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[Q&A] Silent mode missing after 5.0 lollipop update on Galaxy S5? Now priority mode.

[Q&A] Silent mode missing after 5.0 lollipop update on Galaxy S5? Now priority mode.
Edit: solution below (4th post). But be cerful for disabling your alarms.
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I have a Galaxy S5 SM-G900F. As a power user i need to factory reset my phone every half year to keep it running smooth. Since it was time for that anyway, i combined a fresh start with flashing the official polish 5.0 lollipop S5 rom (the updated one
PDA: G900FXXU1BNL7 ). It looks and works great. Ok, more blacks would work better with the amoled screen and it can easily take 2-3 seconds to open the task switcher, which is extra annoying if you have to also use it to jump to another browser tab. But i didn't find any major bugs and i generally love it. But one thing is driving me so crazy I'm considering going back to 4.x and staying there.
WHERE IS THE FRACKIN SILENT MODE?????
Sorry for the caps but that's kind of how i feel. Apparently it's not a bug but a feature. In vanilla, stock android on the nexus and moto g, you have to assign priority people or apps that can disturb you in priority mode. And then there's the "none" mode where your phone is completely silent. But those modes are not there in touchwiz. And people can't get their phones silent on other hardware too. Apparently Google will do a reintroduction of the feature in 5.1. But i don't know what that's worth. It will take ages for Samsung to incorporate and I'm starting to distrust google. With Google maps I'm still missing some features they cut out, such as measuring the direct distance between two points in the app. And they brought back writing to microsd cards with a special api, but i still can't edit word documents in any of the seven office apps I've tried (including several purchased ones).
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Anyway, I've tried everything i could think of to find silent mode:
* tap the vibrate/sound button in the quick toggles, it only switches between sound and vibrate, silent is gone
* long press power button: sound settings are removed from this menu
* go to settings - sounds and notifications: again there's only sound and vibrate mode. Silent mode is missing.
Please help me. The only workaround i found is to manually set all vibrates to really soft. But where is the silent mode? This is a feature that has been present in phones since before the wheel was invented. Did they really forget it? Or leave it out in purpose?

Silent mode is implemented in priority mode (stupid move by sammy)

adie1234 said:
Silent mode is implemented in priority mode (stupid move by sammy)
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Thank you for replying but where can i find this priority mode?

remove me again sorry

Solution
Ok, found it. You mute your phone with priority mode, but that's rather hidden...
WARNING: your alarms will not go off of you set priority mode to none.
open the all toggles: swipe down from the top of your screen with two fingers (or swipe down once and tap the icon in the upper right with three squares and two arrows)
here you see a toggle called all. Set it to none for silent mode
tap the pen icon to edit the layout, long press the all/none toggle and drag it up to put it in your directly accessible toggles
you can go to the settings for priority mode by long pressing the toggle. You can also find it under sound&notifications - interruptions (not called priority mode!!!)
WARNING: your alarms will not go off of you set priority mode to none.

pizzaman79 said:
Ok, found it. You mute your phone with priority mode, but that's rather hidden...
open the all toggles: swipe down from the top of your screen with two fingers (or swipe down once and tap the icon in the upper right with three squares and two arrows)
here you see a toggle called all. Set it to none for silent mode
tap the pen icon to edit the layout, long press the all/none toggle and drag it up to put it in your directly accessible toggles
you can go to the settings for priority mode by long pressing the toggle. You can also find it under sound&notifications - interruptions (not called priority mode!!!)
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But I think that with "none" mode, even your alarm won't go!
Sent from my SM-G900F

aguarello said:
But I think that with "none" mode, even your alarm won't go!
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True, i just tested it. Thank you for the warning. I'll edit it back in my posts.

adie1234 said:
Silent mode is implemented in priority mode (stupid move by sammy)
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This is not something implemented by Sammy, this is a Lollipop Google feature and sucks.

I had a widget for doing this and the App developer says that there is Nothing he can do
why they did this God Knows

what the heck is wrong with android developers nowadays? I hated this option.

At least silent mode will be back in 5.1

I am on EE and when I upgraded to Lollipop I lost this silient mode like everyone else did. My mate on Virgin also lost it but about a week later he received an update and he gained back this functionality.

