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Help!!!! Alarm is useless! It just doesn't go off!!!

Hi. I have a gt7100 and the stock alarm is abysmal. I have to use the stock because it is the only one that works past my lock screen.
Just to clarify - It doesn't activate itself, so It fails to come on. Hence I've gotten up very late on a couple of occasions.
It is definitely on, and is set to repeat every week....
It does work if you set it for 1 minute later and just wait, but if you leave it, something happens which makes it not go off.
Somebody was saying something about programs that could cause this, but I don't have ANY lock screen widgets..... Is that even possible? I don't have widget locker installed.
The programs/services that were running last night / shown by Wheres my droid power (app). This was a long 2 minutes.
Nexus Revamped pro
Nova Launcher
Switchpro Widget
System UI
Switfkey 3
Light Manager
HD Widgets
S Suggest
Falcon for Twitter
Facebook
Phone
Twitter
Slideshow
Youtube
TWDVfsapp
Beautiful Widgets
BadgeProvider
BatterWidget Reborn
Viber
SwipePad
Wheres my droid power
Temp+CPU PRO
com.sec.android.app.FlashBarServ
Messaging
ContextProvider
Samsung Push Service
Maps
BBC News
Poweramp
LogsProvider
Contacts
Email
Nfc Service
SysScope
Hill Climb Racing
S Note
BetterBatteryStats
Google Account Manager
Advanced Task Manager Pro
Resources Provider
SmartcardService
com.android.smspush
Enterprise VPN Services
Enterprise Syscrope Service
App Lock
SwipePad
Messenger
Wizz Widget
Stock Daemon(EUR)
MapServiceSamsung
SuperSU
Maps
Google+
Google Play Store
WhatsApp
Kaspersky Mobile Security
Clock
Exchange Services
Software update
S Voice
Package installed
Simple alarm clock
MTP Application
Google Search
Remote Controls
Allshare play
Learning Hub
Video Hub
Gallery
Package Access Helper
S Planner
Help
Titanium Backup
Samsung Backup
Settings
My Story
Factory Mode
Battery Monitor Widget Pro
Allshare play
DSMLawmo
Where's my droid
AvrcpServiceSamsung
Google play services
Calendar Storage
GlanceViewMK
Samsung Account
Google Partner Set up
Favorite Apps
MusicFX
SecPhone
SamsungAppsUNA2
Key Chain
Task Manager
Swipepad
Remote Controls
Capability Manager Service
No other alarms applications are installed either.
Please help as I just got my old iPhone 4 to use as my alarm (Airplane Mode). Really want to get this problem fixed. Can't stand using the iPhone as my alarm.
Also my phone is on stock Touch Wiz 4.1.1 - Rooted. And I use Nova Launcher Prime 2.0
It's understandable why some people just stick with basic iPhones now!

Has nobody experienced this sort of issue? Alarm has always gone off?

★ Must have apps for your Moto G - Post your bestest bestest fav here...

Hi,
What are your must have apps and favorites for your Moto G. Post here and let us know what is nice, great, silly or just COOL!
Here are a few of my personal favs enjoy
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NEWS APP - Flipboard Gorgeous flip and slide animations, excellent at compiling searched info into your very own personalized magazine
FILE MANAGER - File Manager (Explorer)
MUSIC - Poweramp (The king of the hill)
BATTERY WIDGET - Battery Widget Reborn (Includes proper battery % in the notification bar)
CLOCK - 3D Flip Clock (multi-touch programmable, weather, great look)
LAUNCHER - Nova (Not as flash as some launchers, but still great)
TEXT APP - 8SMS (Simple, crisp and clean, with nice clear pop up notification)
BARCODE SCANNER - ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner (Very quick at capturing scans and showing comparison prices on amazon etc.)
KEYBOARD - Google Keyboard (the swipe is gorgeous, it's quick and very very smart)
WALLPAPER APP - Zedge (includes ringtones and notification tones)
POWER CONTROL WIDGET - Power Toggles (Very customizable and quick)
SCREEN OFF - Screen Off and Lock (a great wee app I put on all my devices, touch and screen off) comes with various off animations but I always use retro tv
BEST COOL APP - Gravity Screen (automation at its coolest)
2nd BEST COOL APP - Light Flow Lite - LED Control (Set up different colours and flash rate and vibration for all your notifications)
LIVE TV (UK) - TVCatchup (Basically live UK tv channels BBC, ITV, C4 etc.. turns your phone into a portable tv)
PIE CONTROL - LMT (not verified for Moto G yet but I use it on my Nexus 5 and Note)
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If I find any fabulous, new, must have apps I will post 'em here
MJ-12

