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Turn over to activate speaker phone?

I hear these AT&T commercials talking about this feature, my verizon TP2 does not do that. The speaker phone button on the back does not do anything either. Is it a setting?

In my stock HTC TP2, in Phone settings (Windows Mobile's, not TouchFlo's), last tab (should be "Advanced"). There's an option that said "when the phone is facing down during a call, use loudspeaker". Check if your phone has this setting?
I don't get all these modifications by providers... in Hongkong phones are sold as is, even when bundled to a certain provider's plan. Many of those modifications aren't really improvements either...

My AT&T Tilt 2 stock rom does this by default!
Cool little feature!!!

not to hijack the thread or anything, but im having the same problem except with the t-mobile version. when its flipped, the mute button lights up but the speaker doesnt activate. the windows option is checked. i messed with some registry settings to enable two way recording (didnt work btw). but that cant be the problem as my brother is having the same problem with his unmodified tmo tp2. his option is checked too.
any ideas?

bump bump, anyone know whats wrong?

Do you have ANY sound? I was using Resco Audio Recorder and I couldn't use the speakerphone when it was working either.. I uninstalled it and no problems since.

i turned this off. it came on once when i was on the couch and it was loud near my ear and freaked me the f out.

I posted about this about a week ago, my solution was to get a new one.
My new one has about 75 dead pixels, so it's going back too.
I'm not satisfied with the build quality at this point...

the speaker does work... when you click the speaker button once in a call. it's just that it doesn't automatically do that when turned over in the call. only the mute button lights up green.
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nevermind, it works now. i read this on your thread.
MCbrian said:
I'd say that unless you've been setting it down on an uneven surface -- or not actually setting down at all as the other guy suggests-- there must be something wrong with your phone.
There's no setting/configuration that would cause the inconsistent erratic behavior you describe -- going on then off, vibrating, etc -- if it's setting on a flat table-top or similar.
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apparently i wasn't lying it evenly face down. i was trying it on the couch so that doesn't help. i layed it evenly this time and it vibrated and the speaker went on. then i did a couple of other tests at angles and sure enough you have to have it evenly face down. at one angle, i had it vibrating like a maniac because it thought it was even and then uneven.
problem solved!

You have to make sure it is even on the surface. Also doing a g-sensor calibration may help as well.

lehmaj said:
you have to make sure it is even on the surface. Also doing a g-sensor calibration may help as well.
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cheers mate! Workd :d:d

Missing Features ?

Had the phone a few days now and aside from the volume issues which I hope will be solved I have three other issues.
Can someone confirm 100% that there is no FM Radio - I'm 99.9% sure but I've seen threads from other people saying the radio quality is good.
No Self-Timer on the camera - I went to take a photo the other day and went to set the timer so I could be in it and there isn't one.
I can't seem to find anywhere to set the email sync frequency times (i.e. so it doesn't send email notifications in the middle of the night.
I've come from an HTC Desire HD and all of these features were standard so a little annoyed if they're all gone.

Were you running a stock HTC sense ROM?
I assume the camera additions were HTC's camera?
I thought stock Android used push notifications rather than polling and pulling every 5 minutes?? Maybe what you had was another HTC Sense feature?

Everything was standard out of the box, unlocked.
I know the Galaxy S2 has a self timer, also a radio, not sure about the email settings part though. I can set how often on the Nexus to pull from 5 minutes to 1 hour - but can't see any option of muting (off peak mode) it through the night so I don't get woken up every 10 minutes (business emails +100 a day)

I can confirm 100% there IS no FM radio on my Galaxy Nexus

The HTC Sense skin, in the same way that Samsung's TouchWiz does, adds lots of custom functionality on top of standard ASOP Android.
Maybe there are some apps out there to replicate what your Sense stuff used to do?
So to answer your thread title....... they aren't "missing features"...... its because you aren't running a HTC Sense ROM.

zarch1972 said:
The HTC Sense skin, in the same way that Samsung's TouchWiz does, adds lots of custom functionality on top of standard ASOP Android.
Maybe there are some apps out there to replicate what your Sense stuff used to do?
So to answer your thread title....... they aren't "missing features"...... its because you aren't running a HTC Sense ROM.
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I disagree I'd still say they are missing features, If they were present in AOSP there'd be no need for HTC & Samsung et al to add them. Having a timer in the camera app is pretty basic functionality that should really be present as standard.

