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WRAP: the Wizard Reliable Alarm Project

I have started this thread so that we can begin development of a program or a solution which will make the alarm system on our Wizards totally reliable.
As we know, a number of us have a problem whereby our devices fail to wake up when an alarm is due to go off, causing us to sleep in, and be late for work. This is an unacceptable situation. It is my intent to develop a program which will replace or augment the alarm system in WM5 so that we never again have to worry that our PPCs won't wake us up in the morning.
So far, we know there are a number of problems which might be contributing to the failed alarms:
1. Duplicate alarm/calendar notifications being entered into the notification database (same alarm shows repeatedly in the database)
- This can be resolved with CheckNotifications (http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html) which will remove duplicate entries. It does not prevent the duplicates from being entered in the first place.
2. Alarm settings not saved to registry. It seems there may be a problem whereby registry changes are not being copied from RAM to Flash immediately, so if you Standby the device shortly after setting/changing the alarm, the alarm is not saved.
- This can be resolved by leaving the PPC for a minute or so before putting it in Standby after changing an alarm.
3. The big one. An alarm notification not turning the device on from standby. Why this affects some people and not others, we don't know. Some users report than when an alarm is due to go off, the device doesn't wake up. When the device is turned on manually, the alarm then sounds. This seems to happen randomly (with some alarms working OK, and others not) but doesn't affect everyone.
As yet, there is no known solution to this problem. This thread is intended to develop that solution.
My idea so far is to develop an application to replace the standard alarm on WM5. Our main objective is to create an event which will, reliably, and without fail, wake the device from standby. Once we have developed this program, a new alarm system can be tacked on to it, or the source code can be made available for developers of current alarm systems to integrate into their programs.
My PPC programming knowledge is limited, so the intention is for this project to be a joint effort, and I would urge anyone who has any useful input to contribute it on this thread.

I have noticed a few people mention that a program called Pocket WakeUp is a reliable alarm system, and doesn't suffer from the known bugs in the WM5 one.
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1299 (French version - see below for translated English version)
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to have been an update of the program for quite a while, and also, the program is in French, so there aren't many people using it to see exactly how reliable it is.
I have done a quick-n-dirty translation of the program into English (I hope the author doesn't mind - no other changes were made), and attached it to this post. The interface isn't great, and it can be quite convoluted to use, but perhaps with an English version, more people can give it a try and see if it actually is reliable.
From what I can gather, Pocket WakeUp adds a notification when an alarm is due, which loads with WakeUpStart.exe program, which then loads the main program and sounds the alarm.
If this program is actually reliable, then I expect the author has found a way to make the device wake up from standby without fail, and the WakeUpStart.exe is the important part.
Please let me know if you use Pocket WakeUp and it works reliably, or randomly fails. Also, if the author of this program reads this board (or someone knows how to get in contact with him in English) I'd be interested to hear your views.

Good effort, I'll try the cab and report back over the next week.

Excellent endeavor! I have been using PPC devices for sevearl years and this has always been my biggest problem. Its hard to believe that MS has issued 3 new versions of their WM platform, all with this issue. This should be one on the first things you need to get right in these devices.
On the WM2002 and WM2003 platform I have good success with both PhoneAlam with AlarmToday for Pocketmax and also SuperAlert. But since moving on to the KJAM, the current versions of these programs just don't work.
I am not a developer, but will certainly help with testing etc. I'll try the FR prog now and will also post results.
Regards
Chris

The alarm not waking up on standby bug was fixed in the leaked 9100 test rom.. so whats the point in fixing a problem thats already been fixed

MilanoRex said:
The alarm not waking up on standby bug was fixed in the leaked 9100 test rom.. so whats the point in fixing a problem thats already been fixed
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Says who? I'm using the latest i-mate ROM and the problem still persists.

