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Any new ALARM CLOCK programs out there?

Hey guys,
Anyone know of any new alarm clock programs out there that have a large snooze button so i don't accidently turn off the alarm like i always do now with pocket travel alarm?
Thanks
JW

When you say new, have you tried all the old ones already?
There are a number of good options out there...
Have a look through here and pocketpc freewares
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/nominees_2005.asp
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Alarm Application
Hi JW,
I'm using ptravelalarm 2.60 and never missed an alarm since i installed it. Great application.
regards,
Fast

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fastguy said:
I'm using ptravelalarm 2.60 and never missed an alarm since i installed it. Great application.
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I tried it for a few times and I do quite like it over the PocketWakeup, due to its (travel alarm) nice looking interface. However, I went back to PocketWakeup anyway. Reasons:
(1) Travel alarm does not include a vibrate feature
(2) There is always a thread/process of travel alarm running at the background, which I'm not sure if helps on my slow Charmer processing power and/or the battery life.

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fastguy said:
Hi JW,
I'm using ptravelalarm 2.60 and never missed an alarm since i installed it. Great application.
regards,
Fast
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I'm using that now and I always press the stop button on accident. So its not working out...

This is a good alarm & its free, never let me down yet. http://www.freewareppc.com/clock/alarmclock.shtml

Don't know of any new ones. I use the alarm from MortPlayer. It is very basic, but does the job. I can use my MP3 as the alarm. I had it fail once because my phone didn't recognize my media folder on the storage card. It wasn't isolated to MortPlayer so I can't blame it on the program.

innominate said:
This is a good alarm & its free, never let me down yet. http://www.freewareppc.com/clock/alarmclock.shtml
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Yep, I've used that one too and have no complaints about it. It seems to work pretty well and has never let me down either.

I have been using MTUX AlarmX for a couple years. It isn't quite up to date (doesn't support landscape for example). And it's pretty basic (no MP3s, no repeating alarms) but then the interface is also simple. It is easy to set up to two alarms, alarm sounds, End or Snooze an alarm. I periodically try other programs, but always come back to this.

Alarm app??

Hey the ****y alarm sucks on our tmobile mda (us) and they dont play mp3s sorry for posting for help altho i have already looked and checked the ftp but i didnt know where to look or what its called. so can anyone direct me to the app? or a registry hack to get mp3 suport on the stock alarm? thanks in advance and i really like the site its very nice. good to see so much support

i use ptravelalarm for that.nice UI and can play mp3 file. i have to change the alarm sound every now and then before my ears get used to the sound and ignore it
or else, you might want to try pocketalarm. both application cost you some penny though

isnt there any freeware for an alarm

http://www.freewareppc.com/clock/wolfclock.shtml
this program is an alarm that can use mp3's
but it is kinda ugly and bulky... i removed it shortly after installing it, but your taste might be different than mine.
if you manage to find something else, post it here cus i too would like an alarm that plays mp3s

Try Mortplayer. While it is a music player, it has a simple alarm on it that can made for daily, weekday, or each day use. It doesn't have multiple alarms for the days of the week, but like I said, it's alarm system is simple.

Curious D, I have mortplayer but does the app need to be open in order for the alarm to go off? Or can I close it?

http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1299
Here is another that i just found, it is in french, but once you figure it out, it works well

delude said:
Curious D, I have mortplayer but does the app need to be open in order for the alarm to go off? Or can I close it?
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Can close. I have my phone on standby with the volume off and it will go off on time with the volume turned back on. It will not turn on the volume for the phone, just the system volume. You can set the volume level for the alarm too by setting the preamp and volume on start up.

damn im having no luck here. i used to have an MPX220 that i had to hack the registry (add a few lines) for MP3 support for the alarm sound, but i figured my MDA would already come prepared for it

DJMOJO said:
isnt there any freeware for an alarm
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Here's a free reliable mobile alarm app that plays any MP3 you choose. I've had this app on my 8125 for over a year, and it's always been dependable, even if you soft reset before the app takes effect. This can be stored anywhere you like...just read the read me file for instructions.

What is the best alarm software for WM 6?

