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Alarm goes of at the wrong time

Hi there,
the alarm on my Wizard has started to go of on the wrong time (1 hours to early)
Ive had this isse before and solved it by a hard reset however Id really like to avoid that again due to alle the programs I have installed.
The only changes that has been made recently to the clock is related to summer/winter time (1 hour back)
Is there any way to check whats been saved in terms of alarms ? I have only in the standard alarm screen one alarm selected.
What to do ?

I wouldn't bother with the inbuilt WM5 alarm. I has loads of problems with mine - and imo it's shocking! I also think it's shocking that Microsoft can't get a simple Alarm function to work reliably - but nevermind...
Anyway, I downloaded and use an app called 'AlarmClock' which I found free.
It works a treat - and no more worrying whether the alarm will go off....

Do you trust your Hermes' Alarms?

Hi there!
As we all know, there are a bunch of threads about all the various system hangs; battery drains; camera issues; SD cards not appearing; many reboots required, and so forth. (I think I started a few myself!)
Anyways, to me, the biggest pain is that I can no longer EVER trust my PocketPC alarm.
For the first time in five years, I actually missed a hockey game last week because I did set the alarm to wake me from a power nap, but the pocketPC froze. No alarm. No hockey.
I figured I would do some tests, and the first one failed.
I set the alarm for 1:00pm, with the Cingular Sound as the Alarm, and it missed it!
100 times on 100 times, my Cingular 8125 Alarms would ALWAYS work ontime.
Does anyone else "not trust" their Herme's alarms?
If you had an important business meeting, would you trust this alarm to wake you, or not a chance?
I hope I don't sound too much like a pessimist here... I am just curious if others won't trust these alarms, too....

Michael_514 said:
Hi there!
As we all know, there are a bunch of threads about all the various system hangs; battery drains; camera issues; SD cards not appearing; many reboots required, and so forth. (I think I started a few myself!)
Anyways, to me, the biggest pain is that I can no longer EVER trust my PocketPC alarm.
For the first time in five years, I actually missed a hockey game last week because I did set the alarm to wake me from a power nap, but the pocketPC froze. No alarm. No hockey.
I figured I would do some tests, and the first one failed.
I set the alarm for 1:00pm, with the Cingular Sound as the Alarm, and it missed it!
100 times on 100 times, my Cingular 8125 Alarms would ALWAYS work ontime.
Does anyone else "not trust" their Herme's alarms?
If you had an important business meeting, would you trust this alarm to wake you, or not a chance?
I hope I don't sound too much like a pessimist here... I am just curious if others won't trust these alarms, too....
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I trust mine - you need to do good "notification queue" maintenance. It is a known problem with Windows Mobile". I use SK Tools, but there are other free ones. Do a google search for "windows mobile" "notification queue" clean or something or another. You will find it. Otherwise, get an alarm program. Sad about missing hockey - hockey rules! Especially since you are from such a great hockey city - probably second only to Detroit. (Before you get too mad - think Patrick Roy, Statue of Liberty, Colorado - need I say more?)

I dont trust my alarm..but I think its mainly just me not hearing it, running the latest lvsw rom, and my tytn has never been more stable, 0 lockups etc...
I have only noticed some crappy software not clearing out of the notification queue, it seems to maintain itself fairly well, I dont even mess with it anymore...(pdanet on wm5 was one of em)
I recommend mortplayer...but if your device locks up..then no software is going to work, so that doesnt really matter which alarm you use.

@Michael_514
To be honest no I don't even 95% success in the alarm going off is no good form me.
Clearing the notifications queue and resetting the alarm, when your ROM is not the best is important as stated above. BUT from your other posts I know you suffer repeated freezing/hanging, so no matter how clean your notifications queue, you still risk alarms not going off. The hanging and freezing issues in your case need sorting else the alarm cannot be trusted.
Mike

I use this http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1299 which work everytime and dont course problems also.

Alarm clock sound not going off

Sometimes my alarms sound doesn't go off. I've checked all the settings, the sound is turned up, the profile is normal. The only way I can fix it, is to reset my phone. Then it works for a while.
It's happen to me a few times where I've woken up pass the time I've suppose to wake up. This morning I work up 2 hours late! . Lucky I didn't miss an important exam or assignment deadline.
I'm using the latest 3VOLUTION SERIES Rom for maple.
Anyone have any suggestions to fix it?

