Database Develop

What alarm application do you use?

Hi folks
I'm just curious as to what alarm applications you guys are using. I'm find the built in "Clock & Alarms" to be somewhat limited as it only allows for 3 alarms.
I would like something similar to it, but to be able to easily add new alarms, and maybe even customize the ringtone/vibrations for them individualy, if possible.
Thanks for your interest

I am very satisfied with Chronos Time Clock.
Their website is:
http://www.activekitten.com
Not free though.

SPB Time by SPB Software House.

pTravelAlarm.. but its a HEFTY 3.5mb install

I too use SPB Time, it looks nice, and is full of lots of features, including timers, alarms, and a nice clock screensaver if you choose to use it.

I use Pocket WakeUp.
It's a free app in French, but there is a little patch that converts (almost) everything to English.
Has all the required functionallity: assign mp3's, set which days of the weeks it should run, override volume control, etc.

GS Alarm clock
I'm using GS Alarm clock and i'm quite happy with that choice...and it's free...

I use EnAlarm... it is really good, quite customizable also...

Not to hijack, but do any of these alarms have an option to repeat th ealarm every "X" DAYS?
I want a recurring alarm every 4 days, but most alarm apps are limited to repeat every "X" minutes - NOT DAYS.

ptravelalarm.. im tellin u its great

jakeypoo said:
ptravelalarm.. im tellin u its great
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It will not let you do an alarm every "X" days though. It is every day (or you choose which days), not every "X" days.
Like, repeat every 4th day at 8 PM

oh.. sorry i see what your saying now. hmm question for you, why would you want that? couldnt something like that be set in the calander app?

grizzley said:
Not to hijack, but do any of these alarms have an option to repeat th ealarm every "X" DAYS?
I want a recurring alarm every 4 days, but most alarm apps are limited to repeat every "X" minutes - NOT DAYS.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Chronos Time Clock, in post #2, will do this. You just pick the days of the week you want the alarm to sound. Very simple and reliable.

Gpx85 said:
I use EnAlarm... it is really good, quite customizable also...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Man, you just posted a downloadable version of a shareware program. Anyway, I use the same program and it is pretty good.

jmarti said:
Chronos Time Clock, in post #2, will do this. You just pick the days of the week you want the alarm to sound. Very simple and reliable.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the suggestion.... BUT..... I am looking for something that does it every "X" number of days.
For example:
Every 4 days....
So if you start with the 1st(Tuesday), the next alarm would be 4th(Friday)....8th(Tuesday)....12th(Saturday).....16th(Wednesday) which the specific DAY isn't the interest, as it will be a different day of the week, but just every 4th day.

pTravel Alarm. No doubt.

grizzley said:
Thanks for the suggestion.... BUT..... I am looking for something that does it every "X" number of days.
For example:
Every 4 days....
So if you start with the 1st(Tuesday), the next alarm would be 4th(Friday)....8th(Tuesday)....12th(Saturday).....16th(Wednesday) which the specific DAY isn't the interest, as it will be a different day of the week, but just every 4th day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can try to set up a reminder-based alarm in the calendar. You can set up recurring daily appointments every x days. However, I have yet to see any alarm that does what you are looking for.
I also use pTravelAlarm

I also use SPB Time. Found it to be the best. Tried most alarm applications

This one is free and good:
spoonAlarm

i use StopTime. It's a pretty old program and only runs in portrait mode, but you can set up to 8 alarms on it, and its alarms have never failed to wake me up when needed.

Custom alarm

Does anyone have an idea why the alarm stops so quickly on the Kaiser?
I mean it seems as if it goes off once for a minute or two and then that's it.
I have not ONCE woken up from it.
Is there a registry tweak to make it just keep going and how do you input custom alarm sounds, I need something with a higher volume/pitch than the built in Alarm5 (the only one that's even close to be annoying enough).

