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Google Now Not Listening: US

Hello,
Anybody see this issue? My Google Now is not listening to the hot word anymore. See the listening icon is paused. A reboot or cache clear of Google Search app resolves it but it is really annoying. Trying to figure out what's causing the pause.
Here is the screenshot of my home screen. Notice the listening icon looks different.
Thanks.

danlo said:
Hello,
Anybody see this issue? My Google Now is not listening to the hot word anymore. See the listening icon is paused. A reboot or cache clear of Google Search app resolves it but it is really annoying. Trying to figure out what's causing the pause.
Here is the screenshot of my home screen. Notice the listening icon looks different.
Thanks.
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Were you using headphones that day? I've seen this issue, and I think it's an audio issue (software). When I had this issue, the speakers didn't work either.
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I was using my Bluetooth headset but I've been using this pair since day 1. This just started happening yesterday.

Workaround I mentioned in another thread this morning:
With any music or sound playing apps paused, tap the Google logo (not the mic icon) in the Google search tool. Once in the search screen, just swipe back out to the home screen. The mic icon should now be "filled in" instead of hollow, and should respond to "Ok Google".
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TJCacher said:
Workaround I mentioned in another thread this morning:
With any music or sound playing apps paused, tap the Google logo (not the mic icon) in the Google search tool. Once in the search screen, just swipe back out to the home screen. The mic icon should now be "filled in" instead of hollow, and should respond to "Ok Google".
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Thanks for the tip!

man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.

bengrulz said:
man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.
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Same with me. I'm not sure why nobody else is having this issue. I've tried everything to get it back to always listening, and it doesn't work. I have to hit the microphone. The only "workaround" I've found is to swipe up from the center bottom of the lock screen, which takes me to the google now page and it's listening for "ok google". I can't get the widget on the left pane back though.

bengrulz said:
man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.
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Ok, I've done a lot more testing with this issue, and have come up with the following working theory. If any of you notice behavior inconsistent with this theory, post it up here. Maybe we can pin the exact cause down enough to let Google know the exact parameters of this glitch.
Here's my theory:
I'm going to call the situation where the Google search mic icon is hollow and the search won't respond to "Ok Google" the HM (hollow mic) mode, and the normal, full mic icon, indicating the search will properly respond to "Ok Google" the FM (full mic) mode. (HM=hollow mic is not listening, FM=full mic is listening)
The problem seems to be that the control is designed to enter HM mode whenever the system is aware that the device is playing sound and to return to FM mode when the system detects that sound has been paused or stopped, but that sometimes the system gets "stuck" in HM mode and remains there even when sound has been paused or stopped. Furthermore, in some cases HM mode is not activated when sound is started,
My theory is that the HM/FM switching only occurs correctly when the sound app itself is used to *directly* start and stop sound. If you use an alternate method to start and/or stop sound (like a linked set of media controls in the notification shade, or a set of media controls in a linked home-screen widget), then there is a near certainty that either HM mode will not be activated when sound starts and/or FM mode will not be reset when sound stops.
When the system becomes "stuck" in HM mode, even when no sound is playing, I have found two ways to reliably get it to reset to FM mode:
Method 1:
1) Stop any sound being played by the device via any means (directly from a sound app, or indirectly from a set of media controls in the notification shade or a home-screen widget)
2) Tap the word "Google" in the Google search bar at the top of any home screen
3) Once inside the search screen, cancel it by swiping right-to-left once or twice to return to the home screen.
Method 2
1) Go into the sound app which either is or was being used to play sound
2) Start the app playing sound from directly in the app itself
3) Stop or pause the sound from directly in the app itself
On my device, using Google Play as the sound app, I have had 100% success, with both of these methods, at getting HM mode "unstuck" and getting the device back into FM mode.
I can also reliably produce the "stuck" HM mode by starting music from within a music app, but stopping or pausing it from outside the app by using a widget.
On my device, if starting from FM mode, starting music playing from a widget instead of from within a music app will result in the device never entering HM mode in the first place.
If others can verify this, I think we may be able to say with some confidence that the problem is that the method being used to detect when sound starts and stops is not properly looking for sound to be started or stopped using an externally-linked set of media controls (as from a notification shade or widget), and that it only reliably works when sound is started or stopped *directly from inside the app itself, using app's built-in media controls*.
Thanks for any additional data anyone is willing to provide to prove or disprove this theory.

