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Hey all,
Long-time lurker (though in the Moto D1 forum), first time poster.
My girlfriend recently acquired a used HTC Eris. It works well, except for notifications. Whenever she receives a text message, the trackball slowly blinks about once ~ 10 seconds, which isn't very useful if you're just glancing at it.
I was hoping a 3rd party app like Handcent could override it -- but it could not. Furthermore, none of the non-root apps were able to have any affect either, including Blink, Led me know, or notify me.
I realize that custom colors aren't going to happen (that's fine) but what I'd like is an option to either increase the frequency of the trackball, or just have it stay on when there are notifications. While I'd prefer NOT to root, I realize that may be a requirement.
Also, I am aware of the multitude of Nexus One apps that do exactly what I'm asking to do. Apparently they don't work, or at least every app I've tried that claims to do it for the N1 doesn't work.
I'm tempted to just root it and try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5609688#post5609688
But I'm hoping to get some feedback from someone who has tried it first. Honestly given the track record of all the other N1 apps, I have trouble believing it would work. If it was mine I'd just dive in (I was flashing ROMs two days after I purchased my D1), but I am more cautious with things that don't belong to me
Thanks!
Hello everyone
My phone appears to have some quite bizarre problem. It's to do with the alarm clock. Regardless of what time I set it, it plays maybe a second of the song I told it to play and then turns off. Naturally, that's not nearly enough to wake me up, so I sleep through that. That's the basic problem.
I then decided to see if the problem persists if I am fully awake and I set the alarm to a minute from now. Lo and behold, it worked flawlessly. Same song and everything.
Another test was had. I thought that maybe the alarm clock crashes and needs to recover to properly work. So I set a second alarm. One was set for 6.59am, the next for 7.00am. The idea was that it would crash at 6.59 and would work properly at 7. That worked for one day.
Today, the alarm clock stopped twice after a second.
So obviously, something is wrong here. I have no idea what is going on and I have no idea how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated. I've now cleared all alarm data and re-set the alarm. But I would really like to know that I will actually wake up when I should.
Thank you for your help.
Have you tried a different song? Is the song on the internal memory or on a microsd? What ROM?
I'm running Android Version 4.1.2, the song is on the memory card in the directory \music.
I have tried a different song, to no avail. And it does sometimes work with the one song I'm using.
Try copying the song to the internal memory, also try resetting the Clock's data from System Settings > Application > Application Manager, find the clock there and delete its data.
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Try copying the song to the internal memory, also try resetting the Clock's data from System Settings > Application > Application Manager, find the clock there and delete its data.
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How can I copy a file to internal memory? I have never had to do this, so I'm sorry if I'm sounding a bit daft.
Well, when you connect your phone to your PC (assuming you have windows) you'll see Phone Memory and SD Card, put your song in the Phone Memory
I'm sorry to be such a bother, but I don't see it. All I see is this: http://i.imgur.com/G7iTE4j.jpg
Would I maybe need root access?
That's the phone memory, so it's already as I suggested. I'm sorry, I have no more ideas. Maybe see if other music formats work better. I'm assuming you use mp3? Try wav. It should work with any supported format though, this isn't a solution as much as it is a workaround. I'm sorry I can't help more, hope you find a way, good luck.
I have indeed been using an MP3-file. And I've cleared all the memory, re-set the alarms and it happened again today. One second of alarm, then silence.
I'll try do a WAV now. I have my doubts that it will work, seeing as it does work with an MP3 occasionally, but it's worth a shot.
Also, don't worry. You've been a really great help. I greatly appreciate it. So: Thank you for all the help, even if it didn't work. While you've not found the one way that works, you've found a number that didn't. And that gives us something to work on.
Gentlemen, I have fixed it. Here's what I did: I got Tasker and I followed a handy guide to make a badass alarmclock: Have a Guide!
But because I'm too lazy to reset my alarm every day, I made multiple profiles. One - in my case - was for Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Then I added a second condition, adding 7am as the time. Tuesday and Thursday, did the same, but set the time to 8am.
It's a bit more difficult than just setting a regular alarm, but you're not running the risk of the alarm failing.
I'm having this problem too with the alarm, and i'm being looking for answers as well...
One thing new, I found that the alarm problem stop if I disable the lock-screen.
I try for some days, and none of the alarms stopped.
Today I enable the stock lock-screen and my first alarm stop - just work for 1 second... like I thought.
I try something new now, enable the lock-screen but not in the simplest finger mode, I configured it to swipe code.
Let's see what happens.
I'll be back with feedback.
