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[Q] OTA 2.3 Update Kills Alarms

I have a DINC2 through work so I have to stay stock (no S-OFF or root) and did the OTA update to 2.3 yesterday. I noticed that my alarm didn't go off this morning so I tapped the Sense clock on my home screen and nothing happened.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, were you able to find a fix/work-around to set alarms?

No issues here. That said, I am not running OTA, but rather Gingersense which is basically a rooted and debloated version of the OTA.
If you didn't do a factory reset, it may be worth it.
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Mine is working. I took the official OTA. I hope someone acheives root through the new 2.3 I knew I would regret it... I own it!

My alarm died as well and I'm running a debloat official Rom
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More info... this issue is being reported by other users in the HTC Support forums.
After updating to GB yesterday, I believe that the Alarm/Clock function HAD worked at least once. Since that time, I ran the Clock app from the All Apps screen and now the Widget no longer calls up the Clock App and the Clock app itself has disappeared from the App list.
I think the root of the problem is the missing Clock app. Do NOT want to factory reset to get this back. There must be another way.
For those having this problem, is your Clock app missing?
Is there a way to reinstall just the Clock app?

I'm on rmk debloated rom and it woke me up fine this morning just tested it again and its fine. I like to delete a lot of sense stuff and deleted a little too much so I reflashed it without wiping maybe that's why my clock is still working
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I do not have the clock app in my All Apps, so that may be the root of my issue also.
But I do not want to do a factory reset if at all possible either, hopefully someone will find a better solution.

dlipetz said:
More info... this issue is being reported by other users in the HTC Support forums.
After updating to GB yesterday, I believe that the Alarm/Clock function HAD worked at least once. Since that time, I ran the Clock app from the All Apps screen and now the Widget no longer calls up the Clock App and the Clock app itself has disappeared from the App list.
I think the root of the problem is the missing Clock app. Do NOT want to factory reset to get this back. There must be another way.
For those having this problem, is your Clock app missing?
Is there a way to reinstall just the Clock app?
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Nope it's gotta be something else.
I haven't had a clock app since I got my phone. Rooted it and jumped on Gingersense. I still don't have a clock app but my alarms work fine and when i click on my clock on the weather widget it calls up the alarm clock/world clock just fine.

jrizk07 said:
Nope it's gotta be something else.
I haven't had a clock app since I got my phone. Rooted it and jumped on Gingersense. I still don't have a clock app but my alarms work fine and when i click on my clock on the weather widget it calls up the alarm clock/world clock just fine.
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I definitely had a "Clock" app. Ran it today for the first time. It called up the same screens you see when pressing on the clock on the HTC Clock/Weather widget. Now widget is broken and app is missing.
If someone has extracted the HTC Sense 2.2 Clock App and can post the file I would be willing to try it.

I used the Simi Folder clock widget on Froyo, OTA updated last night and yes all of my alarms were reset, however the widget still functions as it did (to open clock, world, alarm, etc.)

jdemerol said:
I used the Simi Folder clock widget on Froyo, OTA updated last night and yes all of my alarms were reset, however the widget still functions as it did (to open clock, world, alarm, etc.)
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What is a Simi Folder? I'm new to the Android...

jdemerol said:
I used the Simi Folder clock widget on Froyo, OTA updated last night and yes all of my alarms were reset, however the widget still functions as it did (to open clock, world, alarm, etc.)
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Ok, I assume you mean the SiMi Clock Widget... We're talking about the stock standard HTC Clock/Weather widget that appears on the home screen. You used to be able to tap the clock and the clock app would launch. This app provided alarms, timers, stopwatches and more.

See this thread for more details...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167107

Updating this thread...
Factory reset does in fact restore the clock app. But the first battery pull kills it again.
I did the factory reset and spent the better part of the day reconfiguring my phone. only to lose it again after I pulled battery.
I called HTC and they said they are aware of the issue and patch will be forthcoming.
To those thinking about doing a hard reset, you may want to wait since the first battery pull you do will break the clock again.

What's interesting, at least to me, is that I've done a battery pull...no issues. I wonder why?