There's now an XPOSED module for enabling native silent mode in lollipop
Sent from my SM-G900F

Silent mode is back in BOB7
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I'm very confused by this "priority mode" thing. I would really like it simple....I can put my phone on silent at night and have my alarm go off, and still receive ALL notifications while I'm sleeping, but they're silent. Then during the day while I'm at work, leave it on silent, but receive all notifications. I really really don't like that no matter what, silent mode mutes all notifications and alarms. It seems like I have to have it on vibrate in order to have the alarm work. I've googled this so many times and read so many articles, but it still doesn't make sense. Also I couldn't care less what order the notifications are.

who install and active XPOSED module in Rom 5 ?please help me....

How to activate hidden Private Mode on Lollipop?

While playing with QuickShortcutMaker I found 'Private Mode' in settings. This allows us to hide content you want to keep private. I could go up to setting a pattern lock but in the last screen it just could not get activated. Can this be done?
Thanks,

semantsen said:
While playing with QuickShortcutMaker I found 'Private Mode' in settings. This allows us to hide content you want to keep private. I could go up to setting a pattern lock but in the last screen it just could not get activated. Can this be done?
Thanks,
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First it won't work on Note3 as likely you won't have an app requires to activate it.
second even you have app it required moded bcoz private mod gets block o rooted device.
Third I tried with both above condition yet I couldn't activate, I think it related to secure storage issue and needs to understand better how exact it works. seems difficult to port .

@dr.ketan Sir, are Samsung fools. Why are they giving things in our lollipop which are not working
UPSM was also there and Now private mode also
They may not work by default on Stock ROMs, but why are they present ?

I have explained you last time too. Neither there was UPSM nor Private mod existing on Note3
Both mods needs it's own application and none of them having on N3.
You can see it as hidden with some launcher or app which give access to activity. Samsung can't make each and every application for every device separately otherwise we never get update. What you can see is just activity in setting just like a page without any functionality. Samsung have hide it bcoz our device doesn't have it.
Developers working on it and port missing app and codes on framework and brings complete mods. Again make it clear that having these activities you can't do anything. Samsung just keeping there to make it easy for them and we should thank to them for keeping it there, If they remove total code then it become very very difficult for developer too.

ThankYou once again Sir! Finally I understood this time

pranshu.nijhawan said:
ThankYou once again Sir! Finally I understood this time
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If you would like the Ultra Power Saving Mode feature.. here it is.. enjoy!

magdiel1975 said:
If you would like the Ultra Power Saving Mode feature.. here it is.. enjoy!
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Lol
This is not UPSM but just Gray scale power saving mode.
BTW application you have attached is created by me only.
Sent from my SM-N910G using xda premium

dr.ketan said:
Lol
This is not UPSM but just Gray scale power saving mode.
BTW application you have attached is created by me only.
Sent from my SM-N910G using xda premium
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Well.. thanks for creating it.. it works well for me.. I love the gray scale feature
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hey one thing about the app... whether you turn it OFF or ON, a message comes out and says "Power Saving Mode Enabled" - it kind of confused me at first when I turned it off, but then I realized it was just the message was incorrect.

App dedicated to enabling silent mode [Quest for a simple APK]

Dear XDA Community,
As you know thanks to touchwiz it is still possible to turn on silent mode on Android 6.0.
I have been searching the web for hours but could not find "a simple app that when launched turns on silent mode without the need to tap anything (like a widget)".
Can you tell me where to find such an app ? or create it for me ?
I would really appreciate it and I think it help other people facing the same issue.
You must be thinking why isn't he using a widget or an app with a button to tap or something like tasker for silent mode. Well that's because I don't like Tasker and use "Smart connect" instead but Smart connect has limited sound options (ring/vibrate/Do not disturb). However Smart connect allows you to launch an app automatically, so a workaround could be to launch this simple app automatically.
Why the following solutions won't work for me :
- Do not disturb mode
On samsung phones correct me if I'm but you can't set up more that one DND profile. The problem is I need silent mode when I'm at work where I can't accept any sound. On the other hand I use DND at night where I only allow calls (in case of emergency).
- Sound mode toggle widget
I want silent mode to turn on in a certain time period on weekdays. I don't want to have to press a widget every time. I don't even need a widget for that because I could tap on the quick setting in the notification menu.
- A tasker like app for sound modes
Would work but I don't like the idea to have several tasker like apps on my phone. I believe having multiple tasker-like apps triggers wakelock that would impact battery life and/or create wakelocks.