undac said:
Does anyone have an idea why the alarm stops so quickly on the Kaiser?
I mean it seems as if it goes off once for a minute or two and then that's it.
I have not ONCE woken up from it.
Is there a registry tweak to make it just keep going and how do you input custom alarm sounds, I need something with a higher volume/pitch than the built in Alarm5 (the only one that's even close to be annoying enough).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Where you set you alarm, you are able to select "Repeat sound", although this does not work properly either.
But quite frankly, the built in alarm on WM6 is the poorest alarm I've ever experienced. It has few functions, few options, and few way to customize it.
But if you want a different ringtone, you can create a short(max 5-6 seconds) .wav file, and put it in the windows folder. Make sure it's not too large, either. Then you should be able to select it in the alarm menu

Is there any good alarm apps for WM6 then?
I don't have an ordinary alarm clock and I've used my cell phone for years as an alarm clock, this is the first phone I've had that can't do this simple task properly.
I have all the options check for the alarm, still it only rings for a minute or two so if I don't wake up immediately I'm screwed.
Don't want to miss any flights or appointments because of this so I really need something to replace it with.

undac said:
Is there any good alarm apps for WM6 then?
I don't have an ordinary alarm clock and I've used my cell phone for years as an alarm clock, this is the first phone I've had that can't do this simple task properly.
I have all the options check for the alarm, still it only rings for a minute or two so if I don't wake up immediately I'm screwed.
Don't want to miss any flights or appointments because of this so I really need something to replace it with.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. If the ringtone is short, it stops ringing after a short while. I have an alarm tone of about 6 seconds, so it keeps going a while longer for me. But the alarm function for this phone is not designed for waking people up, I'm afraid. Only notify you.
SPB-Time is a great app for managing alarms and such
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/time/?en
The downside is that it costs about 15$. But SPB is a great company, so I believe they deserve those 15$ instead of just downloading it off the net. I've tested it, and I found it a great app
I still haven't found a proper free solution, though.

try StopTime by Jonathan Sachs. it never fails to wake me up.

Look over there...
Same discussion with more proposals for custom alarm. after I read this I got pTravelAlarm on my Niki and I think that will be the one.
Cheers,
jekk.

Random / Phantom Alarm going off?

I'm currently running EnergyRom3.0 series (i believe the 6.05.2009 version) and for some reason every single day at 11:11am and 11:18am the alarm will go off?
obviously there is no alarm set either of those times and all alarms that are set are turned off anyways..I have checked both the Manila alarm settings, as well as through settings/clocks and alarms...both are the same and neither have any alarm set for that..
I've searched around and it seems this is known as a "phantom alarm" that used to occur on older 6.0roms? Either way, the only fix/bandaid was to use SK Tools to clear duplicate notifications..well SK tools isn't free and I don't particularly want to pay for an app that might not fix this..
Other than reflashing, does anyone have an idea how to clear this alarm??
Any help will be greatly appreciated..this is beginning to drive me crazy as every day at work it sounds..even when the phone is on silent..I suppose I temp fix it by setting the notifications to not play sound when phone is on silent but would prefer to perm fix/clear this..
Thanks in advance!

check your calendar. Maybe you have a notification set to everyday and set to remind you.

jaszek said:
check your calendar. Maybe you have a notification set to everyday and set to remind you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just checked to confirm and nothing there..i have never used the calendar and it is just a standard alarm that goes off..same tone and snooze/dismiss options as any normal alarm i just cant turn it off...

That sometimes happens when you mess up your database.
Did you restore any data from an earlier backup?
Try to set all of your alarms first, then unset them. Sometimes that works.
There are programs to edit the notification queue, delete duplicate alerts and so on. Try to google some and give it a try.
Good luck!

nope no back up done, just a fresh flash and activesync when it was done..
i also do set all 3 alarms everyday..i just have a few more unwanted one that also go off..the alarms sounds even if all other alarms (note different times too) are set to off..
also today, for some reason all text messages i recieve are said they were recieved an hour prior, well coincidentally my random alarm went off an hour earlier too...
i will see what i can find as far as freeware goes..
thanks

