microg / microg/GmsCore

Certain notification tones don't play anymore

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Description

Describe the bug
All of my notification tones used to work fine. It then started with Signal. Every time I receive a message from Signal, nothing plays - regardless of if my phone is silenced or not. Then my SMS messages (through QKSMS) started doing the same thing - the vibration happens, the notification pops up, but no sound. And now my phone calls (regular calls, not Signal) play a default tone instead of what I've chosen. All of these notifications have sounds set for them that I chose either in the specific app, in the phone settings, or both. But the messages are now completely quiet, and the calls use a tone I did not pick and cannot change - despite the settings saying that the tone is what I chose.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Unknown, please see Additional Details.

Expected behavior
My selected tones to play every time I receive a message/notification and my phone is not silenced.

System
Android Version: 13
Custom ROM: LineageOS 20

Additional context
I'm not sure how to describe how to replicate it because my notification sounds worked fine for years, and now because of something I'm not sure of, they're not.

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Research direction

Start by investigating notification and call sound behavior on Android 13 with LineageOS 20, using Signal, QKSMS, and regular phone calls as the reported cases. There is no reproducible sequence, file, or test named in the issue; done means selected notification and call tones play consistently instead of being silent or replaced by a default tone.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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