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I've got the N6 and so far it's great but one of the things that I absolutely hate about it is the Ascending Ringtone "feature" that either Google or Motorola has put on this phone. I'm one of those wacky people that likes to actually hear my phone ring, or alarm tone, or text notification at the volume that I set manually, rather than have the phone start the tone whisper quiet and then go up in volume.
I've heard of a custom ROM or two that have removed this feature (or at least made it OPTIONAL) but in my own personal experience, custom ROMs have always been too buggy for my taste. I wasn't exactly planning on rooting this phone, but I may just have to do that for a custom ROM that turns the ascending ring feature off or removes it all together. Sorry for the ramble, but I suppose my question is this: Is there a Custom ROM out there that is essentially a stock ROM - with absolutely nothing changed except for this? Is changing this feature something that someone like myself could accomplish by compiling a ROM on his own? I have no experience with this, only experience with flashing downloaded custom ROMs.
I don't mind stock 5.0.1, I just want to get rid of that ringtone issue. I've tried the "Disable Increasing Ring" app, but it has not helped.
To be clear: just flashing a custom ROM or editing an mp3 to a different volume is NOT what I'm looking to do, as this 'feature' is affecting all sorts of notifications, and not just the ringtone.
Thanks for any help, or helpful suggestions.
I agree, I can't stand the decreased to increased volume when I get a call or notification.
The funny thing is that it doesn't happen all the time for me. I wonder if it's a bug with the phone hardware or possibly software.
On my Nexus 6, it only affects the ring (call) signals. The notification sounds aren't affected at all.
Still very annoying, since we can't make this choice ourselves. I'd hate to need to flash another
ROM, due solely to this crap! Too bad the "Disable Increasing Ring" app doesn't work on N6.
It worked flawlessly on my old Note II. I wish the dev would extend the functionality for us.
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I've been looking for a fix for this for a while as well. This is, quite possibly, the worst "feature" Google ever added to their ROMs. It makes it sound like the phone is broken and it's beyond annoying.
Yeah I agree, this ''feature'' should have been optional just like the encryption should have been optional too....
Let's keep our fingers crossed that Google adresses
this crap within reasonable time. It's a pain in the b...
I thought I was the only one who thought this was ridiculous. You've already missed like 2-3 rings and wasted time left to answer the call, sometimes. I can't wait for more "official" custom ROMs.
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Yes. This "feature" sucks. Hope it goes away or becomes optional.
I have the same issue and can't find any option to disable this.
Hope google will make this optional the increasing ringtone.
EDIT: Btw this "issue" is present on custom ROM's aswell i think.
I really hate it also...can someone please kill it
Just tried cyanogenmod 12 (nightly 20150126) and it's there also. In this case it is even worse because CM's built in increasing ringtone feature does not work very well maybe because of the default N6 behavior.
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Wondering about this also.
I was researching this issue for couple days and I found just few custom roms that fix this issue.
1) MeanPop rom. It's a bit outdated (based on 5.1.0), but works like a charm and very near to the original stock (personally tested and as I understood all sounds are just starting playing with a delay)
2) Benzo rom (based on Euphoria rom). Haven't tried it, but people say all sounds work perfectly (it looks like its highly customized rom)
3) Euphoria rom (Personally tested - fast, stable, customizable). For some people it didn't work and I found suggestion to flash first franco kernel and then the rom. That's what I did and everything works perfectly like it should be.
Couldn't find any other roms or mods. Programs like "Disable Increasing Ring" don't work, but maybe it will with custom kernel - haven't tried.
I'm running latest Euphoria ROM with the increasing ringtone already disabled but still it plays the ascending ringtone for some reason. Anyways my simple fix was I used Nero Soundtrax and added a 2 second delay to the beginning of the mp3 file I used as my ringtone and it sounds perfect no more ascending ringtone.
I didn't notice this on the chroma rom, but after flashing stock 6.0.1, this issue appeared.
I don't think it is a hardware bug. For me, other notifications are fine. Ring and alarm are the two that are problematic.
It's super ****ty that it affects alarms. It's at least 7 seconds after a timer reaches 0 until I start hearing it beep. Wtf... I mean 7 seconds isn't a huge deal in anything that I'm timing but WHY make it affect alarms?
Maybe I'm missing the point here, particularly with the last two posts. I have 6.0.1 MMB29S from January 4th 2016, and it has separate volume controls for Alarms & Timers in clock settings - "Gradually increase volume" - both allowing a certain number of seconds for the increase, including zero seconds, which I would take to be "off", right...?
I haven't tested this yet, since it's an option I didn't notice until I looked just now, but have the last two posters seen and tried it?
i hate this feature too.
