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Diamond does not ring when called!

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Hi,
after installing some software apps (numerous freeware utilities), my diamond does not ring anymore when I am called (it does vibrate).
I have checked everything but cant switch the darn ringing on again - other sonds work fine, it just doesn't ring. This is the second time this has happend - after the first time the hard-reset fixed the problem, but then I reinstalled several programs again and the same problem is back again.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can do about this without doing a hard reset?
Perhaps there is a Tweak utility where I can see if the ringing has been switched off?
Please help.
Thanks in advance - I would really appreciate any suggestions.

Berx1 said:
(Sorry - this was previously in the wrong thread category)
Hi,
after installing some software apps (numerous freeware utilities), my diamond does not ring anymore when I am called (it does vibrate).
I have checked everything but cant switch the darn ringing on again - other sonds work fine, it just doesn't ring. This is the second time this has happend - after the first time the hard-reset fixed the problem, but then I reinstalled several programs again and the same problem is back again.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can do about this without doing a hard reset?
Perhaps there is a Tweak utility where I can see if the ringing has been switched off?
Please help.
Thanks in advance - I would really appreciate any suggestions.
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didi you installed pointUI and the SystemInternalsV2????

you might not like the answer, but hard reset has fixed that problem for me with the diamond and 2 other htc phones i had in the past.

adempozhari said:
did you install pointUI and the SystemInternalsV2????
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What is pointUI ? - I have the standard diamond branded user interface from O2 with all the system internals and the ROM version 1.93.207.2 German.
Please help me - I really do not want to do a hard reset because the last time I could not retrieve my back up with the Sprite backup utility .
Thanks in advance for any help.

i can't believe i'm now posting in this. i remember telling you to post this on the main diamond forum and now i'm having the same problem.
i've tried putting the ringtones in the internal storage, and on the phone's main memory, sometimes i hear the ring for a split second before it goes silent.
from searching, it seemed like some people have had this issue with some SRS WOW program but I don't have that.
have you been able to resolve this? I too would like to avoid a hard reset if at all possible, i just got the phone setup the way i want it and it would take a ton of time to get it back....

This may sound stupid, but give it a try, it has helped before...
Go to the settings tab in TF3D.
Tap Sound
Set Volume at 100%
Sometimes, the ring volume gets reset to 0 by itself, and it took me 4 weeks before I found it, after trying about everything, from uninstalling every app to hacking the registry.

Twabi2 said:
This may sound stupid, but give it a try, it has helped before...
Go to the settings tab in TF3D.
Tap Sound
Set Volume at 100%
Sometimes, the ring volume gets reset to 0 by itself, and it took me 4 weeks before I found it, after trying about everything, from uninstalling every app to hacking the registry.
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that's usually one of the first places i check... i'll keep it in mind though.
i think i might have an idea what my issue might be, so it was working this morning but i noticed microsoft's voice command was announcing the name of the caller as it was ringing. so i think it might be an issue with the msvc. i'm going to try disabling the voice announce and see what that does...

