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Alarm won't go off with ringer volume on silent

When I sleep I like to have the phone ringer on silent, but unfortunately this stops my morning alarm from making any noise.
Is there no way to mute calls whilst leaving the alarm alone to do its thing?
It seems the alarm won't work when the phone is turned off, so that's no use either.

Phase 2 said:
When I sleep I like to have the phone ringer on silent, but unfortunately this stops my morning alarm from making any noise.
Is there no way to mute calls whilst leaving the alarm alone to do its thing?
It seems the alarm won't work when the phone is turned off, so that's no use either.
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It works fine for me. I use it as an alarm daily, and I too want the phone on silent.
There is a setting that you may want to check.
Go to settings, menu, all settings, clocks & alarms (you should automatically be on the "more" tab), and ensure that "sound alarms blah blah silent etc." is ticked.

johncmolyneux said:
It works fine for me. I use it as an alarm daily, and I too want the phone on silent.
There is a setting that you may want to check.
Go to settings, menu, all settings, clocks & alarms (you should automatically be on the "more" tab), and ensure that "sound alarms blah blah silent etc." is ticked.
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Brilliant! That should cover it. Mine was unticked. Thanks a million.
A friend of mine was also asking for a method of turning the phone off, but still allowing the alarm to work. Do you know if this is possible?

Phase 2 said:
Brilliant! That should cover it. Mine was unticked. Thanks a million.
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Glad to help mate
Phase 2 said:
A friend of mine was also asking for a method of turning the phone off, but still allowing the alarm to work. Do you know if this is possible?
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AFAIK, this just isn't possible. It's not something that you could develop software for either. Just keep it on charge overnight instead

Phase 2 said:
A friend of mine was also asking for a method of turning the phone off, but still allowing the alarm to work. Do you know if this is possible?
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He could turn 'airplane mode' on which would stop the phone/email/sms part of the phone working, so he wouldn't get disturbed by a ringing phone during the night! (and it would save a fair bit of battery life too).

fz9999 said:
He could turn 'airplane mode' on which would stop the phone/email/sms part of the phone working, so he wouldn't get disturbed by a ringing phone during the night! (and it would save a fair bit of battery life too).
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That is a great idea simple and to the point. Glad I found this thread I looked for the alarm setting for 10 minutes this morning and couldn't find it but I knew it was there. As usual XDA comes thru again now if I can just get the BT Announce Calls to work on 6.5 Sprint Touch Pro...

[Q] Volume rocker functions on Froyo

I loved on 2.1 how I could just use the rocker to go from sound, to vibrate, to silent. Is there any way of enabling this on EB13? "vibrate only when not in silent" doesn't give the same effect, as the rocker goes straight from silent to low volume.

tank1916 said:
I loved on 2.1 how I could just use the rocker to go from sound, to vibrate, to silent. Is there any way of enabling this on EB13? "vibrate only when not in silent" doesn't give the same effect, as the rocker goes straight from silent to low volume.
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Seems the took out silent and only have vibrate, however if you get like a widget that has silent it still work, not sure why they took that away, but ive been without ever since i got on dk28, but just grab a widget and you still can get into silent i believe..

tank1916 said:
I loved on 2.1 how I could just use the rocker to go from sound, to vibrate, to silent. Is there any way of enabling this on EB13? "vibrate only when not in silent" doesn't give the same effect, as the rocker goes straight from silent to low volume.
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This is really annoying. Sometimes I need it to be silent, sometimes I want my phone to just vibrate. But it doesn't seem like that's possible with froyo..

blazinazn said:
This is really annoying. Sometimes I need it to be silent, sometimes I want my phone to just vibrate. But it doesn't seem like that's possible with froyo..
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I think one reason for removing it is because it is on the pull down menu now. Personally I like it better there.
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crawrj said:
I think one reason for removing it is because it is on the pull down menu now. Personally I like it better there.
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Yeah but if you choose only vibrate on silent and then choose silent, it's not really silent is it? It still vibrates...
The reason why it matters to me is because I set my phone on a cradle while at work and I don't need the phone to vibrate because it's loud. I'd rather have it on silent.

blazinazn said:
Yeah but if you choose only vibrate on silent and then choose silent, it's not really silent is it? It still vibrates...
The reason why it matters to me is because I set my phone on a cradle while at work and I don't need the phone to vibrate because it's loud. I'd rather have it on silent.
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If you go to sound settings then vibrate you can set it to "vibrate only when not in silent mode." There will be no vibrate only option, but you will have silent instead, without vibrate. Works through the rocker and notification bar

djbacon06 said:
If you go to sound settings then vibrate you can set it to "vibrate only when not in silent mode." There will be no vibrate only option, but you will have silent instead, without vibrate. Works through the rocker and notification bar
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Right, but then the phone won't vibrate if I have it in my pocket. Stupid I know but it's useful for me...