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I am finding that no matter which version of Cyanogen's mod I use, either the official release, or one of the variants, they all have a similar issue:
When using my A2DP head set, all notifications and alarms will only play over the headset as long as it is connected. I have selected in the Cyanogenmod settings to force all notifications, ring tones, alarms over the speaker, but it does not seem to apply to A2DP.
Does anyone have similar issues, and has anyone found a solution if they have experienced this issue?
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I can't be the only one having this issue. Its not there in stock and not there in MIUI.
I so much prefer Cyanogen roms though, minus this one issue. The ringtone also gets played over the bluetooth.
Its not an issue of turn off your bluetooth before you go to bed. Its also an issue of I can't hear my phone ring unless my bluetooth is on me.
Idiot, wrong section....
I see. Well thanks for the constructive post then.
And you're saying this behavior does not happen on stock roms, only cyanogen?
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And you're saying this behavior does not happen on stock roms, only cyanogen?
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That is correct. Stock roms and MIUI roms do not exhibit this behavior for me.
that's a tough one. it will be hard to get the team to recognize and look to fix this discrepency. i had a similar "complaint" and i tried to go thru the code myself to see about fixing it. but your issue is way above my skill level so i dont knwo what you could do.
On my other Android mobiles, I can switch between three different states of "sounds" but on my Note I only get two (sound or silent with vibrate).
Is there some config I am missing to be able to switch between three states or is it not possible with the Note?
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BTJ
Often - depending on the manufacturer - Android only has two albeit configurable volume states. Specifically on the Note by Samsung you can configure loud and quiet, either one with or without vibration. So basically:
Loud, Quiet
Loud, Quiet+Vibra
Loud+Vibra, Quiet
Loud+Vibra, Quiet+Vibra
Configurable via Settings>Sound>Vibration and then triggerable via notification drawer toggle or volume rocker.
Strange... On my Nexus One I can switch between Loud, Quiet + Vibrate and Quiet... But I am running a custome ROM, so it might be some extra feature...
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xda890 said:
...I am running a custome ROM, so it might be some extra feature...
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I might be reaching a little far but I dare to say: yes, definitely!
What ROM? Cyanogenmod? In case of CM, it does add it.
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Yes, at the moment I am running CM but I think every other ROM I have tried has had that feature too..
Guess I just have to live with this until I jump to a custom ROM...
BTJ
Hi.
I have searched for this problem and haven't found anything useful. When I get a notification from let's say Facebook Messenger, it's either too quiet or doesn't produce a sound at all. After a couple messages get through one after another, it gets louder.
Is there a setting I'm missing?
I've noticed it too. Whats weird is that this happened to my Droid 3. Its annoying. A great example was my alarm this morning. I heard it really lite then it jumped to its correct volume setting. Every, please chime in if you've been noticing this!
Noticed this on alarm. I don't mind ascending volume but it's not ascending volume at all - more like very low and a crescendo to its normal volume.
This is new with Lollipop for me. It happens with all sound. I can even go to the volume settings, and the first time I 'preview' a sound it will do the same thing before it corrects itself (afterwards the previews will then work fine until I pause for a minute and try again.. then same problem).
Bumping this.. becoming a problem. Anyone have a fix or workaround?
In addition to above, I'm also noticing that I have my volume set to max.. but occasionally I'll find it somehow reset itself to "mid" levels.
I don't think this is something that can be turned off or on, most likely it's some kind of bug. Let's just hope it gets fixed soon, it's really annoying
The Motorola forms say it's a safely feature, preventing you from damaging your hearing if it goes off while it's next to you head. It should at least be an option.
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I found that if I use the volume rocker to change the volume it sometimes makes the volume turn off. Instead I go into settings/sound and change the volume from there
Same issue here. Samsungs have this exact same "feature" too, drove me nuts back when I owned one. When I create ringtones, I create them with the intent of getting the impact of the song or melody right in those first few seconds, and "increasing ring" completely ruins it. I installed this app for the Samsung back when it was on either ICS or KK, but sadly it doesn't seem to work with Lollipop. Maybe we can all bug the developer to make it work with Lollipop?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shumoapp.disableincreasingring&hl=en
I'm rooted, so if anyone knows where to go in the system files to change this, I'd be willing to try it.
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Elsydeon said:
Same issue here. Samsungs have this exact same "feature" too, drove me nuts back when I owned one.
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I don't think this is an escalating ringtone feature -- I think it's a bug. Possibly it's just really poorly implemented, but I've used escalating volume on ringtones with CM before and compared to that, the volume inconsistencies here are far too sudden and inconsistent. For example, sometimes half my notification is quite (or possibly completely silent?) and sometimes the entire sound comes out at the desired volume.
