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[Q] Alarm clock customization or replacement

Hi,
Is it possible to display alarm and meeting (from calendar) notifications on a desktop and not in the Notifications window?
Why I'm asking is: to turn off the alarm I need to tap a small area on the top to access the Notifications Window and only then to stop the alarm. This operation takes time and wakes up all my family. Because it's hard to tap a small bar on the top then you just woke up.
Maybe I'm wrong, but in the stock ROM all the notifications pops up on the main screen. Is it so or not?
What are my options??
- Is it possible to customize the way alarms pop up in Topaz/Rhodium based ROMs (in my case Dutty's)?
- Or should I search for a third party Alarm Clock which would display huge SNOOZE and DISMISS buttons on the main screen?
Thanks

I use Galarm. It integrates into TF3D so your next alarm is displayed on the home screen. When the alarm goes off it's a full screen alarm, no little notifications in the task bar.
Here is the thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=465879

Pandemoniumone said:
I use Galarm. It integrates into TF3D so your next alarm is displayed on the home screen. When the alarm goes off it's a full screen alarm, no little notifications in the task bar.
Here is the thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=465879
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Wow.. greate application!
Thanks!

Glad I could help!

Btw.
v2.0 was just released and it's not free anymore!!! It requires registration code. Otherwise - trial will end by the end of this month
5€ is not that much.
Anyway.. I have half a month to test the app and make sure that it really satisfies my needs.

Thanks for the info! This app has been working perfectly for me so I haven't even looked for any updates. I'll be upgrading to 2.0 as soon as possible to help support this great app!
Regards

Time/Date on EVERY screen? Possible?

Hey guys,
I'd like to have date & time on EVERY screen (not just home).
(I've just installed Josh's Manilla 2D ROM, so I'm using WM6.1)
I know how to add it using registry edits (or tweaker apps), but this has 2 problems:
1) I want date format to be "d/M", but if I set that in regional settings, TouchFlo 2D follows that format too. (Which I don't want)
2) It's only displayed when I'm on the Today page.
The date/time function in pBar 1.5 (which I'm also using) DOES display on all screens (not just Today), but...
this causes another problem; pBar's date&time are ON TOP OF my speaker icon. Is there a way to insert some space to fix this?
I promise I used the site search. Infact, I've just spent the last 40 minutes looking for the solution myself.

im using crc's rom v12.9 at the moment and am able to get the time on all of the programs that have a bar at the top. whether this can be done on the rom you are using i dont know. i made it display in the title bar of programs on the clock menu in the settings where you can tick to say show it in all title bars.
i dont whether this is what your looking for.
hope you find a way to do it

you can get it by editing the registry
[URL]http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry[/URL] said:
Restore clock on top bar
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\]
"ShowTitleBarClock"=1
Show Time,Date,both or Battery on top bar at Today screen
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\]
"ShowTitleBarClock"=1 / "TBOpt"=3
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Thanks for your reply, but this doesn't force it to display on every screen.

daxliniere said:
Thanks for your reply, but this doesn't force it to display on every screen.
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I just tried it, and with both settings it does show on every screen. But, it cuts off the 9 in the year, so today is 5/18/0.

Hey Boog, thanks for trying it, mate.
Yes, the date is cutoff for me too, but it also doesn't show on every screen.

Settings -> clocks and alarms -> more -> check the box to show it in every screens
personally i have mine set up to show the battery on the today screen and the clock on every other screen using the below settings:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell]
"TBOpt"=dword:00000001 (when the clock is shown it shows only time)
"ShowTitleBarClock"=dword:00000000 (Battery is shown on today screen)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\TaskBar]
"ConsistentClockOrBattery"=dword:00000000 (option for today screen is not consistent across all programs)
"LimitedClock"=dword:00000000 (shows clock on all programs)

I[E said:
Settings -> clocks and alarms -> more -> check the box to show it in every screens
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GAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Yep, that's it. Thanks so very much, I[E, I really appreciate your effort. Cheers!

i did post that in my first post, but im glad you sorted it any way

Scotty93 said:
i did post that in my first post, but im glad you sorted it any way
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D'oh! Still friends?
Thanks,
Dax.

lmao dont worry about it its just good that you sorted out your problem

new widgets available

Just did a widget update and noticed two new widgets are available for download. One allows you quick access to change your profile and the other allows you quick access to
change your ringtone.

