Location based smart lock is really spotty for me. Location is correct, I check in google maps etc, even in smart lock it shows correct location but won't work. I get it to work by one or combination of: restarting the phone, moving the pin a bit, deleting and re-adding location, clearing google play services cache but this is really annoying. It works for a while then suddenly won't work for days. Is there a wifi based alternative instead? I really like having it unlocked at home. I see this is reoccurring issue but is there a way to make it stick?
As to vibration question, I like to not have any vibrations when my sound is on, but when vibration mode in on, since I have to turn down vibration intensity to 0 so my notifications don't vibrate in sound mode, it doesn't vibrate at all in vibrate mode except for calls. This wasn't an issue in my past phone or even android version I think. Basically I just want vibrations for everything in vibrate mode and no vibrations in sound mode, is this possible and if so how?
Use Tasker, and you can have it unlock based on your wifi at home:
http://forum.joaoapps.com/index.php...-enable-your-lock-screen-at-will-no-root.237/
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Is there any software that will allow me to toggle vibration on/off for ringtones and notifications (preferably from the system tray)?
I want to keep the sounds switched on, but just turn the vibration off as when my I-Mate JAM is on a table, all you can hear is the vibration rather than the notification and ringtone sounds I've setup. Then when I put it in my pocket to go out, I want an easy way to turn on vibration again.
Is there anything out there?
I've tried some profile switching stuff, but they don't seem to work with my JAM as it tends to turn off vibrate mode for calls completely (for some reason).
Thanks in advance.
Vibrate is no longer working on incoming calls, messaging, nor on haptic feedback. Does anybody know why, and how to get it to work?
Note It worked when I first got the phone.
I have tried checking vibrate in all of the following places:
1) haptic feedback
2) sounds & display ( check vibrate, tried check/uncheck silent mode)
3) messaging settings
4) notification bar
Even after reboot.
Stock Rom.
Haptic feedback- Check not only that it is enabled but that you have the intensity set up as well.
Calls/Messaging- Do you have service showing? Is your Sim card in properly? More info on what exactly is going on. If those are good you might need to take the phone to Tmob and see if something is up.
That was it - the vibrate feedback intensity was down.
Thanks! It's like a maze.
So, I just got my Nexus S (Yes!)
During daytime I keep the phone in vibration mode (texts, email, phone calls, whatever). But at night I'd like to keep it completely silent, so no vibrations either. I can't seem to find the right mode tough.
Of course I could go to settings and switch vibration to never every night, but this should be easier right?
My old HTC Hero had a ringtone mode / vibration mode / silent mode at the side buttons but the NS doesn't seem to work that way.
Any ideas??
install Audio Manager
yes it can completely go silent or just vibrates
there are many bars of audio control
the short cuts only has access to like half of them
that's why you need a 3rd party app
Hold the power on button, there should be a "Silent Mode" option. That should keep your phone silent. Make sure to also check your Sound settings to Vibrate "Only when not in silent mode." Handy option.
Edit: You can also hold the power button and put your phone in "Airplane" Mode. When you turn off Airplane mode in the morning, all the emails/calls/texts or whatever will update.
Btw... slightly off topic but related: the vibration on the Nexus S is horrifically weak. I never ever feel it. Even in my hand, it's very weak.
no, that silent mode is fake
is not true silent, other music, alerts, etc, still sounds even when set to silent mode
re: vibration... exchange it for another phone, mine is very strong, i posted i topic about it
my old SGS had a weak vibration, compared to the SNS
Ahhh yes, i see it now.
I put the vibration to always when not in silent mode and the ringtones to "silent". So now I have a vibration mode and a silent mode, but no ringtone mode. Exactley how I like it! Thanks!
Re: vibration, mine is very "high" so to say compared to my old phone, but I'm starting to like it. Its just enough vibration...
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You would think just by using the rocker, you could cause the phone to be quiet by moving it to the vibrate or silent position. Or by pushing the power off, and going to silent mode. However certain pre-installed apps seem to over-ride this function. The worry is that other apps are not silent either? I just can't trust the phone. Examples:
I didn't realize that the Google maps software was running in the background, and it complained audibly that it had lost the 'data connection'. I had turned the phone on silent ,and still the phone started speaking when I didn't want it to.
