In general I'm satisfied with the new notification and volume system in contrary to a lot of other people here but I've an annoying problem with it.
Config:
- I switch to Priority mode
- Time indefinitely
- Priority interruptions only calls
- starred contacts only
- I don't have down days configured
All seams well and works as expected but at exactly midnight (00:00) Priority mode switches off and turns back to All. It is really the time that triggers it and not a set duration because it doesn't matter if turn on priority at 23:55 or at 18:00.
Anybody else with this problem and ideas what could trigger this?
Solved it. It was the app Silent Time that somehow interfered with priority mode. This is an app that I used on JellyBean and KitKat but didn't configure or use on Lollipop, although I did auto-download it.
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Overview: ButlerSMS is a sms auto responder.
If you would like to support my work, feel free to purchase the app from google play. (It is on sale for $0.99 right now )
ButlerSMS
Check second post for what is currently being worked on.
NOTE: This new version has significant changes to the database.
To prevent force closes, I had to force the app to empty your current database.
All custom responses will be lost and settings will be set back to default.
UPDATED 6/13/12
What's new:
Added "Silent Mode" - when your phone's ringer is turned down to silent, if this is enabled, it will prompt you to turn ButlerSMS on.
Added "Auto Off" - When enabled, you will be offered a timer to have ButlerSMS automatically turn off. (this is only available if turning app on from the actually application and not the widget)
CarDock Mode - When docked in a car, ButlerSMS will automatically turn on.
KNOWN ISSUES:
Shake Mode is an option, but not yet available
Text To Speech plays over phone and Bluetooth when connected to a media device.
The "button" to set the GPS locator password is not functional. You can still set it by toggling the GPS checkbox.
Features:
Custom responses
Personalized responses to individual numbers you set
3 different preset modes - Normal, driving and movie
Widget for home screen to toggle normal mode on/off
Text to Speech - Reads sms messages to you when enabled
Reply Timer - App will not reply until after a preset time has elapsed (after their first sms) that is user changeable
GPS Locator - This will respond to a user that sends a pass phrase that you control (pass phrase is set when gps locator is enabled and is cleared when it is disabled).
Voice response - If TTS is enabled, you can send a sms msg via voice. This will unlock your phone to allow you to safely reply to a sms msg. The screen will timeout after 20 seconds of inactivity (not touching the screen) or after you send a voice reply.
Improved TTS by controlling audio volume - When a SMS is received, the audio volume will be muted while your sms is read to you. The volume will raise when it is done reading.
Blacklisting - (Or whitelisting) Numbers in this list will not be replied to.
Re-organized the GUI on the settings page. Makes a lot more sense now (I hope) - Thanks okmijnlp for pointing it out
Voice Reply is now an option that can be turned off
What I am looking for:
Bugs - This has been tested on many GB systems. ICS has not been tested much and I am looking for bugs on it.
New Features - You tell me what you would like in a SMS auto responder. If enough people want it (or it just plainly makes sense), I will add it.
Also, please let me know if anyone receives any type of notification sound during a call when you actually don't have a notification.
What you get in return:
Unlimited use, updates and credit of new ideas added.
I want to thank everyone that helps out in advance!
Note: Do not download the market version, please use the attachment to download.
UPDATED 6/13/2012
Here is what I am working on (Items in green are currently being worked on):
Silent Mode - ButlerSMS will have a setting to either auto turn on or prompt you to turn it on. Progress: completed.
Disable Timer - A Timer that will turn ButlerSMS off after x amount of time have passed. This can be set in a setting or also set to prompt everytime it is enabled.Progress: Completed (thank you Panamon)
Car Dock - Auto enable drive mode when phone is in car dock mode. (thank you uosiumen) Progress: Completed
Mode based reply - ButlerSMS will offer 4 modes (user can name) that can be set for a 24 hr period. ButlerSMS will then turn itself on or off depending on the action the user sets.
Group Reply - Groups can be created and contacts/numbers can be added.
Wild Carding blacklist - Progess: Started
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Looks nice!
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Looks nice!
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Thank you.
Post any feature requests or constructive criticism
Couple things I will be working on are:
Adjusting music volume when a sms is read out loud.
Adding the option to reply by voice when text to speech is enabled.
If anyone would like to see anything else added, let me know.