Tung_meister said:
I disagree I'd still say they are missing features, If they were present in AOSP there'd be no need for HTC & Samsung et al to add them. Having a timer in the camera app is pretty basic functionality that should really be present as standard.
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i also disagree on your statement,
so now the AOSP camera version has time laps video option, and video effects (change you faces while recording video),
do you then call this missing features for the rest of the phones?

qwerp_ said:
i also disagree on your statement,
so now the AOSP camera version has time laps video option, and video effects (change you faces while recording video),
do you then call this missing features for the rest of the phones?
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I understand what you're saying but to me a self-timer is a basic function that's found on most phones I've come across - the other effects are nice but in my mind not as essential as a timer.

I disagree with that. YOU look for those features. I currently been through 5 devices in the past few months that don't have your "missing" features. They are missing to YOU, but THEY are not standard features. I'd say only 10% at best of all the phones out there have those features so it's far standard(note: I do not know the exact %, but it has to be less than 20%)
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stiffn said:
I can't seem to find anywhere to set the email sync frequency times (i.e. so it doesn't send email notifications in the middle of the night.
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Android tends doesn't notify in the middle of the night.. I'm not exactly sure how it does it but I sleep right next to a tablet and a phone both of which beep merrily during the day but I never get a peep out of them overnight.

stiffn said:
I can't seem to find anywhere to set the email sync frequency times (i.e. so it doesn't send email notifications in the middle of the night.
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What you're asking for and 'sync frequency' are 2 different things. You're looking for something to silence notifications at night; sync frequency is how often the phone pulls new data down for your accounts.
The name is slipping my mind right now (will update if I find it!), but there are definitely apps in the market that silence the phone for different intervals, such as over night. ROMs like CM7 have this built in as "quiet hours". You can choose to silence notifications but not alarms or phone calls, etc.
Check out Sweet Dreams. Think it'll do what you want.
Could also look at Bedside (Night Clock). It has a "white list" to block some notifications and not others.
The app Tasker is a bit overkill for just this (unless you use for other things too), but it'll do what you're asking.

TonyHoyle said:
Android tends doesn't notify in the middle of the night.. I'm not exactly sure how it does it but I sleep right next to a tablet and a phone both of which beep merrily during the day but I never get a peep out of them overnight.
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That's probably because you are a heavy sleeper mate. Also people send out less emails and texts at night.
Anyway there are certain apps you can use to either change your sound profiles at certain times, or to disable data syncing. Personally I use Juice Defender to turn off data at night when I'm not using the phone. I don't have to set silent mode at night cause I am a heavy sleeper too and phone beeps don't wake me up.
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Tidbits said:
I disagree with that. YOU look for those features. I currently been through 5 devices in the past few months that don't have your "missing" features. They are missing to YOU, but THEY are not standard features. I'd say only 10% at best of all the phones out there have those features so it's far standard(note: I do not know the exact %, but it has to be less than 20%)
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I'd be surprised if only 10% of new camera phones had a self-timer function. It's a bit like saying a flash for the camera shouldn't be standard as they never existed on the first camera phones but you'd sure as heck kick up a stink if a new phone was released without a flash for the camera wouldn't you ? Or how about a car with manual locking instead of central locking. Surely with a phone of this caliber a self-timer isn't exactly a special feature.

TonyHoyle said:
Android tends doesn't notify in the middle of the night.. I'm not exactly sure how it does it but I sleep right next to a tablet and a phone both of which beep merrily during the day but I never get a peep out of them overnight.
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Yeah that's exactly what I'm finding, I'm not receiving emails after a certain time on my phone. I work with a lot of companies in the US and I'm in the UK so I do many late nights and I want to be able to set when emails arrive or don't on my phone, not when they think I should be sleeping or awake otherwise I end up sitting with my phone and laptop both out if I'm expecting an important mail to arrive rather than relaxing in bed with the phone by my side, and even a manual refresh doesn't bring the mails down after a certain time.

stiffn said:
Had the phone a few days now and aside from the volume issues which I hope will be solved I have three other issues.
Can someone confirm 100% that there is no FM Radio - I'm 99.9% sure but I've seen threads from other people saying the radio quality is good.
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I don't have my GN yet, so I can only comment on your first question: I'm pretty sure, if people talk about radio quality, they mean either the quality of mobile signal reception or the sound/speech quality of incoming and outgoing calls. Radio quality most definitely doesn't refer to an actual FM Radio.
So to make a long story short: There's no FM Radio in the GN.