The camera app also has a shutter sound feature, of course. I didn't think about it. Nor did I worry about it, because it was in Silent mode, right? But it also still made shutter noise...?!. in silent mode!
I have investigated different widgets, and a couple of apps. Currently I have installed, 'Silent Toggle Widget' - It is neat, for what it does, but it does not solve my problem.
Help. How do I make my phone to stop talking and behave!
robertkjr3d said:
You would think just by using the rocker, you could cause the phone to be quiet by moving it to the vibrate or silent position. Or by pushing the power off, and going to silent mode. However certain pre-installed apps seem to over-ride this function. The worry is that other apps are not silent either? I just can't trust the phone. Examples:
I didn't realize that the Google maps software was running in the background, and it complained audibly that it had lost the 'data connection'. I had turned the phone on silent ,and still the phone started speaking when I didn't want it to.
The camera app also has a shutter sound feature, of course. I didn't think about it. Nor did I worry about it, because it was in Silent mode, right? But it also still made shutter noise...?!. in silent mode!
I have investigated different widgets, and a couple of apps. Currently I have installed, 'Silent Toggle Widget' - It is neat, for what it does, but it does not solve my problem.
Help. How do I make my phone to stop talking and behave!
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There doesn't seem to be any way to have the phone shut up. I do note that if you put it on Silent Mode it won't chime when powering on or off. But that doesn't help for screen unlock chimes, or the camera shutter (I spent half an hour looking for an option in camera to turn off shutter sounds. There is none. I just use a different camera now.) even whatsapp chimes when it feels like it in silent mode.
There seems to be some really strange audio issues with this phone. For example, I can't figure out where the default notification sounds are.
And in the Messaging app, it wont allow me to set the notification I want to use to override the global notification. It just doesn't see it for some reason.
Hopefully these issues will be resolved if we ever get a cyanogen port for this device.
What I'm looking for is any ideas or suggestions on how to make Lollipop behave more like KitKat did for notifications with a Pebble.
What I used on Kitkat:
- Pebble watch for all notifications (using the Pebble software and Pebble Notifier to send all/most notifications to the watch)
- Phone on Silent mode
- Alarms ring on phone
This is a good combination for me as the phone stays quiet and the Pebble lets just me know what is going on.
On Lollipop
I want the same kind of setup now, but the lack of Silent mode makes this harder to achieve. I do know the trick to set the volume one above Vibe then reboot, and that does work... but it's a kludge.
- the Priority Interruptions actually silence all pebble notifications, so I have to keep it to All to get it, which then causes the phone to vibe too (unless I do the reboot trick).
So, does anyone have a combination of settings that makes this work like the KitKat days?
Here are a few thoughts on dealing with this. I use Llama or Tasker to get silent mode. Turning on silent mode in either of these turns on priority mode and then I use them to set the notification volume to 0. I have some Tasker stuff to toggle this from the pebble, and it's quick to switch profiles from the Llama notification on the phone for where location profiles don't already do what I need.
As to priority mode preventing pebble notifications, that can be avoided too. The gmail and calendar and call notifications work fine with the pebble app. I use light flow (but notification center should work too) for third party notifications. You have to add the application that forwards notifications to the list of apps that can notify in priority mode. So in addition to hangouts and other apps that I want to receive notifications from, I set light flow notifications to priority mode too (and in light flow I disabled their persistent notification because I don't need it).
I never leave priority mode on the phone, I just change the notification volume through profiles in the above apps. It works fine, and I get all notifications on the pebble.
Hope this helps.
Edit: And this does the right thing for alarms, since alarms are always priority.
I'm doing the same thing basically - I had Tasker rules to silence the phone (alarm volume = 0) in certain conditions, and when I upgraded to Lollipop they still worked. Not free, but it's workable. There are still some issues though that I haven't figured out, I'm not sure Tasker can un-slient a phone in that state (volume buttons will override) and of course Tasker doesn't know about the various priority modes at all yet.