Silence Moto Voice Temporarily - X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am looking for a quick easy way to silence Moto Voice temporarily. Here is the reason.
I have set Moto Voice to use a custom command. I set the MotoX into indefinite Silence mode when going into church. I know it is set properly as I see the symbol in the Notification Bar. In the middle of church the phone picks up some random voice and starts asking me out loud to put in my unlock PIN code. Rather embarrassing.
So it appears that putting the phone into silence mode does not affect Moto Voice from still talking out loud.
Is there an easier way to temporarily silence Moto Voice, other than entering the Moto App each time and turning off??

sab2624 said:
In the middle of church the phone picks up some random voice and starts asking me out loud to put in my unlock PIN code.
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I am afraid it is worse than that. When triggered, Moto Voice will set your ringer volume to 60% and leave it there.

Night mode should help you in this situation.
Follow these steps:
1. Moto Voice should be configured as inactive in the night mode.
2. When you got to the church, just wake your MotoX and say "Goodnight <your MotoX name>"
3. Now your Moto X should stop listening until you wake it up by saying "Good morning" to it.
Hope this helps
Wow, there are lot of possibilities in these otherwise simple looking features, you just need to be little bit creative in thinking what you need and how to get it. :laugh:

Jack Sparrow xda said:
1. Moto Voice should be configured as inactive in the night mode.
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I don't see a way to do this. What am I missing?

Solutions Etcetera said:
I don't see a way to do this. What am I missing?
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Looks like I went over-creative in thinking the possibilities. Just checked and found that there is no such way to toggle voice command on or off.
Obviously, if we stop it from listening then how can we wake it up by saying any command.... LOL Silly me.
But wait, there is 'Silence' trigger in the 'sleeping' mode under Moto Assist. Turn the silence mode on there and then say Goodnight to it to force your MotoX enter in the sleeping mode. Maybe its still listening but now it should not shout loud asking your any further command. Ideally only 'Good Morning' should work.
You need to check it, its night at my location so I can't check the voice command right now

Jack Sparrow xda said:
But wait, there is 'Silence' trigger in the 'sleeping' mode under Moto Assist. Turn the silence mode on there and then say Goodnight to it to force your MotoX enter in the sleeping mode. Maybe its still listening but now it should not shout loud asking your any further command. Ideally only 'Good Morning' should work.
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The problem here is that whenever Moto Voice is invoked, it sets the ringer volume to 60% and leaves it there, hence unsilencing your silenced phone in a major way. (c;

Jack Sparrow xda said:
Looks like I went over-creative in thinking the possibilities. Just checked and found that there is no such way to toggle voice command on or off.
Obviously, if we stop it from listening then how can we wake it up by saying any command.... LOL Silly me.
But wait, there is 'Silence' trigger in the 'sleeping' mode under Moto Assist. Turn the silence mode on there and then say Goodnight to it to force your MotoX enter in the sleeping mode. Maybe its still listening but now it should not shout loud asking your any further command. Ideally only 'Good Morning' should work.
You need to check it, its night at my location so I can't check the voice command right now
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You can toggle the goodnight on and off with voice commands, BUT you need to set goodnight times first. I do it all the time because I work a midnight shift and go to bed at strange times. The only down side is that the phone will automatically go into goodnight mode at the set time, so for me that's 0800 to 1500 and on my days off, I'm awake then so I have to dismiss it. It is nice to just say "OK moto X, goodnight" and shut the damn phone up for a nap.

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Call Screener App?

