What is it about a phone that can do everything yet the alarm clock does not work. every wm phone i have had the alarm has never worked or just intermittantly.
i was over 1 hour late up this morning the alarm is set says its set notifications are all correct everything is done i can do to ensure the alarm is activated however the time comes the alarm does nothing and there is no msg or error msg to say otherwise its grinding my gears any one help me get a 100% reliable alarm on my touch pro 2 pls! and on my tytn2 and xda orbit.
thanks all
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I have used a program called G-Alarm on windows mobile ever since I have had it, as the built in alarms are CRAP. G-Alarm is 100% reliable and even lets you do quirky things like playing mp3's to wake you and not letting the alarm be tuned off until you have completed a maths question or a maze (to make sure you are awake!)
Cheddies said:
I have used a program called G-Alarm on windows mobile ever since I have had it, as the built in alarms are CRAP. G-Alarm is 100% reliable and even lets you do quirky things like playing mp3's to wake you and not letting the alarm be tuned off until you have completed a maths question or a maze (to make sure you are awake!)
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G-Alarm is very good, but the latest version isn't free anymore. Maybe someone can upload v.1.5.1 which I think is the last free built. I can't do it right now because I am in the office.
i have that installed but yet to try it out! i have noticed in wm alarms you can set 3 however there is only 2 ava'ble there is already one in there named to dont touch this ( is that something g-alarm has added)
my g - alarm is v2.1.2 - registered
wm alarms are set but nothing happens the 2nd shot shows this dummy alarm that appeared did g- alarm put it there?
this is the g-alarm i have installed
Get that latest cab here:
http://freewareppc.com/clock/galarm.shtml
matttytn2 said:
i have that installed but yet to try it out! i have noticed in wm alarms you can set 3 however there is only 2 ava'ble there is already one in there named to dont touch this ( is that something g-alarm has added)
my g - alarm is v2.1.2 - registered
wm alarms are set but nothing happens the 2nd shot shows this dummy alarm that appeared did g- alarm put it there?
this is the g-alarm i have installed
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Yeah, G-Alarm puts this one Alarm with "Don't touch" there so that TF3D can show the next alarm in the home tab. Just leave this Alarm as it is -you can set as many Alarms as you want in G-Alarm. No need to ever touch the Windows-Alarms again
sweet! thought so! i used to run fizz alarms but this is top notch got 20mp3s on my mem card all added in the software blends them in and out nicely and the talking clock is sweet it blends the talking clock in perfect to your tunes this is gr8!!!!
I also think the alarms on WM devices are quite rubbish. One time I got to the office 1 hour late and I didnt even know it until I arrived and saw the look on my colleagues face who was waiting to go home. The alarm woke me up and I picked up my phone and dismissed like I had been doing for years. I followed my usual routine but only difference is that I got to work almost exactly one hour late. The only explanation for this is that the alrm must have woken me up 1 hour later. How this happened I just dont know.
Now I have the touch pro 2, I use the alarm on that but I have still left the alarm on my TyTN II on a back up.
are you sure you set alarm in the right way???
pro2 alarm setting isnt in the normal way, you should go to:
setting(touchflo 3d)---sounds---advanced---notification---in Event section,find Reminder
this is the alarm sound
nokiadashi said:
are you sure you set alarm in the right way???
pro2 alarm setting isnt in the normal way, you should go to:
setting(touchflo 3d)---sounds---advanced---notification---in Event section,find Reminder
this is the alarm sound
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Bull****. From the home tab, tap the clock, touch the 2nd tab. This is the alarms tab.
Also, I use the alarm Monday through Friday all week. It works perfect. So, I think you guys are failing at using it. I have used it like this for a year or more with 2 different phones. The HTC Hermes and now my HTC Rhodium/TP2.
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Hi,
I'm using the standard alarm on the TP II (not G-Alarm) and it has occured to me twice that my alarm did not ring in the morning! The phone was in the charger, alarm was set and I turned off the screen (not the phone, just the screen). Next morning I woke up and the alarm had switched off (even though it was set to ring every morning) and there was no little "bell" in the taskbar showing that I had missed a notification ...
Can't believe this is happening again. The sound of my TP continuously crashed also causing me to miss my morning alarms!
Anyone with the same problems in here?
