Hi,
I have a Samsung Galaxy A11 Tracfone (smart phone).

When someone calls me on my Tracfone, the first couple
rings are at a low volume.

I went into the phone settings and Settings trying to find
a way to have the first ring loud, not progressive to loud, without
success.

Does anyone know a method for this model phone?

Thank You in advance, John

<jaugustine@verizon.net> wrote:

> I have a Samsung Galaxy A11 Tracfone (smart phone).
>
> When someone calls me on my Tracfone, the first couple rings are at a
> low volume.

Tried a different ring tone? There are ring tones on my phone I do not
use because they start soft to grow louder. I won't hear the first soft
rings, so I have less time to answer the phone. Instead I use an
always-loud ring tone.

On 2024-12-06 23:25, VanguardLH wrote:
> <jaugustine@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a Samsung Galaxy A11 Tracfone (smart phone).
>>
>> When someone calls me on my Tracfone, the first couple rings are at a
>> low volume.
>
> Tried a different ring tone? There are ring tones on my phone I do not
> use because they start soft to grow louder. I won't hear the first soft
> rings, so I have less time to answer the phone. Instead I use an
> always-loud ring tone.

I do the reverse. There is a setting that makes the ringing start soft,
then increase. That way, if I'm near, it doesn't make me jump.

--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.

"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

> On 2024-12-06 23:25, VanguardLH wrote:
>> <jaugustine@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Samsung Galaxy A11 Tracfone (smart phone).
>>>
>>> When someone calls me on my Tracfone, the first couple rings are at a
>>> low volume.
>>
>> Tried a different ring tone? There are ring tones on my phone I do not
>> use because they start soft to grow louder. I won't hear the first soft
>> rings, so I have less time to answer the phone. Instead I use an
>> always-loud ring tone.
>
> I do the reverse. There is a setting that makes the ringing start soft,
> then increase. That way, if I'm near, it doesn't make me jump.

Perhaps divulge where is the setting you found since it appears that is
for what the OP is hunting. Might be an OS version dependent feature,
so both you and OP should mention that. I have an old Android (8.0.0),
and there is not graduate volume setting, so I would have to use a
ringtone that itself increases it volume as it gets played.

On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 16:25:51 -0600, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

><jaugustine@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a Samsung Galaxy A11 Tracfone (smart phone).
>>
>> When someone calls me on my Tracfone, the first couple rings are at a
>> low volume.
>
>Tried a different ring tone? There are ring tones on my phone I do not
>use because they start soft to grow louder. I won't hear the first soft
>rings, so I have less time to answer the phone. Instead I use an
>always-loud ring tone.

Hi Vanguard,

I wonder what model phone you have where the Ring Tones have a
built in Volume control !!!

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy A11.

Any Ring Tone I tried has a progressive volume (low to loud).

John

On 2024-12-07 04:58, VanguardLH wrote:
> "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-12-06 23:25, VanguardLH wrote:
>>> <jaugustine@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Samsung Galaxy A11 Tracfone (smart phone).
>>>>
>>>> When someone calls me on my Tracfone, the first couple rings are at a
>>>> low volume.
>>>
>>> Tried a different ring tone? There are ring tones on my phone I do not
>>> use because they start soft to grow louder. I won't hear the first soft
>>> rings, so I have less time to answer the phone. Instead I use an
>>> always-loud ring tone.
>>
>> I do the reverse. There is a setting that makes the ringing start soft,
>> then increase. That way, if I'm near, it doesn't make me jump.
>
> Perhaps divulge where is the setting you found since it appears that is
> for what the OP is hunting. Might be an OS version dependent feature,
> so both you and OP should mention that. I have an old Android (8.0.0),
> and there is not graduate volume setting, so I would have to use a
> ringtone that itself increases it volume as it gets played.

I am on Android 13, and this is a Motorola G52.

