I have owned pretty much every Galaxy phone so far and though I've loved each one, there's a few completely annoying issues that I end up having solve through a custom ROM, launcher, a developer script, or something along those lines. I thought for once with the Note 4 I would be able to for once keep everything stock besides having it rooted but it looks like I was wrong.
The issue I'm having right now is driving me through the wall. My phone answers phone calls AUTOMATICALLY ON ITS OWN when connected to BLUETOOTH.
It happens consistently, the exact same way, every single time. When I'm connected in my car it answers after exactly 2 rings (2 seconds). It is getting ridiculous and sometimes I just want to toss the phone out of the window while I'm driving down the freeway. Its extremely annoying to have your phone answer a call that you absolutely no intention of answering, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M DRIVING. I'm tremendously busier in the past year and don't have time to sit and tinker like I used to or I'm sure I would've either solved this or gotten a new phone by now.
I already made sure auto-answer is OFF: Settings > Call > Call Accessories > Automatic answering [Box is not checked]
THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WITH THE PHONE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS ON ALL 3 OF MY CARS & 2 OTHER CARS I'VE TRIED.
Please, if anyone knows how to fix this issue or anything about this completely ridiculous issue, please share.
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my phone seems to just pick up random reception while sitting idle on my desk. the phone screen just lights up for no reason and the signal tweaks my computer speakers and makes them make a weird crackling noise. does anyone know how i can remedy this on my AT&T Tilt? help please because it's annoying. it keeps looking like i'm getting a call so i look and then there's nothing. so on a few occasions when my ringer is off and my phone lights up i've ignored calls because this is just irritating. PLEASE HELP! thanks in advance...
The buzzing in the speakers is common to all GSM phones. Some do it more than others (my friends without smartphones seem to be surprised by the sound). I've gotten used to the sound and gotten to the point that I can tell the difference between stray sounds and when a call is coming in.
I'm not sure if I understood your post correctly, but if the screen and keyboard are lighting up at random times - not just when a call is coming in or there's an alarm or you turn it on - then you have something odd going on.
Are you using Xpress Mail? It wakes up the phone when there is an incoming push message. If you turn off push, it doesn't do this.
my phone is lighting up by itself... why?
maybe it fancies a smoke?
lol couldnt resist...
right are you sure any of the email accounts arent set to automatic polling for say every 2 hours, 1 day etc?
^^^^ haha very funny lol well anyways, i don't have push set up nor do i have any alarms set up. i really don't know what the hell is going on. sometimes it even messes with my computer speakers as if there is a call or text coming in... i don't know what in the hell is going on. it was doing that originally then it stopped after installing a bunch of programs on the phone. then i did some spring cleaning and got rid of things i wasn't using and then this crap started up again... maybe it's aliens lol
^^lol aliens picking up reception on your phone!
but seriously.... my hermes was doing that too a couple days ago, but i havent seen it do it ever since.
i dont even have xpress mail set up, nor do i have it installed. the only thing i can think of is i have a reminder on my calender that shows up on the today screen.... but i doubt that's the problem
anybody figure it out? for future annoyances, tho im glad i havent seen it do that anymore
I think it may be possesed, may need to call in an exorcist
I'm experience that too..I'm suspecting that someonne try to discover bluetooth device in range and this wake-up my device...
Two things I would check
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Are there any apps running before and;or after the wake-up, in particular Active Sync.
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Are you in a band swapping area. If so try (temporarily at least) setting to GSM only.
Also, ensure any apps that use a data connection are not set to poll automatically. eg weather, news etc etc
Mike
So my dad just picked up a Moto X today on Verizon, I've had my DE edition on VZW for about 2 weeks now. Well, I was over at his house today showing him some stuff, and I noticed his phone announced calls and texts all the time, even when not driving, and asked him if he wants to answer. I of course turned off Moto Assist, but it still announced calls and asked if he wanted texts read back. (It would announce who texted and ask if he wanted to listen, or ignore. Not sure if mine does this, I had Assist off before today) I went through every single option on his phone. I'm guessing the Moto Assist is bugged into thinking he's always driving, but the little icon never shows up in his notifications, and I actually turned off Assist and it was still doing it. Cleared data too. I tried everything. Reboots, turned on and off GPS, etc.
