I had a Fitbit Flex as my silent alarm which worked really well until the strap broke and I got fed up being unable to changed alarms when the Fitbit server went down! So I got my new Smartwatch 3 yesterday and found out the out of the box alarm doesn't work in theatre/cinema mode. Bit of an oversight there Google!
So is anyone using this watch to get them up in the mornings?
I tried AlarmClock Extended which seemed to work last night when I tested it after setting up the watch, but the vibrating alarm didn't go off this morning until I turned on the watch with the button (turning off theatre mode).
I'd set my phone to silent which also seems to se the watch to silent! The alarm still vibrated when I turned the watch back on with this though.
Should the phone be in Priority mode perhaps? Or shall I just not bother with theatre mode and turn down the brightness so when I knock the screen during the night it doesn't wake us with the light!?
I have also tried to use Sleep As Android but it is so impossible to configure I gave up.
I use Sleep as Android (SAA) - it's been easier to configure as the dev has updated it, but still takes some time to learn. You can also use the alarm on the watch which usually worked for me, I use SAA because I can configure the alarm on my phone instead of the watch.
Also, I have tilt to wake off so the only time it turns on at night is if I touch the screen--seems to work for me.
Thanks,
I've just taken another look as Sleep as Android and realised the vibrating alarm on the watch doesn't just do it once, it's actually every few seconds increasing in the amount of vibrations. Doh! Thought it didn't work properly! I'm going to give it a proper go again tonight.
Cheers,
Z.
Zoidy said:
Thanks,
I've just taken another look as Sleep as Android and realised the vibrating alarm on the watch doesn't just do it once, it's actually every few seconds increasing in the amount of vibrations. Doh! Thought it didn't work properly! I'm going to give it a proper go again tonight.
Cheers,
Z.
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huh! I didnt know that. might have to give that a go myself...
Well, I tried out Sleep as Android properly last night/this morning and the thing woke me up no problem. Bit of a pain to turn off the alarm on the watch but that is probably for the best!
Goodbye Fitbit Charge
Hi!
I am also searching for a good alarm app. The problem I have is that the vibration is too noisy so I wake up my partner. I have tried SAA and it does a nice gentle few vibrations first, but it is so difficult to stop that I always end up in noisy buzzing...
Any other apps you have tried?
Thanks!
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I keep my stock phone, USA-TMO, on mute and vibrate only. I’ve noticed recently that the phone ringer will go off on its own. There is no incoming call, no alarm that is set. I get to the screen and there are no indications of what is making it ring. None of the controls seem to mute the sound either. I have to reboot the phone to get it to shut-up.
It’s happened a few times in the last several weeks. Once I left the phone sitting on my desk and came back and it was in this state. Now this is where it gets strange. I’ve had it happen 3 times when I’m standing in front of one of those hands free urinals. The ones with the sensor, IR?, that detects a warm body standing there. But I’ve also been standing there and it didn’t go off several times. I’ve got Wi-Fi enabled, GPS is off, Mute-enabled, and Bluetooth-enabled.
I’m going to start turning off interfaces, Bluetooth first, to see if it’s one of those interacting with the “warm body detector”.
Any ideas on what’s going on?
It has nothing to do with the IR sensor on the urinal. LOL
The phone is paired with a pebble smart watch via Bluetooth. I'm figuring out that it is when I leave pebble sitting on my desk and I walk away with the phone. Somehow the un-pairing of the pebble with the phone causes the ringer to start up. It takes about the time it took me to walk to the restroom.
When the ringer goes off, I went about stopping every running application I could, but no help there. It keeps ringing until I reboot.
Solved!
My pebble has a Pebble Reminder app that has a "Phone alarm on disconnected" setting.
DOH!
Funny that it takes a reboot to disable the alarm though. That's kinda goofy.
On another thought: We always imagine some exotic source to a problem. Nuclear radiation, cosmic rays, IR ports on the urinals. But it usually comes down to some simple source. Occam's Razor?