I can't find the setting. I looking at "sound and vibration" (I have to
translate from Spanish), then on "ring tone" there is a list of possible
ringtones. There is also a slider for "volume of the ringtone". I don't
see the setting, I adjusted this thing two years ago, and originally it
was android 12.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

<jaugustine@verizon.net> wrote:

> VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>
>> <jaugustine@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Samsung Galaxy A11 Tracfone (smart phone).
>>>
>>> When someone calls me on my Tracfone, the first couple rings are at
>>> a low volume.
>>
>> Tried a different ring tone? There are ring tones on my phone I do
>> not use because they start soft to grow louder. I won't hear the
>> first soft rings, so I have less time to answer the phone. Instead
>> I use an always-loud ring tone.
>
> I wonder what model phone you have where the Ring Tones have a built
> in Volume control !!!
>
> My phone is a Samsung Galaxy A11.
>
> Any Ring Tone I tried has a progressive volume (low to loud).

Mine is an old c.2019 LG V20 running Android 8.0.0. It was released in
2016, LG stopped support in 2019, and then LG left the smartphone market
in 2021. It will never get an OS update, and I'm not rooting my primary
phone to put someone else's firmware on it.

I can pick a ring tone, and the global volume for several types of
sounds, but ring tones themselves have different volumes. Sound can
also have a different density which the human ear perceives as different
volume (commercials make use of density to make it sound like their ads
are louder). Some are soft, some are loud, and some start soft and get
louder. You can get ring tones online, so you might want to search for
ring tones that start loud. If there is an option on your phone to
graduate the volume of ring tones, you'll have to find it to turn it
off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO1_w_VEbVg
That author is talking about making alarm tones gradually increase in
volume. He might be trekking into global sound options that might also
apply to call ring tones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnmNB9YFkt8
That guy mentions setting a gradual ring tone option.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBMsdDaL64c&t=26s
Another guy showing how to configure gradual volume on ring tones.

These were easy to find with just an online search, like:

https://www.google.com/search?q=android+ring+tone+volume+gradual+volume+increase&oq=android+ring+tone+volume+gradual+volume+increase

"Samsung Galaxy A11" doesn't really say which Android version you have,
plus phone makers customize their version of Android on their phone.
Samsung add many different or new features. You didn't mention your
Android version on that phone, so I had to go to:

https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a11-10132.php

That says the phone started with Android 10, but that doesn't mean that
is the version on your phone since there could've been updates since you
got the phone. You could add "Android <yourversion>" to the above
online search to help focus on finding information on if, and where, is
a gradual volume setting on ring tones on your phone.

I don't have the gradual volume option on ring tones. My Android
version is too old. However, I can pick ring tones that sound softer or
louder to my ear. Have you visited the ring tones to test them out to
see if some sound louder or softer to you?

If you're always hearing a progressive low-to-loud change in volume to
the ring tones in the available list on your phone, likely you have the
gradual volume option enabled. While you could try using the nav paths
mentioned in the videos or online articles, don't you have a search box
when in settings where you could enter "gradual" or "increasing"?

<SNIP>
>> I wonder what model phone you have where the Ring Tones have a built
>> in Volume control !!!
>>
>> My phone is a Samsung Galaxy A11.
>>
>> Any Ring Tone I tried has a progressive volume (low to loud).
>
>Mine is an old c.2019 LG V20 running Android 8.0.0. It was released in
>2016, LG stopped support in 2019, and then LG left the smartphone market
>in 2021. It will never get an OS update, and I'm not rooting my primary
>phone to put someone else's firmware on it.
>
>I can pick a ring tone, and the global volume for several types of
>sounds, but ring tones themselves have different volumes. Sound can
>also have a different density which the human ear perceives as different
>volume (commercials make use of density to make it sound like their ads
>are louder). Some are soft, some are loud, and some start soft and get
>louder. You can get ring tones online, so you might want to search for
>ring tones that start loud. If there is an option on your phone to
>graduate the volume of ring tones, you'll have to find it to turn it
>off.
>
UPDATE:

I overlooked a setting in the "Settings" list.

One was "Volume". I clicked on that and there were volume settings for
various apps including Ring tones.

I was surprised to see the volume for Ring tones was low !!!! After I
turned the volume way up, the first ring was low, but the next ring tone(s)
was LOUD.

I can live with this.

John