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After the duplicates in notifications another old school bug came to me.
My Wizard did not wake up this morning and it is the second time it happens.
when I turned it on the alarm started to go off.
Definitely they built WM5 on a crappy unpatched version of WM2003.
Did it happened to somebody else?
If it is only me I'll try to remove some softwares that could incriminated.
On the other case did you find workarounds.
That's pretty tough if you can not rely on your alarm clock...
this has happened to me recently.
someone suggested a setting under tools, advanced in pocket plus if you have that installed.
waiting to see if that fixes the issue for me ...
Well this has happened to me. I've had my 02 mini for 1 day and on the whole I'm pleased but this AM the alarm did not go off which is a real problem for me. Luckily I had my trusty old xda2s which woke me up. I switched the mini on and the alarm sounded.
No software installed, in fact I skip all the o2 install and just have default windows 5.0. Maybe this is the problem !
This is similar to a problem I used to get on my xda1 when the alarm would not go off ( infact the whole phone locked up and I needed to soft reset in the AM )
Any ideas ?
jeff
I had the same problem on Wednesday morning - I set an alarm on Tuesday night, and it didn't wake me up!
I then tried to set an alarm for 15 minutes later than the current time and that work.
i did originally set the alarm to repeat, no light, no vibration and didn't bother making that change for the one that worked. I'll have a play to see if there's any common "feature" of alarms that don't ring.
And yes, I did check that the alarm was enabled , and enabled for the right day!
I'm no further with this - anyone else observed weird behaviour?
Same for me, the alarm goes off when I turn my Qtek 9100 on...
Same thing with my 9100, russian localized. Was late at the office today thanks to this "assistant"!
Hm... My russian localized 9100 works fine.
Message and Alarm issues
Hi all,
As I have found these problem very annoying, I decided to mail dopod, and this is what they said (and some more):
Dear Sir:
The mobile 5.0 system use new operation behavior for ROM control. It will save the changes for setting, file when power off (stand by). So if you soft reset it before power off (stand by), it will cause some data changes lost. Please power off (stand by) first, then reset. It should keep the data changed well.
And the download agent is use for download file in internet explore. It will download the file automatically you select a file it support in internet explore.
Thanks for using Dopod products.
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:58 AM
To: SEAService
Subject: Product Support and Web Contents
購買種類：PDA Phone
購買機型：Choose a Model...
Hi, I recently purchased dopod 838 in thailand. overall I am pleased with its feature and capabilities. But I encountered several problems: soft-reset issues, each time I soft-reset the phone,the alarm which I dismissed couples of hour before rang again! also some of my messages are deleted (sms and e-mail); alarm itself has issues, sometimes it won't ring. btw, what does download agent do? I have visited your website several times now and I haven't seen any improvements ever sice. application section only provide manual and still no games. I would hope to see some application which might help me with my problems, also it would be convenient if you can make it mobile-friendly. thank you for your kind attention, I would appreciate it if I can hear from you soon. Regards, Aditya Pamungkas
Can anyone confirm and comment this? as I have found no problem ever since. thanks
::adit
hmm, that doesn't explain why mine didn't set the alarm... I didn't soft reset it.
However, it could explain the root cause: alarms are being set, then the device is turned off before the RAM has a chance to update the registry/flash/whatever...
A bit of debugging should prove/disprove this. I'll have another play
More playing... This seems to be something to do with turning off before the ram state gets a chance to update the flash, and set the appropriate flags, etc.
I wish that microsoft had a trouble ticketing mechanism!
booooo
I'm a long time lurker but cannot withhold myself from posting after reading this
This happened to me also a cple of times.
Alarm (the one in te clock settings) and notifications from the calender both failed on me 1 or 2 times allready. It's un-F*&^**-ing believable :x
A $700 PDA cannot do what a $1 dollar wristwatch does flawlessly.
And this has been an issue since WM2002 as i can remember, thats the saddest part.....
It's one of the most important functions of my pda!!
If I had an (real life) assistant i'd sure fire him if he made me miss my appointments.
any updates on this ?
a pda that does not have a reliable alarm is pretty much useless. :-(
vishny said:
Hm... My russian localized 9100 works fine.
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Strange. I have same device and same bug.
Alarm not going off
Same happens with the HTC Universal (JJ).
Must definitely be a WM5 problem
Cheers
hrb
1st: I could not stop an alarm and had to make a hard reset, from that time I do not use the repeat functionality.
