SGH-I747 - Smart Alert - Annoying Vibrations During Calls - General Questions and Answers

On my SGH-I747 when Smart Alert is enabled, I am talking on the phone, and receive a SMS my phone goes crazy with ridiculous vibrations. The vibrations are random and can be upwards of 20 in a minute. From what I searched I know it is tied to Smart Alert. The vibration pattern is the smart alert pattern.
I tired recalibrating my gyroscope, nothing different.
Starting to wonder if my gyroscope is defective? and ideas for a solution. I want to keep smart alert enabled.

beaverbanker said:
On my SGH-I747 when Smart Alert is enabled, I am talking on the phone, and receive a SMS my phone goes crazy with ridiculous vibrations. The vibrations are random and can be upwards of 20 in a minute. From what I searched I know it is tied to Smart Alert. The vibration pattern is the smart alert pattern.
I tired recalibrating my gyroscope, nothing different.
Starting to wonder if my gyroscope is defective? and ideas for a solution. I want to keep smart alert enabled.
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Did you ever find a fix for this? Noticing the same thing on my phone. Verizon version in the U.S. - rarely use my phone until recently and often have several inbound texts. Right now i've been on a 2+hr conference call for work and it's vibrating like crazy in the background. Smart Alert is awesome for normal use but will have to turn it off if there's no workaround for this...

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Vibrating while on a call?