so currently i use the app "Do Not Disturb" which sets a timer (I have it from 10pm-5am) so that my phone gets switched to silent while I sleep and I won't get woken by my friends drunkenly calling me all night long... what I'm wondering, is if there is any app like Do Not Disturb, except with some kind of white list, so I can set it so if my Mom calls (might be an emergency) it will still ring. any ideas? i've looked but haven't been able to find something like that.
polarbearmc said:
so currently i use the app "Do Not Disturb" which sets a timer (I have it from 10pm-5am) so that my phone gets switched to silent while I sleep and I won't get woken by my friends drunkenly calling me all night long... what I'm wondering, is if there is any app like Do Not Disturb, except with some kind of white list, so I can set it so if my Mom calls (might be an emergency) it will still ring. any ideas? i've looked but haven't been able to find something like that.
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Maybe setup a rule in Locale to ring at maximum when a certain contact calls?
polarbearmc said:
so currently i use the app "Do Not Disturb" which sets a timer (I have it from 10pm-5am) so that my phone gets switched to silent while I sleep and I won't get woken by my friends drunkenly calling me all night long... what I'm wondering, is if there is any app like Do Not Disturb, except with some kind of white list, so I can set it so if my Mom calls (might be an emergency) it will still ring. any ideas? i've looked but haven't been able to find something like that.
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Haven't seen anything like that, but seems like a perfectly reasonable feature.
Maybe the dev would be receptive to adding such a feature if you contact them?
second this request.
even the cheap nokias and sony ericssons have it. been missing it since I started using wm/android. found some sw that did it on wm, but they all sucked
with the google contacts groups, this shouldn't be to difficult, should it? I would like to have it implemented in an app like 'profiles'
Foxyring. Amazing app. Everything you want and more.
It's main purpose is to every so often(user adjustable) turn on the mic and listen to the ambient noise wherever you are(even if the phone is in your pocket) and raise or lower the volume of your ringtones. I have noticed no effect on my battery at all.
Second it comes with a widget to silence your phone for a period of time. Like you use for the movies.
It has an option for sleeping hours. Always be silent between blah and blah.
And then it has exactly what you are looking for. An emergency contacts list that will ring regardless of the ringtone status.
Also has a location aware setting like locale for other ringtone options. i.e. change your ringtone from "BOOTY EVERYWHERE" to Bethovens 5th when you are at your moms automatically.
App placed in top three for ADC2. It deserved it. I have not adjusted my rigtone volume in the past 3 weeks and it has been perfect everytime.

[Q] Silencing Moto X completley?

Is there a way to completely silence every and all sounds from the Moto X?
Even when I have the volumes for Ringer, Media, and Alarm all set to 0, if I accidentally sat the "Ok Google Now" hotword, it still makes a launch beep.
I can disable to launch beep in the Touchless Control menu, but if I accidentally said something after I accidentally launched Touchless control and the phone starts calling/googling, it still makes a beep.
This is bad if an ambient noise manages to mimic my voice during a test or movie or something.
jamesino said:
This is bad if an ambient noise manages to mimic my voice during a test or movie or something.
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How would that be remotely possible?
Retrain your phone
jamesino said:
Is there a way to completely silence every and all sounds from the Moto X?
Even when I have the volumes for Ringer, Media, and Alarm all set to 0, if I accidentally sat the "Ok Google Now" hotword, it still makes a launch beep.
I can disable to launch beep in the Touchless Control menu, but if I accidentally said something after I accidentally launched Touchless control and the phone starts calling/googling, it still makes a beep.
This is bad if an ambient noise manages to mimic my voice during a test or movie or something.
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Had th is phone for a few days now. At first the touch less control would randomly activate. Retrained it and it has solved that problem.
nhizzat said:
How would that be remotely possible?
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He may have a bird!?