I've had the same issue, but I can add that this is happening with games as well. Specifically, asphalt 8 causes this problem. Obviously, when I'm switching between apps, I wouldn't want to kill an ongoing game or song just to make the hotword work. The HC issue is annoying and I hope there's a fix to always keep it live no matter which apps are in the background...

shaklee3 said:
Same with me. I'm not sure why nobody else is having this issue. I've tried everything to get it back to always listening, and it doesn't work. I have to hit the microphone. The only "workaround" I've found is to swipe up from the center bottom of the lock screen, which takes me to the google now page and it's listening for "ok google". I can't get the widget on the left pane back though.
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bengrulz said:
man sadly nothing in this thread is working for me
I toggled the hotword option, toggled it with reboots in between, cleared Google Search data and cache, removed device administrators, toggled english styles, toggled wifi... I've done everything I can think of, and it's still not working.
I've scoured the web and nothing. It was working when I first got the phone, but today I noticed it had stopped. Ugh.
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My hotword detection also suddenly doesn't work. I've toggled the option in google now settings, rebooted, cleared cache, turned off google music... nothing turns it back on.
TJCacher said:
Ok, I've done a lot more testing with this issue, and have come up with the following working theory. If any of you notice behavior inconsistent with this theory, post it up here. Maybe we can pin the exact cause down enough to let Google know the exact parameters of this glitch.
Here's my theory:
I'm going to call the situation where the Google search mic icon is hollow and the search won't respond to "Ok Google" the HM (hollow mic) mode, and the normal, full mic icon, indicating the search will properly respond to "Ok Google" the FM (full mic) mode. (HM=hollow mic is not listening, FM=full mic is listening)
The problem seems to be that the control is designed to enter HM mode whenever the system is aware that the device is playing sound and to return to FM mode when the system detects that sound has been paused or stopped, but that sometimes the system gets "stuck" in HM mode and remains there even when sound has been paused or stopped. Furthermore, in some cases HM mode is not activated when sound is started,
My theory is that the HM/FM switching only occurs correctly when the sound app itself is used to *directly* start and stop sound. If you use an alternate method to start and/or stop sound (like a linked set of media controls in the notification shade, or a set of media controls in a linked home-screen widget), then there is a near certainty that either HM mode will not be activated when sound starts and/or FM mode will not be reset when sound stops.
When the system becomes "stuck" in HM mode, even when no sound is playing, I have found two ways to reliably get it to reset to FM mode:
Method 1:
1) Stop any sound being played by the device via any means (directly from a sound app, or indirectly from a set of media controls in the notification shade or a home-screen widget)
2) Tap the word "Google" in the Google search bar at the top of any home screen
3) Once inside the search screen, cancel it by swiping right-to-left once or twice to return to the home screen.
Method 2
1) Go into the sound app which either is or was being used to play sound
2) Start the app playing sound from directly in the app itself
3) Stop or pause the sound from directly in the app itself
On my device, using Google Play as the sound app, I have had 100% success, with both of these methods, at getting HM mode "unstuck" and getting the device back into FM mode.
I can also reliably produce the "stuck" HM mode by starting music from within a music app, but stopping or pausing it from outside the app by using a widget.
On my device, if starting from FM mode, starting music playing from a widget instead of from within a music app will result in the device never entering HM mode in the first place.
If others can verify this, I think we may be able to say with some confidence that the problem is that the method being used to detect when sound starts and stops is not properly looking for sound to be started or stopped using an externally-linked set of media controls (as from a notification shade or widget), and that it only reliably works when sound is started or stopped *directly from inside the app itself, using app's built-in media controls*.
Thanks for any additional data anyone is willing to provide to prove or disprove this theory.
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didn't help me. can't figure out what is going on. so frustrating.
---------- Post added at 11:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:26 PM ----------
For me, turning off Push Bullet Notification Listener in Accessibility in Settings made Google Now hot word work again.