Getting ready to release an update. One last hurdle to jump with the audiomanager and I will release it.
Really nice app. Just an idea, but the GUI could be changed..
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Really nice app. Just an idea, but the GUI could be changed..
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Toss me out some ideas on what you think would improve the GUI. I'm open to anything.
Here is what I am currently working on.
Working on creating the option to turn off voice reply
Working on Blacklist (No reply list)
Anyone have any bugs, feature requests or other ideas?
Updated OP
Added a few features and a couple screenshots. Don't forget to try the widget out also, it makes it pretty quick to turn on and off.
What I am working on now:
Polishing the GUI up
One major idea I have been thinking about is giving the end user the ability to create their own "modes".
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So far I like your app!''
It works great on the http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/inquisition.html rom
Is it possible to make the app send auto reply in Whatsapp too ?
What a great idea for an app. I love the option of being polite to certain people by bring able to inform them that I may not intentionally be ignoring their texts.
I can be absent minded however and I would appreciate a timer option to turn the auto responses off after a chosen amount of time.
I find the unmute app Shush! indispensable in my everyday life and your app may also benefit from an option to respond to mute requests with a timer function. Often when I mute the ringer I'm unavailable to text as well, though not always, so an auto prompt with the ability to set a quick timer to a mute request would be much appreciated.
Feature request:
Automatically enable "I'm driving right now" when attached to car dock
Thanks for this great app. I have this installed on a Samsung i727 with Sky Ice 4.2E (4.0.4 ICS) and tested. All seems to be working fine so far. Since you were looking for feedback on ICS, I thought I would send this your way. Thanks again!
Suggestions
respond by name/multiple/wildcard
Respond by call groups
automatically respond based on calendar events.
AutoSave SMS to calendar
Respond until time/event
Silent mode auto enable/disable
Mode based on time of day (like audioguru)
ideas :
- make use of proximity sensor or gyro sensor to activate certain profile. e.g. :
when the phone is placed face down, Sleep Profile is activated.
- use the gps, compass, g-sensor to have more detail answer e.g: i am driving 50 mph on X street and heading North etc. usually needed by worried parents/spouses.
Thank you for graciously putting this up for free. I love it.
Thanks
Awesome ideas everyone!! I really want to thank you all for the ideas and feedback. Below are some of the things I will start to implement. I will work on the disable timer first as I think it will have the biggest impact of change in the code. After that, rest should be simple and fall in to place very easily.
Silent Mode - ButlerSMS will have a setting to either auto turn on or prompt you to turn it on.
Disable Timer - A Timer that will turn ButlerSMS off after x amount of time have passed. This can be set in a setting or also set to prompt everytime it is enabled. (thank you Panamon)
Car Dock - Auto enable drive mode when phone is in car dock mode. (thank you uosiumen)
Mode based reply - ButlerSMS will offer 4 modes (user can name) that can be set for a 24 hr period. ButlerSMS will then turn itself on or off depending on the action the user sets.
Group Reply - Groups can be created and contacts/numbers can be added.
@panmoto - I will look in to the use of the proximity sensor. I also wrote code to enable the app if you shake your device but never implemented it. Would that be something you would like to see also? Thank you for the ideas.
@Kyshara - Could you explain more about the wildcards? Are you saying if you set a custom response for "Jo*" then you would want it to respond to any contacts with "Jo" in it (ie - Joe, Joseph, Jose, John)? Also, thank you for the ideas.
@Axxess - I will research to see if Whatsapp offers an entry point to access their services. Thank you for the idea.
@rebel1699 - Thank you for the feedback with ICS
Thanks again everyone!
The wild cards is so I can only respond to texts starting +44* or 07* as I have Indian contacts that I wouldn't want to reply to.
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Fellow Android Fanz,
I’m glad to announce “Silencify” today an app for Android users.
Much better and smarter way of "Do not Disturb" on iPhone/iPad. Silencify lets you create smart rules that silences your phone.
- No more disturbance while you sleep (Be it night or day ).
- No more hastily reaching for ringing phone in pocket/purse during meetings/events.
- No embarrassing rings when you are at movie/doctor’s office.
Following are the features of Silencify and all for cost of $0.00 ( *FREE* ).
. Silence / Quiet phone according to set schedule.
. Silence phone for a particular meeting.
. Airplane Mode - Saves a lot of battery when in scheduled silence.