How do you do a widget update?

Hit the + then Widget then "Get more HTC widgets".

Whiterin said:
Hit the + then Widget then "Get more HTC widgets".
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Thanks Whiterin - I'd never even looked at that lol

Just looked in there LOL didn't think to press menu/ update. Got four new ones.
Coin Flip, Dice, Profile and Ringtone.

teffers said:
Thanks Whiterin - I'd never even looked at that lol
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No problems. To the OP, thanks for the heads up. I have two new widgets on my page and was able to remove some third party one. Useful!

Is there a way I can easily change my phone behaviour from ring to ring+vibrate?
I would like to have a switch but the HTC widget only gives you ring only/vibrate only/silent.
But it's a nice addition in any case...

ferus said:
Is there a way I can easily change my phone behaviour from ring to ring+vibrate?
I would like to have a switch but the HTC widget only gives you ring only/vibrate only/silent.
But it's a nice addition in any case...
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You can hold volume down until it vibrates.

VVV850 said:
You can hold volume down until it vibrates.
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Yes, but essentially it does the same action as the HTC widget - vibrate only. It doesn't give you the option ring+vibrate.

Haven't read your previous post exactly and didn't see the + sign between ring and vibrate. Your right

this was already available for Legend previously, but now also with Desire. Nothing really new anyway.

i've got 7
coin flip
dice
notes
profile
ringtone
tip calculator
today in history
nice to see some updates.

it says downloaded for 'profile ' now but how the hell do you get it to a screen?
if i choose to uninstall it says the homescreen will be reset, but there's no icon for this thing to remove anyway

Update in Germany
I'm in Germany and I've got no Updates on Widgets. Is the Update limited to some countries?

tommo123 said:
it says downloaded for 'profile ' now but how the hell do you get it to a screen?
if i choose to uninstall it says the homescreen will be reset, but there's no icon for this thing to remove anyway
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Select the Settings widget and it is in there.

AjUK said:
Select the Settings widget and it is in there.
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thank you! got it now

good to see updates.. the profile one is fab ... not sure re dice etc LOL... well done HTC !!

after downloading widgets they dont appear in widgets menu !
MCR3
i think this is a common buggg

Disable sms notification

I have disabled all notifications in the stock messaging application and I'm still getting the icon at the top bar.. Even when I click on it, it doesn't disappear unless I click "clear". How do I prevent from this icon from appearing every time I get a message??

Did you by chance install beautiful widgets pack 2? That drove me nuts for a few hours, till I figured it out
~N1gh7m4r3~

n1gh7m4r3 said:
Did you by chance install beautiful widgets pack 2? That drove me nuts for a few hours, till I figured it out
~N1gh7m4r3~
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Your awesome! Thank you!!!!!!!

[App] [Pixel Pulse] Rejoice! Our Alternative for LED Notifications - (Stable)