gaetawoo said:
For me, turning off Push Bullet Notification Listener in Accessibility in Settings made Google Now hot word work again.
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I'm replying to clarify this info for others who, like me, may not have been aware that Push Bullet is a third-party app that is installed from the Google Play store.
After reading through the app's description and reviews on the Play Store site, it sounds like a very useful app which has recently added a new feature which mirrors your notifications to a PC via a PC-side browser add-on.
According to a number of the user reviews on the Play Store, which have been confirmed by the app's author, this feature is causing problems with the "always listening" feature of OK Google.
Sounds like they're actively working on a solution for the conflict.
Thanks for posting this - it may very well be the reason some others have had no luck getting the listening feature to work.
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TJCacher said:
I'm replying to clarify this info for others who, like me, may not have been aware that Push Bullet is a third-party app that is installed from the Google Play store.
After reading through the app's description and reviews on the Play Store site, it sounds like a very useful app which has recently added a new feature which mirrors your notifications to a PC via a PC-side browser add-on.
According to a number of the user reviews on the Play Store, which have been confirmed by the app's author, this feature is causing problems with the "always listening" feature of OK Google.
Sounds like they're actively working on a solution for the conflict.
Thanks for posting this - it may very well be the reason some others have had no luck getting the listening feature to work.
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Yes I've talked to them, they know about it and are working on it, but that say it could be an OS issue.. that are trying to figure it out.

This happens to me at least couple times a day. Either Wi-Fi disconnect or a OK Google three I n a row consecutive search. Solution: kill the g search app it will automatically restart and you'll be gtg

Pebble whatsapp notifier causes this same problem. Unchecked it in accessibility and viola! Always listening again..

Easiest solution I found on the internet was to go into settings and install the US English language pack. Even though it says it is installed, reinstall it and set it as the default. After a reboot, it worked perfectly.
phandroid.com/2013/11/14/how-to-install-google-experience-launcher-with-ok-google-command/
Once in Google Now, scroll all the way to the bottom and press the 3 dot menu to select Settings. From there, select “voice” > “offline speech recognition” (manage downloaded languages). Now, we’re going to work our way from the right tab, all the way to the left.
Select the Auto-Update tab from the top and choose one of the auto-update options (we recommend leaving it on “over WiFi-only”). After that, scoot over to the All tab and find English (US). You’ll notice it already says “pre-installed”. Don’t listen to it. Select English (US) anyway. From there, jump to the Installed tab and press “English (US)” where you’ll be asked to download the latest version (version 28 at the time of writing). Hit “Download” and the updated version will be downloaded and installed.

TJCacher said:
Ok, I've done a lot more testing with this issue, and have come up with the following working theory. If any of you notice behavior inconsistent with this theory, post it up here. Maybe we can pin the exact cause down enough to let Google know the exact parameters of this glitch.
Here's my theory:
I'm going to call the situation where the Google search mic icon is hollow and the search won't respond to "Ok Google" the HM (hollow mic) mode, and the normal, full mic icon, indicating the search will properly respond to "Ok Google" the FM (full mic) mode. (HM=hollow mic is not listening, FM=full mic is listening)
The problem seems to be that the control is designed to enter HM mode whenever the system is aware that the device is playing sound and to return to FM mode when the system detects that sound has been paused or stopped, but that sometimes the system gets "stuck" in HM mode and remains there even when sound has been paused or stopped. Furthermore, in some cases HM mode is not activated when sound is started,
My theory is that the HM/FM switching only occurs correctly when the sound app itself is used to *directly* start and stop sound. If you use an alternate method to start and/or stop sound (like a linked set of media controls in the notification shade, or a set of media controls in a linked home-screen widget), then there is a near certainty that either HM mode will not be activated when sound starts and/or FM mode will not be reset when sound stops.
When the system becomes "stuck" in HM mode, even when no sound is playing, I have found two ways to reliably get it to reset to FM mode:
Method 1:
1) Stop any sound being played by the device via any means (directly from a sound app, or indirectly from a set of media controls in the notification shade or a home-screen widget)
2) Tap the word "Google" in the Google search bar at the top of any home screen
3) Once inside the search screen, cancel it by swiping right-to-left once or twice to return to the home screen.
Method 2
1) Go into the sound app which either is or was being used to play sound
2) Start the app playing sound from directly in the app itself
3) Stop or pause the sound from directly in the app itself
On my device, using Google Play as the sound app, I have had 100% success, with both of these methods, at getting HM mode "unstuck" and getting the device back into FM mode.
I can also reliably produce the "stuck" HM mode by starting music from within a music app, but stopping or pausing it from outside the app by using a widget.
On my device, if starting from FM mode, starting music playing from a widget instead of from within a music app will result in the device never entering HM mode in the first place.
If others can verify this, I think we may be able to say with some confidence that the problem is that the method being used to detect when sound starts and stops is not properly looking for sound to be started or stopped using an externally-linked set of media controls (as from a notification shade or widget), and that it only reliably works when sound is started or stopped *directly from inside the app itself, using app's built-in media controls*.
Thanks for any additional data anyone is willing to provide to prove or disprove this theory.
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I have the same issue and none of that work for me, it gets stuck with real racing, i force the stop once and it started to work again but minutes later it was hallow again, please help

