Lolipop Silent Mode Options? - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

The other day I flashed the 04.04.15 nightly of CM12, everything works great to be honest. However I then realised by design silent mode in Android 5.0 has changed.
What I want to do is have silent mode work as it did in Android 4.4, that been when the phone is on silent mode alarms still work, and any notifications will still activate the notification light.
The closest I can get to this is putting the phone on vibrate mode, which is not ideal as the phone is very loud when vibrating on a desk.
Do any hacks exist to stop the phone vibrating, or to replicate the 4.4 behaviour? Anything I’ve found appears to just make it easier to activate the “new silent mode”.

The only thing you can do is put the phone into priority mode like this:
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And then go into Settings/Sounds & Notifications/Interruptions and switch off interruptions for calls and notifications.
By doing this your phone will be silent but you'll still have audible alarms and a functioning notification led.
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Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately doing that you will not get notifications for email, whatsapp and so on unless you allow them in priority mode. If you allow notifications for an app in priority mode then you are back to the same problem, you are either forced to hear a notification sound or have the phone vibrate.
I even went as far as creating a new profile with the ring tone / notification volume set to nothing, however that simply makes the phone vibrate... Google really don't want phones to have a proper silent mode, such an annoying decision... it seems such a basic feature to remove.
I did however find this Xposed Module: True Silent Mode for Lollipop
Features:
Adds the silent mode of Android 4.x back (no sound, no vibration)
Keeps notification LEDs intact
Keeps alarms working (in contrast to the new "None" mode)
That worked perfectly for me, my phone is now silent, I get coloured LED notifications and my alarms work :good:
Hopefully Xposed and this module will keep working in future versions of Android!

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[App][2.1+] Glimma soft alarm clock

Hi everybody !
Here is another alarm clock, but different
The light of the screen wakes you up, and if you are really tired, a backup alarm sound is played.
It really works if you sleep in a dark room, and because the phone is near you, you are the only one to wake up silently. You don't bother madam.
Also, in the evening the phone goes to sleep (dim the screen light, turn off sounds, wifi...) and wake up in the morning (everything turns on)
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This app is still in developpement, please report bugs if you see them (menu / bug report). All the features are not done, so they can be desactived.
PLEASE SET UP YOU USUAL ALARM SOFTWARE IN CASE OF BUG.
For example if you want to wake up at 8am, this software will open at 7h30 with the minimum brightness and increases softly until 8:00. You HAVE TO set up you usual alarm software at 8:02 in backup.
Here is the description for the market (if you see mistakes, plase notify me, I'm not english) :
This gorgeous software softly wakes you up. It turns your phone on 30 mins before the alarm with the darkest screen and increases slowly the brightness.
In the middle of the process it can play birds sound, and if you didn’t wake up 1 minute after alarm time, it plays a strong sound to be sure you don’t miss. It also let the phone check the emails by turning the notification sound off and the wifi on. So when you wake up, you don’t have to wait to know what’s new
If you sleep in a dark room it really wakes you up with the light, and if the phone point at you, your wife doesn’t wake up !
One more thing: This software is able to turn your phone in a “night mode” the evening, and turn back in day mode the morning. And so it shuts down the notification sound, the wifi…
This app is free for standard use, with the best settings. If you want to customize if, please leave me a few money (you choose!) and everything will be unlocked.
For those who care, here is the explanation of the authorizations:
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
WRITE_SETTINGS
To open or close wifi, the evening or in the morning.
WAKE_LOCK
DISABLE_KEYGUARD
DEVICE_POWER
To turn on your phone and change the brightness of the screen, to keep the phone on.
FLASHLIGHT
HARDWARE_TEST
CAMERA
To make the led flash light blinking at the alarm time.
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
To activate the software after a reboot and set up the next alarm.
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
To write debug logs, in developer mode.
Download link :
glimma.apk
Any comments are welcome !
Thanks !
Nicolas

[APP] Disable Increasing Ringtone [Root-Free]

I found this app while googling for ways to disable increasing ringtones on my Note 3, Dunnow why Samsung Doesent has an option to Disable it in the settings!
This App does not require Root and works flawlessly!, i am using it on my SM-N9005 and GT-i9500
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Once Disable Increasing Ring is downloaded and installed, it runs in the background and automatically equalizes the volume of the ringtone and makes it consistent. The app very small in size and is lightweight. Since it runs in the background, it is never identified and neither does it obstruct any running tasks.
When Disable Increasing Ring is installed on your device, it requires no further configuration or user inputs. In fact, as soon as the app is installed on your device, it starts working right away.
The only downside of using this app is that it displays its icon in the taskbar indicating that the app is running in the background. However this icon can also be disabled by going to the Application Manager in the Settings window, selecting the Disable Increasing Ring app from the displayed list, and by unchecking the Show notifications checkbox that is available right under the Force stop button.
Google Play Store Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shumoapp.disableincreasingring&hl=en
Not so interesting with this app since, the notification is quite annoying since it is displaying blank gaps between others notification icons. I was tried to disable the notification through settings but it will appeared again every time when I reboot my phone.
My recommendation is HandyPhone - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ua.sydorov.handyphone&hl=en
Just turn on the Enable ascending ring option in your HandyPhone. Then select maximum for your "Initial ringing level" option. No need to root and no notification in the notification menu.
Besides, you also can increase your "initial ringing level" to higher volume instead of let your phone ringing up from the default volume.
junclj said:
Not so interesting with this app since, the notification is quite annoying since it is displaying blank gaps between others notification icons. I was tried to disable the notification through settings but it will appeared again every time when I reboot my phone.
My recommendation is HandyPhone - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ua.sydorov.handyphone&hl=en
Just turn on the Enable ascending ring option in your HandyPhone. Then select maximum for your "Initial ringing level" option. No need to root and no notification in the notification menu.
Besides, you also can increase your "initial ringing level" to higher volume instead of let your phone ringing up from the default volume.
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Thanks for this app. Works well, and much less annoying than having the notification