I like Pulse over flipboard try it. ^_^

Google Newstand is pretty cool too.But it consumes too much data.
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Live Score Addicts and The Football App are pretty great for football freaks.

I also love Feedly (news content) and Swiftkey (probably the best keyboard). I also like Greenify very much, but it's unuseful now because we have no root on the phone.. (unless unlocking the bootloader which I don't want to do now).

What's the battery life like with all of these apps installed? Also, anyone try the Google Experience Launcher over Nova for their launcher?
I like the Google Now feature, especially with the feature to be able to say "Ok Google" at any time on your home screen. Gravity Screen also seems like it'd waste a lot of battery.

Lightflow has low utility as our devices only has the white led...
Sent from my Moto G

i use Chronus for clock, calendar and weather, it's a really good app

Here are some to start off:
ES File Explorer is my favorite file managing app
Airdroid
Dynamic Notifications is worth a try
Evernote
Pandora
TuneIn Radio
Dropbox
Skydrive
Skype

i'm agree, Airdroid is Awesome !

i forget a precious apps : Llama - Location Profiles to automatically activate/deactivate wifi, sound, or other things.

Android Reverse Tethering - Presently, you are required to connect / disconnect to a wifi signal before running this utility.

Must have apps on my Moto G :
1) ES File Explorer
2) Titanium Backup ( if rooted )
3) Skype
4) Mx Player
5) LiveScore
6) Winamo Pro ( for shoutcast )
7) PowerAmp for local music
8) Adobe Reader
9) Ebay
10) Flashlight
11) KitKat Launcher

For battery percentage you should use "battery overlay percent" it shows the % you have left as overlay on your original battery. :good:
I also like "Power schedule", for turning bluetooth etc. on and off. :fingers-crossed:

my all time list:
smart launcher,
bsplayer,
dropbox,
es file explorer,
jetaudio,
keep,
my cloud player,
quickpic,
skype,
stumbleupon,
tunein radio,
uberhype

nirmalbalaji said:
Live Score Addicts and The Football App are pretty great for football freaks.
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Sofascore<<< I'm convinced that this is THE best football/score app there is with a modern android design.

I use a sound through wifi a lot and definitely the best pair are: AirBubble for receiving (paid, or otherwise a lot of noise after half an hour of use) and Aoa for transmitting the signal from my Android TV stick.
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I have used
Mobi to slow the power drain, fantastic app
Kasperski for security Free with my bank
Mobiledit to edit
Skype
Ebay
Dropbox
NavFree as an bril sat nav.
One issue i do have is the lack of Flash player for this phone, i have tried all links to do with it, but no joy, any ideas?

Install Dolphin Browser, that has flash on it.

techguyone said:
Install Dolphin Browser, that has flash on it.
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It did not work for me,
However,
Doing this worked like a charm.
Save the Flash player.apk to Google drive (this has filters and converters)
Once saved open from your device and hey presto it installs Flash player to your phone.
Apparently it will work this way on other apk files that don't install normally
i will try to find the link where i got the tip from.

Moto 360 notifcation bug, list your apps lets find app in common

Everyone including myself has the issue where once a day my phone stops getting notifications on my phone. It seems to be pretty wide spread but at the same time, some people don't have the issue at all. Which makes me think maybe it's a 3rd party app killing notification. So anyone who has the notification issue list all of your apps and maybe we will find one we all have in common.
To make this easy grab the app "List my apps" from the app store and edit the plain text template to remove the package name and just give you nice list of apps you can copy and paste .
I'll Start
A Better Camera
AcDisplay
Amazon
Android Wear
Apex Notifier
Authenticator
Barcode Scanner
Calendar
Camera
ColorNote
Facebook
Facer
File Manager
Find My Phone
Fraction Calculator Plus
Hangouts Dialer
IMDb
Inbox
Invoice2go
Launcher 8 Pro
List My Apps
Lollipop theme
Messenger
Neat Calendar
Not Call Log
Not Call Log
Notify!
Nova Launcher
Nova Launcher Prime
Ringtone Picker
RoboForm
Silence Premium
Smart Voice Recorder
SwiftKey Keyboard
TeslaUnread Plugin
Textra
Unread Badge
Volume Control
Wear Aware
Wear Mini Launcher
WiFi File Transfer
World Clock
XBMC Remote