shaklee3 said:
Same with me. I'm not sure why nobody else is having this issue. I've tried everything to get it back to always listening, and it doesn't work. I have to hit the microphone. The only "workaround" I've found is to swipe up from the center bottom of the lock screen, which takes me to the google now page and it's listening for "ok google". I can't get the widget on the left pane back though.
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Are you on stock? I thought this was a result of the new launcher in today's version of cm.
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xdapro said:
Easiest solution I found on the internet was to go into settings and install the US English language pack. Even though it says it is installed, reinstall it and set it as the default. After a reboot, it worked perfectly.
phandroid.com/2013/11/14/how-to-install-google-experience-launcher-with-ok-google-command/
Once in Google Now, scroll all the way to the bottom and press the 3 dot menu to select Settings. From there, select “voice” > “offline speech recognition” (manage downloaded languages). Now, we’re going to work our way from the right tab, all the way to the left.
Select the Auto-Update tab from the top and choose one of the auto-update options (we recommend leaving it on “over WiFi-only”). After that, scoot over to the All tab and find English (US). You’ll notice it already says “pre-installed”. Don’t listen to it. Select English (US) anyway. From there, jump to the Installed tab and press “English (US)” where you’ll be asked to download the latest version (version 28 at the time of writing). Hit “Download” and the updated version will be downloaded and installed.
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I love you dude or dudette I was going balled trying to figure this out, thanks a lot!

I found out that the hot word detection only works on the default launcher. If I add the google search widget on apex launcher, I get the search bar with a hollow mic, and hot word detection does not work.
If I use default launcher I got the full mic and hot word detection works.
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[Q] Anybody using Spotify? Notifications question

I use Spotify for music on my M8, and while I've searched all over for a solution I just can't figure this out. When I receive a notification, the music pauses indefinitely. Only when I clear the notification does the music resume. This is contrary to every other Android device I've ever owned, where putting the device on silent or vibrate would stop the music from pausing at all. I've never had one that didn't resume a second or two later.
So, does anybody have any advice for me on this? Thanks in advance!

mattcooksey1 said:
I use Spotify for music on my M8, and while I've searched all over for a solution I just can't figure this out. When I receive a notification, the music pauses indefinitely. Only when I clear the notification does the music resume. This is contrary to every other Android device I've ever owned, where putting the device on silent or vibrate would stop the music from pausing at all. I've never had one that didn't resume a second or two later.
So, does anybody have any advice for me on this? Thanks in advance!
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I use Spotify religiously and have never seen that happen. Thats nuts mate, GL

mattcooksey1 said:
I use Spotify for music on my M8, and while I've searched all over for a solution I just can't figure this out. When I receive a notification, the music pauses indefinitely. Only when I clear the notification does the music resume. This is contrary to every other Android device I've ever owned, where putting the device on silent or vibrate would stop the music from pausing at all. I've never had one that didn't resume a second or two later.
So, does anybody have any advice for me on this? Thanks in advance!
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Try uninstalling and re-installing Spotify?

pettigrew95 said:
Try uninstalling and re-installing Spotify?
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Thanks for the reply, I gave that a shot but nothing. I did realize though that it only happens on Bluetooth, not with headphones attached. I'm all out of ideas.

mattcooksey1 said:
Thanks for the reply, I gave that a shot but nothing. I did realize though that it only happens on Bluetooth, not with headphones attached. I'm all out of ideas.
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There is a setting or option somewhere (cant think of exactly where atm) that disallows apps to read notifications. Try disabling that if you can find it. Sounds like notifications are stealing the audio focus from spotify

Gator Brah said:
There is a setting or option somewhere (cant think of exactly where atm) that disallows apps to read notifications. Try disabling that if you can find it. Sounds like notifications are stealing the audio focus from spotify
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Thanks again for trying to help. I know exactly what you're talking about, but I can't find it on the stock ROM either. Either HTC must have removed the ability to do that, or Google did in 4.4.2. Anyway, thanks again. I guess I'll just cross my fingers that they've fixed it in the new version of Spotify that is supposed to come out soon.

mattcooksey1 said:
Thanks again for trying to help. I know exactly what you're talking about, but I can't find it on the stock ROM either. Either HTC must have removed the ability to do that, or Google did in 4.4.2. Anyway, thanks again. I guess I'll just cross my fingers that they've fixed it in the new version of Spotify that is supposed to come out soon.
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Try appops
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123421342 said:
Try appops
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That was removed by Google in 4.4.2, was it not?

