Incessant chiming

[laurabward]

I did a search first for "chiming" and nothing came up, so....just got the S4 a few days ago. WHAT is this incessant chiming??? It's not my Hotmail, because I don't have the notifications box checked. I've checked everything else I can think of and I think all my notifications are off. It chimes and then there is nothing in the status bar. There doesn't seem to be a pattern either....

 

[B. Diddy]

It could be the NFC (Near Field Communications) chip, which can cause a notification if it's near something else with NFC. You could try turning it off in the Settings>Wireless & Networks menu.

Yahoo Mail is another common culprit--do you have it installed?

 

[laurabward]

Negative to both...

 

[STSVA]

Try setting your default notification sound to silent and see if that helps.

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[laurabward]

I ended up factory resetting it, I didn't want everything to be silent. So that worked. I still have no idea what it was though, very odd.

 

[laurabward]

I had it again today, it was in the card while I had Bluetooth on, every ten minutes or so. When I turned off Bluetooth, it stopped.i don't get it.

 

[B. Diddy]

Glad you figured it out. What Bluetooth devices do you have paired? Is there some setting that makes the phone discoverable to other devices? I wonder if a setting like that might cause a notification until you turn it off, since it could be a potential security issue (to have your phone discoverable on a constant basis).

 

[laurabward]

Actually, that wasn't it, when I got where I was going and turned it off and checked my Outlook....then it stopped. I had the thing checked to notify me of unchecked messages, but thought it was for voicemails and texts only, I didn't know it meant email too. Because I purposely unchecked my notification option in the email program! Too many options to keep track of.

 

[B. Diddy]

Oh good. I never quite understand apps that notify you with a tone but no message ...

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