For some reason my work alarm isn't working. If I set an alarm for an hour or some other random time it works but seems to stop working at night while the phone is idle. Anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Are you using a 3rd party alarm app? Make sure battery optimization for the app is set to "do not optimize". That setting sometimes turns itself back to "smart optimization" after updates & my alarm quits working.
If that doesn't work, under battery optimization, menu (three dots), advanced, there's "sleep standby optimization" which puts apps to sleep when you sleep... Try turning that off.
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I noticed that the alarm does not sound when the phone is switched off. This is disappointing seeing as with every phone I have I usually use it as my alarm clock.
I could leave my phone on in sleep mode but don't want to drain the batteries. *Seeing as I'm having problems with the battery life*
Is this the same with you or is there a setting I need to enable for the phone to wake and the alarm to sound?
Or, is there another alarm app that will allow the phone to switch on when off?
ilabstudios said:
I noticed that the alarm does not sound when the phone is switched off. This is disappointing seeing as with every phone I have I usually use it as my alarm clock.
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This is not a phone, it's a pocket pc with phone function. Every other phone drains power when it's switched off -so it's nothing more than a standby.
Is this the same with you or is there a setting I need to enable for the phone to wake and the alarm to sound?
Or, is there another alarm app that will allow the phone to switch on when off?
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Nope, no alarm can do this. If it's switched off it IS really off. There is absolutely no power usage and the only way to get it back on is manually by pressing the power button.
I could leave my phone on in sleep mode but don't want to drain the batteries. *Seeing as I'm having problems with the battery life*
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No big deal, use the "flight mode" for the night (long press endkey --> flightmode). Every data and phone connection will be switched off and the phone is only using the power for the clock and the alarm -it's nearly the same as a switched off common phone.
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This is not a phone, it's a pocket pc with phone function.
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Then it may be possible to have a 'Wake on Alarm' function, similar to a PC.
Anyway, I downloaded G-Alarm and it does what you say, turn the phone on flight mode automatically.
This is weird and has me stumped....
Only got the Desire yesterday and set the alarm clock for 5:50 this morning to wake me for work.
Tested it last night and all was well but this morning it simply didn't go off.
I was awake anyway luckily so once it didn't go off I set another test alarm to go off at 6:05.
This went off fine...
No idea what's wrong with my 5:50 alarm but I did notice that the time in the alarms panel has a black background behind it. If I set the time after 6:00 the background turns white.
Just deleted the alarm and created a new one but once again the time has a black background if it's set before 6:00.
Anyone know what the black background means?
Is it perhaps telling me that the alarm will not go off??
Hope I've made the problem clear, any help appreciated as always.
Cheers
Justin
I think I have this problem. I set my alarm last night for 1030am. I didn't hear a thing. Either I was soooo in deep slumber or it simply didn't go off. It happens a few times. I have three alarm set up. one is for 2330 and it has a white background. The other two is for 1030 and 1630 and have black background. Only the 1030 seems to not go off... The other two are fine.. weird!
stop using task killer apps or add the clock to your ignore list!
I've noticed this as well.
I'v tried using Timeriffic to sort my profiles out for this issue, and it didn't work.
Not sure what the problem is...
Can't speak for others but I have no task killer apps
No task killer as well...
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.
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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Before Do Not Disturb even existed I used quite a few apps (llama, Phone Profiles Plus, Sound Profile) to achieve sound management over night. Unfortunately at some points in time some of these failed to work due to more aggressive battery management of my newer phones or after software updates that broke things.
However now I feel that DND provides more options and is a more elegant solution...if it would do what I want.
I would like to turn it *manually* on, go to sleep, and have it turned off at 8:00 AM. Anyone found a way to do that?
You can set a schedule to turn on and off automatically. You can also turn it on manually then set it to turn off automatically. You select how many hours you want it on.