[Q] Anyone figure out how to change notification sounds for different apps? - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

I have been trying to figure out how to have different sound notifications for different applications in my 2XL. One sound for all notifications isn't acceptable.
Anyone have any solutions? I have a locked bootloader.

I usually change the notifications sounds in each specific app, and I leave the default notification sound as none. That's what I've done in the past, at least. I'm not getting the 2 XL until later today, so I'm not sure if that's the way it's still done.

I have tried this but it doesn't appear to work that way.

The only way i know of is like what EMcTx stated.
you go to each individual app and change the sound for each one.
you can either go through the notification settings or through the app.

parawood said:
I have tried this but it doesn't appear to work that way.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seems to work just fine for me. I changed the Messages app sound different from default and my text sounds stuck. Same for emails with Inbox.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Related

[Q] Froyo update notification sound problem

I upgraded to 2.2 OTA yesterday. Everything has worked great except that out of all issues, the notification sound for my text message became a very low key pop sound. I attempted to change it various times and tried resetting my phone a couple of times to see if that changed anything and nothing.
The funny part is I can still change the sound notifications for my twitter, so it is specifically the text messaging that is causing a problem. I have never rooted and didn't flash that early froyo, just the legit one yesterday.
Can anyone help me?
Does anyone have any ideas ?
Have you tried a reboot?
Sent from my EVO using XDA App
By rebooting you mean turning off and turning on? If yes I have many times and tried taking out the battery too.
EvoUserXXX said:
I upgraded to 2.2 OTA yesterday. Everything has worked great except that out of all issues, the notification sound for my text message became a very low key pop sound. I attempted to change it various times and tried resetting my phone a couple of times to see if that changed anything and nothing.
The funny part is I can still change the sound notifications for my twitter, so it is specifically the text messaging that is causing a problem. I have never rooted and didn't flash that early froyo, just the legit one yesterday.
Can anyone help me?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im rooted using fresh right now it is built on the latest OTA and I'm trying to replicate your problem. What happens when you attempt to change the sound also where are you changing the sound at in messaging settings or the default in sounds?
wildgillis said:
Im rooted using fresh right now it is built on the latest OTA and I'm trying to replicate your problem. What happens when you attempt to change the sound
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When I go to settings/sound/notification sound I click any of the sounds and click ok. (As I highlight any of them it plays the preview sound).
Then I exit and have multiple people text me and it plays a little tiny sounding popping sound instead of whatever sound I picked.
Now I am on launcher pro and attempted changing on regular sense and nothing happened. I'm also using chompsms. (maybe uninstall chompsms?)
I don't know what to do . I turned off the phone several times and also took out the battery. Twitter notifications work fine, so its directly related to texting
go into your messages home screen press menu, press settings, scroll to received messages heading, make sure play notification sound is checked and than select a notification sound from the next option below and select ok
wildgillis said:
go into your messages home screen press menu, press settings, scroll to received messages heading, make sure play notification sound is checked and than select a notification sound from the next option below and select ok
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG THANK YOU !!!!!!!! You have no idea how frustrated I was with this !
I really appreciate it man.