BTW, I'm with a Samsung Galaxy SII
PMoto
Any progress made? I have the same problem on my galaxy note. Havent really tried to fix it, but it looks like the same problem. Can't remember when it started. But when the alarm goes of, it plays my selected alarm for under a second, and then goes silent.
Well, yes and no.
I mean, I could not find a reason for this neither was able to get an answer...
But I get a workaround, you need to disable the stock lock-screen.
You will have the alarm work well with no issues if you disable it. You can use any other lock-screen, like "Go Locker", "C Locker", "Widget Locker", and so on, except the stock one.
Try and feedback.
I think this is an Android JB bug...
PMoto
Will try your workaround. Strange thing here is that it works fine when I test it by setting the alarm 1 minute into the future and lock the phone. Goes off and works like it's supposed to. But every morning, everything else is the same, just set the alarm a few hours ahead instead of a minute, it will stop after half a sec. Deep sleep state or something (on the phone that is)? I don't know how it works.
please,
the alarm does not work with the phone off?
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Will try your workaround. Strange thing here is that it works fine when I test it by setting the alarm 1 minute into the future and lock the phone. Goes off and works like it's supposed to. But every morning, everything else is the same, just set the alarm a few hours ahead instead of a minute, it will stop after half a sec. Deep sleep state or something (on the phone that is)? I don't know how it works.
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Yes, that's my problem too. If you set 2 alarms in the morning with just 1 or 2 minutes break, the second one always ring... eheheh... :laugh:
That - I don't know why - is the NORMAL BUG behavior.
Anyway, I don't have that bug now, just stop using the stock lockscreen. With me works with all the others...
PMoto.
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the alarm does not work with the phone off?
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Never tested that...
Turning off the lock screen did fix it. Looked at the lockers you suggested, but go locker would only work with go launcher, which is not what I use. You can buy go locker pro, and it will work with any launcher, but I didnt really want to pay for a lock screen. C locker is free but looked a bit unfinished. Also both c locker and widget locker has comments saying just pressing the home button will bypass the lock screen all together. And widget locker is not free either. Will see if I can find one I like
However I do think it's strange if this is a known problem or bug, that not more people are reporting this. I would think the alarm is something people use and rely on.
I'm not sure that Go Locker only work with Go Launcher...
There is an option to disable the home button from disabling the lock... in all of them. My Galaxy S2 have a fisical Home button and it's disable, don't bypass the locker.
C Locker have a new version...
I know this problem in several phones, including Sony or Assus Padfone. So, it must be Android related...
Anyway, too many rom's, lock screens and alarm app would change this, so not everyone have the issue.
PMoto.
The go locker did work, but I could not configure it. It said to activate go locker fully, please install go launcher, when I tried to run the configuration. Mite be me doing something wrong, but I didn't bother to investigate further. Anyway, I found another work-around. There is something in the android alarm clock app called smart alarm. If you activate this, the regular alarm will work properly. The smart alarm plays a pleasant ambiant noise track before the regular alarm kicks in. I have it set to go off 3 miniutes before the regular alarm. So the smart alarm kind of wakes the phone, so the regular alarm will work
Huummm. I never saw that...
I'm curious. And, yes, that could do the trick.
I'll try out.
I hope someone can suggest some ideas. I've been trying for months to get the alarm notifications to work on my Verizon S3. I've spent hours and hours for month after month looking at the forums, and have not been able to fix it- I really, really would like to get this to work!
The problem is, I never get alarm reminders for either:
- time to leave/traffic alerts when I have upcoming appointments
- reminders based on location
I've tried everything I know of in the book- I need an expert to please help me get this working!!! Either I'm doing something really stupid and missing something, I have some setting(s) wrong, or Google Now is somehow broken for me. Sorry for the frustration...
I'm running a Verizon S3, with 4.2.1 and recently I rooted the phone (the notifications have not worked since before nor after the rooting- I did it for other reasons).
PLEASE HELP!!!
Please- any suggestions? I'm willing to start at the basics (in case I missed something) all the way to the complex. I really could use some advise on getting the alarms to work on Google Now notifications...
I've had the same thing happening for about 2 months now (from August 2013), and even with factory wipes and firmware flashes it hasn't come back to me. :/ It's worked once or twice but I haven't figured out if I had done anything before hand to get it back. Then afterwards it stopped working again.
Same for me yet. I've hard reset both my S3 and my Nexus 7, and not luck. Rarely do I get any notices, and if I happen to, it's not at the right time. Must be on Google's end on my account or something. Very, very disappointing, with little hope if it's not specific to the device...
Me too! Try this....
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Same for me yet. I've hard reset both my S3 and my Nexus 7, and not luck. Rarely do I get any notices, and if I happen to, it's not at the right time. Must be on Google's end on my account or something. Very, very disappointing, with little hope if it's not specific to the device...