The issue has been discussed in the HTC support forums and the current suggested "fix" is performing a factory reset. However, there are reports that this only fixes the problem temporarily.
Using the RMK Gingersense ROM (based on the GB OTA), I too experienced my Clock app disappearing. However I was able to recover it without a factory reset using the steps I described here (root required).

dlipetz said:
I called HTC and they said they are aware of the issue and patch will be forthcoming.
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Being new to Android I have a few questions. How would they apply such a minor update? OTA push? Market update?

jschmier said:
The issue has been discussed in the HTC support forums and the current suggested "fix" is performing a factory reset. However, there are reports that this only fixes the problem temporarily.
Using the RMK Gingersense ROM (based on the GB OTA), I too experienced my Clock app disappearing. However I was able to recover it without a factory reset using the steps I described here (root required).
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Cool, glad you were able to resolve for rooted users. I am not rooted however and do not plan to do so (business user - corporate issues). Looks like I'm going to have to wait for HTC and Verizon to work this out.

sixteen2nd said:
Being new to Android I have a few questions. How would they apply such a minor update? OTA push? Market update?
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The HTC rep told me it would be an OTA update but I really don't know if that was a guess or not.
My guess is that this hasn't even been escalated yet. If it were, Verizon would/should probably halt the GB rollout or at least caution users that the upgrade may remove the Clock app.

I just got my Incredible 2 yesterday. I was having trouble getting my fooled account to sync so I factory reset it about 7 times. My phone came with Gingerbread on it. My clock app worked for a while and now it's gone. I am pretty sure a factory reset is a temporary fix.
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Unfortunately S Health has stopped working

Anyone else having this issue? Every time I open it, I get a blank screen and then the error message. Any solutions?
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go into app manager and clear data and wipe cache?? try that

Tried it, to no avail. After performing around factory reset & reinstalling everything, I finally found the culprit. It was the multi window mod which lets you use all the apps in multi window.
All problems started after its install. Even the phone started to lag and give random force closes. Got rid of the mod and all is back to normal again.
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umair239 said:
Tried it, to no avail. After performing around factory reset & reinstalling everything, I finally found the culprit. It was the multi window mod which lets you use all the apps in multi window.
All problems started after its install. Even the phone started to lag and give random force closes. Got rid of the mod and all is back to normal again.
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how did you got rid of the mod? because i uninstalled the multiwindow manager app, but i don't know how to remove the mod and my S health isn't working.. i have the gs4 octa core

ezezl75 said:
how did you got rid of the mod? because i uninstalled the multiwindow manager app, but i don't know how to remove the mod and my S health isn't working.. i have the gs4 octa core
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I removed shealth from the enabled packages in multi window manager, saved, rebooted and it started working for me.

ramhen said:
I removed shealth from the enabled packages in multi window manager, saved, rebooted and it started working for me.
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Thank you. But I contacted to the developer of app and he solved the problem to me. Thanks anyway

ezezl75 said:
Thank you. But I contacted to the developer of app and he solved the problem to me. Thanks anyway
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What did the developer tell you the fix was?

ezezl75 said:
Thank you. But I contacted to the developer of app and he solved the problem to me. Thanks anyway
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Hi! I have the same problem on my GS4. Could you plz tell us what is the solution that the developer told you? Thanks~

Fixed S Health; Reset Flash Binary? Maybe????
I seriously don't know how I did this I was just tinkering around trying to get this to work and I got it!!!!!! I actually hope that this can help others I'm gonna try to walk you through what I did. You will need Titanium backup PRO and a be on your original ROM as I have the ME7 build and have not flashed any ROMs yet. Oh speaking of that while doing these steps I think I reset the flash binary because the "custom" unlock screen is gone now to. I still can't get the stock music app working though. This issue actually started when I transferred a full TB file to a brand new phone. When I first changed it I changed the Android ID to a new one, I think this is where the issue starts. I had apps from anothers ROM (Phone) on a new ROM, and my Android ID was changed.
So here's what I did. I'll start where i'm sure I know it started working and that's after I was able to get to the deeper features of TB.
1. Menu>Your Device...(Make sure you have your original bakcup that has the settings you transferred in, if not your probably out of luck)>scroll down the Your device section>Manage Android ID>
I attempted to restore my ID to the backup and it told me that was the ID>
I figured what the heck and changed the ID to a new one and rebooted...after rebooting I went back into TB....it gave me the warning for having a new ID I told it to keep the old one (can't quite remember the wording but it's the one on the right...last time I told it to keep the new one.)
I then cleared dalvik cache, the beauty of TBP without a custom ROM
Menu>>storage>>clean up dalvik cache.
Once again I removed the S Health App, reinstalled and rebooted. When booting I noticed the Samsung "custom" unlock screen was gone as well.
I tapped that little s health button and after an agonizing wait, it has RETURNED!!!!! UPDATING!!! YEAH!!!!
Now I can't guarantee these steps will work for you but if it does that would be awesome. Has anyone figured out an easy way like that to reset the flash binary?
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Samsung custom screen back again. lol

umair239 said:
Anyone else having this issue? Every time I open it, I get a blank screen and then the error message. Any solutions?
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For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990

Steves1990 said:
For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990
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So glad I tried this first before going down the other complicated routes. This solved my problem immediately...thanks for sharing.
Note 3 -- Tapatalk

Steves1990 said:
For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990
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Yes!! This worked for me. Galaxy note 3. Thanks!

