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[Q] Change/set alarm clock sound?

Greetings all,
So I just got a new S III mini and I really love it. There is just one tiny thing I just can't grasp at the moment, and that is how to change alarm clock sound/melody. I am unable to see where I can do that. I've gone through all settings I can find, but nothing is related to alarm clock.
I have not rooted my phone, as I am yet uncertain as to if I really want/need to or not - at present time.
I've used the same ringtone, alarm sound and sms sound for the better part of the last 8 years or so, and I have no wish to change that any time soon.
So if anyone want to be so kind as to enlighten me how I should go about to add it to my phone: what format should be used? Where do I store it? And for the love of grumpy cat, how do I find a setting/list where I can chose a default audio file for alarms? Oh, yeah, I'm using stock alarm clock. If someone know of a really good app where this can be achieved with simplicity then feel free to enlighten me (I do NOT want to test all apps that are out there just to find a good one; would rather just keep the default one and never change )
Thanks in advance,
/Martin

Go to the programs and open Clock.
Press the cross on the upper right corner to create a new alarm.
When the new alarm screen opens, you can see a "more" bar at the bottom.
Pressing that will reveal more options including the alarm tone one.
Going there you can find an "add" button at the bottom of the alarm tone list.
Click that and select your favorite sound/music.
:victory:

Wow, I really feel so stupid at the moment! I've pressed that "more" bar so many times before, but since I never could scroll below it (without clicking it, as I now see) I never attempted to scroll down once I've clicked it the first time!!
I'll be right back, just gonna go and smash my head against the wall a couple of times!

adb push /path/to/alarm-tone /system/media/audio/alarms/alarm-tone
Sent from Spaceball One.

thank you

I get double notifications for Threema/Whatsapp

Hi there,
when I lock my Mate S I eventually get notifications from threema and Whatsapp. The Threema notifications are always doubled, the exact same notification and for Whatsapp I get group notification for every single message with the sender and for the group chat with the counter of the messages.
I know from some other posts some of you have also problems like this. Has anybody found a launcher and lockscreen combination to fully disable the stock lockscreen? I currently have the Smart Launcher installed and I love it, but when you activate the lockscreen the stock lockscreen stays on top or beneath it, even when you disable it in the Themes Section of the settings.
Rob

Maybe this app can help => https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fpt.marco.notificationmonitor

chato.pl said:
Maybe this app can help => https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fpt.marco.notificationmonitor
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Thank you, that really did the trick finally!
Edit: Apparently that only did work 1 day, the bug appeared again. Someone got another idea?

Some question on OnePlus 3T and OOS 4.0 (coming from OnePlus One (COS or CM14.1)

1. Is there no way hide notification on lock screen for apps that's always in the notification bar (like Tasker or Call Recorder?)
2. I can't find anyway to turn of the screen by double tap the notification bar (like in COS or CM).
/Söder

soder said:
1. Is there no way hide notification on lock screen for apps that's always in the notification bar (like Tasker or Call Recorder?)
2. I can't find anyway to turn of the screen by double tap the notification bar (like in COS or CM).
/Söder
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1. I'm using the payed version of call-recorder, and I can disable the notificationbar icon and notification.
2. Sadly this feature (or better gesture) is not availible in oos.

nvertigo67 said:
1. I'm using the payed version of call-recorder, and I can disable the notificationbar icon and notification.
2. Sadly this feature (or better gesture) is not availible in oos.
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Call recorder is a widely used name for apps that record calls. I use the one from Skvalex, also payed version.
What I mean is that normally apps that shall stay active all the time needs to be in notification bar, but I rather don't see it when I only turn on the display with the lock screen.
In CM and COS I could deal with this with options like "never show for apps always in notification bar".
/Söder

soder said:
Call recorder is a widely used name for apps that record calls. I use the one from Skvalex, also payed version.
What I mean is that normally apps that shall stay active all the time needs to be in notification bar, but I rather don't see it when I only turn on the display with the lock screen.
In CM and COS I could deal with this with options like "never show for apps always in notification bar".
/S�der
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Me too: appsettings->appearance->third entry

nvertigo67 said:
Me too: appsettings->appearance->third entry
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Yeah, but, is it still active, and doesn't get shut down?
/Söder

soder said:
Yeah, but, is it still active, and doesn't get shut down?
/Söder
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Hmm, I'm on 4.0 and havn't used call-recorder in the short time I was on 3.5.4, next time I'm restoring 3.5.4, I'll check and report back.