Browser Dimming
I know on thing that I will not miss coming from SGSII is the auto-dimming in the browser.. I have turned off all power-management tools (I think?!) but yet on the SII, anytime I tried using the browser, autodim!
Can anyone with a GN confirm that this "feature" is gone?
thanks!

TonyHoyle said:
Android tends doesn't notify in the middle of the night.. I'm not exactly sure how it does it but I sleep right next to a tablet and a phone both of which beep merrily during the day but I never get a peep out of them overnight.
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There is an overnight mode (sleep hours).
Its not in Gmail its in, the settings under notifications somewhere.
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pjmurphy77 said:
I know on thing that I will not miss coming from SGSII is the auto-dimming in the browser.. I have turned off all power-management tools (I think?!) but yet on the SII, anytime I tried using the browser, autodim!
Can anyone with a GN confirm that this "feature" is gone?
thanks!
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It still dims, but if you go into settings > display, you can change the sleep time to like 10 minutes and it won't dim for ages.
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NatTheCat said:
There is an overnight mode (sleep hours).
Its not in Gmail its in, the settings under notifications somewhere.
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I think that's a Cyanogenmod setting, not stock Android. Not that I can find anyway.
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Thanks for the quick reply.. just to confirm, I'm not referring to the overall system settings of the display but specifically (on Samsungs) the auto-dimming of the browser.

Screen won't turn on for incoming calls

Hi. I bought the Note 8 (Verizon) last week, and everything seemed fine, but then 2 days ago the screen simply won't turn on when I have an incoming call. The phone rings, but the screen won't come on. I have to unlock the phone, and swipe down the notification bar just to answer the call. I've googled around but can't find an answer to this issue for this particular phone. Any suggestions/ideas?

Maybe give a factory reset a go.

moralesd66 said:
Maybe give a factory reset a go.
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I was actually forced to do a hard reset this morning. The phone would NOT come on, no matter what I tried, couldn't even go into Safe Mode. Problem still persists. I'm actually thinking of exchanging it since I'm within the 14 day period.

tdetroit said:
I was actually forced to do a hard reset this morning. The phone would NOT come on, no matter what I tried, couldn't even go into Safe Mode. Problem still persists. I'm actually thinking of exchanging it since I'm within the 14 day period.
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Hard reset....As in power off and on right? Try booting into recovery mode and deleting cache and data.

tdetroit said:
Hi. I bought the Note 8 (Verizon) last week, and everything seemed fine, but then 2 days ago the screen simply won't turn on when I have an incoming call. The phone rings, but the screen won't come on. I have to unlock the phone, and swipe down the notification bar just to answer the call. I've googled around but can't find an answer to this issue for this particular phone. Any suggestions/ideas?
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My TMO one did that today, heard it ringing but screen remained off.
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I've now performed 2 factory resets, disabled AOD (for testing) and kept it on for other tests...same outcome. The screen will not come on when I have an Incoming call.

tdetroit said:
I've now performed 2 factory resets, disabled AOD (for testing) and kept it on for other tests...same outcome. The screen will not come on when I have an Incoming call.
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You tried removing the screen protector and case?
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Maybe the setting for proximity...in pocket...turn off

Limeybastard said:
You tried removing the screen protector and case?
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I've tossed the screen protector after 1 day because it kept making a clicking sound on the top corner. No case on it.