Anyone provide a Tasker tutorial to get timed "Do not disturb"?

Hello All:
New oneplus 5 user, love my phone. But miss the ability to schedule timed DND or silent mode as I could with my S5. I have purchased Tasker. Lots of people say "it can be done", "it works fine", "you set up a profile" etc. But I've never used Tasker and I'd appreciate it if someone who actually has this working could post a tutorial, step by step.
I saw one poster talk about Tasker reading the file /sys/class/switch/tri-state-key/state
Sounds like it makes sense trying to coordinate with the hardware position, but again, don't have a clue where to start.
Anyone?

So I fiddled around a bit with MacroDroid (a Tasker alternative) and managed to make it work partially. What I mean by that is that you can have it turn on DnD whenever you like to, as long as the alert slider is in "ring" mode. If the slider is set to silent, at least for now, I couldn't get it to be DnD instead. but I think that being able to set it to DnD from "Ring" is more important anyways. If you want a step by step guide, hit me up!

harry_fine said:
Hello All:
New oneplus 5 user, love my phone. But miss the ability to schedule timed DND or silent mode as I could with my S5. I have purchased Tasker. Lots of people say "it can be done", "it works fine", "you set up a profile" etc. But I've never used Tasker and I'd appreciate it if someone who actually has this working could post a tutorial, step by step.
I saw one poster talk about Tasker reading the file /sys/class/switch/tri-state-key/state
Sounds like it makes sense trying to coordinate with the hardware position, but again, don't have a clue where to start.
Anyone?
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I looked at that file you mentioned (/sys/class/switch/tri-state-key/state) and it does reflect as 1, 2, or 3 (3 being the bottom "ring" position. You can set a DND complete separate from this physical alert slider. Is that what you are trying to do? So that you can have DND mode turn on at a specific time of night without you touching the slider? If so, what exactly do you want it to do?
I also looked at this link and tried to replicate it. I was able to read the value of that key, but unable to write to it. http://tasker.wikidot.com/rootbasic

Shush!
harry_fine said:
Hello All:
New oneplus 5 user, love my phone. But miss the ability to schedule timed DND or silent mode as I could with my S5.
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I loved the Shush! app. Timed DND, basically. Doesn't seem to work on OP5. The volume slider for "ring" never goes to zero, which is what appears to trigger Shush to pop up. Instead they seem to have separate all volumes from a global DND. Interesting.

harry_fine said:
Hello All:
New oneplus 5 user, love my phone. But miss the ability to schedule timed DND or silent mode as I could with my S5. I have purchased Tasker. Lots of people say "it can be done", "it works fine", "you set up a profile" etc. But I've never used Tasker and I'd appreciate it if someone who actually has this working could post a tutorial, step by step.
I saw one poster talk about Tasker reading the file /sys/class/switch/tri-state-key/state
Sounds like it makes sense trying to coordinate with the hardware position, but again, don't have a clue where to start.
Anyone?
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Have a look if this Reddit post helps

Isn't the easiest way to create a time based profile in Tasker and assign it to a task that sets the DoNotDisturbMode to the value you like? Call the profile Night, set it to be active from 10 pm to 7 am. Then assign it to a task called Silent. That task sets the DoNotDisturbMode to Alarms. See screen shots.

ptblad said:
Isn't the easiest way to create a time based profile in Tasker and assign it to a task that sets the DoNotDisturbMode to the value you like? Call the profile Night, set it to be active from 10 pm to 7 am. Then assign it to a task called Silent. That task sets the DoNotDisturbMode to Alarms. See screen shots.
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Thats exactly how I set it up. Why invent new more difficult ways when there is this easy way?

Why have I not discovered Tasker any sooner? Downloaded the app last night, and spent some time getting familiar with the app. Daunting at first, but watched a basic Youtube vid, and off I went. Took me a few attempts to get the tasks working as they should.
I have DND task, and Airplane mode on/off tasks set - and they both work as expected.

