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Req: Universal notification queue deleter

Folks, the Universal is desperately in need of a notification queue manager - one that AUTOMATICALLY deletes duplicates, and \\.\Notifications\NamedEvents\SCRIPT... entries.
PocketMechanic identifies duplicates, but does not clean up automatically every night. Scarybear cleanup apps only target common XDA duplicates - not the Universal's sddeamon dup.
It's a big ask, but would someone be prepared to whip sopmething up quickly. I'd undertake to promote it savagely in the xda-forums, along with encouragement to contribute to xda-developers in lieue of a shareware fee.
Features should include:
- Autorun every night
- Find duplicates and delete
- Find matches to user input and delete
- A text kill-file of matches, so that we (on this forum) can add entires and upload new kill files (presently sddeamon and the above script notifications are proliferating on an almost-clean JasJar after a hard reset)

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Anyone know if there may be something in the works somewhere?

Use Pocket Mechanic...it does it all :lol:

It's almost like we either need an automisation of the pocket mechanic function, or a butchered antivirus type app where we replace the virus definitions with a list of notifications we want to get rid of.

What are those NamedEvents notifications?
Are they safe to delete?

I found this elsewhere
Some of you may have noticed these "\\.\Notification\NamedEvents\Script..." entries in the notification queue database that seem to build up for unknown reasons. Well, I just realized that these entries are created for each event where the "Flash Light for" option is enabled.
To prevent these entries from building up, disable the "Flash Light for" option using the "Sounds & Notifications" settings for specific events, i.e. "Messaging: new text messages".
But if you prefer to have this LED alert enabled, avoid selecting "No Limit" as this results in corresponding notification q database entries to expire only approx 42 days later. They do not get cleaned up sooner thus, the build-up.

Alarms stop working or repeat constantly - some advice

I know this topic has probably been done to death, but I just thought I'd share my experiences with a couple of alarm issues I've have with the Universal (aka my M5000).
I have had both the dreaded forever repeating alarm issue, as well as the disappearance of the alarm/calendar event notification dialog and alarm. They are, I believe, actually related. If you trigger a repeating alarm, while suffering from the missing notification problem, you'll never be able to turn the repeating alarm off.
In my experience, the missing alarm notifications are related to a bad entry in the notification queue, not necessarily the duplicate entry issue. Whenever I've lost alarm notifications, a quick perusal of the notification queue will show a calendar, task or alarm event that no longer relates to an actual live entry in the calendar. For example, you may have a task related alarm event in the queue, for a task you have long since deleted. This 'bad' entry essentially clogs up the queue, so no new notifications are received.
Delete the rogue entry and you should be back in business.

concern said:
In my experience, the missing alarm notifications are related to a bad entry in the notification queue, not necessarily the duplicate entry issue. Whenever I've lost alarm notifications, a quick perusal of the notification queue will show a calendar, task or alarm event that no longer relates to an actual live entry in the calendar. For example, you may have a task related alarm event in the queue, for a task you have long since deleted. This 'bad' entry essentially clogs up the queue, so no new notifications are received.
Delete the rogue entry and you should be back in business.
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I just ran into this issue today (reminders not triggering), how do you suggest I review and delete the notification queue? In the past I had tried using the Scary Bear Check Notification tool and didn't know what to delete and what to keep and ended up deleting everything (including my ability to Activesync).
Is there a simple way to do this or do I need to take another swing with ScaryBear?

The rule of thumb when dealing with Notification Que is always backup first before deleting anything. Second thing to remember after performing a hard reset and installing every application you want (without setting any alarms up) is to remember or make a list of the Notification Que present, because basically those are the basic Notification Que that should always be present for a trouble free Universal. Just remember that list and anything that is being added is most likely the culprit causing the trouble. Lastly, after installing any application, always check the Notification Que list to see if the app that was installed is adding anything on the list. This should give you an idea whether the newly installed app requires a Notification Que.