Help with notifications and volume changing

Hello guys,
I'm wondering if is there a way to stop the sound volume changing made by notifications.
I'm explaining better: in any mode, with or without sounds or vibrations, when I'm listening to music or watching some stuff and I received a notifications, for example by WhatsApp or email, the sound becomes lower for a couple of seconds and then return to his previous volume. That's very annoying.
Do you know if there's a way to stop this behavior?
Valeriuz said:
Hello guys,
I'm wondering if is there a way to stop the sound volume changing made by notifications.
I'm explaining better: in any mode, with or without sounds or vibrations, when I'm listening to music or watching some stuff and I received a notifications, for example by WhatsApp or email, the sound becomes lower for a couple of seconds and then return to his previous volume. That's very annoying.
Do you know if there's a way to stop this behavior?
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Go to Settings\Sound and Vibrations\ and look for Ascending Ringtone. This setting starts sounds low and raises them as it continues
Saloei said:
Go to Settings\Sound and Vibrations\ and look for Ascending Ringtone. This setting starts sounds low and raises them as it continues
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I've tried it, didn't work, it keeps interruptions
To completely stop notifications from interrupting, you have to disable the notification related to the app.
Settings\Status bar and notification\Manage notification. Select your app and go through available settings. Experiment until you find what you're looking for.
Yes I've tried all the settings, nothing changed. Don't know if it's a bug.
Vivo with Oreo 8.1 does not support separate ringing/sound volume alarm form sound alarm notification.
You have to wait until Pie version arrive that add that useful separation.
Here's how sounds volume works on Pie.
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Easiest way is to enable the silent mode from control manager while anytime you are watching videos and don't want the notifications disturb you.
Hope this helps!

Confused by notification sounds under vibration mode

Hi, my Pixel 3a is making a sound whenever there is a notification, although I have set the phone to vibrate (even in the do-not-disturb mode!). I have used Android phones for the past eight years, so I think I am pretty familiar with all the little things with Android, but I am just confused to hell about what is going on. I checked a few settings, and they look okay to me (which means that it would behave "normally" on my old phone). I have media volume set to non zero, but that should not matter as I understand.
I think if I turn off app notification sound in individual app's notification settings it should work, but obviously it is a daunting task that I do not want to bother.
I wonder if you can offer some advice. Thank you.
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Yeah this confuses me as well. The only way i found was to tap the notifcation symbol again so it turns to the bell with the line through it. But then theres no vibrate either
Unstroofy said:
Yeah this confuses me as well. The only way i found was to tap the notifcation symbol again so it turns to the bell with the line through it. But then theres no vibrate either
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I still have the notification sounds under the mute mode (and was again waken by a sound at 5am this morning). I suspected this may have something to do with Google Assistant, and while I am not 100% sure about it, I tried something and it worked for me: I turned off "notification access" (Apps & notifications > special app access, or via search) of "Google" and some other apps, tried to trigger notifications, and the phone vibrated/stayed silent as expected. I turned them back on, and everything still works fine. Hope they do not com back.
You may want to give that a try.
EDIT: DO NOT turn the access back on -- it may fail after you reconnect to your Bluetooth headset.
Unstroofy said:
Yeah this confuses me as well. The only way i found was to tap the notifcation symbol again so it turns to the bell with the line through it. But then theres no vibrate either
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There is a thread for it now:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixe..._bug/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Since these notification channels were implemented, the whole way of the notifications being served got upside down and confusing. R&D forgot at 7.0 already that android is a phone os, some people don't have time to granularly tune each and every app and set the sound and vibrate and other bs.
Same here, Facebook's notifications can come with a weird sound even if I cut off any sound...

Screen lighting up randomly?

Am i the only one who has this?
My phone screen lights up as if there was a new notification, but there is nothing new, and then goes back to sleep.
It's super irritating.
Anyone know how to fix this?
*Tried turning off notifications in different apps, but to no success, Still have this problem.
Gnubaver said:
Am i the only one who has this?
My phone screen lights up as if there was a new notification, but there is nothing new, and then goes back to sleep.
It's super irritating.
Anyone know how to fix this?
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there must be some app keep push messages, but you turn this app's notification off (by system notification setting, not in app's setting). so the screen lights up, but nothing there. maybe it's a bug. You could turn all apps' notification on in system setting, and turn off pushing in app's setting. if you still receive messages, then that app is the murder, uninstall it.
I have the exact same thing happen, only happening since the Android 10 update.. I've reinstalled using oxygen updater just to confirm everything is ok.. but I still have this issue.
Hey Guys . . Finally i found out the Solution for One plus lock screen or home screen waking up without any reason.
No need to turn off anything or any notifications.
Just follow these simple steps. .
1. Go to settings. Then click on customization.
2. Select first option Themes
3. Select Other theme (doesn't matter which one is applied). And apply.
4. Again change the theme to previous one.
And the problem is solved. . . .
It worked for me and my friend's one plus device. I think its glitch and now its Solved.
If it worked just Drop a Thanks
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Go to settings and in the search bar type wakeup.You will see the options to 'don't wake up for notifications'. Select accordingly.
hope it helps.
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