I noticed on my Verizon G3 the other night that after the battery reaches 100% that the phone then continues to notify you with a vibration and a tone about every 10 seconds.. very annoying. Clearing the notification does not make it go away.. the only thing you can do is unplug. This is very annoying especially if you're like me and leave your phone charging all night long. It also turns the screen on for a few seconds every time the notification goes off.
I checked my wife's Sprint model and noticed she doesn't have this problem. Anyone else notice this and what model do you have? ...and have you found a solution?
For now I've been keeping my phone in a drawer so it doesn't wake me but Im thinking about putting it on an outlet with a timer.. Im assuming because this is not an AMOLED screen that we do not have to worry about screen burn in? or do we?
I've submitted a request to @P_Toti to hopefully get a mod to disable this using the G3 TweaksBox app.
My T-Mobile D851 does the same crap. So annoying.
Weird. My T-Mobile version doesn't do that.
That is strange.
If it helps.. I'm completely stock except for root and Xposed used to change the battery icon, alarm icon removed and I'm using a custom nav bar theme (Android L softkeys)
I'm completely stock.
Does it still do,it if the phone is on silent?
You can download Light Manager and turn it off.
Does it quiet mode, yes.
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You can download Light Manager and turn it off.
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Light Manager is for the notification light. Whats happening is the phone vibrates, makes a tone, and turns the screen on every 10 seconds or so.
I noticed last night that it does eventually stop notifying after a while.. I think. I plugged in around 11pm.. some time around 4am it woke me up, I continued to monitor the notification trigger every ~10 seconds for about an hour.. I finally put it in the drawer so I can get some sleep.. when I woke up around 9am I noticed it was no longer notifying me every ~10 seconds that the battery was charged. So I'm not sure what's going on. I have my Verizon model and my wife's Sprint model (which doesn't have this problem) both using the same type of usb cable, charger and wall outlet so I know its not a low power issue coming from the charger.
Cyber Warrior said:
Light Manager is for the notification light. Whats happening is the phone vibrates, makes a tone, and turns the screen on every 10 seconds or so.
I noticed last night that it does eventually stop notifying after a while.. I think. I plugged in around 11pm.. some time around 4am it woke me up, I continued to monitor the notification trigger every ~10 seconds for about an hour.. I finally put it in the drawer so I can get some sleep.. when I woke up around 9am I noticed it was no longer notifying me every ~10 seconds that the battery was charged. So I'm not sure what's going on. I have my Verizon model and my wife's Sprint model (which doesn't have this problem) both using the same type of usb cable, charger and wall outlet so I know its not a low power issue coming from the charger.
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My guess for the multiple notifications - it charges to full, vibrates and beeps to let you know the battery is full, which lowers the battery just a tad...and it recharges 10 seconds later, once again vibrating and beeping, which again lowers the battery...lather, rinse, repeat.
My G3 does it as well - irritating as hell. Even in silent mode it briefly turns on the screen when it reaches fully charged. I woke up last night to find my G3 turning on and off in a 2-second loop. The screen was like a slow-motion strobe light.
I hope someone finds a way to turn off the stupid battery charged notifications...
Mine does this too. Woke me up last night. I'd like to know how to make it stop besides throwing it on silent and turning it upside down.
So I just noticed last night that putting the phone on quite mode or silent works.. not sure why I didnt try that before.. guess it was because someone mentioned earlier that it didnt work for them. So thats my solution for now.. still would like to see some kind of Xposed mod for this.
Putting on silent isn't a good solution. What if there is a family emergency, etc. Some people are on call and cant do this either. I really cant believe LG implemented this without the option to disable it.
Would be great to identify what service is controlling that and maybe removing or blocking it under root mode.
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kenyu73 said:
Putting on silent isn't a good solution. What if there is a family emergency, etc. Some people are on call and cant do this either. I really cant believe LG implemented this without the option to disable it.
Would be great to identify what service is controlling that and maybe removing or blocking it under root mode.
