there volume shows the same as mine when set on mute? The only thing muting is the ring tone. Just curious...
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I see the same thing if I set the phone for Silent mode.
There's all different notification sound settings in this phone, I've noticed - my email accounts have their own notification settings per account, messaging has its setting, etc.
Maybe Silent mode primarily silences ringtones and doesn't prevent separate apps from making sounds? Which types of notifications continue to make sounds?
- ooofest

All of them. Anything not set to silent (email, text, messaging, etc) makes a audible notification when the phone is set on mute. Also, when my phone is set on vibrate I also have audible notifications.
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From the User Manual, pg 124:
Use Silent modes to temporarily silence the sounds your
phone makes, except for media playback and alarms, or
replace them with vibration.
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So, it doesn't seem to claim affecting your sounds beyond the ringer and maybe keypad noises or similar. Working as designed, it seems (not that I agree with their design, in this case).
- ooofest

To me that means it should silence notifications since it's not "media" or "alarm"? I'm just going to buy sound manager since it has more options anyway..... $2.99 to end my frustration with this
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Ryno77 said:
To me that means it should silence notifications since it's not "media" or "alarm"? I'm just going to buy sound manager since it has more options anyway..... $2.99 to end my frustration with this
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I would classify "alarm" as notifications, in trying to interpret their jargon for the context given.
Yeah, an app which can configure sounds across all your apps and settings seems best, here.
- ooofest

Appreciate you looking that up in the manual. I actually downloaded it after your post . I bought the app and set my work and mute profiles... Nice app. I know this is stupid thing to worry about but it gets frustrating when I get woke up or a notification goes off during a meeting. Silent on the sound manager app silences everything.
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Ryno77 said:
Appreciate you looking that up in the manual. I actually downloaded it after your post . I bought the app and set my work and mute profiles... Nice app. I know this is stupid thing to worry about but it gets frustrating when I get woke up or a notification goes off during a meeting. Silent on the sound manager app silences everything.
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I know this is an old post but thanks for the tip. I was in class last night and someone was giving a speech and all of a sudden my phone starts whistling. I thought it was in mute, apparently the notifications were not. I'll give sound manager a try.

Actually I've had no problems since the jelly bean update.
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Ryno77 said:
Actually I've had no problems since the jelly bean update.
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Hmm, mine was still having the issue, even after I installed Sound Manager that you suggested. I found one "AudioMuter" that worked perfect for me for 0.99.
Fyi please tell me Ryno is for Ryne Sandberg?

cubfan80 said:
Fyi please tell me Ryno is for Ryne Sandberg?
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Lol, no.... Sorry.
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[Q] Phone ringing with headphones attached

Does anyone know how to change the default ring behavior under Android 4.1? I can put my phone on silent and it will not ring, but when I attach my headphones, it rings both through the headphones and through the external speaker. I know I can turn the phone on silent mode with the headphones attached, but then it doesn't ring in the headphones either.
I want it to ring through the headphones when they are attached but be silent otherwise. It's embarrassing when I'm on the train and the ringer goes off.
When I was running 4.0.1 it acted as expected, but since upgrading I can't figure out how to get it to work the way I expect it to. Any suggestions?

As far as I can tell it is an issue with 4.1.1 across many AT&T phones. Not just ours. I think the only solution is to put the phone on vibrate so that you can feel when a call comes in. I don't know of any way to change the behavior in the player settings but someone on here just might.
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Venomtester said:
As far as I can tell it is an issue with 4.1.1 across many AT&T phones. Not just ours. I think the only solution is to put the phone on vibrate so that you can feel when a call comes in. I don't know of any way to change the behavior in the player settings but someone on here just might.
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Same with rogers telus etc too. I think 4.1 is the same across all carriers.
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I had this issue as well. But the weird part is that notification and SMS comes thru the headphones. I just think it makes it pointless. You say it is 4.1 thing, but it must also be 4.2 as well. I thought it was just the ROM. Guess not
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Volume Levels

Hello all. I am the owner of a Motorola Droid MAXX as my signature can testify. It is easily the best smartphone I've owned but there are a small handful of questions. First one follows.
The volume rocker on the left seems to only control the ringer volume. To change the notifications or media volume I have to go to Settings > Sounds. This hasn't been true on all my previous Android phones. Why is this different? Is there an app that I can buy that will synchronize the volumes when I press the hardware buttons? Have others experienced this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Mine's working just fine. Notification volume levels have been tied in with the ringer volume levels since ICS, if I'm not mistaken, and changing the volume in an app that's playing sounds affects the media volume on my end at least.

Mine is definitely not synchronized. Any idea how to fix it?
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Mine is the same as the OP
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Mine also has no option to synchronize that I can find.
I believe there are some apps that have widgets that let you see the volume on the home screen and quick click into the volume change setting. Ill have to go find one b/c its a pain in the butt to not know what level my notifications are at unless I go into settings.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aj5613.fgd
That has done the trick for me. It survives reboots too. Well worth the $0.99.
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MrBigFeathers said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aj5613.fgd
That has done the trick for me. It survives reboots too. Well worth the $0.99.
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Well this worked. Strange that it doesn't work right out of the box. Thanks for your help.
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Mine is also not synchronized.
Its also hard to get adjusted to the vibrating mechanism in this phone. You will rarely hear it vibrate but you can sort of feel it if it's in your pocket.
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Weird, I tested it out and it looks like my notification volume isn't synchronized either even though all my other ICS/JB phones have been. As far as I'm aware it acts like it is though, I'm pretty sure my text notifications at least have been quieter or louder at different times. I wonder if I should let Motorola know or if it's something intentional?

Volume Control in the Play Store works and is free, but occasionally the ringer volume doesn't change the notification--even if linked--when using the volume rocker; but it works flawlessly if you open the icon and use the slider. But not bad for free.
Haven't tried the paid one linked above to compare them. Maybe after work when I have more time.
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My RAZR MAXX has the same as op is referring to. I don't mind it. You have to be in the app to change its volume with the rocker.
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It's been two weeks and still no fix for this. What gives?
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I had this issue with my Bionic also. I don't know why they wouldn't have it synced.