Well, this is a WM bug. We alle hope that it will be solved with 6.5
It seems to be happening less with the tp2 when I compare it to my hermes though. Mine jus doesn't ring, Or when it doens't ring and you put your screen on, it starts to ring (being 2 hours late).
G-alarm removes this bug at install, at least, it asks you if g-alarm should do it.
Alright thanks.
Back to G-Alarm I guess...
I've had this same problem, and I'm quite annoyed, as it's not been an issue for me in ages with my Kaiser, Xperia.
I tried G-alarm ages ago on the Kaiser & it was unreliable. Can people vouch for it working properly, and getting all the way through an mp3 track rather than just playing 30 seconds or whatever? I may try it out again if this problem is not resolved.
I have had the problem of the alarm failing to go off. I never did on the Samsung omnia, with Samsungs own alarm. But no one’s managed to get it on any other wm device. So I use cradlealarm.
Not failed to go off, but it can be a nightmare to stop ringing.
Every winmo device I've ever used has had oem alarm issues. Not at all reliable. 3rd party is the way to go. No more issue.
yeah, right. 3rd party is the way. mine also having alarm problem, it won't ring when i tested it on the spot. was kinda disappointed, the damn phone cost alot and a simple alarm program couldn't work. i use 3rd party alarm and it works!
Didn't have problems on my Touch and on my Diamond, did have problems on my Touch Pro and now Touch Pro 2.
G-Alarm works flawlessly though DavidMC0. And you need more than 30 seconds to hear the alarm? Try setting it louder, I use the standard tune in G-Alarm, works great. Flip it over for snooze, shake it to turn it off...
I have the same problem on a Norwegian standard ROM... Which version of G-alarm do you use?
I have the same problem,
I use the 6.5 with manila 2.1 and i still have the same problem.
Anyone talked to HTC about that ?
We are not supose to buy 3rd part app when you have payed for a function that must work.
Oki,
I´ll just write to them then.
"Hello, I have Bought the wonderfull HTC Touch Pro 2. I´m a member of the XDA site plus many other and we have decided to write to you about a very Big problem. The Alarm does not Ring in the Morning and we have missed some important appoinments because of that. I know you have worked hard to achieve a great business phone, but what good is a buisness phone if you are missing your meetings ?"
What do you think Guys ?
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Any One ???
Apparently it switches off every night with touchflo. I don't want to have to buy g-alarm to have to use what would seem like a simple function on a phone. Even if the alarm does manage to go off, it runs the risk of being too short. Should I just use my razr as an alarm again? this is ridiculous.
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c0ach said:
Apparently it switches off every night with touchflo. I don't want to have to buy g-alarm to have to use what would seem like a simple function on a phone. Even if the alarm does manage to go off, it runs the risk of being too short. Should I just use my razr as an alarm again? this is ridiculous.
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I use mine for an alarm every morning. Plugged in or not it still wakes me up.
Paying for G-Alarm? I must have an older version that was free. It works great.
I use it for 3 alarms.. Work, Class on saturday and Raid (WoW =)
All with TF3D 2.1 (EnergyROM).. no issues.
maybe i just had a bad rom. I just changed to energyrom. I'll see if I wake up on time tomorrow.
You can also try klaxon, i use it for waking up. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412669
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klaxon has been my preferred since touch pro. you do have to open it now and again as sometimes it forgets- but once you have opened and shut it again its reliable (i assume its restarting the phone thats the culprit)
I had an X1 and never had a problem with the stock WM alarm.
Even with new energy rom TP2 alarm is a joke.
Say I set 3 alarms at 9.00am, 9.15am and 9.30am. After the 9.15 alarm I get up and turn the 9.30 alarm off. The main screen now shows no alarm or 9.00am for the next morning (depending on day).
At 9.30am the bloody alarm I just turned off will go off anyway!
Sometime if I say decide to have a nap and set an alarm for in 1 hour. Again it will not go off.
It seems to me that when you change the alarm it takes a while for the change to filter through. Similar thing happens when setting appointments. They don't always show up on the today screen for a while.
Anyone know of a fix for this or am I going to have to try a 3rd party ap? Is it something to do with the touchflo interface and would be solved by going for stock WM interface?