I have spb Time and I met many problem with it, it doesn't work properly.
What is the best alarm software which is reliable, stable, accurate, and has lots of options but should work properly with WM 6 Roms?
Thanks

amar963 said:
I have spb Time and I met many problem with it, it doesn't work properly.
What is the best alarm software which is reliable, stable, accurate, and has lots of options but should work properly with WM 6 Roms?
Thanks
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I use a program called Pocketalarm with WM6, works excellently.
http://pocketalarm.iit-bsuir.com/indexen.htm

amar963 said:
I have spb Time and I met many problem with it, it doesn't work properly.
What is the best alarm software which is reliable, stable, accurate, and has lots of options but should work properly with WM 6 Roms?
Thanks
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What kind of alarm are you looking for, one that plays your MP3s, or one that plays its own alarm?

-Spb Time is an ok alarm but you can find a lot more than SpbTime offers
-Alarm today is maybe the best alarm for any PPC but the today skin is just
-UGLY to deal evry day and to be the first think you hear/see @ morning
-EnAlarm is a great app and easy to deal with
I just install Pocketalarm yesterday so let me see how it works

yellowbird rs said:
-Spb Time is an ok alarm but you can find a lot more than SpbTime offers
-Alarm today is maybe the best alarm for any PPC but the today skin is just
-UGLY to deal evry day and to be the first think you hear/see @ morning
-EnAlarm is a great app and easy to deal with
I just install Pocketalarm yesterday so let me see how it works
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I was going to recommend the EN Alarm app, also called Mobile Alarm Free. This is a great app...never failed since installed over a year ago. Must have insomnia. I've attached the zip file that has the cab (install first) then the "install" file within the zip. After full installation, the foreign language files can be deleted giving memory back.

i take it none of these alarm apps, wm5 or 6 will work if phone is in standby.
cant stand the built in .wav alarms :/ but my phone is in standby overnight so i have to use it.

funy said:
i take it none of these alarm apps, wm5 or 6 will work if phone is in standby.
cant stand the built in .wav alarms :/ but my phone is in standby overnight so i have to use it.
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I leave my phone on all night every night while charging and the backlight off. No harm to the battery or phone. I have the backlight turned off by using psShutXP (tapping light off).I also use it for soft re-sets and shut down (stand by). Today plug in.

funy said:
i take it none of these alarm apps, wm5 or 6 will work if phone is in standby.
cant stand the built in .wav alarms :/ but my phone is in standby overnight so i have to use it.
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I leave my phone on all night every night while charging and the backlight off. No harm to the battery or phone. I have the backlight turned off by using psShutXP (tapping light off).I also use it for soft re-sets and shut down (stand by). Today plug in.
The alarm will activate at the designated time as long as the phone is not completely turned off.

when you say turn light off is the screen still on? just not backlit, does it come back easy enough?
or does it just switch off the display?
thanks

funy said:
when you say turn light off is the screen still on? just not backlit, does it come back easy enough?
or does it just switch off the display?
thanks
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The screen is black, display off. The light will come back on when the alarm goes off, or when you unplug the charging cord from the bottom.

thanks just got it up and running and does just what i need now to choose the alarm, cant seem to find a homepage for emalarm all i get is loads of warez sites when i google for it.

funy said:
thanks just got it up and running and does just what i need now to choose the alarm, cant seem to find a homepage for emalarm all i get is loads of warez sites when i google for it.
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WARNING it has been posted in this forum to not download ANY sw from "warez". Don't really know why, but it has been posted by admin and moderators.... You don't need to go to any website, where it says choose windows song file, or choose song file, tap on the box of your choice, and get your songs out of file explorer, if you have any. If you choose a MP3? from your dtorage card, tap the UP box, then quickly double tap on Storage card, double tap the song you want, tap OK, you'll see a box pop up showing your selected song..tap OK. You'll then be asked if you want this to continue. Tap yes or no, depending on what you want. You'll get the hang of it. By the way, you set the alarm time on the right side with the first 2 boxes for the hour, and the next 2 boxes for the minute. Ex: 9:00. The left side is already set.. it's the month(9) and day(5).
Here's screen shots step by step on how it's done.

dont worry i know what warez is and i wouldnt download it from there, but couldnt work out who made emalarm thats all.
thanks for the screenshots

well pocket alarm works great so far.
easy to deal with and you can choose run or sugest to run any app in your phone so you can set u an alarm to make a call an when it the time the alarm sounds and dial for you or open the dial pad choos the # or the contact and you just need to press talk, you also can run a video not just a .wma as your ringtone (videotone) I think is a great app.