I'm having the same problem now. I've searched around, and can't seem to find a solution. Some suggest it's an installed app, but i can't pinpoint it.
Any thoughts?
(I have the Snap/Maple, with default rom, branded to Mobilicity in Canada).
Alternatively, are there any decent alarm apps out there that don't weight down the phone? I can't seem to figure out how to get more than 2 alarms on the phone.
Thanks for any help.

arpitp said:
I'm having the same problem now. I've searched around, and can't seem to find a solution. Some suggest it's an installed app, but i can't pinpoint it.
Any thoughts?
(I have the Snap/Maple, with default rom, branded to Mobilicity in Canada).
Alternatively, are there any decent alarm apps out there that don't weight down the phone? I can't seem to figure out how to get more than 2 alarms on the phone.
Thanks for any help.
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you should use a SmartTweaker.2008.v2.0 to fix it and you can get it through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664195

It may not have anything to do with rebooting. Your alarm might have failed due to receiving a notification at the same time:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Dash-3G/T-Mobile-Dash-3G-FAQ/m-p/125328

Hakim Rahman said:
you should use a SmartTweaker.2008.v2.0 to fix it and you can get it through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664195
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Thanks for the suggestion, but there's little point in paying for that app when almost all of those tweaks can be done for free by other apps or direct registry editing. Also, I don't see anything on there that addresses the silent alarm problem.
Bones Justice said:
It may not have anything to do with rebooting. Your alarm might have failed due to receiving a notification at the same time:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Dash-3G/T-Mobile-Dash-3G-FAQ/m-p/125328
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Thanks for the info. This is both sad and alarming (sorry, had to throw in the pun). I guess we better hope we don't get an email/text around the time we're expecting to wake up!
FYI, I have installed Alarm Master (http://www.connectivetools.com/alarmmaster.html). Looks simple, but has a fair bit of features. Incidentally, the regular alarm regained it's voicebox and started working properly right after I installed this. Maybe a coincidence. I don't think message updates were causing the alarm to be silenced, but I can't be sure. For now, I'll keep using Alarm Master, since it has more option, and I don't want to risk Windows' alarm not going off in the morning.
Still haven't figured out how to get more than 2 alarms, though.

Alarms versus notifications
I have only had my alarm fail due to an incoming notification once, at least as far as I know. But yeah, I laughed out loud (out of frustration) when I read T-Mobile's note about "expected behavior". It's like they are saying, okay, we know that your alarm could fail but that's what it's supposed to do! I liked your pun, by the way, and appreciate the fact that I'm not the only one that finds T-Mobile's answer both sad and funny!
Anyways, I think unless you are getting notifications every minute of the day, it's probably a remote chance that both will happen exactly at the same time. You can also take the added precaution of having your notifications audible, I suppose, so that if one cancels your alarm at least you'll hear an alert for the new notification.
As for the two alarm problem you mentioned, what about using the calendar as an extra alarm? You'd have the two default alarms plus you could set calendar events to alarm whenever you wanted extra ones. In fact, I rarely use the two default alarms as I have all of my appointments set to alarm through the calendar. I have my work schedule and stuff like that set as reoccuring events synced with Outlook.
I hope that helps! I'm still really enjoying my Dash 3G despite a few minor annoyances. All phones have 'em, I think the trick is just learning how to avoid 'em.

Good point. I forgot about the calendar since I don't really use it. Since i upgraded to Win 7, I've had touble syncing my windows phones and kinda gave up on it. I recently managed to get my phone to sync, but I don't use outlook, so it's a bit of a hastle to get everything into the calendar.
I originally got my Dash as a temporary replacement, but have found it to be surprisingly capable. After customizing the home panels, adding a GPS (Tomtom), and a few apps and games, (and learnind to avoid the annoyances), I'm pleasantly suprised with what I can do with this phone.

I'm still using Windows XP so I haven't had any trouble syncing. But you should be able to set calendar events on the phone itself fairly easily. You could set an alarm for every minute of the day if you wanted just by making calendar events. I do prefer setting appointments in Outlook because you can get really creative with reoccuring events that happen at weird intervals. But when I'm on the go and need to set a reminder for an appointment, I just make one on the phone.
I, too, think this is a great phone. I use it for business all the time, especially e-mail, Word, Excel, and Adobe Reader. I also really like having the Notepad because I can use it combined with Word at the same time. I use a bluetooth keyboard with it so that I can touch-type but I like the built-in keyboard, too. I also really like the Task Manager, it's so much better for switching and managing programs than when I was using a Blackberry.
My only disappoint with this phone is that there isn't a flash with the camera but it's not usually an issue. Otherwise, it's easily the best phone that I've ever had.