I have never had very good luck with the stock oem alarms on any htc device.(not used sony) I just get a 3rd party. I've had the spb alarm for years and transfer it over to any new device I get. Spb stuff just plain rocks and is very stable. Never had any issues with anything of theirs. That would be my advice. BAM! Done.
Cannot reproduce on my Sprint TP2.
The phantom alarm going off is something I can confirm on my T-Mobile TP2 with NRG ROM. Drives me nuts.
You guys should try to reproduce it with TFLO3D off - edit it straight it WM clock settings panel and see if it really is a "lag time" from TFLO3d to update WM or if it's just WM itself.
Using stock ROM (Vodafone) and the in-built alarm clost doesn't always work... not sure why, as it's random.
Anyone else got the same problem, or better still a reason why it's not working?
I am using a custom wav sound, which is large (attached) - but without it the alarm just doesn't wake me up!
The build-in alarm of WM is unreliable since it's birth.
Long, long time ago, when I overslept once more, I bought pTravelAlarm.
A few bucks and your problem is over.
(But there are also free alarms like Klaxon.)
I have not had any problems with the alarm actually going off. However, I have noticed that it will sometimes play not only the alarm sound but also the "reminder" sound. I'm not sure why this is and it doesn't seem to happen every day. I would suggest trying a smaller sound file or maybe set up a test of the alarm and your custom sound during some time when you can observe it. Perhaps you can see if there are any special conditions that make it not go off (other programs running, checking email or something, etc...)
I am having the same problem all of a sudden
It always worked on 6.1 (and some custom ROMs)
It worked on the official 6.5 ROM
I installed Tomtom and alarm stopped working. I removed it and the alarm worked. I installed some other apps (.NET 3.5, email scheduler, timesynctz, flitsnav) and the alarm stopped working. I haven't been able to pin it down on 1 app. I removed them one by one but the problem now persists...
I have had the same problem. Woke up to late and looked at the screen where it said that he couldn't connect to the internet (probably to sync my email). When I pressed ignore, the alarm went off, email came in etc.
Maybe it better to use Klaxon or G alarm...
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\Sounds]
“Repeat”=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{15F11F90-8A5F-454c-89FC-BA9B7AAB0CAD}]
"Options"=dword:4000001B
Ok, what does that code snipit (registry settings) actuall mean/do???
Same thing here... alarm sometimes fails to go off. I have noticed when it happens that the clock is locked up and is not at the current time. Also the top left of the screen says "messaging" instead of "Start"
I've noticed the messaging deal pop up from time to time for no particular reason... and when it does the clock stops keeping time. I think the fact that the clock stops is the only reason the alarm fails to go off. Any button or screen press will unfreeze the clock.
This is on a TP2 T-Mobile official 6.5 rom. Reflashed several times, and problem always returns. Unsure if it happened on the original shipped rom.
I've had issue and changed to SPB Time, never had an issue there.
Are you sure your phone wasn't locking up in the middle of the night? I have had that happen, the Blank Screen of Death locks me up, the phone just sits idle and alarms don't go off.
has anyone tried the registry settings of HD2Owner? You have to add the new settings? How does it work?
Using AT&T Tilt 2 and latest release of Pocket Informant 9.11.
I had a task set to alarm on a certain date and time. The phone was turned off at the time the alarm was supposed to display/sound. When I turned the phone ON about 20 minutes past the alarm time I did not get any kind of notification. It seems that I only get the alarm notifications if the phone is turned on at the time the alarm is supposed to fire. My old HTC Sprint Touch did not have a problem with this.
Is this a known bug in WM 6.5?
Thanks!
Fuzzy John said:
Using AT&T Tilt 2 and latest release of Pocket Informant 9.11.
I had a task set to alarm on a certain date and time. The phone was turned off at the time the alarm was supposed to display/sound. When I turned the phone ON about 20 minutes past the alarm time I did not get any kind of notification. It seems that I only get the alarm notifications if the phone is turned on at the time the alarm is supposed to fire. My old HTC Sprint Touch did not have a problem with this.
Is this a known bug in WM 6.5?
Thanks!
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yep there is a bug in windows mobile that makes it do this...try a another program possibly...i know every time when i install g-alarm...it tells me that I have the WM alarm bug and that I have to restart after installation. NOTE:g-alarm is not free-it used to be...but getting by with the latest free version should suffice..
http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com/en/index.php?download=2606