"You know what really grinds my gears..."
Why does the phone vibrate when on a call? Seriously - this should be built into the operating system. A notification sound will suffice. It's so annoying to have a vibrations all on your earlobes. Is there a way (app) to configure this? Anyone else feel me or am I making a big deal about this?
Never noticed mine vibrate,
what is the notification for?
I turn off all in-call notifications though.
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In-call notifications? Where is that? The vibrations come from sms messages.
Never noticed that.. but I have had the 'smart alarm' go off while I was talking on the phone. Was quite convenient.
And apparently it is audible enough to hear on the other end as several people have inquired as to what the noise was.
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Mine doesn't vibrate when on call. Just gives a beep, maybe because I turn off vibrating notification in the sound and display setting
Wow. So I'm the only one that uses vibration for text messages? Also noticed it vibrates while charging - this also mystifies me because I don't see why anyone would need it to vibrate while being charged. Is this not common sense? I wonder if this happens with other android devices?
apollokid said:
Wow. So I'm the only one that uses vibration for text messages? Also noticed it vibrates while charging - this also mystifies me because I don't see why anyone would need it to vibrate while being charged. Is this not common sense? I wonder if this happens with other android devices?
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No, this happened to me several times. I eventually just turned off the vibrations all together. I agree, it would be nice to get a notification tone in the ear if you have the vibrate function on.
Have you tried Handcent SMS? It has great customizations for the vibration feature, among other things. Even different vibration patterns for distinct individuals. Give it a shot - might be what you're looking for.
PersonOfKnownOrigin said:
No, this happened to me several times. I eventually just turned off the vibrations all together. I agree, it would be nice to get a notification tone in the ear if you have the vibrate function on.
Have you tried Handcent SMS? It has great customizations for the vibration feature, among other things. Even different vibration patterns for distinct individuals. Give it a shot - might be what you're looking for.
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I need the vibrate alert far too much to disable it all together. I rarely hear my phone, but almost always feel it.
apollokid said:
Wow. So I'm the only one that uses vibration for text messages? Also noticed it vibrates while charging - this also mystifies me because I don't see why anyone would need it to vibrate while being charged. Is this not common sense? I wonder if this happens with other android devices?
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Why would you not want it to vibrate while charging? During calls I could see (I have the same complaint actually), but why during charging?
+1 for a solution to this. Way too annoying when your on a call and you get a txt message but turning off vibrate is not an option.
BigJayDogg3 said:
Why would you not want it to vibrate while charging? During calls I could see (I have the same complaint actually), but why during charging?
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Well, if the phone is charging its obviously plugged in. If its plugged in, its not in my pocket...its probably on a table or desk. Why do I want it to vibrate on the desk? If I'm not touching it, I can't feel it so an audible alert is good enough...
Its annoying sure, but I don't make enough phone calls for it to be really a bother. Oh well.
TheSopranos16 said:
+1 for a solution to this. Way too annoying when your on a call and you get a txt message but turning off vibrate is not an option.
Well, if the phone is charging its obviously plugged in. If its plugged in, its not in my pocket...its probably on a table or desk. Why do I want it to vibrate on the desk? If I'm not touching it, I can't feel it so an audible alert is good enough...
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Is there a phone in the market that upon sensing external power it automatically switches notification type? Pike
I've had a quite a few smart phones (or so I thought) and don't recall any if them doing that.
Then again, if it's charging, it's not in your pocket. Switch notification to audible and problem solved. Takes all of one second.
a_fuegon said:
Is there a phone in the market that upon sensing external power it automatically switches notification type? Pike
I've had a quite a few smart phones (or so I thought) and don't recall any if them doing that.
Then again, if it's charging, it's not in your pocket. Switch notification to audible and problem solved. Takes all of one second.
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All of my previous phones were running Symbian - none of them vibrated while on the phone or charging (moot point really).
Who wants to remember to switch their notifications to anything after a phone event happens? While you're at it, why not tell people to make sure they turn off their ringtones when they place or receive a call. Same logic. Doesn't make much sense to me...
I agree. Other phones I've had don't turn vibrate off when plugged in. I think they should, but they don't. So you can't really call this a "defect" with the Captivate.
However, I don't recall any of the other phones I've had vibrating in your ear when you are on a call. To me, that is a oversite with the dialer app and should be fixed.
I agree with you. I have had the think vibrate my ear off a few times.
One thing that really pisses me off is the dialer with an incomming call. ITs a pain in the ass to actually answer the call. Intead of it answering when you swipe, you have to go through 3 steps:
-Swipe
-pick end call or hold call
-swipe again to answer.
Im going to start a new thread to see if anyone knows how to answer call waiting instantly without these steps.
Here's an app I quickly made that disables the notificiation vibrator when in a call. It is a very simple/minimal app with no icons to run, or settings to change. Just don't uninstall while in a call or the vibrate setting will remain off. I only tried it with Call + Gmail vibrate.
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Got ya.
Its just a matter of how i use my phone. When my phone is charging, most of the time its on vibrate and i feel the vibration in the table/desk or hear it on my night stand.
I just didn't make the jump in logic.
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apollokid said:
"You know what really grinds my gears..."
Why does the phone vibrate when on a call? Seriously - this should be built into the operating system. A notification sound will suffice. It's so annoying to have a vibrations all on your earlobes. Is there a way (app) to configure this? Anyone else feel me or am I making a big deal about this?
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have you tried going to
settings
call settings
all calls
alerts on call
change to sound? i have my sms set to both sound and vibrate and when i am on a call i just hear a tone
apollokid said:
All of my previous phones were running Symbian - none of them vibrated while on the phone or charging (moot point really).
Who wants to remember to switch their notifications to anything after a phone event happens? While you're at it, why not tell people to make sure they turn off their ringtones when they place or receive a call. Same logic. Doesn't make much sense to me...
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First off, my apologies for not proof reading my poor swyping abilities.
What I was trying to state is that if it bothers you so much that the phone should ring as opposed to vibrate when plugged in , it just takes a second to change the notification type. Not sure what is there that doesn't make sense?
The vibrating in your ear, is totally understandable, hence why i didn't comment on that. IF my phone vibrated while it's on my ear, i'd be upset too.
hondaguy said:
have you tried going to
settings
call settings
all calls
alerts on call
change to sound? i have my sms set to both sound and vibrate and when i am on a call i just hear a tone
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I don't think you have sms vibrations set or maybe you're using non-stock rom - it's under the messages application. You had me for a minute cause I never checked call settings\all calls. Nonetheless - no that doesn't work. It still vibrates on a call.
aloant said:
Here's an app I quickly made that disables the notificiation vibrator when in a call. It is a very simple/minimal app with no icons to run, or settings to change. Just don't uninstall while in a call or the vibrate setting will remain off. I only tried it with Call + Gmail vibrate.
hth
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Thanks I appreciate the effort. Unfortunately it seemed to turn off the vibrations all together. Lol. Even when I'm not on a call it doesn't vibrate. Can we get a second iteration? Please?
Thank you guys for the Handcent and ChompSMS suggestions. These seem to handle the message events the way I expect as they allow for in-call vibration alert customizations. Unfortunately they take over and get rid of my message puzzle pieces (cheezy I know, but I've grown to like those little things). I'm so picky - but that's what great about android right? Endless customizations!
I defintely would be interested in a less intrusive way to deal with the issue (i.e NoInCallVibrate)