Download it from play store and turn notification off for that app. Works perfect!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colortiger.appopsinstaller

Spotify Being Killed in Background When Playing

Anyone finding this on 5.1.8? Not sure if it's something in my setup.
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Battery optimization is probably killing it.
Go into Settings>Battery>Battery Optimization, select Spotify and tick Don't Optimize.

iElvis said:
Battery optimization is probably killing it.
Go into Settings>Battery>Battery Optimization, select Spotify and tick Don't Optimize.
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Tried that, doesn't help.
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B3501 said:
Tried that, doesn't help.
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What setup are you running? Stock or a custom rom/kernel? Xposed? Any other battery optimization apps?

B3501 said:
Anyone finding this on 5.1.8? Not sure if it's something in my setup.
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Turn off "Advanced Optimization" in Battery/Battery optimizations/three dots and then Advanced Optimization. Even if you have Spotify set to Don't optimize, this setting will still kill it.

ilatimer1 said:
Turn off "Advanced Optimization" in Battery/Battery optimizations/three dots and then Advanced Optimization. Even if you have Spotify set to Don't optimize, this setting will still kill it.
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Thanks, I'll give this a try.
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Go to the recent apps screen, find Spotify and click on the lock icon on the right.
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I am using spotify didnt face any problems may be try different version of spotify

I'm facing the same problem since 5.1.7 (or even 5.1.6). Nothing seems to help. After some time, the permanent notification gets wiped out, and 5-10 minutes later, my music stops.

I've something similar, when using Spotify no problems. But when I've stopped using the app and after a while resume music, there is no notification icon in the status bar, and also nothing on the lock screen. I do hear the music, see the in- app controls, with the play and pause button. But can’t control it from the lock screen and also car audio doesn’t show title playing.
Need to kill the app from multi task screen and open app again.

This problem is present with Youtube Music as well.
Notification disappears, eventually the app is killed entirely.
Something wrong on OnePlus' end where active music apps aren't being registered as such.

Hr Kristian said:
This problem is present with Youtube Music as well.
Notification disappears, eventually the app is killed entirely.
Something wrong on OnePlus' end where active music apps aren't being registered as such.
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Go to battery-> optimization-> don't optimize apps you don't want.
Still happening? Turn off advanced optimization by pressing the 3 dots on the top right corner

Hmmm.. I even have advanced optimization ON. My Spotify works all day with no problems.

Harsh Keswani said:
Go to battery-> optimization-> don't optimize apps you don't want.
Still happening? Turn off advanced optimization by pressing the 3 dots on the top right corner
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Thanks but I have all of that disabled.
I haven't had any problems with GPM or YouTube Music since the quoted post was written, it only happened once with YouTube Music and I haven't been able to reproduce since.
May well have been some ****ery with Spotify making it seem like YT Music was also affected. I did use them both that day.

dreeej said:
I've something similar, when using Spotify no problems. But when I've stopped using the app and after a while resume music, there is no notification icon in the status bar, and also nothing on the lock screen. I do hear the music, see the in- app controls, with the play and pause button. But can’t control it from the lock screen and also car audio doesn’t show title playing.
Need to kill the app from multi task screen and open app again.
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I'm experiencing exactly this. Even the car part connected through BT.
And I'm not using an OP6. I'm with an HTC 10 running 8.0 so I guess the issues are on the app's side.

Phone vibrates when I pick it up.

Well, as the title says, everytime I pick up my phone I feel a little vibration (and no, I don't have the "smart alert" thing turned on). I tried not to be worried about it but I can't not notice it. Any ideas?

TonyGzl92 said:
Well, as the title says, everytime I pick up my phone I feel a little vibration (and no, I don't have the "smart alert" thing turned on). I tried not to be worried about it but I can't not notice it. Any ideas?
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I get this too if I have missed calls. I turned off the settings in phone app and it still does it.