Like most, I feel really empty without the LED.. I've been using, and have been dependent on the LED ever since my beloved Nexus One
and every Nexus/Pixel since..
Giving thanks:
Forcing us to pick up our phone just to see if we have any notifications is just uncalled for.
I want to check my phone when I want to, not because I have to.
I've tried pretty much every alternative out there -- they either didnt work how i wanted, or were just too ugly how they displayed the info.
Welp, enough rambling. Let me get to the point.
Lets us all give a round of applause to @grokus,
for providing us non-led'ers a true solution in the hell storm that has been created over this whole ordeal :victory:
He's been taking suggestions on what to include as well!
Behold, "Pixel Pulse"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse​
Description:
- Pixel Pulse uses the systems ambient display, in a VERY minimal, clean, efficient, time interval approach, to display whatever app you want to 'pop up'
- Pixel Pulse will 'cycle through' each app if multiple notifications are present
- Notifications can either be displayed as; icon only, icon + app name, icon + notification title, icon + title + content, or a mixture of all three depending on the app(s) you choose.
- Color choices, and more
How to use:
- Must have Ambient Display enabled. - (I just have the 'tap to touch' slider on).
- Have 'New Notifications' (Inside Ambient Display settings) enabled. - (This just allows Pixel Pulse to take over how to display the notifications).
- Battery Optimization (for this app) disabled. - (So the system continues the run the app without shutting the app down) ---- Settings > Battery > Battery Optimization > Pixel Pulse app > Don't Optimize.
- Go back into the app, set everything up as you like; colors, the time interval between pulses, what apps to display, how to display, etc
Going a Step Further:
- Once you have everything enabled you will be greeted with a persistent notification that displays "Pixel Pulse is Running". This notification will be present at ALL times; pulsing like a notification when the screen is off and in the notification drop down. Lets get rid of this (look at the next line).
- Settings > Apps & Notifications > Pixel Pulse app > Notifications > uncheck Pixel Pulse is Running > Enjoy :good:​
And there you have it! Enjoy your new LED notifications haha :laugh: -- Cant wait to see future development.

Thanks so much for the mention! I'll subscribe to this thread so if anyone has any issues or requests feel free to post them here.

I came across this a few days ago and even donated to get the pro features but for the life of me couldn't get the repeating pulse to work. It would show when I got a notification but then never repeat no matter how many seconds I set the interval to so I just gave up on it.

tlbland0426 said:
I came across this a few days ago and even donated to get the pro features but for the life of me couldn't get the repeating pulse to work. It would show when I got a notification but then never repeat no matter how many seconds I set the interval to so I just gave up on it.
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After reading through that thread, i believe he fixed it sometime last night.. I pulses for me fine.. You might give it another go and see

Yeah for some reason I still can't seem to get it to work. The notification shows up one time and then never reappears. I have the interval set to 10 seconds just to test and nothing.

tlbland0426 said:
Yeah for some reason I still can't seem to get it to work. The notification shows up one time and then never reappears. I have the interval set to 10 seconds just to test and nothing.
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You gave it notification access, right?

hartleyshc said:
You gave it notification access, right?
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Yep, ambient display is turned on (tap to view) and set to wake screen with new notifications. Have Pixel Pulse enabled with notification access, interval set to 10 seconds, apps configured and timeout set to 0.

I think this one would be a better implementation for notifications because it does a light ring around the phone AND a pop up toast for the app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flysoft.panel.edgelighting

tlbland0426 said:
Yep, ambient display is turned on (tap to view) and set to wake screen with new notifications. Have Pixel Pulse enabled with notification access, interval set to 10 seconds, apps configured and timeout set to 0.
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That all sounds correct. I wonder if do not disturb is causing problems?
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jeanxx said:
I think this one would be a better implementation for notifications because it does a light ring around the phone AND a pop up toast for the app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flysoft.panel.edgelighting
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Just be aware that displaying content over the lock screen like that wakes the device from doze/sleep.

grokus said:
That all sounds correct. I wonder if do not disturb is causing problems?
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Don't have DND on and made sure to disable all battery optimizations so that wouldn't affect it either. I'll keep messing around with it though cause it seems like it's just the app I'm looking for at least until OnePlus implements an AOD or someone makes a working AOD port down the road.

This is pretty cool,I wonder how it effects battery?

tlbland0426 said:
Don't have DND on and made sure to disable all battery optimizations so that wouldn't affect it either. I'll keep messing around with it though cause it seems like it's just the app I'm looking for at least until OnePlus implements an AOD or someone makes a working AOD port down the road.
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Yeah it's working here. Tested it out. It was iffy at first for me too.
I would say go in and just toggle the settings again and then restart.
After I did that it's been flawless.
Also @grokus enjoy 70% of a coffee.