I've been using Pocket WakeUp to check - *zap* - and so far it seems to work fine. Problem is, that's what I thought of the standard alarms until they failed a couple of times on me. Unfortunately, it also seems that my battery is draining faster now - but I would have to confirm that absolutely with a full copy of pocketbatteryanalyzer. I'm using my old phone in the mean time to make sure I do wake up.
For me, just not switching the device to standby is still the best bet. This also negates any issues related to point 2. Point 1 remains, and is actually a cause for old alarms going off when they shouldn't - and the cleanup thing is something I still do.
One thing that I think I should point out, though, is that the problem isn't just with a wake-up alarm. Pocket WakeUp may very well be a perfectly fine solution to that (no way to be 100% certain, I guess). The problem is that on at least one occasion, the device failed to wake up for a meeting event. Thankfully I was keeping an eye on the clock and I was leaving only 5 minutes late - and with a little speeding got there in time just fine. Point is, a wake-up alarm won't fix -those- :\

ZeBoxx, as far as I can see, Pocket WakeUp does use the notification system. Set an alarm with it, and check the notification queue. Delete the item from the notification queue and the alarm never sounds.
If we can work out how Pocket WakeUp reliably brings the device out of standby, then there's the possibility of writing a program to tack a wake up event in front of every calendar entry.

gah.. WakeUpStart? totally missed that.. I'll stfu now

ZeBoxx said:
gah.. WakeUpStart? totally missed that.. I'll stfu now
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Yep! Thing is, if WakeUpStart can wake up the device without fail, then it will be simple enough to tack a similar wake up event a few secs before each alarm or appointment. Just need more people to test Pocket WakeUp to see if it's reliable - and hopefully we can get a hold of the author so he can tell us how he did it!

I upgrade to the new KJAM rom and now my alarm works.

texasez said:
I upgrade to the new KJAM rom and now my alarm works.
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Yep, the whole problem with this bug is that it affects people randomly. Some people have the bug, some don't. Some people just get it one day for no apparent reason. There is no one solution to everyone's problems. Upgrading worked for you - good for you - doesn't mean it will work for everyone, and there's always the possibility that you never had the bug, and then you upgrade to the latest ROM and you start getting the bug!

thanks alot elyl !!
the translation of this program is the best news in months! I have been using this prog for 3 months without any problems. It seems very reliable to me. I dont understand French thoug, so it has been a little bit hard to use.
Before I started using the program, I had alot of problems with the alarm...

I tried Pocket wake up yesterday with mixed results. My KJaM seemed to be waking up for each event, but I was expecting it to continue to repeat the alarm beyond the few repeats that you get with the built in reminder. That did not happen though... I have set Pocket alarm wake up call take is set go in a few minutes, so will see if that works (guess that I am already awake though, so it won't be a big deal if it doesn't go off )

cbrow51 said:
I tried Pocket wake up yesterday with mixed results. My KJaM seemed to be waking up for each event, but I was expecting it to continue to repeat the alarm beyond the few repeats that you get with the built in reminder. That did not happen though... I have set Pocket alarm wake up call take is set go in a few minutes, so will see if that works (guess that I am already awake though, so it won't be a big deal if it doesn't go off )
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Did you try setting a snooze time for about 5 mins? It will repeat then if you don't cancel it. Also, if you are using a short audio file for the alarm, make sure you increase the Minimum time of alarm to be X number of seconds - then it will repeat your alarm sound for however many seconds.

Hi Elyl
Yes, stumbled into that in the end. My French is very poor, so I had to guess at the options. Still, that seemed to work. I did notice that if you change the settings and then let the device go into standby, the alarm did not repeat...:-( I had to reset a new time, then it worked. I will now set a reoccuring alarm and not touch the settings and see how that goes... Will post back at end of day today..
Regards
chris

