I only use the Voice Commands for setting alarms and timers, and coming from the Iphone, I am kind of missing Siri. Other than that, this SG4 is hands down awesome!
-issue1-
*With S Voice I say "set alarm 8am" S-voice correctly interprets then asks me "do you want me to save your alarm for 8AM?", I say "yes" please set the alarm already! (My buddy has the GS3 and he doesn't get that second voice confirmation, what gives?)
*Google Now I say "set alarm 8am" she correctly interprets and sets the alarm for 8am without a second confirmation ( I can deal with that).
*Siri, I say "set alarm 8am", she correctly interprets and asks me do you want me to set the alarm for 8am, I can wait for the beep and say "yes" or I can push the button rather than waiting for the voice to prompt for an answer.
Issue 2-
-No matter how I set the alarm, using S-Voice or Google Now, once the alarm is set on my default clock app, it is default with the snooze option turned off. I work nights and set my alarms at different times to wake up, and I always use snooze. This is a deal breaker, so I download Alarm clock pro. But only Google Now will let me use that as the default clock, S-Voice will only set the alarm on the default clock app Grrr.. (Ok, so I use Google Now to set alarms on alarm clock pro, I can deal with that)
Issue 3-
-Timers, I use them a lot, "set timer 30 minutes" And this is the real irritant, If I use Google Now, it will just set an alarm (not the timer) for 30 minutes from now and eventually clutter up my alarms. If I use S-Voice, she will set the timer in the same manner as the alarm clock with the second verbal confirmation which would be OK, if I could just press yes, set the timer, rather than being forced to give it that second verbal command.
So basically, to set alarms, I use Google Now and alarm clock pro, and to set timers I use S-Voice and the default clock app. Is this my best option? Can I have it my way and use just one or the other? What if I root my phone, are there any tweaks for what I want to make this work the way I want it to work? Preferably I would like to use S Voice because of the double tap home button to access. Can I set up the double tap home screen to default to Google Now, or somehow teach Google now, that when I say set timer, I want you to set the timer and not the alarm clock? Anyways, any advice is appreciated.
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Does anyone know of way or program that would sound a beep or tone every so many seconds like many of the motorola phones, somtimes the red led just isnt good enough and makes it easy to miss sms or missed call alerts.
adam_beasley said:
Does anyone know of way or program that would sound a beep or tone every so many seconds like many of the motorola phones, somtimes the red led just isnt good enough and makes it easy to miss sms or missed call alerts.
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basically , the default wav is too soft. try the original nokia SMS tone.
Take a look at Super Alert from WhittakerMoore. I think it'll do what you need and it also fixes the Notifications Bug!
phoneAlarm
phoneAlarm works great!
Repeating Alerts
Hi
I'll give my vote to SuperAlert also. Works very well. Pity that e-mail option is missing, but otherwise very good. The new version adds a set up wizard, which I personally find to be very long winded and confusing. Better to just go into basic set up and configure each repeating alert from there.
I have mine set to repeat a missed alert every 30 seconds for an hour. Config as follows:
1. Check the "Use Volume " box and set the desiredvolume on the slider
2. Uncheck the "Only use system setting" radio button
3. Check the "Additionally open" button and choose the sound you want for the repeating alert. You can test the sound an volume level here too.
4. In the "Use Settings below", set the following in the 4 boxes:
"After" = 0 (seconds)
"Play" = 1 (time)
"Every" = 30 (seconds)
"For" = 120 (repeats)
Repeat this for all the types of Alarms you want to repeat. You can choose any or all of the following alarms: Clock, Calendar, Task, PI Alarm Notes, Third party, New SMS and Missed Calls. I have found all but the 3rd party alarms to work well. If they added e-mail alerts, it would be perfect in my mind!
Hope that helps
Regards
Chris
Repeating Alerts
Hi
I'll give my vote to SuperAlert also. Works very well. Pity that e-mail option is missing, but otherwise very good. The new version adds a set up wizard, which I personally find to be very long winded and confusing. Better to just go into basic set up and configure each repeating alert from there.
I have mine set to repeat a missed alert every 30 seconds for an hour. Config as follows:
1. Check the "Use Volume " box and set the desiredvolume on the slider
2. Uncheck the "Only use system setting" radio button
3. Check the "Additionally open" button and choose the sound you want for the repeating alert. You can test the sound an volume level here too.
4. In the "Use Settings below", set the following in the 4 boxes:
"After" = 0 (seconds)
"Play" = 1 (time)
"Every" = 30 (seconds)
"For" = 120 (repeats)
Repeat this for all the types of Alarms you want to repeat. You can choose any or all of the following alarms: Clock, Calendar, Task, PI Alarm Notes, Third party, New SMS and Missed Calls. I have found all but the 3rd party alarms to work well. If they added e-mail alerts, it would be perfect in my mind!
Hope that helps
Regards
Chris
So how do I turn this alert off.
Problem is that it wakes the whole house at night when I leave phone chargeing.
As I understand it, it is in the same category of signals as an SMS.
Do want to hear when SMS received.
I have gone through the menus 101 times.
There are 2 things.
1 is default notification. Settings->Sound->notifications (The notification center)
2 is the sound each application will give when notified. This overrides the 1
If the app has been set to default (which it normally is) then it tell the phone to sound the default notification as defined in 1
So in your case go to 1 and make it silent (this will silence all notification even full charge one. ringtone is not effected)
Now since u still want SMS/GMAIL/Calendar etc to notify. Open those apps, go to their settings and select the sound you want to hear when they want to notify. Just open them and press menu, select settings and see notification options and configure it in the app itself to sound whatever notification you want to hear. In my case SMS/Gmail/K9/GV/Calendar etc have different sounds so I know if it needs immediate attention.
THANK YOU, I would never have figured this out myself.
Followed your description, and I'm sure it works.
Is there a way to have an alarm sound when setting appointments or reminders using the Calender? For some reason I only get a beep or the prelisted alternative one beep sound when I get a Calender notification. I would have preferred a more 'alarm-like' feature. Even the beep is turned off if I decided to put my phone in silent mode. That is stupid. The alarm clock is set to go off even in silent mode why can't the calendar notification do the same? What's the point?
If there is no way to rectify this issue is there another calendar that as the alternative to set an alarm; single or continuous be recommended by someone please?
for some reason, i cant turn off or snooze my alarm with voice control..its enabled in the options menu, and i can take pictures with my voice but just cant snooze/stop alarms...also, when i say "Hi Galaxy" the s-voice doesnt open either even though thats enabled.
Does anyone know which application displays an alarm notification that alternates between an eye and a snooze icon. (see attached image)
I have no idea where it is getting set -but at least two times a day (at the same times) it goes off.
Thanks
You set an alarm on the watch at some point. It's not linked to any phone app. Tap the watch face to bring up the google now prompt, then scroll down to alarms, you can delete them from there.
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Yup. When you set an alarm using the watch (usually via a spoken command like "Set alarm for 2pm"), it sets a repeating alarm on just the watch (not on the phone). You have to open the watch's alarm app and deleting them off the watch.
Just an FYI - if you use the timer feature of the watch (ie "Set timer for 95 min"), it does not set a repeating alarm, but alerts you in the same manner as an alarm would.