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PhoneAlarm- need feature of PPCProfiles...

Hi all,
I have been using PPC Profiles for some time now- I have recently discovered the PhoneAlarm app...
I love all the features of PhoneAlarm- especially the repeating alarm on sms etc.
I don't really need many of the display items of the PhoneAlarm today bar; what I do want is all the Profiles listed side by side (as with PPC Profiles).
As PhoneAlarm is generally better- is it possible to have the above feature in PhoneAlarm?
So, all I really need is an app that has repeating alarms and profiles displayed side by side. Even an individual app that does the repeating alarm thing would be great.
Thanks.

Hi SH500
I currently use PhoneAlarm, but check out SuperAlert for PPCPhone edition. You should be able to find it at www.pocketfillers.com This is just a repeating alarms app that runs in background, accessible from a icon in the system tray. You can use in conjunction with your current profile software, or try the excellent PocketZenPhone for profile functionality. PZP is available in today screen and system tray versions, so you can keep your today screen really clean with this and SuperAlert.
Hope that helps
Regards
Chris

Nice one- i'll have to look into those software titles.
Thanks.

Phonealarm Profile switching
you can use the buttons of the navigation pad (left-right) on your macigcan to switch between the profiles. this is just like having the profiles side by side. first klick down until the phonealarm is marked, then use right or left to switch.

Orlando- a great tip- even for many others I should imagine.
Thanks.

Noob Question - Where are the Ring Profiles?

I am new to this whole windows mobile stuff, on previous mobiles i have had i have always been able to easily switch between ring profiles (silent, loud, vibrate etc.) however i cant find a way of doing it on my O2 Mini S, am i missing something obvious?

Yeah, something fairly obvious..... the phone doesn't really have them.
You can choose silent, vibrate or ring though via clicking the speaker though. Click and choose off, vibrate etc...

Depends how many profiles you want!
Std (basic) usage:
Set ring tone in the sounds & notifications settings page
Adjust volume on LHS slider
Hold slider "down" to enter vibrate mode (and up to go back to normal)
Click the speaker (top of the windows display) to adjust the master & phone vol (not incall vol, that is adjusted by the slider whilest in a call)
Multi-profile way:
Get software, i use Pocket Zen Phone, but there are others.
Fight through the software config (PZP isn't the easiest to config! but seems good once setup)
I now have:
Sleep mode (quiet but changes to home mode in the morning at 9:30)
Sleep-work mode (as above but gets noisy at 4:45am so the alarm wakes me up for work @5)
Home mode: General mid settings
Work mode: Max vol so i hear it
I can also use windows to adjust in the short term, and simple re-sellect the profile i want to go back to my personal settings (ie a meeting at work i can make it go to vibrate then back to loud after)

yeah i did see that but its not really suitable, reason being i actually want the ring tones to change. The ring tones i use whilst not at work are very unsuitable to use whilst i am at work/meetings etc. Its a pain having to go and change this ring tone each time!

You can also quickly switch to vibrate by holding down the Communications key (left side at the top) and to switch back to ring you hold it down again. Another way is to move the volume slider on the left down and then back up.

Seem to recall using a program called Mortring for this sort of thing but that was a while back, don't know if it's WM5 compliant though.
try searching for Mortring over the site

thanks for the suggestions - i'll give them a try

Yes as somebody suggested PocketZenPhone is a good profile management software.
Also give PhoneAlarm a try. Though this profile management utility is still in Beta-2 phase but to me it looks more powerful than PocketZenPhone, in that it also offers Repeat Alarm function. For each of the 7 possible profiles you can set up a different ringtone. So maybe this addresses your requirement to be able to change ringtones with just a click.
Kind Regards

There is also a profiles management software that ships with the Eten M600
I wonder if anyone tryied to run that on the Wizard?
Arnon

s4vva said:
yeah i did see that but its not really suitable, reason being i actually want the ring tones to change. The ring tones i use whilst not at work are very unsuitable to use whilst i am at work/meetings etc. Its a pain having to go and change this ring tone each time!
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Check out PZP - change every setting for each profile from wifi/radio/BT to ring tone (for different alerts, ie ring, message, email, etc) auto-switch with outlook meetings etc.
As i said before, it IS a pain in the ass to config (IMO atleast) but once its set its pretty good (also a tip for config is to set the profiles basically on the pda and then edit the files on windows PC then copy back to pda - made my life much easier and also provides a 100% working and very quick backup for PZP as its far too easy to edit 1 setting and break another!)

