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Question

Notification sounds disappeared

Jul 15, 2017 8:45AM PDT

Hi All,

Could not resolve this problem on Android Central...

Samsung 6 Mega
2 weeks ago, text, email, voicemail, incoming calls notifications sounds disappeared.
Can hear all ringtones when I pick them out.
All volumes (speaker, phone, notifications, system) are maxed. Still no dice.
I still get notifications on the top, but with no sound.
Tried partition wipe.
Tried resetting defaults.
Restart, turn off, remove battery. No dice.
Tried in Safe Mode. No dice.

Another thing that has me scratching my head, is that before I started trying these solutions, I had 3 GB free space. Now I have 6 GB free space.

Please help.
I'm contemplating doing a factory reset, but I really don't want to.

-tutor

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XDA forums and Android Central
Jul 15, 2017 8:53AM PDT
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PS. Just thoughts.
Jul 15, 2017 8:57AM PDT

Use of system cleaner/mechanic apps tend to create problems rather than fix them. For now I don't have a tool to make a system report like we do for Windows at https://www.piriform.com/docs/speccy/using-speccy/publishing-a-speccy-profile-to-the-web

Hopefully someday we'll have such a tool to make reports to make repairs surgical rather that resetting each time.

That is, the only times I've found issues on the Android phones are in the cases where the owner install cleaner apps or on a model with low RAM/storage. With 6GB free, it's not a storage issue.

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Notification sounds disappeared
Jul 19, 2017 12:10AM PDT

Visit the nearest authorised service center for your smart phone.

Unrelated commercial link removed by moderator.

Post was last edited on July 19, 2017 12:38 AM PDT