[Q] Remote GPS Activation / SMS GPS Enabler

Hi everyone,
Okay this might be a dumb question but I'm going to ask. Is there a way to remotely enable/activate the GPS and WiFi on my Android phone through a text message? I currently have GPS Tracker, Lost My Droid, Real Time GPS Tracker, Seek Droid, SMS GPS Enabler, and Where's My Droid installed on my phone to try and remotely turn on my GPS and WiFi. The problem is that yes sending the text to my phone and have the sound go off for Where's My Droid and Lost My Droid works, but the problem is having my GPS and WiFi turned off on my phone and not hearing because its not there. Yes, their are plenty of good apps that let you track your phone if your GPS is on, but they do not allow you to turn on GPS and WiFi through (SMS) text. So all and all, is there an app or apps that can do this for me, so I can do what I want to do?
Any information would be helpful, instructions would be better lol.
Thanks, II

InfiniteImmortal said:
Hi everyone,
Okay this might be a dumb question but I'm going to ask. Is there a way to remotely enable/activate the GPS and WiFi on my Android phone through a text message? I currently have GPS Tracker, Lost My Droid, Real Time GPS Tracker, Seek Droid, SMS GPS Enabler, and Where's My Droid installed on my phone to try and remotely turn on my GPS and WiFi. The problem is that yes sending the text to my phone and have the sound go off for Where's My Droid and Lost My Droid works, but the problem is having my GPS and WiFi turned off on my phone and not hearing because its not there. Yes, their are plenty of good apps that let you track your phone if your GPS is on, but they do not allow you to turn on GPS and WiFi through (SMS) text. So all and all, is there an app or apps that can do this for me, so I can do what I want to do?
Any information would be helpful, instructions would be better lol.
Thanks, II
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am the Dev of seek droid. Why leave the GPS disabled? It really does not conserve that much battery. Enabling the GPS does not leave the GPS turned on or even give the GPS any power unless the application you are using requests GPS.

Go pick up tasker from the market, and you can create a profile to have it enable gps whenever you get an sms.
You should probably have taker already anyways. It's a beast.
Herp derp Captivate XDA App

quaa said:
I am the Dev of seek droid. Why leave the GPS disabled? It really does not conserve that much battery. Enabling the GPS does not leave the GPS turned on or even give the GPS any power unless the application you are using requests GPS.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For some reason on my phone if I leave the GPS enabled it will drain out my battery in a few hours (8hrs). Where as if I turn GPS off, my battery has lasted up to almost 16hrs which is double and it is the only setting that I have changed.

pizz0wn3d said:
Go pick up tasker from the market, and you can create a profile to have it enable gps whenever you get an sms.
You should probably have taker already anyways. It's a beast.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the advice pizz0wn3d. I will look into Tasker and see if it works for me and what I need it to do.

f you don't see the satellite dish in the notification bar then it really shouldn't use any battery, even if GPS is enabled. If you have location stuff turned on so the GPS is being used (i.e. you see the satellite dish in the notification bar) it will use battery.
Bob

InfiniteImmortal said:
Thanks for the advice pizz0wn3d. I will look into Tasker and see if it works for me and what I need it to do.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Let me know and I can send you the profile I use. It makes the phone talk (alerting them that gps is being remotely enabled to track the phone down) and sends a confirmation text to the number that activates the gps. Then you can use "wheres my droid" or whatever else to track that S.O.B. down.
Edit: Speellieng
Herp Derp Captivate XDA

That would be Great!
pizz0wn3d said:
Let me know and I can send you the profile I use. It makes the phone talk (alerting them that gps is being remotely enabled to track the phone down) and sends a confirmation text to the number that activates the gps. Then you can use "wheres my droid" or whatever else to track that S.O.B. down.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, pizz0wn3d that would be great! I looked up Tasker, it has a great many features that I can see paying for, but did not see the remote GPS activation/enabling in its description, on their website, or wiki. If you can, also send me the direction on how to set it up to do it. I might whined up missing something up with 190 options. But can always re-ROM if need be.

I know
rbtconsultants said:
f you don't see the satellite dish in the notification bar then it really shouldn't use any battery, even if GPS is enabled. If you have location stuff turned on so the GPS is being used (i.e. you see the satellite dish in the notification bar) it will use battery.
Bob
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Bob, I do know this. For some reason my Map app starts up on its own and launches Latitude causing my GPS to activate and stay on. I don't want to uninstall Maps or Latitude because I do use them. Its easier to just turn off GPS then hassle with trying to find the source of the problem, in truth.