Ok seeing how nobody is responding to my thread let me ask everyone this
How many people with the notification issue are running facer?

When I started having notification issues this was my app list:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear
- Weather WatchFace
- Specialized WatchFace
- Planets WatchFace
- Swing by Swing Golf Scorecard
I then uninstalled all watchface apps and apps I don't use and reset Android Wear and the watch:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear

640k said:
When I started having notification issues this was my app list:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear
- Weather WatchFace
- Specialized WatchFace
- Planets WatchFace
- Swing by Swing Golf Scorecard
I then uninstalled all watchface apps and apps I don't use and reset Android Wear and the watch:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear
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Thanks for responding. But I Recommend you give a full android application list. Because other applications do push notifications such as Textra.

does acDisplay install on Android Wear? because i only listed my watch apps - which is where the problem is. The watch. Not the phone. At least not in my case.
In my case, the watch was receiving notifications, but wasn't alerting me of them.

warwagon19792 said:
Thanks for responding. But I Recommend you give a full android application list. Because other applications do push notifications such as Textra.
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I think this is why people wont respond because there are simply too many apps. Each person on here probably has 20-50 that are completely different from the next person. It would take a monumental effort to find a commonality between devices, something that should be Google's responsibility. It will simply be too difficult to filter through all the different apps people are using amongst each other.
The best attempt at self-diagnosis would be to just run your phone in a vanilla state and progressively installs apps one after the other over a period of several days to see if you can break the watch, then you would know which app is causing it. For instance the only apps I have really pushing notifications are Gmail, Google Messenger, and Exchange email. However even then, by just having Gmail connected I am going to get other things like Calendar updates, ToDo reminders, etc. Some things we may not even be able to disable so we'll never know where the culprit is.
Ultimately it shouldnt really be any of the apps since everything worked fine before the damn update to 5.x. Anyone know if it's possible to downgrade to 4.x?

RunNgun42 said:
I think this is why people wont respond because there are simply too many apps. Each person on here probably has 20-50 that are completely different from the next person. It would take a monumental effort to find a commonality between devices, something that should be Google's responsibility. It will simply be too difficult to filter through all the different apps people are using amongst each other.
The best attempt at self-diagnosis would be to just run your phone in a vanilla state and progressively installs apps one after the other over a period of several days to see if you can break the watch, then you would know which app is causing it. For instance the only apps I have really pushing notifications are Gmail, Google Messenger, and Exchange email. However even then, by just having Gmail connected I am going to get other things like Calendar updates, ToDo reminders, etc. Some things we may not even be able to disable so we'll never know where the culprit is.
Ultimately it shouldnt really be any of the apps since everything worked fine before the damn update to 5.x. Anyone know if it's possible to downgrade to 4.x?
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If people would post using the app I mentioned above. I'll sort through and find a common denominator.

What "default" apps have you replaced with 3rd party?

Curious, what default Android apps have you replaced with 3rd party apps? Launcher, dialer, SMS, camera, etc?
For me I'm all stock at the moment except for using Nova launcher. I'd like to see what other people are using, though!

Staying all Google default.
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Launcher - Action Launcher 3, sometimes Nova
SMS - Textra SMS
Calendar - Today Calendar
Calculator - Real Calc, my brain doesn't function in algebraic mode, must use RPN
Camera - several including the modified stock one from here called Camera X
Music - Spotify, currently boycotting PM because of the ****ty device limit
Keyboard - SwiftKey, I spell so crappy with the AOSP and Google keyboards
News & Weather - the app for my local news
Drive - I use it but also use Dropbox
I dont really use the other Google apps (except Gmail) so I dont have replacements for them.

