Hi guys, I become crazy and really need help.
My problem is simple. When my phone is in deep sleep my alarms don't ring and I don't understand why. Imagine an alarm set to 8.00AM. If I wake manually my phone at 8.03Am the alarm of 8.00AM will ring. If I don't wake the phone manually no ring, nothing.
My alarms rings if the phone is in standbye since less than 10 minutes.
I run CM13 and Blue Spark Kernel, Kernel Adiutor, underclocking at 1497 Mhz max with Blue active governor.
At first I had Greenify(pay) with Xposed Modules (no alarm in auto hibernation) so I uninstall it, the problem was still here. So I Factory reset everything in TWRP and make a new install, set my underclock and undervolt (everything was stable) but alarms don't ring. I tryed without undervolting but the problem is still here.
I use Alarm Clock Xtreme but tryed with many other applications. I never had a problem with my alarms since Android 1.5. Why now ?
Thanks if you can help me, yesterday one hour late at work..
Thanks !
I'm running stock rom, original, and have the same problem. No alarms when in deep sleep with flight mode on. Flight mode is now off and it does work. Still strange.
Interesting but I don't have Flight mode on. What alarm app are you using ?
I'm using Green Power but don't use the night mode with flight mode on, only the switch no data/data when display is on. Don't think it could have any interaction with the alarm.
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Could anybody give me some advice on how to get it to work??
I have installed SPB Time v2.2.2. My S2U2 is set to turn on as soon as screen goes blank.
I have noticed that S2U2 will cause my alarm with SPB Time not to activate in the morning. When I finally do touch screen to check time, then my alarm goes off like I woke it up from S2U2 screensaver.
Any recommendation or workarounds??
Just dont go to sleep. Keep your eyes open and wait to see the alarm popup. That always work.
ive never had a problem with S2U2 and SPB time,
however i had a problem with SPB Time not bring the phone out of sleep mode
the thing i noticed is that when i bring the phone out of sleep the time is usually 20-30 minutes behind, and it jumps up to the current time, i figure maybe the phone just doesnt keep real time in sleep mode, so that causes it to miss the alarms
for the alarm clock, i just keep it from going to sleep mode when on external power, and keep i plugged in overnight
zachahuy said:
Just dont go to sleep. Keep your eyes open and wait to see the alarm popup. That always work.
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defaultdotxbe said:
ive never had a problem with S2U2 and SPB time,
however i had a problem with SPB Time not bring the phone out of sleep mode
the thing i noticed is that when i bring the phone out of sleep the time is usually 20-30 minutes behind, and it jumps up to the current time, i figure maybe the phone just doesnt keep real time in sleep mode, so that causes it to miss the alarms
for the alarm clock, i just keep it from going to sleep mode when on external power, and keep i plugged in overnight
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Yes I've noticed that too about the real time. I guess thats an option...keep it plugged in and make sure option of sleep mode is disabled.
Are you using at least the 2.17 ROM? Not waking up for alarms was one of the fixes in that version.
I also have this problem with the leaked ROMs. I am also using SPB Time I just went back to my regular alarm clock on the night stand till a fix comes out. Only thing is this beta ROM was compiled before the fixes into the the roms were made that fixed the alarm problems. So the alarm problem still exists in this version. Just a guess but I hope the official release fixes the alarm wake up problem.
2.17 was out quite a while before 3.16. The wake up issue was fixed in 2.17 and remains fixed in 3.16.
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Are you using at least the 2.17 ROM? Not waking up for alarms was one of the fixes in that version.
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I have dcd's titan rom 2.2.3
I am getting frustrated with this as I have been late two times last two weeks because the alarm clock has not activated.
The phone is on (witch is stupid, should be able to wake up and ring as every old phone is capable of doing) but it is on, the alarm sound is adjusted to the highest level and still sometimes for no reason it does not ring! The alarm is still active (one time alarm) when I wake up 1-2h later so nothing has happened, it just skipped to ring.
Is there a remedy for this because it is a MAJOR problem. I don't want to have to buy a alarm clock for that job, it is a smartphone for crying out loud and my stupid 10 year old nokia does this without any problems 100% reliable...
