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I know how to increase the volume normally.
However, I find that the maximum is still really quite quiet - often enough for me to miss my phone ringing when it's in my pocket, or for me to miss my alarm to get up in the morning...
Does anyone know how to raise the volume any higher? Perhaps past its normal maximum?
Thanks
Anjow said:
miss my alarm to get up in the morning
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I also don't hear thealarm sounds. Anyone have a loud alarm ringtone?
me too! i still need other alarm clock to wake me
I'm using this alarm sound to wake me.
Re: Alarm Clock and good wake up wav file.
I use SPB Time.
Its some cool functions including multi alarm, plus real-time clock screensaver. :wink:
Link here.
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/time/?en
Also I made a special wake-up wav file, it does the job for me. :lol:
I got the SPB Time program, and it seems pretty good - the alarm is loud enough. However, do you know if I have to have it running constantly for the alarm to work? I mean does it have to be up onscreen overnight if it is to wake me up?
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For the screensaver, you do not need the program running. Another thing about the screensaver is you can customise it not to come on with certain programs, for example Windows Media and TomTom Navigator 5.1 etc.
If you have set the Alarm, then yes the SPB Time has to be running, but the plus is you can turn your pda off and it will turn it on to view and hear the alarm.
That's odd... I have tried setting timers and the alarm and turning my device off - they don't seem to sound until I turn it back on again
Thats strange it worked for me (XDA IIi) and my friends (QTEC 2020i). I'm running WM2003SE, maybe try re-install and/or contact spb support.
can anybody else help Anjow???
Anjow,
I got this from SPB Support, if a re-install doesn't work this may help.
My alarms do not ring when the time comes and the device is in sleep mode. Why?
Most probably you have a typical Windows Mobile 2003 alarm problem. Due to a specific WM2003 bug the system scheduling functions may have unpredictable behavior on some devices. Even native system alarms don't wake the device up from sleep mode on many 2003 devices. For our regret this problem is operating system and device specific.
However there are some known workarounds for this problem that may help (but still a 100% effect is not guaranteed). You may try WakeupTweak from BurrOak Software. Try these links: http://www.burroak.on.ca/ptafaq.html and http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=876
Thanks very much, I shall take a look at the fixes.
Hi!
I have the OIIi also. When i use the SPB time, my PPC alway have frezzed. so now i am using the Chronos programs. it quite runing very good in the my PPC OIIi.
Anjow said:
That's odd... I have tried setting timers and the alarm and turning my device off - they don't seem to sound until I turn it back on again
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I have found a usefull piece of software called PhoneAlarm which solves this problem.
In ADV settings, change the shutdown delay to 30 seconds, also to increase the sound quality and volume in calls, selcect TAPI Signal, then softreset. Then do a test on your Alarm program and it should work.
http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.htm
Hi,
apart from alarm sound, is there any other patch or application to further increase ring volume?
Hi,
I generally only need to use bluetooth in my car, so I was wondering if there was any way to automatically turn bluetooth on when my phone get plugged in to the cradle? All that is needed is to detect whether the phone is charging or no and to turn bluetooth on/off appropriately
I'm sure there was some phone management software that did something like this, but can't remember its name
hi, eg sbsh phone weaver know how to do it..
I know TomTom does it automatically. When you startup TomTom it turns on bluetooth then when you exit TomTom it shuts the blue tooth off. So there I am sure if there is a need someone will write an app.
Lots of other navigation software do not turn BT automatically on or off. The simplest way to do it is with a mortscript. Mortscript is a free program that allows creating files very similar to autoexec.bat or config.sys in the good old DOS days.
Another way is with pocketmax phone alarm, you can create a car profile (as well as other profiles...)
Just few of the many possible ways
Thanks for the replies guys,
I have found phoneAlarm by PocketMax which will automatically detect when I put the phone on its cradle i.e. power but no active synd. IT will then switchon bluetooth for me. As soon as I disconnect from the cradle i.e. go back to battery power, BT gets turned off
SPB PhoneSuite could do this as well if you wanted.
Here is a little script that automatically turn BT on then pair with the BT headset as strereo headset and handfree kit and after launch mort player.
Maybe, you will have to modify it a little.