[Q] Alarm app alternatives?

I love my Note 3's alarm app. It has everything I could wish for. I'm trying to get a 3rd party app that has the same functionality for another phone I have (a Huawei) but it has been difficult to find one. I love the voice command of the Note 3's stock alarm but it seems that few 3rd party apps have this functionality. Also, of the apps I tested, you are stuck with the app's built-in music/tones and you can't specify an mp3 file as your waking music, like you do on the Note 3.
Does anyone know an alarm app that has these 2 functionalities? Thanks.

Alexei Volkoff said:
I love my Note 3's alarm app. It has everything I could wish for. I'm trying to get a 3rd party app that has the same functionality for another phone I have (a Huawei) but it has been difficult to find one. I love the voice command of the Note 3's stock alarm but it seems that few 3rd party apps have this functionality. Also, of the apps I tested, you are stuck with the app's built-in music/tones and you can't specify an mp3 file as your waking music, like you do on the Note 3.
Does anyone know an alarm app that has these 2 functionalities? Thanks.
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I'm not sure about the voice command Alarm feature, but I use Alarm Solo, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.alarmsolo
It's f*ckin' annoying in the morning if you set the Charlatan mode, it essentially speaks out the current time and for sure it can get you awake.....highly recommended app if you want an Alarm that actually works - with customizable tones.
I also use another clock app called Timely, nice beautiful app, with nice sounds too...not sure if its customizable but definitely worth a try.

Thanks. I had already tried Timely Alarm and even though the UI is beautiful, you can't select your own music files to wake up and has something that annoys me to no end: it doesn't give you and option NOT to sync your alarms to an account. Of course I can block the app's internet access but still, this kind of imposition on user is something that really bothers me. I should be free to decide whether or not I want my alarms uploaded to an account or not.
Alarm Solo seems to let you choose what file you want to use to wake up. The UI is rather simplistic but if it works, the hell with design.
I wish there was an app with Timely Alarm UI style but not dictatorial features, i.e., that lets you choose whether or not you want to synchronize your alarm to an account (or doesn't have this feature altogether - to me it's pointless) and lets you choose your own music files.

Alexei Volkoff said:
Thanks. I had already tried Timely Alarm and even though the UI is beautiful, you can't select your own music files to wake up and has something that annoys me to no end: it doesn't give you and option NOT to sync your alarms to an account. Of course I can block the app's internet access but still, this kind of imposition on user is something that really bothers me. I should be free to decide whether or not I want my alarms uploaded to an account or not.
Alarm Solo seems to let you choose what file you want to use to wake up. The UI is rather simplistic but if it works, the hell with design.
I wish there was an app with Timely Alarm UI style but not dictatorial features, i.e., that lets you choose whether or not you want to synchronize your alarm to an account (or doesn't have this feature altogether - to me it's pointless) and lets you choose your own music files.
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I use Alarm Droid I can use my own music. I know that this is an old tread but I didn't see where any other solutions were suggested.

i use Timely for over a year and am very pleased with it.

I use Timely and Alarm Droid these App's are awesome for me

Thanks for all the input. I've tried all of the mentioned apps ended up choosing Alarm Clock Xtreme. Lets you choose your own music, has all of the features the others have, plus some. I will miss the voice commands but you can't have it all, it seems.

Alarms

I'm wondering I anybody else is having issues with the alarms. %90 of the time there is no sound at all and the rest of the time it plays the wrong sound. This is just with the built in alarm app I'll try a third party.

I have had a few instances where an Alarm has failed to go off, but not play the wrong sound.
From the issue below, I started using Morning Routine ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.havchr.mr2&hl=en ) and love it. Material Design, slick animations, unique alarm display, feature packed, and consistently works.
I gave up using the stock Clock app because the Timer function is simply broken. Too often to count has the timer stopped counting down or failed to go off (ring, vibrate, and screen on) when I have needed it. I haven't found a 3rd party app to replace it yet since I have not needed it as of late, but need to do so soon.

Thanks for the info. I'll give that one a try. But alas I may just sell this damn thing. Been more hassle than I would like. Always freezing up on me, not remembering my playlists, and also the alarms. Still have my s3 so much just swap back to that or try out a Xiaomi device.