It also does it for tone it makes when you change the volume (i.e. the first time you click vol up/down, the tone it makes is way too quite, then you have to change the volume a couple of more times to get it play at the correct volume). Hopefully this isn't something they designed on purpose, b/c if it is then that's just a terrible user experience (why would I want the preview of how loud I'm making the volume to come out at the wrong volume?)
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I don't think this is an escalating ringtone feature -- I think it's a bug. Possibly it's just really poorly implemented, but I've used escalating volume on ringtones with CM before and compared to that, the volume inconsistencies here are far too sudden and inconsistent. For example, sometimes half my notification is quite (or possibly completely silent?) and sometimes the entire sound comes out at the desired volume.
It also does it for tone it makes when you change the volume (i.e. the first time you click vol up/down, the tone it makes is way too quite, then you have to change the volume a couple of more times to get it play at the correct volume). Hopefully this isn't something they designed on purpose, b/c if it is then that's just a terrible user experience (why would I want the preview of how loud I'm making the volume to come out at the wrong volume?)
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After using my Moto X for almost a week, I'm starting to see what you're saying, but I'm not sure Motorola would see it as a bug. I've noticed more than once my phone will be sitting right in front of me, and while the screen flashes on for a notification, no sound follows it, even though my notification volume is clearly up. If I go back in and try running manual tests, the notification sound works fine. It's possible that my notification tone (I picked Tejat) is just so short, that the 1-2 seconds it plays for is enough to get lost entirely as part of that initial volume ramp up.
Also have the same issue as you with the initial press of the volume control rocker as well...this issue also seems to extend to any menus that involve picking a sound file to play (like picking a ring tone). Any initial file played will always have its first few seconds lost, and then all sounds will play fine afterwards. If you exit the selection menu and go back in, same thing happens.
My guess is that the initial time an app plays a sound, the first few seconds get lost...following that, it'll play it ok. If you exit the app, it seems like this behavior is reset...which could be where it feels like the volume is inconsistent. But this overall behavior does seem like a permanent escalating ringtone "feature".
This is definitely a "feature" that's coded in the framework. There used to be an xposed module that would take care of this and turn it off. I think it's highly specialized to each individual ROM/device, but you guys that are rooted could try it and see if it makes a difference. I know I will once I get my device.
This is part of the system I think. Because when I get a message notification although is less than one second I can hear it perfectly loud and clear even with the phone "deep sleep", but when I get a call the ringtone always sounds very smooth and after one second goes louder. I think this should be an option and no a " must have"
I have the same problem with ringtones, notifications and in-app sounds, and it all started since I upgraded to Lollipop, so I don't think this is a feature, because it didn't happen on Kitkat. Also, when using Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger I noticed that the internal sounds of these apps are messed up, they sound very very quiet or they don't sound at all.
I think we should go to Motorola forums to let them know about this annoying bug.
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I have the same problem with ringtones, notifications and in-app sounds, and it all started since I upgraded to Lollipop, so I don't think this is a feature, because it didn't happen on Kitkat. Also, when using Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger I noticed that the internal sounds of these apps are messed up, they sound very very quiet or they don't sound at all.
I think we should go to Motorola forums to let them know about this annoying bug.
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Agreed, this has to go up to software issue. I mainly bought the X over a Nexus 5 due to the front facing speakers, it is quite a shame that the one thing I was looking forward to has a flaw on it (at least with the lollipop update).
I've noticed this issue too ever since the Lollipop update. At first I thought I had done something wrong because I couldn't find anyone else reporting the problem, but a buddy of mine said he noticed it too. I don't see how this could possibly be an intended function, as most stock notification sounds are so short that they finish before the "crescendo" actually gets to a high enough volume. It also doesn't happen on a consistent basis. I can get one notification that is perfectly loud start to finish, and the next will start super quiet or be completely inaudible.
Does anybody know if there's a support thread for this with Motorola?
I just opened up a discussion on the Moto support forums for this issue. Hopefully something comes from it.
Workaround!!!
Settings --> Sound & notification --> Audio Effects --> Turn the Equalizer OFF for the speaker.
Worked for me!
FootySr said:
Workaround!!!
Settings --> Sound & notification --> Audio Effects --> Turn the Equalizer OFF for the speaker.
Worked for me!
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Not for me. ? Mine's been off for some time.
ok, so i recommended the mini 2 to my dear friend, and she has been super happy with it, but two days after she bought it, all the sounds magically dissapeared, no notification sound, no incoming call alert, no music player sound. but the speakers aren't broken, she does have in-call sounds... so i've been googling, and on some blog or something i heard that if you toggle the fast boot option off in the settings>power menu, and reboot the device, the sound will be back.. aaaand it worked! wich is great, and it's not that she needs the fastboot option on, but this bugs me more than her! it is an official rom, it's a new phone, what's with the no sound thing? why can't one have fast boot AND sound at the same time... most people would return the device instantly... and since i have managed to find the solution on the web, it is a common problem!?
this looks to me like a temporary fix, is there any way to make sound work with fastboot on?