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Not silent but quite mode..it allows you to toggle on/off for notifications, calls and notification light. You can also set a white list for allowed contacts in case of emergency.
I rooted and found [ /system/media/audio/FullBattery.ogg ] and renamed this audio file. It'll still vibrate, but no sound now. When you long press the notification, it says its part of "System UI" so it looks like its not easily removable.
Well, that didn't work either.
This appears to be the only solution:
* root
* side load Xposed -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053
* grab "G3 TweakBox" Xposed module from Play Store and check "Hide Battery Full Notification"
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My guess for the multiple notifications - it charges to full, vibrates and beeps to let you know the battery is full, which lowers the battery just a tad...and it recharges 10 seconds later, once again vibrating and beeping, which again lowers the battery...lather, rinse, repeat.
My G3 does it as well - irritating as hell. Even in silent mode it briefly turns on the screen when it reaches fully charged. I woke up last night to find my G3 turning on and off in a 2-second loop. The screen was like a slow-motion strobe light.
I hope someone finds a way to turn off the stupid battery charged notifications...
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Crazy thing is that mine JUST started doing this... didn't do it before... VERY annoying..
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kenyu73 said:
Well, that didn't work either.
This appears to be the only solution:
* root
* side load Xposed -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053
* grab "G3 TweakBox" Xposed module from Play Store and check "Hide Battery Full Notification"
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Already have this installed and selected when it started doing it... did a reboot and it seems to have resolved it for now, but I am wondering what caused it to start doing that...
kenyu73 said:
Well, that didn't work either.
This appears to be the only solution:
* root
* side load Xposed -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053
* grab "G3 TweakBox" Xposed module from Play Store and check "Hide Battery Full Notification"
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This partially works. I don't get the notification or the sound, but it still vibrates. I'm going to play around more with this later this week when I have time.
Same issue
Same issue occurs for me, so I just wake up and unplug the phone when I get that message. Very annoying though, to not wake up with a full battery.
This is so annoying, can't believe LG didn't include an option to turn this off. So many of us leave our phones on the charger overnight - so we end up with frequent beeps and vibrations as it charges to 100%, then partially discharges and charges again a few minutes later
Silent mode or quiet mode isn't an option as I need to be able to receive calls for work - I can't whitelist every number that might call me
So I've had a difficult time snoozing my alarm from my phone since getting the 360. Of course this is at 6am and I'm just fumbling with buttons until the alarm quiets. Problem is I seem to be completely turning the alarm off, which has resulted in me waking up an hour late the last 2 days.
The only conclusion I can reach us the fact that my watch is connected. Is there anyway to ensure I'm snoozing/turning off my alarm from my phone? Am I right in thinking the watch is causing this issue?
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So I've had a difficult time snoozing my alarm from my phone since getting the 360. Of course this is at 6am and I'm just fumbling with buttons until the alarm quiets. Problem is I seem to be completely turning the alarm off, which has resulted in me waking up an hour late the last 2 days.
The only conclusion I can reach us the fact that my watch is connected. Is there anyway to ensure I'm snoozing/turning off my alarm from my phone? Am I right in thinking the watch is causing this issue?
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The watch and phone have completely separate alarm apps. They don't interact with each other in any way. Has nothing to do with the watch.
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The watch and phone have completely separate alarm apps. They don't interact with each other in any way. Has nothing to do with the watch.
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It's just strange that all the sudden my volume keys don't "snooze", and nothing is actually showing up on my phone giving me an option to swipe for "snooze" or "turn off".
Seems like the only way to get it to stop is to hit the power button and all that does is turn the alarm off. Have never had this happen until the watch was connected. And at the time it happens my watch is docked and doesn't show anything other than the time and change (normal screen when watch is on the charger. Standard charger that came with the 360 mind you).
Guess it's time to do some experiments and see what's going on.
This might be one of threads that could benefit from knowing which phone and ROM you are using.