. Turn off Sync when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Bluetooth when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Wi-Fi when scheduled silence is on.
. Switch in preferences for "Master Silence".
. Switch in preferences to immediately silence device.
. "Always Accept" (Whitelist) list of contacts/phone numbers to ring the phone even when its in silence.
. "Always Reject" (Blacklist) list of contacts/phone numbers to always silence the phone from those numbers.
. Backup of application data.
No need of constantly swiping NFC tags (for NFC users), “Silencify” does it as per set rules/schedules.
For more information, Visit http://silencify.onbile.com from your mobile browser.
Please feel free to forward it to anyone you know might find it useful.
Known Issues:
Airplane Toggle does not work with android 4.2. I'm working towards finding the fix. Sorry for the inconvenience. However you can take full advantage of other features till then.
[App][Official][2.2+] Silencify
ksarmalkar said:
Fellow Android Fanz,
I’m glad to announce “Silencify” today an app for Android users.
Much better and smarter way of "Do not Disturb" on iPhone/iPad. Silencify lets you create smart rules that silences your phone.
- No more disturbance while you sleep (Be it night or day ).
- No more hastily reaching for ringing phone in pocket/purse during meetings/events.
- No embarrassing rings when you are at movie/doctor’s office.
Following are the features of Silencify and all for cost of $0.00 ( *FREE* ).
. Silence / Quiet phone according to set schedule.
. Silence phone for a particular meeting.
. Airplane Mode - Saves a lot of battery when in scheduled silence.
. Turn off Sync when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Bluetooth when scheduled silence is on - Improves Battery Life.
. Turn off Wi-Fi when scheduled silence is on.
. Switch in preferences for "Master Silence".
. Switch in preferences to immediately silence device.
. "Always Accept" (Whitelist) list of contacts/phone numbers to ring the phone even when its in silence.
. "Always Reject" (Blacklist) list of contacts/phone numbers to always silence the phone from those numbers.
. Backup of application data.
No need of constantly swiping NFC tags (for NFC users), “Silencify” does it as per set rules/schedules.
For more information, Visit http://silencify.onbile.com from your mobile browser.
Please feel free to forward it to anyone you know might find it useful.
Known Issues:
Airplane Toggle does not work with android 4.2. I'm working towards finding the fix. Sorry for the inconvenience. However you can take full advantage of other features till then.
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Sorry for the intentional misspelled app name ... Was trying out SEO.
The actual app name is "Silencify"
New Feature Added
On request from a user have added an Emergency Calling feature.
This lets an incoming call ring in case the same number calls you certain number of times in certain number of minutes. Obviously all blacklist numbers are ignored.
This can be configured from settings inside the app.
Also fixed some app crashes on HTC devices.
Added sliding menu when hardware menu button is clicked. This is just in initial stages and one more step closer to a cool UI I have envisioned.
Hope you like it and thanks to lot of people who have already downloaded and using the app actively.
Update: Emergency calling caused crashes on few devices. I have updated fix for this.
Sorry for troubles and thanks for understanding.
Coming Soon
Coming soon
Please read below blog.
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Update 2.3
All,
I have issued an update to fix below issues hope it did not create problem for you.
1. Battery issues due to month change boundary condition fixed.
2. Location update frequency reduced as on few ROMS it was taking up battery.
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great.
is it possible to make it TASKER compatible?
Silencify 2.7.1
All,
Happy to announce more features for Silencify.
v2.7.1
1. Added quick widget to put phone to normal mode when you make it all way to silent.Also makes other phones faster and responsive
2. Streamlined UI, with slide out menu on left.
3. More battery saving, location disabled for all apps need to be specifically enabled from app settings.
4. App kill bug fixed
5. Application not responding Motorola devices bug fixed,
6. Battery issues due to month change boundary condition fixed.
7. Location update frequency reduced as on few ROMS it was taking up battery.
Silencify version 3.10.4
New Features
All,
Just released new version of Silencify to play store, Have added new and useful features. Please do checkout.
