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How do I turn off the sound? Everytime I type in a url it says "loading started" and "page loaded". Don't know how to disable it.
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It's a bug with accessibility - you either need to disable any accessibility settings (for most people, it's Lightflow that's been installed and been enabled in accessibility which triggers it, but it can be anything), or you have to disable the Text To Speech.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263598
I'm using this amazing lock screem notification app called NILS located here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roymam.android.notificationswidget&hl=en
It gives me the exact display I'm looking for in the lock screen. However the Touchwiz missed call and text communication notifications with the big ugly gray box are overriding it which is very irritating! I would much rather just use the NILS application instead of any other widgets.
I tried using lockscreen policy to disable widgets but it will not work. Also checked "disable preview" for text messages but it still shows the notification.
1. Is there any way to prevent the screen from turning on when theres a notification from messaging ?
2. The privacy feature when disabled shows your text message on the lock screen ,Turning it off the message details get turned off in the drop down bar as well.
I noticed they added custom notification tones for ringer and messaging in the contacts app so I want to stop using SMS popup but these things are rather annoying.
Prerequisites:
- Install Light Flow Legacy (but also keep the regular Light Flow, this is mandatory).
- Now the LEDs will work even with Always-On screen on, and the annoying permanent notification from the notification bar will disappear.
- It will prompt you to disable the regular Light Flow. It will also generally work better.
- Enable Samsung workaround in Light Flow, when prompted.
Email:
- For Gmail and Google Apps email, replace Gmail app with Google Inbox app (it will probably replace Gmail anyway one day). Unfortunately Gmail does not work with Light Flow, unless you disable notifications altogether in Gmail's settings (in which case you get LED notifications from Light Flow but no notification bar notifications - you don't want this, or maybe you do if you really like Gmail over Inbox).
- In Google Inbox, set the "Pulse Notification Light" to Off for each account.
- Unfortunately, the Samsung Email app does not seem to work with Light Flow. But other email clients may work if you have work email accounts.
SMS:
- You can either use Samsung's SMS app (which turns on the screen on every message and this can't be disabled so it's not for me) or Textra (works, tested) or other SMS app.
- Hangouts doesn't work with Light Flow in SMS mode. Google Messenger (the new SMS messaging app from Google) does not work with Light Flow (which is a pity because it's very nice and clean).
Other messaging systems:
- Whatsapp and Hangouts work with Light Flow already (but Hangouts does not work with LightFlow for SMS messages if you set it that way). Make sure you disable the notification light in their settings.
Facebook, Instagram:
- Not tested, maybe someone else will
Hopefully this helps someone.
You can set up Lightflow to work correctly with Gmail, albeit with a slight kludge. And the built-in messaging app doesn't light up the screen on every message for me.
After some conversations with the developer, this is what works for me to get LF working:
1. Download and install the regular paid version. Don't bother to set up any notifications.
2. Download and install Lightflow Legacy (it's free). It will alert you that you need to disable, but not delete, the full version, and offer to disable it for you. Accept that option. This is NOT the same as disabling an app in the application manager. Don't disable it in the application manager.
3. At some point, it will prompt to to enable the Samsung workaround. Choose that setting.
4. Do NOT turn on administrators, even when Lightflow prompts you to do so.
5. In device Settings, go to Accessibility, scroll all the way down, and make sure Light Flow Legacy in On.
6. Back to Lightflow Legacy: In General settings, check (or make sure these are checked): Enable Light Flow, Show LED in Priority Mode, Accessibility check.
7. Go to Lightflow Legacy and set up your notifications. For some apps you'll need to check the Switch screen on and Wake screen when in pocket options to get notifications to work. To avoid the issue with screen locking and needing to use a PIN to unlock the screen, choose "Phone screen default length" as the value for Screen on length. The drawback to this is that your screen will light up for 5 to 10 seconds when you get a notification for these apps, but it's the only way to avoid having the phone prompt for a pin or password when you turn on the screen after getting a notification from one of these apps. NOTE: This won't work correctly with Always On Display or Night Clock turned on. Both of these options prevent Lightflow from turning on the screen, so you'll get the default blue flashing LED.