The rub is, we both actually LIKE it on all the time. It's nice to just have the phone on the desk and hear who's texting and the message without having to touch the phone. It's nice to be able to answer the phone on the coffee table without grabbing the phone, or even moving.
Is there anyway to enable this functionality all the time? (Or disable it on my dad's phone for that matter) Has anyone else run into this 'issue'? (If my dad hadn't seen my phone, he would have never known it wasn't supposed to be like that all the time.) Any ideas?
I too would like to see this 'feature' as a option, and I hope it can be enabled [on purpose] in the future. (If Motorola doesn't have sense enough to make it an option, maybe a ROM developer can.)
I searched and found this:
We're aware of a rare condition when calls and text will be announced even when you can't see the "drive mode" notification on the status curtain. We're fixing this in the next upgrade. (The simplest way to get out of this situation -- and it's not that simple -- is to leave Assist's drive mode settings on, get in a vehicle, allow drive mode to kick in again. When you do that, Assist will get back to the correct state. After the issue is fixed, you should rarely encounter the issue again. Yeah, I know. Not something anyone is eager to do but we wanted to put it out there.)
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-maxx/314715-assist-driving-problem.html#post3072243
FWIW I first thought your dad's phone might be stuck in "car mode" as thought it was in a car cradle, but that would have a steering wheel icon in the notification area. I actually tried car mode by using the "car mode on" app to force it on. It seemed to put my phone in car mode, but that alone did not cause the phone to announce calls, etc.
Thanks man! I actually found that post as well earlier today, it looks like it is indeed a bug with Moto Assist. Funny thing is, my dad has it left on and I called him this morning after he drove to work, and it's still working. IDK lol, but he likes it so whatever.
I would LOVE to be able to do this while playing video games, or working, or whatever though. Motorola better just make a toggle switch... it's not like it's hard.
Okay folks, I wonder if anyone out there can help... My One is randomly vibrating once, with no notification, and I can't figure out why.
Other threads point to similar issues but not the same problem I have. I've been troubleshooting a lot, but can't narrow it down much. What I know so far:
Appears random. Not a particular time, battery level etc
No notifications appear in the bar. It can happen even when I'm looking at the phone and there is no visual indicator.
I have a Pebble watch, so most notifications can and do come through to the watch - no notifications on it when the vibrate happens.
It also doesn't seem to be any kind of dropped Bluetooth connection with my Pebble, as the Pebble doesn't notify of a lost connection like it normally would.
I have also read threads for other HTC phones where it pointed to nfc being switched on. While I do usually leave NFC on, the vibrate still happens even when I disabled NFC
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I was holding off until Vodafone decide to release the Sense 6 update, but I'm not holding my breath there...
Is there anything that I could investigate? I was trying to avoid rooting or modding the phone for as long possible, but would be prepared to do it. However, I don't really fancy going down that road if the problem will still be there.
Suggestions appreciated!
paulgildea said:
Okay folks, I wonder if anyone out there can help... My One is randomly vibrating once, with no notification, and I can't figure out why.
Other threads point to similar issues but not the same problem I have. I've been troubleshooting a lot, but can't narrow it down much. What I know so far:
Appears random. Not a particular time, battery level etc
No notifications appear in the bar. It can happen even when I'm looking at the phone and there is no visual indicator.
I have a Pebble watch, so most notifications can and do come through to the watch - no notifications on it when the vibrate happens.
It also doesn't seem to be any kind of dropped Bluetooth connection with my Pebble, as the Pebble doesn't notify of a lost connection like it normally would.
I have also read threads for other HTC phones where it pointed to nfc being switched on. While I do usually leave NFC on, the vibrate still happens even when I disabled NFC
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I was holding off until Vodafone decide to release the Sense 6 update, but I'm not holding my breath there...
Is there anything that I could investigate? I was trying to avoid rooting or modding the phone for as long possible, but would be prepared to do it. However, I don't really fancy going down that road if the problem will still be there.
Suggestions appreciated!
