What is the best alarm application for Android? I currently use gentle alarm, but I am looking for an app that speaks the time when the alarm is going off. I know how us Android users love settings so I'm also looking for an app that has some in depth customization.
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Good morning is the best alarm app out there IMO. check it out, I think it will give you what you want
patsfan1130 said:
Good morning is the best alarm app out there IMO. check it out, I think it will give you what you want
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Are there any others that compare?
I only know of Good Morning as well. It does speak the time to you and has some other features like speak the weather/forecast.
Super alarm super sucks
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I was late to work this morning because my alarm didn't go off!!
If I dont use task killer before I go to sleep my batter drains about 70 % over night, but if I do use it my battery is fine, but my alarm doesn't go off.
Anyone else getting this massive battery drain or alarm not working?
Thanks in Advance
wickedpenguin said:
I was late to work this morning because my alarm didn't go off!!
If I dont use task killer before I go to sleep my batter drains about 70 % over night, but if I do use it my battery is fine, but my alarm doesn't go off.
Anyone else getting this massive battery drain or alarm not working?
Thanks in Advance
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I am amazed to see that you are a senior member on this forum
Anyways, go to the task killer app and uncheck the clock app there, simple!
now the task killer will not kill the clock app, thus your alarm will ring n u will never be late or work again!
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I am amazed to see that you are a senior member on this forum
Anyways, go to the task killer app and uncheck the clock app there, simple!
now the task killer will not kill the clock app, thus your alarm will ring n u will never be late or work again!
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Im a senior member mostly from my Time in the Winmo section, not android.
Thanks for the answer, but not the smart ass comment.
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Im a senior member mostly from my Time in the Winmo section, not android.
Thanks for the answer, but not the smart ass comment.
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You are welcome, and NO i dont wanna get banned
It may also be worthwhile looking into what is killing your battery time overnight - probably some sort of data tx/rx. Have a look around with Spare parts or something.
If you sort that out then you can dump the task killer, not always a good thing on Android.
wickedpenguin said:
If I dont use task killer before I go to sleep my batter drains about 70 % over night, but if I do use it my battery is fine, but my alarm doesn't go off.
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By using a task killer, you are fixing the symptom, but not the cause.
As has already been said, killing the clock will kill your alarm, so nothing else needs to be said on that, but you clearly have an issue with a rogue app or something is keeping the phone awake if you are losing 70% battery overnight when it is not being used.
For reference, I lose between 5% and 10% overnight.
Regards,
Dave
wickedpenguin said:
Im a senior member mostly from my Time in the Winmo section, not android.
Thanks for the answer, but not the smart ass comment.
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Im sorry but if you rely on a mobile phone to get you up for work then im suprised how u navigate through life lol ffs buy an alarm clock ya retard lol
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AndroHero said:
Im sorry but if you rely on a mobile phone to get you up for work then im suprised how u navigate through life lol ffs buy an alarm clock ya retard lol
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lol wut? why is he a "retard" for using his phone that has an alarm function o.o...
anyways as other have said you should check what is using up your battery.. (wifi left on maybe? ) also app killers arent as great as you probably think they are..
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
I have had problems with mine before where the phone froze for some reason and the alarm didn't go off but never had the problems you describe. I also mostly plug it in every night. With Li-Ion batteries it's best to keep then between 20 and 80% with a full discharge/recharge from time to time.
Check in the battery status to see what has been using the battery.
Phil
AndroHero said:
Im sorry but if you rely on a mobile phone to get you up for work then im suprised how u navigate through life lol ffs buy an alarm clock ya retard lol
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I can't believe the anamosity from some members on here. Have you really nothing better to do that trolling around looking for comments to rip into!?
If he or I or anyone wants to use their phone that... oh... happens to have an alarm function on it then why not? I just don't get what your point is with that one. Just because someone uses their phone as an alarm and then their phone has a problem they are incapable of "navigating through life". "Oh no... the battery in the alarm clock I bought went dead and the alarm didn't go off"- are you then a retard because the battery went dead in their alarm clock!?
HTH
Phil
I agree... there is absolutely no need to be disrespectful to other members here on XDA or anywhere else for that matter. Some people do not consider other people's feelings, and do not realise how silly/petty/childish they appear to be after accusing others of being retarded or noobs - it is not necessary and it's not cool.
As the OP stated, he is new to Android (and is still learning), would not have used a Task Killer on WM, and obviously did not understand the full workings of Task Killers... but i presume that he basically understood the purpose of the app. May be a little naive but it is a simple and honest mistake to make.
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100% with this post
MasDroid said:
I agree... there is absolutely no need to be disrespectful to other members here on XDA or anywhere else for that matter. Some people do not consider other people's feelings, and do not realise how silly/petty/childish they appear to be after accusing others of being retarded or noobs - it is not necessary and it's not cool.