to be thorough...
In an effort to be thorough, I'll add my experience so that maybe a developer can read a solution. I use my kjam as a daily alarm. It has almost always worked when I leave the device plugged in and though the backlight is off but the actual system never goes into standby (everyday except one in six months). I have also experimented with using the alarm from a battery power source, but again, making sure that the device never goes into standby (this is a real battery drain).
I have used SPB time, Ptravel Alarm, and the built in alarm. SPB time is completely unreliable and has never worked (not even when set immediately after a more reliable alarm). Ptravel alarm has worked over the past week when I have tried it in both power/active and non-powerd/active, but I haven't tried it when the system was in standby. The Ptravel Alarm developer (Burroak Software) is a very very active developer and seems to really care about making his products work. The only flaw I have is the interface (i.e. stop button) is somewhat small to press first thing in the morning.
The built-in alarm is the one I have used most and seems to work well from a power source. Again, it does not work from standby reliably.
I know this is re-hashing the obvious for all of you, but thought it might give some more background. There simply must be something that is develop-able, which wakes up the device from standby (a turned off state) in time for the system to register and activate an alarm program or a few seconds before.
Could there be a way to extrapolate the program which activates the device or part of it to remotely activesync on a time schedule?
I will use the WakeUp program and report back.

wakealarm
just to stress the point, i will also use wakealarm and report at the first failures. If 100 users would do the same, we can improve our evaluation time by 100X. If even to a single user it will not work, i cannot fully trust the program for professional reasons or travelling.
Today, I have the test rom, SPB pocketplus, and yes ONCE the standard wm5 alarm didn't work on this configuration (over about 20 alarms and 200 calendar reminders that worked successfully). i use once in a while checknotifications and sktools to keep the notify queue clean - should i do it or not? sometimes, i am afraid that the alarm i loose are those that these two programs remove by believing they are unnecessary duplications....
i noticed that - in the infamous occasion of a missed alarm in the morning - i forgot the wifi connection on while the system was recharging beside my bed, and in the morning i had a pop-up message it complaining about the absence of network (instead of waking me up...).
Did i understand it correctly that - at midnight - the wizard does some internal procedures and wakes up? do i guess that - after waking up - it had to deal with the wifi network search instead of some alarm critical procedure? if it would be so, i would be happy - for example - to do the alarm critical procedures every few hours, so to be sure not to miss any.
Few hours later, finally at work, i saw the wizard rebooting by itself (second time ever, the first one was with the 1.6 ROM!) and, at reboot, started sending a list of alarms that i could not easily dismiss (since the system was in an early phase of reboot, no today screen available yet). i had to softreset a couple of times, after dismissal of the pending alarms it started to work correctly again.
I am reporting this in order to increase empirical understanding of the reasons why the standard alarm fails.

cbrow51 said:
Hi Elyl
Yes, stumbled into that in the end. My French is very poor
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That's why I translated it! See the attachment.

Maybe its just me but I cannot see any link to a translation?
I can see the link to the cab file and I can see the link to the web site but no document?
Robin

"Wake me up" wont stop waking me up

I set a wake up reminder on my G watch a few days ago to take a nap, and now every single day at that same time it wakes me up as if it's on some kind of repeating schedule. It doesnt show up as a classic reminder because the "wake me up" command is unique to itself and isnt listed anywhere. I've tried rebooting both my watch and phone to clear any sort of cache that is looping this reminder, but it's getting really annoying now. Anyone have any idea how to permanently disregard something like this?
SOLUTION: Ok I finally found it, I had to ask it to "show alarms" and then delete them all from there. The alarm apparently isnt sync'd with your phone and exists solely on the watch. I would think saying something like "wake me up in an hour" would just be a one time thing, but the way Android Wear handles this is that it calculates 1 hour as being 60 minutes from now (1:03pm for example) and thus creates a recurring alarm for 1:03pm every single day forever.

It worked
Thank you so much! This was driving me crazy. Dont understand why they'd default the alarm to repeat daily.

Thank you so much -this was driving me nuts too

If you use the timer command, it only sets for one time and not as a repeating alarm. So instead of "wake me up in an hour" - say "Set timer for 1 hour".

Display turning OFF after a while..