TonyGzl92 said:
Well, as the title says, everytime I pick up my phone I feel a little vibration (and no, I don't have the "smart alert" thing turned on). I tried not to be worried about it but I can't not notice it. Any ideas?
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So i switched off smart alert and it stopped doing it for me.
borijess said:
I get this too if I have missed calls. I turned off the settings in phone app and it still does it.
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May be you guys should try turning off the setting and restart, if that doesnt solve the problem go to recovery mode and clear cache. Let us know if any of that works.
On a side note: I have been facing weird ass issues with this phone just today my phone wont go to mute by using volume key while receiving a call. Like someone calls you and your phone is ringing, you just want to silence the ringtone you can use volume key (Press once), Flip the phone or put your palm over it (If you have the settings on). I tried multiple restarts and switched on and off the settings many times. It was fixed when i restarted my phone to download mode (This happened by mistake i wanted to go to recovery) anyhow that fixed it.

warriorvibhu said:
So i switched off smart alert and it stopped doing it for me.
May be you guys should try turning off the setting and restart, if that doesnt solve the problem go to recovery mode and clear cache. Let us know if any of that works.
On a side note: I have been facing weird ass issues with this phone just today my phone wont go to mute by using volume key while receiving a call. Like someone calls you and your phone is ringing, you just want to silence the ringtone you can use volume key (Press once), Flip the phone or put your palm over it (If you have the settings on). I tried multiple restarts and switched on and off the settings many times. It was fixed when i restarted my phone to download mode (This happened by mistake i wanted to go to recovery) anyhow that fixed it.
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^^ This, it's the "Smart Alert" setting, to inform you you have an unread notification waiting

*Detection* said:
^^ This, it's the "Smart Alert" setting, to inform you you have an unread notification waiting
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But I have that setting turned off.

TonyGzl92 said:
But I have that setting turned off.
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Did you follow the steps i suggested ?

Also try clearing system cache in the boot menu.
If that doesn't get it, modify the appropriate notification setting, lol.
That can be a daunting task but sort of fun because you can streamline your notification settings as you do so.

*Detection* said:
^^ This, it's the "Smart Alert" setting, to inform you you have an unread notification waiting
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warriorvibhu said:
Did you follow the steps i suggested ?
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Yeah, I've done that
blackhawk said:
Also try clearing system cache in the boot menu.
If that doesn't get it, modify the appropriate notification setting, lol.
That can be a daunting task but sort of fun because you can streamline your notification settings as you do so.
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What do you mean about the appropriate notification setting?

TonyGzl92 said:
Yeah, I've done that
What do you mean about the appropriate notification setting?
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That's the trick.
Figuring out which app is responsible.

blackhawk said:
That's the trick.
Figuring out which app is responsible.
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There are apps that log notifications so you can just check the log and quickly determine what is causing the notification even if nothing is showing on-screen

*Detection* said:
There are apps that log notifications so you can just check the log and quickly determine what is causing the notification even if nothing is showing on-screen
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If they catch it. Consider which sensors and operation triggers it, cause and effect, to narrow it down.
Playing with Android is fun... Android witch hunts are how you really learn about Android's gooey layer tricks.
Google searches on older Notes and parallel Samsung models can turn up answers many times.
This model is too recent; so not near as much online troubleshooting info. Google searches encompass threads on this forum as well so it can be a good way to find the needle in the Android stack. Do not time limit searches.
On my 10+ with it's baffling bt poor audio I found the answer with something written about the N9.
Many of these issues are long standing.
Samsung finally fixed the bt settings issue in a Wearables update. That took years.
Only persistence is omnipotent...

I figured that out by chance..
It's the edge-compass app
Just delete it from edge apps and it'll go away.. cheers

blackhawk said:
That's the trick.
Figuring out which app is responsible.
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There are apps that log notifications so you can just check the log and quickly determine what is causing the notification even if nothing is showing on-screen
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samialhout said:
I figured that out by chance..
It's the edge-compass app
Just delete it from edge apps and it'll go away.. cheers
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Well, I've checked all that and nothing, I don't even have the compass edge panel. But I think I'm able to replicate the issue, it mostly happens when my phone is face down on a surface and I pick it up and turn it to me, I don't have a case on it yet and I'm starting to think that it might have something to do with the edge screen but so far no luck

Use good lock. It has a module to detect vibrations and tell you what they are

Nice catch

TheMadScientist said:
Nice catch
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Yeah, I installed it yesterday. But no vibrations are registered there so honestly I don't even know what to think now.
On the other hand when I switched from my note 10 plus I used smart switch, and now I'm thinking I should do a fresh start on my n20U.