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Sync, Mobile Data, Vibrate, Volume percentage will be configurable per schedule (Pro Purchase)
No ads version (Pro Purchase)
Allow Notifications to ring through silence (Pro Purchase)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mith.sleepez&hl=en
Silencify Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0rB1aVqL0Q&feature=youtu.be
Also Translated in Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil/Portugal), French, Arabic, Spanish-Mexico, German
Hello. Is this app abandonned ?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n26hxz8bm2dvb92/2015-10-15 15.45.16.mp4?dl=0
The above video shows how my Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910G, 5.0.1, unrooted, original) has for the last 2 months or so occasionally played an alert (audible only), which cannot be stopped.
No notification or other indication shows what app or service causes this alert, it is NOT happening at times that
a calendar or such should trigger but happens out of the blue.
I have tried stopping each and every APP, (terninate from 'usage timelines pro')
It is even impossible to turn of the sound (from the sound icon in the notification/settings), it just goes on,
The only remedy I have found is to restart the phone.
Does anyone here recognize this sound and can tell me what causes this?
Phone details on:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lgy0ddrmzdohr3/2015-10-15 15.58.24.png?dl=0
It sounds like the timer expiration notice. Check in your clock app.
Yes it does, but I have no timer alerts set. Is there any way another app can set such timer alerts? Next time this happens (it's infrequent, thnank god, but when it happens it does so at themost inconvenient times , I'll check the clock app... Thanks.
Other suggestions still welcoms
Hi there,
the last coupe of weeks I have the following problem.
At night I have a scheduled 'Do Not Disturb' from 00 am to 6 am. When DND is to disabled at 6 am it stays in Silent Mode , the speaker icon is greyed out and has a diagonal line over it.
I completely disabled DND and re-enabled it, the first night everything went well but this morning, once again, the phone stays muted after DND is turned off automatically.
Anybody else with such a problem and/or a solution?
I know I can try safe mode and some other things but first of all I want o reach out for other user having or knowing this problem.
Well, DND is not the problem. The phone keeps going to a mute state randomly.
I can start removing apps (I removed the ones that can do something on the volume and the mute state but no help).
Are there no apps that can monitor the phone's behavior so I can find out on that way which app is causing the troubles.
Or is there another way to find the culprit without resetting the phone or uninstall apps one-by-one?
Confirmed: after DND the phone keeps in mute state randomly. G965FXXU8DTC5 firmware.
I use my phone with medium power save mode. I will try to use with optimized power save mode.
I manage DND with Bixby Routines. I will try to magage DND with Samsung Routines.
Just two days ago, I switched from my old phone running AOSP extended (Nougat) to a new Pixel 5. I'm a programmer (no android), so I was willing to pay extra to get "the first class modern Android experience" (software-wise). Of course, I wasn't expecting to get the customization freedom of my previous rom, but the new notification system left me particularly disappointed (to say the least).
Vibration settings are shared by all profiles. I can't disable vibration when in "ring" mode. vibration can be a bit jarring on certain surfaces, audio only is much more pleasant
In vibrate mode, the system respects the global "vibration & haptics" settings (shared with the ring mode), but ignores channel-specific vibration settings.
Thanks to that, you can disable vibration manually for every single notification channel, so that the phone will vibrate only when in vibrate mode (this works only for notifications, calls will still follow the global settings)
The notification settings UI is extremely unhelpful and annoying to navigate.
Channels using the Default profile show a bell icon, but no info whatsoever about vibration, a few squiggly lines would do the trick. Furthermore, the vibration toggle is buried inside a totally unnecessary "advanced" subsection, which the user needs to expand every damn time.
There's no way to tell how an app is configured until you actually go to the settings and check every corner to the last toggle. This is not the way to offer granular control, this is just a way to create a mess.
Every time a new app is installed, the user has to check every single channel and disable the potentially unwanted vibration toggle.
Apparently, system-level notification settings for channels are just suggestions. Apps can behave differently if they want to. What's even the point?
Switching from silent to ring mode resets all the "vibration & haptics" sliders. Might be a bug.
I've never seen such cumbersome and unreliable notification system. One of the fundamental parts of a smartphone.
The same discussion happened on the Google support community, from where I got most of the answers (very helpful!).I have an open support ticket with Google support. The poor man had to forward every single question to the "engineering team" as he had no idea. That should mean something.
Are you experiencing the same issues, or never gave it attention? Every user should be able to set his phone correctly and reliably!
originally posted in r/GooglePixel, I'm interested to discuss here too
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Samsung Galaxy Fit2 - $50.
Solved half my problems.