How do I replicate my KitKat preferences for notifications?

[germcevoy]

Lollipop Alerts and Notifications

I am looking to replicate my Kitkat preferences for notifications. What I used to do from the home screen was use the volume down button to silence the device. This meant to audible notifications and no vibrations. One up on the volume set it to vibrate mode. I used to toggle between the 2 all the time, mainly switching to full silent (no vibrations either) in the evening.

How do I do this on 5.0? I can set the profile to 'None' but from what I understand, this will also mute my alarms. Is this correct? If I set to priority or all then I get vibrations.

Any suggestions?

 

[hrkvalvik]

Re: Lollipop Alerts and Notifications

It seems like Lollipop does not have a silent/mute possibility like KitKat had. "All" will give you all notifications and notification lights but you can only choose between vibrate and all the stages from low to high on the volume. There is NO mute on the All setting.
Priority does the same thing (no mute) as far as sound and vibrate goes, but it seems to be a bit off on the notification lights.

The "None" mode is the only one which mutes both sound and vibrations, but it also cancels out absolutely every notifications, notification lights and even alarms.

This is very frustrating! Since I got my first smartwatch (Pebble) and now the Moto 360 I've only used the silent mode on my N5. I've been using my watch and the notification lights on my phone to keep up on notifications. This is no longer an option unless you wan't vibrations.

 

[ntfc2]

Re: Lollipop Alerts and Notifications

This is truly moronic.

Why remove functionality? It's the sort of thing Apple would do because 'they know best'.

If I want my phone on the table during a meeting, silent with no vibrate but able to flash the notification light when a message comes in, I can no longer do that. If I have to make a point of awakening my phone to see if a message has come in I might as well just have it switched off. Great own goal Google.

Fix it!