.. I use hangouts for SMS and it doesn't light up active display when I receive a notification even though I have it checked to do so, and notifcations on in hangouts.. I even tried turning on notifiations for sms app and still nothing..
4.4 Rooted. VZW
any ideas?
edit: restart and unselecting then re selecting hangouts worked.
Moto X, 4.2.2 stock, rooted
When receiving a an email, message, or whatever (e.g., Gmail, snapchat, kakaotalk, google voice), the active notification appears as normal (vibrate/sound + screen display), but then the phone repeatedly displays the notification until it's unlocked. I do want the initial notification, but just the one. After the initial notification, further notif. only display the screen (no sound/vibrate).
When there isn't a notification, it doesn't display the clock over and over again as if I'm picking it up, so it's not like it's being moved around or something.
It did not used to do this, but I'm not sure exactly what setting/app/whatever would have caused this.
'Active notifications' has an option to disable certain apps or turn off completely, but there are no 'repeat' or 'lockscreen' settings located there, or in individual apps.
When I googled/searched for the issue (key words: active, notifications, repeat, stop, android, alert), I found these related posts, which seem to describe what I'm experiencing (albeit on different phones). Edit: ah, I can't post links yet, if you would like to look at them, please google the parts-of-the-url below
s4-active-message-notification-doesnt-stop-coming-up-lock-screen
android-kit-kat-moto-x-repeated-notifications-for-the-same-email
Has anyone else had this problem? What settings, if any, can I check for to disable these unwanted (repeated) notifications or how else might I go about it?
This isn't a bug or an issue, it's a feature. It's something called "breathing" notifications.
Every so often, the phone will give you the notification again just to be sure you saw it the first time. There is no way to remove or alter this feature through Active Display's settings.
If you are looking for an equivalent to Active Display, a good one (and the only one I know of) is DynamicNotifications by GreatBytes.
Have you tried swiping the notification to the side? That should dismiss it.
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It seemed to me it wasn't normal behavior, as I don't remember it happening when I first got the device, but if you say it's intended, I'll go with that.
DarkWolffe: you say "every so often". The notifications are appearing every 5 seconds or so. Is this inline with what your own experience? If I can't change that interval from the native settings, might the app you linked be able to? It seems that DynamicNotifications is made for devices that don't already have Active Notifications. (perhaps I'm supposed to disable AN and only use DN?) Thank you for the link, though, I'll check it out.
scottjb: Ah, I figured that out sometime after making this post, but thank you for that tip. It's useful when I may actually see the phone, but when I'm away from the phone or sleeping, for example, I'd prefer it not to behave that way. I realize it's an AMOLED screen, so the battery really shouldn't be affected too much, but it doesn't feel right to have it turn on over and over again so often.
Knowing they're called "breathing notifications" has allowed me to better search for related topics. It seems that turning the phone over or putting it in a pocket will stop the breathing. I'd still prefer if I could change the interval somehow, but I'm satisfied to have figured most of how it works out.
The interval of the notifications seems to change over time. When you first get a text message etc it seems to flash the notifications more often, after some time I believe it slows down a little. You can have the feature disabled at night, my ringer is silent from midnight to 9 am and my active notifications are disabled from 1 to 7 am. When disabled at night it only stops it from displaying on its own, if you move the phone it will still display the clock and any notifications.
LG Pulse with KitKat 4.4.2 same issue
I don't have a Moto X, I have the LG Pulse from Virgin Mobile Custom. My notifications do that, too! I have KitKat 4.4.2. I have never experienced this and I certainly would NOT make it a default nor intended action. Mine start out at the first notification + sounds, then 10 seconds later, 15 seconds later, 20 sec, 25 sec, etc. It is very annoying and there is no option in the system settings nor individual app settings to stop that behavior. I may just have to turn off notification sounds as this is ridiculous.
You can try setting the "sleep at night" option, and adjust the time to be on all the time (1am to 12am).
I believe this setting is supposed to suppress the breathing notifications. Though, it won't stop it from showing if you move the phone around... I know this cause my phone charges on my bed at night and when I roll around, it triggers AD, even though I have sleep mode on.