I have an LG G Watch with 5.0.1 since a few days and I tried and sent back an identical LG G watch on 4.4W.1 a while ago and didn't experience it. Basically, I am noticing that after leaving the watch alone lying somewhere (I don't wear it at home) for some time (can't really say how long but at least an hour, I think) the display turns OFF. A single tap and it wakes up and then works "normally" until the next time...
The other G Watch with the older Wear version didn't have this behaviour so is this a feature of the latest Wear version or is it maybe an "issue"..?
I am saying this especially because I installed the Slumber app to automatically turn the display OFF while charging but realized that it's easier and more elegantly done by simply choosing the new "Theater mode" in Android Wear 5.0.1 and uninstalled the app. I don't know if what I am seeing is due to having installed Slumber but I really don't think so.
Does anybody know for sure what it is and how it exactly works..?
TIA

No replies here but several in the LG G Watch forum.
Other G Watch owners are seeing the same behaviour I described here so I can rule out that it's something which has been triggered by my having had the Slumber app installed.
One poster there says that his G Watch turns off after 30 minutes leaving it lying on a table. I am timing mine.
So based on all of those replies it seems it's a feature of the latest Android Wear. I am not calling it a bug because, except for a single reported case from a poster there with a Moto 360, it seems to never happen while wearing it, so the logic appears to be "save the battery when not in use".
Just to "investigate" it some more, may somebody else here with Wear watches from other makers please confirm you get the same behaviour on your watches (on 5.0.1)? And may you also confirm you have Ambient turned ON (i.e. the display is always ON) and state whether you have the new Tilt to wake up setting ON (i.e. the Display lights up from its dimmed state when you tilt your wrist).
My settings are Display always ON and Tilt to wake up OFF.
It would be good to have some more reports from owners of different Wear smartwatches and see if we can understand what exactly is this behaviour we are seeing...
Actually, I think this might be a good feature to keep ON in many cases but it absolutely should be an *option*!

UPDATE: Trying to time it, I think I can say (I am still trying to cover all of the different scenarios) that any event which normally wakes the display up to normal brightness (i.e. an incoming call) resets the countdown. BTW, I think the poster StuBFrost, in the other thread, is right and it's 30 minutes off the wirst with no movement, no tapping on it and no event like the ones just mentioned. "Normal" incoming notifications don't seem to reset the countdown.
Like I said, I don't think it's a bad idea in and of itself (I would use it in most cases) but they should have made it an option! And, ideally, they would let us set the time after which the display turns itself off.
I use and *strongly* prefer Android instead of limited and dumbed down Windows Phone and even worse Apple's useless crap exactly because of its customizability and powerfulness...

"Funny" thing is that from further testing, this feature doesn't kick in while on the charger (which could actually be pretty useful for most people...) LOL
ADDENDUM: the kind of events which resets the countdown to this "deep sleep" state (i.e. an incoming call) also wakes the display up from "deep sleep".

Phone won't mute anymore!

i all
I have a LG G watch R, i have had this around 10 months, its paired with my Nexus 5.
Over the past year there has been a few occasions where suddenly the "mute phone alerts and calls" option has suddenly stopped working! *Half way through the day all of a sudden id still get the message on my watch but my phone would make a noise too!
Usually i fixed this by uni stalling android wear, resetting the watch back to factory setting and re pairing them..this usually solved the issue until next time....however!
This time it happened again and no matter what i do it wont work! i have the option to mute phone call and alerts but the phone still makes a noise and is not muted! when i toggle the volume bar it used to say before "muted by android wear" but now it does not.
My phone was updated to android 6.0 last week but for the past week its been fine so i doubt it related to that as like i said its done this before on lollipop.
Few more things to note that may be related, if i swipe down in my notifications box it used to say "android wear connected" but thats no longer there, and if i go into the watch and go into settings and bluetooth devices it does not say anything it just says scanning for nearby devices, and i notced once it said nexus 5 disconcerted??
I must stress that i am connected to my phone as all my notifications come through on my watch fine.
Anyone had this or know a fix?
Thanks
Chris*

Did you find a solution?