On a stock Nexus 5, the Alarm clock works the same since I've purchased the watch. On screen I have the option to Snooze or Turn off the alarm with a swipe.
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This might be one of threads that could benefit from knowing which phone and ROM you are using.
On a stock Nexus 5, the Alarm clock works the same since I've purchased the watch. On screen I have the option to Snooze or Turn off the alarm with a swipe.
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Note 3 running the same alliance rom v1 and stock clock app that I've been running for the past several months. The alarmed worked literally the day I bought the Moto 360. It stopped working literally the next morning after connecting the watch for the 1st time the day before.
The only thing that changed was using the 360. Guess im.the only one having the issue. Once I get home I'll be able to test it out while on the charger.
Perhaps you can disconnect the 360 tonight and see if you face the same issue tomorrow morning.
Huawei watch
AW 1.5
Sometimes ambient mode doesn't kick in, no matter how still I keep the watch or how long I wait. Only a reboot will fix it. On reboot, ambient mode works correctly. The problem will happen randomly, about once a day. It can happen with stock or Watchmaker watch faces.
Settings:
brightness - 1
wrist gestures - off
always on - on
screen lock - off
Phone AW settings:
always on - on
tilt to wake - off
Note, this is not the 'ambient always on' problem. Also, it's not a watchface problem. Yes, all the watchfaces have an ambient mode. When the problem occurs, switching to another watchface doesn't fix it.
Anyone else have this problem?
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Huawei watch
AW 1.5
Sometimes ambient mode doesn't kick in, no matter how still I keep the watch or how long I wait. Only a reboot will fix it. On reboot, ambient mode works correctly. The problem will happen randomly, about once a day. It can happen with stock or Watchmaker watch faces.
Settings:
brightness - 1
wrist gestures - off
always on - on
screen lock - off
Phone AW settings:
always on - on
tilt to wake - off
Note, this is not the 'ambient always on' problem. Also, it's not a watchface problem. Yes, all the watchfaces have an ambient mode. When the problem occurs, switching to another watchface doesn't fix it.
Anyone else have this problem?
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Someone just posted a bug where his ambient mode doesn't kick in after an alarm goes off until he reboots. Could this be your case too?
I have this too. Been happening about a week. Either an alarm or a timer going off will cause it.
Yes, that's it!
This morning I figured out that it always happens first thing in the morning. I thought it was from being on the charger all night long.
I can confirm this 100% reproducible bug.
Nicholb, did you notice this after the 1.5 update?
Although this is a major bug, there are some relatively easy fixes:
- If you only use the alarm to wake up in the morning, restart your watch after you wake up.
- Try another alarm app (the ones I saw were all pay apps or didn't work).
- For timers, use another app. I recommend MoveUp! MultiTimer.
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Nicholb, did you notice this after the 1.5 update?
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No, it was working fine after the 1.5 update. Something else must have updated within the last week. I did notice that last night there was an app update to "clock". I'll know tonight if that helped. I've just been rebooting the watch after an alarm goes off as a workaround.
That was it. The update to the clock app has fixed the problem for me.
Have begun to use the alarm function on the CLOCK. I find that it is not reliable. I have tried various ways of clearing and resetting and airplane mode on and off. Many times the alarm does not go off. I tried adding TIMELY in addition to the CLOCK. This morning none of the alarms went off, but when I turned the phone on I could see an older time which then jumped to the real time (on the clock - opening screen - home page) and the TIMELY alarm came on 11 minutes late. I turned that alarm off and went to my desk (fully awake and with phone 2 feet away). I have a second alarm 45 minutes later which did not go off on CLOCK or TIMELY. I turned the phone on and saw time was 12 minutes later than the set time, and TIMELY alarm went off. It is as if the phone stops tracking time when it is off and CLOCK will not recover. Some days both alarms work fine. I have seen threads in other forums indicating this is a problem with this phone. HOW DO I FIX THIS? or IS THERE A WORK AROUND? or IS THERE AN APP I CAN USE THAT WILL BE RELIABLE on this phone.
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