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[Q] Notification halts music playback

So I've searched using "keywords" and scoured through many similar posts on this issue within the forum and through Google with no luck, so I'm posting this request now.
Is there any way to prevent a new message/text notification sound from halting music playback?
I hook up my phone to the car to blast the music but when I get a text, it stops/halts/pauses the song, plays the notify sound, and then resumes playback.
I don't want to turn off the notifications all the way, I just want to have the notify sound play OVER or ON-TOP of the music playback
The phone is still running just the stock rom, but if you guys suggest an app or rooting, then I will do whatever it takes, thanks!

This is part of MOST phones. My phone does it, the G1 does it, my friends BB does it.

thanks fenixnr....so is there nothing that can be done to correct this on an Android device?
I know in the past I've had Windows Mobile devices with the same issue (Xperia X1) and some of the ROMs I flashed on it corrected the issue while others did not. My HD2 doesn't have this problem and it has a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack too.
Am I the only one who has noticed this
I was hoping someone else would have wanted the same thing resolved.

solarleox said:
thanks fenixnr....so is there nothing that can be done to correct this on an Android device?
I know in the past I've had Windows Mobile devices with the same issue (Xperia X1) and some of the ROMs I flashed on it corrected the issue while others did not. My HD2 doesn't have this problem and it has a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack too.
Am I the only one who has noticed this
I was hoping someone else would have wanted the same thing resolved.
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There is nothing to "resolve" as I am pretty sure that is by design how it should work. I cannot test this now, but try putting your phone into a silent mode when listening to your music... Of course, keep your media volume up for your music.

If memory serves me right I think that cm kanged expresso rom had the feature to play notification out of the speaker when headphones were plugged in. Cm6 might have that feature too. I'm not sure though.
Sent from my MR1 V4 Remix 3G using XDA App

slinky1914 said:
If memory serves me right I think that cm kanged expresso rom had the feature to play notification out of the speaker when headphones were plugged in. Cm6 might have that feature too. I'm not sure though.
Sent from my MR1 V4 Remix 3G using XDA App
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So CyanogenMod-6 might have improved on this? [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755118&highlight=kanged]
Sounds exactly like what I was looking for and this is a Froyo build too? Thanks slinky, I'll give it a shot!

solarleox said:
thanks fenixnr....so is there nothing that can be done to correct this on an Android device?
I know in the past I've had Windows Mobile devices with the same issue (Xperia X1) and some of the ROMs I flashed on it corrected the issue while others did not. My HD2 doesn't have this problem and it has a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack too.
Am I the only one who has noticed this
I was hoping someone else would have wanted the same thing resolved.
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honestly if its only a problem when you plug your phone into the car, just put your phone on vibrate or turn the notification off.

Yeah this is honestly the one thing buggin' me right now.
I walk to work it's about a half hour walk to and from and I don't give a damn about my notifications during that time. Hah.

[Q] Audio on Taboonay 2.0

Hey all,
I was just wondering if anyone else noticed if audio is coming out of the speakers when headphones are plugged in when using this ROM. I noticed it today and this problem doesn't show up in Virtuous Galaxy.

Hi,
Not at all. As soon as I plug headphones in the tab or any "jack plug", the sound stop coming out from the speakers.
If I start playing music with headphones plugged in, the sound comes out from the speaker as soon as I remove the plug.
I though it was a hardware related behaviour.

I should probably clarify, as I was in a hurry when I originally posted the question.
When I am playing music through Pandora or another app, I can hear audio from both the speakers and headphones. When I unplug the headphones the music stops, and I have to press play again, and the same happens if I plug headphones in when listening through the speakers. I'm assuming that this behavior is expected, but what I didn't expect was to have audio coming from both places haha.

Ok ! Now you're saying that, yes , I noticed the same thing : when I remove the plug, the player "paused" the music, and I have to press play again.
But I did not notice that when plugging in the headset.
I thought it may be related to "remote control" as for phones or Mp3 player. I've tried my Nexus One headphones with the tab but the remote doesn't work.
I didn't noticed it with 3.1 (Taboonay 1.x). Maybe you should ask vache ?

so, just to clarify.. You are hearing sound coming from both the headphones AND the speakers while listening to music WHILE the headphones are plugged in? that is what I was experiencing with this ROM. I haven't tried earlier versions of taboonay, but every other ROM that I have tried doesn't have this happening.