Same problem here. I have moto x play (no developer edition) unlocked bootloader/rooted/lollipop 5.1 and LG G watch R.
In my case it seems related to Moto Display (Motorola'app similar to ambient display). If I disable it, mute comes back.
I tried to uninstall android wear app, and then installing 1.3 version. No fix.
On reddit I read that it should be the last update of Google play service instead: user restored his phone fixing the problem. I tried to uninstall play service (no factory reset)...no fix
EDIT: Ok I have just found a middle-solution. I downloaded a module for Xposed (True silent Mode), after activation you will not able to receive any vibrations or sounds on your phone, but you'll receive a vibration on your watch instead. It's similar to android wear function, the difference is if you disconnect your watch you have to disable the silent mode on your phone manually. Hoping Google (or Motorola in my case) fixes it soon in the meantime...

Looks like we are not alone: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/android-wear/mute
https://productforums.google.com/fo...context-place=topicsearchin/android-wear/mute
I see other reports and see the issue myself where android wear often says that the watch isn't connected anymore while the watch says it is. And voice commands etc. on the watch still works (I guess they go directly through GMS not involving the android wear app itself).
Maybe there is a bug between android wear and the detection of the connected watch that keeps thinking android wear that no watch is connected and then not muting the notifications on the phone.
Do you have the cloud sync enabled? It's in "privacy & personal data". I have.

Hi still have the same issue, and yes my watch thinks it's not connected also

I have tried both cloud synced and un synced

Try putting your watch on charge, then taking it off
It worked for me, you will notice when on charge the ph is connected but notifications are not muted
I think the ph must think the watch is charging...

The latest wear app version fixed it for me.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...-wear-1-4-0-2470307-gms-android-apk-download/

Hasn't for me

Lumia 950 to LG V20

Hi all,
My LG V20 is my first Android phone. I got it for a specific app (Drone controller) and to just give it a try and see what apps I am missing out on. I am having some problems figuring out how to accomplish a few things with the Android OS.
How do I prevent notifications from apps and the OS and screen timeouts from interrupting Maps while driving? I set the destination on the Map app and then plugged it into the charger in my car. It immediately popped up a "slow charging" notification that took the phone to the lock screen. I had to enter my PIN to unlock it. I then got an email that also switched to the lock screen. I realize that I can disable notifications on the lock screen but there must be a way to prevent this when running a specific app like Maps. The screen then timed out and I was unable to see the map.
Windows 10 Mobile has none of these problems. Notifications show up as a temporary banner and then go away. My Android phone will not retain my Screen Timeout setting. It constantly reverts to 30 sec. I am thinking this may be due to an Exchange account for work, but again, this did not happen on the Windows Phone. It is sad to see that the Windows Mobile platform has not succeeded. I think it is far superior in so many ways.
I have been trying to use Widgets to simulate the functionality that Live Tiles provides on the Windows Phone. So far, I am quite disappointed.
I have found that all phone sounds sometimes stop when I play music using the Groove app, even if I kill the app. I have to restart the phone to get them back.
Cortana on Windows 10 Mobile is much more powerful when connected to my car. You can "Call Cortana" and have all of her capabilities available by voice commands. I tried the Android Auto app but it is pretty much useless.
I still have the Lumia 950 and will probably swap the SIM between these phones until I can solve some of these issues.
Frequently it says that Fingerprint unlock is unavailable at random times. Why?