I basicly want to use the build in alarm thing.. but I need more then 3 alarm clocks. can it be somehow extended to more clocks?

amar963 said:
I have spb Time and I met many problem with it, it doesn't work properly.
What is the best alarm software which is reliable, stable, accurate, and has lots of options but should work properly with WM 6 Roms?
Thanks
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Another good, free & accurate alarm/options.

hotdog53 said:
Another good, free & accurate alarm/options.
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Alarm not working correctly

Morning
I have set up the alarm on the sence home screen and set my tone to the alarm to but, When the alarm goes off it is not the tone i set and this will not wake me up. Is there a bug with the alarm has anyone else had this problem???????????????????

I used my alarm for a week straight while traveling - after having changed to a different alarm tone (alarm 5 - the default in my previous devices) - and it worked flawlessly. Not sure if we're doing anything different. Mine is the stock UK ROM from HTC direct.

My alarm has just plain and simple failed to go off 3 days running now. Worked fine Mon & Tues. Nothing since. Also having the unlock code being rejected - even though it's correct - on the same mornin

I too have had this problem but solved it this morning. I had a custom taskbar icon set installed. It messed with the volume screen, and was also causing my alarm to not sound. I uninstalled the icons (tsowen taskbar) and now my alarms are sounding again!
EDIT: I have just reinstalled the taskbar icons, and remembered that I forgot to install SDKCERTS.cab last time. Having installed both that, and the taskbar now, the alarms seem to be sounding alright. Will let you know if anything changes again.

My HD2 is still stock. Rather annoyed with the issues actually. Such an expensive phone should've been better QA'd

It seems to set off my reminders tone and my alarm tone at the same time. But it does play the sound I selected just with the other tone mixed in...

HD2 built in Alarm not working correctly
I have the same problem on my HD2. The Reminder sound starts just before the Alarm sound starts. It was not working that way on the HD : Alarm and Reminder were fully separate. I saw my issue on other forums, but no answer so far.
Of course other alarm software do solve the matter, but, beleive it or not, I am happy with the built in alarm, and I do not like unsolved issues.
I have searched the register many ways, but could not find any tuning. Is it a tuning or a bug ? Any idea from skilled developpers ?

It has worked perfectly for me, 100% of the time since early November, and I use the alarm daily.
I suggest you hard reset and try it without installing any 3rd party apps. If it does not work, detail every step you took to check it as you may have done something wrong.

HD2 Alarm not working correctly
Many thanks johncmolyneux for your wise advice. I have just tried it : real hard reset (+&- buttons then + then reboot). After reboot I cancelled all buttons asking for customisation. As soon as I got control, I defined a clock alarm, and... the Reminder (Alert-Soft) ringged just before the Alarm (Alarm-light).
So this problem really exists. I have had it with the stock ROM. And I still have it with the latest official ROM from HTC site "_HTC HD2_RUU_Leo_HTC_FRA_1.48.406.1_Radio_Signed_15.28.50.07U_2.05.51.05_2_Ship.exe".
From what you tell me (working OK on yours), it could be either a bug on all french ROM, or a hardware bug (would be rather strange).
Again, can solve by disabling All reminders, but then of course reminders will not sound.
Any idea from skilled developpers, a register entry, a cfg, an ini file ?

mkent_barbados said:
It seems to set off my reminders tone and my alarm tone at the same time. But it does play the sound I selected just with the other tone mixed in...
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Yeah...same bug too. First the reminder tone plays....then right after that, the custom alarm tone plays together..it's like a remix of the 2 tones.

This bug was also present in the cooked ROMs for HTC HD and it was solved using higher builds, starting with 21875.

