notifcations, headphones and speakers

[Guest Poag]

Hi All,

A maybe/maybe not easy question.

Tl:dr version

What recent android devices are there that do not push notifications to the phone speaker when the headphones are plugged in?

Long version.

I'm a commuter, i travel 2 hours each way twice a day. So i listen to alot of music, podcasts and the like on the train.

Currently, with my SGS2, i have to have my phone on mute on the train (I use the quiet carriages so I can doze for most of the journey, I find it alot harder in the non quiet carriages to do this) this means I need to keep actively checking my device for new messages rather than just listening out for the notification sound, its become my biggest bugbear with Android over the last year.

I had a Desire followed by a Nexus S. CM7 on both, the NexusS/CM7 allowed me to toggle notifications off. The SGS2 however does not, i've gone through a number of ROMs and onto the latest, and very awesome, CM9 in my quest to find one that lets me do this. But alas I have not found one that does let me do so.

I understand, vaguely, that the SGS2 audio is "very dodgy with patches all over it" and thus it may not be possible to allow/disallow speaker notifications.

So I ask to those out there, what are my choices? Its become a significant rage inducing problem recently where I find an urgent message has been waiting on my phone and i was oblivious to it, so much so that I am considering...a iphone (i feel dirty :()

Please help me avoid this disaster :)

I'm not on contract, I do use alot of data so phones on 3-One Plan (i have a month by month atm, tis awesome :)) I am not adverse to going contract if its reasonable :P

Really tho I am searching for phone suggestions.

My preferences are fairly simple:

I'm not after a super thin phone, i prefer those that hold a decent charge.

Large screens are nice but not a must, i dont watch much video or play many games on my phone.

Decent battery life (ha!)

A headphone jack thats on the bottom of the phone would be nice, but again...not a deal breaker.

Thanks

-Poag

[Guest PaulOBrien]

Hmmm, i'll have to try this out on my devices.

I know that when using Bluetooth headphones, the notifications are sent via BT...?

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[Guest Poag]

Hmmm, i'll have to try this out on my devices.

I know that when using Bluetooth headphones, the notifications are sent via BT...?

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I'm not sure. I dont have any BT headphones just corded ones :)

its just something that has annoyed me with android since almost day one and i've never found a phone that didn't do it by default, even more so that most ROMs out there didn't, in my mind, correct the issue either.

It just seems like a silly setup, why play notifications over a speaker when the headphones are plugged in? or are they expecting people to plug in headphones and then leave them connected when not listening to them.

Cheers Paul!

[Guest PaulOBrien]

Lost of replies on Twitter to this one Poag. :)

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[Guest Poag]

Lost of replies on Twitter to this one Poag. :)

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Yeah been having a looksee. Seems very inconsistent across the Android ecosystem.....

Looks like a Galaxy Nexus, shame about the camera tho I've heard?

Whats your thoughts, should everything be piped to headphones only when they are connected, or split between headphones and speakers?

[Guest RenkliArif]

The Galaxy Note plays notification sounds via the headphones (On Rocket ROM at least), but the ringtone is still played through the speaker.

Edited February 9, 2012 by RenkliArif