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Help Phone is not vibrating anymore??

RoarOfZonda

RoarOfZonda

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Hey guys, so I'm not sure what happened but last couple of days my phone has not vibrated from calls/text messages even though it's on vibrate... not mute.

Does anyone have a solution? has this happened to anyone before?
I tried rebooting the phone (twice) and nope, I still get no vibrates.....
 
You know, every once in a while that happens to my phone..
I go: menu>settings>sound> ...and make sure that 'sound and vibration' and 'haptic feedback' are on.
One of them will be turned off for some reason. I can't figure out why..
 
On the HTC desire (my previous phone), the vibrator would just stop working. It would get caught up because of the angle it stopped at (it's basically a cam / off centre circle, spinning). All it needed was a little tap on the back of the device. Try that if it happens again.
 
Now it's not working again... i just don't understand lol. Hoping it's a software issue and not hardware.
But I tried slapping my phone for a bit but that didn't work either.......
 
And now it's not... it seems like it works for 3 days, then it doesn't for two weeks.
This is terrible!! I hate not knowing if anyone is calling/texting me.....
 
RoarOfZonda said:
I prefer not to run it through the warranty because
1) I don't want to be phoneless
2) I don't want to lose my settings and data and everything

:(

I'm desperately waiting for a software update hoping that it might fix it
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id rather have a phone that works, most if not all data can be backed up, does your carrier not provide you with a loaner while your phone is being serviced?
 
I have this, however it vibrates for calls but not texts - phone is set to vibrate only and "sound and vibration" checked in settings. I think it's since I updated to JB. Any ideas?

Also doesn't vibrate for emails (gmail) on arrival when it did before.
 
Heisenberg123 said:
id rather have a phone that works, most if not all data can be backed up, does your carrier not provide you with a loaner while your phone is being serviced?
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Oh I'm not sure. I've never needed to use a warranty before honestly....

I might try resetting my phone back to factory and if it's still not vibrating I'll go through a warranty. Do you know how to make a backup so I can get everything back once I do a reset?

willis1337 said:
I have this, however it vibrates for calls but not texts - phone is set to vibrate only and "sound and vibration" checked in settings. I think it's since I updated to JB. Any ideas?

Also doesn't vibrate for emails (gmail) on arrival when it did before.
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Check your vibration settings for your messaging app. Open up your messaging app, press the menu button, and see if you can find an option for vibration
 
RoarOfZonda said:
Oh I'm not sure. I've never needed to use a warranty before honestly....

I might try resetting my phone back to factory and if it's still not vibrating I'll go through a warranty. Do you know how to make a backup so I can get everything back once I do a reset?



Check your vibration settings for your messaging app. Open up your messaging app, press the menu button, and see if you can find an option for vibration
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Kies will backup your settings, pictures, music, movies

Google will backup your contacts, calanders

I use App Backup and Restore to backup the apps(not the app data) just the apps so you can re-install offline

SMS Backup+ backs up SMS and Call logs
 
Yeah so I finally called them up after 4.1 didn't fix anything and I just got my phone back and they replaced the whole unit. They were very very quick at fixing and shipping it!
 
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