7b. Apps I know require these settings are Gmail, E-mail (Samsung's app),
8. For the built-in SMS app, uncheck the boxes for Monitor SMS Conversations, and check the option for Monitor notification bar.
9. Finally, go back to device Settings, choose Notifications, click Advanced, scroll down to Light Flow (not Legacy), and and turn off notifications. Make sure notifications are ON for Light Flow Legacy. (You might not see an option for regular Lightflow. That's OK.)
10. In device Settings / Display, make sure LED indicator is set ON.
With these settings, everything seems to be working for me, with the only drawback being the screen turns on for notifications from Gmail and Email. If you set up notifications for an app and just get the regular Blue LED instead of what you've programmed, follow step 7 for that app.
The Hangouts thing is very disappointing. Thanks for the info though!
It's really a shame to have to choose between a useful feature like AOD and getting the right LED color.
halo0 said:
The Hangouts thing is very disappointing. Thanks for the info though!
It's really a shame to have to choose between a useful feature like AOD and getting the right LED color.
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Try setting up the screen on workaround (Step 7) for Hangouts
It doesn't work because I use always on display.
meyerweb said:
You can set up Lightflow to work correctly with Gmail, albeit with a slight kludge. And the built-in messaging app doesn't light up the screen on every message for me.
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You can only set LightFlow to work with Gmail if you are willing to either disable all notifications in Gmail, or set the display in LightFlow to turn on for a bit on every received email. Both are unacceptable for me.
As for the Samsung SMS app, mine always turns on the screen upon receiving a message. If you look on forums, everybody complains about this for every Samsung device and there is no workaround.
For me at least, having the screen turn on on notifications is completely unacceptable.
Cst79 said:
You can only set LightFlow to work with Gmail if you are willing to either disable all notifications in Gmail, or set the display in LightFlow to turn on for a bit on every received email. Both are unacceptable for me.
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But you're not the only person using this device, are you? For some this will be an acceptable tradeoff.
As for the Samsung SMS app, mine always turns on the screen upon receiving a message. If you look on forums, everybody complains about this for every Samsung device and there is no workaround.
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Have you looked at the settings in the app? There's an option to turn off (or on) pop-ups. Have you tried turning it off? As I said, I get no screen on when I receive an SMS, so it's simply not true that "everybody" complains about this.
For me at least, having the screen turn on on notifications is completely unacceptable.
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And I repeat, my steps work, and will be acceptable for many. XDA doesn't exist to satisfy only you.
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But you're not the only person using this device, are you? For some thois will be an acceptable tradeoff.
Have you looked at the settings in the app? There's an option to turn off (or on) pop-ups. Have you tried turning it off? As I said, I get no screen on when I receive an SMS, so it's simply not true that "everybody" complains about this.
And I repeat, my steps work, and will be acceptable for many. XDA doesn't exist to satisfy only you.
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Actually, have *you* tried to turn off the obvious pop-up setting in the default SMS app to see how the screen behaves ? Do you think that people would complain on forums with no solution in sight, if it was a simple setting ?
As for the rest of the nonsense, not worth getting into.
I used to be able to see who SMS Texts were actually from on the lock screen with my S6. Now that I have the S8, it only shows that I have an SMS message and it won't show me who it's from unless I actually go into the Messages App? How do I make the sender visible on the lock screen?
Mokolea said:
I used to be able to see who SMS Texts were actually from on the lock screen with my S6. Now that I have the S8, it only shows that I have an SMS message and it won't show me who it's from unless I actually go into the Messages App? How do I make the sender visible on the lock screen?
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Go to settings -> Lock screen and security -> Notifications -> make sure it's on , then go into that menu and make sure you do not have Hide content or notification icons only turned on - also make sure the toggle for all apps is turned on too
Also you have to be using the crappy stock Samsung Messages app, otherwise you won't get that little bubble notification or the edge screen light up. Was very annoyed to see both of those things disabled from working if you use Android Messages or any other app.