Steves1990 said:
For Everbody Who has this problem
Go To Multi Window Manager (MW Manager)
Go to settings ( Gear Button on the top side op your screen on the right)
go to BlackList
than seek for the S Health App en Tick the box on the right side of the S Healt App
Greeting Steves1990
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This also worked for me att note 3 rooted stock.

S health
I had the same issue on my Note 4, i notice that if you uninstall the last update to Shealth, it works under art.

Phones clock based things won't update?

Hello, I am having a rather odd problem. It seems like anything that uses time on my phone, won't update.
Whenever I check my lock screen (Pattern), the lock screen clock shows the last time I unlocked my phone, and only updates to this time I unlocked. (7:10 when it is really 8 for example. Then next time 8;01 when it really is 8:30 and so on.)
Also, it seems my widgets using time also do no update. My clock still says 7:00. (HD widgets)
Any ideas why this may happen? Multiple searches on Google did not help. Thank you in advance.

Edit; I also did reboot many times, and I have tried force stopping my alarm clock/ lock screen and widgets. Doesn't help.

Whiplashh said:
Edit; I also did reboot many times, and I have tried force stopping my alarm clock/ lock screen and widgets. Doesn't help.
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Have you tried clearing caches from recovery?
What ROM are you using?
Do you have any Xposed mods installed?

dopy25 said:
Have you tried clearing caches from recovery?
What ROM are you using?
Do you have any Xposed mods installed?
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I am on stock with unicon xposed module, kitkat toast back port, and advanced power menu.
I figure it out though, after wiping the cache and dalvik cache it fixed itself. I just wanna know what caused it. That is extremely weird.

Whiplashh said:
I am on stock with unicon xposed module, kitkat toast back port, and advanced power menu.
I figure it out though, after wiping the cache and dalvik cache it fixed itself. I just wanna know what caused it. That is extremely weird.
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That is kind of weird. I would to try to reproduce it because I too am on stock, but I am unfmamiliar with Unicon and Kit Kat toast, are those on the xda thread and not the repo?
Also, since you are also on stock: any idea how to enable emoji support in the stock messaging app? hangouts sucks, it keeps giving me flak and not downloading MMS messages.

dopy25 said:
That is kind of weird. I would to try to reproduce it because I too am on stock, but I am unfmamiliar with Unicon and Kit Kat toast, are those on the xda thread and not the repo?
Also, since you are also on stock: any idea how to enable emoji support in the stock messaging app? hangouts sucks, it keeps giving me flak and not downloading MMS messages.
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Kitkat Toast message is in the downloads section of the closed module.
Unicon is on the play store, but it use to be a free module called "Icon Themer".
On the emoji thing; Honestly, all I did was download the Change APN app from the play store and entered the APN people were using on the ART ROM port. For some reason that one let's you use any messaging app on stock. Weird, I know but it works. Actually everything works on that APN. (I used the original one, not the others ones that said "if this one doesn't work, try this APN")
After using the APN edit, I personally use 8Sms as my texting app. It is the same as the old cm10/10.2 texting app with emoji support. Pretty awesome. Much faster than hangouts (on stock).

This APN

QUOTE=dopy25;57352506]That is kind of weird. I would to try to reproduce it because I too am on stock, but I am unfmamiliar with Unicon and Kit Kat toast, are those on the xda thread and not the repo?
Also, since you are also on stock: any idea how to enable emoji support in the stock messaging app? hangouts sucks, it keeps giving me flak and not downloading MMS messages.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, one more set of pictures.
Here is the app. It also has quick reply and turn on screen when getting a message. Pretty cool.
Here is it in action working with the APN.

How to apply purchased themes on N beta

If you are like me, you hate the all white of default Sammy N because it's obnoxious and straining. I have figured out how to apply purchased themes to the N beta. I was not able to purchase new ones either. I would get an error, even if I had the links.
Go to the Galaxy Apps store and select Categories. At the top of that page there will be a themes banner. Click on that, then go to the three dots at the top. Hit "My Page" then "Purchased". Your themes should be there, and you'll be able to download and apply them.
*Added screenshots in second post. The full site corrupted the pics and the mobile app wouldn't let me add in an edit.*

Screenshots if you're confused

The Galaxy Apps Store shows that it is installed, but I can't access it. Am I missing something? I don't have anything disabled.

I realized I can do this through Samsung Themes without having to go through the Galaxy Apps Store. Thanks!!!

Anyone else have issues with Ultra Powersaving Mode? I disabled it and after resetting my phone everything was blown up out of proportion, wallpaper reverted, quick toggles reverted, and several other setting reverts. Had a theme installed so it may be related during restoring theme.

