topic Re: Text msg responses - no ringtone? in Android

Text msg responses - no ringtone?

SevenOfNine — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 07:56:38 GMT

Hi, still finding my way round the community board. Apologies if I'm in the wrong place now & being a prat!

Techno dinosaur, first switched to 02 for better signal after years of a rubbish one with Three. Then changed my several years old mobile for Samsung Galaxy A41. Sadly it didn't come with the loan of a 6 year old child for 2 hours to set it all up for me.

Some WEEKS later I think I've pretty much sorted out what I want from what I don't, FINALLY comfortable with it, but it's been hard work, the phone being smarter than me.

Just this last little niggle, I've noticed that when I'm back & forth texting with someone, a text 'conversation' stream is best way to describe it, our chit chat, back & forth. I don't get any notification with each of their responses, only on their first response. It's as if the phone set up thinks I'm sitting there staring at it. I keep missing their 'final' response because I've put my phone away, only noticing it later. I don't even get the 10 minute 'reminder' I have set up for incoming texts, to tell me I haven't opened the last response.

I hope this makes sense, I've searched the internet but can't seem to find out if it should be notifying me for every response.

Thanks.

Re: Text msg responses - no ringtone?

jonsie — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:43:52 GMT

If you leave the message app open you will get no notification of chat responses @SevenOfNine
is this what is happening?

Re: Text msg responses - no ringtone?

SevenOfNine — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:46:08 GMT

Thanks Jonsie - I do leave the message app 'open', chat back & forth & just dump the phone in my bag when I assume I've had the last word!

I think your explanation is correct, how a logical it sounds. I don't leave any app I've used open - I just never viewed the text messaging as an app that I should close after I think I've finished. To me finishing a text conversation is shutting my phone case

Thank you for having the patience to suggest the solution. Much appreciated.

Re: Text msg responses - no ringtone?

jonsie — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:48:19 GMT

Very welcome @SevenOfNine