RGBellCSI said:
Hi all,
My LG V20 is my first Android phone. I got it for a specific app (Drone controller) and to just give it a try and see what apps I am missing out on. I am having some problems figuring out how to accomplish a few things with the Android OS.
How do I prevent notifications from apps and the OS and screen timeouts from interrupting Maps while driving? I set the destination on the Map app and then plugged it into the charger in my car. It immediately popped up a "slow charging" notification that took the phone to the lock screen. I had to enter my PIN to unlock it. I then got an email that also switched to the lock screen. I realize that I can disable notifications on the lock screen but there must be a way to prevent this when running a specific app like Maps. The screen then timed out and I was unable to see the map. Windows 10 Mobile has none of these problems. Notifications show up as a temporary banner and then go away.
There is Something called "Do not disturb". You can access it by swiping down the status bar and it is found in the quicktools. Do a long press to configure it and it should block any notification from any other apps unless you whitelist the the app you want. After you properly configure it, it just take 1 press on the quicktool "do not disturb" to stop receiving popups notifications from other apps. If You car happens to have bluetooth or you have an fm transmitter(with bluetooth) you can activate smart lockscreen so that the device remains unlock as long as you are paired to the bluetooth (at least that's what i do because that feature is AMAZING! hands down to LG LOL)
My Android phone will not retain my Screen Timeout setting. It constantly reverts to 30 sec. I am thinking this may be due to an Exchange account for work, but again, this did not happen on the Windows Phone. It is sad to see that the Windows Mobile platform has not succeeded. I think it is far superior in so many ways.
I highly doubt that an Exchange account is the one causing the Screen timeout to go back to 30. Considering i have 2 gmails account, 1 hotmail account, and 1 account from my college all in the same V20. However, i just changed my screen time out to 2 min, 1 min, and 15 sec, and in all of them, i rebooted the phone, and my changes remain applied. Which leads me to believe that then there might be an app that you have installed that messes with the screen time out of the phone.
I have been trying to use Widgets to simulate the functionality that Live Tiles provides on the Windows Phone. So far, I am quite disappointed.
In androids we have something called launchers. and you will be amazed that you can simulate even windows 10 with such launcher. Now, for "x" and "y" reasons, youw will never get exactly what you want from the lumia to be on android. However, these launchers can help you to get as closer experience to windows as possible. Go to the playstore and type windows 10 launcher (for example). See if you like what they offer. Also, sometimes you have to find the right widgets for you, there are widgets that are animated, there are others that dont. Etc... Android is pretty much a world full of customizations for which you will have to do some digging into the playstore, settings, among other things.
I have found that all phone sounds sometimes stop when I play music using the Groove app, even if I kill the app. I have to restart the phone to get them back.
Now that's strange. My phone lowers the volume of the music app and makes the volume of the notification up so that i know i have a notification.
Cortana on Windows 10 Mobile is much more powerful when connected to my car. You can "Call Cortana" and have all of her capabilities available by voice commands. I tried the Android Auto app but it is pretty much useless.
Android uses google now. or the newest version Google Assistant for the LG V20 and other androids. After you configure the phone to use google you can even change the music when the screen is off by just saying "okay google next song", or do a call, or send a message, or look for a place and take you there, or turn on flashlight, or wifi or bluetooth, or even try the following. Ask google to sing you a song LOL you will love it, or ask for an uber. Google also allows you to wake up your locked device with your voice.
I still have the Lumia 950 and will probably swap the SIM between these phones until I can solve some of these issues.
Frequently it says that Fingerprint unlock is unavailable at random times. Why?
Did you set up the fingerprint? if not that's weird, if you did then it still weird. Unless... you are pressing the power button in the back by mistake with your hand and not with the exact finger you unlock it with. Also, the power button has a plastic if it is brand new, i dont know if that does affect or not. I will look further into that
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Oh dear.... you have came from a very far place LOL! Read the blue parts on top

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Oh dear.... you have came from a very far place LOL! Read the blue parts on top
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Lots of good information overall. Not the OP, but I'm in a similar boat. I got an LG K20, but it seems to work even worse than the V20, which I was considering switching to.
The biggest issue I'm having with switching from Windows Phone to Android is, Google Now is "OK", but Cortana is superior in many ways, especially on Windows Mobile. Google Now doesn't sync with my PC like Cortana does, and since I already use Cortana on my PC, there's really no substitute. I can use "Hey Cortana" when the app is open for hands free in my car, but I have to keep the app open in order to do so. It is helpful to know that I can keep the device unlocked while bluetooth is connected. That was a frustration with trying to use it in the car with my headset.

zendragon6 said:
Lots of good information overall. Not the OP, but I'm in a similar boat. I got an LG K20, but it seems to work even worse than the V20, which I was considering switching to.
The biggest issue I'm having with switching from Windows Phone to Android is, Google Now is "OK", but Cortana is superior in many ways, especially on Windows Mobile. Google Now doesn't sync with my PC like Cortana does, and since I already use Cortana on my PC, there's really no substitute. I can use "Hey Cortana" when the app is open for hands free in my car, but I have to keep the app open in order to do so. It is helpful to know that I can keep the device unlocked while bluetooth is connected. That was a frustration with trying to use it in the car with my headset.
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Why do you need to sync your phone with your pc? I mean whwt for specifically? Lets remember that google is not part of windows nor windows part of google. So 2 big different companies with practically speaking 2 entirely different points.

