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Can't dismiss alarm on MDA Vario II

I'm having a problem with an alarm that I can't cancel.
The alarm sounded at the correct time but the softkey to snooze or dismiss it never appeared. A soft reset failed to get rid of the alarm so I went into 'Clock and Alarms' and unchecked the two alarms that had been set. I then soft reset again and this didn't have any affect either.
I then went into Clock and Alarms again and discovered that the unchecked boxes were checked again. So I changed the times, unchecked them and clicked OK before soft resetting again. This still didn't wotk and the alarms are back to showing the original time with the boxes checked again.
The front indicator light is flashing orange, suggesting that there is a notification waiting, but there is no alarm symbol or softkey shown on the screen. I have discovered that if I receive an SMS then the notification for that appears correctly. When I dismiss this then the light changes to green, until I soft reset again when it vibrates for the alarm again and returns to an orange light again.
I think this may actually have something to do with Vito Button Mapper. I have had it installed and the trial has expired but I hadn't uninstalled it. I had noticed over the past few days that the Messaging and Web buttons on the front panel were no longer working. This morning I uninstalled the program (after the alarm problem started). This seems to have resolved some of the button problems but I was also getting an error message about 'Buttons.exe'. Eg. The Comms Manager button wasn't working until I assigned it to another app, then saved it and changed it back to Comms Manager again.
I've seen another post which recommends using SK Tools to try and resolve the alarm issue. I only have the trial version of SK Tools so I don't think I can do this. However, it did show me that the softkeys were still assigned to the Vito app.
I have tried using MemMaid to do a clean but it crashes at the Duplicate Notifications step.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, as I don't really want to do a hard reset and I don't want to buy SK Tools if it isn't going to solve the problem.
thanks

I was going to suggest memmaid and Sktools but I see you already tried. I use Sktools - you have the trial but it might be worth a try because I think the trial (from memory) allowed a limited list of 6 items to show up. Hopefully six items would be enough and if you got rid of one or two items when you re run it it might allow another six??
Mike

Thanks Mike I'll give that a try

I had the same problem as you about the alarm...
What I did, was download the check_notifications program from scarybear software (it is free) and even it says it is not for WM5, worked for me displaying all the notifications my TyTN have in.
There were more that 25 notifications!! most of them in the past and duplicated (well actually not "duplicated" but 7 or 8 times each one!)... I manually delete a lot of the notifications and only leave 7 of them (I really do not know if all of them are necesary but they seem to be "important") and after that the alarm went away and the new alarms/notifications star working again.
In my case, the problem was caused (I think) by a game named SPB AirIslands, cause I have more than 15 notifications of this game... after uninstalling the game and deleting the notifications everything is working just fine so far now.
Hope this can help...
regards

Thanks all,
I've tried a combination of SK Tools, Mem Maid and Check Notifications and I have half solved the problem.
I have now got to the point where I can cancel the alarms, clear the notifications, and I no longer have an orange light indicating that there are any outstanding notifications.
However, if I get into the same problem every time I try to set an alarm. The alarm will sound but the softkeys to cancel it do not appear. The softkeys for missed calls and SMS notifications DO appear, so it doesn't actually seem to be a problem with the buttons application itself.
One other thing I've just realised is that since this problem started appointment alarms no longer work at all.
Can anyone suggest anything else I should look for in MemMaid etc. that might help? I'm assuming that I will probably now have to do a hard reset to fix this but I really want to figure out what the cause is so that I can avoid it happening again (I never had to hard reset my M2000 once in 18 months use!).
thanks
Mark

Same here..
Well, I thought I am the only one with that problem: Its a T-Mobile MDA compact II with a german OS.
Any solutions? I realized I could delete the Alarm notification to get rid of the repeating alarm. But it is no help to run Pocket Mechanic (Notifications) every morning to silence my TyTN...

