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How can I get more reminder snooze options in WM5?

Hi!
Is there a way to get more snooze options in the reminder bubble?
In WM2003 there was 1 day, 8 hours, 2 hours and 1 hours. But in WM5 there's only 1 day, 1 hour and 15 minutes. It's relly frustrating to snooze a reminder 23 times (if i set a 1 day in advance reminder) to be able to get the reminder 1 hour before the event starts.
I've searched the forums and internet in general but haven't found anything. Does anyone here know how to add reminder options in WM5?
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I am also looking for this, anyone knows ?

Any news?

Just a suggestion. After setting it for the 1 day reminder, and being alerted by the device at that time, why don't you just edit the event and set the new time for 15 minutes before? No snooze in that, just a new reminder time.
G'luck

phoneAlarm by PocketMax lets you do this, if it helps...
Edit: Actually - sorry, after re-reading, I'm not sure it does the snoozing thing. Apologies.

To change the entire event will take much more time than just snoozing it for extra XX minutes or hours.
Phonealarm is a great application, but it impact alarm repeat or sound, but doesn't customize snooze menu :-(.

I know this may sound weird, but if there is a specific list of "obvious" updates or changes that NEED to be made, let me know. I have an old friend from high school that works for MS on the WM5 project. I do believe the snooze stuff should be changable. Where you can alter what you want your snooze functions to be. But anyway, about the list. Is someone compiles a list, i'll be glad to pass it on to him.

Any more news on this topic.
Does anyone know if we can change a registery setting?

I am also looking for a way to either change or add different snooze times..! The standard snooze options are SO FRUSTRATING...!
Cameron

DeniaL said:
I know this may sound weird, but if there is a specific list of "obvious" updates or changes that NEED to be made, let me know. I have an old friend from high school that works for MS on the WM5 project. I do believe the snooze stuff should be changable. Where you can alter what you want your snooze functions to be. But anyway, about the list. Is someone compiles a list, i'll be glad to pass it on to him.
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Media Player needs some fixes...
-option to make it always use storage card even if storage card temporarily disappears
-in library, the back button functionality needs to be accessable via a left dpad click. there misht be another one that causes me to have to tap the screen when it needs to all work from dpad/softkeys
-option to remember what track and what time in track (a must for listening to audiobooks)
I agree on snoozes as well, I want a 7 hour snooze to remind me of stuff before I leave work.

I can understand wanting more options. But this one I've never seem to have gotten. Isn't the point of a reminder to remind you of something at the time you scheduled it? I mean if you weren't planning on doing something when the reminder goes off why did you schedule it for that time? Isn't the point of these devices to make us more productive not procrastinators? I dunno I'm sure someone will have a valid argument. Cheers.
I've always found using progs like Calendar + useful for knowing what's coming up a day or two in advance. If I were to schedule a reminder a day before it happens I'll sure as hell forget about it as soon as I snooze it anyway. But that's just me. I have virtually no memory. I'm like a Palm Treo 650.

JuicePPC -- remember that it is not only calendar reminders that show up on the Reminder list, but also tasks and other activities which are flagged with a reminder. I often use Tasks (or an email, or even a simple Calendar entry, etc.) flagged with a reminder as my "To Do" list. If I am busy with another task when my Reminder goes off I will snooze it for however long I expect my current activity will take until I can address the "To Do" item, or Task.
Cameron

I think this does it as I recall...
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/time/?en

juiceppc said:
I can understand wanting more options. But this one I've never seem to have gotten. Isn't the point of a reminder to remind you of something at the time you scheduled it? I mean if you weren't planning on doing something when the reminder goes off why did you schedule it for that time? Isn't the point of these devices to make us more productive not procrastinators? I dunno I'm sure someone will have a valid argument. Cheers.
I've always found using progs like Calendar + useful for knowing what's coming up a day or two in advance. If I were to schedule a reminder a day before it happens I'll sure as hell forget about it as soon as I snooze it anyway. But that's just me. I have virtually no memory. I'm like a Palm Treo 650.
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I might be at work and get a reminder to ring a mate. I'll snooze it for 10 minute.
But then get called into a meeting and get the reminder again - I'll then want to snooze it for maybe 30 minutes or 2 hours (neither available), to avoid getting embarasing reminder bleeps.
Having "setable" snooze options is such a no-brainer i'm hardly surprised that Microsoft forgot about them.