InfiniteImmortal said:
Thanks, pizz0wn3d that would be great! I looked up Tasker, it has a great many features that I can see paying for, but did not see the remote GPS activation/enabling in its description, on their website, or wiki. If you can, also send me the direction on how to set it up to do it. I might whined up missing something up with 190 options. But can always re-ROM if need be.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well the way my profile is set up, whenever I receive a text with a certain phrase in it, it'll turn on the gps. Along with a few other things
It's not one of the advertised features because it's just one of the many things you can do with it.
I'll try to post a dropbox link in a few minutes.
Edit: This oughta work. Import this into tasker.
http://db.tt/D7u8eKw
It should be able to import after you paste the xml file into:
/sdcard/tasker/profiles
Then just hit menu -> profile data -> import one profile
Herp Derp Captivate XDA

InfiniteImmortal said:
Bob, I do know this. For some reason my Map app starts up on its own and launches Latitude causing my GPS to activate and stay on. I don't want to uninstall Maps or Latitude because I do use them. Its easier to just turn off GPS then hassle with trying to find the source of the problem, in truth.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you use Latitude, it will be on all the time and cause battery drain because it needs update your location 24/7 even if Gmaps is not used. You don't have to uninstall it. Just make sure you log out of Latitude if you don't use it.

Seek Droid

pizz0wn3d said:
Let me know and I can send you the profile I use. It makes the phone talk (alerting them that gps is being remotely enabled to track the phone down) and sends a confirmation text to the number that activates the gps. Then you can use "wheres my droid" or whatever else to track that S.O.B. down.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Alerting them sounds like a bad idea. I envision a battery pull or a phone being tossed out the window of a moving vehicle.

opcow said:
Alerting them sounds like a bad idea. I envision a battery pull or a phone being tossed out the window of a moving vehicle.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Haha maybe. I wasn't thinking of it that way. It creates a notification telling them to call the number that I texted them from to return the phone to the owner.
Plus I thought it would be funny to scare whoever has the phone. Now im starting to think of it as a bad idea thanks to your post..
>.>
Herp Derp Captivate XDA

pizz0wn3d said:
Haha maybe. I wasn't thinking of it that way. It creates a notification telling them to call the number that I texted them from to return the phone to the owner.
Plus I thought it would be funny to scare whoever has the phone. Now im starting to think of it as a bad idea thanks to your post..
>.>
Herp Derp Captivate XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I thought the same thing when I looked at it, so I just removed it for the profile you gave me. But it works very nicely in part with Seek Droid.
Thanks Again.

InfiniteImmortal said:
Yeah, I thought the same thing when I looked at it, so I just removed it for the profile you gave me. But it works very nicely in part with Seek Droid.
Thanks Again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For sure, glad to help.
Herp Derp Captivate XDA

pizz0wn3d said:
For sure, glad to help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You don't reply to private messages do you pizz0wn3d? Questions are, Is there a site to download prebuilt profiles for Tasker? Second, What are the features to have your phone go to lock screen and ring remotely. Mine aren't working that I built.
Last questions for you, at least for now, lol
II

InfiniteImmortal said:
You don't reply to private messages do you pizz0wn3d? Questions are, Is there a site to download prebuilt profiles for Tasker? Second, What are the features to have your phone go to lock screen and ring remotely. Mine aren't working that I built.
Last questions for you, at least for now, lol
II
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh sorry, normally I do but I haven't been on xda outside of the app in a few days so I haven't been able to look at my messages.
There is a wiki on the app that has a bunch of different profiles you can try out, as well as a couple of tutorials to get the hang of making profiles.
Link:
http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index
I'm not sure I understand what you mean about going to the lock screen, as idk if it's possible to do that though tasker. I'll mess around and see what I can find.
What exactly are you trying to do that requires you to go to the lockscreen and play a ringtone?
Herp Derp Captivate XDA

