I'm relatively new to the phone, so it maybe somethign I'm doing wrong however I'll explain incase there's something amiss.
I recently installed SPB Time, mostly because despite what I did, the inbuilt alarm on the phone wouldn't repeat (it takes a bomb to wake me up, so I need something loud and long to get me up!).
The SPB Time works great, has a very annoying ring on it, however it just won't go off unless I press the standby button on the right hand side of the phone.
This morning as an example, I awoke at 05:45, the alarm was due to go off at 06:00. I thought I'd wait to see what happened. Sure enough, 06:00 came and went, picked up the phone, pressed the standby button and the alarm went off!
Any ideas what could be wrong. Am I doing something wrong?
You need to let the phone disable itself.
When you press the right "close" button to disable your screen the alarm won't go off.
RikP said:
You need to let the phone disable itself.
When you press the right "close" button to disable your screen the alarm won't go off.
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Yep, thats what I thought. However last night I deliberatly let the phone disable itself and it still didnt work. I can literally sit here at my desk, set the alarm for the next 5 minutes, let the phone disable itself and the alarm wont go off. As soon as I press the standby button, off it goes.
Software or hardware related? Im at a loss to be honest.
i had the same probleme
and the solution is simple !
you need to instal spb clock in internal memoty and not in storage
and it's ok
for sure it take 4mo but you had to choose
regards
Hate to say it, but I've tried that and it's still the same.
It's an old version, so wonder if the new version has the same problems.
I've got SPB Time and it works fine. There is an option in the alarm page for "enable wakeup tweak" make sure that's ticked...
Get the latest version,,, 2.1.4 build 947.
If you have SPB Time 2.x.x then you should be able to use your serial code in the latest versions...
(Works for me fine if installed in storage card too btw...)
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Yesterday I was doing some exploring, on foot, using Google Maps on my TP2. What I would do was check Google Maps, get a satellite lock, plan the next few minutes' walking, then press the power button to put it in "sleep" mode. A few minutes later I'd repeat the procedure - take the phone out, press the power button to wake it up, go back into Google Maps, etc.
The problem was that when I put the phone in sleep mode, Google Maps was the active application, in the foreground; but when waking up again, Google Maps had been pushed into the background, and the phone was displaying the TouchFlo home tab instead. That meant that every single time I did this I had to go into the task manager and bring Google Maps back to the foreground again.
Is there a way to get the phone to automatically bring up whichever application was running when it was switched into sleep mode and not default back to the home screen?
This is one of my biggest gripes about the Touch Flo.
It just get's in the way of so many things.
Does this happen only if you manually put it into sleep mode, or does it also happen if the screen goes dark on it's own?
This is my biggest gripe. I want to stay in the application I left when the phone went into sleep mode. The funny part is the application is running for a split second right before TF default back to the home screen. Massively irritating. I like TF and all but I want to start the app I was running right when I put the phone in sleep / suspend. It's BS.
So, this explains why the phone defaults back to the home screen when I am in the middle of a call. It is not just that the phone wants to always be on the homescreen, but that the Touch Flo specifically forces its way "in front" of anything else that is running.
That gives me even more of a reason to want to upgrade from the T-Mobile ROM that my phone came with. I like Touch Flo actually but this has become so irritating that I would happily give it up so I can call my voicemail and enter passwords/delete messages without having to open the phone five times per call...
pinhead said:
So, this explains why the phone defaults back to the home screen when I am in the middle of a call.
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That's starting to annoy me as well.
Anyone using TouchLockPro or PocketShield?
What are your impressions, pros/cons?
Thanks
Touch lock pro is really good but i removed it because some major features weren't working, maybe its just the ROM i used. But its great!
I was using s2u2, but kept having issues, probably has more to do that I don't use a stock rom, versus the program, but I switched to pocket shield and have no issues with it. I don't use all the features, just mainly the screen lock.
p51d007 said:
I was using s2u2, but kept having issues, probably has more to do that I don't use a stock rom, versus the program, but I switched to pocket shield and have no issues with it. I don't use all the features, just mainly the screen lock.
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hmm good to know...I was about to ask about S2U2 too...it looks great...but I was reading the threads on it and it seams like issue after issue that people are talking about...maybe just the users/roms/or devices...idk
I downloaded the trial version of Pocket Shield...which you can use for 10 days before having to buy it.
Noticed some issues...probably things that just I would notice ...
