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How to fix vibration not working in Samsung Galaxy phones?
Even if you keep the ringtone volume at a high level, you may miss a call when you are in a noisy environment. However, if the vibration is enabled, the phone is less likely to vibrate. Having said that, vibration is sometimes not applicable to many Samsung Galaxy phone users. This article will help you decide if you are alone and experience the same thing.
Vibration isn’t limited to calls only. Your phone will vibrate for notifications, touch interactions, etc. Samsung smartphone users face issues related to all of them. The fixes mentioned here should fix the problem.
Let’s start.
1. RESTART PHONE
Like all troubleshooting steps, start with restarting your Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Any temporary disturbance due to vibration should be resolved.
2. ENABLE VIBRATION
If the phone does not vibrate when you answer a new call, you should make sure it vibrates when you enable the ring setting. You may have disabled vibration by mistake but forgot to enable it. To do this, go to “Settings”> “Sounds and Vibration”. Enable toggle to vibrate during playback. If it already exists, disable it and enable it again.
Similarly, Android allows you to disable or enable vibration separately for various functions such as touch interactions, keypad, keyboard, etc. You must manually check that the vibration settings for the required functions are enabled. For that, go to Settings > Sounds and vibration > System sound/Vibration control. Enable the required toggles.
3. CHANGE VIBRATION PATTERN AND INTENSITY
You should change the vibration intensity and patterns to troubleshoot the issue. For that, visit Settings > Sounds and vibration. Tap on Vibration intensity. Increase it to an optimum level. Similarly, tap on the Call vibration pattern and Notification vibration pattern. Use a different pattern.
4. CHECK INDIVIDUAL APP SETTINGS
If the vibration response does not apply to a specific application, such as the “message” application, you should check the settings of that application. Android Phone allows you to customize the notification settings of each application individually. The app may have accidentally disabled the vibration function.
There are two ways to check it. Firstly, you can open the app settings directly from the app and enable vibration under Notification settings. Alternatively, go to phone Settings > Apps. Tap on the problematic app. Then tap on Notifications.
You will find various notification categories. Tap on the suitable one. In the case of messaging apps, tap on Incoming messages. Make sure to tap on the text and not the toggle. Turn on the toggle next to Vibrate. If it’s on, disable it and enable it again.
5. UNINSTALL THEME
Have you installed a new theme on your Samsung phone recently? Some Samsung users suggest that the subject is the cause of the vibration, and they don’t know it. You should check and uninstall all recently installed themes to solve the vibration problem. Restart the phone after uninstalling the theme.
6. UPDATE PHONE SOFTWARE
Sometimes, software updates may cause the vibration to not work. To solve this problem, you need to update your phone to the latest software. To do this, go to Settings>Software Update>Download and Install. If there is an update, please install it.
7. CHECK IN THE SAFE MODE
Generally, third-party applications may cause vibration problems. One way to check is to put the phone in safe mode. Third-party applications cannot run in safe mode, so if third-party applications are performing malicious work, you can uninstall them one by one to find out.
To enable Safe mode, turn off your phone. When it is switched off completely, press and hold the Power and Volume down buttons to turn on the device. When the Samsung logo appears on the screen, leave the Power button but keep holding the Volume down button until you see the home screen. The Safe mode text will appear at the bottom indicating that Safe mode is enabled.
8. RESET ALL SETTINGS
The final solution related to this software is to reset the app’s preferences on the phone. This will reset all the phone’s settings to their default values. Before proceeding, please reset the settings to understand what happens.
To reset settings, go to Settings > General Management > Reset > Reset all settings.
9. CHECK VIBRATION MOTOR
If the above solutions do not help, you will need to test if you have a faulty vibration motor on your Samsung Galaxy phone. You can do that without opening the phone’s body and use the hardware testing function. Here are the steps:
Step 1: Open the dialer or Phone app. Dial *#7353# or *#0*#. No need to press the call button. The code will activate automatically.
Step 2: A white screen with various options will open. Tap on Vibration.
If the phone vibrates, then it’s a software issue. However, if the phone doesn’t vibrate, it’s time to visit the service center.
10. PERFORM INTERACTIVE CHECK
Another way to detect if a hardware issue causes the vibration issue is by using the Interactive check feature in the Samsung Members app.
Step 1: Open the Samsung Members app on your phone. Install it from the below link in case it isn’t installed.
Step 2: Tap on getting help, followed by Interactive checks.
Step 3: Tap on Vibration and follow the on-screen instructions.
VIBRATION CHECKS
We hope that the above improvements can solve the vibration that does not work on Samsung Galaxy phones. If the above solutions are not mentioned for you, then checking the vibration motor of the phone at a Samsung authorized service center is the last option.
