How to disable stock vibrate alert for messages received in open conversation

Experiencing the same problem. Was told by a friend that it's a bug. Will you please fix this, Apple? I'm working in iOS 6.1.3.

I've just filed a bug report for this exact issue. It's driving me nuts, I took some of your text to describe the problem. I've had it for a long time now, during usage of my 3GS, iPhone 4, 4s, 5, and now 5s. Latest iOS, can't seem to find a solution, and doesn't seem it's on Apple's radar...

"I have a custom vibrate alert for iMessage that I have enabled which works perfectly but only if I am outside of the conversation (either browsing other apps or if the phone is in sleep mode). It appears that when I have an open conversation, the default vibration goes off (Staccato) when I receive a message from the person I am actively conversing with. I have the conversation open and I'm staring right at the screen so I can clearly see that I've gotten a text from this person. I can deal with that as long as the phone will use my custom vibration which is much softer.

Even when I'm in the messages list, the custom vibration goes off, it's only in the conversation where it changes back to default. I can't turn it off, and it's really annoying."

This is what I commented along with the bug report...

Wow. They actually fixed it. iOS 7.1; the bug is no longer there!

Thank the heavens. ;D

This is still broken. If I'm actively using an app why is it vibrating every time a message comes in?

I'd prefer no vibration at all when I'm in the app, but 7.0's long vibration was actually more tolerable than 7.1's short little electronic pulse of a vibration. It's jarring and really annoying. I'm so annoyed by it that I actually turned off vibration all together.

There is progress at least... The fact that it now user the vibration pattern I set for it, is a relief. The staccato buzz is more annoying in my personal opinion.

Maybe next update, they'll have an option to disable in-app vibration. Might even be there, haven't looked for it... 🙂

I dont know who is making decisions over there these days but the experience of owning and operating my iphone is getting WORSE with each update. It all started with this minimalistic user interface and all of the changes around that. HORRIBLE. I wish they would just leave things alone!