My failed creations
pizz0wn3d said:
I'm not sure I understand what you mean about going to the lock screen, as idk if it's possible to do that though tasker. I'll mess around and see what I can find.
What exactly are you trying to do that requires you to go to the lockscreen and play a ringtone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well for the lock screen; I was trying a remote lock down after I enabled the GPS tracking, so they could not turn it off, other then removing the battery of course. The only thing I can do right now is, set screen time out to 7sec. which is the smallest amount Tasker allows. The lock in Tasker is a joke because if you click on the notification bar at the top and select something you can bypass the lock, even in full screen mode.
As for the Ringtone/Ringer; I was trying to setup the phone to ring when people text me, similar to that of Where's My Droid, but with a twist. When I get their text, the assigned ringtone under their contacts or from file would play, that way I would know who it was without having to look at my phone every time. For this one in particular; do you or someone else know how Where's My Droids setup works? Then I can try to base it off of that. From what I can tell, it tricks the SMS into using the the ringer system and not the notification system. So a bait and switch from SMS Receiver to Cell Receiver. That's all I know for now.
Thanks for the link! I'll go through it to learn some more about Tasker.

InfiniteImmortal said:
Well for the lock screen; I was trying a remote lock down after I enabled the GPS tracking, so they could not turn it off, other then removing the battery of course. The only thing I can do right now is, set screen time out to 7sec. which is the smallest amount Tasker allows. The lock in Tasker is a joke because if you click on the notification bar at the top and select something you can bypass the lock, even in full screen mode.
As for the Ringtone/Ringer; I was trying to setup the phone to ring when people text me, similar to that of Where's My Droid, but with a twist. When I get their text, the assigned ringtone under their contacts or from file would play, that way I would know who it was without having to look at my phone every time. For this one in particular; do you or someone else know how Where's My Droids setup works? Then I can try to base it off of that. From what I can tell, it tricks the SMS into using the the ringer system and not the notification system. So a bait and switch from SMS Receiver to Cell Receiver. That's all I know for now.
Thanks for the link! I'll go through it to learn some more about Tasker.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've never tried to set up a remote lock through tasker, I just had it set up to enable the GPS so I could lock+retrieve it via wheres my droid/lookout. But i have heard that the tasker lock down was pretty weak >.<
I actually never realized the phone didn't support custom tones for contacts outside of the calling ringtones. That actually sounds pretty difficult to implement via tasker. You would first have to disable notifications from your sms app so the tasker profile wouldn't just play a sound over that one. You'd also likely have to create a separate profile for each contact that you want to have a custom sms tone for.

Apps Wishlist

What would you like for the gear (Keep in mind its a Smart Watch not a Smart Phone)
My first pic is
Stolen Watch, if someone nicks it you can get it back

Whatsapp! Just want to share pics to contacts
Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk

I want to get offline GPS navigation. Sygic unfortunately does not work..

hurdlejade said:
I want to get offline GPS navigation. Sygic unfortunately does not work..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
using the phone for the gps sensor?

1)Shake to wake, like the pebble. The current wake up makes my watch turn on way too often.
2)Expanded notifications without first tapping on the notification like how it is currently. I don't understand why I need to tap on it first before I can read the whole message. Just make them expanded/full notifications always, or at least make it an option.
3)There is too much of a delay for the media controller app. There's about a 1 second delay between pressing a button in the media controller app and having my phone actually change the song. The pebble does the song switch almost instantly. If this is due to the lower bandwidth of Bluetooth Low Energy, make it an option to turn off BLE and use only BT Classic. I would gladly give up battery life for faster notifications/control over my phone. This brings me to #4
4) Faster notifications. Sometimes I have a 1 second wait before a notification shows up on my watch after having already shown up on my phone. Again, if this is due to the limited bandwidth of BLE, make it an option to only work on BT classic.
Edit: Oh I misread the topic. I thought this was about changes to the Gear. I'll just leave this here anyways.

Me too, i would like a GPS guidance for walking.
An extention of Sygic will be really great.

I can honestly say I couldn't ask for much more from my watch.

I would like a keyboard to reply to msgs (from anything that shows up in notification center - email, text, hangouts, etc) - without having to bake in a whole new rom etc

NZ_Nitro said:
using the phone for the gps sensor?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yup.

Something like Rain Alarm pro does on the sony smart watch. Yes you can get the alert when the app sees rain but the ability to see weather radar on the watch would be awesome!