(1) It enables the ability to select Repeat...under settings>Sounds&Notifications>Notifications>Reminders [I thought this was great...since this feature disappeared after WM 2003]
(2) in the same area...under Voicemail, Missed Call, and Text Messages you can now enable "flash light"...although these options are no available for New MMS...or ...New E-mail...or Reminders
(3) When Reminders go off...the light flashes anyways...until you dismiss or snooze... [I thought this was annoying cause I usually associate LEDS with missed e-mail, text, voicemail, not reminders...]
(4) You have some boost alarm options....where you can choose snooze options....this is basically an alarm to tell you have unchecked e-mail, text, voicemail, reminders etc... BUT the SNOOZE options don't actually work...this seams to never stop...just keeps going and going...even after the reminders and all missed calls are answered :x Edit:OK, so apparently...when this alarm goes off on the lock screen...you click on the item on the lock screen, then slide the screen...where the snooze options are revealed! yaay! ...but no dismiss button :X Ok, figured this out. For Boost alarm options you have a time setting for when you want it to work, plus you can check what you want it to work for, mine kept going off because I had it checked to go off as long as there was something on "today & tomorrow's Agenda" haha oops
(5) After a call...the screen locks...even if this feature is turned off on pocketshield...
(6) strange thing...i think is a feature of pocket shield...that we can't control...the phone screen turns off when you hold the phone up to your ear...even if the feature..."protect screen during call" is off....sortof like the iphone proximity sensor...not sure if our phone already did this...but I don't remember it doing this...before....
...if anyone knows that this is a normal feature...and how to turn it off...that would be great...
(7) For some dumb reason...the TouchFlo3D Slide to Unlock Screen is gone again....and it has defaulted back to the old WM Unlock...if I hold End key down....yaay! (sarcasm) ...this happened strangly the other day too...without this program...and I had to hard reset to get it back :x
(8) No clue why...but after a call...the phone decided to vibrate without stopping...until I pulled out the battery....when i turned it back on ...it went back to vibrating...but stopped after it finished booting...no clue why this happened...but it only took place once...wasn't a reoccurring problem
maybe this is all happening because it isn't the full version...idk...I thought it would be full...just minus access to the skins and it would just disable in 10 days...but idk...
This is all on my stock Rom too....which is nuts
Another annoyance...when you hit the power button...it turns of any media player you had running...so you can't turn the screen of and play music at the same time...unless plugged into external power.
I found that I can turn the screen off...and keep the media player running if I push the PocketSheild Lock button...this gives you the option to turn the screen off...or go to the lock screen...which will turn the screen off too and keep the media player running.
Major annoyance...should just be able to hit the power button and have the screen turn off and lock...with the media player still playing...what if I want to save battery by turning my screen off while listening to music...or put the phone in my pocket with headphones...
StrangeShadow said:
hmm good to know...I was about to ask about S2U2 too...it looks great...but I was reading the threads on it and it seams like issue after issue that people are talking about...maybe just the users/roms/or devices...idk
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Yeah, I don't fault S2U2, it's a good program. I hear from a lot of people that use it and like it, but I was having issues. It's funny to show iPhone drones the S2U2 lock screen with the battery showing (the default iPhone screen?), and they say "hey, when did you get an iPhone" swipe it unlocked, and they say you can't have iphone on a windows phone LOL....priceless.
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Yeah, I don't fault S2U2, it's a good program. I hear from a lot of people that use it and like it, but I was having issues. It's funny to show iPhone drones the S2U2 lock screen with the battery showing (the default iPhone screen?), and they say "hey, when did you get an iPhone" swipe it unlocked, and they say you can't have iphone on a windows phone LOL....priceless.
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at least people don't mistake your phone with a nokia,
it's driving me crazy
I used TouchLockPro for a long while. Generally, I like it. I locks well and the unlock with light feature is great.
Recently, the unlock with light feature was added to PhoneAlarm. I use and like PhoneAlarm, so I just updated and now have a single program with my alarm profiles and screeen locking plus a slide to unlock. Handy.
This problem is with the screen and phone not going to sleep mode after an event that brings it out of sleep.
After i lock the screen manually by pressing the button on the top, the phone would wake up briefly due to an event like a calendar reminder, text, phone etc.
So after certain duration of inactivity, it should go back into the sleep mode automatically. Right, it used to, but not anymore. It just stopped. I have checked the Advanced settings under the Battery option but no good.
Although after say 30 seconds (as per my setting) the screen fades to low light to conserve battery, but remains active.
As a result i have inadvertently pocket dialed quite a many and it's beginning to be a privacy concern and a pain in the butt for me and others. Not to mention the charges from the international number my phone self-dialed.
I'm using a TP-2 Rhodium OS 6.1.
As if the battery didn't suck enough, I needed this !!!