Not at all, I either ear sound from the speakers or in the headphones but I never eperienced sound coming simultaneously from both.

Apparently I'm not the only one experiencing this.. I can't post in the Dev forums yet because I don't have 10 posts, and I don't want to spam other topics just to be able to...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16985686&postcount=982

Ok I'll post for you.
edit : done
Which kernel are you using ?

CSeb95 said:
Ok I'll post for you.
edit : done
Which kernel are you using ?
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I am using the stock kernel with this issue

same here, stock kernel

Seems to be ok if using Thor Kernel.

Hi,
I have also problem for posting in dev section
I use Taboonay on A501, it work well, 3g also but, when i switch to 3G, the tablet reboot ...
After reboot, the 3g connexion work well...
If i test with another kernel, the 3g connexion is lost ...
please, can you post this in section, when i will have 10 post old, i will post himself

I submit your post in taboonay thread, but you should have started a new thread.
It is not audio related at all :-(

Sorry ... i will open new thred the next time ...

Alright, I'll try loading that tonight.
Edit: where is thors kernel?
Sent from my A500 using xda premium

Thor Kernel can be found there :
http://www.tegraowners.com/?cat=6

alright, I flashed thors kernel, but now I cannot download anything from the market and anything that needs busybox is being denied superuser permissions, I flushed the dalvik cache and wiped the cache partition, and this didn't help.

Did you flash Thor Stock Kernel ?
This is the one you should use with Taboonay. You should not use "the rest" one.
If so you may try :
Go to recovery/advanced/fix permissions, reboot

I restored to my stock ROM backup and reflashed taboonay and thors kernel, flushed data and cache and now its working wonderfully my data partition might have been corrupt. Everything is working now though! Thanks for your help!
Sent from my A500 using xda premium

I'm glag to ear that , cool !
Enjoy your tab ;-)

problem with my audio

I have a problem with my phone when I hear songs with the loudspeaker or the application of multimedia the speaker did not work for me but when I plug the headphones All things work as usual
And conversation at the receiver does not work I can not hear the other person and the other person can not hear me but everything works good with the loudspeakerthe otherside hear me and I hear the other side and everything works as normal with headphones
And another problem that when I connect the headset songs begin to work alone and I opened the Google SPEAK
In short as I have noticed a problem when it comes to audio device I have no idea how it happened not touch anything any device settings
Please I need your help I tried everything i try to change the kernel i try to change the baseband i try to change roms
just everything i can think that can help And nothing helped
p.s: Sorry if I have mistakes in English

Same
I have this EXACT problem. I tried to flash a different rom, several different roms actually. It is the strangest thing. I didn't drop it or anything. The problem is that the phone constantly thinks that a headset is plugged in, even if one is not plugged in. You can use the app Soundabout, and disable headset detection as a workaround. I ordered a new headphone jack, thinking it must be hardware, and something broken in the jack. I replaced the headphone jack, and am still having the same problem.
It's crazy that this exact thing is happening to you too... makes me wonder... when did it start for you? What radio do you have? Have you used a slimport adapter at some point?
The only thing left I can think of is reflashing bootloader and radio. Going to try that now and report back.

unknownprotocols said:
I have this EXACT problem. I tried to flash a different rom, several different roms actually. It is the strangest thing. I didn't drop it or anything. The problem is that the phone constantly thinks that a headset is plugged in, even if one is not plugged in. You can use the app Soundabout, and disable headset detection as a workaround. I ordered a new headphone jack, thinking it must be hardware, and something broken in the jack. I replaced the headphone jack, and am still having the same problem.
It's crazy that this exact thing is happening to you too... makes me wonder... when did it start for you? What radio do you have? Have you used a slimport adapter at some point?
The only thing left I can think of is reflashing bootloader and radio. Going to try that now and report back.
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Its start this week i have radio 54 but i try every radio and no i dont use this adapterand thanx for the app that you post but this is a Temporary solution