Beeble said:
s4vva said:
yeah i did see that but its not really suitable, reason being i actually want the ring tones to change. The ring tones i use whilst not at work are very unsuitable to use whilst i am at work/meetings etc. Its a pain having to go and change this ring tone each time!
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Check out PZP - change every setting for each profile from wifi/radio/BT to ring tone (for different alerts, ie ring, message, email, etc) auto-switch with outlook meetings etc.
As i said before, it IS a pain in the ass to config (IMO atleast) but once its set its pretty good (also a tip for config is to set the profiles basically on the pda and then edit the files on windows PC then copy back to pda - made my life much easier and also provides a 100% working and very quick backup for PZP as its far too easy to edit 1 setting and break another!)
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i am going to try pzp, i'll let you know how i find it. thanks for your help.

App to get "Nokia-like" profiles; silent mode, bee

So I'm looking for a ringing tone profiling program that;
-can be used fast; i.e. can be put on a today-screen for quick customization or can be used with hotkeys
-can switch between different profiles, f.ex., full silent mode, vibrate only, high volume, low volume etc.
And also I'd like it so that alarms have sound, but ring tone and SMS do not! Just like I would have on my Nokia at night; alarm rings in the morning so I can wake up but SMS and calls are silent.
-John

Hi John,
I'm currently using Phone Profile http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=217991 for this. It's freeware, but you might want to have a look at PocketZenPhone, not free more capable.
Regards, M

Also look for Ppc profiles pro

Using pocket zen phone, its a ***** to configure, but once its up & running it works well.

i am using pocket zen phone, cheap software and does everything (and more) than i need.

aage said:
Also look for Ppc profiles pro
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Which is free too:-
http://www.modaco.com/Reminder_PPCProfiles_Pro_free_at_MoDaCo_-t235506.html

Looking for software/applet to schedule on/off of phone

@all,
momentarrily I am using mphoneschedule.
Seems somewhat massiv though. Any alternatives?
Thanx

Pocket Zen Phone (sure) or Phone alarm (<--maybe i'm wrong) that switch profiles in auto.

@skizzo,
not quite yet;
zen phone gives you profiles. Am looking for a scheduler, pin entry, fully automatic on/off at specific times.
Thanx

PZP does that just explore a bit more into it's features.

ring profiles

So I can go in and change the ring settings (vibrate, ringtone, volume, etc), but is there a quick way to switch between profiles (normal, meeting, silent)?

I don't know of any inbuilt function for this but their is a 3rd party app that might achieve the desired effect.
Pocket Zen Phone ( http://zendrui.free.fr/)

I just the volume slider to switch between vibrate and such. Different from a phone, but once you get used to it, no much different.

Use the attached profiler cab. only 43 KB, have not tried it myself, but heard good things about it. Let me know how it works out.

thanks koksie. That seems to work well.

Yep, just tried it myself and works allright. Small, simple and does what people need. Uninstalled it again though, since I hardly ever change profiles and if I do, I do it through holding the comm manager button ( for vibrate) or by tapping the speaker icon and switching sound off or on. But a very nice app indeed. Almost a shame I have no use for it.

where did you get this profiler.cab? where is silver bullet? good program, needs update.. cant do ringtones from the ringtone folder.

check here for the latest news/update on the above profile.cab (currently version 1.2.1, the attachment is only version 1.x)[/url]

Here is the updated winmobile profiler. 1.2.1
Pretty good - ms smartphone/nokia type profile chooser.