Any tips would be appreciated.
If the phone "used to" go to sleep but doesn't anymore, it sounds like a recently installed program or process is running in the background forcing it to stay on.
Does the phone refuse to go to sleep only after being woken up by an event?
...or does it not go to sleep on its own at all anymore?
Isn't pressing that button on the top just closing the screen?, unless you set it as the lock as well
I should have mentioned - the phone will go back to sleep mode if I manually operate the button on the top. Just that it won't go to sleep on its own anymore.
You may be right user602, about the recently installed apps, but is there any way to narrow down on the culprit instead of uninstalling all of them?
s6a6n6d6m6a6n said:
I should have mentioned - the phone will go back to sleep mode if I manually operate the button on the top. Just that it won't go to sleep on its own anymore.
You may be right user602, about the recently installed apps, but is there any way to narrow down on the culprit instead of uninstalling all of them?
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Go back and check the power settings again; make sure they are set to have the screen turn off. Change the settings to some other value and see if that helps. Maybe something just messed around with your registry entries.
If not, you will need to uninstall those programs, in reverse order, until the device works.
I'd start by changing the power settings as suggested by stevedebi above.
If that doesn't help, and you want to avoid uninstalling a bunch of stuff, you can look at what's running using Task Manager:
-Begin by stopping running programs one at a time, and seeing if the device will sleep.
-If that doesn't help, stop processes one at a time, and again see if the device will sleep (watch out for critical system processes, though).
...or if you're lucky, you may find something in the \windows\startup folder, such as a program you were not aware is starting on boot.
Of course, this all ends with uninstalling programs one at a time if none of the above suggestions work.
-602
------- "I'd start by changing the power settings as suggested by stevedebi above."
I can swear i tried this before and it didn't work. Changed it one last time before doing anything else,... and voila !!!
Thanks 602 & stevedebi
That was easy!
I'm glad the simplest solution worked for you.
...That's usually not my luck!
Cheers,
-602
Hi guys,
If you really need this option, like I do, please vote here.
What? Why?
I disagree.
Not really sure why you'd need that. Just put it in airplane mode if you're concerned about draining the battery.
ldgus said:
Not really sure why you'd need that. Just put it in airplane mode if you're concerned about draining the battery.
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+1 just put it in airplane mode
Symbian user?
PG2G said:
What? Why?
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Because some people use their phones as alarm clock every morning and we don't use our phones while we are asleep. So why should phone be on all night?
comeradealexi said:
I disagree.
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Why? You don't want more features in your WP? If WP wants to be big player he should offer more than big 2.
ldgus said:
Not really sure why you'd need that. Just put it in airplane mode if you're concerned about draining the battery.
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I can do that, but that's just a workaround for something that should be simple as button press. Plus, it still drains ~5% or more. Main reason is that we don't use our phones at night while we are asleep and most of us probably don't want to be disturbed by phone calls, messages or emails at night. So why not just turn off the phone with simple button press and still have alarm clock on. It's not that battery last very long on WP devices.
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Symbian user?
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Yes, I miss this feature from my Nokia. Blackberry also has this feature.
Are there even alarm apps that work in the background yet? The one I use, GAlarm, doesn't -.-
Alarm, when the phone is off, is just like air condition when car engine is off. You can't use air condition if you dont turn your engine on. Just live vit it, you don't have other choice. This is smart phone not Nokia 3310!
mrdaco said:
Alarm, when the phone is off, is just like air condition when car engine is off. You can't use air condition if you dont turn your engine on. Just live vit it, you don't have other choice. This is smart phone not Nokia 3310!
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Blackberry is also smartphone and if they figure out how to do this I guess other guys could too.
I don't want my phone to be able to turn its self on. Plus if I turn it off that means I dont want the alarm going off. If people genuinely wanted this then they would vote for it, you don't need to convince us.
Well today i was late for work. Without a good reason my phone went off last night.
No alarm woke me up! Just because this feature is missing. It would come in handy if there was just an option to wake up the phone when alarm goes off.
I wonder if you're confusing "off" with "sleep"?
"Off" is just that: no power, no nothing. How can an alarm ring when there's no power to allow it to ring?
As for Blackberry doing this...again, are you sure the phone wasn't in a low-powered state, like "sleep"?
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I wonder if you're confusing "off" with "sleep"?
"Off" is just that: no power, no nothing. How can an alarm ring when there's no power to allow it to ring?
As for Blackberry doing this...again, are you sure the phone wasn't in a low-powered state, like "sleep"?
