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*Huge* Notification Sound Issue

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joeyoutgoing
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Galaxy S25
All notifications come in making the same sound. There is no simple fix. I called Samsung to make sure I wasn't missing something, the rep confirmed I wasn't missing anything and struggled just as much as I did trying to change it.

First you have to go into a "secret" setting and toggle on notification categories. Then you have to go through each app *ON BY ONE* to change the sounds, many of which don't even have an option to change the sound, and the ones that do only have Samsung sounds....There is NO way to use the default app sound notification.

This is a massive problem. The default should be to use the apps chosen sound and if you want to change it from there you can. Please fix this.
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berabbit
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Galaxy S25
Hello, there. I'm now a customer brand new member for AT&T and the internet, but I'm discouraged for I'm unable to disconnect My Spectrum.\n And I was told someone would assist me, and I don't know why he said that as a representative and I have his number, his name, and I'm ready to call the hands. And say, what happened cause, I really need the help.I would be paying 2 internet bills, which I've already gone to.And he was which I thought he was trying to help me , he said , this has gone on for too long?Thank you so very much from darlene
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AAbbott
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Galaxy S25

Not only is this not a Samsung issue, you inserted your question into an unrelated thread, but because you are new here, I will answer you.

 

You have to contact Spectrum to discontinue your service.  AT&T cannot do it for you, you have to do it yourself.  You actually should have disconnected your spectrum before connecting to AT&T.  In any case, just call Spectrum and tell them you would like to discontinue service.  They may give you a bit of a runaround and connect you with a retention specialist, but be firm and tell them you already have another provider.  You can even tell them you are moving and the new place has a required Internet provider - they won't check.  Also, make sure that if you have your Spectrum bill on auto-pay, you discontinue auto pay in your spectrum account and disconnect it from any payment method, so they won't keep taking money from your CC or your bank.

AAbbott
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Galaxy S25

The notification categories is not a "secret" menu item - it may be a little hidden if you don't know a) that it exists and b) where to look for it.  The notification category toggle has been live since OneUI7.0.  Prior to that they were just there in the notification settings.  No one knows why they changed it, but they did.  You did not state whether this happened after an update or this is just a new phone for you.  It is not unheard of for sounds to get jumbled and lost after an update. Although it should not happen, sometimes it does.

 

Yes, you have to go into each individual app and choose the categories you want notifications from and  the sound for each of the categories.  The default for apps with an app provided sound should already be populated.  Not all apps have more than one category - they just have a general notifications category.  It is not necessary to go into all categories for all apps, only for the ones where you want the notification sound to be different than your default notification sound.  If you have an app not showing "app provided sound" as the sound for the notifications (such as Facebook), go into that app and clear the data.  The app provided sound should return.  You can also use an app such as Zedge to find the app's sound (or a sound similar) and download it as a custom sound for that app.