I'm using the stock alarm program and 3/5 times I've set an alarm nothing has happened when the alarm is supposed to go off. It always works when I set it to go off the next minute as a test case, but it's very unreliable for overnight use.
Any similar experiences or thoughts on why this happens?
Mines never not worked used it every day since I had the phone - I assume you are leaving the phone switched on right?
Did you kill the alarm&clock app (with Taskiller for example) ? This app needs to be active if you want it to work.
Mine works. Screen goes to sleep, alarm wakes it and me up no sweat.
Sorry, I actually figured it out right after posting, but yes the app is probably being closed sometime during the night. I put it on my ignore lists, it's too bad the alarm isn't some sort of a system service.
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Try using alarm clock plus from market. It's a much improved alarm.
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Hello,
I have just started early shift this week and set the default alarm to come on in the morning....but it does not come on?
When i set it, i get the message saying the alarm will go off in so may hours and the alarm icon is shown at the top.
If i set the alarm again in the morning to go off in a few minutes....it works and so does the snooze.
Luckily i was using another alarm from my old phone or i would have slept in.
Is this Alarm function buggy on the desire?
Cheers.
Had the exact same thing, first time I used the alarm.
Worked the next day and been fine ever since though.
Not much use to you I know
Alot of causes seemed to be related to task killers when I was looking around.
I wasn't using one though so mine must have been something else...
I have the same problem... dont know why, i have to use an other alarm clock
I had pretty much the same problem on first usage and I had to be up at 3.30am (which I nearly missed). I didn't figure out any resolution. Also the Desktop clocks are quite pointless without giving you the option to disable screen standby on use so you lose sight off them pretty quick.
Then I shifted to using the Enhanced Alarm Clock (Better Alarm) which I loved as excellent albeit it has a major bug still uncorrected so I dumped it - a loading icon (ads) stays loading forever and so the CPU usage stays high killing the battery fast. Ever since, I've been using the Kaloer Clock which works perfectly and is far more customizable. Even when you press back it exits unlike many other apps. I leave it on as a Desktop clock at night using its option to lock the screen and prevent standby... in a very dim custom digital blue showing Time/Day/Date/Month/SMS /Alarm/Battery icons. 8 hours sleep (which I only get the luxury of on Saturday) drains the battery 32% if left in such a mode with an alarm on.
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Thanks for the replies!
I use Taskiller that automaticly kill tasks when phone asleeps and I had to add clock to ignored list because when clock app gets killed it won't start alarm even if alarm icon is present on task bar.
I don't know if clock gets killed by system to free memory. Maybe it is the case.
Hmm never had this problem. (3uk unbranded device)
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ingvarr_zaag said:
I use Taskiller that automaticly kill tasks when phone asleeps and I had to add clock to ignored list because when clock app gets killed it won't start alarm even if alarm icon is present on task bar.
I don't know if clock gets killed by system to free memory. Maybe it is the case.
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I will try this.
Cheers.
I've had this problem too.
In the alarm screen all backgrounds are white, all days of the week are checked. Alarm icon in task bar. It has failed to go off twice, and worked once... I didnt have a task killer app installed the first time it failed, but do now. I'll try adding the clock to the ignore list and hope this fixes it, but as I say, I didnt have the task killer installed first time it failed... Fingers crossed.
Task killer was the problem with me, after adding to ignore list i have not had a problem since.
This all started yesterday morning. I had my alarm set, woke up later than I needed to with a notification on the phone that said Alarm Turned Off After 10 Minutes, telling me the alarm had gone off for 10 minutes and was automatically turned off.
I thought it was weird so I did some digging and it turned out that NONE of my sounds were working. The volume was up, silent mode was off, but I was getting nothing whatsoever from the phone speaker. Even speaker phone wasn't working. Headphones worked fine. It seemed my speaker had blown.
Well, later in the day (as I was preparing to take it back to Verizon) it just randomly starts working again. All sounds now seem fine.
So I set my alarm this morning. And this time, it didn't even go off, at all! I woke up 5 minutes after it was supposed to go off, and when I unlocked my phone, THEN the alarm started going off. It's almost like it isn't coming our of deep sleep to sound the alarm.
Are these two issues related; the sound issue yesterday and the alarm issues both days? Has anyone else experienced this? It seems to be random...sometimes I can replicate it, other times I cannot.
There's another thread about this somewhere...try a search for "alarm". It's happened to me often enough that I can't rely on my Gnex as an alarm clock...I have to use my old SGS instead. I've also had loss of sound occasionally, but a reboot always fixes it.
Wish someone would figure out a solution, it's pretty annoying to have a bug like this in the alarm. Even the cheapest, crappiest dumbphone you can buy comes with a reliable alarm app, but my expensive smartphone does not? (and yes, I've tried other alarm apps besides the stock one...they all fail to go off intermittently.)