Snooze periods

Is there anyway to get a snooze period longer than an hour but shorter than 1 day?

Also interested...
On a related note: is it possible to cancel a snooze?
Suppose you set snooze to 1 hour; is there a way to cancel it if you manage to get up within 30 minutes? ? (unchecking the alarm doesn't cancel it)
Jörg

jongi said:
Is there anyway to get a snooze period longer than an hour but shorter than 1 day?
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More than 1 hour snooze is a sleep in!!
I think I'd just set another alarm if it's longer than an hour.
Alternatively try searching for third party alarm software hopefully freeware that may have more options, including cancelling it if you wake up in good time. I'm sure on this forum people have mentioned good alarm software so you could search here or just google alarm freeware for WM5.
Mike

This is one of the most annoying "upgrades" on WM5 along with the inability to select multiple recipient in Outlook. I want to snooze my alarm for 30 minutes but can't. Or what if I want to snooze a reminder for just 8 hours?
Is there a way to change the snooze values?

I would also like to know if this can be edited. Maybe by using a registry editor. I would als like a 30 min snooze. A 1 minute snooze isn`t really useful

Still no fix for altering Snooze time frames???
Boy, I was really hoping for some work-around on this. I can't believe we jump from a 1 hr snooze time-frame to 1 day. Any registry tweakers out there with the knowledge to fix and/or alter the default time allotments? We'd really appreciate it!
TIA!

I've tried searching for the ability to change snooze time and ran across this thread. I was wondering if anyone has found a solution to setting snooze times in WM6 without the use of third party software. I would be willing to try editing the registry if you could point me towards these values.

Hi!
Also very interested in this, but from what i've searched so far... must be really dificult, because couldn't find a solution anywhere.
Really supid having 1 hour and then 1 day....
Regards
FLP

I usually set my alarms in half an hour intrevals... annoying.
Seeing the word "snooze" so many times... hilarious.

Tasks on TF3D home screen?

Hi guys...
Does anyone know if it's possible to add 'Tasks' to the home screen underneath the calendar appointments in TF3D Home Screen? This must be an oversight surely, as for many people (and this device must have a myriad of business users), tasks are just as important as appointments!

grahamkdt said:
Hi guys...
Does anyone know if it's possible to add 'Tasks' to the home screen underneath the calendar appointments in TF3D Home Screen? This must be an oversight surely, as for many people (and this device must have a myriad of business users), tasks are just as important as appointments!
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C'mon graham, you're a senior member and should be able to use the search function within this forum...
And at least: No so far not possible.

grahamkdt said:
Hi guys...
Does anyone know if it's possible to add 'Tasks' to the home screen underneath the calendar appointments in TF3D Home Screen? This must be an oversight surely, as for many people (and this device must have a myriad of business users), tasks are just as important as appointments!
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I just remapped the left soft key to open my task list in agenda one and works perfectly for me.
Steve

I did the same and posted how to do so for someone asking the same question on this forum a month back.

IMO, the lack of support on TF3D for the tasks program is one of it's biggest downfalls. I always had that option checked on my today screen, so that I could be constantly annoyed by reminders of bills that are due.
I bet this would be fairly easy for a developer with an understanding of the TF3D interface to tackle..

I'd also like to see this, very handy thing to have.

Is somebody presently working on such an application? searching brings up plenty of threads saying it isn't possible at present but unusually for this forum, no indication that an application is in progress.