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Exactly check if you have Notistar from good lock switched on. That cache might need clearing.

I just go with it lol. I'm nutz. I'll feel my **** vibrate in my pocket when its sitting on the table. So I don't pay much mind to phantom vibrations. ???

TheMadScientist said:
I just go with it lol. I'm nutz. I'll feel my **** vibrate in my pocket when its sitting on the table. So I don't pay much mind to phantom vibrations. ?
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It does suck some battery life though. It's one of the features I disable on my 10+ mostly because I find it annoying.
It's cool though how much you can customize notification behavior; one of the biggest reasons to go with Samsung is customization.
I play around with Settings a lot.. never crashed a load doing it. It's just occasionally gets time consuming to sort it out.

Question SPen sounds

I've downloaded Pentastic to try and sort it but it hasn't helped.
The first time I remove the Spen... nothing, but back in or out again and it works fine, and plays the selected sound.
Could there be a power saving setting switching it off when it's not been used?

I tested it on mine and it works fine. Are you using a custom sound?

Yes, light sabre (used it on many Notes now) but if I switch back to normal it's still the same problem.

Ok. I just did it on mine and it worked. Here are the two sound files I used (zipped up).
fx4.mp3 is the light saber on
fx5.mp3 is the light saber off.
Try them and see if they work. They worked for me. I put them in the ringtones folder on my phone.

Thanks for that but it's just the same as the others I have tried - the first pen removal no sound, after that works fine? If I switch the phone off it goes back to same issue on first removal!

just check, sound on removal is different to reinsertion, go to volume and adjust system volume to high (just to test), then remove spen while holding phone to ear, I then hear a (shlooop type sound) when I reinsert its a click type sound, maybe its that.

I have to restart the phone to test as after the first fail it works fine... odd!
Anyway, still no sound at all but then works fine after that first fail, unless I restart the phone

Bump... nobody got any thoughts on this? It's so annoying!
Any power saving thoughts I could try?

stewarta13wsb said:
Bump... nobody got any thoughts on this? It's so annoying!
Any power saving thoughts I could try?
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This may sound stupid, do you have Do Not Disturb turned on? l. It is possible that a third party app is interfering. My power settings are set to high performance. Unfortunately, I can't reproduce your problem.

I only have it on from 11.30pm until 8.00am but thanks for the thought.
How could I check the 3rd party App suggestion?

stewarta13wsb said:
I only have it on from 11.30pm until 8.00am but thanks for the thought.
How could I check the 3rd party App suggestion?
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Any third party apps that have access or possible access to the speakers. It's a shot in the dark.
The last resort is a factory reset. I'm not sure it's worth the PIA though.

gernerttl said:
Any third party apps that have access or possible access to the speakers. It's a shot in the dark.
stewarta13wsb said:
I've downloaded Pentastic to try and sort it but it hasn't helped.
The first time I remove the Spen... nothing, but back in or out again and it works fine, and plays the selected sound.
Could there be a power saving setting switching it off when it's not been used?
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stewarta13wsb said:
I've downloaded Pentastic to try and sort it but it hasn't helped.
The first time I remove the Spen... nothing, but back in or out again and it works fine, and plays the selected sound.
Could there be a power saving setting switching it off when it's not been used?
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Also I was wrong, my wife's brand new (special colour) S22 Ultra is the exact same
The last resort is a factory reset. I'm not sure it's worth the PIA though.
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Yeah. It's sounding more and more like a factory reset is in order. :/

But as a wise man said, is it worth all that hassle?

Maybe. There may be other issues as well that you haven't encountered yet.

I guess if I knew 100% that it would fix it I would, but I'd hate to go through all the set up again for nothing

Yeah. I'm not envying you.

Windows Devices (old) on/off.

How are you guys able to change the Spen sound? Do I need to root?

LuthorKid said:
How are you guys able to change the Spen sound? Do I need to root?
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No root needed... use the Pentastic app https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.android.pentastic?langCd=en