New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the GooglePixel community. I changed the ringtone to default tones and normal incoming calls started ringing along with vibration

It’s also either ghosting on users or completely stops responding entirely. I am missing important calls on my Pixel XL since the Android Oreo8.1 . I returned my phone to Verizon and they sent a factory refurbished replacement. To check and increase the ring volume, go to Settings > Sound. Turn on safe mode to check third party app causing a problem

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Try your luck! Changing DnD settings to no notifications, visual, sound, and both. Any suggestions on how to fix this? If it’s on, turn it off. This is very very annoying, and a large hassle. If everything goes well, then download new tones. This can cause a warning notification to appear and the … This issue has been officially fixed by Google. In my case, I changed the ringtone to a different one, and it started working.

Look for the silent mode symbol in the status bar. I didn't notice this happening before the security patch released on 1/5. Haven't gotten a chance to reconnect to my XM3 headphones. wow now that i think about i'd been having this issue with my sony headphones. I have tried all the things suggested above.I cannot keep restarting the phone every time.

For more details, head here. I should have went with a different brand! Will not ring most of the time do I’m missing phone calls. How to factory reset Pixel 3a; If your Pixel 3a should work just fine after you’ve performed these steps. I really doubt if any of your management uses Pixel and updates OS. Quite often, that is the reason behind the problem, and very few of us look there. Perhaps that’s the reason our work has been picked by the likes of Forbes, Foxnews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Macrumors, and more. Some Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XLs are said to be overheating while charging or video calling. Thank you very much! First, switch off your phone. You will see the text Safe mode mentioned at the bottom-left corner. Another important setting that you need to check is of the Do not disturb mode (DND), which is different from the silent mode. Alarms are not working on my Pixel 3A. With ringer on vibrate or silent, but media up, ringer sounds will play, as if the ringer was not silent or on vibrate.

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Are you tired of swiping away notifications numerous times on each device? Sadly, for some of those who received RMAs or refurbished devices, the new units were no different. This is very very annoying, and a large hassle.

Thank you for your comments, and contributions to helping with this annoying issue. There are a few issues that users have been reporting. An update to my random fix, it seems after connecting my headphones via Bluetooth (WH-1000 Xm3's) the issue has returned, although with less notification echoing.

Nobody likes to miss calls. And, it seems to have fixed the no media volume trouble for several people. Among smartphone users, Google Pixel comes under esteemed category not just because it’s expensive but due to its origin traces straight back to the Mountain View tech titan. I am not even getting missed alarm notifications. Often, simple tricks are the most useful. An update to my guess is then this issue is triggered by the connection of a Bluetooth device, as many users also report this issue occuring when they connect their Bluetooth devices. If that is enabled, turn it off. Yes, my volume is on. Feel free to let us know if this fix is effective for you, or if further work is required.

Pixel 3a alarms not working and I can’t figure out how to fix it??? So, in short after a bit of testing, with media playing, messages, and a separate user account, it seems that for no reason today, on my main account on device, my media and ringer volumes have become linked. I am confused as to why GOOGLE is not working on this issue. The ringtone is all the way up.

Happening to me as well, specifically for text notifications. Get support, learn new information, and hang out in the subreddit dedicated to Pixel, Nest, Chromecast, the Assistant, and a few more things from Google. Meanwhile, a temporary workaround (other than rebooting) that worked for some but not all is: I read an article that describes the problem and it suggested that it was something to do with Bluetooth and instructed to turn on Bluetooth restart turn off Bluetooth restart again and just like that for whatever reason it was back to normal. Got a tip or leak to share? Yup, that seems to do the trick. I'm one of the folks looking at a this thread months later because my OG Pixel is doing this too. Pixel 2’s incoming call screen wake up glitch, Google Maps showing full screen ads, using landmarks during navigation, Many Pixel 2 buyers have still not received their free Google Home Mini code.