Yes, the app is a temp fix... and it gets annoying. I tried to flash bootloader and radios, and still no luck. I asked about slimport, because it is the only "new" thing I have done with my phone recently. I was on .54 radio too, but switched back to 48 or 44 (cant remember which it is at the moment, the american 4.2.2 radio)
can you verify that the app does allow your phone to work? It is very odd that we have the same pfroblem. Do you flash roms often? I do about once a week

i back to stock rom from miui rom in this week and then the problem start

it seems like mine broke after a rom flash as well. I was on june 10 build of PA, then went to june 14 build. clean flash back didnt fix though

unknownprotocols said:
it seems like mine broke after a rom flash as well. I was on june 10 build of PA, then went to june 14 build. clean flash back didnt fix though
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i think this is a Hardware problem Because we flash roms and Nothing help

I am inclined to agree. I wanted to test all options first though. I called Google again last night, and the support guy said he has heard this a few times, and they always wind up replacing the phone.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

unknownprotocols said:
I am inclined to agree. I wanted to test all options first though. I called Google again last night, and the support guy said he has heard this a few times, and they always wind up replacing the phone.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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you know how can i send my phone to google from israel ?

I am having hell just getting it done from USA... I bought it on eBay, and having to work with guy I bought it from
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

[Q] CM 10.2 mic and hear speaker audio not working on phone calls

Ok, so I've been using CM nightlies for a very long time. I've never had any major issues unless many others were reporting the same trouble. So now, I've decided to upgrade to 10.2 since it's been a few days already and there are not major issues reported. I upgraded fine except that I do not get any sound at all when on a phone call. The mic isn't working nor can I hear anything from the headset.
The strange thing is that if I put the phone on speaker, I can hear the conversation and the mic is working. If I switch it back, it stops. I've tried the mic and sound in many other apps and everything seems ok except for when making calls. You can see how this is a big issue. If I revert back to CM 10.1, I don't have any problems. As soon as I go back to 10.2, same issue again.
I don't see anyone else reporting the same issue. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix this. I did a complete wipe, lost everything on the phone. I made sure I had the latest gapps. I tried without wiping coming from 10.1 as well. I did all the fix permission in ROM manager. I don't really know what else to do at this point since nothing seems to be working.
Does anyone else have this issue? I'll try stock 4.3 and see what happens but I wanted to share and get some feedback from here as well.

I have you seen s you. Have you found a solution yet? When I use a bluetooth headset it works Fine

You need to update your radio
wrdcndn said:
Ok, so I've been using CM nightlies for a very long time. I've never had any major issues unless many others were reporting the same trouble. So now, I've decided to upgrade to 10.2 since it's been a few days already and there are not major issues reported. I upgraded fine except that I do not get any sound at all when on a phone call. The mic isn't working nor can I hear anything from the headset.
The strange thing is that if I put the phone on speaker, I can hear the conversation and the mic is working. If I switch it back, it stops. I've tried the mic and sound in many other apps and everything seems ok except for when making calls. You can see how this is a big issue. If I revert back to CM 10.1, I don't have any problems. As soon as I go back to 10.2, same issue again.
I don't see anyone else reporting the same issue. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix this. I did a complete wipe, lost everything on the phone. I made sure I had the latest gapps. I tried without wiping coming from 10.1 as well. I did all the fix permission in ROM manager. I don't really know what else to do at this point since nothing seems to be working.
Does anyone else have this issue? I'll try stock 4.3 and see what happens but I wanted to share and get some feedback from here as well.
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I had the same issue, updating the radio fixed it for me. I chose 33.84. You can get the radio firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931