It would be great thing... for ex clock could be much smaller and then tasks / appointments under that clock... something like agendatoday, but smaller one...

Thanks guys...
Thanks for the replies. And yes, I know I'm a senior member and I always search before posting, but in this case I couldn't find the answer I was looking for. And judging by other users responses, I'm not alone with this one.
Besides that, I don't buy the "can't be done" response. Whenever someone says something can't be done, they're usually interupted by the person doing it!
I purposely left my reply for a couple of weeks to see if anyone could come up with a solution, but alas, it's seems this one really "can't be done" !!

Deleted sorry wrong forum :S

The way I solved this problem is using SecondToday and TodayAgenda in it. I mapped the left softkeys in both TF3D and SecondToday to switch back and forth (SecondToday does this). This way I have TF3D and a second today screen more "business oriented".
Add Homescreen++ to this and you have a digital clock and a data/call counter.
hope this helps

Hom screen calendar notifications

Morning all,
Quick question... the home screen calendar notifications... is there anyway to increase the time it shows... at the moment it will show 1 day in advance, can you make it 2/3days, a week?
Cheers
Jody

Calendar: character size and color - how to change ?
J7ody said:
Morning all,
Quick question... the home screen calendar notifications... is there anyway to increase the time it shows... at the moment it will show 1 day in advance, can you make it 2/3days, a week?
Cheers
Jody
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... and is there a way to increase the size of the characters and the color ? That light grey is really invisible, especially on non-black backgrounds!

I agree. Both problems need to be solved.
Maybe second today is a temporary solution for you (personally i never tried it).

saminegm said:
I agree. Both problems need to be solved.
Maybe second today is a temporary solution for you (personally i never tried it).
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Yeah, that is a possibility... Install SecondToday and run Calendar+ on it. But there has to be a way to do this in Manila!!!
Someone help! Please!

Maybe this thread will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=497197

Ok, have had a brief look into some of the mentioned links, but without sounding too lazy is there a simple CAB for this?
Jody

J7ody said:
Ok, have had a brief look into some of the mentioned links, but without sounding too lazy is there a simple CAB for this?
Jody
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Since you are too lazy and noone is answering I just tried the Touch HD cab (no BG4all) on Dutty's 3 and it works fine! Shows me more appointments! Especially when using the small clock on the home screen...
It does this by hiding the "Call History" item when no calls have been missed and using a few other tweaks...

Delaying reminders with more than one minute

When a reminder from for instance a calendar event, an incoming message or a missed call pops up, you can choose to dismiss it or delay it (not sure if delaying is the correct name in english, I mean postponing). When you choose delay, it pops up again after a minute or so.
WM offers the opportunity to choose for how much time you want the delay the reminder. If I recall correctly you could delay it for 1, 5, 30 and 60 minutes and 24 hours or so. Is there a way to get this choice back in TF3D? One minute is too fast for me.
Edit: for solution go directly to post 37.

I noticed this too. It's an annoying 'problem' for me. Hope to find a tweak/solution!

Hello there,
I had a little lookie in the registry found something that seems to do the trick, check out .
HK_Current_User > Controlpanel >notifications>reminders>autosnooze> AUTOSNOOZEMINS ......
Sorry for not displaying it like normal registry entries but I hope this is helpful, now I just have to find away of that annoying home screen problem.

Thanks for the Registry tip...I changed the registry and the MAX that it will snooze is 5 mins.....despite the amount you change the registry to!!!
It mentions something about the entry being a Hexidecimal??? I am not sure but I tried 15, 30, 45 and it only sleeps for 5 mins.
Any thoughts?

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HK_Current_User > Controlpanel >notifications>reminders>autosnooze> AUTOSNOOZEMINS ......
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Thanks. I've searched around for this HKCU/Controlpanel/notifications/reminders/autosnooze/AUTOSNOOZEMINS key a little. What I found is that it decides for how long the reminder keeps bugging you, when you're not responding to it by either dismissing or delaying it. That's not really what we're looking for. Furthermore, I would like to have a choice for how long to delay it each single time, not just have a different generic delaying time.

