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I installed Go SMS Pro and Chomp SMS because I thought it would be cute to have the same emoticons that I was missing from my iPhone 4S. I didn’t like the way it looked, so I uninstalled and restarted my phone. Now, I don’t get sound on any incoming texts, while everything else has sound. I went to General Settings and checked that everything is properly marked. I went into the message icon and checked the settings there as well—everything is properly marked. There is no mute icon in the top bar. This is the weird part. When I go into General Settings > Sound > Volume > Notifications and change the tone, I hear it. When I change the settings through the message icon, I do not hear the tones….. help!
First, go to Softkey (Menu icon left of Home button) > Settings > More > Application Manger. Select Go SMS (or your default text app). Make sure “show notifications” is checked. This worked for me! I hope it helps.
None of the methods on this page worked for me - all of the suggested changes were already properly set. Turning them off and back on did precisely nothing too. But sometimes turning the settings back and forth won’t take unless the confused device is restarted at a crucial part in the process, so here is what I did which finally fixed it for me:
- Turn the notifications OFF in the app settings: (pull the notification area down > touch the gear icon to open Settings > More > Application Manager > All > Messaging > Show notifications (uncheck it)
- Restart the phone
- Send yourself the message and before it arrives, immediately exit the app by repeatedly hitting the “back” soft button (you need to do this fast – as soon as you hit Send). You should NOT receive the notification at this point.
- Restart the phone
- Send yourself another message and before it arrives, immediately exit the app again. You should still NOT receive the notification at this point, but by now you will have forced the phone to accept your own “notification off” setting (I love reverse psychology)
- Restart the phone
- Turn the notifications ON in the app settings: (notification area gear icon to open Settings > More > Application Manager > All > Messaging > Show notifications (check it)
- Restart the phone again (I know, it’s a pain in the keester, but it’s all in the restarts)
- Send yourself yet another message. Again, before it arrives, immediately exit the app. At this point I did receive the notification, but if you do not, restart the phone one last time and try texting yourself while doing the whole bailing-faster-than-a-hamster shimmy. IMPORTANT: The native texting app won’t notify you of incoming messages when you have the thread open (even with the notifications on – that’s a default behavior as there is no point in notifying you about incoming messages while you’re looking at them). That is why you need to exit the thread BEFORE the text arrives by hitting “back” (home button might not be enough to do the trick). So if you are still not receiving notifications, make sure it’s not a simple case of staring at your own thread while receiving your own texts.
Pl check the ‘Blocking Mode’ timing. settings> My device> Blocking mode> uncheck diable notifications, or change the bolocking mode time to latenight (11.30 pm?)
HANGOUTS settings will override SMS Messaging settings. My daughters new (Verizon) Galaxy S4 Mini would only count one incoming SMS text after a reboot on the Home screen, while 2+ unread text messages were waiting within the SMS app. Go into Hangouts> Settings and deselect the checkbox that redirects SMS messages to Hangouts. Be sure to go into the SMS>Settings and enable Notifications. This solved the problem for us. Best of luck:)
Hold volume button, press gear icon on right side of volume slider that appears on screen and 4 different area volumes will appear..more than likely your system volume (the bottom option) is turned down all the way, just adjust
I had same issue on a S4 Mini. None of the solutions provided was working for me … …then I checked in Settings -> Application Manager -> All -> Messages There it was unticked the “Show notifications” checkbox !!!! I’ve ticked it and now I receive all SMS notifications (whatever I’ve configured) ! Hope this works for you also !
Is it all text notifications or just SMS Pro and Chomp SMS? (Guessing it’s stock SMS app since you uninstalled SMS Pro and Chomp SMS.) Go to the Stock SMS App > Softkey (Menu icon left of Home button) > Settings:
See if Notifications is checked. If so, I suggest tapping the Softkey (Menu icon left of Home button) inside the Settings menu, then tapping on Restore Default Settings. If that helps or does, please let me know!
Follow this system settings> manage apps> go sms pro> check the “Show notifications” (given under force stop & uninstall)
For anyone having problem with their notification (like no sounds or message alert tone not working) after installing GO sms pro, here’s what i did. hope it works on your phone.
- Go to your original ‘messaging’, uncheck the “notification” in its setting..
- Go to your Go sms pro, go to settings and look for advanced setting. uncheck “PRIORITY MESSAGING”. —end—
it seems that after uninstal that emoticons application the notification is turn off , just check it and its ok
I had this problem when I first got my S4 as new. I solved it by taking out the battery, leaving the phone for 10 minutes or so, re-inserting the battery and, when I switched the phone back on, the SMS tone was working
Press and hold the power button tap on the restart button and that should work
The only solution I’ve found that worked for me is factory reset, but that deletes all your files, so do a backup beforehand
Michelle, a forced stop of Hangouts (or any app) is only good until you reboot, which will auto-restart the app. I recommend that you change the Settings in the Hangouts app to prevent your SMS texts from being redirected to Hangouts. I’m not a Pro, but it’s what I experienced.
All I did was turn up the volume and when the volume bar pops up you hit the settings icon and it will open a screen where you control the volume of your notifications!!!!!!
Unchecking SMS in Hangouts worked for me. Weird that Hangouts showed Notification on with sound, but still didn’t make any sound when text came in. Maybe it has to be up and running in the foreground before it will sound off.
I am sorry if this is a year too late. I had the same problem. I just went into settings, from settings go to the (my device) tab then go to (sound) then scroll down to messages. When you click messages there should be a box that says notifications. It should be checked. If it isn’t then this is your problem
i went in2 hangouts & changed the settings & now my sms tone is alive & kicking … greg.m
Open your messages app at bottom of home screen tap next to bottom button open settings, go down to Notifications and click on the……make sounds and show icon in status bar when you receive a message . My problem was solved as was my wifes and I hope yours will be as . RonB
Hi, my problem was that i did not received notifications for ChompSMS after i had to remove and again install the chompSMS App! for problem solving, I set the default app as SMS tool and then i did received notification. Back to ChompSMS as default App and checked the notifications setting : the notifications were enabled. Strange, still no notifications in Chomp SMS !!!!! Finaly it seemed like i also had to check the phone configuration : ‘settings/manage Apps/chomp SMS’ the checkbox ‘show notifications’ was not enabled. Enabled this setting and all was OK again.
Just clear all default apps. this worked for me. use the ‘active applications’ widget for easier access. go to ‘clear defaults’ tab. clear everything.
it happened in my J7 core. all what i have done . just go to apps then press up right side find there show system apps while you press this option you will see all apps just select ((message service)) then ((allowed )) the (notification)……. then also select ((messages)) and ((allowed )) the (notification) . i hope it work
Go to settings/applications/application manager/all/messages and clear defaults.
I had exactly the same problem - but restarted the phone and it corrected! (press the power butten for several sconcs, when the manu pops up presss “restart”) Hope it works for you.