Repeating Alarms
Can I stop these infuriating alarms without performing a hard reset?
I think they are caused by soft resets.
How do I view/edit the alarm/notification queue or duplicate entry your refer to.
I have tre-reg editor if that helps. but where do I look?
Thanks

You can clean the duplicates in the notifivation queue using a 3rd party application such as Omega One's Pocket Mechanic. There are others that are free, I am sure you'll find them if you do a search on "notification queue" in the forum.
Edit: Here's one http://scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html

Thanks for that. Scary Bear did it. But there are so many other entries that up in red. God! Can't delete them all in case I remove something important

Cannot clear notifications - XDA Mini S

I somehow missed the "Dismiss" command on a couple of wake-up alarms last week and now I keep getting the alarm notification sounds and can't find any way to stop them.
I get the alarms every time that I re-start the phone (which I have to do after ending an ActiveSync session).
I have not installed the latest firmware yet, because I don't have the time to back-up all of my settings & shortcuts, so I just want to stop the notification sounds without major disruption.
I've tried all the combinations of alarm and notification settings that I can find and it makes no difference.
I presume that non-dismissed alarms are stored somewhere and keep firing-up whenever the phone is re-started, but how can I stop them?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
PS, I don't have any registry editing software.

Use the attached software (install via activesync) to clear duplicated notifications. In options/settings both boxes need to be checked. If i still wont go after this I found sktools sorts out stubborn duplicate notifications http://s-k-tools.com/

Clearing Notifications
meschle said:
Use the attached software (install via activesync) to clear duplicated notifications. In options/settings both boxes need to be checked. If i still wont go after this I found sktools sorts out stubborn duplicate notifications http://s-k-tools.com/
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Thanks Mark
When you say to install via ActiveSync, do you mean to have an ActiveSync connection with the phone and then run the executable on the PC?

Re: Clearing Notifications
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meschle said:
Use the attached software (install via activesync) to clear duplicated notifications. In options/settings both boxes need to be checked. If i still wont go after this I found sktools sorts out stubborn duplicate notifications http://s-k-tools.com/
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Thanks Mark
When you say to install via ActiveSync, do you mean to have an ActiveSync connection with the phone and then run the executable on the PC?
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Yes thats right

Check Notification
I've installed the program and get a long list of events.
In the Application column, a number are NULL, but most entries are sddaemon.exe, plus some calupd.exe, CALNOT.EXE, CALENDAR.EXE, clocknot.exe, repllog.exe.
I have 144 events.
When I click the Clear button, it processes the events and then the program gets stuck on Event 145 of 144.
I seem to be able to clear the events one at a time, which is extremely laborious.

Re: Check Notification
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I've installed the program and get a long list of events.
In the Application column, a number are NULL, but most entries are sddaemon.exe, plus some calupd.exe, CALNOT.EXE, CALENDAR.EXE, clocknot.exe, repllog.exe.
I have 144 events.
When I click the Clear button, it processes the events and then the program gets stuck on Event 145 of 144.
I seem to be able to clear the events one at a time, which is extremely laborious.
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You should only clear duplicate notifications - some of those notifications listed are important to the normal running of the phone. Make sure both checkboxes are ticked under options. If there is a stubborn duplicate notification that won't shift use sktools that should do it.

Re: Check Notification
You should only clear duplicate notifications - some of those notifications listed are important to the normal running of the phone. Make sure both checkboxes are ticked under options. If there is a stubborn duplicate notification that won't shift use sktools that should do it.
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Oops !
I cleared all notifications before I saw your message.
What can I expect to go wrong with the phone and can I fix it?
Thanks

delete the NULL notifications by hand, tap on them and choose delete. after that, just press clear and all other duplicates will be removed automatically.

Re: Check Notification
parbrook said:
You should only clear duplicate notifications - some of those notifications listed are important to the normal running of the phone. Make sure both checkboxes are ticked under options. If there is a stubborn duplicate notification that won't shift use sktools that should do it.
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Oops !
I cleared all notifications before I saw your message.
What can I expect to go wrong with the phone and can I fix it?
Thanks
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If the phone is still working then fine - soft reset hopefully the important notifications will return - all those marked calendar are for reminders of appts/events so you will need to set the reminders again. The actual events should still be there.