Lollipop, Notifications, and (Mandatory) Vibrations

So apparently with Google's new priority notification setup in Lollipop, there's no way to get notifications on your phone without having your phone vibrate. That is, there's no silent mode. You can either turn off your notifications to avoid vibrations, or leave notifications on without sound but still always get the vibrations - you can't get notifications without vibrations. THIS SUCKS. Why does it suck? Well...
Example 1: I have an LG G watch. Since my G watch vibrates for all of my notifications, I typically disable vibrations on my phone so that my phone isn't constantly buzzing on my desk. In 5.0, I can no longer do this. That means that every time I get an email (or any other notification, but email notifications are coming in all day), my damn phone buzzes in addition to my watch. Oh, and to make matters worse, the GMail app vibrates on notifications EVEN THOUGH I disabled vibration for notifications in the settings. This bug has been around for a few versions of GMail now.
Example 2: Bedtime. I typically put my phone in silent mode (no sounds + no vibrations) so I'm not woken up while sleeping. But I'll often check my phone while in bed before falling asleep, or overnight if I wake up, just to see if I have any notifications. Now? You can't do that. You have to put the phone in "None/Do Not Disturb" mode to avoid getting woken up by vibrations, but if you want to then check to see if you have any notifications, you have to toggle out of that mode.....then toggle back in after checking.
WTF was Google thinking with all of this nonsense? I can't be the only one with use cases that their new setup totally screws up.
nyijedi said:
So apparently with Google's new priority notification setup in Lollipop, there's no way to get notifications on your phone without having your phone vibrate. That is, there's no silent mode. You can either turn off your notifications to avoid vibrations, or leave notifications on without sound but still always get the vibrations - you can't get notifications without vibrations. THIS SUCKS. Why does it suck? Well...
Example 1: I have an LG G watch. Since my G watch vibrates for all of my notifications, I typically disable vibrations on my phone so that my phone isn't constantly buzzing on my desk. In 5.0, I can no longer do this. That means that every time I get an email (or any other notification, but email notifications are coming in all day), my damn phone buzzes in addition to my watch. Oh, and to make matters worse, the GMail app vibrates on notifications EVEN THOUGH I disabled vibration for notifications in the settings. This bug has been around for a few versions of GMail now.
Example 2: Bedtime. I typically put my phone in silent mode (no sounds + no vibrations) so I'm not woken up while sleeping. But I'll often check my phone while in bed before falling asleep, or overnight if I wake up, just to see if I have any notifications. Now? You can't do that. You have to put the phone in "None/Do Not Disturb" mode to avoid getting woken up by vibrations, but if you want to then check to see if you have any notifications, you have to toggle out of that mode.....then toggle back in after checking.
WTF was Google thinking with all of this nonsense? I can't be the only one with use cases that their new setup totally screws up.
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Wow.. I am still learning the new Lollipop features but if this is true that would be pretty sad for me too.
I am sure someone will make an Xposed module for this. Oh, wait...
There will certainly be options in custom ROMs.
nyijedi said:
So apparently with Google's new priority notification setup in Lollipop, there's no way to get notifications on your phone without having your phone vibrate. That is, there's no silent mode. You can either turn off your notifications to avoid vibrations, or leave notifications on without sound but still always get the vibrations - you can't get notifications without vibrations. THIS SUCKS. Why does it suck? Well...
Example 1: I have an LG G watch. Since my G watch vibrates for all of my notifications, I typically disable vibrations on my phone so that my phone isn't constantly buzzing on my desk. In 5.0, I can no longer do this. That means that every time I get an email (or any other notification, but email notifications are coming in all day), my damn phone buzzes in addition to my watch. Oh, and to make matters worse, the GMail app vibrates on notifications EVEN THOUGH I disabled vibration for notifications in the settings. This bug has been around for a few versions of GMail now.
Example 2: Bedtime. I typically put my phone in silent mode (no sounds + no vibrations) so I'm not woken up while sleeping. But I'll often check my phone while in bed before falling asleep, or overnight if I wake up, just to see if I have any notifications. Now? You can't do that. You have to put the phone in "None/Do Not Disturb" mode to avoid getting woken up by vibrations, but if you want to then check to see if you have any notifications, you have to toggle out of that mode.....then toggle back in after checking.
WTF was Google thinking with all of this nonsense? I can't be the only one with use cases that their new setup totally screws up.
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I just tested priority notifications and sent myself an email. The phone didn't buzz and no LED light flashed but when I turned the screen on, the notification was there. Is this not what you want?
The worst thing is that if you want to disable buzzing and put the phone on DND mode, you WILL miss any alarm you've set. Especially if it's for the bedtime...
I agree all with you.. I don't like this new setting. When I'm at school and my phone vibrate, my teacher will hear it
jsgraphicart said:
I just tested priority notifications and sent myself an email. The phone didn't buzz and no LED light flashed but when I turned the screen on, the notification was there. Is this not what you want?
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Hmmm. Thank you. I'm going to mess around with this more. I wonder what a connected Android Wear device will do in such a situation.
Either way, Google really has made this all way more complicated than it should be, IMO. This shouldn't require all of this thought/setup. Why not add all of their priority stuff and just leave silent mode in there as an option? Sometimes I want my phone COMPLETELY silent. No sounds, no vibes at all, and no thinking about which apps are "priority" apps. This is an extra level of unneeded complexity.