Problem Solved!
Hi,
guess what - I finally found the solution
I never bothered to read the Diamond manual as I believed the user friendly interface to be self-explanitory - however, I overlooked something very important!
When setting the volume up or down by means of the buttons on the left hand side of the Diamond, the usual vertical bargraph type of display appears and reacts according to how the adjutment is made with the volume up or down buttons, this is clear. There is also the possibility to mute the phone or to put it into vibration-only mode.
Now, at the top left hand side, there is an arrow (looks like this: <). If you quickly tap on that with the stylus before the screen goes away again, you will get a new screen for another setting - now this setting is for adjusting the ringing volume / mute / vibration settings (now the arrow is on the top right and looks like this: >
It is so simply expained: The system volume is not the same as the telephone ringing volume and just requires the quick click on the top left hand side of the screen and voila, bob is your uncle! You can then set the ringing volume up and your phone will ring again.
I wantend to know why the heck the ringing volume just changes or what caused the problem and I have also been able to determine why the ringing volume settings change - to explain:
When setting the SYSTEM VOLUME to mute - then the PHONE RINGING VOLUME is also muted! However, when then setting the system volume up again, the ringing volume still remains muted! This is important to know and it can also happen accidentally or it may be forgotten to reset the ringing volume. I dare to say that this was not really thought about very well and I hope the developers will change this or show a VOLUME STATUS for both the SYSTEM and RINGING volumes somewhere on the desktop/today screen.
... or would that not be a good project for a developer here on this forum perhaps? I would appreciate a comment here...
Thanks anyway for the kind responses and willingness for your help.
I have to date still not read the actual over 260 page little manual booklet, but it probably is described in there. Moral of the story: RYFM (for those who know what that stands for)
Amendment: Found it described on page 42 in the manual booklet - it's actually described there but can be easily overlooked and it is not described that the system volume settings affect the ringing volume settings.
Ok, so the phone rings now but I have a similar problem with my GPS receiver
I will open another thread for this - hopefully someone can help me.
Best regards,
Mike - Germany.

I had the same problem.

It happened to me.
All the system sounds were fine, but the ring wasn't there.
Checked settings, change ringtone, tried a lot of stuff.
I was begginning to think about a hard reset when I found my problem origin:
At least in the ROM that I use (Shaks), when you press one of the volume keys in the side of the phone, you change system and ring volume.
If I press it all down, it goes to zero then vibrate then silent, and normally the system and ringer volumes are equal when you do this.
In that system volume screen that appears when you press volume key, there is a arrow in the top left. If you press it, you'll go "ringer volume" screen. I noticed that system volume was in maximum but the ringer volume didn't fallow it.
That said, if your ROM uses the volume keys in that same way, press that arrow and check if the ringer volume is on too.

[Q] Droid Won't Go to Vibrate or Silent

So I've searched all over to try and figure this one out, but there's a lot of similar issues and none that I could find that are the same thing. The description might end up long because I want to be absolutely clear about what's happening (since there were a lot of really similar issues I found when I searched).
I have a Motorola Droid running CM 7 (.0.3, i think), but the problem was also there on the last version of CM I was running (6.something, probably). The first time I wiped and installed CM7 the problem seemed to be solved, but I screwed up the account setup and on the 2nd install the problem was back.
ANYWAY, the actual problem is this:
My phone's sound will NOT turn off. I can turn it all the way down with the volume rocker, and it will show the Vibrate icon, but the volume bar will not go down that last little bit. It does not vibrate. It does not go to silent. If I turn off sound from the lock screen, it doesn't do anything except show a vibrate icon at the top. The volume level remains the same. Same goes for the sound toggle on the home screen menu. It just doesn't do anything except change the icon to vibrate, silent, whatever.
The only way I can get it to go to silent/vibrate is through the Sound menu in settings. Even then, I can't just check the Silent Mode box, I have to go to the volume dialog box and manually drag it all the way to zero. Then, if I hit volume up on the rocker or turn the sound up in any other way, I have to go back to Settings to change it again.
I'm going crazy trying to solve this. I've wiped my phone. It doesn't seem like a hardware issue since everything is working except the switch to vibrate/silent from sound-on mode. I've tried everything I can think of. I've had the phone for almost 2 years now, and I'm generally good at fixing this type of thing, or at least finding the answer on Google. Has anyone had this issue?