2nd: My morning alarm was "lost in space", from that time I check the notifications, and clear duplicates.
3rd: I had set the alarm from Mon to Fri, and on Thu the alarm was lost, it disappeared from the notif queue.
WM5 is unable to give a reliable alarm? It works for a time and suddenly gone?
What app would fix it?
Well, i did the hard reset and flashed to the lates k-jam rom.
I also did not install SPB pocket plus (one of my favourite apps )
Because i was suspecting it was slowing my system down.
And voila! untill today, my pda did not miss 1 alarm.
So i'm thinking spb pocketplus might be the culprit.
Can you guys confirm that you all have spb pocketplus installed when running into this bug?
No problem on my Qtek 9100.
But I use a french software named Pocket WakeUp 1.1
See : http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1299
For those who don't speak french I can translate the commands in english if you want...
there is also another freeware application made for this bug: search for WakeUp Tweak on http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/
But I'm not sure yet if it works completely well on WM2005
sometimes it does, sometimes i think it doesn't...
Wakeup Tweak is only for WM2003 first Edition.
I don't think it will work for the actual issue on WM 5.0
Since three weeks my alarm function doesn´t work right. My Triny should ring at 6:25pm but does it one hour later. Watch this:
What is going on here?
Elwood
Check your Clock&Alarms Settings. Perhaps you have switched to the Visiting-Time?
or changed some regional code setting?
Yes, I switched to the visitors time, because I live for a half year in Australia. Nevertheless this has worked for one month now and then suddenly occurred problems. When I activate the visitors time, then the alarm should also ring according to this time?!
As you can see in the picture, he really rings at 7:25 and informs me with the screen "6:25 alarm".
I forgot the worst issue: Sometimes the alarm doesn´t appear at all, even though I configured all settings well!
Hey gang, great forums you have here as I've found some alarm fixes in searching that have been great. However, I have another more generic issue I can't get a straight answer on via search.
The major problem I have is that some days it'll never ring and instead acts like it's asleep until I push a button. When I do, I'll suddenly have 4 voicemails and a bunch of notifications. This happens more frequently when plugged into the charger but also happens when it's disconnected sitting on my desk. Oddly enough, I don't think it's happened in the cradle on my hip though. I've come to grips with it being an inferior alarm clock but I can't deal with missing calls and notifications for hours.
My question is, should I address this as a software problem or is this a known bug/issue for these phones? Before I update my WM (have had bad luck in the past) I wanted to get the expert opinion. Thanks in advance!
Specs:
XV6800
WM6 (CEOS 5.2.1238)
Storage Card (8gb)
External Power checkbox unchecked in Power settings (to help with Alarm/midnight issue)
HTC Home Customizer
HTC Home
Chi-Tai Homescreen Plus
SunsiaSoft PocketWakeup
ok so i set my alarm for 7:00am this morning and it just didnt go off...luckily my mum woke me up anyway but still its very unreliable...anyone else had this issue? maybe its linked to my sms message problem? thanks
the alarm on my X1i has been working flawlessly and waking me up every day at the specified time of 7am...i wish mine didn't work so i wouldn't have to wake up that early!
Be sure to have "Let Alarmsignal ring, even if the device is turned on silent or vibrate only" (i dont know what the official text is but im just losely translating from english.
You should find this option with the Clock and Alarmsignal settings under the Tab More.
Also i suggest setting 2 or 3 alarms.. maybe that will help.. ;P
Mine too, some times it simply doesn't go off (specially if more than one alarm are set).
i wake up before it has to anyway but it's still annoying!
and no, that option doesn't help at all, i tried it.
I'm using the free G-Alarm since October last year and it reliably woke me up every morning.
Maybe you want to try it: www.ageye.de
use G alarm
zoelucker said:
ok so i set my alarm for 7:00am this morning and it just didnt go off...luckily my mum woke me up anyway but still its very unreliable...anyone else had this issue? maybe its linked to my sms message problem? thanks
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been using G alarm. no problem.
G Alarm has already failed me twice... helping me get late for work!
I really like it but if i have a real important apointment i use another cell phone with another alarm, i simply can't rely on any of the X1's alarm system alone...
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G Alarm has already failed me twice... helping me get late for work!
I really like it but if i have a real important apointment i use another cell phone with another alarm, i simply can't rely on any of the X1's alarm system alone...