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Also happening to me on my Note 3 t-mobile. I have flashed many roms. I even reverted back to stock, and did an OTA update to 4.4.2 and so forth.
The only thing that made a difference was if I sign in to Google Now using my backup Google account, then IT WORKS! So I think that Google is having problems on the back end. There is absolutely no difference between my Google accounts. Why would one work and one not work? I've been posting it all over the web and Google tech support. You should too!
Solution Found
I found a solution to the problem. After being a die-hard advocate for Android, I gave up about 6 months ago and bought an iPhone. It works wonderfully, and does everything it's supposed to, when and where it is supposed to. Reception and voice recognition are better than my S3 was too. I've given up a few things (customization, screen size, etc.), but I finally have a phone that just works. I can add apps, delete them, change settings, etc., and things don't get screwed up; and I don't have to hard reset and start over with my phone again. Plus, most of the Google apps are available on the iphone, including Google Now.
I may look at Android again when version 5.0 comes out; but even with that, if it's my account that's messed up, I doubt I will ever get it fixed...
I really liked Android, but I finally got soooo tired of having to spend so much time getting it to work...
Google now reminders not working possible solution
Okay so I purchased a phone LG G Flex unlocked from T-mobile and using on Metro PCS two weeks ago, prior to this phone I had a Note 3 and used Google Now to set remianders with no problems. When I activated my FLEX and started using google now it did not remind me, i could see the reminders on google cards but no notification and or finger with string in the notification bar to actually remind me. I was really bummed and fustrated as I depend on the reminder function alot. Not having any luck getting Google Now remainders to work I started searching for other apps simular to it, just something to remind me. But funny enough all the others application I found on the app store would do the same thing NO reminders, so I started thinking it may not actually be Google Now but something on my phone. I finally found an application called Robin that did work but gave me my reminders about 2 or three mins before or after the set time, nevertheless it was working but early or late notifications still bothered me. So i decided to turn off the automatic time zone/Network provider time and Automatic date and time/Network provided time and that did the trick for me. I started up Google Now and set like a hundred reminders to test it and they all came in on time. I dont know if the phone being unlocked and used on another network made the network time buggy but as long as I keep the automatic date and time off it works well. I dont know if this is the solution for everyone but it was for me. hope this help.
Fantastic and detailed reply- thanks!
I also switched phones, now I'm on a LG G3 (love the phone)! I seem to be getting almost all of my notifications now, but I'll try to pay a little more attention to it, and keep your suggestion in mind if I'm having any troubles. Thanks again for the information!
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Okay so I purchased a phone LG G Flex unlocked from T-mobile and using on Metro PCS two weeks ago, prior to this phone I had a Note 3 and used Google Now to set remianders with no problems. When I activated my FLEX and started using google now it did not remind me, i could see the reminders on google cards but no notification and or finger with string in the notification bar to actually remind me. I was really bummed and fustrated as I depend on the reminder function alot. Not having any luck getting Google Now remainders to work I started searching for other apps simular to it, just something to remind me. But funny enough all the others application I found on the app store would do the same thing NO reminders, so I started thinking it may not actually be Google Now but something on my phone. I finally found an application called Robin that did work but gave me my reminders about 2 or three mins before or after the set time, nevertheless it was working but early or late notifications still bothered me. So i decided to turn off the automatic time zone/Network provider time and Automatic date and time/Network provided time and that did the trick for me. I started up Google Now and set like a hundred reminders to test it and they all came in on time. I dont know if the phone being unlocked and used on another network made the network time buggy but as long as I keep the automatic date and time off it works well. I dont know if this is the solution for everyone but it was for me. hope this help.
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pgdmed said:
Okay so I purchased a phone LG G Flex unlocked from T-mobile and using on Metro PCS two weeks ago, prior to this phone I had a Note 3 and used Google Now to set remianders with no problems. When I activated my FLEX and started using google now it did not remind me, i could see the reminders on google cards but no notification and or finger with string in the notification bar to actually remind me. I was really bummed and fustrated as I depend on the reminder function alot. Not having any luck getting Google Now remainders to work I started searching for other apps simular to it, just something to remind me. But funny enough all the others application I found on the app store would do the same thing NO reminders, so I started thinking it may not actually be Google Now but something on my phone. I finally found an application called Robin that did work but gave me my reminders about 2 or three mins before or after the set time, nevertheless it was working but early or late notifications still bothered me. So i decided to turn off the automatic time zone/Network provider time and Automatic date and time/Network provided time and that did the trick for me. I started up Google Now and set like a hundred reminders to test it and they all came in on time. I dont know if the phone being unlocked and used on another network made the network time buggy but as long as I keep the automatic date and time off it works well. I dont know if this is the solution for everyone but it was for me. hope this help.