ROFL. I have similar strange behaviors with notifications. I finally decided to try to figure it out. I had 579 notifications in queue! I ran CheckNotification and it eliminated all but 12!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Todd,
got 92 notifications, all of them correct. CALENDAR.EXE for appointments, and some for device wakeup (Backup etc.) - any other idea?

I still haven't got to the root of the problem but here's an update in case this ever helps anyone else:
* I've tried to clear the alarms problem using SK Tools, MemMaid and Check Notifications. I've found it easier to use MemMaid but I'm sure the other apps will achieve the same thing.
* Soft resetting after clearing the offending entries from the notification queue seems to clear the alarm, but only if I select soft reset from within MemMaid (rather than resetting with the stylus).
* The problem still happens again every time I set an alarm.
* Appointment alarms in Pocket Informant are no longer working. The device sometimes seems to wake at the correct time, but the alarm does not sound and no notification appears on screen.
I've tried hard resetting and then restoring with a Sprite Backup. Unfortunately I didn't have a recent backup from before the problem started (carelessness on my part as I allowed a scheduled backup to overwrite it before I tested this approach).
So I think I'm going to go back to a very early back up (which I was trying to avoid so that I didn't have to reinstall too many apps).
However, I assume there is still something screwed in the registry somewhere, so if anybody ever comes across a solution please feel free to add it to this thread

I have a similar problem on my 8525. (posted a new thread before getting pointed here)
Before my 8525 I used to rely on my phone’s alarms to wake me up in the morning when traveling.
Now I have a problem.
1. the Default Alarm program does not work. No idea why, but I read you need a soft reset program to make them work. So I bought SkSchema. Now my phone resets ten mins before my Alarm is supposed to go off. For some reason the soft reset kills the alarms…
2. So Alarms still don’t work, but I want to run a test, so I turn on my alarm for 2 mins after setting it. 2 mins later it turns on, now problem 2. I can’t turn it off. It keeps going off for over twenty mins before I figure out how to trick it into turning off (soft reset alone did not work) I had to set a new alarm then soft reset, somehow it turned it off.
3. I am relentless. So I decide to try using SkSchema’s reminder setting as an alarm. It survives the reset test. Then it goes off. Well I hit cancel on the notification and the alarm is still going off as I write this. Luckily I only had ten repeats setup… but the odd thing is the repeats are 5 mins apart. I am praying it will stop on the tenth repeat. Or I might be doomed to a hard reset.
So now a question…
Is there any reliable way to have an alarm on the 8525? I’ll go buy another program if I must just point me in the right direction.
And, Anyone know why I can’t turn off the alarms when they do work?
Thanks in advance, this is driving me crazy.
Q

Same issue...
I do nout use the built-in alarms anymore. Notification foe Calendar events works fine but alarms cannot be dismissed.
Well, I do use SKschema now.

i use spb Time, had similar issues as above before I used the spb app, no problems now and I can set mp3s as the alarm tone.

SKtools running in auto mode on startup fixed my problem, but it did not fix it until I unlocked the full version. Memmaid did not fix the problem.
I still can not use the built in alarms but skshema (or whatever the SK tolls schedule program is) does work.

Drives me nuts too...!
I'm using the check_notifications too to clear the red double alerts. But I have to do this every time after the alarm goes off... also I don't get any alarm reminders for calendar entries.
Isn't there anyone here who knows where the problem exactly is? there seems to be so much experts in this forum!! love to get rid of this problem - without, again, paying for some third party solution...

Hi,
No solution, just another poor soul with the same problem. It started a couple of days ago, when I could not stop the alarms. And now I do not get appointment reminders either. So I'll be watching this thread carefully and waiting for the expert that will solve it.
Thanks!

