J7 (Nougat) - timer won't ring when phone is in vibrate mode

[dgelerin]

So, I discovered a major issue (for me) with my timer. I almost always have my phone on vibrate so it doesn't ring at work. However, I also often use the timer to let me know when 15 minutes is up, or something like that. This is a very common thing for me. I'm coming off of an S3, where this worked just fine.

However, today I discovered that, when the J7 (running Nougat) is in vibrate mode, the timer just vibrates when it gets to 0:00. Which is absolutely useless for me. I need the sound!

So...

1) How can I make sure my alarms (which seem to be working fine even when phone is in vibrate mode, but I've missed a few, which now I'm wondering about) and timers, etc will actually ring when phone is in vibrate mode.

2) Can I change the "ringtone" of the timer, like I can with alarms?

Thank you!

 

[Rukbat]

If the device (any phone or tablet) is in vibrate move, that's to keep it from making any sound. You can't have it both ways - don't make any sound, but ring when the alarm goes off. You can turn all the volumes except alarms off, or you can automate the volume changes with Tasker.

 

[dgelerin]

Odd. It used to "have it both ways" as you put it, on my S3. I wonder why they changed that. The vibrate only applied to the ringer. I guess they changed it to apply to everything. Even so, some of my alarms still go off in vibrate mode. I wonder what the difference is about those alarms. I'll have to look into it. Is there a free version of Tasker so that I can try it out to see if it does what I want before I buy it?