[Defy Themes and Apps] Cynyx:
VibraFix forces the haptic feedback to stop.

On some devices, when you uncheck the haptic feedback option in settings, vibrate stills enabled for some keys.

This app is useful for people who are annoyed with this, in my point of view, bug.

It's also allways a good idea to deactivate haptic feedback in order to save some power juice.

How does it work ?

VibraFix stops totaly the vibrate with a rude and simple method : changing the permission (777 to 444) for the vibrate ressource.

Features :

Vibrafix forces vibrate to stop.

VibraFix can be started automaticaly at boot.

VibraFix is a quiet application running in the background and uses very little resources.

VibraFix can enable again the vibrate when a phone call or/and a SMS is received.

There is also an attempt to deal with the vibrate when an AlarmClock is trigged.

Optional notification in order to enable/disable vibrate in one click.

Devices concerned :

This fix has been tested only on Motorola Defy (stock ROMs android 2.1 and android 2.2.2)

but should certainly works also on other phone devices/ROMs with the same bug.

According to stats, VibraFix is installed and used on :

Motorola devices ~80% : Motorola Defy, Motorola Milestone2, Motorola Atrix, Motorola Droid I & II

but also : Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy Mini, Samsung Galaxy Ace, HTC Evo 4G, leo

Donations :

VibraFix is FREE to use - and without ads.

My aim is really not to earn money : I have made this app for myself first.

However, if you think VibraFix is useful for you, Paypal donations are welcome to support me.

Share and publish this app cost me the price of a google android market account and several hours of working ....

I can also understand, you don't want to donate for a fix so just increase the thanks'O'Meter on this forum or/and increase rating in Android market .

It's free and make me happy !

Thanks for supports, and feel free to post in that thread : report any bugs or suggest improvements you want.

Thanks to bobbyphoenix for convincing me to make this thread and for people who have already said thanks.

Feedback is always welcome.

Permissions :

WARNING : The application must have ROOT rights. : in order to change system files permissions

Also there are some permisions needed :

android.permission.VIBRATE : in order to test vibrate and vibrate on SMS received.

android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE : in order to detect a phone call

android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS : in order to detect a SMS received

android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED : in order to enable the app at phone booting (autostart)

com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT : in order the user can create a shortcut for fast enable/disable VibraFix

android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED,android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED : in order to manage "In charge" option.

I know all these permissions can be sensible that's why the source code is shared (link in the post).

Download :

From android market or use the QRbarcode in this post.

Screenshot :

in this post or from here and here.

Notes :

+ When roots rights are disabled, VibraFix is useless and its options are disabled.

Other links :

Initial post for the app on xda forum : here (73 downloads/views before link removed).

Interested discussion about the "feature"/bug on motorola forum here.:rolleyes:

Sources codes are shared here (if someone is interrested).

You can register to this RSS to follow bug fixes or next features (this topic will be updated too).

Sorry for my english.:o

Known bugs :

+ Vibrate on AlarmClock option works only on some AlarmClock (stock Android AlarmClock and Motoblur AlarmClock).Version 1.3.1 tries to add more Alarm app triggers.

+ Disabling vibrate after an AlarmClock is done only after 10 minutes and not when the alarm is killed by user.

How to report a bug

Post on this forum a description of the issue, and give me options you use with that form :

version : XXXXXX

[X] Enable Vibrafix
[ ] Enable Vibrate
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[ ] Auto-start
[ ] StatusBar notification
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[ ] On phone call
[ ] On SMS
[ ] On alarmclock
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[ ] In "Pocket Mode"
[ ] Not in charge
[ ] In vibrate mode
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[ ] Silent mode
[ ] Vibrate mode
[ ] Normal mode

Changes log :

v1.6.2 (2015/09/26)

Add option for enable VibraFix only when phone is in vibrate mode (request from Nurio in that post)

v1.6.1 (2015/04/11)

- "In charge" Option implemented in an another approach.

v1.6 (2015/04/06)

-Add option to only enable vibrate when device is not charging

v1.5 (2014/03/12)

-"Pocket mode" option added.

v1.4.1 (2014/01/18)

- fixe issue with autostart option

- change minor settings (default options, text)

- add android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER permission in manifest

v1.4 (2013/10/22)

+ add tab compatibility adempt

+ add options to enable Vibrafix according to phone status.

v1.3.3 (2013/07/24)

+add the possibility to create separate shortcuts for switching on or off VibraFix

v1.3.2 (2012/12/19)

+ add the possibility to create a shortcut to enable or disable VibraFix.

v1.3.1 (2011/06/24)

+ add a bunch of Alarm Triggers : stock 2.3 Deskclock, HTC worldclock, Nexus AlarmClock, Samsung alarmclock.

v1.3 (2011/06/13)

+ minor GUI changes.

+ add optional notification support

+ add support from android 1.6

+ first realease on android market

v1.2 (2011/06/10)

+ add enable vibrate option for Motoblur Alarm Clock.

+ a minor performance fix

v1.1 (2011/05/31)

+ add new icons

+ add enable vibrate option for SMS

+ fix button for trying vibrate (for android 2.2.1)

+ fix a bug in settings registration

+ topic dedicated to the app in xda forum

+ SVN links shared

v1.0 (2011/04/2011)

+ public release on xda forum

v0.9 (2011/03/2011)

+ initial release (beta for personal using, on android 2.1)

History :

I have got my Defy in the end of February 2011 with android 2.1.

I really dislike the haptic feedback. So my first try was to uncheck option about it in phone settings.

Bah ... still enabled ! I have searched for a solution and was surprised to find NOTHING.

hmmm... Coz I have some JAVA knowledge, I decided to code a solution for that : my first android application, VibraFix was born.

I really thought this application will be useless after the official update (android 2.2.1) ...

but nothing changed and I still use my fix.