nyijedi said:
Hmmm. Thank you. I'm going to mess around with this more. I wonder what a connected Android Wear device will do in such a situation.
Either way, Google really has made this all way more complicated than it should be, IMO. This shouldn't require all of this thought/setup. Why not add all of their priority stuff and just leave silent mode in there as an option? I don't get it.
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I just think people aren't used to change. It seems like everyone is acting like there is only normal and none and not thinking about priority. I think priority is good for when you want things silent but in case of an emergency you can allow certain notifications in. Like messages or calls from specific people and no one else. Yeah it's a little more elaborate but it's effective I think.
Dude priority mode is what you are asking for. No vibration but you we get notifications. So when you need to silence you phone set it in priority. Now it's even better. Want to receive call or message from someone important? Set your phone to priority mode and add them to the list. Phone will be silent but will ring of that person calls/messages.
jsgraphicart said:
I just think people aren't used to change. It seems like everyone is acting like there is only normal and none and not thinking about priority. I think priority is good for when you want things silent but in case of an emergency you can allow certain notifications in. Like messages or calls from specific people and no one else. Yeah it's a little more elaborate but it's effective I think.
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Admittedly, I'm sure that not liking change is part of it. I also do see the benefit of priority mode - I really do. I just think Google could have easily implemented their new priority mode and still left in the very basic silent/vibrate/ringer functionality.
Gallardo994 said:
The worst thing is that if you want to disable buzzing and put the phone on DND mode, you WILL miss any alarm you've set. Especially if it's for the bedtime...
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Priority notifications...
THERE IS SILENT MODE WITHOUT VIBRATE! LED NOTIFICATION WORK FINE! JUST REEEADDD THIS. OR PIN THIS THREAD!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/real-silenced-mode-lollipop-t2938018
That is not what the OP is referring to. Priority mode is not what people want. No interruptions = there will be no notification light, and there will be no heads up while the phone is in use. It should be something that you can just set up and leave alone. The first 2 developer previews actually had a silent mode where you could long hold the sound icon in the volume window and it would go to real pre-lollipop silent mode.
I also have the same issue. I have a pebble watch that literally forwards every kind of notification I want, and I don't like my vibrator to be running at the same time. I think google needs to address this and bring back silent mode by 5.0.1. I'm sure 3rd party roms such as AOSPA or CyanogenMOD will have this, but AOSP stock should have a no-brainer silent mode.
I was wondering about this too.
So, if I have the volume all the way up, set to priority with events and reminders, calls and message all OFF. Will the phone only make noise with an alarm?
And setting it to none be the same but killing the alarm too?
Fluidification said:
That is not what the OP is referring to. Priority mode is not what people want. No interruptions = there will be no notification light, and there will be no heads up while the phone is in use. It should be something that you can just set up and leave alone. The first 2 developer previews actually had a silent mode where you could long hold the sound icon in the volume window and it would go to real pre-lollipop silent mode.
I also have the same issue. I have a pebble watch that literally forwards every kind of notification I want, and I don't like my vibrator to be running at the same time. I think google needs to address this and bring back silent mode by 5.0.1. I'm sure 3rd party roms such as AOSPA or CyanogenMOD will have this, but AOSP stock should have a no-brainer silent mode.
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This is,what OP wants. You just dont know, how set this. It's very easy. I was confused and pissed first. No silent mode, and no notifaction led? But now works perfect. In middle mode you can set, that your phone will be ring/vibrate just when you get a message, and set on silent mode for phone call. Or reverse, or, alot more ....... People just need manual for this, because first time is very confused.
wifesabitch said:
I was wondering about this too.
So, if I have the volume all the way up, set to priority with events and reminders, calls and message all OFF. Will the phone only make noise with an alarm?
And setting it to none be the same but killing the alarm too?
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Yes
Just noticed something else.
I'm playing music on right now, and the volume rocker controls only that. I can't see a way to changing the ringer volume or priority settings when music is playing (short of diving into the settings) That's a pain in the ass.
I am having issues --- Notifications push to the device, however they don't "pull" if that's a thing... example.. I am on the laptop and get an email, hear the notification on phone and light - check and delete the email in gmail on my laptop... Notification stays on phone... it used to go away.. Maybe it is just me or "I no lollipop well".. ha
Edit** may have been a Google issue both N5 & N7 are now pushing and pulling notifications..... fwiw
Gallardo994 said:
The worst thing is that if you want to disable buzzing and put the phone on DND mode, you WILL miss any alarm you've set. Especially if it's for the bedtime...
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What, is this why today I missed waking up in time for work?
I was still getting system notification sounds, even on priority set to only calls/texts from starred contacts.
I wish silent was still an option like it was on Dev Preview 1. I've been using android phones exclusively since 2010 and this is just what I like.
Someone hack the silent state from the first preview, please.

