REQ: Disable alerts while I'm on the freakin' phone!

BigMatza · 07/31/2009, 09:29 AM

I did some searches for this, but perhaps on the wrong keywords. I say this because I was surprised I didn't already find a thread about it.

Anyhow, what is up with this!? Not only do I get Chewbacca roaring in my ear when I'm on the phone, and I have an incoming message; but the person on the other side can hear the noise as well!!! The older Palm Treos were great at making sure that device sounds never made it to the other side of the conversation. What this basically implies is that if you intend to make/receive business calls with your Pre, you should never replace your incoming message alert with a goofy sound. It also implies that you should wear earplugs whenever you talk on the phone, just in case you get a text while you've got your ear right next to the speaker!

So is anyone on this, currently? I see some code in messaging/app/controllers/notification-assistant.js. Unfortunately, there are several ways it can play an alert sound (sound-only, if you're already in the messaging app, or notification text AND sound). What this means is that you need a slightly higher level of abstraction to have "on the phone" override these conditions entirely. That level is not there, and that is why I suspect no one has tackled it yet. I consider this a HUGE miss on the part of Palm.

Shane112358 · 07/31/2009, 09:34 AM

I think you would either have to reorganize the code, or go through the notification-assistant.js file and add an if/else statement every time it wants to play an alert to first check if there is an active call. Might not be too hard. Let me go look for a couple minutes.

Jtemple33 · 07/31/2009, 02:21 PM

Yeah, i hate that too. It's nearly deafening sometimes. Especially annoying when you get 4 or 5 of them in one call.

vteclipsegs · 07/31/2009, 04:39 PM

You get chewy in your ear and I have a murloc everytime. Nobody has asked what that noise is yet so either everyone at foster farms plays WoW or they think I'm really weird.

There has to be some way to get this fixed, I hate flicking the mute switch everytime I get a call.

cantrell.adam · 07/31/2009, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vteclipsegs

You get chewy in your ear and I have a murloc everytime. Nobody has asked what that noise is yet so either everyone at foster farms plays WoW or they think I'm really weird.

There has to be some way to get this fixed, I hate flicking the mute switch everytime I get a call.

The mute switch works for you? I still get them audibly when the mute switch is on.

Sunsparc · 07/31/2009, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cantrell.adam

The mute switch works for you? I still get them audibly when the mute switch is on.

Same thing for me.

dowdyrich · 07/31/2009, 06:11 PM

Lol yeh, it is kinda awkward when someone calls you and a reminder alert goes off when you answer; :-/ and they ask about the noise, and you tell them "Oh, that's my phone reminding me to remind you, that you still owe me $250." But it got me to the point and he paid up, sooooooo..... I'll deal 4 now.. Lol

07/31/2009, 09:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
BigMatza Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 34 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 15 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	REQ: Disable alerts while I'm on the freakin' phone! I did some searches for this, but perhaps on the wrong keywords. I say this because I was surprised I didn't already find a thread about it. Anyhow, what is up with this!? Not only do I get Chewbacca roaring in my ear when I'm on the phone, and I have an incoming message; but the person on the other side can hear the noise as well!!! The older Palm Treos were great at making sure that device sounds never made it to the other side of the conversation. What this basically implies is that if you intend to make/receive business calls with your Pre, you should never replace your incoming message alert with a goofy sound. It also implies that you should wear earplugs whenever you talk on the phone, just in case you get a text while you've got your ear right next to the speaker! So is anyone on this, currently? I see some code in messaging/app/controllers/notification-assistant.js. Unfortunately, there are several ways it can play an alert sound (sound-only, if you're already in the messaging app, or notification text AND sound). What this means is that you need a slightly higher level of abstraction to have "on the phone" override these conditions entirely. That level is not there, and that is why I suspect no one has tackled it yet. I consider this a HUGE miss on the part of Palm.
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07/31/2009, 09:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Shane112358 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 127 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 52 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	I think you would either have to reorganize the code, or go through the notification-assistant.js file and add an if/else statement every time it wants to play an alert to first check if there is an active call. Might not be too hard. Let me go look for a couple minutes.
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07/31/2009, 02:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jtemple33 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 213 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 22 Thanked 24 Times in 17 Posts	Yeah, i hate that too. It's nearly deafening sometimes. Especially annoying when you get 4 or 5 of them in one call.
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07/31/2009, 04:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
vteclipsegs Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 26 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	You get chewy in your ear and I have a murloc everytime. Nobody has asked what that noise is yet so either everyone at foster farms plays WoW or they think I'm really weird. There has to be some way to get this fixed, I hate flicking the mute switch everytime I get a call.
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07/31/2009, 06:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
dowdyrich Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 56 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Lol yeh, it is kinda awkward when someone calls you and a reminder alert goes off when you answer; :-/ and they ask about the noise, and you tell them "Oh, that's my phone reminding me to remind you, that you still owe me $250." But it got me to the point and he paid up, sooooooo..... I'll deal 4 now.. Lol
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