Re: Check Notification
If the phone is still working then fine - soft reset hopefully the important notifications will return - all those marked calendar are for reminders of appts/events so you will need to set the reminders again. The actual events should still be there.
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Thanks - everything seems OK so far (fingers crossed).

Alarm keeps on going off after soft reset! Help please!

Hi,
My prophet's (M600) alarm keeps on going off when I reset the device. There is no notification and no ways to stop it. I have to mute the device for an hour or so, then it "forgets" about it. Any idea why this happened and any ways to stop it apart from hard resetting?
Thanks in advance

Hi,which alarm ? Alarm clock ?

Yes, I think it is the alrm clock. As I said there is no notification saying what alarm it is, but it is the same sound as I used for Alarm clock to wake up in the morning.
Thanks

Maybe a scheduled task registered every day no ?

No. Infact there is no alarm set now. I dont even use it to wake up in the morning. I have turned off the alarm. Still it starts after a soft reset.
Thanks for reply

Do you use a plug today in your today screen ? Next message in pm.

The problem will be a notification in the notify queue that should not be there. For a calendar reminder it will be a calendar.exe notification. Use the attached program to check the notification queue - find the one and delete. For the alarm notification - turn off alarm and check the queue and delete any clock.exe notifications which is the one for alarms. Also goto options/settings and tick both boxes and check for duplicate notifications which will be marked in red - delete those. Do not delete the other notifications they are needed for the normal running of the device.
Activesync your device and run exe from pc.

Thanks for the reply. I tried this using memaid. But no cure. So, I had to hard reset my device. Thanks anyway :roll:

Thanks for the reply. I tried this using memaid. But no cure. So, I had to hard reset my device. Thanks anyway :roll:

hey, I was having the same problem - and it worked! MemMaid will open the notificaiton queue; from there, I had to look for any "CLOCK.EXE" type notification - I found several that were set for daily alarms, even though they never rang (and I don't remember setting them.) Deleting them did the trick!
THANKS!

help please
So it gets rid of the notifications.
but if i want to use the windows alarm, why does it not show up on the screen when the alarm is going off? I want to be able to snooze.
should i just use a 3rd party alarm?

Worked for me
Yep that program worked for me to. only problem was i had so many clock.exe in the list and you can only select one at a time and it takes its time. but still quicker that reseting my phone up after a hard reset.
cheers

I had the same problems as others listed on here and so I am trying this fix. During the fix I noticed a lot of "null" applications.
What do all the "null" lines mean?
Example: Application - Null
Notify type - CNT_TIME
Event Status - Active
Event Type - NONE
Arguments - (none)
Thanks

MemMaid worked for me too
Hello,
I had the same problem, every notifications didn't display.
I installed DinarSoft MemMaid v2.3, in the QuickClean tab I checked the 4 Notifications-related lines and I performed the cleaning process.
Then a soft reset with the stylus & the small button next to the usb connector.
And then : no more orange led flashes, no more unwanted alarm sounds. And I can use the alarm or calendar notifications again. It works.
Thank you for your posts.

Outlook Calendar Meeting Notification

The outlook calendar never notifies me about the upcoming meetings though i can see the meetings on the Today screen.
On Settings --> Sounds and Notifications --> Notifications tab
for Event = Reminders I have all options checked
Play Sound : Notify
Repeat
Display message on screen
Vibrate
Flash Light
But no notification comes up.

Make sure the appointment itself has the Reminder option selected - 1 min, 2 min, 15 min...
Might be too obvious OR you may have a more serious issue!

Yes. The appointments do have 15min reminders. PC's outlook pops up reminders window.

In that case it may be that your notifications have built up, or that there are duplicates in there.
First make a full backup. Then:
Get Checknotifications (free but basic) or Memmaid or SK Tools and check the notifications. Use the software to remove all duplicates, then look carefully at the remaining notifications which start with Calendar or Clock. Make sure that they all occur in the future. If any past or obviously strange notifications are there, then delete these. Don't delete notifications where you don't know what they do.
Then see if your reminders work properly again.
WLM alone puts 2+ duplicate notifications on my device on every soft reset.