Questions tagged [notifications]
Questions related to Android Mobile notifications, which can be visual (alert in notification bar), sounds, vibration of device, or arrival of mobile notifications via SMS. If applicable, please use the more specific tags as e.g. 'notification-bar' or 'notification-led'. See the full tag wiki for more information.
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LED wont turn off
After receiving a message the LED was blinking for notification. After reading the message, the LED shines in dark blue and wont go into previous state, i.e. turn itself off. I tried to restart the ...
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Get rid of 'battery-low' popup after some delay?
I'm using an Android phone (a Motorola Defy+ running CM9) with OsmAnd as a map solution mounted on my motorcycle (it just shows the map and a gpx-track as a driving hint).
It's not connected to a ...
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Make notifications/messages fill the screen
Is there a way to have it so notifications/messages fill the screen, so I can't help but notice them when I pick my phone up?
Using an LG-Ally
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Remove persistent notification of an app without disabling all of its notifications
The latest Pushbullet update (v17.0.4) for Android has added a persistent notification to my notification drawer. The app indicates that I can remove the notification by enabling Pushbullet in the ...
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How do I turn off email notifications on my Gmail app on Android?
I'm using an LG Tribute phone which I recently purchased for Virgin Mobile. I have Gmail installed and by default, whenever I get an email, it generates a notification (in my case a buzz since I have ...
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How to disable USSD notifications?
On Android 4.2.1, some new stuff has appeared in the notification area. It shows my current balance and has an icon of the "SIM-card menu" app. Also, sometimes, some spammy messages appears (from my ...
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Disable sound and vibration for Gmail Notifications
I want to switch off sound and vibration alerts for Gmail, but leave on the icon (in the notification bar). I still want it to vibrate on Google Hangouts and Facebook Messenger notification, etc.
I'm ...
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How can i change text vibration on my Galaxy S3?
I want to change sms vibrations on my Galaxy S3 but I can only change it for incoming calls.
Can someone tell how to change notification vibrations for sms on my Samsung Galaxy S3?
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Trigger actions on notification received with IFTTT
IFTTT has a notifications channel but unfortunately it does not contain any triggers.
Is there any other way to perform an action when a notification is received?
Is there any IFTTT service that can ...
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Multiple Gmail notifications [duplicate]
Every time I get an email message in Gmail, the notification bar shows me 3 notifications instead of one: the first labeled important, the second labeled priority inbox, and the third is the regular ...
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Built-in alarm, calendar suddenly talking to me. How can I shut them up?
I use the native Clock app, and my alarm used to just have a normal ringtone. I assume there was some automatic update recently because this morning, in addition to the normal ringtone, there was a ...
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Does turning off the "Show notifications" settings for apps improve battery life?
I recently found that there is a "Show notifications" settings for individual app in my HTC One X. I have turned it off for some applications like Subway Surfers (which tries to sell me coins in ...
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How to disable vibration from notifications?
I am now on Android version 6.0.1 on a Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)
I have the ebay app installed and prior to the update whenever I received Ebay notifications they would just silently appear on my ...
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How do I get my phone to ring on a calendar notification? [duplicate]
I'm always missing appointments because the event notifications in Calendar app are so pathetic.
I when its time to leave for an appointment, I want my phone to ring as loud as possible as if I'm ...
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How can I eliminate duplicate notifications when I have a custom notification on a Gmail label?
I've set up a custom notification on a particular Gmail label (call it [special]). However, when an email with the [special] tag arrives, I get a notification for both the [inbox] and [special].
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Where does Lollipop stores notification policy?
Unlike its predecessor Android versions which saves notification policy in the file /data/system/notification_policy.xml (the file which saves the package name of apps you've selected to stop giving ...
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Send a SMS for every Android notification (goal: get notifications on Garmin Edge 1000)
I am wondering if there is a way, or an app, to send a SMS for every notification the Android phone is getting.
My goal is to try to find a way to send all the Android notifications to my Garmin Edge ...
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Google Hangouts vibrates although vibration is disabled
I'm having a really annoying issue to where when i receive a text message through hangouts my phone will vibrate and make a sound when it isn't muted even though in the hangouts app and in the ...
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Disable heads-up notifications
How to disable heads-up notifications (pop-up notifications)?
(These are the notifications that show at the upper part of the screen and obstruct the view.)
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Do not mute Sound on incoming notification - Android, YouTube
Is there an option to manage sound notification behaviour on a Android phone?
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In the morning, I do watch YouTube lectures, but every minute or so I do receive Slack message, that mute ...
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Notification numbers for a lot of apps don't show up?
We recently switched from iPhone to Android and on both of our Samsung phones, apps that we have notifications for (Facebook, Skype, etc.) do not have a number next to the icon showing how many ...