Moreover, this issue seems to have affected Pixel 2/2 XL/3/3a/3 XL and even Pixel 4 consumers (1, 2, 3, 4). No ringtone is heard on incoming calls. Anyone found a fix ? Same with Oneplus 6T and QC35II, but the issue persists even with headphones switched off. I personally do not us GA on my headphones for notifications, and so cannot confirm this downside. Love my @Google Pixel XL, but please fix the @Android 8.1 notification sound problem. Update: Google has acknowledged this issue and is currently assigned in the bug report above. Most phones let you switch sound modes from the volume buttons itself. After reading through replies, it seems to be a very recent (last week or so) serverside change by Google. As a result I highly advise your update your device to the latest version, alongside your Google app.

More potential fixes have been identified for this issue by users, specifically u/rwalle and u/Bloodofisene . But all’s well that ends well.

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Popular topics. I have filed an official bug report with google, and this post has been linked. All you need to do is change your ringtone to another sound. I looked through other topics on this and have disabled and reenabled and also cleared the cache to no avail.

Here, change the mode to regular. Start with the built-in audio sounds. Alarms are not working on my Pixel 3A. Sometimes, we accidentally press the volume buttons which may reduce the ring volume to zero. Multiple times over the last several weeks.

As soon as it appears, leave the power button.
Hope this helps everyone. Problem: Fingerprint scanner not working. A custom ringtone is selected, and changing the ringtone won't fix it. This is absolutely ridiculous I couldn’t download my back up into the replacement phone until I updated to 8.1. On some phones, you simply need to increase the ringtone volume. After upgrading to 8.1 Oreo, I have an intermittent issue of no sound during incoming call or notification. Many thanks. Rahul Krishnan, a wordsmith from Kerala, India is always in lookout for his next article idea. Legend, looks like it's working for me as well! Just wanna poke around and see if anyone has a similar bug to mine, and if anyone has a fix for it. To change the ringtone, go to Settings > Sound. Search for your device here.

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However this will render google assistant unuseable, and so while its a fix, i would not recommend it unless as a last resort. The number and variety of devices that have this seem too many to be local to each, and the timeframe of the last week seems too short to be anything but a global settings change. Earlier in December I’ve spent whole lot of time identifying battery drain issue and had to manually turn Optimize toggle for all apps that are yet to be optimized to Oreo. See this forum. The moment I identify the phone has stopped ringing (Usually after seeing many missed calls… frustrating) I restart and the phone start ringing and vibrating for normal call again. Some phones offer a dedicated slider switch (OnePlus models) to activate DND and silent mode quickly. 2. If it’s already off, check under Schedule. they had me go back to an older version of the phone app, that didn’t help.

@madebygoogle I got a faulty google pixel no sound on calls etc (known fault) EE won’t repair it who do I contact ? Notifications will work for a few hours and then silence.
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All you need to do is check a few settings, and your phone will start ringing again. I have tried: A full power off, power on, restart.

Trying each ringer mode with min-maxes of volumes and with DnD.

Following is the latest statement provided on one of the threads last week: We have passed this to the development team and will update this issue with more information as it becomes available. Same thing happened to me upon upgrading to 8.1 If I reboot it solves it for a little, but shortly afterwards no notification sounds again. The ringtone is working fine for some time and sound suddenly stops (Whatsapp call ringtone is ringing), the phone will only vibrate. Mehvish is a computer engineer by profession. The (un)official home of #teampixel and the #madebygoogle lineup on Reddit.

(Source). A noteworthy piece of information is that on the guest user account on this device, with a separate user account, playing music and receiving a notification will work as normal, while the same music and notification will not work properly on my main user account.

Following are some of the recent tweets: @madebygoogle @Google Do you ever care about Pixel users facing all nasty things in OREO? Thankfully, my brother had a Galaxy S8+ he didnt want (he tried switching from apple and didnt like it) so i just ended up switching to that, and i'm already having a much better experience. So, before you jump to other solutions, restart your device. This is my second Google Pixel XL (first Gen) Both have had the same problem so it is not the hardware. Is every other sound working except the ringtone?

u/rwalle's fix worked for me, and is working with Bluetooth devices being connected and disconnected. As of right now no official patch has been said to have been deployed, as as a result I'd still recommend using the above fixes. I can play media but no notification. YouTube, Spotify, anything really. Google Pixel 3 Sound Not Working – What to Do. Here’s how to do it: That's been my only fix as well.

As a result, I am getting two notification dings for every notification, one for the normal ringer volume, and one in the media volume.