As the OP stated, he is new to Android (and is still learning), would not have used a Task Killer on WM, and obviously did not understand the full workings of Task Killers... but i presume that he basically understood the purpose of the app. May be a little naive but it is a simple and honest mistake to make.
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I too am making the change from wimo to Android. I also had the same issue as the first poster. Was greatful for the sollution but not the other bit.
99% of posters on XDA are very easy on what may appear "silly" questions but its how you learn.
Its the 1% that get all the rest going, there are a couple of forums that look like a war is going on. Very funny to look at, but must make New users wonder what the f**k's going on.
Anyway that my bit.. And again thanks for the sollution.
Hi all,
I've changed quite a few ROMs lately trying to find the one I like most. I'm using a Desire Z.
I'm running my Work email client (lotus notes traveler) that requires the phone to have a screen lock <=30min. It seems like that apart from Sense ROM that has a native lock screen timer any other market app to delay it gets overridden by Notes settings
I tested
Cyan: like the speed, not so much the GUI, also trieded it with LaucherPRO that i prefer to ADW this is not really my preferred one. Battery is average for me on this ROM
MIUI: love it, problem is I can't extend the lock-screen time to 30 minutes and I hate typing password every single time. (tried a few apps from the market but Lotus Notes for Android over-rides their settings)
Virtuous Glite: Love the lightness and speed and battery life, also like the clean minimalistic GUI, same problem as with MIUI.... lock screen
Virtuous Unity: Apart from battery life I love this ROM. Lock-Screen here works perfectly allowing me to apply 30min delay
Each one has things that I like and Unity is the one that gets closer to what I need apart from battery life.
So this is my shopping list, can you help me finding the perfect one?
Extended battery? How about stick an 1800mah from an evo in there ?
MacaronyMax said:
Extended battery? How about stick an 1800mah from an evo in there ?
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does an htc evo battery fits in a desireZ??? didn't know about it
Not sure if I'm following correctly, do you mean display timeout for 30 minutes on miui? If so u can set that in display settings
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Spastic909 said:
Not sure if I'm following correctly, do you mean display timeout for 30 minutes on miui? If so u can set that in display settings
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hi,
no i don't mean the display turn off time, but how long after from when the display is off it will ask you for the pw
isnt there a lockscreen app on market to fully customize? i had a paid lockscreen app that let me do pretty much anything i just forget the name....i wanna say "something locker"
Have you tried flashing your radio to the one recommended in the Unity thread (also in my sig)?
With Unity and the matching radio, I can get 48 hrs with fairly light usage. But if its truly a radio issue, this can be very locational dependent, of course.
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isnt there a lockscreen app on market to fully customize? i had a paid lockscreen app that let me do pretty much anything i just forget the name....i wanna say "something locker"
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Widget Locker
not sure widgetlocker does override the settings.... anybody has ever tried it?
I reinstalled it and checked, didn't see anything for what you are looking for.
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I reinstalled it and checked, didn't see anything for what you are looking for.
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thanks but back to square one then...
martinpescatore said:
thanks but back to square one then...
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I think there are other applications similar to widget locker. Do a search for widget locker on market and check similar apps. You can probably email them and see if they do what you need.
Hi guys.
I always feel that my display eats the most of my battery..I know what do you expect from S.AMOLED Plus displays..Gorgeous i know but eats your battery..Anyway great app on the market that i have started to use and it works wonders for me and would like to spread the word, if you don't already know about about this app..
Link is this https://market.android.com/details?id=com.haxor&hl=en
Apologies if you already have it, but i just thought if there are more people like myself who want to save a bit of juice on your battery this is a great app to use specially if your brightness is abit to much as well.
Cheers
very good for bedtime reading too and discreet enough not to annoy the missus. This is one of the first apps I install on every Rom change.
Stea1thmode said:
very good for bedtime reading too and discreet enough not to annoy the missus. This is one of the first apps I install on every Rom change.
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tell me about it..hows pat? get it.. i know lame joke.
man this has boosted my battery life by 20%. so i saw people sharing apps that they recommend so i thought why not i do the same..if it helps others why not
thanks for posting
I liked it but found out that if set too low (as it is very efficient) it can be tricky to find the icon or anything else for that matter so eventually I stopped using it
griprx said:
I liked it but found out that if set too low (as it is very efficient) it can be tricky to find the icon or anything else for that matter so eventually I stopped using it
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You always get the icon on the top left hand corner. if you bring down the drop down menu you could access the app from there.
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tell me about it..hows pat? get it.. i know lame joke.
thanks for posting
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Pat's doing very well my boy
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Hi all,
I would like to get the "Smart Actions" app (by Motorola) to my SGS2.
