[Q] Notification sounds not playing through headphones - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Curious if anyone else has noticed this / knows how to "fix" it.
When I have my headphones plugged in, the notification sounds (eg the default new message "whistle") comes out the speaker instead. The sound in the headphone (music) will mute during this. I've had to resort to turning the notification volume off during work hours, so the sound doesn't disturb others at work - surely these sounds should be coming through headphones while they are plugged in?

Hello,
I'm with the same issue! It's very odd...
Any thoughts about this? Btw, I'm not using stock headset (I'm not used to in-ear headphones).

Yeah add another +1 to this....!!!

Not tried with stock headphones I have a set of Bluetooth ones and I get all notifications through them .
I'll take look in settings .
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+1 to this. Annoying :banghead:
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Just checked with stock headphones all emails, text messages, etc coming through fine .
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Ok try this with your headphones plugged in press the volume up button then press the settings button on the right, three volume bars appear make sure the bottom was is turned up .
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Motogp1 said:
Ok try this with your headphones plugged in press the volume up button then press the settings button on the right, three volume bars appear make sure the bottom was is turned up .
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Hi mate, the problem is we can hear the notification from the speaker of the phone and not from the plugged headset

Oh yes of course, seems like a hardware then to me .
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Motogp1 said:
Oh yes of course, seems like a hardware then to me .
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No mate, other sounds go through headset , ONLY problem on notification sound
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wicked1683 said:
No mate, other sounds go through headset , ONLY problem on notification sound
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I have no idea then ,good luck in sorting it :thumbup:
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Motogp1 said:
I have no idea then ,good luck in sorting it :thumbup:
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Actually I double check again, theres a "notification" sound going through headset. the only problem is it's playing simultaneously with the phone speaker. Really annoying specially if I'm in the office cause others can hear the notification sound too.

An android bug, apparently
rtg2 said:
Curious if anyone else has noticed this / knows how to "fix" it.
When I have my headphones plugged in, the notification sounds (eg the default new message "whistle") comes out the speaker instead. The sound in the headphone (music) will mute during this. I've had to resort to turning the notification volume off during work hours, so the sound doesn't disturb others at work - surely these sounds should be coming through headphones while they are plugged in?
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This is a long-standing Android bug that manifests on many, though not all, phones. Google for "android notification sounds headphones" and you find many complaints about it, and a Google bug report with comments going back to 2010.
There is a apparently an easy way to patch it if your phone is rooted (though I cannot find info on exactly HOW) and there is a script here on XDA for use with the Tasker app ($6 or so in the Playstore) that can address it.
Other than that, the only thing to do to minimize annoyance to your coworkers is turn notification sounds to silent when using headphones. There are volume profile apps that can do this automatically.

In this bug report https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6696 and this one https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16667 it said that's a problem with ICS, that is supposed to be fixed in JB and that CM have their own fix for this.
Let's hope that S3 JB release will fix it.

this problem has been bugging me too..hope its fixed in the next update.
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Related

Volume

Any way to increase volume....ita funny such a big phone yet so small of a volume.haha guessing we have to wait for cm9 or is there any mod we can do. The speaker is just so low. Watching netflix and youtube is an experience like no other....hearing it is a different story haha
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It doesn't help any that the speaker is rear firing! I have a leather flip case on the phone so it's really bad
Lol a Bluetooth case would be awesome with a bigger speaker on it
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Volume boost from the market.
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Volume boost only works with head phones it seems I would like to be able to boost the volume of just notifications anyone know of an app to boost those above the stock settings
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try this..works great for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20799609&postcount=6
+1 on equalizer, works on everything I've thrown it.
power amp is also the best, if you aren't using google or Amazon music clouds.
ahjdmarchi said:
Any way to increase volume....ita funny such a big phone yet so small of a volume.haha guessing we have to wait for cm9 or is there any mod we can do. The speaker is just so low. Watching netflix and youtube is an experience like no other....hearing it is a different story haha
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MrDSL said:
try this..works great for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20799609&postcount=6
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You can also use the app eRay Free or the paid version in the Android Market to fix the volume issue. Works very well...and a great task mgr app. This is for both in-call (headset) and external speaker volume fix.