BlueFox721 said:
Maybe the setting for proximity...in pocket...turn off
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Tried that-no change. It's hard to believe that this phone has pretty much everything going for it...except turning on the screen for an incoming call.

tdetroit said:
Tried that-no change. It's hard to believe that this phone has pretty much everything going for it...except turning on the screen for an incoming call.
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Factory reset , if no go , replacement.
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3 Factory Resets later, booting into Safe Mode, not downloading ANYTHING else, same scenario. Verizon is shipping a replacement to my house, I should have it by Tuesday. The Tech at the Verizon Store actually called my phone so I could show him the lack of screen activation. He said he's never seen this before either.

FIGURED IT OUT! Settings--Display&Lights--Turn off double tap to wake-up to solve issue! ...
This was set somehow, I disabled that and now my phone properly lights up for calls and I can actually answer them.

tdetroit said:
3 Factory Resets later, booting into Safe Mode, not downloading ANYTHING else, same scenario. Verizon is shipping a replacement to my house, I should have it by Tuesday. The Tech at the Verizon Store actually called my phone so I could show him the lack of screen activation. He said he's never seen this before either.
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they know absolutely **** about anything
I never use retail store

Another way to fix this is to call yourself on another phone while your Note 8 screen is on. When the call comes in, don't answer but slide down the notification bar and you will see your call. Adjust notifications to not block/be silent.

tdetroit said:
FIGURED IT OUT! Settings--Display&Lights--Turn off double tap to wake-up to solve issue! ...
This was set somehow, I disabled that and now my phone properly lights up for calls and I can actually answer them.
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I went into Settings, Display, but nothing about double tap to wake-up. Samsung runs on AMOLED and that function is on other screens like Sony Xperias.
I do notice another thing going into Notifications settings and I see that the Phone app is Muted. I don't know how to get out of it.
The solution is the person who posted above. You call yourself, and swipe to unblock Silence notifications for your phone app. It's weird how it was set that way, but that's the best solution!

How do I unmute phone call notifications?
Thanks! My incomimg calls now appear on my screen!

I tired the unblock silence notifications and that still has not fixed it as well as a hard reset. Anyone else got any suggestions?
Thanks
Ian

Fix to dark screen on incoming call
Step 1: call youself
Step 2: swipe down on notification bar to view the call(usually how you would answer while dealing with this issue)
Step 3: swipe the call to the right and click the setting wheel.
Step 4: select "do not hide notifications"
Step 5: test call after doing this with the screen off, its should work.

BlueFox721 said:
Maybe the setting for proximity...in pocket...turn off
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I turned "block accidental touches" off.
That worked for me!
THANKS

Phone calls on lock screen

I've been smashing my head over this to no avail. Prior to side loading 8.1, when my phone rang the caller and swipe up/down would appear on the lock screen, now it rings, but nothing on the lock screen till I wake it with the fingerprint sensor. Did I miss something? Was this changed? I've been through the settings and still can't see anywhere that I missed. This a security feature so no one can see who's calling till you hit the sensor? Any feed back would be appreciated.

I agree surprised more are not annoyed...lol

Doublecore said:
Well it seems it's only happening when connected to Bluetooth. I hadn't noticed since I'm connected to my headset all day at work. Disconnected from Bluetooth and had my wife call me...screen popped right on. So it's another Bluetooth bug I guess.
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I tested incoming phone calls with and without bluetooth, and came to the same result. Since it's very annoying for the screen to not turn on, I ended up making a macro with Macrodroid to turn the screen on when a call comes in. This workaround will be sufficient for me until Google fixes the bug.

I posted on this same issue last week. It's the last update to Google Phone app that broke this. I don't have the time to report it to them...so hopefully it gets fixed!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/help/google-phone-update-bug-t3718424
*Edit- To fix(?), uninstall the phone app and it will remove the update. Should work then. Of course you won't be able to use Duo for video calling within the dialer...but I couldn't care less about that.

I just had this happen yesterday. Here is a work around with Tasker and Secure Task to wake screen on incoming call.
Import it in Profiles tab in Tasker and make sure you have Secure Task and have it configured with adb.