There is an option to run this app on my phone or a similar app?
Thanks ahead.
I believe Tasker might be your best bet. You can find it in the Market.
sidepocket said:
I believe Tasker might be your best bet. You can find it in the Market.
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Yes I saw this app but its interface is a little clumsy and I don't like it.
Thanks anyway, there is something else?
ori2694 said:
Yes I saw this app but its interface is a little clumsy and I don't like it.
Thanks anyway, there is something else?
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hey i know this an old thread but some users using search to get here might find it usefull
the "llama" app on playstore does wat smartaction does on motorolla. It uses ur cellular positioning to help maintain the profiles meaning less battery drainage
Hi guys, I've been doing quite a bit of searching and can't seem to find the alarm clock I've been looking for. I know it exists because I had it in a previous ROM, the only problem is that I can't remember which ROM.
The alarm clock wasn't an app per say, as I accessed it through the normal Android alarm clock function. What made it so cool was that it had a 'smart alarm' that would play nature sounds at an escalating volume before the actual alarm went off. It was fantastic because it provided a much more peaceful awakening than the blaring alarms that come with most phones. I really want to get this alarm back, as it was by far the best way to wake up.
I know there are apps that do this in the market, but I was kind of hoping to be able to find the one I was using before. And just in case, what I do remember about the ROM was that it was a stripped down ROM with not too much in it (probably a stripped stock, but maybe not). It wasn't MTD (BML?) and it was a Gingerbread ROM. Other than that, I can't remember much about it, can't find it in my history and I deleted the file.
Any help is much appreciated.
That's the stock clockpackage.apk. what rom are you on currently?
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Wow, it is indeed the stock package. I never would have guessed. I'm on Cyanogenmod 9 beta3 right now. That's probably why it didn't come with it, as it's for more than one phone. I found a version that works with ICS though, so I'm going to install that now.
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.
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Wow, it is indeed the stock package. I never would have guessed. I'm on Cyanogenmod 9 beta3 right now. That's probably why it didn't come with it, as it's for more than one phone. I found a version that works with ICS though, so I'm going to install that now.
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.
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Yeah the alarms won't work... but you could find the alarm sounds... they are located at /system/media/audio/alarms if I remember correctly. You can take them out of any touchwiz rom.
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That's unfortunate. Having the sounds will probably be good enough though. Thanks.
Check out alarm clock extreme too. Its got lots of nice features like fade in and decreasing snooze times. Also has a feature you can enable to force you to solve math problems to turn it off.
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Alarm Clock Plus is what I use every day. It has tons of options. Gentle volume increase, speak time before alarm, speak weather before alarm, math to dismiss, and it has an add on called "White Noizzz" that can play relaxing sounds on a sleep timer as you go to bed.
I combine it with Timeriffic so my phone is completely silent at night and turns up the media volume just before the alarm goes off. The media volume controls the text to speech so you won't hear it speak the time unless that's turned up.
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Wow, it is indeed the stock package. I never would have guessed. I'm on Cyanogenmod 9 beta3 right now. That's probably why it didn't come with it, as it's for more than one phone. I found a version that works with ICS though, so I'm going to install that now.
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.
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You didn't like the Alarm that came with C9ß3?
I forget what it's called but there is another alarm clock app on the market that allows you to scan a barcode of something in your home and it won't shut off till you scan the same barcode. So like you can do the milk/juice or something in your fridge and it won't shut off till you head out to the kitchen to scan it.
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Zeinzu said:
I forget what it's called but there is another alarm clock app on the market that allows you to scan a barcode of something in your home and it won't shut off till you scan the same barcode. So like you can do the milk/juice or something in your fridge and it won't shut off till you head out to the kitchen to scan it.
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Wow that's crazy. I used to put my alarm clock on the opposite side of the room high up when I was in college but I'd just turn it off and then fall back in bed. Heard of a motorized alarm clock with wheels that drives around to a new place every time you hit snooze. That's something else.
Mama Luigi said:
Wow that's crazy. I used to put my alarm clock on the opposite side of the room high up when I was in college but I'd just turn it off and then fall back in bed. Heard of a motorized alarm clock with wheels that drives around to a new place every time you hit snooze. That's something else.
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How about an old alarm clock and a tazer, then attach the electrodes of the tazer to the snooze button. Every time you press snooze, you get shocked half to death.
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Gentle alarm has lots of features like nature sounds, fade in, pre-alarm. I've been using it for well over a year.
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How about an old alarm clock and a tazer, then attach the electrodes of the tazer to the snooze button. Every time you press snooze, you get shocked half to death.
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I need one of those!!
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