Fix HTC EVO 4G Android Not Vibrate When Receiving SMS Text Message
The HTC Evo 4G Android phone can be set to vibrate when receiving a SMS or MMS text message, whether it’s in vibrate mode, ringing mode or silent mode. However, the smartphone does not vibrate when user is opening a message thread for reading or replying. Instead, only audible tone is sounded.
Note that the Android phone does not vibrate issue happens even when user has checked and selected the option inside Messaging Settings to vibrate when display notification to users when SMS or MMS text message is arriving or been received.
In order to fix the HTC Evo 4G Android phone no vibration when receiving SMS or MMS, try the following tricks:
Method 1: Disable Vibration and Enable Vibration Again
In Messaging, hit Menu button to go into Settings. Then uncheck (untick) the check box of Vibrate under “Notification settings”, and then recheck (retick) the Vibrate check box. Reboot the phone.
Method 2: Set Vibrate via Sound Manager
If the method above does not work, try the following workaround instead:
Launch Android Market, and download and install Sound Manager. After installing, open the Sound Manager app, hit Menu button, and then go to Vibrate Settings. Under Notifications, check (tick) the Vibrate whenever possible check box.
Once the setting is set, the Sound Manager app can be uninstalled without affecting the vibration functionality.
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many thanks, been struggling with this for ages. all vibrate boxes were checked but no luck. installed sound manager and turned on vibrate in that menu. works a treat.
Thank you!!
My phone stopped vibrating as well when I would type a text message. I've tried the sound manager and disabled vibrate and re enabled and it still didn't work. What did work for me was changing my scene when you hit the menu button and it some how re enabled vibrate to work.
i'm having trouble reading my chinese text messages on my evo, they come out as stars, is there anyway to fix this?
Awesome!!!
Thank you very much….it worked right away!
There is an issue with the phone as delivered and installing the Sound Manager made no difference, at least for me.
My phone will not vibrate when a new text is received if the phone text function is not at the main screen, home screen, or I'm using some function other than texting. So, if I'm reading a text and receive another text while reading a text my phone does not vibrate. It only vibrates if I'm not viewing/reading texts.
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Good call downloaded the free sound manager and it works!!! Thanks so much for the post, very helpful!!!