5150jpd said:
I've been smashing my head over this to no avail. Prior to side loading 8.1, when my phone rang the caller and swipe up/down would appear on the lock screen, now it rings, but nothing on the lock screen till I wake it with the fingerprint sensor. Did I miss something? Was this changed? I've been through the settings and still can't see anywhere that I missed. This a security feature so no one can see who's calling till you hit the sensor? Any feed back would be appreciated.
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This may be related to the Proximity Sensor bug introduced with 8.1. Do you have a screen protector on your device? Does it cover the PS?

Nope.. No protector on phone at all.

v12xke said:
This may be related to the Proximity Sensor bug introduced with 8.1. Do you have a screen protector on your device? Does it cover the PS?
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It started for me on the Google Phone update to version 15 on Dec. 14th. I never had this issue on 8.1 that I did the OTA sideload when I got my phone on Dec. 4.
My proximity sensor is fine. Even with always on display, AOD goes off in pocket and turns back on when I pull it out. On a phone call the screen blanks when I put it to my ear and wakes when I pull it away from my head.

Yep -- I just ran into the problem today as well. I've got 8.1.0 on my Pixel 2 XL, and I get this behavior (display not waking up for incoming call) when connected via Bluetooth -- to my car, headphones (Sennheiser PXC 550) or to my Jabra Speak 710 BT speakerphone.
I considered trying Drupe or Truecaller, but then I read that packet sniffing tests show them sending your contacts data off their servers...so I think I'll wait for a fix from Google. Really annoying. There are a couple of threads on this in Google's product forums / Pixel User Community:
https://productforums.google.com/fo...QEn6fH0OI;context-place=forum/phone-by-google
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/phone-by-google/hdmLGWSMhSM;context-place=topicsearchin/phone-by-google/category$3Adevice-performance%7Csort:relevance%7Cspell:false
So far, Google doesn't appear to be weighing in with any useful commentary. The only "fix" for now seems to be "uninstalling" the phone app (which just reverts back to the OEM installed version) and then not accepting updates to the app. But I've read that this can spin up other issues.

jonstrong said:
Yep -- I just ran into the problem today as well. I've got 8.1.0 on my Pixel 2 XL, and I get this behavior (display not waking up for incoming call) when connected via Bluetooth -- to my car, headphones (Sennheiser PXC 550) or to my Jabra Speak 710 BT speakerphone.
I considered trying Drupe or Truecaller, but then I read that packet sniffing tests show them sending your contacts data off their servers...so I think I'll wait for a fix from Google. Really annoying. There are a couple of threads on this in Google's product forums / Pixel User Community:
https://productforums.google.com/fo...QEn6fH0OI;context-place=forum/phone-by-google
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/phone-by-google/hdmLGWSMhSM;context-place=topicsearchin/phone-by-google/category$3Adevice-performance%7Csort:relevance%7Cspell:false
So far, Google doesn't appear to be weighing in with any useful commentary. The only "fix" for now seems to be "uninstalling" the phone app (which just reverts back to the OEM installed version) and then not accepting updates to the app. But I've read that this can spin up other issues.
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Have you tried the tasker profile from post #7 by Pkt_Lnt? That fixed it for me.

JimSmith94 said:
Have you tried the tasker profile from post #7 by Pkt_Lnt? That fixed it for me.
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Thanks. If this issue goes on much longer, I'll probably try that. Oddly enough, despite having played with custom Android ROMs and modding over the years, I never used Tasker -- concerned that having the add'l service(s) running in the background around the clock would be more of a battery drain.

I updated my phone app yesterday, and the screen lights up again upon receiving a phone call. I disabled the macro that I made in Macrodroid just to make sure.

EMcTx said:
I updated my phone app yesterday, and the screen lights up again upon receiving a phone call. I disabled the macro that I made in Macrodroid just to make sure.
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Thanks for the info. My phone app updated too, so I'll disable the Tasker profile and see if it lights up without it for me too.

Is there a xposed module to disable the stupid proximity sensor? I'm having some issues with it. It does not wake my screen up when I pull it away from my face.