wrdcndn said:
Ok, so I've been using CM nightlies for a very long time. I've never had any major issues unless many others were reporting the same trouble. So now, I've decided to upgrade to 10.2 since it's been a few days already and there are not major issues reported. I upgraded fine except that I do not get any sound at all when on a phone call. The mic isn't working nor can I hear anything from the headset.
The strange thing is that if I put the phone on speaker, I can hear the conversation and the mic is working. If I switch it back, it stops. I've tried the mic and sound in many other apps and everything seems ok except for when making calls. You can see how this is a big issue. If I revert back to CM 10.1, I don't have any problems. As soon as I go back to 10.2, same issue again.
I don't see anyone else reporting the same issue. Here's what I've done so far to try to fix this. I did a complete wipe, lost everything on the phone. I made sure I had the latest gapps. I tried without wiping coming from 10.1 as well. I did all the fix permission in ROM manager. I don't really know what else to do at this point since nothing seems to be working.
Does anyone else have this issue? I'll try stock 4.3 and see what happens but I wanted to share and get some feedback from here as well.
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Try the app soundabout from the play store. Tell it to send audio to earpiece and under wired headset uncheck everything.
If mic doesn't work check out my thread in general section. Worked for me.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

SomeGuyInKc said:
I had the same issue, updating the radio fixed it for me. I chose 33.84. You can get the radio firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931
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I was having this issue as well, and that worked perfectly! Thanks man!

*system error* said:
Try the app soundabout from the play store. Tell it to send audio to earpiece and under wired headset uncheck everything.
If mic doesn't work check out my thread in general section. Worked for me.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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I tried that and that app and messed with different settings and it didn't work. I'm gonna try updating the radio and see what that does.

SomeGuyInKc said:
I had the same issue, updating the radio fixed it for me. I chose 33.84. You can get the radio firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931
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That worked actually. Thanks!

SomeGuyInKc said:
I had the same issue, updating the radio fixed it for me. I chose 33.84. You can get the radio firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931
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Huge thanks for this one. I had been searching google for a solution to this one for a week or so now. I will have to say, the most annoying thing I've had to deal with in quite some time. I should have just come to XDA first like an adult.

T-mobile s4
SomeGuyInKc said:
I had the same issue, updating the radio fixed it for me. I chose 33.84. You can get the radio firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931
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I have the same issue on T-mobile S4 CM 10.2
can you help me to bring my audio back ?

Try the T-Mobile S4 Forum
ptsite said:
I have the same issue on T-mobile S4 CM 10.2
can you help me to bring my audio back ?
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Sorry, but I don't know if this applies to the Samsung S4. I would try posting over in the T-Mobile Galaxy S4 forum.

[Q]i9505 periodic no sound and mic problem

Hello,
i've found some threads here with similar problems but they all were a result of wrong baseband used after a custom rom installation.
BUT i bought a i9505 with stock 4.4.2 TW rom UGNG8 (not rooted). At some point i noticed that the phone loses sound and mic completly. Sometimes can take a call but with no sound, neather can the caller hear me, no sound from music/video player and no system sounds eather(not even with headphones plugged in). Everything goes back to normal after a reboot.
I figured it was an outdated baseband so i rooted the device, updated the baseband to the latest (UGNK4) and installed CM12. But the problem is still here. At random times the device loses all sound and only a reboot fixes it
Haven't been able to reproduce the exact moment when it happen as it seem to be completly random (gets really anoying when i need to take an important call and there is no sound )
I could really use some help with this
Cheers,
H.

Rule of thumb: If it happens across multiple roms then it is most probably a hardware issue.
I'd suggest flashing the stock rom back and see if it helps.
Make sure it's the stock rom for the country where the phone was initially bought.
For instance: If the phone was bought from Germany but you're using it in England, it is still a German version of the S4 and therefor needs the German version.

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thanks for the reply, i will try the stock firmware, maybe i missed something in the process earlier, and post back the results.
cheers,
H.

Fixed!
ok, after a lot of trial and error i narrowed it down to a hardware issue. The headphone jack was the thing making all the problems. i tried cleaning it but it didnt help, so i removed it. Device works flawless now. Already ordered a new jack. :good:
So to anyone having a similar issue -replacing (or just removing) the headphone jack does the trick.
Cheers,
H.