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#Demarrage Bluetooth
Run \Windows\CommManager.exe
Sleep 2000
MouseClick 60,100
Sleep 3500
MouseClick 190,307
Sleep 1000
MouseClick 163,264
MouseUp 50,139
Sleep 1500
MouseDown 30,140
Sleep 1500
SendKeys A
Sleep 500
MouseClick 227,12
Sleep 500
MouseClick 227,12
Run \Windows\CommManager.exe
Sleep 1000
MouseClick 190,307
Sleep 1000
MouseClick 163,264
MouseUp 50,139
Sleep 1500
MouseDown 30,140
Sleep 1500
SendKeys D
Sleep 3000
MouseDblClick 227,12
Sleep 1500
MouseClick 42,307
#Demarrage MortPlayer
RunWait \Program Files\MortPlayer\MortPlayer.exe
#Relance Comm Manager
Run \Windows\CommManager.exe
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The last line re-lauch Comm Manager after quiting mortplayer for switching BT on or off.
Hope it help
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SPB PhoneSuite could do this as well if you wanted.
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As I said, just a few of the many posibilies. What I like about Mortscript is that it's free and can do an awful lot, your skil's the limit.
What I like about PhoneAlarm is that it can configure just about everything I'd like to configure without even using my Mortscript skills. Most important for me:
-it makes sounds a lot louder than normal Hima maximum volume.
-it reminds me of my missed calls, appointments etc as often as I want.
Wasn't disgreeing/contradicting by any stretch of the imagination, just pointing to another alternative. I've found SPB's stuff to be both amazingly useful and rock solid over the 2-2.5 years I've been using their stuff so I figured I'd point to a reasonable solution.
I do like that MortScript's free, but I'm one of those that tends to be better at hurting oneself with scripting than helping out. I don't have the time to play with it as much as I'd like. Isn't PhoneAlarm also a paid package?
And I'm not sure what you mean by "louder than normal Hima..." - do you mean PA is kicking the volume louder than you can set on the phone directly?
For what it's worth, PhoneSuite can also remind you of missed calls and SMS messages. The rest it leaves to WM. For me, I don't mind it being quiet about missed appointments.
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Wasn't disgreeing/contradicting by any stretch of the imagination,
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Neither was I, come on. You're perfecly right that SPB makes perfect and rock solid software. I don't know their PhoneSuite well, just from reading their site it looks to me like much less value for a buck than my personal favorites.
Yes indeed, phoneAlarm can make all sounds from key clicks up to ringtones and speaker phone, even navigation software much louder. That doesn't improve sound quality, but when I walk through noisy Amsterdam it does increase the chance that I hear an incoming call or appointment reminder.
And Just in case I'd still miss them, it keeps reminding me every 5 or 10 minutes. For me indeed very important.
Our devices can do just about anything (I'm trying to learn it to make coffee), it's just a matter of taste which software to use (black, 2 sugar)
I found PA to be overpowering, so we're just on different areas of the spectrum. Plus, I picked up PhoneSuite as a part of a package from them (Mobile Shell, Insight, GPRS Monitor, Phone Suite) and that saved about 40% of the total buying them individually.
Does PA let you set notifications to vibrate as well as play a sound? That's the feature that saves my butt for Appointments - PhoneSuite lets you do that. I prefer that to just louder.
You don't have a hot key to pull up Starbucks.com?
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Does PA let you set notifications to vibrate as well as play a sound? That's the feature that saves my butt for Appointments - PhoneSuite lets you do that. I prefer that to just louder.
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PA can vibrate anything. I once accidentally turned on the vibrate on accepting a call, very weird sensation. But vibrate doesn't work too well in a full hand bag.
You don't have a hot key to pull up Starbucks.com?
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I don't like Starbucks, the coffee is way too strong, then they mask that with lots of whipped cream, spices, flavours and a check that could buy me a nice SPB suite.
Hi guys,
I have a strange problem with the TYTN II. I put it to vibration using the HTC home ant it is OK, vibrating when somebody calls. Then suddenly, without me changing anything, it starts ringing as if I changed it to "Normal" profile. When I look at the HTC home I see it still has the "Vibrate" profile selected. I have to press on the "Vibrate" again to make it go to vibration again.
This strange thing happens randomly (or at least I cannot find what causes it), sometimes when I have used the phone, and sometimes even when I haven't.
Any ideas what the problem might be?
Thanks.
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Hi guys,
I have a strange problem with the TYTN II. I put it to vibration using the HTC home ant it is OK, vibrating when somebody calls. Then suddenly, without me changing anything, it starts ringing as if I changed it to "Normal" profile. When I look at the HTC home I see it still has the "Vibrate" profile selected. I have to press on the "Vibrate" again to make it go to vibration again.
This strange thing happens randomly (or at least I cannot find what causes it), sometimes when I have used the phone, and sometimes even when I haven't.
