Chime sound

[Lofish]

I have a Samsung S20. I get a chime sound at random times. I have checked all my notifications and apps and can't figure it out. Ideas?

[meself]

Chime show any notification or icon appearing

[CEParsons]

Have you tried Nice Catch? It is an official Samsung app (part of the Good Lock Suite) to identify the source of notifications.
https://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.app.goodcatch

Turn on the various categories and check the app the next time the unexpected notification occurs.

[nullandvoid]

Did you download Simple Bible? 

If you did, go to the settings in the app and turn off the reminder chimes.  If you didn't, download Good Lock's Nice Catch and turn on detect sounds and find out which app is sending them.  Then, either go to that app's settings and turn off the sound, or uninstall the app.

[user3Iz6Xn0I09]

Android doesn't have a built-in feature that directly shows "which app played the last sound" in a simple UI (like a log of audio events), but there are several reliable ways to track it down, especially for **notification sounds**, **media playback**, or random/chiming noises.

Here are the most practical methods in 2026, starting with the easiest:

### 1. Check Notification History (Best for Notification Sounds)
Most Android phones (stock Android/Pixel, Samsung, etc.) have a built-in **Notification History** that logs recent notifications — including many that play a sound but disappear quickly or get auto-dismissed.

**How to enable and use it:**
- Go to **Settings → Notifications** (or search for "notifications")
- Look for **Notification history** or **History** and turn it on
- After the next sound occurs, immediately go back to this menu
- You'll see a list of recent notifications with timestamps + the app name/icon

**Tip:** If the sound plays but **no notification appears**, it might be a "silent" or blocked notification that still plays sound (a known occasional bug/behavior). Temporarily allow notifications for suspicious apps to make them visible.

This works well for most random/chime/alert sounds.

### 2. If You Have a Samsung Phone: Use "Nice Catch" (Easiest & Most Direct)
Samsung's **Good Guardians** suite includes a free module called **Nice Catch** specifically designed to log sounds, vibrations, flashes, and which app caused them — perfect for mysterious notification/media sounds.

**How to get it:**
- Open the **Galaxy Store** (Samsung's app store)
- Search for **Good Guardians** → install it
- Inside Good Guardians, download/install the **Nice Catch** module
- Give it the necessary permissions
- It will start logging events → check the log right after hearing a sound

Many users report this instantly solves "phantom sound" mysteries.

### 3. Advanced Method: Use ADB to See Recent Audio Activity (Works on Any Android)
If the above doesn't catch it (especially for media sounds without notifications), use **ADB** (Android Debug Bridge) from a computer — no root required.

**Quick steps:**
1. Enable **Developer options** (Settings → About phone → tap Build number 7 times)
2. In Developer options → enable **USB debugging**
3. Install ADB on your computer (platform-tools from developer.android.com)
4. Connect your phone via USB & authorize the computer
5. Open a terminal/command prompt and run:

```
adb shell dumpsys media_session
```

Look under **"Audio playback (lastly played comes first)"** — it lists recent apps that played audio (with package names). Search the package name in Play Store to identify the app.

Alternative command for more details:

```
adb shell dumpsys audio | grep -i "callingpack"
```

This shows recent apps that requested audio focus (often right before playing sound).

This method is very effective for pinpointing the culprit quickly after a sound plays.

### Other Quick Troubleshooting Tips
- **Safe Mode test** — Restart in Safe Mode (long-press power → long-press "Restart" or "Power off" → choose Safe Mode). Third-party apps are disabled. If the sound stops → it's a third-party app.
- Install a third-party notification logger from Play Store (e.g., "Notification History Log" or similar apps) — they can sometimes catch more than the built-in history.
- Check recent media players (YouTube, Spotify, etc.) — they can play brief audio snippets in the background.

If the sound is very random and none of these catch it, reply with your phone model (e.g., Pixel, Samsung, etc.) and what kind of sound it is (chime, notification tone, music snippet?), and I can narrow it down further!

[userXcYw933Y0Y]

I had digital wellbeing set it showed all the apps and notifications I disabled it just didn't like it,Wish a16 5g did sound notifications and not sound and vibration together Post update I've been looking for Goodluck can't find it?😊

[nullandvoid]

You can turn off vibration notifications.    You can either go to settings/sounds and vibration and turn the vibration intensity down to zero - this will affect all phone vibrations.  For individual notifications, you should have notification categories enabled.  Then in the notification settings for the app go to the categories. Tap the category for which you allow notifications.  Even if you have "allow sound and vibration" toggled on, the vibration setting should be off by default.  If it is not off, toggle it off.  You will have to do this, unfortunately, individually for every app and every category within an app for which you do not want to receive a vibration, but still want the notification sound.

Good Lock is in the Galaxy store, however (which is why you can't see it in the Galaxy store), the A16 requires using Fine Lock, which can be found in the Play store.  It uses the Good Lock Modules.

In the future, please consider making your own post instead of posting an  issue into an unrelated post.