Ringtone problems

This sounds really stupid but anyone else having a problem with the ringtone you select staying? I select a ringtone and then verify but every time I get my first call after it goes to dumb Verizon airwaves ringtone. My notification tones stick like normal. Just really getting annoying.
Thanks
Never had that problem ....
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeahp i had it...seemed to have stopped tho.
I'm still having the problem with the ringtone not staying. Still reverts the VZW Airwaves after first call. I checked to see if I disabled an app to cause this and struck out there. I'm wondering if its do not disturb. I keep it on always and only let contacts call.
Same problem here
Psychotic Penguin said:
Same problem here
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hopefully someone will chime in with why it's happening. Ive run out of ideas.
I saw that someone did a factory reset that solved the issue
Any news?
Psychotic Penguin said:
Any news?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine is still happening. I've been busy working but I may try a factory reset. My phone started bootlooping this morning when I got home from work and put it on the charger. Restarted like 6 times. Lots of bugs
I'm still not having any issues, well except this
Harleydroid said:
This sounds really stupid but anyone else having a problem with the ringtone you select staying? I select a ringtone and then verify but every time I get my first call after it goes to dumb Verizon airwaves ringtone. My notification tones stick like normal. Just really getting annoying.
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had this issue at first. Do you have ES File explorer? Mine was borked because of that. So i had to disable that from being default. Then it still wasn't working for my SMS only text tone so I switched from Hangouts to Google Messenger, changed the tone then switched back to Hangouts.
When I was doing that Hangouts had the right text tone selected but that wasn't what played. So i used "SMS" as default SMS account vs my Gmail then switched it back the be more organized and it worked. Haven't tried changing tone since so idk if thats needed each time
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy time bomb 7
Lord Syrics Jr. said:
I had this issue at first. Do you have ES File explorer? Mine was borked because of that. So i had to disable that from being default. Then it still wasn't working for my SMS only text tone so I switched from Hangouts to Google Messenger, changed the tone then switched back to Hangouts.
When I was doing that Hangouts had the right text tone selected but that wasn't what played. So i used "SMS" as default SMS account vs my Gmail then switched it back the be more organized and it worked. Haven't tried changing tone since so idk if thats needed each time
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy time bomb 7
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My texts and notifications stay fine. It's the ringtone.
Harleydroid said:
My texts and notifications stay fine. It's the ringtone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'd again verify your not going through a file explorer menu and thats its not the default app. Instead system explorer
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy time bomb 7
Did a factory reset, the issue hasn't returned!
Psychotic Penguin said:
Did a factory reset, the issue hasn't returned!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay good to hear. I'm just going to wait and deal with it since I will be exchanging for a new device. Thanks again for letting me know.
No problem
Been having this same issue on my replacement Note 7, (ringtone never switched to default on my original Note 7). I used Samsung cloud to restore some settings on my replacement Note 7 and that could be the culprit.
I really do not want to do a factory reset as I just spent a ton of time setting my phone back up this week.
I moved the ringtone from SD card to internal to see if that would fix it from reverting. Will see...
I had the issue on my original defective Note 7. Not having it on my new one.
Harleydroid said:
Okay good to hear. I'm just going to wait and deal with it since I will be exchanging for a new device. Thanks again for letting me know.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe unrelated, but are you using any kind of audio volume manager? Some of them (like AudioManager Pro) will store ringtone information, so when you toggle modes, the ringtone comes along for the ride (reverting one that you may have manually selected).
I put a brand new ringtone on my internal drive Ringtone folder yesterday and when I turned on my phone this morning, it had reverted back to the Verizon default ringtone again. Any ideas how to get the ringtone to stick other than a factory reset?

Gmail Using Battery Notification...

So, I've found that in order to get notifications from Gmail as they come in (I have to have this for my job), it cannot be added to data saver, and it cannot be optimized in battery settings. So, I set it up this way on my new phone, only to get a notification saying Gmail is using battery pretty much every single time an email comes through, sometimes even when none do... If I optimize it, my notifications stop until I hit the power button or unlock the phone (usually).
I cannot seem to figure out how to stop this stupid popup from happening. Anyone else getting this? Anyone know how to make it go away? It's driving me crazy...
Install this app. It's been working fine for me on my pixel 2 xl and previously worked on my 6P after installing 8.0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iboalali.sysnotifsnooze&hl=en
Empty Hand said:
Install this app. It's been working fine for me on my pixel 2 xl and previously worked on my 6P after installing 8.0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iboalali.sysnotifsnooze&hl=en
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sweet, thanks! Is there a reason why the Pixel does this? My s7 edge did not. I'm assuming it is something Sammy turned off, or maybe it's Oreo.
gettinwicked said:
Sweet, thanks! Is there a reason why the Pixel does this? My s7 edge did not. I'm assuming it is something Sammy turned off, or maybe it's Oreo.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It started with Oreo.
This was happening on my XL 2 as well, but all it took was catching one of the notifications, sliding to the right and selecting the settings icon, then turning off notifications. I have not seen one pop up since, and my Exchange emails are still coming through fine.