CVertigo1 said:
The Galaxy Apps Store shows that it is installed, but I can't access it. Am I missing something? I don't have anything disabled.
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I had that issue at first as well. The App store automagically appeared somehow. Going through themes should work, but I bet an error every time I try to do it through settings.

Illogi.xbone said:
Anyone else have issues with Ultra Powersaving Mode? I disabled it and after resetting my phone everything was blown up out of proportion, wallpaper reverted, quick toggles reverted, and several other setting reverts. Had a theme installed so it may be related during restoring theme.
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I haven't used it yet. I've been using the mid battery settings in device maintenance and it's been working flawlessly.

ironbesterer said:
I haven't used it yet. I've been using the mid battery settings in device maintenance and it's been working flawlessly.
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Yeah Medium one rocks!

will free themes that ive already downloaded work?..havnt purchased any themes and thats the only thing holding me back from updating to 7.0 is that I know I'm not going to be able to stand that obnoxious White
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cammeron1978 said:
will free themes that ive already downloaded work?..havnt purchased any themes and thats the only thing holding me back from updating to 7.0 is that I know I'm not going to be able to stand that obnoxious White
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Yes free themes show up in your purchased library if you have downloaded them before.

Google+ Contacts - Keep Contacts up to Date in Google+ settings Missing?

I am on the latest 7.1.2 Verizon build and I noticed when I did a factory reset that in Google+ settings, I no longer have the option under settings to keep the contacts up to date. This option would always keep my user profile picture under the phone settings to stay updated instead of a blank photo. Anybody else seeing this?

Yes, thank you! I thought I was going nuts lol
I just got a OnePlus 3t (my N5x put itself in reboot purgatory) and while trying to set it up, I couldn't find this option for the LIFE of me.
Any idea on how we can get this functionality back?
I really liked how it synced with my G+ profile pic and I never had to worry about it...

danger355 said:
Yes, thank you! I thought I was going nuts lol
I just got a OnePlus 3t (my N5x put itself in reboot purgatory) and while trying to set it up, I couldn't find this option for the LIFE of me.
Any idea on how we can get this functionality back?
I really liked how it synced with my G+ profile pic and I never had to worry about it...
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Yeah i just upgraded to 7.1.2 on my Verizon Pixel XL and just noticed this. Not sure why this was removed or if it is just located somewhere else. Would really love it back though.

thafngame24 said:
Yeah i just upgraded to 7.1.2 on my Verizon Pixel XL and just noticed this. Not sure why this was removed or if it is just located somewhere else. Would really love it back though.
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Google removed it a couple weeks ago. You have to load your own image under quick settings account now. As for tracking contacts where abouts you can do it through maps. But the person you tracking needs to set up who they share location with

thesplitter said:
I have resolved by downloading and installing the 9.5 version, you can then enable that option and let the app update
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This fixed worked 100% for me. While it's a bit annoying way to get back functionality, there's really not much to it.
I also tested it by letting the app update from the Play Store, then changing my profile pic in g+ and it updated in android. Win!
Google+ 9.5.x APKMirror Link

danger355 said:
This fixed worked 100% for me. While it's a bit annoying way to get back functionality, there's really not much to it.
I also tested it by letting the app update from the Play Store, then changing my profile pic in g+ and it updated in android. Win!
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On Marshmallow (6.0.1), I was getting "App not Installed" errors when I tried to install the old APK over the new one; had to revert the G+ app to stock (Settings > Apps > Google + - tap top right, then "Uninstall Updates") first to get the older APK to install.

danger355 said:
This fixed worked 100% for me. While it's a bit annoying way to get back functionality, there's really not much to it.
I also tested it by letting the app update from the Play Store, then changing my profile pic in g+ and it updated in android. Win!
Google+ 9.5.x APKMirror Link
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+1 to you!
This helped me fix the problem

I tried this with Sony XZ Premium but no luck.
Installing the old app works and i get the profile picture however when I update to latest app it disappears again.
Any ideas?

ali_bobo said:
I tried this with Sony XZ Premium but no luck.
Installing the old app works and i get the profile picture however when I update to latest app it disappears again.
Any ideas?
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I have the same problem on my Pixel XL running 7.1.2 (NJH47B).
The fix is fine at first, but stops working when I update Google+ to the latest version again.
Funnily enough, this doesn't affect my older devices running Android 6.x and below - my profile picture stays ok regardless of Google+ version.
Help, anybody?

Any luck for anyone?
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Anything new ?
I've tried downgrading but as soon as the app is updated the pic disappears, I'm on a Nexus 6P 7.1.2.
The same thing happen on the beta version of Android O.