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Will Not Vibrate For Notifications

It seems after I took the ota my phone will no longer vibrate for calls or any other notifications. I seen an at&t user had the same issue and a factory reset fixed it. Didn't work for me. I was stock rooted. I've now unlocked the bootloader, twrp recovery and installed cleanrom. Still have the same issue. I use the volume button to change it to mute with vibrate and the phone does vibrate, but the squiggly lines don't show up around the crossed out speaker. In the sound settings Silent Mode is set to Vibrate. Any ideas?

jeradsjunk said:
It seems after I took the ota my phone will no longer vibrate for calls or any other notifications. I seen an at&t user had the same issue and a factory reset fixed it. Didn't work for me. I was stock rooted. I've now unlocked the bootloader, twrp recovery and installed cleanrom. Still have the same issue. I use the volume button to change it to mute with vibrate and the phone does vibrate, but the squiggly lines don't show up around the crossed out speaker. In the sound settings Silent Mode is set to Vibrate. Any ideas?
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That's pretty odd. I would try to ODIN back to stock and then open bootloader again and root ETC.
Have never heard o an issue like this but I hope this fixes it or you figure it out. Also try this might help---> https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5qb3Jnb25sb3Iudm9sdW1lY29udHJvbCJd
Good luck :fingers-crossed:

Fixed for me
Good luck :fingers-crossed:[/QUOTE]
This also happened to me after I had installed and then uninstalled a sound profile editor.
To fix it I found that the following worked for me.
1) First pull down the menu from the home screen and set to SOUND.
2) Next go to Settings...Sound.
3) Scroll down and turn on Sound and Vibration
4) Pull down menu again and toggle to vibrate.
Now the correct icon will show in the status bar and you will get vibration notifications.
I totally found this by accident and it worked for me, hopefully will work for you too.

notification sound issue. (low)

In my z3 the ring volume is great , but when i receive notification like whatsapp is very low.
Anyone have this issue?!!?
Any help?

Same here...

karrouma said:
In my z3 the ring volume is great , but when i receive notification like whatsapp is very low.
Anyone have this issue?!!?
Any help?
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Yes it's the bigger bug of the Z3. Hope that Sony starts to investigate.....

Waiying new update

Solution
No need to wait to for an update.
1. Go to settings - sound - system notification sound: select no sound. Do the same with whatsapp settings.
2. Install lightflow. Go to lightflow notification settings, select and activate individual notification sounds for whatsapp, whatsapp groups, gmail, messages etc.
3. Go to lightflow volume settings, activate individual lightflow notification sounds and adjust their volume as needed.
4. Sorted!

stifferthanyou said:
No need to wait to for an update.
1. Go to settings - sound - system notification sound: select no sound. Do the same with whatsapp settings.
2. Install lightflow. Go to lightflow notification settings, select and activate individual notification sounds for whatsapp, whatsapp groups, gmail, messages etc.
3. Go to lightflow volume settings, activate individual lightflow notification sounds and adjust their volume as needed.
4. Sorted!
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same sound quality and loudness, not higher than stock

karrouma said:
same sound quality and loudness, not higher than stock
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Really? I was able to get a notification sound that was plenty loud. As loud as my previous phone LG G2. And with the same sound.
edit: Experimenting further revieled that my success was related to the notification sound used. I am using a mp3 tune from my sd cards music library. Choose an original sound from Z3 and the sound is weak again.

I used light flow, did not hear a difference between the sound. The volume is still low

have this issue as well. hope the new version will be able to solve this problem.

Waiting sony to start rolling an update, it takes time sony why others solve their software rapidely

Same issue here. Definitely looking for a fix to this or an update as it's quite annoying to listen to the sound and hear it plenty loud only to have it be really quiet (even at full notification volume) when receiving texts or other notifications.

ryumo said:
Same issue here. Definitely looking for a fix to this or an update as it's quite annoying to listen to the sound and hear it plenty loud only to have it be really quiet (even at full notification volume) when receiving texts or other notifications.
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+1
Same here. Hope the update isn't too far into the future. Although, it might be bundled with lollipop a couple of months from now.

ryumo said:
Same issue here. Definitely looking for a fix to this or an update as it's quite annoying to listen to the sound and hear it plenty loud only to have it be really quiet (even at full notification volume) when receiving texts or other notifications.
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Don't hold your breath on an update to address this, the Z2 has the same issue and it was never fixed by Sony. There was a sound mod though, but it required root...which may not be a possibility for some Z3s.

hanano17 said:
Don't hold your breath on an update to address this, the Z2 has the same issue and it was never fixed by Sony. There was a sound mod though, but it required root...which may not be a possibility for some Z3s.
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maybe the sony waited for the lollipop to fix this..
we will see

[Q] Ringtone goes silent only reboot helps

Hi,
So ringtone goes silent after some hours. Doesn't really matter if phone is in use or it's during night.
First I thought it was ROM issue, but this happens on CM12 original image.
The only thing that is "the same" that I flashed recently is firmware_cm12.
It was working flawlessly before on cm11 and slimsaber roms.
I've tried installing only CM12 without any app and it's the same this morning.
Notifications, like SMS, are still working and sound is played when I receive them. Only ringing is dead silent.
I checked many times that there's no wonky profile with quiet hours or anything else, even tho the issue is fixed by rebooting phone...
Please help!

