Looking for an alarm clock program.
Anything good out there?
There is CT Alarm Clock Lite (free)
That's not too bad
I was using SPB Time (not free - pretty swanky bit of kit though). Now I use MortPlayer and pick a tune to wake me up. I also use it as my main mp3 player as well.
I use Citytime Alarms and have done for years on my PDA too
Sorry to dig up this old topic but I have a quick question about the alarm clock on the Vox. I have found that if i set an alarm and turn off the phone, the phone does not switch itself on and play the alarm.
Are there any 3rd party apps that will turn the phone on when an alarm is due to play?
No, no software will do that.
Basically all the WindowsMobile devices are just like PCs, if they are "off"... they won't do anything for you.
They should never be "off", Flight mode is a best choice if you want to sleep well
Thanks for the tip. Tried this the other evening and it worked a treat. Only drained the battery 4% as well so that was pretty good going I think.
Chronos by activekitten is a really good program, been using it on all my smartphones for the last 3 years or so.
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Hi everyone,
So far I've found most of the Microsoft Windows Mobile apps sufficient, apart from a few small shortcomings. One of them is the unability to set the time for the reminder of a set task. If a reminder is set, it always goes off at 8pm, which is EXTREMELY annoying when it's Saturday and you want to sleep in!!
This seems to me just the thing that gets people away from Microsoft and over to Open Source.
It would be really helpful if you could set the time for the alarm just like when doing so for an appointment - why Microsoft didn't include it initially will probably remain a mystery... and why they set the default task alarm to 8pm even more so...
Anyway, does somebody know a way to fix this? Any help would be really appreciated!
Manuel<><
I was looking for a stopwatch/countdown timer, but couldnt find one which continues when the phone goes into standby.
Regards
I thought I'd bump this up to the top, as I've done a few searches with no luck either.
IS there a countdown timer that works during standby?
(I used to use my old Palm Pilot timer to remind me about parking meter expirys).
Thanks for any help!
try Event Countdown freeware...works on wm5 or 6:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-event-countdown-v1-0.html
Thanks for your help, but that doesn't do it either.
Just for anybody reading this, if you set an alarm in wm5 or 6, the device will wake up and alarm will sound.
I have not been able to find a countdown timer that can wake the device and play a sound.
I'm almost thinking that it MIGHT be possible for a programmer (certainly not possible for me) to just "hijack" one of the alarms, and set it for some minutes or hours into the future??
Any help appreciated!
Try SPB Time maybe? I use the program but not for countdown timers really...
This doesn't look fancy but I have been using it tonight and it works just fine, even when the device goes into standby.
http://slicktools.itrello.com/mobile/wmstopwatch.html
Thanks Mymegabyte, (wmstopwatch)
I tried that package a few days ago, if you try to use countdown, and then put the pda into standby, and wait beyoud the time you have set, then bring the device OUT of standby, the countdown timer THEN drops to 0, and an alarm rings.
In other words, it doesn't countinue counting down whilst in standby, and certainly doesn't wake up and play an alarm.
UPDATE; I had used the old version, I've just installed the new version on my HTC p3300 and the software shows NO keyboard, even after soft reset. so it can't be used....
Hi everyone, I'm looking for the right alarm app for my purposes. I need the following features:
1. Large snooze button with difficult Dismiss button. I should preferably have to clear the alarm by going into the menu and turning them off. There should be basically no way that I can hit Dismiss on accident.
2. Per-alarm Snooze length. I like having the snooze be 10 minutes at first.. but if it's getting close to the time that I need to be up, I need it to be more like 2-3 minutes.
Klaxon works for the most part, but it kills my battery very quickly if I don't have it plugged in. I think it's because it keeps the screen on constantly. Maybe there's a way to turn this off? Also, with Klaxon, if my hand happens to hit the Snooze button (even while the alarm is not going off), the Snooze time gets reset. I think this may cause problems.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
youre basically asking for the windows mobile app "g-alarm" right?
no there is nothing exactly like that on android as far as i know (unfortunatly )
anway i use "math alarm clock" at the moment which is also a very versatile app. it lacks the decreasing snooze and the big snooze button though.
I use Good Morning by Flywheel. It's in the app store. Has a large snooze button. You should try it out. This one does not keep the screen lit.
Alarm Klock isn't bad.
Link (AppBrain): http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.angrydoughnuts.android.alarmclock
c00ller said:
Alarm Klock isn't bad.
Link (AppBrain): http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.angrydoughnuts.android.alarmclock
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I'll second that.
Billy
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fleity said:
youre basically asking for the windows mobile app "g-alarm" right?
no there is nothing exactly like that on android as far as i know (unfortunatly )
anway i use "math alarm clock" at the moment which is also a very versatile app. it lacks the decreasing snooze and the big snooze button though.
