Text Message notifications won't vibrate

[lm_pate]

My text message notifications won't vibrate on my Moto 360. The notification card comes up, but no vibration like with my other notifications.

I double checked in the standard text message app on my Galaxy Note 3 that it's set to ring and vibrate. Not sure why this is the only app that won't vibrate when a notification comes in.

Is anyone else having this issue?

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[jejiv]

Same problem here. I have a Note 3 using Google Hangouts and my Moto 360 will not vibrate for incoming text.

 

[lm_pate]

OK, so my Sprint Galaxy Note 3 just got a software update this evening.

Now I get a very light vibration along with my text message notification card. I guess the update fixed something behind the scenes.

I do wish there was a setting to adjust the intensity of vibrations.

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[turnerm]

I had this happening for certain apps (no vibration notification). I simply disabled notifications for the app (on the phone through app manager) and then reenabled them and it did the trick.

 

[phissith]

Try 8sms, very good app!! Does exactly what you suggested.

 

[Jordan Wells1]

You have to make sure that when you sync your phone and watch over bluetooth you then set your phone as a trusted device, then it will vibrate for any email or text or phone call. Try unsyncing and resyncing then a notification should pop up asking if it is a trusted device.

 

[JimSmith94]

You have to make sure that when you sync your phone and watch over bluetooth you then set your phone as a trusted device, then it will vibrate for any email or text or phone call. Try unsyncing and resyncing then a notification should pop up asking if it is a trusted device.

There's no way to set your phone as a trusted device for your watch. You can set the watch as a trusted device for your phone, but that doesn't have anything to do with texts not vibrating.

I recommend Light Flow from the Play Store. It will let you set different vibrations for different apps, including text messages.

 

[cjohn4043]

Happens to me a good bit. I just force close the Android Wear app from my phone and it seems to do the trick.

 

[crxssi]

Happens to me a good bit. I just force close the Android Wear app from my phone and it seems to do the trick.

Yep. I have had it happen before (although rare- maybe twice ever) and a watch and phone reboot solve it. I do hope such bugs get squashed in the future.