That is a Android 2.2 feature, not a Samsung or Sprint thing. You can change it in the settings to either be silent and no vibrate or vibrate only. The only way around this is a widget like the previous post said.

blazinazn said:
Yeah but if you choose only vibrate on silent and then choose silent, it's not really silent is it? It still vibrates...
The reason why it matters to me is because I set my phone on a cradle while at work and I don't need the phone to vibrate because it's loud. I'd rather have it on silent.
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Man I see your point now. I apologize I didn't actually test it. You can either have volume and vibrate our volume and silent. That does suck. Glad I don't use silent very often but that is a pain.
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blazinazn said:
Right, but then the phone won't vibrate if I have it in my pocket. Stupid I know but it's useful for me...
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If you press volume up on the rocker to enable the ringer, it will vibrate. Unless you simply want vibrate only, and silent (no vib) only, then yes widget is the only option. What you want is not stupid, deleting that feature was stupid

crawrj said:
Man I see your point now. I apologize I didn't actually test it. You can either have volume and vibrate our volume and silent. That does suck. Glad I don't use silent very often but that is a pain.
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No problem. I just find silent and vibrate separately as being useful. Whenever I'm in a meeting, I'd like my phone to vibrate when it's in my pocket so I know I got a message. But when I'm at my desk, it's annoying to have my phone vibrate whenever I get an email/text. For one, I have gmail open at my desk and 2, I just have the screen come on whenever I get a text so vibrate isn't really necessary.
Oh well, guess I'll explore using a widget. Thanks.

Google Voice phone ring delay

I'm using GV as voicemail, and the phone only starts ringing after 5-10s (the caller already hears rings and sometimes even hangs up). Is there a fix for this?

You know there's a delay even when you call normally right?

ECrispy said:
I'm using GV as voicemail, and the phone only starts ringing after 5-10s (the caller already hears rings and sometimes even hangs up). Is there a fix for this?
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Same, this is annoying, and my ringtones are now significantly shorter because of it.....

I have my Google voice ring my work Cell as well as my sprint phone, And for some reason my work phone rings a full ring before my Sprint phone rings. Wish there wasn't a lag or way to extend the rings.
Also does anyone know how to shut off that stupid press 1 to accept call.. i hate it, today I pressed 1 And then was told the caller hung up( cause phone rang to many times) And to press 2 to call back..
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Ep3n3wp said:
I have my Google voice ring my work Cell as well as my sprint phone, And for some reason my work phone rings a full ring before my Sprint phone rings. Wish there wasn't a lag or way to extend the rings.
Also does anyone know how to shut off that stupid press 1 to accept call.. i hate it, today I pressed 1 And then was told the caller hung up( cause phone rang to many times) And to press 2 to call back..
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Settings>Calls>Call Screening>Off

chr232s said:
Settings>Calls>Call Screening>Off
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If I turn that off what happens to the people that call from private unknown or numbers not stored in my phone.
I want to hear who calls from private or unknown...
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chr232s said:
Settings>Calls>Call Screening>Off
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There is no call screening option. I'm having this problem too and have no way to turn this option off.

MrMentallo said:
There is no call screening option. I'm having this problem too and have no way to turn this option off.
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Are you sure? I'm looking at it right now, but to be honest I haven't integrated it with Sprint.
Google.com/voice>sign in>click on your phone number in the top right>click on the calls tab>the very first box is call screening>turn off.
If you turn this off, it will not announce the caller to you and make you press one. However, you won't know if this is someone calling your google voice #, or possibly your work cell # (as is my case).

Ep3n3wp said:
I have my Google voice ring my work Cell as well as my sprint phone, And for some reason my work phone rings a full ring before my Sprint phone rings. Wish there wasn't a lag or way to extend the rings.
Also does anyone know how to shut off that stupid press 1 to accept call.. i hate it, today I pressed 1 And then was told the caller hung up( cause phone rang to many times) And to press 2 to call back..
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GV and your desk phone are both land lines so the connection is instant. There is always a delay to cell lines regardless if you use GV. There is no way to get rid of the delay; this is completely normal.
To get rid of the press 1 to accept, go into GV -> Settings -> Calls and turn Call Screening to Off.
The funny thing is that I have a Droid X (Verizon) linked to my GV and it always rings before the Evo. I'm now thinking of switching to Verizon so I don't have such a long delay / lose calls.