When you use app such as taskkiller and kill clock process then alarm will not ring. Before going sleep restart your phone and dont touch taskkiller. Or add clock to ignored list.
go to clock settings>alarms and click on one alarm which you want...let's say first one..you will see numbers,description,alarm sound...etc
click alarm sound and instead of clicking a tone,just click the side button (volume) and you will seethe green bar as if you were changing your ringer volume...just set it to desired level
and note that this has nothing to do with phone being in vibrate or silent mode..it will ring regardless
i had the same issue until i figured out how to deal with it
and trust me...the phone itself ad the alarm are reliable
I agree with both of these answers.
I had exactly the same problem before i added the clock to the ignore list. It will still show the alarm as activated, but it will not ring.
Do both and you should be fine.
shutting down third party apps with a task manager is one thing , but leave the pre-installed android apps alone. they're running for a reason, dammit
Thanks guys you were right the taskkiller did kill the alarm, it appeared still to be active in the settings and icon in the notification bar (that confused me) but the alarm did not go off. Added it to the whitelist and tested a couple of times - worked fine!
Why does it not work when turned off? The clock keeps the time while the phone is off, so it seems natural that the alarm would also work - maybe a 2.1 update? Older phones would power up for the alarm..
Thanks again!
it's just not something that works on HTCs. They're designed to be on all the time.
i use advanced task killer free and everything works..no problem with such things...
i switched to ATK because taskiller seemed to consume too much memory
i tried ATK while taskiler was on and i had ...25-30 mb less memory then i uninstalled taskiller and got those back....
strange...how can a utility consume so much ram
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Why does it not work when turned off? The clock keeps the time while the phone is off, so it seems natural that the alarm would also work - maybe a 2.1 update? Older phones would power up for the alarm..
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show me a single smartphone that does this...
you are confusing cellphones and smartphones here. smartphones are designed to be on all the time, that is why they invented the airplane mode.
take it easy please,be friendly and try not to sound rude
thanks
Hello,
I am running a gTab with TNT Lite 4.4 and Launcher Pro. I like the setup very much (thanks to all the help found here), but am having problems trying to find an alarm clock app I can set up the way I like.
Ideally, I want an alarm that will open Pandora at a specified time. Barring that, I'd be happy with an app that started the alarm from sleep mode. I don't like leaving the display on all night, even if it's in the "dim" or "night mode". However, it seems that the minute I put the gTab to sleep, the clock stops ticking and the alarm doesn't go off until you wake up the device (the wake updates the clock to the actual time).
Am I nuts, or is there some kind of bug? Are there alarms that will wake up the tablet from sleep? So far I've tried "Alarm Clock Plus" and "AppAlarm Pro" without success.
Am I nuts, or is there some kind of bug? Are there alarms that will wake up the tablet from sleep? So far I've tried "Alarm Clock Plus" and "AppAlarm Pro" without success.
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This is a bug without doubt - what is the point of an alarm that
you have to turn on
YOu might try some of those keepalive programs in the market, but
my experience is that, like most android apps (and android itself
for that matter), they don't really work perfectly.
Here's what I've come up with so far. It seems to be working, although with some caveats.
I installed "Load Monitor" and enabled what they call "Wake Lock" which, according to the FAQ, prevents the tablet from going into a deep sleep. It seems to allow the clock to keep accurate time while screen is off. It also might help people's WiFi issues. I don't know the effect on battery life, but plugging it in while it's on the nightstand isn't a problem.
I've found that Pandora needs to be closed, not paused. Sometimes it'll work when paused, but not always.
I would be happy to hear anyone else suggestions as I'm certainly disappointed in how this is working.
EDIT: Also, you need to have the volume turned up loud enough manually. If you let the app set the volume, it's never loud enough.
App alarm pro is what I use on my phone. It can restart the app if you were using the night before. I use it to wake to Howard on the Sirius XM app and the developer is friendly and responsive. I haven't tried it on the gtab yet as my night stand isn't that big!
Hello, I have installed the app CPU SPY to monitor the Deep Sleep of my tab. I have left it alone for about 2 and a half hours but only 4 minutes is gone to Deep Sleep.
I have WIFI OFF, Flight Mode ON.
How can I check these things ?
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Hello, I have installed the app CPU SPY to monitor the Deep Sleep of my tab. I have left it alone for about 2 and a half hours but only 4 minutes is gone to Deep Sleep.