Stupid me! It was because I had no PIN set on the phone, I had no specific options for the lock screen.
/Söder

Notification problem

Hello, I installed the last Global ROM (11.3.3). I have a problem with notification: there's the same bug as all Xiaomi devices with notch: the notification doesn't appear near the clock.
Moreover, WhatsApp notification doesn't appear in the lockscreen (even if I selected to show the notifications in the app settings). This fact, anyway, does not show if I remove the lockscreen PIN.
There's a fix for these two problems?

I cant post screenshots as a new user..
Anyways, Settings/Display/Notch&Status Bar/ and hit the "enable icons" which is disabled.
Hope this helps.

banes768 said:
I cant post screenshots as a new user..
Anyways, Settings/Display/Notch&Status Bar/ and hit the "enable icons" which is disabled.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you! It restored the notification in the notification area. But I'd like also to know how to show the notifications in the lockscreen. The problem seems to be only with whatsapp, as Facebook's and Instagram's (for example) notifications are shown there.

I am trying but I can't find it right now.
What I can say is, I did have working notifications at some point but it allowed anyone to see the content of my Whatsapp messages and even reply to them without unlocking the phone so I turned them off somehow (was probably Special Settings/Quick replies)
Going to look further, the Notifications in Settings don't do anything. It could have something to do with me blocking the Internet on most Xiaomi apps but I sure hope that's not the case.
Edit: found something interesting in settings/apps/other settings. Selected messages and at thr bottom there is a setting to show notifications and guess what. it only has a single option related to the lock screen "don't show notifications at all" so it cannot be changed.
woah this miui is a mess
edit: I went ahead and debloated the phone from most of the Xiaomi apps. I have no access no notifications settings anymore but it didn't fix the problem
edit2: softlocked my phone and had to wipe everything. Notifications are back on stock lol

FIXED IT! woohoo!
After many, many hours of messing with my phone .. here's what you have to do:
Settings-Passwords & security - Privacy - Special app access - Battery optimisation
Here, click the blue bar and select "All apps"
Now scroll down until you find "Notifications" and open it.
Select "Don't optimise"
Holy mother of god NOW THAT'S A MAZE IF I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE!
sorry about the double post but wtf Miui
Edit: it breaks after the first notification. Then I reboot the phone and again it works for the first notification uhm yeah I give up. So I put it in Optimisation mode again, along with Always On and settings storage (had disabled them earlier) and now notifications pop on my lock screen but only new notifications!
Once I've unlocked the phone, the lock screen is empty until something new comes. However my Apple Music app now shows on lock screen as well with the typical controls for switching songs.

banes768 said:
FIXED IT! woohoo!
After many, many hours of messing with my phone .. here's what you have to do:
Settings-Passwords & security - Privacy - Special app access - Battery optimisation
Here, click the blue bar and select "All apps"
Now scroll down until you find "Notifications" and open it.
Select "Don't optimise"
Holy mother of god NOW THAT'S A MAZE IF I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE!
sorry about the double post but wtf Miui
Edit: it breaks after the first notification. Then I reboot the phone and again it works for the first notification uhm yeah I give up. So I put it in Optimisation mode again, along with Always On and settings storage (had disabled them earlier) and now notifications pop on my lock screen but only new notifications!
Once I've unlocked the phone, the lock screen is empty until something new comes. However my Apple Music app now shows on lock screen as well with the typical controls for switching songs.
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Thanks man!! I'll give a try! I've also discovered that notification were blocked, on lockscreen, for some contacts (the ones I wanted to be shown). I definitely agree with you that MIUI is a mess... My last phone was an OnePlus 6T, now I own a Mi 9T Pro. The hardware is amazing, but the software is a crap compared to the OxygenOS.