EMcTx said:
I updated my phone app yesterday, and the screen lights up again upon receiving a phone call. I disabled the macro that I made in Macrodroid just to make sure.
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Thanks for the info. My phone app updated too, so I'll disable the Tasker profile and see if it lights up without it for me too.
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Reports on G+ state it fixes the issue. I've not seen v.16 yet.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ArtemRussakovskii/posts/byEHovfFbMj
My last name starts with "S" too, not sure why Jim gets priority over me. I always get updates late, which is why apk mirror is bookmarked. :good:

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Reports on G+ state it fixes the issue. I've not seen v.16 yet.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ArtemRussakovskii/posts/byEHovfFbMj
My last name starts with "S" too, not sure why Jim gets priority over me. I always get updates late, which is why apk mirror is bookmarked. :good:
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Oops, mine was still on v15 so thanks to you, I just installed v16 from your link. See there, you're still da man! :good::highfive:

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Oops, mine was still on v15 so thanks to you, I just installed v16 from your link. See there, you're still da man! :good::highfive:
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I can confirm V16 fixes the phone app and resolves this issue. It's being rolled out gradually, in waves. If you don't see the update on the Play Store, you can download it from APKmirror. Start here:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/

My issue is the exact opposite..
I answer a call on my bluetooth headset while the phone is in my pocket and buttons start being pressed so I have to take the phone out to lock the screen.
Any quick fixes on this issue?

I'm late to the party, but I fixed this on a Pixel 2 XL in our household. In the system's app settings I force stopped the phone app and cleared the app cache, then I disabled the "Flip to Shhh" feature in the phone app settings. If that fix works for you, please leave a reply so we can validate.

Notification and ring volume Android pie

Curious what some of you are doing as far as managing volume since Pie. And if my complaint below annoys anyone else.
My complaint about Pie is the fact that the notification volume is married to the ring volume. Typically I want my phone to ring at about 75% and notifications to sound off about 30%.
I've tried sound profile and macro droid. What I've discovered is that even though in both of those applications you can adjust notification volume separate from ring volume like with Samsung, but what ever was last to change is what both are set to. It's very frustrating having my phone blast notifications at 75% or my phone ring at 30% and not hear it. I've created a few macros that almost solve the issue, but the macros are not 100% all the time.
I've searched high and low and can hardly find anyone else complain about this. That makes me wonder, am I missing something really simple?
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Nope, it's been tied together for years, not just with the Pie update. On Oreo and previous versions i was able to use xposed and Gravitybox to separate the notification and ringtone volume levels, or on some custom roms they have that option built in. I updated to Pie, and gave up xposed/gravitybox.. but I would still like the ability to set notification and ring volumes separate. One day maybe..

Scratching my head as to why I never noticed until Pie, I've had my Pixel 2xl since May.
Any other solutions people use that don't require root?
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scott2ya said:
Scratching my head as to why I never noticed until Pie, I've had my Pixel 2xl since May.
Any other solutions people use that don't require root?
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I am currently trying out an app called precise volume. See if it works for you.
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houtx2 said:
I am currently trying out an app called precise volume. See if it works for you.
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installed precise volume.. haven't noticed a difference yet, and when i go back in and check the settings it seems the system changes the values..

Yeah I remember now, I was using sound profile to manage my sounds. After the pie update I couldn't get it to work well with my DND rules, kept missing important calls, so I ditched it and went all native.
The hack job in doing now is using macrodroid (user friendly tasker like app) monitor for incoming calls and set ringer to 75% unless silent or vibrate, then wait 20 seconds and set volume back to 30%. That makes sure my notifications don't scream at me all the time.
I also set up the DND schedule in macrodroid mainly because using the native DND, it would use the last set volume and not wake me up for important calls. This way when my schedule activates DND, it will also set the ring volume all the way up so the important calls and texts will wake me up while muting everyone else.
Too much work to make all this happen, I miss my Samsung.
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So no solution yet on this, I remember back in the first galaxy days, when I rooted and installed ROM... that was one of the options almost every custom ROM had... hard to belief it never made it all the way into an official google release...

You can always use Automagic (preferred) or Tasker to set up shortcuts. It can adjust each individually. The newest Automagic beta (gotta purchase it) can even intercept your volume buttons. Get creative with it and can probably find a better solution than you previously had.

