[APP] VibraFix - or stop haptic feedback on Defy

[renyhp]

Sorry to appear to hijack the Vibrafix thread, but it seems this thread is commonly read by people with vibration related issues, so this may be beneficial to them...

You're right, but maybe at this very point, if Cynyx, or some admin, or whatever, wants us to move the conversation somewhere else, that's fine, I understand.

You can then use Tasker to set these settings for you using a ROOT command line just like for the chmod:

settings put system VIB_NOTIFICATION_MAGNITUDE 0

Which on the Samsung Touchwiz Roms will do exactly what you're asking for as long as you use Tasker to change that setting when you change profile.

Thank you so much! Now I understand how to do all that with Tasker. I have a little problem with the settings, though.

Use a file manager on your phone to copy the file /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db to a PC (as it's much easier to look on the PC rather than a small phone screen), and then use a SQLite editor such as sqlitestudio (free download) to open the database and have a look in the three different tables system, secure, and global. There you will see all of the options which can be set, if you use the search function within the SQLite editor to search for "vib" then it will hopefully show you all of the vibrate settings. With luck, you'll find a setting named something like VibrateOnNotify which will stop your phone vibrating when it gets a notification by default.

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or I'm very unlucky, but in the whole settings.db file, searching for "vib" I've found only the entries

vibrate_when_ringing
power_notification_vibrate

which, if I'm guessing right, are not what I'm searching for (btw they're both set to 0!).
Comparing with how many entries you did find, I thought that was very strange, and, taken by scepticism, I searched for vibration settings looking at all of them, one by one, but those are the only which to me seem to be vibration-related (apart from haptic feedback, in which I'm not interested though).
EDIT: I also tried setting VIB_NOTIFICATION_MAGNITUDE to 0 from shell (maybe this has created a new record in the database? Did I do something I shouldn't have done?) but phone still vibrates on getting notifications.
Sorry for not being able to go ahead by myself at this point

 

[johnwigley]

Having thought about the easiest way to achieve what you want, I realised I'd missed a far simpler solution...

Install Xposed if you haven't already, then install GravityBox

From within GravityBox go to Ultimate Notification Control-> Default Settings, and then ENABLE "Override Vibrations", and set the vibration pattern to 0 as it explains in the text next to it.

Have a look at it's "Quiet Hours" options as well, as they can selectively disable notification or all vibrations on a timed basis or permanently.

I think that on it's own will do exactly what you want, without having to mess around with Tasker scripts or anything else, as it will suppress all notification vibrations except when the phone is on Vibrate only. There is an additional option to disable notification vibrate in Vibrate only as well should you wish to do that. There are probably other Xposed modules that will do exactly the same thing such as Xnotifications, but I know GravityBox will definitely do it.

You're right, but maybe at this very point, if Cynyx, or some admin, or whatever, wants us to move the conversation somewhere else, that's fine, I understand.



Thank you so much! Now I understand how to do all that with Tasker. I have a little problem with the settings, though.



I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or I'm very unlucky, but in the whole settings.db file, searching for "vib" I've found only the entries

vibrate_when_ringing
power_notification_vibrate

which, if I'm guessing right, are not what I'm searching for (btw they're both set to 0!).
Comparing with how many entries you did find, I thought that was very strange, and, taken by scepticism, I searched for vibration settings looking at all of them, one by one, but those are the only which to me seem to be vibration-related (apart from haptic feedback, in which I'm not interested though).
EDIT: I also tried setting VIB_NOTIFICATION_MAGNITUDE to 0 from shell (maybe this has created a new record in the database? Did I do something I shouldn't have done?) but phone still vibrates on getting notifications.
Sorry for not being able to go ahead by myself at this point

 

[Cynyx]

You're right, but maybe at this very point, if Cynyx, or some admin, or whatever, wants us to move the conversation somewhere else, that's fine, I understand.

Still topic related imo so I have absolutely no problem with that, particulary if it can help some people. :good:

 

[renyhp]

Install Xposed if you haven't already, then install GravityBox.

THANK YOU A LOT! :victory: I solved my problem, not this way but similarly. I'm going to describe how, just in case someone else has a similar problem, although I have serious doubts that that can happen.

I installed Xposed (about which I had never heard before, because I am new to modding) and GravityBox, but actually I didn't find the options within GravityBox to enable vibration only for vibration mode; plus, GravityBox's Ultimate Notification Control was going to expire after 50 reboots unless I paid (and, sincerely, I didn't want to pay for something that wouldn't have solved my problem).
I've found another Xposed module, Notification Manager, which allows me to disable vibration per-app, and I did that for all the apps (I know it sounds annoying, but actually it took me less than a minute; and after all, I won't install everyday apps that send me notifications).
Then I created two profiles in Tasker:
1) When ringer volume (%VOLR) is 0, run shell command "settings get global mode_ringer" and store output in %VIB. At exit, %VIB=0.
2) When %VIB is 1, and the phone gets a notification, vibrate.
This solved my problem, with the only little annoying fact that I can't enable/disable vibration if volume is already 0 (i.e. going from silent mode to vibration and vice versa), but I think this is a good compromise, better than every other solutions I found.

I did that %VIB stuff because, with the %SILENT variable, Priority + Vibration mode and Silent mode are indistinguishable. I could also do some detection of both %SILENT and %INTERRUPT variables in the second profile (and delete the first one) but usage of %INTERRUPT requires Notification Access enabled for Tasker, which I couldn't set because strangely Tasker won't show up in the Notification Access menu. Note that using %INTERRUPT variable would allow to switch also from silent mode to vibration and vice versa.

I have to thank johnwigley not only for helping me solving this problem (no one could do it, and, I mean, I asked to EVERYONE), but also for letting me discover such things as Tasker and Xposed which I've found very helpful, and which I used for other purposes too.

 

[ivAnash]

Hi.. I installed Vibrafix on my One Plus 3 to stop the vibrations when I double tap to unlock my phone.. Well it worked fine for a while , until recently where the phone has stopped vibrating even on phone calls and sms's..

I have attached screenshots to show the options chosen. The first time I installed and activated Vibrafix , clicking the "TRY VIBRATE ON TOUCH ! " button would vibrate the phone, which has stopped now. Hope you look into and come up with a fix. Cheers..

 

[Cynyx]

Hello ivAnash,

Well, actually, strange behaviour, particulary if Vibrafix worked well till now.

a) Have you installed something new or changed some setting recently in your device ?

b) Can you try in order, and post the results for :

1 - Tick "Enable vibrate", and check if vibrate stills working
2 - Untick "Enable Vibrafix", and check if vibrate stills working
3 - Tick back "Enable Vibrafix", and check if normal Vibrafix behaviour is back

 

[ivAnash]

Hey Cynyx.. Thanks for the quick reply..

1. Enable Vibrate - Vibrate works.
2. Untick 'Enable Vibrafix' - Vibrate works.
3.Tickback 'Enable Vibrafix' - Vibrate does not work..

 

[Cynyx]

You have forgotten my question a) (perhaps something new makes Vibrafix not working now)

So answers 1 and 2 show your vibrate stills working, and answer 3 shows Vibrafix can disable it, and indeed not working...
No clue why Vibrafix can't catch phone calls and sms intents.

Your Vibrafix settings are simple and common, perhaps properties saving are messed up.
Even if i'm doubting about that, i'm sorry to say I have nothing more to offer than you try to uninstall and install again Vibrafix.

 

[ivAnash]

You have forgotten my question a) (perhaps something new makes Vibrafix not working now)

So answers 1 and 2 show your vibrate stills working, and answer 3 shows Vibrafix can disable it, and indeed not working...
No clue why Vibrafix can't catch phone calls and sms intents.

Your Vibrafix settings are simple and common, perhaps properties saving are messed up.
Even if i'm doubting about that, i'm sorry to say I have nothing more to offer than you try to uninstall and install again Vibrafix.

I haven't installed anything new that should interfere with Vibrafix.. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling before I posted my issue here. That didn't work..
"Not saving the properties" , is there anyway I can check or fix that manually, like in a file that manages the vibration functions in my device.??

 

[Cynyx]

No file used to save settings/propreties in Vibrafix (but using android db).
Anyway, an uninstall removes all saved settings, and each time you open Vibrafix, you can retrieve your settings, so I'm sure it's not related to Vibrafix settings in fact.

Also, it's not realated to the core design or root rights for vibrate itself because Vibrafix can disable the vibrate and even enable it again (with the tests you have done).

The only thing left : notifications about sms or phone calls are not trigged or can't be catched by Vibrafix.
That's why, in my opinion, it's due to something outside Vibrafix, perhaps an another app or even android system, something linked to these notifications or permissions to access to these ones
(Permission concerned are : "SMS" and "Device ID & call information").
Since Android 6, permissions can be removed/granted individually for an app.
Can you check if all permissions are OK for Vibrafix ? (https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/6270602?hl=en)

 

[ivAnash]

No file used to save settings/propreties in Vibrafix (but using android db).
Anyway, an uninstall removes all saved settings, and each time you open Vibrafix, you can retrieve your settings, so I'm sure it's not related to Vibrafix settings in fact.

Also, it's not realated to the core design or root rights for vibrate itself because Vibrafix can disable the vibrate and even enable it again (with the tests you have done).

The only thing left : notifications about sms or phone calls are not trigged or can't be catched by Vibrafix.
That's why, in my opinion, it's due to something outside Vibrafix, perhaps an another app or even android system, something linked to these notifications or permissions to access to these ones
(Permission concerned are : "SMS" and "Device ID & call information").
Since Android 6, permissions can be removed/granted individually for an app.
Can you check if all permissions are OK for Vibrafix ? (https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/6270602?hl=en)

What I find hard to understand is the fact when, "Enable Vibrafix" is selected and "Enable Vibration" is NOT selected, "Try Vibrate on touch" does not work..
So even if phone and sms notifications each the app the phone will not vibrate.
I have attached permission screenshots..

 

[Cynyx]

What I find hard to understand is the fact when, "Enable Vibrafix" is selected and "Enable Vibration" is NOT selected, "Try Vibrate on touch" does not work..

It's the normal behaviour.
That's the purpose of the "Try" button, testing that Vibrafix is able to deactivate totaly the vibrate.

So even if phone and sms notifications each the app the phone will not vibrate.

It's also the normal behaviour : vibrate is totaly disabled for all apps.

But, normaly, Vibrafix is able to reactivate the vibrate when it catches a phone call or a sms notification.

If all permissions needed are here, I suppose these notifications can't be catched now, and I really don't know why if nothing changed on your phone recently
(like a system update who change the way notification are done or another app who mess up these particular notifications).

 

[ivAnash]

It's the normal behaviour.
That's the purpose of the "Try" button, testing that Vibrafix is able to deactivate totaly the vibrate.


It's also the normal behaviour : vibrate is totaly disabled for all apps.

But, normaly, Vibrafix is able to reactivate the vibrate when it catches a phone call or a sms notification.

If all permissions needed are here, I suppose these notifications can't be catched now, and I really don't know why if nothing changed on your phone recently
(like a system update who change the way notification are done or another app who mess up these particular notifications).

Cool.. I'll see if I've made any changes recently and try to make it work and keep you posted. Thanks for looking into the issue.. Cheers..

 

[zameer hassan]

Hey...does this app drains battery by running continuously in the background???

 

[Cynyx]

Hey. This app drains battery by running in the background but according to my stats it's a very low amount of juice and less than a vibrator when used several times a day.

 

[zameer hassan]

Hey. This app drains battery by running in the background but according to my stats it's a very low amount of juice and less than a vibrator when used several times a day.

First of all,thank you from all of my heart.I used it and it really great app with very very small size and also no noticible battery drain.
For me, Double power button trigger camera and ok Google detection both causes annoying vibration in Android 8.1.0 Nexus 6P.After searching madly over internet,I got hit my your app and gave it a try and voilà it work instantly.
But what I have notice that it doesn't able to trigger vibration in phone calls.I didn't checked it for sms and alarm.
SO..my humble request is to please solve this issues..I am using Nexus 6P Android 8.1.0.
Thank you.

 

[Cynyx]

Hey. Great if this app can helps you a little.

Concerning your request, I'm sorry to say that I don't maintain the developpement of Vibrafix mainly because :
1 - This app was designed for only one device : motorola defy.
2 - I have changed my device since some months now and I haven't got root access on it so i'm not able to test the app anymore.

However, I want to believe the phone call trigger should work for most devices.

According to the stats of VibraFix usage for active devices :
- Android 8.0 : 6.6%
- Huawei Nexus 6P : 1.5%

So perhaps you need to use the appropriate settings to enable it.
You can check this form (you should have "On phone call" option enable).

[X] Enable Vibrafix
[ ] Enable Vibrate
----------------------------
[ ] Auto-start
[ ] StatusBar notification
----------------------------
[X] On phone call
[ ] On SMS
[ ] On alarmclock
----------------------------
[ ] In "Pocket Mode"
[ ] Not in charge
[ ] In vibrate mode
----------------------------
[X] Silent mode
[X] Vibrate mode
[X] Normal mode

Another thing you can check : you need to give the appropriate android authorisations (particulaty the phone status auth).

Hope it can helps you.