Yea, Tasker can be scary at first but once you start using and exploring the possibilities, you can really automate a lot of stuff.

L22EEW said:
Why have I not discovered Tasker any sooner? Downloaded the app last night, and spent some time getting familiar with the app. Daunting at first, but watched a basic Youtube vid, and off I went. Took me a few attempts to get the tasks working as they should.
I have DND task, and Airplane mode on/off tasks set - and they both work as expected.
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On the DND profile, I notice you do not use an "Exit Task". Do you not need one? What I mean by that is at 2:58 (per your setup) does DND mode exit and go to what the slider is selected to?

dustintinsley said:
On the DND profile, I notice you do not use an "Exit Task". Do you not need one? What I mean by that is at 2:58 (per your setup) does DND mode exit and go to what the slider is selected to?
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In some cases Tasker is so inteligent that you dont have to have an exit task and Tasker just do that for you. And this is the case here.

Mikulec said:
In some cases Tasker is so inteligent that you dont have to have an exit task and Tasker just do that for you. And this is the case here.
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Good stuff... Thanks.

dustintinsley said:
On the DND profile, I notice you do not use an "Exit Task". Do you not need one? What I mean by that is at 2:58 (per your setup) does DND mode exit and go to what the slider is selected to?
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There is no "off" option In the DND task.
I haven't set up an end task, and the DND task does work fine as per setup.
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Hi Guys. I use Automate App for this purpose, but with one difference.
If it is 09:00 PM and I connect my phone to the charger for sleep, the phone set automatically to DND mode for max 9:30 hours and when I disconnect the charger before, ringer mode is activated again. Look at my Automate Flow in screenshot. Really easy and relieable.

bixby routines

What does everybody use?
This is the only one I've set up

When connecting to my car kit a routine will turn of WiFi, enable data, GPS, start flitsmeister and navigation apps. Also it will set the fontsize to large and zoom in.
Or when connecting to WiFi at home data and GPS will be turned off

Home (GPS location)
-Wifi: On
-Sound mode: Sound
-Dolby Atmos: On
-Media volume: 60%
Not charging
-Always on display: On, portrait mode
Charging
-Always on display: On, landscape mode
Work (GPS location)
-Sound mode: Vibration
-Wifi: Off
-Media volume: 50%
Driving (connected to Bluetooth stereo)
-Dolby Atmos: On
-Media volume: 100%
-Play music: Google play music

Start button trigger "A"- Bluetooth on (redundant, but saves me from pulling down the panel and tapping bluetooth)
Auto run
If Bluetooth connected to headphones
Open music app
Plays local files
Auto run
If Bluetooth connects to my car
On location
Open navigation app
Sets route back home
To close all these and reset the settings to my original profile, tap "A" again

klbt said:
Start button trigger "A"- Bluetooth on (redundant, but saves me from pulling down the panel and tapping bluetooth)
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To close all these and reset the settings to my original profile, tap "A" again
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What do you mean by start button A? Are you referring to the bixby button?

latino147 said:
What do you mean by start button A? Are you referring to the bixby button?
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you can set a condition to run a routine manually.
doing so, you will get a icon that you can place on the home page.

Does anyone knows if it is possible to put a manual routine to an edge panel?
I don't like having a manual routine as a widget on my minimal homescreen.

This is possible with the tasks edge. But if you delete the shortcut on the homescreen, you will also lose it on the task edge.
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other question: is there a way to use sygic instead of google maps through Bixby routines? Bixby opens sygic, but when it comes to navigation, it changes to google maps.

Flying Fox said:
This is possible with the tasks edge. But if you delete the shortcut on the homescreen, you will also lose it on the task edge.
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other question: is there a way to use sygic instead of google maps through Bixby routines? Bixby opens sygic, but when it comes to navigation, it changes to google maps.
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Strange, I don't see the created shortcut in tasks edge...