That is what is nice about SKtools (not sure if the others do this) But SKtools runs in automation mode, I have mine set to auto run on startup.
I also use SKhema to schedule resets.
So with a reset set to go off in the morning all my alarms work.
You can always tell if this is what is causing problems if your light is flashing orange but you have no notifcations to dismiss.
Although I must admit it is pretty lame that this even happens in the first place, but oh well I still like my phone.
EDIT:
With a little hard work we could probably figure out what is causing this. First we need someone to do a hard reset and run for a bit to see if this problem comes back.
If not we know it is a program.
Then we need to collect data on what programs we are running, to narrow it down.
I have a theory that it might be Pocket Informant. Just a theory.

Don't think so. I do not have Pocket Informant, and it happened to me.
After dowloading CheckNotifications and running it, I now have alarms again (plus the ability to dismiss/snooze them). Haven't checked the notifications yet. I had 200+ notifications, and I pressed Clear in CheckNotifications, which left just 2 items in the list. After reading all the warnings, I hope ActiveSync still works...

Desktop Outlook connection?
Having almost got rid of this problem it seems to have partially re-appeared. The normal alarms seem to work fine but I'm having intermittent problems with the notifications.
I'm beginning to suspect that this may have something to do with snoozing/dismissing alarms in a combination of both desktop Outlook and the PPC.
My MDA is often left plugged into my laptop at work for most of the day. So I will very often use Outlook to snooze and dismiss timed tasks and reminders throughout the day. I'm not really sure what the PPC is supposed to do under these circumstances. ie. when the device is connected is it meant to sound alarms or not?
I'm not sure because it seems inconsistent. Eg. sometimes the notifications appear on the device as well as the desktop, but I'm not convinced that this always happens. Also, because I'm snoozing the alarms on the desktop I'm not sure what effect (if any) this has on the notification queue on the device itself.
(Hopefully that explanation makes some sense!)
Does anybody else who is experienceing the problem regularly leave the device connected in this way?

markmat said:
I still haven't got to the root of the problem but here's an update in case this ever helps anyone else:
* I've tried to clear the alarms problem using SK Tools, MemMaid and Check Notifications. I've found it easier to use MemMaid but I'm sure the other apps will achieve the same thing.
* Soft resetting after clearing the offending entries from the notification queue seems to clear the alarm, but only if I select soft reset from within MemMaid (rather than resetting with the stylus).
* The problem still happens again every time I set an alarm.
* Appointment alarms in Pocket Informant are no longer working. The device sometimes seems to wake at the correct time, but the alarm does not sound and no notification appears on screen.
I've tried hard resetting and then restoring with a Sprite Backup. Unfortunately I didn't have a recent backup from before the problem started (carelessness on my part as I allowed a scheduled backup to overwrite it before I tested this approach).
So I think I'm going to go back to a very early back up (which I was trying to avoid so that I didn't have to reinstall too many apps).
However, I assume there is still something screwed in the registry somewhere, so if anybody ever comes across a solution please feel free to add it to this thread
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I have no solution yet, but my 8125 just started doing this to me yesterday morning.
And here is the strange thing... I have changed NOTHING in my phone. Monday morning it worked fine. I didn't do anything with the phone besides make calls and send/recieve texts on monday. Haven't installed anything new or changed any settings. Tuesday morning, it started alarming with no notification window. The alarm sounds with no way to stop it. If I soft reset the alarm starts right up again as soon as the phone comes back up.
I don't understand why it would do this out of the blue for no reason all of the sudden.
If I find an answer I'll post it up for sure.

I'm quite convinced now that the appointment/task notification problem is related to my using the notifications in both Outlook and the PPC.
(The problem originally started shortly after I began to use actively use Outlook at work).
I still haven't really figured out what is going on, but the appointment and task notifications don't seem to work at all on the device itself anymore only in Outlook. Even deleting stuff from the notification queue doesn't seem to resolve it.