ProShot camera, I have Camera FV-5 as well but it didn't want to take pictures yesterday ?

SMS - Textra
Calendar - Touch Calendar
Email - K9
Launcher - Nova Prime
Alarm - Xtreme Alarm
Hangouts - Weechat (own server, Prosody, Bitlbee, weechat, weechat android relay)

- swiftkey keyboard (much better autocorrect)
- bluemail for exchange email (no device policy BS, but no calendar/contact sync)
- Lightning browser + (has adblock, so it ran much smoother than chrome when I was stock, but now I'm running Chrome+Adblock)

PiousInquisitor said:
Launcher - Action Launcher 3, sometimes Nova
SMS - Textra SMS
Calendar - Today Calendar
Calculator - Real Calc, my brain doesn't function in algebraic mode, must use RPN
Camera - several including the modified stock one from here called Camera X
Music - Spotify, currently boycotting PM because of the ****ty device limit
Keyboard - SwiftKey, I spell so crappy with the AOSP and Google keyboards
News & Weather - the app for my local news
Drive - I use it but also use Dropbox
I dont really use the other Google apps (except Gmail) so I dont have replacements for them.
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In regards to Play Music.. if you reach the limit to remove devices you can chat in with them and they will reset them back to 0 as a "one time courtesy" I've used that "one time courtesy" 4 times already.. Hahah
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Nova Launcher Prime
SwiftKey
Inbox (Instead of Gmail)
Calc+
Sleep Cycle (Instead of Clock for alarm)
Camera FV-5 but haven't really used it much
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SMS - 8SMS
Calendar - Today Calendar
Calculator - Holo Calc (Been looking for a material design app with similar abilities but keep failing to find one which lets you re use past numbers and answers easily)

Launcher - Nova Launcher Prime
Calendar - Today Calendar
Music - Shuttle+
Keyboard - SwiftKey
Everything else I use stock Google Apps.

Launcher - Nova Launcher Prime
SMS - Textra SMS
Camera - AZ Camera
Keyboard - SwiftKey
Email - Nine (for work)

Camera - A Better Camera
SMS - Textra
Email (Exchange only) - Nine. It'll work for gmail too, but great for Exchange, especially if your company wants you to have a passcode, as it will only lock app. Also integrates with
Calendar - Today Calendar
Music - MediaMonkey

SeriesOfTubes said:
Curious, what default Android apps have you replaced with 3rd party apps? Launcher, dialer, SMS, camera, etc?
For me I'm all stock at the moment except for using Nova launcher. I'd like to see what other people are using, though!
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Messaging and Drive. I am using Textra and One Drive. I don't like Gmail but switching is a hassle so I stick with it. I just hate conversation view. I also use Nova simply because I do not like the Google Search bar on the homescreen. I used to just deal with it until they made it look all pre-school-like and started adding "Ok, Google" search suggestions right there on the homescreen.

App recommendations for Pixel 2 XL

Hey guys,
So can you guys mention/recommend me your best choices for the below apps?
Keyboard - Currently SwiftKey
Antivirus - Not using one, Should I ?
System / Cache Cleaner - SD Maid (Are they real or placebo?)
Launcher - Nova
Calendar - Google Calendar App
Battery Monitor - Better Battery Stats XDA
SMS, Dialer, Contacts - Stock Apps (Better alternatives?)
Browser - Chrome
File Explorer - ES
Finance Management - MoneyWise
Photo Editor - Photoshop Express / SKRWT
Video Editor - Magisto
Any help, and taking time to respond is much appreciated!