[Q] Ringer Volume Resetting, why?

I feel like a noob asking this question, but I can't figure out why this is happening.
I like to have my phone on vibrate all the time, especially in the car. Since I'm used to it always being on vibrate, I never check to make sure it's muted when I go into a meeting, work, or car. I just got my XT1095 last night and I have been surprised several times now by loud notifications.
The phone is going back to a 3/4 volume setting without me changing it. What is changing this for me? It has happened after disconnecting from the car BT, or after connecting to it (or maybe it's enabled after car mode is detected?).
I'm seeing a bug where Moto Voice is setting the ringer volume to 60% (if it is set below that) every time it is activated.
Report it to Moto so that it gets fixed.
Solutions Etcetera said:
I'm seeing a bug where Moto Voice is setting the ringer volume to 60% (if it is set below that) every time it is activated.
Report it to Moto so that it gets fixed.
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That might be it! This last time I noticed the issue Voice was talking to me and asking me to enable Ok Google commands while the screen was locked.
Same issue here, and I have also tracked it down to a Moto Voice Bug. It's set on vibrate, then I get in the car and use Voice, and then when I get to work it's set to 3/4 volume. It has to be the Voice bug.
I have been able to reproduce it. Use Voice, and the ringer goes back up. Last time for me it went up to 1/4 instead of the usual 3/4, but it's definitely Voice that is causing it.
I find this go be absolutely and incredibly annoying! I've reported it to Motorola, but am really pissed off that Moto Voice changes/overrides the volume settings that were in place. And that's adding to the fact that lollipop's volume controls are messed up on 5.0, anyway. Sorry for venting, but it's bothering me so very much.
Anyone else bothered by this:
I beg you to report it, since change is more likely to happen this way. Thank you.
Robpollard said:
I beg you to report it, since change is more likely to happen this way.
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You should probably bump the following thread in moto's forums too.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/e7cf638405
Which is what I did, thanks for linking to the forum Let's hope they'll fix this mess soon.

phone changes settings too easily

So my pixel 4 5G mutes my sounds daily, will put me in do not disturb, airplane mode or whatever anytime it feels the urge, so it would seem. I've set the screen lock to immediately lock when I kill the screen but it hasn't helped. Do I need to set it to only come on when I press the power button to stop this? SO frustrating. Sure love the camera on this thing though!
waveless96 said:
So my pixel 4 5G mutes my sounds daily, will put me in do not disturb, airplane mode or whatever anytime it feels the urge, so it would seem. I've set the screen lock to immediately lock when I kill the screen but it hasn't helped. Do I need to set it to only come on when I press the power button to stop this? SO frustrating. Sure love the camera on this thing though!
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Do you have any rules set to change your ring mode?
V0latyle said:
Do you have any rules set to change your ring mode?
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Ring mode? rephrase please. There's no such thing as a "ring mode". You may silence the ring tone, you may change the ring tone, you can turn up or down the ring tone volume, but there are no modes that I know of.
waveless96 said:
Ring mode? rephrase please. There's no such thing as a "ring mode". You may silence the ring tone, you may change the ring tone, you can turn up or down the ring tone volume, but there are no modes that I know of.
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There are 3 ring modes:
Silent
Vibrate
Sound
I say "ring mode" because it's simpler than "volume, sound, and vibrate settings".
As for rules, check under Settings > System > Rules. You can create rules to automatically effect certain actions, such as changing your ring mode at a certain location or when connected to a certain WiFi network. Since my wife always puts her phone on Silent at work, I created such a rule on her phone so that she won't miss my calls when she's home.
Ah yes, of course, sorry. And that's what the phone does, is change my mode too easily. So I checked rules and there are none made. I was finally able to access my notifications while on car bluetooth though(car speaker would not voice notifications), found the setting to let the phone do the notifications in the car's bluetooth properties (Yay) And thanks for chiming in VOlatyle, appreciated. Thanks for your service as well. The odd thing about this is, my brother has the same phone purchased at the same time and it doesn't act like this. I may do a factory reset and reload it to see if that helps.

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