Any ideas what the problem might be?
Thanks.
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Have you gone to Settings>Phone and set the Ring type to "vibrate and ring"?
You can also use Settings>Sounds & Notifications>Notifications and set "Phone: Incoming call" to "Vibrate and ring"
Hope this helps
Yes, I have all the settings. I change between the "Vibrate" and "Normal" profiles when I am in meetings (vibrate only) or generally (normal, ring + vibrate). The problem is that when I set the vibrate profile, the phone automatically rings sometimes, with sound, which I don't want in a meeting.
reminders?
This problem has just started to appear on my Kaiser. It seems to show up after a reminder appears. I have turned off all sounds and reminders except calendar reminders but vibrate still gets changed to ringing. I have also used Kaiser Tweak to change the defaults.
I don't what triggered this but it seemed to start when I uninstalled FlexMail 4 and then installed Flexmail 2007 but that may be coincidence.
A real problem in meetings or in a hearing where an official can really get upset over a ringing phone.
I still don't have a solution. I don't use FlexMail (any version) so I don't think this is the problem. It could be the calendar but I have not found any connection yet.
Work around
This is by no means perfect but it will prevent embarassing moments. Try recording a "silent" ring tone and using that for your ringer. Then all you miss are phone calls. They, of course, go to voice mail.
I had a similar issue, however it was in reverse, by once choosing the automatic profile in the HTC home.
Basically the automatic feature remains active after selecting it once, so after the reminder, even if it doesn't have time if your next block of time happens to be "free" it will revert it back to ringing.
Unfortunately I never found a solution and now have a new Kaiser, which I have avoided selecting it since getting the phone.
bluetooth too
Yesterday while on a call using a handsfree bluetooth device, a calendar reminder popped up and my bluetooth connection was dropped simultaneously. The call was not dropped and I was able to turn on the handfree connection again using the menu.
Which has led me to search for these type of problems. I found a thread that addresses a way to turn off push mail notifications. I understand the same "fix" works with calendar notifications.
[http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1565104&postcount=8[/URL]
Ostinato said:
Yesterday while on a call using a handsfree bluetooth device, a calendar reminder popped up and my bluetooth connection was dropped simultaneously. The call was not dropped and I was able to turn on the handfree connection again using the menu.
Which has led me to search for these type of problems. I found a thread that addresses a way to turn off push mail notifications. I understand the same "fix" works with calendar notifications.
[http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1565104&postcount=8[/URL]
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Here is a thread on notifications.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330872
I am now sure that the problem is connected with the calendar. It appears when I make some changes in an event (not always but in about 90% of the cases). I am synchronizing with Outlook and I think the problem appears when I change an event that was already synchronized. By "changing" I mean even dismissing the alarm when it goes off.
Any ideas what I could do?
Hey guys,
I've tried searching about everywhere, and it almost seems like im an isolated incident, but...
Im currently running WM6.1 on my vario 3. I've set my alarm to go off each night, sounding the typical alarm. I've got the "enable sounds for Notifications (Alarms, reminders)" bit ticked. However, i put my fone on silent before i go to bed (because i get random emails and txts thru the night which wake me up ). Because of this, the fone doesnt reactivate the sounds for the alarm... so all i get is a little notification come up sayin that the alarm is going.
As you can imagin, having a notification pop up isnt going to wake you up...
Is there any way that i can have my fone on silent, and yet have the alarm sound in the morning? I dont particularly want to run any other clock app, as with the built in one, its running all the time and its set for monday-friday.
Is this even possible? or do i have to get another app?
thanks guys!
Sure it's called AIRPLANE mode. Just turn the phone part off and crank that volume up.
yea, that would work too...
but im curious as to whether there is any way of doing this without having to turn the phone function off...
back on my SE k800, the alarm would still do its thing even in silent mode... and if the fone was off
You have to use a third party app.
go to sounds and notifications in the settings area. then turn off the recieve new emails notification. This is what I do since I receive junk emails late at nite too.
hipertec said:
go to sounds and notifications in the settings area. then turn off the recieve new emails notification. This is what I do since I receive junk emails late at nite too.
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but then, wouldnt you have to reenable these again in the morning? otherwise, u wont be notified of when you get important/real mails?
Thinking out loud here - Couldnt you have a meeting mode or some other mode where you set all the other notifications to silent but leave the alarm loud and when you go to bed put it in that mode?
I will admit I am just tlaking off the top of my head and have not actually tried it. Just a suggestions?