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Can Google now show reminders while offline? I know I cant set or delete a reminder offline. But can it remind for an already set reminder offline?
Greetings,
About a day or two ago, I noticed that my alarm (Gentle Alarm) stopped working, meaning that the app seemed fine but the scheduled alarm time would come and go with nothing happening. Thinking it was an app issue, I tried several other alarm programs, including stock Clock, with the same result. No alarms actually went off. I have a ZTE Axon 7 running 7.1.1 stock on T-mobile.
It gets weirder. The same behavior began at the same time on my girlfriend's phone—Samsung (S4 or S5) with stock Lollipop (not sure of version number) on Verizon. I mean, we both tried a bunch of different clock apps, set alarms, and watched the times come and go with no actual alarm.
Needless to say, up until a couple days ago, we had no issues with alarm apps. Neither of us has updated the OS in that time period (or recently at all). We've both updated and installed some apps, but there was no overlap between us, so there didn't seem an obvious app that could be causing issues.
Also, a few other weird symptoms have shown up in the same time period; no idea if this is related in any way, but here goes. On the Axon, when I try to install from Play I get 100% downloaded and then...nothing. When I reboot the phone, I have a notification that the new app is installed. Also over the last couple of days I keep getting repeat notifications for things that are hours old. For example, I have gotten the same Facebook notifications several times over the course of 8 or 10 hours, and as I went to bed last night around midnight I was still getting MLB At Bat notifications (score changes, etc.) for the game I listened to mid afternoon.
On the Samsung, my g/f is sending texts that her phone reports as undelivered even after I (and others) have read and responded to them. The texts themselves seem to be very delayed in going out.
And to reiterate, all these issues have cropped up just in the last couple days on both phones. It would seem a virus might explain things; on the other hand I haven't used any public WiFi in that time period (or recently at all), all my downloads have been through Play and not of any (what I would consider) suspicious apps, and I run Lookout to scan all my app installs. As for my g/f, I think all she has done is update a few apps from Play that she has used for quite a while, and I don't think she has used a public WiFi, either.
I appreciate any help you can offer. We had to resort to using her work iPhone as an alarm clock this morning, which is just mortifying.
Thanks,
CJW
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Hello everyone.
I'm running Xperia Z5 Compact (E5823) with Sony's latest stock Android for that device: v7.1.1 (32.4.A.1.54) and September 2017 security patches.
Some time ago I noticed that my alarm clock (I'm using 'AlarmDroid', always up to date) did not wake me up. After further investigation I noticed that the problem seems to be related with phone not being woken up by the alarm. For example the alarm can be set to run at 8am, but it does not go off. If I wake the phone up manually (press the power button or tap the screen) at 8.20am, the alarm is suddenly sound.
I thought: meh, probably the alarm app is bugged and it will be fixed soon. So I rebooted the phone (which made the problem go away for some time) and kept doing so every once in a while.
But lately the same problem occured to me with text message (sms) notifications. For example: I received a message an hour ago, but the notification went off only after I woke up the phone manually. (I'm using stock text message app for this Android version.)
Now these two issues are too much for me and I'd like to fix the problem ;D
After some googling I found that the similar problem occured to some devices running Android 8, but since I'm running Android 7 that would not be it. So far didn't encounter anybody having this exact issue on Z5 Compact.
Obviously if anything fails I could try reinstalling phone's software, but I'd like to try some less 'general' solutions first.
So my question is: has anyone encountered such issue and / or can suggest anything? Many thanks in advance!
Are you using any sort of battery-saving apps? Some work by preventing other apps from running in the background, which would break the functionality of an alarm clock app. Also, have you tried using the built-in alarm clock app? System apps may be more reliable, or just less easily interrupted by battery-saving apps.
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Are you using any sort of battery-saving apps? Some work by preventing other apps from running in the background, which would break the functionality of an alarm clock app.
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No, I'm not using any of such apps. I'd like to add (if that makes any difference) that the issue also occured when the phone was charged to at least 50%, so was nowhere near battery saving mode (which in my case is configured to start when the battery goes below 15%.
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Also, have you tried using the built-in alarm clock app? System apps may be more reliable, or just less easily interrupted by battery-saving apps.
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No, I have not. Could surely do, but it would take at least few weeks to have any results. Plus I'm not sure the problem is related to the alarm app itself - as I mentioned the problem also occured with sms / text messaging app as well.
Had the same problem since day 1, no matter what app even the system alarm. The only thing that makes sure my alarm goes off at the set time is keeping it on charge...