khorbin said:
So I've searched all over to try and figure this one out, but there's a lot of similar issues and none that I could find that are the same thing. The description might end up long because I want to be absolutely clear about what's happening (since there were a lot of really similar issues I found when I searched).
I have a Motorola Droid running CM 7 (.0.3, i think), but the problem was also there on the last version of CM I was running (6.something, probably). The first time I wiped and installed CM7 the problem seemed to be solved, but I screwed up the account setup and on the 2nd install the problem was back.
ANYWAY, the actual problem is this:
My phone's sound will NOT turn off. I can turn it all the way down with the volume rocker, and it will show the Vibrate icon, but the volume bar will not go down that last little bit. It does not vibrate. It does not go to silent. If I turn off sound from the lock screen, it doesn't do anything except show a vibrate icon at the top. The volume level remains the same. Same goes for the sound toggle on the home screen menu. It just doesn't do anything except change the icon to vibrate, silent, whatever.
The only way I can get it to go to silent/vibrate is through the Sound menu in settings. Even then, I can't just check the Silent Mode box, I have to go to the volume dialog box and manually drag it all the way to zero. Then, if I hit volume up on the rocker or turn the sound up in any other way, I have to go back to Settings to change it again.
I'm going crazy trying to solve this. I've wiped my phone. It doesn't seem like a hardware issue since everything is working except the switch to vibrate/silent from sound-on mode. I've tried everything I can think of. I've had the phone for almost 2 years now, and I'm generally good at fixing this type of thing, or at least finding the answer on Google. Has anyone had this issue?
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A good way to try and debug the issue would be to install Widgetsoid 2.x(https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jim2&feature=search_result) and place a switcher on your homescreen with the different sound options such as silent and vibrate. Then, toggle those switches and see if your status bar icon changes, and if the phone is actually in vibrate or silent mode.
If that doesn't work then I would suggest to try another ROM, or perhaps it's a hardware issue.

Thanks, I'll try that and let you know the results.

Go to Settings -> CyanogenMod Settings -> Sound -> Silent State (check)

[Q] notification icon

hi
Does anyone know what this icon is? (In picture)
I thought it was that my phone was set to vibrate but its not! What have i done?
Btw this is my first android phone after 4 years of iphone so still learning
Big time

I have the same thing. It thought that it is for vibration as well (either with key pressing or for a call).

scrott901 said:
hi
Does anyone know what this icon is? (In picture)
I thought it was that my phone was set to vibrate but its not! What have i done?
Btw this is my first android phone after 4 years of iphone so still learning
Big time
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Eborg said:
I have the same thing. It thought that it is for vibration as well (either with key pressing or for a call).
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It comes when you set the phone on ring and vibrate both.
Set the phone only to ringing mode and it will vanish. Once you activate to vibrate along with ring it will emerge in the status bar.
Used to remove it in the GB using JKay mods - Deluxe Settings

I think it shows up whenever you have your phone set to vibrate..either with ringer or on silent mode.

thanks for the replies guys, think ill just have to live with being told its on vibrate

Lock volume app/mod

I leave the volume turned up 100% on my phone, always, and hate when I discover it has been turned down somehow accidentally.
On my old Motorola flips, I would literally take them apart and cut the connection to the volume down button so that I could turn it up all the way and forget about it.
I figured that in the Android world there would be an app that effectively does the same thing. I did find a couple, but none seem just right. One that looked perfect doesn't work on the S4 Active, some are far too bloated for my simple needs, others run constantly in the background...
I am rooted. Is there a mod I can do to just disable or re-assign the the volume down button and be done with it?
Thanks!

Im looking for the some app/mod. I was using a "volume control +" but it doesn't work on my sgs4 active

I'm using Viper4androidfx, works very well on S4A.
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[Q] Silencing Touchless Control in class

If I set my phone's ringer to "Vibrate" or "Silent" and I accidentally trigger my Touchless control, will the phone make a noise? For example, if I am sitting in class or in a test, I would hate for my phone to accidentally make sounds.
Is the sound of TC tied to the phone ringer volume or the phone's media volume? If it's tied to the ringer volume, I can quickly silence it when needed by just using the volume rocker buttons right? If it's the latter, I have to go into the volume settings and change the media volume to silent?
(Google Now used to be tied to the phone's ringer volume; it is now tied to the phone media volume. Any way to change this too?)