I have WIFI OFF, Flight Mode ON.
How can I check these things ?
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There exists an app that you can download which will show you what is keeping your device awake, and as a result, running at 216mhz. The app and a lot of documentation about it can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
There is also a separate app which puts all but one of your CPU cores to sleep when the device is not in use. I've installed it on both my phone and tablet and it works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eugene373.cpu.sleep&hl=en
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There exists an app that you can download which will show you what is keeping your device awake, and as a result, running at 216mhz....
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Thank you for your reply.
I have installed the BetterBatteryStats, please let me know where should I focus mostly to find what is causing this. Thank you.
I notice if I go into settings, sound, system- and turn off the touch sounds, the screen lock sounds, and vibrate on screen tap that the tablet goes right into deep sleep. It helps the battery a lot but it's still a bit worse than CM9 roms.
Kushracer said:
I notice if I go into settings, sound, system- and turn off the touch sounds, the screen lock sounds, and vibrate on screen tap that the tablet goes right into deep sleep. It helps the battery a lot but it's still a bit worse than CM9 roms.
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It seems the same to me...
Has anyone else been having problems with the stock alarm clock on the Galaxy S4? Mine seems to be unreliable. Goes off one morning, but not the next. But is random when it works and doesn't.
Current settings:
Android: 4.2.2
Carrier: Verizon
Time: 7am
Days: MTWTF
Repeat Weekly: Checked
Alarm type: Vibration and Melody
Alarm tone: Journey
Sound: Maxed
Location alarm: off
Snooze: off
Smart alarm: off
In "menu" outside that section I have "voice control" off.
Not rooted, no other ROM. Just default, stock Verizon Galaxy S4.
Before I go to bed I double check to make sure my alarm is on and sound is at the max (not in vibration or silent mode). Power saving mode is "off". I have no task killers. I do close all my apps using the default android task manager. But then I turn the alarm clock back on because I'm paranoid. But none of this seems to help.
I've tried factory reset, that didn't seem to help as it still sometimes goes off and sometimes doesn't. I have not tried any other alarms than the stock one. I will be trying one (any suggestions?) and updating this to let you know if it worked. But until then, it would be cool to see if I'm not the only one having this issue and to see if anyone else has solved this!
Thanks!
aladd04 said:
Has anyone else been having problems with the stock alarm clock on the Galaxy S4? Mine seems to be unreliable. Goes off one morning, but not the next. But is random when it works and doesn't.
Current settings:
Android: 4.2.2
Carrier: Verizon
Time: 7am
Days: MTWTF
Repeat Weekly: Checked
Alarm type: Vibration and Melody
Alarm tone: Journey
Sound: Maxed
Location alarm: off
Snooze: off
Smart alarm: off
In "menu" outside that section I have "voice control" off.
Not rooted, no other ROM. Just default, stock Verizon Galaxy S4.
Before I go to bed I double check to make sure my alarm is on and sound is at the max (not in vibration or silent mode). Power saving mode is "off". I have no task killers. I do close all my apps using the default android task manager. But then I turn the alarm clock back on because I'm paranoid. But none of this seems to help.
I've tried factory reset, that didn't seem to help as it still sometimes goes off and sometimes doesn't. I have not tried any other alarms than the stock one. I will be trying one (any suggestions?) and updating this to let you know if it worked. But until then, it would be cool to see if I'm not the only one having this issue and to see if anyone else has solved this!
Thanks!
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I use the alarm every day as well, and have not had a problem with it not going off. Are you using one of the stock alarm tones, or a custom song/sound? I have used both without issues, but if you're using something other than a stock tone, maybe try one of those to see if it's an issue with your audio file.
Edit: I see that it's called "Journey" so that may be a stock tone. I guess I'm not sure then
Tortuga said:
I use the alarm every day as well, and have not had a problem with it not going off. Are you using one of the stock alarm tones, or a custom song/sound? I have used both without issues, but if you're using something other than a stock tone, maybe try one of those to see if it's an issue with your audio file.