JazonX said:
Hey guys,
So can you guys mention/recommend me your best choices for the below apps?
Keyboard - Currently SwiftKey
Antivirus - Not using one, Should I ?
System / Cache Cleaner - SD Maid (Are they real or placebo?)
Launcher - Nova
Calendar - Google Calendar App
Battery Monitor - Better Battery Stats XDA
SMS, Dialer, Contacts - Stock Apps (Better alternatives?)
Browser - Chrome
File Explorer - ES
Finance Management - MoneyWise
Photo Editor - Photoshop Express / SKRWT
Video Editor - Magisto
Any help, and taking time to respond is much appreciated!
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Swiftlykey or Smart keyboard pro.
Don't use anti virus.
I use twrp for Art/cache wipes.
Nova launcher :good:
EXKM app for battery monitor.
Textra, stock dialer, contacts, and calendar.
Chrome.
Root explorer.
I don't use finance or photo/video apps.
And there ya go

JazonX said:
Hey guys,
So can you guys mention/recommend me your best choices for the below apps?
Keyboard - Currently SwiftKey
Antivirus - Not using one, Should I ?
System / Cache Cleaner - SD Maid (Are they real or placebo?)
Launcher - Nova
Calendar - Google Calendar App
Battery Monitor - Better Battery Stats XDA
SMS, Dialer, Contacts - Stock Apps (Better alternatives?)
Browser - Chrome
File Explorer - ES
Finance Management - MoneyWise
Photo Editor - Photoshop Express / SKRWT
Video Editor - Magisto
Any help, and taking time to respond is much appreciated!
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Gboard
Don't use Anti-virus and don't think you need one as long as you're not blindly installing apps
SDMaid and I don't think it's a placebo!
Nova Prime
Google Calendar
BetterBatteryStats and EX Kernel Manager battery info
Chrome
Android Messages (I hardly use SMS anyway so I didn't bother looking for alternatives) (WhatsApp is my main messaging platform)
Solid Explorer
Use my local bank's app for finance
Snapseed for photo editing
Don't use a video editor on my smartphone
Hope this helps!

rickysidhu_ said:
Gboard
Don't use Anti-virus and don't think you need one as long as you're not blindly installing apps
SDMaid and I don't think it's a placebo!
Nova Prime
Google Calendar
BetterBatteryStats and EX Kernel Manager battery info
Chrome
Android Messages (I hardly use SMS anyway so I didn't bother looking for alternatives) (WhatsApp is my main messaging platform)
Solid Explorer
Use my local bank's app for finance
Snapseed for photo editing
Don't use a video editor on my smartphone
Hope this helps!
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Looks good. Accubattery is better for battery stats and the Samsung Internet Browser (really!) is the best browser. https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-internet-browser-android-793983/

For SMS's try this app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.android.smsorganizer&hl=en_IN
It automatically segregates most of the transaction/spam sms into separate bins and does a good job of it.

Best calendar IMHO is Business Calendar 2. Interface is much better than Google Calendar, more customizable, and syncs with Google Calendar flawlessly

I've been using the Norton junk cleaner for system and such, and manually cleaning the cache for the apps that get bad. Does sd maid do app cache cleaning too? I see it works with root. Also, is it worth it to get pro? Tell me more please!

I personally like AppMgr III (App Manager 3) for System/Cache Cleaner and, especially (but not applicable for taimen), if you have a device that employs an external sd card...

Kb: gboard or swiftkey
Antivirus/cache cleaner/batt monitor: not needed
Launcher: nova prime
Sms/contacts/calendar/dialer:stock
Email: outlook
Browser: chrome or samsung internet
File manager: solid explorer
Photo editor: tookwiz photo
Financial/video: dont use any
Password manager/auto fill: enpass
Doc scanner: camscanner
Todo list: ticktick and keep
Notes: onenote

Keyboard - Was a huge SwiftKey user and even did betas and forum moderating for them but now Gboard.
Antivirus - None
System / Cache Cleaner - None
Launcher - Nova Prime but currently Pixel Launcher until Nova updates to fully support Pixel Launcher features.
Calendar - Google Calendar
Battery Monitor - None
SMS, Dialer, Contacts - Stock ones
Browser - Chrome
File Explorer - Stock "Files" app in Android P; "Downloads" in Oreo.
Finance Management - Mint
Photo Editor - Google Photos, Aviary, Facetune
Video Editor - Google Photos
Ones not in your categories:
Instant messaging - Allo (Yes I have converted my family and closest friends to it)
Video chat - Duo
Fitness - Google Fit
Music - Google Play Music and iHeartRadio
To do - Google Keep
Sleep tracking - Sleep as Android
Forums - Tapatalk
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Try Drupe for your dialer...it's a great app.

Thanks heaps for the responses guys!
Picked up a few great apps from here..