Still having issues. Anyone?

comdinet said:
Still having issues. Anyone?
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I have this issue too. More interesting is that if i try to select another ringtone it is silent too on the ringtone selector page (where are lot of another ringtone). All ringtone is silent. Only the reboot help... Of course the ringtone volume is up
The last CM12 that i tested was the 0116, so it's looks like this bug is present in the latest too

laca77 said:
I have this issue too. More interesting is that if i try to select another ringtone it is silent too on the ringtone selector page (where are lot of another ringtone). All ringtone is silent. Only the reboot help... Of course the ringtone volume is up
The last CM12 that i tested was the 0116, so it's looks like this bug is present in the latest too
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Yes, I get the same behavior, just forgot to write that on xda

Same happening for CM12 on my Nexus 4 as well. Do you use any profile switcher utility?
I use Profile Scheduler which has normally worked just fine.

Android 6.0 and Hangouts issue

So I Have flashed the factory image on my N5 and put a couple of mp3's in the notifications folder to use for Hangouts. When I go into hangouts then settings for both hangouts and SMS and change the sound to the ones I have put into the folder Hangouts says that those sounds are selected, but when someone sends me a text (SMS or Hangouts) it plays a default system sound. I can make the notification sound change if I pick any of the "stock" ones. Anyone else having this issue?

jdawg0024 said:
So I Have flashed the factory image on my N5 and put a couple of mp3's in the notifications folder to use for Hangouts. When I go into hangouts then settings for both hangouts and SMS and change the sound to the ones I have put into the folder Hangouts says that those sounds are selected, but when someone sends me a text (SMS or Hangouts) it plays a default system sound. I can make the notification sound change if I pick any of the "stock" ones. Anyone else having this issue?
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I'm having a similar issue (Nexus 6). I also have a nexus 5 that I have not checked to see if that issue is there as well. I have loaded several sounds in the notifications and ringtones folder. I have set hangouts as the default SMS app, turned on notifications, and set the notification sound. No matter what I do, I get the default notification sound... I'll continue to see if I can figure out what the issue is but its not working as it was in 5.1.1.
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tpfagan said:
I'm having a similar issue (Nexus 6). I also have a nexus 5 that I have not checked to see if that issue is there as well. I have loaded several sounds in the notifications and ringtones folder. I have set hangouts as the default SMS app, turned on notifications, and set the notification sound. No matter what I do, I get the default notification sound... I'll continue to see if I can figure out what the issue is but its not working as it was in 5.1.1.
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I removed all of the ringtones and notifications except the one I was interested in and confirmed what you experiencing. If I use an 6.0 included notification, it works fine, If I use one of my own in the notification folder, it defaults to the hangout notification sound....

tpfagan said:
I'm having a similar issue (Nexus 6). I also have a nexus 5 that I have not checked to see if that issue is there as well. I have loaded several sounds in the notifications and ringtones folder. I have set hangouts as the default SMS app, turned on notifications, and set the notification sound. No matter what I do, I get the default notification sound... I'll continue to see if I can figure out what the issue is but its not working as it was in 5.1.1.
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I removed all of the ringtones and notifications except the one I was interested in and confirmed what you experiencing. If I use an 6.0 included notification, it works fine, If I use one of my own in the notification folder, it defaults to the hangout notification sound....
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Thank you for replying and confirming that you are having the same issue. I thought I was going crazy. I have reported the issue to google hopefully it gets fixed ASAP

convert them to ogg files and they should work. I've never been able to get mp3's to work as notification sounds.

metpage said:
convert them to ogg files and they should work. I've never been able to get mp3's to work as notification sounds.
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Thanks I will try that, but I've never had this issue

metpage said:
convert them to ogg files and they should work. I've never been able to get mp3's to work as notification sounds.
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I wanted to add that the notification files that I want to use are ogg files and still have this issue. It plays fine in the selection menu, but when a message comes in, it is the hangout default notification....

tpfagan said:
I wanted to add that the notification files that I want to use are ogg files and still have this issue. It plays fine in the selection menu, but when a message comes in, it is the hangout default notification....
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Just converted them to OGG and put them on my phone. Deleted the old mp3's and restarted. Selected them and it appears to be working correctly.

