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[Q] night time alarm clock

Hi All,
I want to use my Nexus as a night-time bedside alarm clock.
So, I know that I can use the stock clock app, and tap it to make it go dim, but after a few minutes, the screen saver kicks in and the display switches off.
The only way to get it back on is to press the power button.
Is there a way to leave the clock app running on screen all through the night?
Do I have to purchase an actual dock for this?
Or does the phone need to be charging for this to work?
Cheers.

I think a long press on the blank space (turning the background black...not dim) will work?

Hmm, I see that makes a difference (totally black screen, clock in blue), but the screen still switches off after the normal time...

Developers options, stay awake while charging.
Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.

[Q] Android 4.2 alarm clock when docked

I have the desk dock for my GSM Galaxy Nexus (AT&T) that I bought through the Play Store. In 4.1, before I went to bed I would do the following:
1. Put phone in dock, screen comes on with clock in horizontal orientation.
2. Touch the alarm icon
3. Set my alarm
4. Touch the clock button to get back to the clock
5. Finally just touch the screen to dim it into low light mode
Now with 4.2, some things have changed:
1. Put phone in dock, screen comes on with clock
2. Touch the screen, home screen appears
3. Navigate to the clock app
4. Touch the alarm icon
5. Set the alarm
6. Touch the clock button
7. Finally long press the time to get back to low light clock mode
Am I doing something wrong here? It seems like the clock that shows up when I put the phone in the dock should take me to the normal clock app when I touch the screen but it goes to the home screen instead. I realize this is pretty minor in the scheme of things, but I really liked how the old way sort of reminded me to set an alarm when I put it in the dock.

It's because you have daydream set to start when the phone is docked. You can go to settings> Display, and turn it off.

najaboy said:
It's because you have daydream set to start when the phone is docked. You can go to settings> Display, and turn it off.
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I thought about that but would that prevent anything from happening when I docked my phone? I would still like the clock app to come up when I dock. Maybe it still will if I turn off the daydream?

ROM or mod to allow notification lights when screen in ON?

Does anyone know how to have the notification light blink when the screen is on?
I put my phone into a dock to use as an alarm clock, which keeps the screen on.
The problem is, when I get texts, etc, the notification light won't blink. Is there a fix for this? Thanks

No it is impossible it wil only blink with the screen off but just change the settings that your screen will go off after some time in tour dock
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus runnig PA 2.99beta7using xda premium

[Q] Alarm going off in background (after removal from the desk stand)

I have an I9300 with 4.1.2, but this issue started after the 4.1 upgrade...
My phone sits in a Samsung desk stand all night, which really turns it in to a great nightstand clock. When the phone is placed in the desk stand it automatically switches in to the Desk Clock mode, and when I remove it from the stand it automatically closes the Desk Clock view. Now, the problem I have been seeing is that if the phone is still in the stand when the alarm goes off, I can easily swipe to snooze or turn off the alarm. Some mornings, when the alarm goes off I pick my phone up out of the stand before I swipe to make a choice. When I do this, the swipe options vanish and the alarm continues going off for about 15 minutes. At this point, my options are restart the device, pull the battery, or shove it under my pillow before it wakes up the whole neighborhood.
It seems like the Desk Clock app takes over display of alarms, but it seems to have been broken in 4.1+ to not remain open if an alarm is actively going off.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this?

shaunco said:
I have an I9300 with 4.1.2, but this issue started after the 4.1 upgrade...
My phone sits in a Samsung desk stand all night, which really turns it in to a great nightstand clock. When the phone is placed in the desk stand it automatically switches in to the Desk Clock mode, and when I remove it from the stand it automatically closes the Desk Clock view. Now, the problem I have been seeing is that if the phone is still in the stand when the alarm goes off, I can easily swipe to snooze or turn off the alarm. Some mornings, when the alarm goes off I pick my phone up out of the stand before I swipe to make a choice. When I do this, the swipe options vanish and the alarm continues going off for about 15 minutes. At this point, my options are restart the device, pull the battery, or shove it under my pillow before it wakes up the whole neighborhood.
It seems like the Desk Clock app takes over display of alarms, but it seems to have been broken in 4.1+ to not remain open if an alarm is actively going off.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this?
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I don't use it myself so these are shots in the dark:
Do you get a notification when your alarm goes off? Could maybe use the pulldown menu to turn it off.
Does it get back to Desk Clock mode when you set it back down? That would allow you to snooze/turn off the alarm.
Put the phone on silence.

To stop the battery full alarm from waking you up in the middle of the night

To stop the alarm when the battery hits 100%, go into sound settings and turn the slider for "Touch feedback & system" all the way down.
It also turns off some other sounds like the whooshing for uninstalls, but my alarm clock (Timely) still worked fine.