I have a 950 and I sympathize. I love wm10, but it doesn't have any apps. If Microsoft can fork in android so we can use the play store or sideload apps easily, then that would help tremendously. Sad thing is, they tried that and abandoned it. Now the us has less than 1% wm10 market. I love the 950 dam it. And none of the wm10 themes are worth a damn lol

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I have a 950 and I sympathize. I love wm10, but it doesn't have any apps. If Microsoft can fork in android so we can use the play store or sideload apps easily, then that would help tremendously. Sad thing is, they tried that and abandoned it. Now the us has less than 1% wm10 market. I love the 950 dam it. And none of the wm10 themes are worth a damn lol
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Sacrifices my friend lol. We cant have everything

RGBellCSI said:
Hi all,
My LG V20 is my first Android phone. I got it for a specific app (Drone controller) and to just give it a try and see what apps I am missing out on. I am having some problems figuring out how to accomplish a few things with the Android OS.
welcome to the dark side. we've got cookies. (as they always say).
How do I prevent notifications from apps and the OS and screen timeouts from interrupting Maps while driving?
I'm surprised with the question. Because normally, the notifications only appears on the 2nd screen (small screen on top) and would not disturb your map.
I set the destination on the Map app and then plugged it into the charger in my car. It immediately popped up a "slow charging" notification that took the phone to the lock screen. I had to enter my PIN to unlock it. I then got an email that also switched to the lock screen. I realize that I can disable notifications on the lock screen but there must be a way to prevent this when running a specific app like Maps. The screen then timed out and I was unable to see the map.
one way to do is that you need to turn on "Stay awake" in the "Developers Options". The setting will make the phone screen always on while it is plugged in to a charger. Go to "Settings > Developer Options" to turn it on. In case if you cannot find the "Developer Options" in the "Settings", you need to "Settings > About Phone > common > Software Info" and tap the "Build number" 5 times. that will enable the "Developer Options" in the Setting menu.
Windows 10 Mobile has none of these problems. Notifications show up as a temporary banner and then go away. My Android phone will not retain my Screen Timeout setting. It constantly reverts to 30 sec. I am thinking this may be due to an Exchange account for work, but again, this did not happen on the Windows Phone. It is sad to see that the Windows Mobile platform has not succeeded. I think it is far superior in so many ways.
well, that's quite strange coz it never happened to me. My screen timeout is 1 min and it always stays there.
I have been trying to use Widgets to simulate the functionality that Live Tiles provides on the Windows Phone. So far, I am quite disappointed.
Well, TBH, android users don't interested in LiveTiles much. (and it suck the battery a lot)
I have found that all phone sounds sometimes stop when I play music using the Groove app, even if I kill the app. I have to restart the phone to get them back.
Groove app? Do you mean the stock music app of LG V20? AFAIK, we don't have Microsoft Groove music player here. Maybe this issue has to do with the app. Pls try the stock "Music" player or Google "Play Music".
Cortana on Windows 10 Mobile is much more powerful when connected to my car. You can "Call Cortana" and have all of her capabilities available by voice commands. I tried the Android Auto app but it is pretty much useless.
Well, all u need to say is "OK Google"
I still have the Lumia 950 and will probably swap the SIM between these phones until I can solve some of these issues.
Frequently it says that Fingerprint unlock is unavailable at random times. Why?
I think it shows up when the phone cannot detect the fingerprint sensor. It should only happen when you just boot the phone (for some security reasons). The subsequent screen on/off shouldn't prevent you to use fingerprint sensor. if that happened, I'd suggest you to return the handset to LG.
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