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How to completely disable haptic feedback on 6s and 6s plus?

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quickmac

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Been playing around with a 6s, but not sure if I'll keep it because the spring loaded haptic feedback system just doesn't feel right to me.

I found that under Accessibility you can adjust the 3D touch feedback settings or disable that completely. But when the phone vibrates during a ring or notification the spring clunks and thuds in the lower part of the phone over the vibration. I can't find where you can turn off the spring loaded system so it just vibrates like a normal phone.

Obviously this is a personal preference and I'm sure some people love it and others hate it, but I hope there's a way to disable it without having to completely disable silent notifications. Some of us have to keep our phones on silent/vibrate most of the day and so there should be some work around for this right?

TL:DR: The haptic feedback spring clunks and thuds during notifications and I'm wondering if there's a way to turn this annoying feature off without losing the regular vibrate only notification?
 
The haptic feedback engine is the same thing that vibrates now. In other words, it has replaced the old hardware that vibrated before. There's ohysicslly no way to active the other
 
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lordofthereef said:
The haptic feedback engine is the same thing that vibrates now. In other words, it has replaced the old hardware that vibrated before. There's ohysicslly no way to active the other
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I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. Well here's to hoping Apple removes it from another iPhone down the line lol.
Is this "feature" only in the 6s line or is it in the regular 6 line as well?
 
quickmac said:
Been playing around with a 6s, but not sure if I'll keep it because the spring loaded haptic feedback system just doesn't feel right to me.

I found that under Accessibility you can adjust the 3D touch feedback settings or disable that completely. But when the phone vibrates during a ring or notification the spring clunks and thuds in the lower part of the phone over the vibration. I can't find where you can turn off the spring loaded system so it just vibrates like a normal phone.

Obviously this is a personal preference and I'm sure some people love it and others hate it, but I hope there's a way to disable it without having to completely disable silent notifications. Some of us have to keep our phones on silent/vibrate most of the day and so there should be some work around for this right?

TL:DR: The haptic feedback spring clunks and thuds during notifications and I'm wondering if there's a way to turn this annoying feature off without losing the regular vibrate only notification?
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Are you saying that iOS 9 no longer allows you to turn off vibrations for notifications?

If so, that's a dirty trick by Apple. The setting for that been in Settings>Sounds for the longest.

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quickmac said:
I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. Well here's to hoping Apple removes it from another iPhone down the line lol.
Is this "feature" only in the 6s line or is it in the regular 6 line as well?
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Welcome. I actually really like it. I never liked how a vibrating phone is actually still audible across the room. The point of a vibrate (for me) is so I feel it and others don't hear it.

I will say I've heard of a few folks who shared your feelings though.
 
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eyoungren said:
Are you saying that iOS 9 no longer allows you to turn off vibrations for notifications?

If so, that's a dirty trick by Apple. The setting for that been in Settings>Sounds for the longest.

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No that feature is still there, the problem is that it's all or nothing. It's vibrate with the thud/clunk thing or it's no vibrate at all. So for example I need to have my phone on most of the time but can not have it making ringing sounds or audible notifications. Sure vibrating can be heard, but Id rather it vibrate then thud/clunk/click every time.
 
lordofthereef said:
Welcome. I actually really like it. I never liked how a vibrating phone is actually still audible across the room. The point of a vibrate (for me) is so I feel it and others don't hear it.

I will say I've heard of a few folks who shared your feelings though.
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Yeah i can definitely see some people liking it. In your pocket it's subtle. In your hand it's not so subtle. Yeah I've seen the same online as well.
 
quickmac said:
No that feature is still there, the problem is that it's all or nothing. It's vibrate with the thud/clunk thing or it's no vibrate at all. So for example I need to have my phone on most of the time but can not have it making ringing sounds or audible notifications. Sure vibrating can be heard, but Id rather it vibrate then thud/clunk/click every time.
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Ah. OK. Well, I am a long, long, long time hater of the vibrate feature and have disabled it on every phone I have owned. Don't need it, don't want it, don't use it. So not vibrating at all sounds like the perfect solution for me.

That said, you wouldn't have posted this thread if you weren't trying to find a middle ground so that has to be aggravating that Apple does not give you the option.
 
Okay so I I googled to see if I'm missing something. Google shows a new vibrate option called synchronized. Unless I'm not looking at the right location, I'm missing this option. The 6 Plus settings screen is on the left, the 6S Plus is on the right. Apparently staccato used to be the default option on the 6 Plus, but synchronized should be the default option on a 6S Plus

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This is all I see:

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Jimbo47 said:
Okay so I I googled to see if I'm missing something. Google shows a new vibrate option called synchronized. Unless I'm not looking at the right location, I'm missing this option. The 6 Plus settings screen is on the left, the 6S Plus is on the right. Apparently staccato used to be the default option on the 6 Plus, but synchronized should be the default option on a 6S Plus
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Check under your sms sounds. I think that is the only place "synchronized" is an option. Maybe it will be made to work for ringtones in the future.
 
Jimbo47 said:
Okay so I I googled to see if I'm missing something. Google shows a new vibrate option called synchronized. Unless I'm not looking at the right location, I'm missing this option. The 6 Plus settings screen is on the left, the 6S Plus is on the right. Apparently staccato used to be the default option on the 6 Plus, but synchronized should be the default option on a 6S Plus

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This is all I see:

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I think I figured it out. Doesn't seem to work with custom tones. Only default tones.
 
lordofthereef said:
I think I figured it out. Doesn't seem to work with custom tones. Only default tones.
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Are you getting the synchronized option under ringtones? I'm not seeing it there. I'm also not a huge fan of the Accebt vibration pattern
 
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