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Help Turn OFF email notification sound

Jayfore said:
I just noticed this... When my Gmail syncs, I get a notification. For every new email, I am getting 2 different notifications, with slightly different Gmail icons. Please have a look at the attachment.
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I've asked this before, but those icons look slightly different. If you tap on each, do they bring you to the GMail app, or do the bring you to another app? (Notice what I highlighted.)

Also, see my comment below, but if you tap on each icon and (in gmail) right away do menu->more->about. Are they the same GMail version?

I use the MikG ROM (on EVO 4G) and I think it is what adds this shortcut, which appears to just be a shortcut to Menu > Settings > Sound > Notification sound. When I changed it in the "Personalize" area, it also changed it here (to Silent).
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This sounds unlikely, but it is possible that this ROM includes an older version of the GMail app in the ROM and then you installed a second copy from the market. Really, apps you install from the market should replace system apps that are older versions. Do you have two GMail icons in the app drawer?

Anyway, this forum is for the Droid 3 specifically. This may explain why your phone and my phone (which is a stock D3) are quite different. You really may want to ask this question(if what I listed above did not help) in the All Things Root thread in the EVO 4G forum here: EVO 4G - All Things Root - Android Forums
 
doogald said:
I've asked this before, but those icons look slightly different. If you tap on each, do they bring you to the GMail app, or do the bring you to another app? (Notice what I highlighted.)

Also, see my comment below, but if you tap on each icon and (in gmail) right away do menu->more->about. Are they the same GMail version?



This sounds unlikely, but it is possible that this ROM includes an older version of the GMail app in the ROM and then you installed a second copy from the market. Really, apps you install from the market should replace system apps that are older versions. Do you have two GMail icons in the app drawer?

Anyway, this forum is for the Droid 3 specifically. This may explain why your phone and my phone (which is a stock D3) are quite different. You really may want to ask this question(if what I listed above did not help) in the All Things Root thread in the EVO 4G forum here: EVO 4G - All Things Root - Android Forums
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Either of the icons will bring me to my Gmail inbox. When I press one of them, both of them are cleared from the notification area.

I only have one Gmail app on the phone. When I remove it, I no longer have any Gmail functions.

I honestly never checked to see where this thread lived -- I just searched the site and saw what seemed to be the same problem I was having. After digging deeper, it's a lot more than what was described here. Thanks for trying to help -- I will create a separate post in the other forum.
 
Jayfore said:
Either of the icons will bring me to my Gmail inbox. When I press one of them, both of them are cleared from the notification area.
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menu->more->about - are the version numbers the same on each app that notifies you? Looking at that photo you posted, do you see how the icons look different in the notification?

But, again, ask at the EVO forum, specifically in the All things root thread, since you are running a ROM.
 
Jayfore said:
In my Gmail (app) settings, I have both Inbox and Priority Inbox set to silent, though. The sounds are coming from somewhere else. For now I have altogether disabled the Default Notification sound (but it will still vibrate when one comes in). Grrr.
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On the Gmail site, not on your phone/app, there is an 'important' inbox as well. If Gmail thinks the email is important it will put it in that inbox as well as your regular inbox. It was putting almost every email I received in both so I was getting duplicate notifications on my phone. There is no 'important' inbox/label on your phone though so you can't set anything for it. I had to make a filter on Gmail (online) so that every email that is sent to me is not marked 'important'. Now everything goes to my regular inbox and I get one notification on my phone.
I don't think that is your issue after looking at your screen shot, I just wanted to try to further explain what I was saying in case it can help someone else.
 
Jayszeman said:
When you go to the settings in your gmail app, click on your e-mail address under account settings. At the bottom of the new menu, there should be a button labeled "Labels to Notify". Click this, then press Inbox. There should be an option to change the notification ringtone to silent. Hope this helps!
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exactly what I've been looking for, thank you!

You can also disable the led light in settings> display
 
Jayszeman said:
When you go to the settings in your gmail app, click on your e-mail address under account settings. At the bottom of the new menu, there should be a button labeled "Labels to Notify". Click this, then press Inbox. There should be an option to change the notification ringtone to silent. Hope this helps!
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Thank you, I use yahoo. as my default e mail, and I was able to do something similar by the instructions. VERY helpful:)
 
I re-flashed today, and it looks like the duplicate Gmail notification issue has been resolved. I believe it was caused by an app called "Email Notifier" (more details here). Thanks for all the help along the way!
 
Jayszeman said:
When you go to the settings in your gmail app, click on your e-mail address under account settings. At the bottom of the new menu, there should be a button labeled "Labels to Notify". Click this, then press Inbox. There should be an option to change the notification ringtone to silent. Hope this helps!
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How do you get into the settings on the gmail app? I can't find it.
 
simple solution is that follow these instructions Gmail > settings key > More > Setting > Select Ringtone > Silent
 
I have a Motorola (verizon) droid and I want to be able to turn off all of my notification sounds (email, calendar, full battery charge, etc) besides when I receive a text message. How do I do that? Do I need an app?
 
whitney529 said:
I have a Motorola (verizon) droid and I want to be able to turn off all of my notification sounds (email, calendar, full battery charge, etc) besides when I receive a text message. How do I do that? Do I need an app?
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Whitney, this is a Droid 3 forum. Which model Droid do you have?

I think that the only way to do what you want to do, based on what I know, is to use an app called Tasker, which is a fairly complicated app. However, there are several tasker experts and perhaps if you post a separate question thread - how can I set up Tasker to turn off sound notifications for everything but turn them on for incoming text messages - somebody will have a solution for you.
 
If it's an app like email or calendar, this would be controlled from inside that app. For alerts like calls and full battery, you can most likely set these alert tones to "silent" through the phone settings.
 
Jayszeman said:
When you go to the settings in your gmail app, click on your e-mail address under account settings. At the bottom of the new menu, there should be a button labeled "Labels to Notify". Click this, then press Inbox. There should be an option to change the notification ringtone to silent. Hope this helps!
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Great thanks - it was the labels to notify option that others where missing .
I've now turned off this annoying whistle ! :)
 
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