Alarm and Reminder problem

I have problem how my Touch HD handles Alarms and Reminders. Not sure that this is WM 6.1 general problem or Touch HD specific but I would appreciate any help regarding this.
When I set alarm (clock settings) or create new appointment I expect from my phone to play sound until I do something about it. But that doesn't happen. When Alarm/Reminder starts, everything is ok but... After sound is played first time, there is almost 1 minute delay. And after that delay sound is played at same interval twice more times and that is it. Phone goes back to standby mode and until I power on manually I wont see message popup, or in most cases just a small bell icon in title bar.
My setting are pretty simple - everything is checked under Sounds and Notification:
Enable sounds for: Events, Programs, Notifications, Screen Taps, Hardware buttons
For Reminder event: Play sound (Alarm-Rooster), Repeat, Display Message on screen, Flash light for 5 minutes, Vibrate.
My questions are:
1) Is there possibility to loop sound while it is playing? Not just repeat at "unknown" intervals
2) Is there possibility to repeat alarm/reminder until it is turned off?
3) Is there way to have some notification window which can't be put in background until I do something about it.
I am not heavy user, so I don't check regularly what is going on on my mobile. But I do expect to be somehow notified when some important events happens (sounds, blinking, vibrate - just not led, because I can barely see it).

I tried to find program which handles alarms, notification and run into PhoneWeaver which is great but problem remains. As I understand PhoneWeaver rely on WM Alarms and Notifications behavior. It just adds convenient notifications for SMS, E-mails.
What bugs me is that I have now perfectly working notification when Email, Missed Call or SMS arrives. It will repeat chosen sound on certain periods of time until I do something about it. And standby doesn't have anything to do with it.
But problem still remains, Alarm and Reminder sound notification is repeated just three time until phone back to the Standby mode and that is it. If I don't see it then, I won't until I turn on phone.
Any ideas?

if I snooze an event for 1 hour, it comes back with a reminder in 30 minuets
WinMo handling of notifications is horrible IMHO
it may have been good enough back in the days of WinMo 2003 but it's just annoying now
my biggest gripes
*not enough snooze intervals (or a custom snooze time)
*wakes up the whole device to show u the alert
plus it's buggy
if I snooze an event for 1 hour, it comes back with a reminder in 30 minuets
does anyone else have this issue and maybe know a fix?

Is there any custom application that handles default WM behavior regarding alarm/reminders and notification? I found few, but all of them are just providing handy UI and keep using buggy WM. At the moment I am using PhoneWeaver in order to have profiles like on my Nokia. But look like it doesn't have full support for HD because I can't even change sound for Reminder.

rocktheroad said:
3) Is there way to have some notification window which can't be put in background until I do something about it.
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I want know also how I can fix that. I have ticked "show message on screen" and then a "bubble" comes on the screen when I have alarm/appointment, but that works only once. Next time I have a alarm or appointment, theres only bell icon on top bar.
I check settings and "show message on screen" is unticked! Help?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=525677
I found a same issue with Touch Pro, that's really annoying problem

The cure (almost)
Yes the repeating alarm/reminder thing is a bit weak to say the least I REALLY need to know if I've missed a call, SMS, meeting etc. There's a real nice powerful app called PhoneAlarm which does everything you could possibly want. Almost too customizable. The problem is it relies on the Today plugin but most of us are using HTC's TF3D which disables all the plugins. I've tried a few others but ended up with something called "Best Reminder" - corny name I know but its ok'ish. Try it in case it helps.

SPB Phone Suite, IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD, it has a repeating alarm bug fixes, and also repeated notifications for SMS/emails/Missed calls.
Try it, its sweet!
Willy

Sorry, I forgot to mention this:
No need to enable the Today plugin, just Set it, and forget it!

Will try it...
Willy318is said:
SPB Phone Suite, IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD, it has a repeating alarm bug fixes, and also repeated notifications for SMS/emails/Missed calls.
Try it, its sweet!
Willy
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If it's from SPB it should be good
I'm just having another go with http://www.pocketmax.net/alarmPal.html. Last time I tried alarmPal it kept crashing but this time round its on the device memory and seems ok so far. Its cheap too. "Best Reminder" is a half solution so hopefully one of these should work out.