Edit: I see that it's called "Journey" so that may be a stock tone. I guess I'm not sure then
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Correct, the alarm tone I'm using is a stock tone. It's woken me up before, so I don't think I'm sleeping through it haha. My only guess is my phone is somehow going into a low power state that's not updating the time every minute, therefore the alarm time is sometimes getting skipped and therefore not getting triggered. I just don't know what would be causing this as I have "power saving mode" off and I haven't ran into any other settings that would do this... I do plug my phone in overnight too, so you'd think it would be going full force anyway. But I just recently switched from iOS so I'm still a bit new to the android side of things .
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Correct, the alarm tone I'm using is a stock tone. It's woken me up before, so I don't think I'm sleeping through it haha. My only guess is my phone is somehow going into a low power state that's not updating the time every minute, therefore the alarm time is sometimes getting skipped and therefore not getting triggered. I just don't know what would be causing this as I have "power saving mode" off and I haven't ran into any other settings that would do this... I do plug my phone in overnight too, so you'd think it would be going full force anyway. But I just recently switched from iOS so I'm still a bit new to the android side of things .
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Have you tried running some daytime tests to see if it rings on time? The clock on the lockscreen may only update when the screen is on, but the phone always knows what time it is. If you can get it to skip alarms reliably, maybe take it to a Verizon store and have them swap it out. I've used my cell phone as an alarm for quite a few years (I have a backup as well, but only because I'm pretty good at shutting alarms off in my sleep) and the only times I had trouble was with older phones when I was rooted and running a less-than-stable custom roms.
Tortuga said:
Have you tried running some daytime tests to see if it rings on time? The clock on the lockscreen may only update when the screen is on, but the phone always knows what time it is. If you can get it to skip alarms reliably, maybe take it to a Verizon store and have them swap it out. I've used my cell phone as an alarm for quite a few years (I have a backup as well, but only because I'm pretty good at shutting alarms off in my sleep) and the only times I had trouble was with older phones when I was rooted and running a less-than-stable custom roms.
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I did run various tests throughout the day yesterday, have a few set for today too. All went off fine so far. The stock alarm woke me up this morning too. Maybe I just had to break it in haha. I'm worried it will skip again, though, so I'm using my desktop as a backup alarm clock, lol. If it does skip I will more than likely take it to Verizon, as this doesn't seem normal. Haven't tried any non-stock alarm clock apps yet. Guess I should look for a good backup app just in case eh.
No problems here. Use everyday on Stock ROM
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aladd04 said:
Has anyone else been having problems with the stock alarm clock on the Galaxy S4? Mine seems to be unreliable. Goes off one morning, but not the next. But is random when it works and doesn't.
Thanks!
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I am running the stock ROM and like you have intermittent problems. Very very problematic.
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I am running the stock ROM and like you have intermittent problems. Very very problematic.
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I ended up switching to an app called "Timely". I have had zero issues with myself ever not hearing this app or it not going off. Even if the phone is on vibrate or silent.
aladd04 said:
Has anyone else been having problems with the stock alarm clock on the Galaxy S4? Mine seems to be unreliable. Goes off one morning, but not the next. But is random when it works and doesn't.
Current settings:
Android: 4.2.2
Carrier: Verizon
Time: 7am
Days: MTWTF
Repeat Weekly: Checked
Alarm type: Vibration and Melody
Alarm tone: Journey
Sound: Maxed
Location alarm: off
Snooze: off
Smart alarm: off
In "menu" outside that section I have "voice control" off.
Not rooted, no other ROM. Just default, stock Verizon Galaxy S4.
Before I go to bed I double check to make sure my alarm is on and sound is at the max (not in vibration or silent mode). Power saving mode is "off". I have no task killers. I do close all my apps using the default android task manager. But then I turn the alarm clock back on because I'm paranoid. But none of this seems to help.
I've tried factory reset, that didn't seem to help as it still sometimes goes off and sometimes doesn't. I have not tried any other alarms than the stock one. I will be trying one (any suggestions?) and updating this to let you know if it worked. But until then, it would be cool to see if I'm not the only one having this issue and to see if anyone else has solved this!
Thanks!
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yes it's really unreliable not only in your 4.2 s4. it often doesnt go off on my s3 mini too. just download another one.
I was just gonna say I've never had a problem with the stock alarm...and what do you know, this morning it didn't go off. I always wake up no matter how loud or quiet the alarm is so I'm fairly certain I didn't sleep through it.
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