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Introduction: The Complete Guide to Unmuting Text Messages on Android
The mute on text messages can be useful in certain cases, but there are more situations where it is counter-productive than beneficial. By following the steps below, you will effectively and easily remove the mute on text messages for your Android. What’s more, you will disable it for the future as well.
The first thing that you need to do is to open Application Manager on your Android device by pressing the icon at the top of your screen, and then selecting it from the list. Scroll through this menu and select Messages. This will open up a list of applications that are installed on your Android, including applications that can mute text messages and ringtones. Select this application and scroll down to Permissions.
Step 1: Know Which Apps are the Cause of Your Problem
Open the phone dialer and dial *#*#4636#*#* . You will have to press on ‘HELP’ until you reach your Android’s operating system. Once you have reached the ‘ROM’, tap on ‘System Information’. The information has a lot of information and you can scroll down a lot before you reach the Messaging app. Keep pressing ‘Accessibility’, ‘Advanced’ and ‘App Manager’ so you will be able to see the apps that are consuming a lot of your data.
The App Info, Application Name and Installed Size of the Messaging App
Here is a screenshot of what it looks like when you first open the app:
This is what it looks like after:
The difference between this screen shot and the previous one shows instant message applications are consuming all your data.
Step 2: Remove the Instant Messaging Apps and reduce data consumption.
You can request for your free data plan version if you are now stuck on your data plan. If you are not, I would like to share some ways you can reduce the data consumption of your instant messaging app.
1. Check the ‘installed size’ of an application. All applications including SMS, WhatsApp, LINE and many more will automatically download on your phone when you install it. This is why you will not see it in the ‘installed size’ of an application. However, the actual size of the app is something you have to know about. It can vary from the ‘installed size’. You should check your phone’s data usage to know the actual data consumption of an app.
Step 2: Check Your Cellular Data Setting
Tap on the top or bottom to check ‘Cellular Data’. Chances are that this is what is causing you trouble. If it is not, then you can head to step number 3. If it is not, review and verify whether it says ‘ON’ at the bottom of your screen. If it does, then you are ready for step number 3. If it does not, tap ‘OFF’ so that it reads ‘OFF’, then tap ‘BACK’.
Step 3: Turn Off Data Packages and Wait for Your Phone to Reset Itself
If step number 2 didn’t work, then turn off both data packages and wait for your phone to reset itself. While you are waiting, be sure to check your cellular data is still disabled (it should be if you followed the instructions correctly in Step 1). If your cell data transmission is still not enabled, then wait a little longer. You should now be done with everything. You can return to step number 1.
If at Step 3, your phone still does not have data access after a few minutes or hours, try doing this:
Step 3: Turn Off Notification Settings for Apps in Settings Menu
Open the Messaging app and tap on messages. Tap on the top or bottom of your phone to see what apps have been using cell data. Scroll down till you find Messaging app and tap on it. Tap on the Notification settings to turn off notification for this app. Find and tap on “Notification settings” under App notifications. Select how long you want an app to have access to your device by tapping the “Set timer” button, either three hours or one week. Once you’ve done that, to make sure the app won’t have access to any data while it’s inactive, select “Don’t show notifications at all”
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Step 4: Change App Permissions on Android Marshmallow [to use as knowledge, not to be copied verbatim]: “How to Stop an Android App From Spying on You” : “Step 2: Uninstall Applications That Aren’t Useful Anymore” : “In the Applications section at the bottom of the screen, tap on ‘. It will take you to the list of all installed apps.
Conclusion & Summary
This article was written by me and published on TechWizTime.com . I am an amateur Android developer who is passionate about all things technology. I have been writing for a few years now and I cover a wide variety of topics.
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