Don't say the hotword. Fixed. If TC is going off randomly for you, you should probably retrain the recognition.

I really wish Google now had its own volume control.
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Go to Toucless Controls in settings and uncheck "Launch Phrase Sound". That way it won't been when you trigger it.
Mine also triggers frequently at the mall.. gonna try re training it. Given, I did trick it to activate on "Ok Google" instead of "Ok Google Now" lol.

scorpion667 said:
Go to Toucless Controls in settings and uncheck "Launch Phrase Sound". That way it won't been when you trigger it.
Mine also triggers frequently at the mall.. gonna try re training it. Given, I did trick it to activate on "Ok Google" instead of "Ok Google Now" lol.
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However, after you launch it, if the phone continues to pick up words and decides to start googling or calling someone, it will still continue to make noises.

scorpion667 said:
Mine also triggers frequently at the mall..
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Do you, or the people at the mall you go to, walk around saying "OK Google now"?

nhizzat said:
Do you, or the people at the mall you go to, walk around saying "OK Google now"?
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I think sometimes it may jut trigger from ambient noises. Still, there are situations when you absolutely do not want to risk your phone going off: interview, movie theatre, exam, etc... I know you can shutdown the phone, but that can sometimes be inconvenient.
Speaking of which, is there a reboot function anywhere? I can only find power off. It's sometimes annoying when you want to reboot your phone and walk away and come back, but now you have to wait for it to power off and then manually power it back on again.

jamesino said:
I think sometimes it may jut trigger from ambient noises. Still, there are situations when you absolutely do not want to risk your phone going off: interview, movie theatre, exam, etc... I know you can shutdown the phone, but that can sometimes be inconvenient.
Speaking of which, is there a reboot function anywhere? I can only find power off. It's sometimes annoying when you want to reboot your phone and walk away and come back, but now you have to wait for it to power off and then manually power it back on again.
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I've not had my phone, ambient noise or otherwise, respond and start doing touch less controls unless I've said OK Google Now. I'd be interested to know why yours does. i.e. can I make mine more sensitive? (because sometimes it doesn't even respond when I say OK Google Now)
As for reboot... I'm not aware of anything on the stock X. If you are rooted, there are Xposed modules to give you the "4 option power menu" thing of the old days.. And there are apps like Quick Boot (Reboot) which will reboot your phone normally (works like power off/on reboot), to bootloader, to recovery, or to power off.

KidJoe said:
I've not had my phone, ambient noise or otherwise, respond and start doing touch less controls unless I've said OK Google Now. I'd be interested to know why yours does. i.e. can I make mine more sensitive? (because sometimes it doesn't even respond when I say OK Google Now)
As for reboot... I'm not aware of anything on the stock X. If you are rooted, there are Xposed modules to give you the "4 option power menu" thing of the old days.. And there are apps like Quick Boot (Reboot) which will reboot your phone normally (works like power off/on reboot), to bootloader, to recovery, or to power off.
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Ah I see, thanks.
Is there any reason why Google took away the 4 power menu option and took away the Reboot option from the power menu?

jamesino said:
Ah I see, thanks.
Is there any reason why Google took away the 4 power menu option and took away the Reboot option from the power menu?
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I don't know. I had HTC for a while there, and thought it might have been an HTC Sense thing, or an added hack that I did.
I know there was a "restart" option on the menu, but it didn't shut down and reboot the phone, it just restarted some of the services/features, not a true reboot.

nhizzat said:
Do you, or the people at the mall you go to, walk around saying "OK Google now"?
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Nop. Yesterday it was happening while I was on the bus in the back seat which is in front of the engine. No one was talking.
Like I said, it's because I tricked it to record my launch phrase as "Ok Google" instead of "Ok Google Now". If I do it the proper way I don't have issues.

Can't believe didn't think of this: just turn off Touchless Controls when you need the guarantee of silence -_-

Or make yourself in a meeting using Assist
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