You can try Volume Butler app from playstore. It works for me.

pvtjoker42 said:
Nope, it's been tied together for years, not just with the Pie update. On Oreo and previous versions i was able to use xposed and Gravitybox to separate the notification and ringtone volume levels, or on some custom roms they have that option built in. I updated to Pie, and gave up xposed/gravitybox.. but I would still like the ability to set notification and ring volumes separate. One day maybe..
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I just bought a OnePlus 6T after being on a Samsung Note5 since it came out and forgot about this "feature" of stock Android. I don't know why it's too much to ask for these to be separate. Now if I want to silence notifications at night but allow the phone to ring I have to use the Do Not Disturb settings. Should be so much easier than this.
I remember one version of Android had the two sliders for notifications and ringtone separate, and you could select a checkbox to sync them only if you wanted.

What the heck!
I've been on CyanogenMod/LineageOS for the past years and now that I'm on OxygenOS with the OnePlus 6T I'm noticing this nonsense!
What's the problem on having the option to link the ringer and notification volume togheter or NOT???
And at the same time, what't the problem on having the option to choose to use the volume buttons for media or for ringer?
It's a software, leave us the options!

Same here. Lineageos user now oneplus 6. No separate notifications volume. Very very annoying. ****, maybe put an expert mode to android if you think people are confused by so many options. ?

Notification volumee
scott2ya said:
Curious what some of you are doing as far as managing volume since Pie. And if my complaint below annoys anyone else.
My complaint about Pie is the fact that the notification volume is married to the ring volume. Typically I want my phone to ring at about 75% and notifications to sound off about 30%.
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Yes! I find it really, really annoying. I like to have notifications only just audible but ring tone quite loud and the fact that this is now impossible, is incredibly irritating and frustrating. What on earth were the Android Pie developers thinking of....
I haven't found any fix for it at all but I'm not as au fait with development as you are. I'll keep looking though. Perhaps there'll be a fix from Android Pie developers soon.

I gave my pixel 2xl to my son and picked up a note 9. Forgot how much I missed Samsung. No longer have to deal with that asinine decision to marry ring tone and notification sounds. Love my note9. But miss the camera from the pixel
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The easiest way to reduce notification volume is to use Audacity or similar and supress the loudness of the audio file. No need to root the device just for that.

It seems like a huge conspiracy. Why oh why google cannot affort to make it a setting to choose different volumes. It must be that apple is paying them to make android suck.
I miss all most my calls now on my new phone. I just do not hear them with my notifications off. I just cannot have notification volume on at work. I get hundreds of those each day.
But I maybe get a phone call once a week during office our? Also when going to sleep or watching tv or what ever it is super super irritating to get those super loud notifications.
They say is like this since kitkat. Well I come from kitkat and my kitkat did not work that way. Maybe I fixed it years ago but I cannot remember.
Now there seems to be a solution called "Volume Butler" but hey! This is no longer on google play? You would think that google discovered that some people dared having difference volume for ringones and notifications. !!!!
I have a rooted phone I cannot believe it is this complicated to seperate the volumes. and I so do not understand why google is forceing this. what could possibly be their motivation not to make this optional? Sure link by default not problem if we can just turn it of.

okay I found volume buttler some where else but it totallay does not sepperate the 2.
It only shows 2 sliders but only one works and works for both.
I cannot believe this. make my phone useless. Since people cannot call me like most of the time.
I have to get a seperate phone dumb phone? ith a seprate databundle just to get calls and my new . How evil is that. And people will not understand thay canot whats app me on my calling nummbers. They have to whatsapp me on my notification number.
Als this because of a lazy developer at google?
Screw fingerprint scanning or face recognition give me my seperate volumes.
And then people say give feed back! just go to settings / tips /feedback? Well my stock android 9 does not have that.
Getting desperate.
Maybe install 10 versions of each notifications sound and have an app rename them based on the volume I need. But still think it is totally unnessary! This is not a feature it is a basic function of the stupid phone.

I agree it's bs with stock not having this feature. On most custom Roms it's included.
This is on lineage 16

anand_kumar said:
The easiest way to reduce notification volume is to use Audacity or similar and supress the loudness of the audio file. No need to root the device just for that.
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A genius and elegant solution for a stupid problem that should not be. :highfive: :victory: :highfive: