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Questions tagged [vibration]

Most (if not all) Android devices have the feature to use "vibration", i.e. to let the device vibrate. If your question is related to that, this is your tag. Read on by clicking below 'info' tag.

"Vibrate" is used to call the users attention to certain events, as well as to give "haptic feedback". This includes (but is not restricted to):

  • haptic feedback: e.g. to confirm input (having tapped a key on the virtual keyboard and the like)
  • notifications: e.g. vibrate on incoming calls/messages etc., or on other events happening. This can be in addition to a sound played -- or, especially useful, if you've put your device into "silent mode" to not disturb other people, to not miss a notification though no sound is played.

Other uses are thinkable (if not even yet practiced), such as haptic feedback in games (imagine a car race, you're the driver, and you speed up your car/bike and have it "roar" not only by sound but by feeling as well).

Of course it makes sense to combine this tag with others related to your issue (e.g. ). It is, however, not related to apps like NobraDroid remote-controlling "external vibrators" ;)

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How to determine which app is causing vibration?

I have a Moto G6 Play that vibrates like it is getting notifications but it's not. The vibration is inconsistent and seems random so I would like to know if there is a logcat or something I can run to log which app is calling the vibration so that I…
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How to notice a phone is ringing when left in a bag?

I always carry my cellphone on me on vibrate, because I'm male and this works with my wardrobe. Many women I know carry the phone in their purse or other bag, and they often miss calls, not noticing the phone is ringing. At the same time, they…
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Vibration Intensity

I have a Galaxy S2. This morning it sent me an alert saying that I could get an update, so I did. Ever since then the phone isn't the same. It works fine; the only thing that is different is that the lock screen is different and it has a long…
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If I set my phone to "vibrate mode" and I then receive phone calls, can the vibration damage my device?

Do you know if it's a good idea to set the vibration to be almost continuous on my phone when I receive calls? I am asking this because I am worried about breaking the device.
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How do you keep your phone vibrating indefinitely?

I'm suspecting that the vibrator in my phone is not working properly. Before opening the case, I'd like to diagnose first. I need to make my phone keep vibrating for a while, say, like 2 minutes or more. I haven't found any good solution other than…
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Stop vibrate for incoming calls and text messages from certain contacts

For certain contacts, I want to silence vibration for incoming calls and SMS messages. I am not asking about silencing the audio notification and ringtone. This is already well documented.
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How to disable Vibration in Android devices?

I find vibration super annoying and utterly useless, especially in tablets. I want to totally disable or even destroy, if needed, the vibration feature or part of all my 6 Google Nexus phones and tablets, and 1 Samsung tablet. Anybody can help?
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Galaxy S7edge is beeping instead of vibrating

last night was installed Android 7 Nougat on my Galaxy S7edge, lot of my favourite applications doesn't work with it, so I have download official ROM of Android 6 Marshmallow and downgrade it using Odin (AP file only). Now come the problem, my phone…
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Vibration not working on my android device

Vibration not working in my android device. I am currently running on android version 4.2 Jelly Bean. My phone model is Lenovo a369i.
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Is it possible to control the strength of the vibration of the phone when ringing?

When the phone is ringing, is it possible to set such that it gradually increase the strength of vibration instead a predefined strength of vibration? (When the vibration mode is turn on but the ringer tone is muted) The concept is something like…
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Minimal working vibration time on all Android devices

I'm developing a game, I do offer an optional setting with periodic vibrations for a specific game mode. To make this work well, I need a very short vibration. On my device, 20ms vibration duration works very well but on other devices, it appears to…
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Why did my phone vibrate when I went to a random website?

I was actually just searching something on google and out of nowhere a spam website opened and when it opened, my phone vibrated, why is this the case? Does this mean my phone's hacked?
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Is there a way to perceive vibrations more effectively when device rings?

I have an HTC Desire HD. I work in a noisy environment as well as ride a motorbike. I often don't hear or feel the vibrations when the phone rings. One of my previous phones had a function where it would ring once every 60 seconds until I attended…
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Stop vibration fedback

How can I stop my HTC m8 from vibration at the start and end of call? I turned off all vibration notifications but still I can't stop my phone from vibrating at the start and end of calls.
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