Top 10 Fixes for Vibration Not Working in Samsung Galaxy Phones

Even if you keep the ringer volume high, you may miss calls when you are in a noisy environment. But if the vibration is on, the chances of missing a call are low, thanks to the vibration of your phone. Having said that, sometimes vibrations don’t seem to work for many Samsung Galaxy phone users. This article will help you solve this problem if you have one and experience it.

Vibration is not limited to calls. Your phone vibrates for notifications, touch interactions, and more. Samsung smartphone users face issues related to all of them. The fixes mentioned here should fix the problem.

Let’s get started.

1. Restart the phone

Like all troubleshooting processes, start by restarting your Samsung Galaxy smartphone. This should fix any temporary issues causing the vibration issue.

2. Activate vibration

If your phone does not vibrate when you receive a new call, you need to make sure that the “Vibrate while ringing” setting is enabled. It is possible that you turned off vibration by mistake and forgot to turn it on. To do this, go to Settings> Sounds and vibrations. Activate the toggle for Vibrate while ringing. If it’s already on, turn it off and back on.

Likewise, Android allows you to turn vibration off or on separately for various functions such as touch interactions, keyboard, keyboard, etc. You must manually verify that the vibration settings for the required functions are enabled. To do this, go to Settings> Sounds and vibrations> System sound / Vibration control. Activate the required toggles.

3. Modify the pattern and intensity of the vibrations

You need to change the intensity and vibration patterns to fix the problem. To do this, visit Settings> Sounds and vibrations. Tap Vibration intensity. Increase it to an optimal level. Likewise, tap on the call vibration pattern and the notification vibration pattern. Use a different template.

4. Check the individual application settings

If vibration feedback doesn’t work for a particular app, like the Messages app, you need to check the app settings. Android phones allow you to customize notification settings separately for each app. Vibration must have been accidentally turned off for the app.

There are two ways to check this. First of all, you can open the app settings directly from the app and turn on the vibration under Notification settings. You can also go to Phone settings> Applications. Tap on the problematic app. Then tap Notifications.

You will find different categories of notifications. Tap the correct one. For messaging apps, tap Incoming messages. Make sure you type on the text and not the toggle. Activate the switch next to Vibrate. If it is on, turn it off and back on.

Pro tip: Few users suggest that disabling the vibrations of the Messages app completely fixes it for other apps.

5. Uninstall the theme

Have you recently installed a new theme on your Samsung phone? Some Samsung users have suggested that themes are responsible for disabling vibrations without their knowledge. You need to check and uninstall any recently installed theme to fix the vibration issue. Restart your phone after uninstalling the theme.

Advice: Another weird fix suggested by a user is to turn off Google Assistant and then restart the phone.

6. Update the phone software

Sometimes even a software update can be responsible for the vibration malfunction. To fix this problem, you will need to update your phone to the latest software version. To do this, go to Settings> Software update> Download and install. If an update is available, install it.

Advice: Find out what happens when you update your phone software.

7. Check Safe Mode

Often times, a third-party app can cause vibration issues as well. One way to check this is to put your phone in safe mode. Third-party apps do not work in safe mode, so if a third-party app acts malicious, you can uninstall them one by one to figure it out.

To note: Putting your phone in safe mode will not delete your data.

To activate Safe Mode, turn off your phone. When it is completely off, 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 hold the volume down button until you see the home screen. Safe Mode text will appear at the bottom to indicate that Safe Mode is enabled.

Test the vibration now. Restart the phone to exit safe mode.

8. Reset all settings

The last software related fix is ​​to reset app preferences on your phone. This will reset all of your phone’s settings to their default values. Before continuing, find out what is going on by resetting the settings.

To reset the settings, go to Settings> General management> Reset> Reset all settings.

9. Check the vibration motor

If the above solutions don’t help, you will need to test if you have a faulty vibration motor on your Samsung Galaxy phone. You can do this without opening the phone case and using the hardware test feature. Here are the steps:

Step 1: Open the dialer or the Phone application. Dial * # 7353 # or * # 0 * #. No need to press the call button. The code will activate automatically.

2nd step: A white screen with different options will open. Tap Vibration.

If the phone vibrates, it’s a software problem. However, if the phone does not vibrate, it is time to visit the service center.

10. Perform interactive verification

Another way to find out if a hardware issue is causing the vibration issue is to use the interactive check feature in the Samsung Members app.

Step 1: Open the Samsung Members app on your phone. Install it from the link below in case it is not installed.

Download the Samsung Members app

2nd step: Tap Get Help, followed by interactive checks.

Step 3: Tap Vibration and follow the onscreen instructions.

Vibration checks

We hope the above fixes would have fixed vibration not working on Samsung Galaxy phones. Having your phone’s vibration motor checked at an authorized Samsung service center is the last resort when none of the above-mentioned solutions work for you.