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I can't enable notifications icons badge on Moto E5 Play [duplicate]
I have a Moto E5 Play with Oreo 8.1(Android Go) and I can't enable notification icons badge, I mean those little dots over the application icons on home.
When I go to Configuration-> Apps ...
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Phone LED only flashes for a few minutes after receiving a notification
My HTC Desire is set up to flash its LED lamp whenever I receive an email, SMS etc.
Only problem is that (without touching the phone) the LED stops flashing after 5 minutes or so. So if a message ...
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Disable vibration in Samsung?
(Attention: Samsung's 9.0-Pie / One UI is different from stock Android)
Is there any way to completely disable vibration in a Samsung phone running their flavor of Android Pie (9.0)?
I already have ...
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Delayed notifications on Huawei Mate 10 pro with Android Pie, EMUI 9.0
What I experience these last months is that notifications from various apps of mine do not appear in time.
Either they appear very late or not at all (until I open the specific app).
My system is ...
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Why are some lollipop notifications able to be swiped away on lockscreen?
I have a pin set and privacy set to don't show sensitive content.
Some notifications such as tune in radio telling me about a recommended radio are able to be swiped away from the lockscreen where as ...
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iOS' Quick Reply feature on WhatsApp for Android
Recently I got my first Android phone, LG G3 and updated to the Android Lollipop, the latest OS ver. The transition from iOS isn't smooth as I thought and this because I'm trying to find how to enable ...
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Ringer and Notification Volume
Before icecream sandwich, on my HTC I was able to make my notification volume on zero (so it would vibrate) while my ringer was at full volume. Now with icecream sandwich the ringer and notification ...
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Does the ICS Email app allow you to get notifications on folders other than inbox?
I have set on a IMAP account on my ICS android. I have some of the mails filtered to go to different folders. Is it possible to receive notifications the other folders? It is annoying, when I read ...
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How can I turn off the "low battery" noise?
I've started getting a loud beep notification when my battery hits 15%. Possibly this happened after an Audio Manager update but I don't see any settings in the app to change it. Previously the ...
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How to send notifications to an Android device from a PC via USB?
I have seen Pushbullet, but it works over the internet
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Save and hide notifications and then show them later
Is there any way I could hide notifications from certain apps entire, but then have them appear later at some specific time or event? Essentially, I'd like to contextually delay notifications ...
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How to disable Notifications for Github Emails on Google Inbox?
I turned the data synchronization on, and I get the notifications of Google Inbox. It works fine for "important" or "primary" emails, but it notifies me for Github emails too. How do I disable it -...
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Is there any way (as a user) to force all notifications to be expandable?
Some notifications can't be read because they spill over the allotted space, but I can't expand them because the app developer never enabled that feature. Can I force all notifications on my phone to ...
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Google Calendar notification are silent
The notification show up on time but since yesterday the phone remains silent. Before there was a little sound with the notifcation.
I have checked the volume of the phone, the blocking mode is off, ...
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Phone won't shut up even in Vibrate/Silent mode
If I set my phone to Vibrate or Silent modes, it's still making audible notifications for GMail, Hangouts, Waze, and maybe other things.
It has worked as expected for years, and then started doing ...
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Show WhatsApp popup when clicking the message in notification panel
We can enable popup notifications in WhatsApp settings for "Only when screen is on" and "Always show popup".
What I want is, it shouldn't show any popup when message arrives like popups are disabled, ...
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Display a user-entered note when a contact calls
In android is there a way to display a user entered note specific to a contact whenever that respective contact calls? Something like this...
For context, it has to be similar to how Truecaller app ...
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Keep showing unread mail notification in Gmail
Apparently, I'm one of the few people who use his mailbox as a to-do list, but since I got a new phone with Android 11, I lose my icon badge as soon as I clear the notification.
In the past, I could ...
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How to disable heads up notifications and immersive mode?
I recommended purchasing android smart phone (moto e 2015 with android 5.0.2) to a non-technical savy friend of mine and he did. Few UI aspects of android always annoy newcomers.
One such is ...
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Marshmallow Heads-up Notifications Gone? [duplicate]
My Galaxy S6 edge recently updated to Android 6.0.1.
Before, when I would get a message from Whatsapp, it would show the message at the top of my screen (Lollipop called it Heads-up notification). ...
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How to prevent an app's notification from updating while the screen is off?
I have a bootleggers ROM (Android 9 pie) installed on a Motorola Moto E 2015 phone. I have a setting, enabled in adaptive display settings, which makes the screen to turn on, when a new notification ...
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How to disable app notifications of a certain app? [duplicate]
How can I disable the app notifications of a certain app I installed from Google Play?
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Sony Xperia Z5 not showing Heads up Notifications on Marshmallow
I've recently bought a Sony Xperia Z5, and can't get the Heads up Notifications to work on any app at all.
I have gone into the app settings and selected "Sounds & Notifications / App ...
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