Notification sound with no apparent notification item

I love my new Pixel 2 XL but despite my best efforts to identify what app or system service was sending repeated (and annoying) default notification sounds but not showing any other message or indication, I finally hit on a solution that seems to work.
SET THE DEFAULT NOTIFICATION SOUND TO "NONE"
settings>sound>advanced>default notification sound
Then set the notification sounds to whatever you want for each app you actually care to hear from.
Unicorn512 said:
I love my new Pixel 2 XL but despite my best efforts to identify what app or system service was sending repeated (and annoying) default notification sounds but not showing any other message or indication, I finally hit on a solution that seems to work.
SET THE DEFAULT NOTIFICATION SOUND TO "NONE"
settings>sound>advanced>default notification sound
Then set the notification sounds to whatever you want for each app you actually care to hear from.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have noticed this as well.
<notification sound> no new text or email...
For me, it's just easier to ignore the errant tone once in a while than to set notifications for individual apps (cause I'm totally lazy like that).
But THAT is the beauty of Android... to each their own and there are always multiple ways to skin that cat
Use a notification log
I had this same issue. Turned out to be an app I had disabled pop ups for.
I have a (potentially) better solution. Add a notification log widget to find the culprit:
1. Long press on home screen and go to widgets.
2. Drag the settings widget to the home screen.
3. In the list of options, choose Notifications
Now you can see a log of your notifications. Next time you get the sound but no pop up, go into the log and find the offender at the top of the list.
For me it was a game I didn't need so I deleted it, but you can remedy the problem as you see fit.
Tesia819 said:
I had this same issue. Turned out to be an app I had disabled pop ups for.
I have a (potentially) better solution. Add a notification log widget to find the culprit:
1. Long press on home screen and go to widgets.
2. Drag the settings widget to the home screen.
3. In the list of options, choose Notifications
Now you can see a log of your notifications. Next time you get the sound but no pop up, go into the log and find the offender at the top of the list.
For me it was a game I didn't need so I deleted it, but you can remedy the problem as you see fit.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I followed your instructions but don't see any log?
I see the notification section of settings...
I am running stock Oreo 8.0 What are you running?
Unicorn512 said:
I followed your instructions but don't see any log?
I see the notification section of settings...
I am running stock Oreo 8.0 What are you running?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wait, I found it!
Very cool, I wonder why a help search didn't show me that...
Unicorn512 said:
Wait, I found it!
Very cool, I wonder why a help search didn't show me that...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad you found it! Sorry I just saw this. I forget where I learned about this, but it wasn't easy to find. I'm glad I could pass it on to someone else, I'm sure it could be plenty useful.
I'm having the same issue but it's not even showing in the notification log. Makes me want to throw it out the window to be honest. There's time where it will go off every 30 seconds. Off to reset I guess and see if that works.
same thing here pixel 2 oreo 8.1 notification sound...no thing new in the "hot list" or email or message
very weird, and randomly at night too which is the suck
2019 and no change
Hello, same issue still persists in 2019. Every few weeks i must dump the default sound as it sets it self up again.
Still no idea why it does it, just a temp bandaid to curb the annoyance. I notice a slightly higher battery drain too, tells me something is running
FireBoy153 said:
Hello, same issue still persists in 2019. Every few weeks i must dump the default sound as it sets it self up again.
Still no idea why it does it, just a temp bandaid to curb the annoyance. I notice a slightly higher battery drain too, tells me something is running
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds like a re-install is in order...if you have an unlocked bootloader, when was the last time you've done an update via Full Factory image? I'd imagine all that might be sorted out by reinstall/updating; with the "-w" removed of course...
I hope you consider it, and I hope this helps...

Ringtones Changing Randomly

I apologize if this has already been addressed. Im having a weird issue where my ringtone, alarm and notification sounds are randomly changing on there own and I have to manually change back. Of course I only notice it once I get a text or phone call and when i go into settings, the sounds will be changed to something like: 9523 or 461. Anyone else having this issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I forgot to take a screenshot of the last instance.
Pixel 3 ringtone issue
rhamorsky said:
I apologize if this has already been addressed. Im having a weird issue where my ringtone, alarm and notification sounds are randomly changing on there own and I have to manually change back. Of course I only notice it once I get a text or phone call and when i go into settings, the sounds will be changed to something like: 9523 or 461. Anyone else having this issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I forgot to take a screenshot of the last instance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes,i'am having the same exact problem myself.My phone is changing on its own the ringtone i choose no matter what i have tried.In less then half an hour it's back to something like 38458.Funny is there is no such ringtone in Sounds.
czriv1980 said:
Yes,i'am having the same exact problem myself.My phone is changing on its own the ringtone i choose no matter what i have tried.In less then half an hour it's back to something like 38458.Funny is there is no such ringtone in Sounds.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Haven't experienced this at all. Are you on a custom ROM or in stock? Which monthly update are you on?
Sent from my [device_name] using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Stock ROM with December security patch.
Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
i use an app for randomly change ringtone on my huawei and pixel has already included this, cool.
starbase64 said:
i use an app for randomly change ringtone on my huawei and pixel has already included this, cool.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well,looks like it:laugh:

Categories

Resources