Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Turning off the sound notification

Help!  How do I turn off the low battery and full battery sound notifications once they've started playing?   I have a custom song for my notification and it won't stop playing!

Try the following:

1) If charging your device, to stop the notification, unplug your charger.
2) Set up a shortcut on your home screen to Battery Notifier Pro BT and restart the application.
3) Swipe down from the top of the screen to make the drop down notification bar appear, then select the notification for Battery Notifier Pro BT.
4) Turn down the volume on your phone.

If your device is locked at the time the notification sound goes off, then use either 1) or 4).   Otherwise you will have to unlock it first and then use 2) or 3).

NOTE: If you get a popup similar to these:




Please know that these popups are NOT part of Battery Notifier Pro BT and are built-in "features" by the manufacturer of your device. You will have to click OK to get past these popups, or consult your device's instruction manual to see if there is a way to remove them.

UPDATE #1:  It has also come to our attention that some Samsung devices (such as the Samsung Galaxy S) have a sound notification and/or vibration that goes off every time when the battery is fully charged.  So even though you might have our app set to NOT notify you when the battery is fully charged, you may still hear this sound or notice the vibration on some Samsung devices.  We are sure when this happens in the middle of the night when you just want to charge your phone overnight it is not very pleasant, and we have no idea why Samsung would do such a thing and not give users a way to turn it off.

UPDATE #2: 10/21/11
We recently became aware of a free app that may help people who have the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and who still might be looking for a solution for the problem mentioned above.  The app is called Battery Charged Silencer and you can find it at the Android Market.  The developer states that "Vibrator off feature may not work for other devices than Samsung Galaxy S2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.  Please be aware that we do not support this app, nor do we know the developer, and we are just offering the link to try and help people with the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 who still are annoyed by the full charge notification and who haven't yet found a solution.  Any support you feel you need resulting from the installation or use of this app you would need to contact the developer at his website at Simple Apps.