UnlnvlslblE said:
GV and your desk phone are both land lines so the connection is instant. There is always a delay to cell lines regardless if you use GV. There is no way to get rid of the delay; this is completely normal.
To get rid of the press 1 to accept, go into GV -> Settings -> Calls and turn Call Screening to Off.
The funny thing is that I have a Droid X (Verizon) linked to my GV and it always rings before the Evo. I'm now thinking of switching to Verizon so I don't have such a long delay / lose calls.
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LOL, dude, just tweak your EVO's MSL/EPST settings, thats all thats going on in the Droid X.
Set SCI to 2, ACCOLC to 2 & turn EVRC-B to enabled in Advanced.

Noiro said:
LOL, dude, just tweak your EVO's MSL/EPST settings, thats all thats going on in the Droid X.
Set SCI to 2, ACCOLC to 2 & turn EVRC-B to enabled in Advanced.
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That will fix it. It has been posted before.
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chr232s said:
Are you sure? I'm looking at it right now, but to be honest I haven't integrated it with Sprint.
Google.com/voice>sign in>click on your phone number in the top right>click on the calls tab>the very first box is call screening>turn off.
If you turn this off, it will not announce the caller to you and make you press one. However, you won't know if this is someone calling your google voice #, or possibly your work cell # (as is my case).
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I was looking for it on my phone and not the computer. I found it and turnedd it off for anyone not in certain contact groups.

Noiro said:
LOL, dude, just tweak your EVO's MSL/EPST settings, thats all thats going on in the Droid X.
Set SCI to 2, ACCOLC to 2 & turn EVRC-B to enabled in Advanced.
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Wow that worked awesome, thanks! I wonder why they don't set this by default.

Noiro said:
LOL, dude, just tweak your EVO's MSL/EPST settings, thats all thats going on in the Droid X.
Set SCI to 2, ACCOLC to 2 & turn EVRC-B to enabled in Advanced.
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Ohh yeah... forgot bout that... thanks
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Ep3n3wp said:
Ohh yeah... forgot bout that... thanks
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Can someone tell me why? I am not disputing it, i am just curious. Thanks

Pretty sure that this will cause more battery usage but im sure the difference isn't much.

What he said ^^

can i do this using CM7? i have the same exact problems with some phone calls. and the checks in settings didnt work. google voice is awesome, love answering phones and texts from my laptop while my phone is charging. really dont wanna get rid of it

sjr19 said:
Can someone tell me why? I am not disputing it, i am just curious. Thanks
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The stock settings tell the phones radio to check with the tower every so many seconds. I don't remember what the default is so for sake of the explanation lets say 8 seconds. Your phone just checked the tower and nothing was coming in. Then someone begins calling you. Depending where in the countdown you are at your phone wont check with the tower for another 8 seconds or less. The person calling you will hear the phone ringing even though you have yet to receive an incoming call.
Changing the settings shortens the time between checking with the tower and thus reducing the time your phone will start ringing.
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JoshuaAlba said:
can i do this using CM7? i have the same exact problems with some phone calls. and the checks in settings didnt work. google voice is awesome, love answering phones and texts from my laptop while my phone is charging. really dont wanna get rid of it
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You can not do this with any AOSP or 2.3 sense roms.
Nandroid, then flash to a 2.1 / 2.2 rom, make the changes then nandroid back.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Turn off Gmail vibration when I receive a new email...

I'm trying to turn off the vibration when I get a new email like I have on my Evo LTE. I don't want the phone to vibrate when I have to receive an email even if the phone is on vibrate. I don't need to be notified of the emails however when I happen to look at my phone I still want to see the icon at the top of the screen letting me know i have new emails... Is this possible? I didn't have the GS3 or any Samsung phone prior to this one so it may be a common answer to others just not me...
-I have already unchecked the Vibrate box and Notify for every message box within Gmail itself from my phone.
-It's not in Driving mode like some have stated while trying to look this up online
-I've tried to set the ring tone to silent but that didn't work
Does anyone know to accomplish this? Thanks in advance
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On my GS3, in gmail settings (account not general), I have Notifications ticked, then in Inbox Sound and Vibrate I have Vibrate unticked, Sound=silent and Label Notifications ticked.
Phone doesn't ring or vibrate when an email arrives and I get an envelope icon in the notification bar
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Yeah I have the same thing and my GS4 still vibrates when I have my phone on vibrate while I'm at work... I have the same set up on my Evo and it doesn't do it there however it does for whatever reason on this phone.
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dawishmaker said:
Yeah I have the same thing and my GS4 still vibrates when I have my phone on vibrate while I'm at work... I have the same set up on my Evo and it doesn't do it there however it does for whatever reason on this phone.
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Glad I am not the only one struggling. Gmail needs an update maybe? I just killed sound and vibrate.