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Go to settings -> Lock screen and security -> Notifications -> make sure it's on , then go into that menu and make sure you do not have Hide content or notification icons only turned on - also make sure the toggle for all apps is turned on too
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I went to Settings > Lock screen and security > Notifications (which is turned on) and then into that menu. In that menu I have the "Hide Content" toggle turned off - the "Notification icons only - Hide notification details and show only the icon" toggle turned off. The toggle for "All Apps" is On. But when I get a SMS message, it only shows "Messages" on the lock screen... not who it's actually from like it used to do with my Galaxy S6. What am I doing wrong?
Mokolea said:
I went to Settings > Lock screen and security > Notifications (which is turned on) and then into that menu. In that menu I have the "Hide Content" toggle turned off - the "Notification icons only - Hide notification details and show only the icon" toggle turned off. The toggle for "All Apps" is On. But when I get a SMS message, it only shows "Messages" on the lock screen... not who it's actually from like it used to do with my Galaxy S6. What am I doing wrong?
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Now try, notifications, scroll to messages, go in to that app and see show content is ticked.
Zorn_ said:
Also you have to be using the crappy stock Samsung Messages app, otherwise you won't get that little bubble notification or the edge screen light up. Was very annoyed to see both of those things disabled from working if you use Android Messages or any other app.
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Not anymore - Textra jsut updated last night and it has the option for Android heads up notification (ie Edge lighting) so you can choose which style.
Jsut tested and it works perfectly
Galaxy 8s sms content on lock screen
Mokolea said:
I went to Settings > Lock screen and security > Notifications (which is turned on) and then into that menu. In that menu I have the "Hide Content" toggle turned off - the "Notification icons only - Hide notification details and show only the icon" toggle turned off. The toggle for "All Apps" is On. But when I get a SMS message, it only shows "Messages" on the lock screen... not who it's actually from like it used to do with my Galaxy S6. What am I doing wrong?
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Ever figure this out? I can't. I have done all of the above and gone into the message app and allowed for content to be displayed and gone into the always on display and allowed for content to be displayed. I am using the native message app. I still just get a message icon on my lock screen. No content. Super frustrating!
Reset all setting
Mokolea said:
I used to be able to see who SMS Texts were actually from on the lock screen with my S6. Now that I have the S8, it only shows that I have an SMS message and it won't show me who it's from unless I actually go into the Messages App? How do I make the sender visible on the lock screen?
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I has the same issue. I had googled a million times. Finally had a bright idea.... Go to setting > about phone > down at the bottom should say reset > reset all settings.
This doesn't erase your phone, only sets it back to default stiff like background, notifications, ringtones etc. BUT it finally shows the messages!
Any other suggestions on this? I've tried everything in this thread, including resetting my settings to default. Driving me nuts. After being on the pixel for the past 7 months until now, I've gotten very used to being able to see previews on the lock screen and replying from the lock screen too. I have all the appropriate settings checked that should be allowing me to see previews, but it doesn't. All I want is for the screen to briefly wake up when a text comes through, and to be able to preview it. Is this supposed to be possible on the S8?
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SAME ISSUES HERE -- samsung s8/t-mobile
it seems as though the "show content" option for notifications has disappeared on the Samsung S8... I've tried everything i can think of and searched several boards and come up unsuccessful... the only options for notifications on a lock screen (at least for me - Samsung S8 on t-mobile) are: :hide content" or "do not show notifications".. both of which are not helpful when attempting to view the sender's name while hiding their actual text... HELP!
It works on textra under settings then customise notifications then at the bottom u will see privacy settings in there u can have it to show contact but hide message. Hope that's what you wanted. Cheers.
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The only way I found to get to the lock screen and view/reply to text message is to double tap the home button first.
It's anoying additional step, but I'm trying to get used to it.
Mokolea said:
I used to be able to see who SMS Texts were actually from on the lock screen with my S6. Now that I have the S8, it only shows that I have an SMS message and it won't show me who it's from unless I actually go into the Messages App? How do I make the sender visible on the lock screen?
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I am not sure if you have found a fix for this or not but.... Last week I accidentally factory reset my phone and lost everything. I still had my old phone and was able to transfer all that was there back over, but my screen stopped lighting up with new notifications. After spending the last hour trying to fix it I was successful!
Settings > Apps> Messages > gear icon above Force Stop > About Messages > update
I really hope this helps others.