Try G-Alarm
Hi,
I had the exact same problem with my HD2 running 1.48 with a minimum of applications installed and it was so annoying. I downloaded the program G-Alarm and it seems to work perfectly. I also applied the small hack, so you can access G-Alarm (or one of the others) directly from the home screen. The hack is described on Pocketnow.com.
Best regards,
Jacob

I have problems with the 'stock' alarm too, I use G-alarm at the moment, but it kills my battery overnight, well compromises I guess?? :S

i have problem with alarm too on stock rom 1.48
reminder sounds before alarm
alarm plays for hardly 5 sec ( 10 sec with alarm snooze sound file )
if not dismissed only repeats itself for 5 seconds after 15 sec of initial play back
well problem is alarm duration is too short the alarm sound should continue to play unless interrupted at least for 1 min .
secondly the alarm should auto repeat itself after minute or two if not interrupted.....
g alarm is not a solution actually
g alarm is nice application indeed but i feel its buggy on my phone and a bit unstable .......

commando0 said:
well problem is alarm duration is too short the alarm sound should continue to play unless interrupted at least for 1 min .
secondly the alarm should auto repeat itself after minute or two if not interrupted.....
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Also same problem with ASIAN WWE stock ROM. The alarm rings one time and then dies. The instant solution is to set long music as alarm.

Bah, the best solution is to install Klaxon or G-Alarm... I really can't understand why a so basic feature can't work as expected !

have all of you reported it to HTC ?
we all should pressurize HTC for solution of Bugs they have sold to us....
its their crap .......
so it should not be headache for us....!!!!!!
to talk about bugs in forums is not a good idea any way
we should bombard their service support with mails & calls and so that all bugs are reported well and official solution comes ...........
official update is always good rather then our individual efforts ....
it would save time for developing roms and new features rather then solving HTC Bugs ......
so every one agree?

i've already reported officially to the HD2 support page. They replied to look into the issue.

My HD2 is running on 1.48 (WWE) ROM. At first I had set the alarm from Mon-Fri at 7 am. It works well.
However, the alarm still goes off EVENTHOUGH I had switch off the alarm function.
Any ideas why this happens ?

I'm on stock o2 rom (1.43) and unfortunately have the same problem. First, reminder sound before alarm, then it rings only twice. ... quite annoying I must say...

[Q] Good alarms?

Currently, I use Klaxon, and I adore it. However, it periodically just stops working (the alarm will randomly not go off, and continue to not work until I uninstall and reinstall). This, of course, is a problem - Why use an alarm that fails to work?
I am looking for a new Alarm program, and was wondering if you knew of a good one?
*The default one is too quiet and lacks the snoozes I need.

ollyxD said:
Currently, I use Klaxon, and I adore it. However, it periodically just stops working (the alarm will randomly not go off, and continue to not work until I uninstall and reinstall). This, of course, is a problem - Why use an alarm that fails to work?
I am looking for a new Alarm program, and was wondering if you knew of a good one?
*The default one is too quiet and lacks the snoozes I need.
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Download BsB tweaks and you can set WM to have more snooze intervals.

Try G-Alarm. It is a really good one. I use it and it works fine for me. Has a good amount of alarm options on it. Hope this helps.

good alarm
I have been using g alarm for a good while and it has been really great. I like that I can set the vol to increase gradually. One complaint is that after a while the gradual increase became irregular.

I have been using SPB Time for years. It works very well. It's not free, but I think they have a demo available in the Marketplace. Worth the money, in my opinion.
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G-Alarm
deadmeatday said:
Try G-Alarm. It is a really good one. I use it and it works fine for me. Has a good amount of alarm options on it. Hope this helps.
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+1 on G-Alarm. More reliable for me than Klaxon. I like the ability to use 2 sound files, which creates a random alarm you can't ignore!
One little quirk: be careful when setting same-day alarms, because G-Alarm defaults to the next day. You have to manually hit the back arrow on the date when setting an alarm.

+1 on G-Alarm. I have been using it since last year. It is great, you can have many alarms and set it for different times on different days, it's great because I can have different alarms for weekdays and weekends. You can also have each alarm ring for longer or shorter and you can have it so you have to answer math questions or do puzzles to turn off. Try answering 16-7 when you are half awake, it will wake you up!

user602 said:
I have been using SPB Time for years. It works very well. It's not free, but I think they have a demo available in the Marketplace. Worth the money, in my opinion.
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+1 maybe not free but RELAYABLE!!!!

Thank you! I will definitely try it!

I have the cracked version. Go on the piratebay and search wm apps and a torrent should come up having a whole bunch of stuff for windows mobile including SPB Time.