Hope it helps!
tapa'd on my moto x
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tapa'd on my moto x
So I recently updated and rooted my T-Mobile Moto X to 4.4.2. Ever since, Touchless controls and active display would randomly activate themselve. In the case of active display, it would tell me what it is. So I got tired and I opened up Titanium Back up and uninstalled both apps. I reinstalled them again from the play store but the active display won't work anymore. It is enabled and I rebooted my device multiple times but nothing. Any help is highly appreciated. Thank you.
Just noticed this today. I did use a rooted 4.4.4 rom using safestrap to get to 4.4.4.
I have it checked in Lock Screen settings, even rebooted a couple of times. Wondering if anyone else has this problem as well?
nicetucu said:
Just noticed this today. I did use a rooted 4.4.4 rom using safestrap to get to 4.4.4.
I have it checked in Lock Screen settings, even rebooted a couple of times. Wondering if anyone else has this problem as well?
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I am having the same problem. I updated OTA and am running stock with no root and still nothing has shown up. I like the new fingerprint sensor animations though!
Me too.. It disappeared after 4.4.4 OTA update, even though the options are checked to show in Lock Screen.
Also can't make the weather widget transparent...
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I got the pedometer to work by turning off Additional Information in Quick Settings - Lock Screen and turning the phone completely off and rebooting.
Turning Additional Info back on and turning completely off and restarting. Weather you have to go into weather settings and Use Current Location checked for it to now show on the lock screen.
Not sure why I didn't figure this out yesterday. Perhaps not enough coffee in my system lol.
Also Widget Transparency seems to be working fine.
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I got the pedometer to work by turning off Additional Information in Quick Settings - Lock Screen and turning the phone completely off and rebooting.
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Thanks this worked.. I tried this earlier but did't work where i restarted instead of complete power off.
Does any one able to set ART instead of Dalvik?
Anytime i set this it resets back to Dalvik only.
nicetucu said:
I got the pedometer to work by turning off Additional Information in Quick Settings - Lock Screen and turning the phone completely off and rebooting.
Turning Additional Info back on and turning completely off and restarting. Weather you have to go into weather settings and Use Current Location checked for it to now show on the lock screen.
Not sure why I didn't figure this out yesterday. Perhaps not enough coffee in my system lol.
Also Widget Transparency seems to be working fine.
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Thanks alot! Got a little confused about the weather settings but since I was using GEL, I didnt have the TW Weather widget. Figured that out and all went well.
I have Edge Lighting enabled and set to always on and the 2 apps I want to show notifications when the screen is off are enabled: Signal and Orgzly. I disabled Always-On Display and Edge Lighting should still work, right? My understanding is that with Edge Lighting, my screen is off and when I get notifications, it will trigger. Essentially, it's a replacement to the traditional LED light. The only time I've seen Edge Lighting triggered is when I'm actually using my phone (i.e. the screen is on), which is pretty pointless. The only time the screen goes from off to "notifying" me is when I'm getting a call.
I'm not sure if I need certain permissions for the apps, but I did enable notifications for them. I have disabled "Allow background activity" for all my apps--don't think this is relevant.
Any help is much appreciated. It's frustrating because I've been using my S10 significantly less than my old phone just because I'm not getting any notifications when the screen is off, which is most of the time.
P.S. Not sure if related, but occasionally I'm not even getting notifications unless I literally open the app, then I get bombarded with notifications accumulated. It's not so often that I feel there's a solution for it.
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P.S. Not sure if related, but occasionally I'm not even getting notifications unless I literally open the app, then I get bombarded with notifications accumulated. It's not so often that I feel there's a solution for it.
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i have the same issue on my note 8, i am running the latest andriod 9 one UI and i am not sure if it is a network issue or a ROM issues since for me the notifications does come through immediately if i am connected to WIFI but not while i am connected to mobile data.
same, notifications are late sometimes, really annoying
few days ago i didnt get email notifications for the whole day until 7pm, even tho my first mail was received at 9am......
evo85210 said:
same, notifications are late sometimes, really annoying
few days ago i didnt get email notifications for the whole day until 7pm, even tho my first mail was received at 9am......
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Gmail or other email client? Stock Samsung Email app is so far so good
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romanB_SK said:
Gmail or other email client? Stock Samsung Email app is so far so good
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gmail, is samsung email client any good? didnt bother trying cause oem apps are usually sh*t.
i think it's some kind of power saving setting, sometimes it happens on other apps too.