grokus said:
Thanks so much for the mention! I'll subscribe to this thread so if anyone has any issues or requests feel free to post them here.
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Absolutely!
However, if i may give one .. maybe two suggestions.. lol
1. While its pulsing, with hidden content.. Maybe remove the "pixel pulse" name and only show the icon itself? thatll clean it up a bit more i think.. (also: when new message is received, the content still displays, but then 'goes away' and continues to pulse without the content -- is that intended?).
2. When you have multiple notifications; gmail, sms, etc .. maybe have the notification cycle through each app every pulse? (first pulse could show the sms, then the next pulse, gmail, etc..) Or 'stack' them (maybe 3 at the most?) on top of each other while it pulses? .. So you get to see all three apps at one time? Or a combinations of those if you have multiple notifications from various apps? ..
Hope i made sense :silly: -- i can elaborate if need be ha

Incredible_Culp said:
Absolutely!
However, if i may give one .. maybe two suggestions.. lol
1. While its pulsing, with hidden content.. Maybe remove the "pixel pulse" name and only show the icon itself? thatll clean it up a bit more i think.. (also: when new message is received, the content still displays, but then 'goes away' and continues to pulse without the content -- is that intended?).
2. When you have multiple notifications; gmail, sms, etc .. maybe have the notification cycle through each app every pulse? (first pulse could show the sms, then the next pulse, gmail, etc..) Or 'stack' them (maybe 3 at the most?) on top of each other while it pulses? .. So you get to see all three apps at one time? Or a combinations of those if you have multiple notifications from various apps? ..
Hope i made sense :silly: -- i can elaborate if need be ha
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Yeah for those I have a feeling the Pixel lock screen doesn't work like ours. So he would definitely need to detect the device that's being used, if he's not already.

hartleyshc said:
Also @grokus enjoy 70% of a coffee.
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Lol

Incredible_Culp said:
Absolutely!
However, if i may give one .. maybe two suggestions.. lol
1. While its pulsing, with hidden content.. Maybe remove the "pixel pulse" name and only show the icon itself? thatll clean it up a bit more i think.. (also: when new message is received, the content still displays, but then 'goes away' and continues to pulse without the content -- is that intended?).
2. When you have multiple notifications; gmail, sms, etc .. maybe have the notification cycle through each app every pulse? (first pulse could show the sms, then the next pulse, gmail, etc..) Or 'stack' them (maybe 3 at the most?) on top of each other while it pulses? .. So you get to see all three apps at one time? Or a combinations of those if you have multiple notifications from various apps? ..
Hope i made sense :silly: -- i can elaborate if need be ha
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I only have a Pixel to test on right now so please bear with me while I try to understand this.
I suspect that the first wake up might be your device's initial wake but I could be wrong.
I'll be adding a way to only show icons in addition to the hide content option (like the ninja mode).
On the pixel they do scroll through all current notifications each pulse. The pixel only shows one full notification at a time. What happens on your device? I can try other ways if you're willing to test it for me.

@Incredible_Culp
THX for sharing this w/us,much appreciated ! :good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse&hl=en
I'm liking this a bit better than a couple of the other apps mentioned throughout the OP6T Forum .
Your set-up notes in the OP got me to give it a look & once set-up & tested,I immediately went to this one as my go-to LED Notification replacement.
Those who choose to use this or any other LED replacement apps are going to see usage in the battery stats.
This may be near the top in usage,my suggestion is don't get caught up in the numbers,just use your phone as you normally would.
You may see less remaining at the end of the day vs not using it at all,but,I'm willing to bet it won't be close to a "panic" / "wall-hugger" level.
If this wasn't using battery/in-use,the next app or process in line would be showing the higher % use,hence the tail-chasing of the battery life discussions,LOL.
I recommend anyone give this a shot & support the developer if possible............. :good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse&hl=en

It doesn't work for me no matter what I try. Changed the settings according to the first post, made all in-app settings, activated the pulse for all apps. Still, nothing happens when a notification arrives. Can someone please help?

jackennils said:
It doesn't work for me no matter what I try. Changed the settings according to the first post, made all in-app settings, activated the pulse for all apps. Still, nothing happens when a notification arrives. Can someone please help?
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Perhaps check your battery optimizations for all of the associated apps, including Pixel Pulse. (make sure they're not optimized & are allowed to run in the background)
Sent from my SM-N960U using XDA Labs

Now it works, thanks a lot!
Edit: Okay, not really working. Sometimes it is, but most of the time it doesn't.