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I think you know nothing about "Off". If when we turn off the phone, there is "no power, no nothing" like you said, why when we turn it on again, the clock is still correct? Even if you remove the battery for a while, the phone is still work, cause there is a backup battery (at least a large capacitor) in the phone, to keep some basic function running when the phone is off.
I agree with Klikerko, cause some users are used to turn off the phone while they are asleep, airplane mode or turn off, we should have the right to choose which one to use, like Symbian.
Symbian users are too familiar with how the alarm clock works.
The phone will start itself and stay in the clock mode, mean it will give you two option:
Snooze + Turn off the alarm ( for that day only) and then it will ask you either to turn on the phone or not.
Well... it is kinda annoying with you have to press twice to turn off the alarm and shut the phone off/on...
I really would rather to have my phone run by me all night long with the charger. It doesn't hurt. And Windows Phones will turn themselves on if you plug in the charger, no matter what... so it is kinda pointless to ask for that.
BTW, it is a nice feature to have, but it doesn't hurt me if MS doesn't add it.
Agreed... I cant see the need for an alarm when the phone is off... Unless it turned itself off, in which case you got more serious problems.
I want an alarm program to work in the background, AND be able to have its own volume settings... I don't like having to remember to switch on the alarm software, make sure its active, then adjust the volume ever time I want to go to bed... especially if its been a "good" night. The WP stock alarm software has too few options, and switches itself off after a predetermined set of time (~5 mins is it?)... What is the good of an alarm clock that turns itself off?
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I think you know nothing about "Off". If when we turn off the phone, there is "no power, no nothing" like you said, why when we turn it on again, the clock is still correct? Even if you remove the battery for a while, the phone is still work, cause there is a backup battery (at least a large capacitor) in the phone, to keep some basic function running when the phone is off.
I agree with Klikerko, cause some users are used to turn off the phone while they are asleep, airplane mode or turn off, we should have the right to choose which one to use, like Symbian.
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Then I stand corrected, as this isn't unlike a PC with its CMOS battery (otherwise PCs wouldn't be able to keep the current time without having an Internet connection to connect to an NTP server).
With off, like the battery removed, This would be a dumb request and I would not vote for it. How would an app work if there was no power to it ?
As for the built in alarm app, it's simple and I have NEVER missed a meeting because of it. I use it everytime I travel and dont even touch the in-room alarm clocks. No need to update this.
No need to change that
The alarm works fine as it is for me: I put my phone in silence mode every evening and leave is charging. It always woke me up when needed.
Given how much else needs to be done or enhanced on the Windows Phone platform, I don't think this request should be a priority.
Cheers,
Stephen
There are oddities with WP7, but not life-altering. Won't charge in 'off' mode. WiFi sync works only while charging. Alarm subsystem functions only while in sleep/awake mode.
For alarm clock -- airplane mode, plug into charger, sleep mode (via power button or just set it down on it's face).
In the morning, alarm goes off, hit dismiss, hold back button pulls up airplane mode, flick it off, and start button takes me back to homescreen, fully charged and ready to go. Unlike WM5/6 where the alarm subroutine was unreliable, WP7 is refreshingly stable and reliable for my needs.
Cheers
Anyone else having issues with their alarm clock on the Fire Phone? In the morning, the alarm will go off (which is a good thing) but I can't turn it off (Which is a bad thing). I've been having to turn the phone off completely to shut it down. Most of the time, the screen will come on giving me the option to swipe to turn it off or snooze, but swiping doesn't work. Some times, the screen does not even give me those options. I downloaded a different alarm app, but am having the same issue.
Ironically I've had this same problem and it was possibly after freezing certain system apps for more memory. The only solution I've found as opposed to rebooting the phone is holding down the home button which triggers voice input and stops the alarm.
Hope this helps.
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I almost missed work today! My alarm went off for like 1 second and then shuts itself off. I'm wonder if Next lock screen has anything to do with it. I have to play with it later tonight. This is kind of unacceptable.
I was not able to reproduce the issue again this evening (even though it happened with both my morning alarms) and I seem to have made things worse. Messing around with LockScreen.apk and LockScreenPreviewer.apk, my screen no longer turns on when the alarm sounds. I have to unlock the phone and go into the alarm's notification menu to stop it.
Also, I managed to accidentally delete my backup of /system/priv-app/LockScreen.apk. The one in /system/app/LockScreen.apk doesn't work when I put it in priv-app and update-fire-phone-35.4.6.3_user_463001620.bin doesn't even have a /system/priv-app/LockScreen.apk.
EDIT:
Screw it. I moved over to 4.6.3. Problem solved. I'm back on the standard horrible lockscreen for now. But at least the alarm seems to be working again.