jdawg0024 said:
Just converted them to OGG and put them on my phone. Deleted the old mp3's and restarted. Selected them and it appears to be working correctly.
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I'm still having the issue. I added a reboot between selecting the notification sound (again which plays fine) and receiving a text. same issue.
Stock notification plays when selected and receiving a SMS
Non stock notification plays when selected but the Hangout default notification plays when I get a SMS.
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tpfagan said:
I'm still having the issue. I added a reboot between selecting the notification sound (again which plays fine) and receiving a text. same issue.
Stock notification plays when selected and receiving a SMS
Non stock notification plays when selected but the Hangout default notification plays when I get a SMS.
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I figured out the issue. It felt like permissions. In settings under apps -> hangouts -> permissions I had to add storage since that is where my new notifications I added are located. Once I added storage, the notification plays as expected.

tpfagan said:
I'm still having the issue. I added a reboot between selecting the notification sound (again which plays fine) and receiving a text. same issue.
Stock notification plays when selected and receiving a SMS
Non stock notification plays when selected but the Hangout default notification plays when I get a SMS.
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I figured out the issue. It felt like permissions. In settings under apps -> hangouts -> permissions I had to add storage since that is where my new notifications I added are located. Once I added storage, the notification plays as expected.
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I just checked those settings and that option was already selected. I however deleted the OGG file and replaced with an MP3 and it is still working. hahaha weird.

jdawg0024 said:
I just checked those settings and that option was already selected. I however deleted the OGG file and replaced with an MP3 and it is still working. hahaha weird.
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Your solution worked perfectly, jdawg0024. Thank you! I did the same for the stock phone app because it wouldn't play the MP3 ringtone I'd selected.

Don't mean to hijack the thread (issue solved) but I wanted to ask - any of you gents having trouble w Hangouts refusing to show contact pictures? This only seems to happen on 6.0.0+ for me, Lollipop and under is gravy
I've tried Messenger, Chomp Evolve etc and none of them have this issue in M. Anyone else?

Rumored that Google is removing SMS and MMS from Hangouts in future version.
http://androidcommunity.com/google-rumored-to-remove-sms-mms-feature-from-hangouts-app-20151217/

Volume for notifications

Hi there,
My Mate 8 (NXT-AL10C00B137) came in yesterday, and whow, am I impressed!
There is one thing though that keeps puzzleing me: where is the option to adjust the notifications sound volume??
I can adjust ringtone, alarm, media and phone....
It is my first Huawei (being with Samsung Since first Note 1) so defenitely noob on EMUI. But I have looked all over, can't seem to find it.
Anyone? What am I missing here...
Regards,

notification volume should be bound to one of the others, i.e. ringtone or alarms. i got everything maxxed out and the notifications come in loud and clear

jbmc83 said:
notification volume should be bound to one of the others, i.e. ringtone or alarms. i got everything maxxed out and the notifications come in loud and clear
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Yeah, well that is just my point: I am used to have the Phone's ringtone to max, but the notifications to a low setting.
Somehow, that doesn't seem to be possible on Marshmallow/ EMUI??
At the moment downloading Volume Butler which seems to be able to differentiate between notification and ringtone. Too bad that this seems to be the only possibility!
***EDIT***
This is turning me crazy! Volume Butler app doesn't supply this option either...
Regards,

ah right! well, as long as u can get it working...

jbmc83 said:
ah right! well, as long as u can get it working...
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Well... I don't actually.
This is absolutely bizarre and frustrating!!

oh just saw that! not good...

I know what you mean, but I got around the problem (in a P8 updated to Marshmallow) by doing the following...
I usually only ever use 1 notification tune, so I reduced the volume of its equivalent MP3 file (using the free MP3Gain from 88dB to 75dB) & placed it in the Internal storage>Notifications folder (via a USB cable connected to my PC).
I then went into notifications settings & changed it to the reduced-volume file. Whole operation took a few minutes to do.
Now it sounds lower than the ringtone, just like I need it
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Well, after writing the above I found that using a third-party app solves the issue
I was fiddling about in the All-In-One Toolbar app & downloaded/installed the 'Volume Settings Plugin' from within the app (Toolbox button > Plugins tab), & it works fine now!
From the Plugin, one can also create a shortcut for easier access.
P.S. If you use the phone's main settings (or rocker switch?) to change the ringtone volume, the notification volume also changes accordingly. So, depending on how you need it, have may you go back into the Volume Settings Plugin app to change the notifications volume

Has this been resolved? I notice the same for my Mate 9. Would really like to separate the volume for both Notifications/text tones and ringtones

Dioky said:
Hi there,
My Mate 8 (NXT-AL10C00B137) came in yesterday, and whow, am I impressed!
There is one thing though that keeps puzzleing me: where is the option to adjust the notifications sound volume??
I can adjust ringtone, alarm, media and phone....
It is my first Huawei (being with Samsung Since first Note 1) so defenitely noob on EMUI. But I have looked all over, can't seem to find it.
Anyone? What am I missing here...
Regards,
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1- Install HiSuite
2- Download HiSuite (http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/index.html)
3- Install HiSuite on your Computer
4- Connect your phone to HiSuite
5- Go to Update>
6- Now wait for some time to complete the process.
7- Done.
8- Did I help you? A ''thanks :good:'' would be highly appreciated

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