Reminders wont sound and bubble wont appear.

I recently updated the firmware on my X1i and entered all my reminders again. The problem is that even though the correct check boxes are checked there is still the problem that the sound wont play and the bubble doesn't appear to notify me.
Any ideas?

fix reminders
i had this issue, and i dont remember where i found this solution, but im pretty sure its a common one. I dont know why this works, but it does
start/settings/system/clocks and alarms
switch your time to "visiting, hit ok and exit the clocks and alarms settings.
then open it again, switch back to "home" time, and viola!
I dont know why this works, but it does, and it usually sticks for quite a while, though i do occasionally have to do it again which is still unacceptable in my book, but I have yet to find a better solution than this.

Thankyou
This has fixed my problem, thanks loads.
Psym

Reminders no longer working, sound or pop up notification
Many thanks, confirm this fix of changing between clock 'Home' and 'Visiting' locations (along with saying yes to coresponding change of calendar times each time) fixed this issue for me to.
For reference I was using stock Sony R3A rom and believe this happened after I silenced an alarm set via the SPB Mobile Shell panel downloaded off Sony's own site. (Old WM, New X1 user so been holding off my re-flashing itch ;-)

Same calendar problem as hero?

When I had the hero I had a problem with calendar reminders, can anyone confirm whether this is the case with the legend as well? Here's my original post:
When the screen is locked, and a calendar remidner pops up, is the an option other than dismiss or snooze? For some reminders, I don't want to keep snoozing, and I don't want to dismiss cause it'll disappear. On other android phones I would unlock the screen, check the reminder and then leave it or press home and it would stay in the notification pane until dismissed. But with the hero to even access it it seems I need to dismiss it. Any way around that?

cant you just snooze it and then check it ?

No, because i don't want it to keep bothering me, which is what happens when you snooze.
Basically when it beeps, and I see it on screen, I just want to silence it without snoozing (cause it'll keep coming back) and without dismissing (cause then it's gone).
On android phones without htc sense it works, you just hit the home button, which keeps the event in the notification bar until you go select it and dismiss it.

I tried to switch off the screen and it helped to me. The reminder was available in the notification bar and no other bothering occured.

good point, the hero didn't have a screen button if I recall correctly, thanks I'll give it a try when I FINALLY get my phone

Problems like this...
....do my head in

KK43 said:
good point, the hero didn't have a screen button if I recall correctly, thanks I'll give it a try when I FINALLY get my phone
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The power button on the far right of the phone does it.

Sent mails not shown in sent folder and some other issues

Hi!
I wonder if someone could tell me why the emails I've sent don't appear in the sent folder, neither in the HD2 mail application nor on my email account (using IMAP which works fine with keeping the inbox in sync; no Exchange used here). It's like I've never sent a mail although they reach their destination. I'd very much like to be able to access my sent mails in any way other then CCing myself or just sending the mails via the mail provider's webinterface...
An other minor issue: How can I force the active alarm (I mean the one that went of right now) of the default alarm application to display on the lock screen? After I've sent my device in for screen replacement (had image jittering and ghost presses while typing; gone with the new screen btw.) the resettet ROM (1.66) won't allow the ringing alarm to be displayed on the lockscreen. Now I first have to unlock and bring up the alarm application to disable the ringing alarm. Before I just hat to hit "disable" on the woken up screen although the device was locked before...
And while I'm at it... the volume bar on the music tab isn't there when I press the volume rocker. There just comes up a 1cm wide vertical bar on the left side (in sense's dark grey color). The volume changes just fine, I'd just like to have the volume bar back to see the current volume level.
I'm aware that the last two problems might be fixed with a hard reset but I've spent quite some time to get everything running the way I want (esp. the reg tweaks from the hints and tipps thread) which I don't want to go to waste. I've used no cabs I haven't used before on 1.66 and those I used worked fine before.
Thanks in advance!