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Thanks for the input. I use my alarm daily and this is the first time I've had this issue.
As an aside (but perhaps related issue?), my gmail app has uninstalled itself and I can't get it reinstalled. Looks like it's time for a reflash.
cmcfalls said:
Thanks for the input. I use my alarm daily and this is the first time I've had this issue.
As an aside (but perhaps related issue?), my gmail app has uninstalled itself and I can't get it reinstalled. Looks like it's time for a reflash.
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Yes I would reflash before you miss a flight or the interview to your dream job!
One thing I miss about my old blackberry is the alarm. Put it in the cradle and the time would dim, all notifications would turn off and the alarm would fire every time, every when the battery had been drained and switched off. Pity everything else sucked...
I've yet to have a problem.
Maybe you're getting SOD's (or close-to) in the middle of the night and the phone is having trouble waking itself up?
Try adjusting your governor and turn your undervolts up if they're enabled.
I am, however, fairly OCD about my alarms...
I reboot my phone before opening the alarm app and ONLY the alarm app...
Make sure the alarm is enabled...
And turn the screen off.
I've done this since my OGDroid days.
I also have the trusty DX as a backup...set 10 minutes later; just in case.
Ok, so, I have noticed - and not just my tablet - but every android device I have ever had, the alarm has failed to go off in the morning, even though it's set. it will go off if you set it for a few minutes, maybe hours, but if you leave an alarm to go off by itself at an important time, it fails you. I wake up, and the notification is in my notification saying "Alarm set for xx:00 AM" and I tap it, and THEN it goes off, even saying that the alarm was set for the whatever the time was when I tapped the notification. USELESS. same thing on my phone, and my previous phone. Is this something with android or what? I need to sort this out or I am going to end up being late for something really important!
My alarm has only failed to go off if the case is closed. It's a minor inconvenience, but I just leave the case open so the alarm actually goes off.
I agree, if you are using a case with a magnet that turns your Tab screen on and off, you need to leave the cover open when using the alarm function .
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Not only magnets but the cover itself turns the screen off.
Took out both magnets from the cover and still screen goes black when closing it, same story with alarm - screen needs to be uncovered to have alarm sound in the morning
Well....I did enjoy the extra hour and 1/2 sleep I got the first time I used it with the case closed!
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Well....I did enjoy the extra hour and 1/2 sleep I got the first time I used it with the case closed!
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extra hour sleep happened to me today,
with cover open and 42% of battery before going to bed I woke up to turned off,empty battery
...still trying to figure out best setting for overclocking this tablet with stock ROM as let me oversleep twice already
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screen needs to be uncovered to have alarm sound in the morning
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I really think this is a major flaw on an otherwise great tab.
I have the 315 with a TPU case (no Cover).. and the alarm performs great every time. Never failed me yet..*** knock wood***
Are you guys using the built-in stock alarm clock? Download one from the Play Store. I have never had this problem on the Android platform, but then again I have never used the built-in alarm clock. I also don't use a case but I fail to see how that would make a difference.
I don't wake up easy, the alarm stops playing after a short amount of time, which is flipping useless.
Oh how I miss CM and the never ending alarm. I even tried selecting a full song for my alarm sound, and it plays like maybe the first 30 seconds of the song then that's it.
RUBBBISSHSHHHHHHH
Looks like Alarm Clock plus will have to do for now.
Angrychair420 said:
I don't wake up easy, the alarm stops playing after a short amount of time, which is flipping useless.
Oh how I miss CM and the never ending alarm. I even tried selecting a full song for my alarm sound, and it plays like maybe the first 30 seconds of the song then that's it.
RUBBBISSHSHHHHHHH
Looks like Alarm Clock plus will have to do for now.
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I agree. I have the same problem as you. The alarm clock is pretty bad.
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Download Timely. End of thread.
If the alarm is the only thing that sucks, I'm quite content. Third party alarm, end of issue
More proof, if you try to make everyone happy, then no one will be happy.
Don't remember the brand but I use something like a sonic alarm clock. The one with a vibrating piece you put under your pillow. Wakes me up every time.
I use timely app from google play. If you have an other device you can install the app also there. The devices will sync the alarm to each other and bam you in your way to work, college, etc
Since the upgrade to Android 6.0.1 my alarm clock(Alarm Clock Plus) does not go off when it is supposed to. It worked fine until the update. I don't know if Doze is causing this or if it's the new Samsung app power saving setup? I have the alarm clock app excluded from ever saving power but it still doesn't go off. It seems like the hours that I'm sleep puts the app in deep sleep because when I pick the phone up and cut on the screen it went off which was about 11 minutes after it was scheduled one day and 8 the next. Also if I set an alarm, say 5 minutes from now as an example, it will go off though.
The stock alarm is working for me. .. It could be just a problem with alarm clock plus. .
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