Bill
billgatessucks said:
Hey guys,
I've tried searching about everywhere, and it almost seems like im an isolated incident, but...
Im currently running WM6.1 on my vario 3. I've set my alarm to go off each night, sounding the typical alarm. I've got the "enable sounds for Notifications (Alarms, reminders)" bit ticked. However, i put my fone on silent before i go to bed (because i get random emails and txts thru the night which wake me up ). Because of this, the fone doesnt reactivate the sounds for the alarm... so all i get is a little notification come up sayin that the alarm is going.
As you can imagin, having a notification pop up isnt going to wake you up...
Is there any way that i can have my fone on silent, and yet have the alarm sound in the morning? I dont particularly want to run any other clock app, as with the built in one, its running all the time and its set for monday-friday.
Is this even possible? or do i have to get another app?
thanks guys!
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I use PhoneWeaver with scheduled profiles. So at 11:30pm the phone goes silent in the Night profile, and at 5:30am the phone switches back to Day. I have a 5:45am alarm set to go off in the alarms.
You can do the same with PhoneAlarm ... or PhoneAlarm Lite.
http://www.sbsh.net/product.php?id=28
http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.html
PhoneAlarm definitely has more options and configurations, but I've found PhoneWeaver to be simpler, more reliable and it covers the features I use.
There are some free solutions for profile switching out there too, if I can find them I will repost.
billgatessucks said:
but then, wouldnt you have to reenable these again in the morning? otherwise, u wont be notified of when you get important/real mails?
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ya. this this where it really sucks. I don't know why wm6 don't have diferent ring profiles.
if anyone knows of any free solutions or programs, please let us know.
Sorry if this is a hijack - i've never used the feature, but what does the icon on HTC Home's phone announcement mode with the clock do? There's Loudspeaker Ring On, Silent, Vibrate Only, and then another option that I haven't yet figured out the purpose of.
rjlynn said:
Sorry if this is a hijack - i've never used the feature, but what does the icon on HTC Home's phone announcement mode with the clock do? There's Loudspeaker Ring On, Silent, Vibrate Only, and then another option that I haven't yet figured out the purpose of.
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i would like to know too. i thought this was the other profile but seems to be the same as the ring on. Anyone have the answer?
i thought they were just like "profiles"... like how when u click on the sound icon in the taskbar, uve got the dropdown menu with the 2 volume levels, with the 3 options underneath it...
those alarm clocks sound good, possibly the best option so far...
but im still holding onto the dream that there is some way of actually using the alarm like you would do with a normal fone... hopefully the xperia would still have SE functionality
is there any way for the alarms to repeat every min till i snooze it ?? also itd be great to set a loud mp3 as an alarm.
any good third party alarm ??? other than phone alarm ??
i find phone alarm very confusing and buggy.
@billgatessucks and corleno
Try enAlarmPPC. You can use MP3 as alarm sound, vibrate, random, snooze, and choose to override system sound settings. You can completely turn off all your sound, and enAlarmPPC will still give you sound!
[EDIT] Added some screenshots; BTW only $8.00 at Handango
johanromijn said:
@billgatessucks and corleno
Try enAlarmPPC. You can use MP3 as alarm sound, vibrate, random, snooze, and choose to override system sound settings. You can completely turn off all your sound, and enAlarmPPC will still give you sound!
[EDIT] Added some screenshots; BTW only $8.00 at Handango
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thanks a bunch johanromijn
ill try it out now
does this app run all the time in the background? or do u need to open it up like u would with any program etc?
so i can either put my fone on silent, and then remember to open up an app... or... i just put the fone into flight mode? :S
Hi everyone,
I just bought the watch and I was wondering if there is an application that wake you up with the vibration of the watch.
Almost very bands have this functionnality, it analyses your sleep and wake you up at the best moment.
Do you know if this watch could do it?
Thanks
Sleep as Android claims to have this functionality, but can not figure out how to get it to vibrate on the watch instead of my phone.
Did you try setting an alarm on the watch?
fr0st420 said:
Did you try setting an alarm on the watch?
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If you set an alarm on the watch, it will vibrate the watch at the alarm time.
Try
"Ok Google
Set an alarm for 8am"
To stop the alarm (as by default it sets it for every day going forward), you'll need
"OK Google
Show alarms"
Hey !
Yes I found out this application couple days ago.
After you sync the app with your watch, it will automaticaly use it to wake you up.
But there is a big delay between the phone and watch.
The vibration on the watch starts 45 second after, and it will decrease time between 2 vibrations.