VZW GS3 - Vibrates during calls randomly

Ok so in another thread on this site that received zero replies I see at least one other person with this problem. The phone vibrates like crazy during calls when texts are received to the phone. The other thread lists 'Smart Alert' as the root cause. I love that feature, but have been actually using my phone as a phone quite a bit lately and the vibrating during calls is extremely annoying.
Anybody else having this problem and has there been a workaround discovered for it to keep Smart Alert active but avoid this in-call vibration?

[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.

Vibration issues on my Huawei watch 2

Hello everyone
I noticed that I'm having vibration issues with phone calls
Sometimes when I'm receiving a call the watch is vibrating in a pulse method
Different times it's vibrating once only
And lastly few times not vibrating at all
I tried restarting the watch but nothing has changed
Any idea how to solve this issue
I want it to vibrate in a pulse method for calls (not once)
azoz1408 said:
Hello everyone
I noticed that I'm having vibration issues with phone calls
Sometimes when I'm receiving a call the watch is vibrating in a pulse method
Different times it's vibrating once only
And lastly few times not vibrating at all
I tried restarting the watch but nothing has changed
Any idea how to solve this issue
I want it to vibrate in a pulse method for calls (not once)
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I found a solution: I have the Huawei Watch 2.. and I noticed that I missed calls. So this really annoyed me as the watch only vibrated once.. of course it vibrates for other things and it is easy to just ignore it. It is a very poor implementation from Huawei ( amongst others). I struggled to find a solution from the watch itself. Wear OS is also utterly useless. It is just a mess.
=> the solution I found which works is to install this app from the google play store. It is free: Feel The Wear - Notifications TTS..install it both on the phone and the watch. Then go on the phone and set it to vibrate long for phone calls. Also in the beginning give it the permissions from the phone( toggle the permission on for this app), menu is given in the app itself when you open it. Thats it.. Tested..works.

Question Super Strong Vibrate

Is there a way to get a super strong vibrate for an alarm? I would like to use the alarm to wake me in the morning, for example if I'm at hotel. I've played with the Settings-Vibration_and_Sound settings and the vibration pattern options you can choose when you set an alarm. Is there anything else to look at – like maybe setting a custom pattern?
I wish there were a "wake from dead" mode. I am deaf so sound has no meaning. Wake up phone calls or pounding on the door from the hotel obviously don't work.
A stronger alarm uses more battery, but that's okay, since this is an important function. I will plan accordingly.
Barry.
I haven't found a way to increase the strength of the vibration outside of the options available from the app and watch settings.
As of what's available today, it seem Apple is the only who's really paying close, CLOSE attention to the quality, strength and refinement of the haptic engine on their watches.
It's the number one reason why I was using an iPhone for weeks just so I could use an Apple Watch. Its "Taptic" engine is so refined. Perfect for alarms and other notifications. There's also a big gap (IMO) in how the normal and hard vibration option is on those watches.
Samsung needs to focus more heavily in this specific area for their next watches.
I'm glad someone else agrees. It seems these guys love to focus on ring tones, and sounds, and volume. I think vibration is much more useful: It's discrete, it doesn't wake everyone else in the house.
I've used the alarm about a dozen times. It's woken me every time, but I wish it was a little stronger.
I can see an option where they separate alert vibration from alarm vibration and offer a super vibration mode. They could warn "wake-the-dead mode requires more battery", but at least you'll be more confident that it actually wakes you up.

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