Unidentifiable notification at six in the morning every day for two months! Damn....

My Huawei P30 Pro android 10 - Emui 12.0 - in stock, for two months, every morning, between 05.00 and 06.00, - despite the "Do not disturb" setting being activated on time
(activation / deactivation times checked several times) wakes me up with a damn banner-free notification that would identify the app responsible for the notification.
So it's not easy to identify and deactivate the responsible app out of the 100 installed - unless you do a hard reset and two days to reset.
Obviously it's not the alarm clock.
I uninstalled the 3/4 apps that I thought might be responsible without success, and tried to use logcat - but I was unable to set the filters to isolate the problem.
I would be grateful for a suggestion. . . Please . . .

Go into the settings of each app and check which ones allow notifications. There are apps that will filter this out for you. Until you do this, you can change the notification to "no sound".

ze7zez said:
Go into the settings of each app and check which ones allow notifications. There are apps that will filter this out for you. Until you do this, you can change the notification to "no sound".
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Thank you for your answer,
I'm not sure I understand your suggestion, because I've already done what you suggest, checking the 100 apps installed one by one.
Perhaps due to my mistake in interpreting the settings, or due to inattention I have not found any app with notification settings different from the others ....
There are many apps with active sound notifications: most of them. It is not easy to understand which app is responsible.
Could you explain better, please?

For example
Notification Blocker & Cleaner - Apps on Google Play
Keep the notification bar neat and clean
play.google.com
or
Notification History Log - Apps on Google Play
Notification History Log is the powerful notification tracker! Restore messages!
play.google.com

kRel said:
My Huawei P30 Pro android 10 - Emui 12.0 - in stock, for two months, every morning, between 05.00 and 06.00, - despite the "Do not disturb" setting being activated on time
(activation / deactivation times checked several times) wakes me up with a damn banner-free notification that would identify the app responsible for the notification.
So it's not easy to identify and deactivate the responsible app out of the 100 installed - unless you do a hard reset and two days to reset.
Obviously it's not the alarm clock.
I uninstalled the 3/4 apps that I thought might be responsible without success, and tried to use logcat - but I was unable to set the filters to isolate the problem.
I would be grateful for a suggestion. . . Please . . .
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Long press on notification and then press disable notifications

toolhas4degrees said:
Long press on notification and then press disable notifications
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It was written:
"wakes me up with a damn banner-free notification"

ze7zez said:
It was written:
"wakes me up with a damn banner-free notification"
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And what does it say?

it is maybe an virus

toolhas4degrees said:
And what does it say?
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That you don't press long on a notification you can't see.

ze7zez said:
That you don't press long on a notification you can't see.
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If you don't say what the banner says, it's really hard to track it down

Thank you all !
I confirm, it is a notification without a banner! So there is nothing to deactivate.
I'll try the Notification History Log suggested by @ze7zez - Thanks!
I am amazed and curious to receive notifications at times when the "do not disturb mode" is active.
Setting that I deactivated and reactivated for the occasion, hoping to resolve, unfortunately without success.
These days since my last post I have been doing a lot of research on the phone without discovering anything. The last operation I did in the notification settings, was the deactivation FOR ALL apps of the sound notification and the definitive uninstallation of Blokada which has a permanent notification without time (maybe the updates of the db?), and it seemed to me to have solved.
Since the sound notification of my bank's app is important and necessary, yesterday I reactivated it. Punctually this morning at 07:30 - on "do not disturb" time - I received a sound notification from the bank. So it seems that the responsibility of the sound notifications within the "do not disturb" range is precisely of the "Do not disturb mode" which perhaps does not work as it should ....

thanks to the app recommended by @ze7zez (Notification history log) I discovered the app or rather the apps that generate night sound notifications, despite the "Do not disturb" mode active.
Eg. tonight at 02:10 I got a notification from Gmail.
So the flaw is not in the apps, but in the "Do Not Disturb" mode which no longer works. Now I have to figure out if I can restore the correct functioning, or if I have to disable the audio notification for each app.