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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How to fix "Notification access is not available" on Android Go?
I have a TECNO Spark 2 running on Android 8.1 Oreo (Go Edition). Every time I try to install apps that require notification access, it says that the feature is not available.
How to fix it?
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Disable location sharing's notifications in Microsoft Family Safe
I am a parent and I don't want to share my location. Is there any way to get rid of this damn nag:
Or am I forced to see it each time I open up the app.
Also I don't understand why am I seeing ...
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Sound of notifications working but media of apps not
1 → All volumes are maxed out
2 → My device has "Do Not Disturb" mode disabled
3 → My device has "Battery Saver" mode disabled
My notifications work perfectly sound, but when I try ...
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Receive Google sign-in notification to only one Android device
I have two Android phones A and B.
When I sign in to a specific website using my Google account, they send a notification to both of my devices for two-step verification.
https://support.google.com/...
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get emails from specific emails - instantly
I'm trying to make sure that when I get specific emails, I get notified instantly, loudly, and even if I'm in "do not disturb".
The emails are going into a gmail account. These are things I'...
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Send a notification (or just vibrate) to phone via ADB/shell
I would like to be able to send some kind of notification to my android using a remote shell script (SimpleSSHD running as root, so basically the same as an adb shell).
On an iOS device I can use the ...
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Android 12 popup over the keyboard (screenshot)
I'm having an issue with Android 12, on a Samsung Galaxy 22 Ultra. It is showing some kind of popup over my keyboard and it sits there way too long so I can't continue with what I was doing and I ...
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How to determine why my pixel 3a running android 12 just beeped, and stop the unexplained beeping
My cell phone has a habit of beeping, with no recent notification present either on the lock screen or on the screen you get when you swipe down from the top of a home screen. (Sorry, I don't know ...
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Can't grant notification access on Android TV
I have a Kogan TV with Android TV 9. When I try to grant notification access to any app (just Notifications for Android TV & Pano Scrobbler for now), it reverts to being disabled after I back out ...
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Different vibration sounds for different contacts
I would like to have different notification "vibrations" based on who messages me. Ideally, this would be done on any of the main messaging apps (Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Snapchat, ...
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Save notifications when rebooting
When you reboot an Android, all notifications are deleted. Is there a way to save the notifications and restore them after reboot?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Rate limit notifications from an app
So when family and friends go bananas on a communication app, the phone spews alerts endlessly, one for every single message. Sometimes even every time someone starts typing! Some apps, like signal, ...
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Disabling notifications for Samsung Messages
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S5. I switched to using Google Hangouts for SMS. I cannot disable the default Samsung Messages' notification, so I get a duplicate of each notification from the messages.
I ...
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All the built in notification tones are now gone after clearing the Media Storage app's data
The Album app on my phone fails to detect some of the pictures I have after I moved them. I tried clearing the Album app's data but it didn't do anything. After looking around the internet, I found ...
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Silence notifications but not calls
During my night time, I would like to silence all app notifications, including text messages, emails and news alerts.
On the other hands, I do not want to silence calls. This is because calls after ...
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Silent notifications except for one app
I have a Samsung Galaxy s9+ device and I was wondering if it is possible to use the silent mode and still receive sound notifications from one app only?
I want to hear whenever I receive a Telegram ...
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How do I disable notifications for a second Gmail account?
I have two Gmail accounts, one that I use for mailing lists and signing up for online services and whatnot, and the other one for more important stuff like work and friends.
I'd like to set it up so ...
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How to make sure Android'a notification can give sound and vibrate?
I bought some Xiaomi phones to play video games, and then set a notification so that when something happens in the game while I am on the computer, then the phone would play some audio and also ...
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What is the icon with what looks like Cupid and a bow and arrow? [duplicate]
Does anyone know what the symbol above of what looks like cupid with a bow and arrow is for?
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Silence all notifications by default
How can I silence all notifications by default on Android 12 without resorting to DnD?
I just replaced my old phone (Google Pixel 4a, same as the old one) and restored everything from backup, but ...
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How can I increase the maximum stack size of notifications in the notification tray?
So my current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S21. I receive a LOT of push notifications, by choice. The problem is, when I receive those push notifications for, say, Twitter, the number of notifications ...
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Notification badge counter disappears on dismissing the notification
Device : Redmi Note 11 (MIUI 13.0.10.0 with Android 11) using the default launcher
Problem: Whenever a notification gets dismissed (even without opening it) the badge counter attached to the ...
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How can I configure Android so that the phone rings when I receive a phone call while in "do not disturb" mode?
I tried to check allow all notifications:
However, after saving it, it gets unchecked again. It works fine for other applications.
How can I configure Android so that the phone rings when I receive a ...
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Badge icons disappear when clearing notification
I have a Samsung Galaxy S22. Overall I'm happy with it, but there is this one annoying feature. After I clear a notification, my badge icon which shows the nunber of unread emails for example ...
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Locking a notification
How can I lock a notification so that I don't close it by accident?