Truncated / Cut short SMS Notifications

Hi guys,
I'm having a weird bug with SMS notifications on my S3, when I get a text it will cut short or sometimes not even play the notification sound. I've tried various tones, restarting the phone, changing the settings off - reboot - turn setting back on, but nothing is sorting it... Anyone else had this issue and been able to resolve it?
Thanks,
J
Same problem here, its totally random.
I've noticed this myself a few times as well.
I had it, I changed to a different notification sound and that fixed it. Not sure if you can go back after? Whistle annoyed me so didn't try.
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Do you keep your phone screen down on a table, there's a motion settings to mute ringtones if the phone is placed screen down on a table.
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thanks for the idea, but this is with my phone face up on the sofa arm!
joey2cool2007 said:
thanks for the idea, but this is with my phone face up on the sofa arm!
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Hmm I'm not too sure then, you on stock or custom Rom?
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I am having the exact same issue, although it only appears to do it with custom sounds that I have added, I have not been able to replicate it using stock sounds
delsus said:
Hmm I'm not too sure then, you on stock or custom Rom?
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Stock LFB here... it's frustrating!!!
joey2cool2007 said:
Stock LFB here... it's frustrating!!!
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Hmm I haven't seen it, notifications cone every time, using custom sounds from a soundboard I downloaded from play store.
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joey2cool2007 said:
Hi guys,
I'm having a weird bug with SMS notifications on my S3, when I get a text it will cut short or sometimes not even play the notification sound. I've tried various tones, restarting the phone, changing the settings off - reboot - turn setting back on, but nothing is sorting it... Anyone else had this issue and been able to resolve it?
Thanks,
J
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Fix here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764509
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fireboypr said:
Fix here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764509
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thanks for that fireboypr. I've just bumped my message limit to see if this helps the issue and if this resolves it, will have to remember why!

Taking headphones out makes phone change sound?

I'm running CM10, but this also happened in CM9 and a few other ROMS. If my phone is on silent and I plug my headphones in, my phone will go into vibrate. If my phone isn't on silent and I plug/unplug my headphones it'll go into vibrate or silent mode. It's really annoying. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks!
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okmijnlp said:
I'm running CM10, but this also happened in CM9 and a few other ROMS. If my phone is on silent and I plug my headphones in, my phone will go into vibrate. If my phone isn't on silent and I plug/unplug my headphones it'll go into vibrate or silent mode. It's really annoying. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks!
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There is an option to "link" both settings. IIRC, they are seperate by default.
Settings > sound...
StorminGooner said:
There is an option to "link" both settings. IIRC, they are seperate by default.
Settings > sound...
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Had no effect. Thanks for the help though.
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PREVIEW PREVIEW PREVIEW!
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Auxiliary audio and Bluetooth

I noticed when I'm playing music through the audio jack to my car's auxiliary, bluetooth headset is disabled for calls. I have to pull the audio jack, then the button for bluetooth is enabled again.
My G2 would allow calls to go through the bluetooth headset and then once the call was done, music would continue on auxiliary.
Is there any way to get this back? Anyone else think this is an issue?
Yep have the same problem, thanks for asking the question hope we get an answer.
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cos540 said:
Yep have the same problem, thanks for asking the question hope we get an answer.
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Glad I'm not the only one who misses this... Seems pretty basic.
instaclay said:
Glad I'm not the only one who misses this... Seems pretty basic.
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I thought this was a bug as well. However when using the aux, I am having an issue with the audio being muted when I disconnect the headphones and no way to bring the audio back up unless I restart the device.

Kitkat: sound does not come throuht conversation speaker.

Is there anybody like me: my C6802 does not play sound through out loud speaker. It just play sound through out conversation speaker (internal speaker).
Is it a big bug?
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viettien_milo said:
Is there anybody like me: my C6802 does not play sound through out loud speaker. It just play sound through out conversation speaker (internal speaker).
Is it a big bug?
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Hello friend, I noticed the same thing in my c6833 with kitkat.
Even videos... the audio was played in the ear speaker, and very low.
Altought, when I rebooted my phone, everything went to normal.
For me, it's not a constant.. more like a bug
I have also experienced this on one occasion, and it's a known bug that affects all Sony devices on KitKat. I'm sure Sony is working on it.
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viettien_milo said:
Is there anybody like me: my C6802 does not play sound through out loud speaker. It just play sound through out conversation speaker (internal speaker).
Is it a big bug?
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I have experienced that too. I don't know why but now it seems to stop. I'm not sure what, but turning off all the Sound enhancement, esp the dynamic equalizerseems to be the solution for me.
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Happens on my c6806... Come on Sony this stuff isn't supposed to happen on release of an update that should have been tested. This is why apple murders android because the software works
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Check these posts from the Z1 forum, they may help the ZU also, since it's almost the same hardware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697845
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692357
dbolivar said:
Check these posts from the Z1 forum, they may help the ZU also, since it's almost the same hardware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697845
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692357
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This one worked for me and the problem does not stay after i reboot the phone with half of volume only.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51477178&postcount=86
Hey guys did you try this?
Go to settings / sound / volumes / notification
Change the notification sound to maximum and make sure you can hear it from the speakers once you do, reboot.
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