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If your phone is not modified in any way, the best thing to do is take it to service
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I have had this problem with pretty much all android phones I have owned. I have been a note owner since the note 2 and as I said this has pretty much always been a problem where after a while you will stop getting notifications until you turn the screen on and then they will all flood in. Usually a reboot fixes it for a while but then after maybe a day or so it goes back to doing this. I spent a year with the iPhone 6 plus and have to say it never did this. I am actually just switching back to the note 5 which is why I thought perhaps I could get to the bottom of this.
I am on sprint, stock not rooted at the moment but in my experience being rooted really didn't seem to stop the problem in the past. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.
Weird. Do your normal SMS messages behave that way too?
First of all, I really like my galaxy watch 5 pro. I often take my LTE version when I go running, connected to my Galaxy buds live. There are certain issues I have, which drive me bananas:
When it passes a marker (for example, every mile), it breaks up the music, briefly. Usually only for the first one or two markers. And then it reappears later, sometimes. Definitely an intermittent issue. It's like, it pauses and tries to figure out what it is supposed to do: the watch is like 'Do I pause,? do I stop the music? Do I act like there's a major blast of Wi-Fi in the area news connection?' it's like it has a conflict going on inside it.
Secondly even when I've got it on do not disturb, if someone phones me or there are certain kinds of messages that go to my phone, they still forward!! The worst is if somebody calls me, it stops the music! And it's almost impossible to stop the call while running! And I can't restart the music without really fiddling around with the watch, and that is really difficult to do without losing your pace.
It's not a great running watch in my opinion. Samsung needs to fix some things here.
Am I the only one? Maybe it's my watch.
ekerbuddyeker said:
First of all, I really like my galaxy watch 5 pro. I often take my LTE version when I go running, connected to my Galaxy buds live. There are certain issues I have, which drive me bananas:
When it passes a marker (for example, every mile), it breaks up the music, briefly. Usually only for the first one or two markers. And then it reappears later, sometimes. Definitely an intermittent issue. It's like, it pauses and tries to figure out what it is supposed to do: the watch is like 'Do I pause,? do I stop the music? Do I act like there's a major blast of Wi-Fi in the area news connection?' it's like it has a conflict going on inside it.
Secondly even when I've got it on do not disturb, if someone phones me or there are certain kinds of messages that go to my phone, they still forward!! The worst is if somebody calls me, it stops the music! And it's almost impossible to stop the call while running! And I can't restart the music without really fiddling around with the watch, and that is really difficult to do without losing your pace.
It's not a great running watch in my opinion. Samsung needs to fix some things here.
Am I the only one? Maybe it's my watch.
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A possible reason for the break in the music could be that you are switching between cell towers and there is possibly a gap in the signals, happens to me sometimes when driving down motorways. or maybe there is a setting somewhere to inform you when you reach these markers and its briefly trying to silently play another sound idk dont own the watch so cant really say what the problem is except for some general things it could be.
Secondly bugs bugs and more bugs, dislike them a lot myself lol
What fitness app are you using? I don't wear earbuds when running but Strava seems to work really well. A good fitness app will allow you to customize notifications. Maybe consider disabling wireless data when running.
It drives me bananas. I went on a run today. As it starts telling me my lap info, the music cuts out, the voice is a bit broken up, and then, when I'm in an area with trees, it must confuse the gps which makes the watch decide that I have 'lapped', and it starts giving me new lap times every 5 seconds!!! Makes it impossible to use with earbuds. MYne it is the combination of everything going on, and I admit it's a lot, data, voice ready, music to Bluetooth, gps, Samsung health app running etc... But they sell this as a WORKING solution, and it so often doesn't work properly (for me).
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It drives me bananas. I went on a run today. As it starts telling me my lap info, the music cuts out, the voice is a bit broken up, and then, when I'm in an area with trees, it must confuse the gps which makes the watch decide that I have 'lapped', and it starts giving me new lap times every 5 seconds!!! Makes it impossible to use with earbuds. MYne it is the combination of everything going on, and I admit it's a lot, data, voice ready, music to Bluetooth, gps, Samsung health app running etc... But they sell this as a WORKING solution, and it so often doesn't work properly (for me).
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I just went for a 2 mile walk while listening to earbuds through the watch and Samsung Health was monitoring it and it worked perfectly.
Ok, I may have solved the issue. Will be testing it soon. I switched from Samsung to Google text so speech engine.