So, I got this problem that every freakin' night the alarm goes off at 0430 even the alarm is set at 0800. It also goes off at the time specified ( 0800 ) but it also goes off at 0430. What the heck is the problem, is there a hidden alarm on the phone or what?
No, at one point the phone's alarm was set to that time and never shut off properly. Trust me, most mornings I am ready to throw mine across the room in hopes it explodes from all the wrong alarms lol.
Best way to control it I have found is to be sure to turn off the alarm, not just the soft key disable, go into the alarm and switch it from every day to off while that time is still set. That way it "usually" clears out of the memory by time I set it again the next night.
That said mine will still at random go off at times it has not gone off at for weeks. I am wondering if syncing it with the PC will sync the alarm schedual of nothing and clear it out, since rebooting does not work.
There are other third party alarm programs I have heard of but dont remember names or results people have posted about them.
Use the search function
This has already been previously answered. Install SKTools and clear out the notifications queue.
Rif_Luna said:
This has already been previously answered. Install SKTools and clear out the notifications queue.
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Which does not always work in mine.
sktools won't let me clear the queue. It says that entries are deleted but they are still there.
Any other advices?
SKTools
hrmmm.... There are some ok documentation write ups on it, not really sure all the problems that cause/correct the alarm problem. It's such a big one, there are a lot of people that have just gone with a different alarm program completely.
A thought, when I first tried SKTools, I didn't actually do it right, then I re-read the directions on the forum post and realized I had not done it correctly. But what has worked for me, is when I go into the notifications queue, and scroll all the way to the bottom, I select EACH entry for clock.exe Then on action I choose Delete Marked. Seems to work until it happens again, due to missed alarm, or whatever else seems to cause it.
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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
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ptravelalarm.. im tellin u its great
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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?
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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
I am pulling my frickin hair out trying to figure this, so I am asking for help.
I am running xRom, everything up-to-date, and the only 3rd party messaging app I have is SMS Popup, which has been disbaled throughout my entire problem.
The issue is that whenever I get a text it is playing a full song out off my sdcard, despite my ringtone being set to "Don't Panic" in the settings. I erased the song w/ Linda File Manager, and after that it chose a random tone to play, not the one I had set. This is more acceptable to me since it is an actual messaging tone (1 or 2 notes) but I am just worried it is going to choose another song at some point, which is way too long when you are texting back and forth with someone.
Any ideas?
Edit: Ok I opened SMS Popup (disabled already) to double check it was turned off, and now it vibrates, which really sucks, I am rarely close enough to hear or feel the vibrations...
Try doing a wipe and then flash. That might fix it. If you have a partitioned sd card, try repartioning it...
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Try doing a wipe and then flash. That might fix it. If you have a partitioned sd card, try repartioning it...
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That sounds like an extreme but it will work
You know that there are 2 places you can set your notifications from right? Once is menu/settings/sounds and display and the other one is when you open up messaging app hit menu/settings/notification settings,
See if that has anything to do with your problem before you start nuking your partitions
Good luck
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That sounds like an extreme but it will work
You know that there are 2 places you can set your notifications from right? Once is menu/settings/sounds and display and the other one is when you open up messaging app hit menu/settings/notification settings,
See if that has anything to do with your problem before you start nuking your partitions
Good luck
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This led me to the answer, thanks. What had happened was in the messaging application at some point I had selected the music, not realizing the two weren't tied together, which would make too much sense. Anyhow, I erased the song, so now nothing was selected, so for some reason it was cycling thru the different ringtones, which makes no sense, but whatever. So I set it back to the "Default Ringtone" option, and now it works fine. Thank God I didn't have to wipe, I probably would have just dealt with it for another few days, cause wiping stresses me worse than this **** did.
Ever since I got my Pixel 4 XL I've been having trouble with the alarm clock extreme free app staying on and waking me up when it's supposed to. The alarm gets killed in the background because of Android 10. I have every imaginable setting set for it supposedly to make sure it doesn't get killed in the background but everyday it never wakes me up because it never runs. Does anybody else have the app and have a solution for this because email support isn't helping right now. I use the app because it has a crescendo alarm that slowly wakes me up and I don't know of any other apps that have the same thing that are customizable like this app is. Otherwise I would probably switch to one that works. Hopefully some of you have the app and are using it successfully and can give me a solution to why it keeps shutting off when the phone is asleep. Thank you for your help in advance.
I used that app in the past but stopped after reports of its developer tracking users and other security concerns... but have you tried changing the app's battery optimization to "not optimized?" Changing to "not optimized" is my first go-to fix for anything that acts weird.
Changed everything that was related to battery or optimization but it's still not working. If there was another alarm app on the play store that had crescendo alarms I would change to that one. So far I don't see any like that though.
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Changed everything that was related to battery or optimization but it's still not working. If there was another alarm app on the play store that had crescendo alarms I would change to that one. So far I don't see any like that though.
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Timely has crescendo alarms, but I've noticed similar behavior as you're describing with yours. I just started using the stock clock app for mine until I find a different solution.
In case you haven't considered it -- Android 10 also introduced "adaptive battery" where you can add or remove apps under the "restricted apps" section.
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Changed everything that was related to battery or optimization but it's still not working. If there was another alarm app on the play store that had crescendo alarms I would change to that one. So far I don't see any like that though.
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In case you haven't considered it -- Android 10 also introduced "adaptive battery" where you can add or remove apps under the "restricted apps" section.
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That's one of the first things I checked. It wasn't restricted. If it was I could have blamed the alarms not going off on that lol.
got it. figured i'd try. it's the first thing I do nowadays when I do a fresh install... ie turn off battery optimization on important apps, like google voice and gmail.
alternate solution in case others haven't mentioned it... the stock android clock does have a 'gradually increase volume' option - but it's an app-wide option... not specific to each alarm. I use the stock clock and it works consistently... it's never missed an alarm.
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That's one of the first things I checked. It wasn't restricted. If it was I could have blamed the alarms not going off on that lol.
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I would definitely use the stock clock to ensure compatibility but it only goes up to 60 seconds for gradually raising the alarm. I need at least 5 minutes of gradual sound so I don't throw my phone across the room lol