Some notifications are locked by the app and some action needs to be done to close it - I cannot simply swipe to the side.
Can I do ...
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Is it possible to look at past system notifications? [duplicate]
If I am running an video game app that may pop up system notifications, I may place the phone down and browse the web on a computer, and if there is notifications, I will know because the phone would ...
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How to vibrate more than one time for system notifications?
I have a few Xiaomi, Samsung, and OnePlus Android phones, and want to set system notification for some apps so that it can vibrate 3 times or more. Is that possible?
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Does restricting background data for an app turn off notifications too?
Does restricting background data also stop my phone from receiving notifications from restricted apps?
For example: I go to Settings > Data usage > Cellular data usage > Facebook, then I turn ...
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How to set custom text notification sounds with a Samsung Galaxy S22?
I just purchased a Samsung Galaxy S22. It runs Android 12 and One UI 4.1.
What I am trying to do is use a custom notification sound for my text messages (Google Messages). I want a custom sound for ...
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Receiving app notifications from apps that are blocked by a network firewall
I am currently on my company's wireless network which prevents apps like Twitter and Facebook from connecting, etc. However, I still receive notifications from these apps when someone posts to my wall ...
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Why notifications sound is controlled by media sound settings?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ with Android 10 and I have the following problem - in the sound settings, I have media and ringtone set to halfway, but notification and system sound set to 0. But I can ...
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Microsoft Account Notification on Samsung Note 9
I no longer use my Microsoft account but still get notifications on my mobile phone (Samsung Note 9) saying "Check your Microsoft Account, we couldn't connect"
I can't access the Microsoft ...
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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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Remove Wi-Fi Calling Notification
How can I remove this notification without disabling Wi-Fi calling? This notification cannot be swiped away like most others, and I consider it to be a nuisance.
There was a "solution" to this ...
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Notification about cricket services
I have an At&t Alcatel phone with my service being through safelink. But the other day I received an notification telling me that I could go here (and it gives a website) to continue with my ...
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Calls go through even when notifications disabled
I disable all notifications in app notifications menu and text notifications do not show, as intended, but calls go through... no notification is shown when someone calls, but the call sound rings. So ...
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How do I turn off an app's custom notification sound
Some apps come with different notification sounds AKA the app switches from my default sound to their own sound. I don't want to turn off the notifications, but the sounds are poor quality and ear ...
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How can I disable the battery saver window that appears at 15%?
I develop a kiosk app (can be a device owner if required) and I don't want to show the battery saver window that is shown at 15% on Samsung Galaxy Watch4 to my customers. I want to disable this ...
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How to block sound notifications of certain apps at a certain time?
At the moment I use an app called Nights Keeper that automatically blocks ALL sound notifications for me during the time I sleep.
The problem is that this blocks ALL sound notifications and I would ...
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Disable notification sounds but keep SMS Sounds
Device: Galaxy Ace Duos 6802
I want to to turn off all the notification sounds, but keep the SMS sounds when I get SMS, WhatsApp messages, Skype messages, etc. It is very frustrating having to hear ...
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Delayed Notifications Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro
I ordered the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro (China ROM) and the phone is doing fantastic except 1 annoying issue.
All my notifications are being delayed and only get delivered when I wake up the screen.
I ...
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Any way to disable notifications' sound when screen is on? On Stock Android
Is there any reasonable way to disable all android notification sounds (only) when your screen is on, but keeping them working when screen is off?
By 'stock' I mean a Pixel (3) device.
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samsung galaxy a3: block all notifications except email and sms
Device: Samsung Duos (SM_A300H) Android version 5.0.2
I want something very basic: that my samsung galaxy a3 works like a phone and makes sound only for call, sms and alarm. No more FB nor email nor ...
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How do I turn off "Retrain OK, Google" notification?
Almost each time I look at the phone or unlock it, I get this notification:
And it is really annoying. My phone is Huawei Mate 10 Pro, if that matters. Also, I checked into Settings, and Google ...
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Notification Volume Control
One of the most annoying things about my phone is that the volume buttons adjust the ringer volume but not the notification volume.
Is there any way I could write a script or configure my phone so ...
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How can I stop facebook's notification about continuous contact uploads?
Every day I receive something along the lines of this (often it's just "1 new notification"):
Seem pretty exciting, maybe I should see what it is. But it turns out it's just facebook pestering me to ...
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"Improve Location Accuracy" question won't stop coming up
Immediately, no matter if I hit "yes" or "no", it will pop up one second later when I'm on Tinder. No matter how many times I answer, it will just come right back up immediately. I've tried ...
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SMS notification on Bluetooth
How can I get text notifications on my 390 Plantronics bluetooth device from my Galaxy Prevail 2 if it has that feature?
I have tried my settings in my phone but it only has the option for call audio.
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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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Seeing a floating "notification square icon" on my MIUI 12.5 phone - why?
Here I was, just living my life, a happy camper of a MIUI 12.5.1 phone (Mi 9 SE to be specific), and everything was just fine. Well, not exactly, but for the purposes of this question it was.
Then, a ...
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