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Sorry to say that, but it seems to be your fault then.
G-Alarm works reliable and fine.
Just be sure the alarm is set active and at the right days and the ringtone is available and set to 100% volume.
Also let G-Alarm fix the Windows Mobile Alarm Bug and force to put the sound through the speaker even if the phone's set to silent or vibrate only.
Did you tell it to ring EVERY DAY? I forget this every "first" time on a new phone and the alarm dows not work. It only rings when you tell it to do.
I knew it wasn't just me!
Sometimes it will go off fine
Sometimes it will just vibrate and then do nothing else
Other times it won't go off at all
I can't seem to find a pattern to it, it just seems completely temperamental and is far to unreliable.
As for g-alarm that's far too annoying. It went off while my phone was on silent on a train. Had loads of puzzles and mazes and doesn't stop ringing until you have done them. I pulled out the battery, turned it back on and the alarm went off before the phone had even booted up!
sometimes this problem occurred for me with the custom roms being developed but with the original and the r2a roms I have not had an issue
yep, done all that and i have wm all fine tuned, and as i said, only failed twice over a month or so on a week day configuration with no changes made to it, but enough for me to not fully trust it anymore, be it problem with G Alarm or windows problem...
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As for g-alarm that's far too annoying. It went off while my phone was on silent on a train. Had loads of puzzles and mazes and doesn't stop ringing until you have done them. I pulled out the battery, turned it back on and the alarm went off before the phone had even booted up!
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You can turn those snooze games off , it's just if you want it to really wake you up . Anyway G-Alarm works well for me so far. With the standard I had issuses, even on my older Magician. This one period it only sounded this ding sound repeatadly and refused to play the sound file which of course was in place. Weird stuff, but G-Alarm is awesome, it even allows you to set random MP3s from a playlist you set up. Waking up with a different DnB tune every day
Yes i have a feeling ill have the same issue as Elusivo...no alarm whether it be the standard or g-alarm will be 100% reliable on my X1. Glad i'm not alone but quite annoyed because that is one of my most important things...this along with text messages not always sounding or being displayed until messinging is opened up makes the phone a little difficult to love sometimes.
To me it seems everyone's X1 is slightly different....some have physical issues like cracking etc, whilst others have things that don't work as well as someone elses X1. I find it very strange. I guess these are my issues!
Evostance said:
I knew it wasn't just me!
Sometimes it will go off fine
Sometimes it will just vibrate and then do nothing else
Other times it won't go off at all
I can't seem to find a pattern to it, it just seems completely temperamental and is far to unreliable.
As for g-alarm that's far too annoying. It went off while my phone was on silent on a train. Had loads of puzzles and mazes and doesn't stop ringing until you have done them. I pulled out the battery, turned it back on and the alarm went off before the phone had even booted up!
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yes, exactelly
as far as i remember, i also faced this on my SE P910i, also same problem!
i barely sleep, and if the phone only vibrates i wake up, but mostly it doesnt!
i will try GAlarm, let's see.
+1 for G-alarm here.
I tried several different progs before settling with G.
I cannot think of an instance where it has let me down, without it being my own stupid fault.
As said before, you can switch off the mazes and puzzles, and just use it as a standard alarm, with/without snooze.
Best piece of freeware i have got, i think.
Why does WinMo standard alarm suck so badly?
Have MS forgotten to update it all this time?
Alarm
You have any idea how i can add in me xperia more alarm tone.?
I have never had any problems with the alarms. They are right on time.
i tried mine set for this morning. no problems yet. ill test it a whole week or so and see how it goes.
standard nam rom for my x1a.
I gave up on the built-in alarm and I've been using SPB Time which I'm very happy with!
Hi Guys,I have a question :
I have my xperia with MR2 since I bought it a month a go.For me its very important Alarm. When a had my previous phone K850i it was very easy to switch off the phone and without problem I know my alarm will ring even if the phone its switched off. I have tried a different ways not to switch the phone(with the the network switched off, in silent mode etc..)without success in this x2. Only I can guarantee alarm will ring in this cases if the phone its on charger, but not again if the phone its switched of. I have seen here in this forum some people asking about this and rated as a bug. Is there any solution or different alarm aplication, because I would like my phone switched of to save battery and relax in best possible way without thinking my phone will not wake me up. Please help.
dimitaka77 said:
Hi Guys,I have a question :
I have my xperia with MR2 since I bought it a month a go.For me its very important Alarm. When a had my previous phone K850i it was very easy to switch off the phone and without problem I know my alarm will ring even if the phone its switched off. I have tried a different ways not to switch the phone(with the the network switched off, in silent mode etc..)without success in this x2. Only I can guarantee alarm will ring in this cases if the phone its on charger, but not again if the phone its switched of. I have seen here in this forum some people asking about this and rated as a bug. Is there any solution or different alarm aplication, because I would like my phone switched of to save battery and relax in best possible way without thinking my phone will not wake me up. Please help.