This does the trick: HKLM/sysem/shell/notification/oem/usedefaultui=1 in stead of 0. It also changes the appearance of the reminder though.

Answer from HTC.
To my question, why I can not snooze with different intervals, I have got this answer:
Dear valued HTC customer, Thank you for contacting our Customer Support Center. We are dedicated to providing you with the best quality service and answering all of your questions and concerns. You recently wrote us about an issue that you have encountered with your HTC device. To clarify your issue, you stated that: <i miss 1 impotant think to the new TD 2. It is the possibility to snooze a reminder with different intervals, which I can choose. Please repair it!>. It is possible to snooze with different intervals. Press on snooze and you will be able to choose different intervals. There’s also 3.party software there will allow you to snooze on different ways. We don't give support to third party software’s. If you have issues, please contact the manufacturer. If the above steps do not resolve your issue, we invite you to visit the support area on our Web site. Please go to: http://www.htc.com/www/support.aspx
Or you can go to: http://www.htc.com/select_country.htm
, select your country and then click on the Support tab. You can also call our Call Centre on the relevant local number from this link http://www.htc.com/europe/CA_Hotline.aspx
if you have further questions. Thank you once again for your continued patronage. Best regards, Europe customer support team HTC Corp. Global Service Division
I have installed Pocket Informant 8.51. Can this be the problem? How to solve it? I have not found the way how to snooze with different intervals.
Thanks!

Maybe they misinterpreted you because of the word snooze. Maybe you can snooze when you use the alarm clock to wake yourself up in the morning.
Have you read my previous post at all? It contains the solution!

deechte said:
Maybe they misinterpreted you because of the word snooze. Maybe you can snooze when you use the alarm clock to wake yourself up in the morning.
Have you read my previous post at all? It contains the solution!
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The normal alarm function pops up a little requestor with an alarm clock at the top and a description of the alarm. The soft keys are snooze and dismiss. Pressing snooze or holding down snooze both have the same effect, the alarm is snoozed for 5 mins, there is no option to change the length of the snooze interval.

shuflie said:
there is no option to change the length of the snooze interval.
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As I said: change HKLM/sysem/shell/notification/oem/usedefaultui=1 in stead of 0. That will give you different snooze options.

I sent an email to the Hong Kong HTC support centre. They did understand the problem was with Calendar reminders, but said that the snooze is fixed at 1 minute.
They have said they will pass on to the engineers a request for being able to choose different time periods, so I guess this could appear in a future firmware upgrade if enough other people ask for it too (hint hint!).
Meanwhile, I did the registry edit suggested by deechte and it now works in the usual (less pretty) Windows Mobile way. Thanks for this!
Ben

It seems a bit bizarre that somewhere there must have been a meeting where they decided that replacing the older version with the massively restricted new version was acceptable. Didn't anyone think at design time that the new implementation was a bit **** compared to the WM version?

Thanks deechte! The registry tweak worked like a charm on the Diamond2 - the original "Dismiss" and "Menu" were restored - when I clicked on "Menu", it gave me a big finger-friendly menu to choose the time to remind again - just like the standard WM6.1. Note: Had to restart the phone after the tweak before it takes effect.

Thanks it works

Glad I could be of help. I agree it's a pity that you get back the old-style menu. I prefer it's functionality though.

deechte said:
This does the trick: HKLM/sysem/shell/notification/oem/usedefaultui=1 in stead of 0. It also changes the appearance of the reminder though.
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Deechte, thank you very much for this trick. I was totally dissapointed with the current situation not been able to delay more than 5 min the alarms.

hey deechte, thank for the tip!

luckless me! registery trick dosen'y work for me!

Maybe restart your device afterwards?

doesn't work for me too...