AnthomX said:
Glad I am not the only one struggling. Gmail needs an update maybe? I just killed sound and vibrate.
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Mine finally started working for whatever reason... I had the same information that EJ stated above but it wasn't working however it is now. Don't know what changed but it is working... Make sure in the Gmail app that the sound in there is set to silent... On my Evo LTE, there is a sound there (notice) but it never goes off so who knows
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didn't have this problem for about a week, but it started up in the last couple days. nothing in my setup has changed! any thoughts?

bump. this is driving me nuts, like a steering wheel in my pants.

better late than never I guess... I think I found a solution to this!
It's been driving me nuts on my Galaxy s5 and have spent the past few hours trying to get this fixed.
The solution I came up with is the following:
Set Gmail to silent and uncheck vibrate. Leave notifications on still just silent.
Download and use the light flow app to set up notifications for gmail.
Go into light flow and edit the notifications for gmail.
Enable sound and select the sound you would like to play.
Enable vibration as well.
Set the vibration pattern to 1 short vibration. This will change the vibration to a little quick chirp for an email. Much more tolerable.
OR you can do a custom vibration pattern and set the pattern to 0,0 to have no vibration at all.
Make sure to leave both the boxes "Vibrate only when silent" and "Don't vibrate when silent" both checked.
The vibrate only when silent stops any vibration when the volume is on. And I dont know if my logic is right on this but I think the "Don't vibrate when silent" acts to stop the phone from using it's normal vibration method and uses lightflow instead. Because even with this checked you will get whatever vibration you have chosen instead of what the phone typically uses.
Follow those steps and set those options and you should be good.... Try it out!
This worked for me. Hopefully it'll help you guys out too!

Vibrate on call connect

Hi, Im on 6.0 and I'd like to disable vibrate on call connect, but cant realy figure out how. Any help would be appreciated.
SnooSnoo

SnooSnoo said:
Hi, Im on 6.0 and I'd like to disable vibrate on call connect, but cant realy figure out how. Any help would be appreciated.
SnooSnoo
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hit call button,meniu,disable vibrate when ringing

Thanks for your reply. Nope, that just disables vibration while ringing. I dont want that short vibration that confirms that the person I'm calling answered.

k,then enter in settings,sound,and disable sim 1 vibrates when ringing,disable sim 2 vibrates when ringing

cristi.blidariu said:
k,then enter in settings,sound,and disable sim 1 vibrates when ringing,disable sim 2 vibrates when ringing
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Thanks again! That takes me to the same "page" as the previous one, and only disables vibrations while ringing and not on call connect.
Btw, my phone is locked to single sim (company phone). I'm using the google launcher, maybe that is obfuscating some of the settings?

SnooSnoo said:
Thanks again! That takes me to the same "page" as the previous one, and only disables vibrations while ringing and not on call connect.
Btw, my phone is locked to single sim (company phone). I'm using the google launcher, maybe that is obfuscating some of the settings?
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You must enter in settings,not in phone manager settings
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cristi.blidariu said:
You must enter in settings,not in phone manager settings
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Yes, did that. Only disables vibration on ringing.

Ok found the answer in a EMUI general FAQ:
9.1.2 Why does my phone vibrate when connecting a call?
Radiation from the phone is higher when dialing or connecting a call. The phone will vibrate to indicate that a call has been successfully connected. We recommend that you place the phone next to your ear only after the vibration.
This function cannot be disabled.
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SnooSnoo said:
Thanks again! That takes me to the same "page" as the previous one, and only disables vibrations while ringing and not on call connect.
Btw, my phone is locked to single sim (company phone). I'm using the google launcher, maybe that is obfuscating some of the settings?
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I can't seem to turn off vibration for notifications? I went in setting for sound to turn vibration toggle off but still vibrates when receiving notification?
Any ideas.

Epistemic said:
I can't seem to turn off vibration for notifications? I went in setting for sound to turn vibration toggle off but still vibrates when receiving notification?
Any ideas.
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Hit message,meniu,settings,vibrate off
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cristi.blidariu said:
Hit message,meniu,settings,vibrate off
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Ye i just worked it out. I'm sure on lollipop i just hit the toggle in sound and it stopped all vibration. But in marshmellow i have to individually turn notification vibration off on all the apps.