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No WM device will play alarm when switched off.
It's normal.
Just put your phone to FlightMode in the night.
doministry said:
No WM device will play alarm when switched off.
It's normal.
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to be more precise almost no smartphone (if none at all), wm or not, will work when switched off.
It's funny: that question was the question n1 on the days of his majesty the p800, now after 8 years of smartphones the question is still live and kicking..
doministry said:
No WM device will play alarm when switched off.
It's normal.
Just put your phone to FlightMode in the night.
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Thanks for the replay and help.I have tryed this way,but when i switch on a flight mode and my phone normaly its setup to go on stand by after a minute the alarm will not ring,even if I disable the stand by mode at some point during the night the screen its going off.Or some times if i leave the stand by disable,and setup the brightness of the screen to the lowest level then the alarm will ring but then the batery its duying very quickly.Any other solution or I have to except it like that.Thank you again.
dimitaka77 said:
Thanks for the replay and help.I have tryed this way,but when i switch on a flight mode and my phone normaly its setup to go on stand by after a minute the alarm will not ring,even if I disable the stand by mode at some point during the night the screen its going off.Or some times if i leave the stand by disable,and setup the brightness of the screen to the lowest level then the alarm will ring but then the batery its duying very quickly.Any other solution or I have to except it like that.Thank you again.
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I have no idea what is the problem.
My X2 -> flight mode, set the alarm, screen off, go to sleep
X2 rings in the morning without a problem.
doministry said:
I have no idea what is the problem.
My X2 -> flight mode, set the alarm, screen off, go to sleep
X2 rings in the morning without a problem.
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Thanks mate again. I’ve been following quite allot of your comments and I can see you know well windows mobile OS. So far with some exceptions I am happy with x2,but you know there is no perfect phone. I have to know about another two issues about this OS.I don’t know whether is normal with WinMo , but with my previous Sony Ericsson I use to see if I want to only contacts stored in the phone or in Sim.Here with x2 I can see contacts in both places(Yes there is the way to sort that-while in phonebook-Menu>Filter and so on),but when you try to go back to the contacts you can see the same story. Also with sms in inbox you can see as well your messages stored in your sim card. Why is that is there any way you can setup when accessing the phone book to see only contacts stored in the phone memory without going to menu and then filter. And as well for my sms,I don’t want to see my messages from the sim straightaway .Is there any different explorer for that or any apps.Thank you allot.
dimitaka77 said:
Thanks mate again. I’ve been following quite allot of your comments and I can see you know well windows mobile OS. So far with some exceptions I am happy with x2,but you know there is no perfect phone. I have to know about another two issues about this OS.I don’t know whether is normal with WinMo , but with my previous Sony Ericsson I use to see if I want to only contacts stored in the phone or in Sim.Here with x2 I can see contacts in both places(Yes there is the way to sort that-while in phonebook-Menu>Filter and so on),but when you try to go back to the contacts you can see the same story. Also with sms in inbox you can see as well your messages stored in your sim card. Why is that is there any way you can setup when accessing the phone book to see only contacts stored in the phone memory without going to menu and then filter. And as well for my sms,I don’t want to see my messages from the sim straightaway .Is there any different explorer for that or any apps.Thank you allot.
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I don't have any sms on SIM so no idea.
As for contacts looks like others also complain about not beeing able to hide SIM contacts. I have no clue...
for the contacts problem you can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315818
Use a registry editor and locate the following key:
Hkey_Current_user\Control Panel\Phone\ShowSim
Set to 0 to hide SIM contacts, 1 to show SIM contacts.
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Use a registry editor and locate the following key:
Hkey_Current_user\Control Panel\Phone\ShowSim
Set to 0 to hide SIM contacts, 1 to show SIM contacts.
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Is what the cab linked above does