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ok, so i recommended the mini 2 to my dear friend, and she has been super happy with it, but two days after she bought it, all the sounds magically dissapeared, no notification sound, no incoming call alert, no music player sound. but the speakers aren't broken, she does have in-call sounds... so i've been googling, and on some blog or something i heard that if you toggle the fast boot option off in the settings>power menu, and reboot the device, the sound will be back.. aaaand it worked! wich is great, and it's not that she needs the fastboot option on, but this bugs me more than her! it is an official rom, it's a new phone, what's with the no sound thing? why can't one have fast boot AND sound at the same time... most people would return the device instantly... and since i have managed to find the solution on the web, it is a common problem!?
this looks to me like a temporary fix, is there any way to make sound work with fastboot on?
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Fastboot is meant to be something that isn't given much importance. Which is why it has always been in the shadows after a small stint in the press in the Froyo days(it was made quite a huge deal by HTC at that time). And since it is not native to Android, being an HTC-only feature, it is bound to cause problems. Although it doesn't mention now, previous versions of Sense warned that there will be some problems regarding apps and stuff.
I had it on for sometime but I had not come across such a problem, this could be because of conflicts with certain apps.
Hey guys! So I'm always on here asking more technical questions, but I realized that I never asked about why the Nexus 6 for some reason doesn't like to play short sounds! For instance, the sounds when you like stuff and share stuff in the Facebook app, or the ding sound from Facebook Messenger. As well as other short sounds. Is this just mine? Or does this phone just do that? Thanks again guys!
I have the same thing happen on my phone. When it receives a notification, sometimes the first 1/4 second or so is very low in volume and then the sound picks up to a normal level. Weird for sure.
Then I'm not the only one, it's weird and I wonder if it's a software bug or even supposed to be a software feature! Lots of times, if it's a short sound, the phone just vibrates and skips the sound altogether!
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Same here...
Yep me too, intermittently, on Cataclysm suspect it's an M issue.
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Might not be the same issue but I found the same thing with ringtones - starts out very low initially and then returns to normal volume. Not sure it is an issue inherent with M since I haven't had it happen with most of the modified M roms but did have the issue with the M versions of Cataclysm I've flashed. Also had similar issue with some L roms also.
I hate this low volume bug and have started using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.notificationsmanager... It works excellent.. Set up repeating notification for program ur having problems with, for me is FB messenger.. U get a simultaneous double notification sound first time and u can setup time interval for re-notification... Free version you can pick just one app, but paid version unlimited apps and I think was like $2 bucks or so... Well worth it... Hopefully helps someone... Flash safe lol
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Some of these half sounds are freaky!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this has been an issue since this phone was released. It has been for me, at least. Every sound starts off very quiet and increases to normal after a second or two. I hated it at first but I've learned to live with it.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this has been an issue since this phone was released. It has been for me, at least. Every sound starts off very quiet and increases to normal after a second or two. I hated it at first but I've learned to live with it.
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I've had it since I got the phone on 5.0.1 yea and still happens today.
Yea, this phone has always done this. Definitely not a Marshmallow issue.
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So. Is there absolutely no solutions for this? I recently switched from SlimLP to stock Marshmallow and now I keep missing notifications since the sound is sometimes basically inaudible. I didn't have any problems with notification or any other volumes with SlimLP. Kinda sucks how switching back to stock broke such an essential feature especially since stock doesn't have notification LED either.
Nexus 6 have 3 main audio issues;
1- Volume normalization for certain frequencies. Some songs are really loud(funky, pop types), some are just fading suddenly(rock or metallic), just try to use a good equalizer program or viper.
2- Voltage dependent volume lowering. This is an issue with amplifier chipset, some kernels are disabling them(blu-spark, hellscore etc) but at very low voltages it is still effective.
3-Ascending sound. This is what causes notification sound problems. Actually this can be experienced all android system sounds and lots of apps that use them(whatsapp message send click, keyboard clicks, notificaitions etc.). Only way to solve it for now is to use another program for notifications. I'm using lightflow for led configuration and some notificaiton sounds like whatsapp, facebook messenger. You just need to switch volume control in notification settings to lightflow volume control, also you must disable original sounds to none. It is not a good solution, yes and I hate dropping google keyboard sounds but for now it is te only way .
Definitely this issue wasn't on L stock Rom, after upgrading to M stock Rom, my notification went to hell.
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Can you tell how u set lightflow for Facebook messenger? I set it up and still issue persist with messages, did I just waste £2.00?