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Alarm pro ver. 2 uses teh math dismiss. It's essentially the 2.x alarm with varying snooze options and math capability for dismissal. Icon for it is a red bell alarm. Come to think of it though, it might be called alarm clock plus or something close to that...
Gentle Alarm works great for me, you can limit the number of snoozes, the "I am awake" button is small and requires acknowledgement before it'll shut off the alarm, and you can even have a "follow the path" style dismissal method similar to the lock screen security unlock dots if you want to make sure your brain is turned on before managing to turn off the alarm.
What I also like is that it has a "pre" alarm which wakes you up during a light portion of your sleep cycle if you're already in light sleep. Basically just means you're already almost awake, and you'll wake up easily. It basically just starts a very light and quiet alarm a configurable time before your real alarm. If you're in deep sleep you won't hear it, otherwise it'll wake you up during the right cycle of your sleep pattern. Much better than being startled awake in deep sleep.
And it works 100% of the time, never failed me.
Another vote for gentle alarm. Really really good, never failed to wake me up. Trial is fully functional just doesn't play alarm on wednesday.
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Another vote for gentle alarm. Really really good, never failed to wake me up. Trial is fully functional just doesn't play alarm on wednesday.
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+1 more for Gentle Alarm.
I found this thread on xda about an app for windows mobile
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705122
is there anyone out there who want to port this app to android? i know there are many skilled people out there, sadly i am not one of them =/
Cheers!
i have use a simular program named smart alarm clock. im not sure about the name but it got a coffe cup aslong and it monitors the movement and noice in sleep and can also try to get away of snoreing.
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i have use a simular program named smart alarm clock. im not sure about the name but it got a coffe cup aslong and it monitors the movement and noice in sleep and can also try to get away of snoreing.
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Smart Alarm Clock; and it's all but smart. It barely works on anything except 1.5/1.6, uses the built-in Android alarm clock (which is well known to not be all that reliable) and not all that good.
I too have been looking for a good sleep motion tool just to see how I'm sleeping. The alarm clock part of it Gentle Alarm takes care of well for me. Similar idea, except it simply plays a very quiet alarm up to 30m before your real alarm. If you're in a light sleep it will wake you up, otherwise you'll sleep until you're in a lighter part of your sleep cycle. Same idea, without the complication of putting it under the covers.
Well the alarm-part is not so important for me, it's the movement during sleep i want to record and find out since i wake up in the most strange positions most mornings and sleepsense seems to record that quite well.
+1 for an android motion-detector alarm clock....
Looks at "sleep as an Droid" on the market guys.
Be aware that the screen must stay on for the sensors to stay on, and it's reported to make your phone very hot. Not sure if these folks had put the phone in their pillow or under a sheet or what, but just be aware of the limitations.
Coming from a Nexus One with CM7 (*drools*) he had added in lots of additional options in the, I guess, stock alarm settings.
One being how long the phone would ring if you didn't get to it. I had it set to unlimited, which meant it would just ring and ring and ring and ring and ring until I woke up.
With the unmodified alarm, I'm finding that I'm waking up late, and the phone saying missed alarm. What good is an alarm you can miss?
Is there an alarm app we can replace our with from CM7 or something that has those options? I can't see it requiring any special kernel or hardware.
My alarm seems to go on forever unless I hit Snooze or Cancel.
^ same here. I had an alarm set for 5pm and was away from my phone. When I came back to it around 5:40 or so it was still going off. stock alarm
I use Alarm Clock Xtreme Free. Really good alarm app. I love it.
Alarm Clock Plus: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vp.alarmClockPlusDock
The options are sick.
Alarm Clock Xtreme - stupid name, excellent app. There are a ton of options, maybe bordering on too many (and I'm a "more options, please" kind of person). But it is the only alarm that has consistently been able to get my ass out of bed (and I've tried many). What works for me is setting it to require that I solve a series of math problems before I can dismiss the alarm, and setting a low max number of snoozes. If you're getting up to run first thing, you can set it to not dismiss until you reach a certain speed.
Looking back at what I've written, it seems ACX is the app to use if you hate your morning self and want to use cruelty to bend him to your will.
Edit: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alarmclock.xtreme
I use kaloer clock. Its free and very customizable. Also serves as a nice bedside dock clock with live weather animations. Give it a shot. You can set it to stay on for 999 minutes if you think that would help you.
Gentle Alarm if you're willing to pay.
I've been using Klaxon since the G1 and never had a problem, although some reviews in the market claim to have some issues. I think it is mainly because it doesn't get updated too much anymore, as it is written my the developer of ClockworkMod and RomManager seems to be much more lucrative.