My routines are switch AOD on when charging and set screen orientation to auto-rotate when Twitch is opened because for some reason, they disabled auto-rotate when in landscape mode a few updates ago

MrSound83 said:
Strange, I don't see the created shortcut in tasks edge...
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It only works with Samsung launcher. So if you use an alternative one as Nova launcher, set One UI als standard launcher, create shortcut and add it to the edge panel. Then you can switch back to e.g. nova. Only thing, to make it work, the shortcut has to be created both on One UI and Nova.
So the steps I did:
- create shortcut on Nova
- switch to One UI
- create short cut again
- ad shortcut to tasks edge
- switch back to Nova
Didn´t find out another workaround. Hope I could help.

Flying Fox said:
It only works with Samsung launcher. So if you use an alternative one as Nova launcher, set One UI als standard launcher, create shortcut and add it to the edge panel. Then you can switch back to e.g. nova. Only thing, to make it work, the shortcut has to be created both on One UI and Nova.
So the steps I did:
- create shortcut on Nova
- switch to One UI
- create short cut again
- ad shortcut to tasks edge
- switch back to Nova
Didn´t find out another workaround. Hope I could help.
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Currently I don't use Nova.

Does anyone have problem with Airplane mode when using Bixy , I set at night to turn on Airplane mode in bixby routine. However I found that the airplane mode can not be turned on. the mode set to on/off instantly and It drained battery really fast .
Can anybody help me fix this problem ?

MrSound83 said:
Does anyone knows if it is possible to put a manual routine to an edge panel?
I don't like having a manual routine as a widget on my minimal homescreen.
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Strange, I don't see the created shortcut in tasks edge...
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Sorry, I've messed up the routines with the fast commands. For the routines, I have not found a solution.
Otherwise, I think the Bixby routines really great. I realize now what is all possible. As simple tasks as gps automatically turns on when starting eg Sygic as well as then gps automatically turns off when the app is closed. As well as everything can be configured when I am connected to my wifi at home. What I still miss is the possibility to carry out a routine if the battery level is not below a specific value but above, for example.
Definitely a great thing, even to save battery under certain conditions. Not that bad
hoangcowboy said:
Does anyone have problem with Airplane mode when using Bixy , I set at night to turn on Airplane mode in bixby routine. However I found that the airplane mode can not be turned on. the mode set to on/off instantly and It drained battery really fast .
Can anybody help me fix this problem ?
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I just tried with a routine for 1min Airplane mode and can not reproduce that. Surely you have indicated the right tasks?

Flying Fox said:
Sorry, I've messed up the routines with the fast commands. For the routines, I have not found a solution.
Otherwise, I think the Bixby routines really great. I realize now what is all possible. As simple tasks as gps automatically turns on when starting eg Sygic as well as then gps automatically turns off when the app is closed. As well as everything can be configured when I am connected to my wifi at home. What I still miss is the possibility to carry out a routine if the battery level is not below a specific value but above, for example.
Definitely a great thing, even to save battery under certain conditions. Not that bad
I just tried with a routine for 1min Airplane mode and can not reproduce that. Surely you have indicated the right tasks?
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Today I run bixby again to turn on Airplane mode and it runs )) I have no idea . Thanks :crying::crying:

I really do not know what happened with Airplane mode with Bixby routine. I tested this morning and it runs ok, now I get trouble again , airplane mode on can be turned off with bixby routine

hoangcowboy said:
I really do not know what happened with Airplane mode with Bixby routine. I tested this morning and it runs ok, now I get trouble again , airplane mode on can be turned off with bixby routine
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Good to hear

Flying Fox said:
Good to hear
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I know the reason which causes the bug. If you set place in the condition, The airplane mode can not be turned on because need signal to identify the location :crying::crying:

Real shame Bixby routines can't integrate with Google Home , Phillips Hue or Nest directly , then a Home routine really would be great
You can use Bixby to turn lights on verbally bit as you walk in the door you can use Amazon or Google home to do that
Shame there isn't a way with a routine to bring it all into one place
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Davey Dual Sim said:
Real shame Bixby routines can't integrate with Google Home , Phillips Hue or Nest directly , then a Home routine really would be great
You can use Bixby to turn lights on verbally bit as you walk in the door you can use Amazon or Google home to do that
Shame there isn't a way with a routine to bring it all into one place
Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
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Isn't it possible to use IFTTT in combination with Bixby? Like bixby triggering a command on IFTTT that sends a command to Google Home?