I had an experience where one was trying to unlock my phone by trying various patterns. Fortunately, they were unsuccessful. This account did spawn the thought...How hard would it be to implement a function within the Throttle Lock where after one or more incorrect patterns entered, an alarm would sound! Similar to the clock alarm setting...or a sound/ringtone downloaded. This would increase the security and deter further attempts! Any ideas and or support would be appreciated.
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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'm a nerd who wants to better his posture. I find myself slacking of and having really bad form. This is why I want to have a vibrating alarm that reminds me to sit or stand straight.
I want this alarm to repeat itself at a random interval of between 5 and 20 minutes and have a distinct vibration. I'd like for this alarm to not intervene with other alarms. Also, I'd hope to keep battery drain and performance impact to a minimum.
I was thinking of writing a Mortscript for this but I don't know the first thing about scripting just yet. I was wondering if there is existing software where I could set such an alarm. If not, are there alternatives to Mortscript which might be better suited?
Hi all,
I tried searching but cannot find anything on this, so as my first post, here goes...
I have a Touch Diamond with official ROM (WM6.1). I want to get over the known "issue" that with the device set to pin lock after 0 minute timeout, it still locks automatically after 1 minute of idle time.
Of course, I found an answer on this forum, see, for example http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291868: in the registry, set AEFrequencyType to 2 (instead of 1), which works as hoped as far as the device is concerned... it no longer auto-locks after any amount of time, but locks instead whenever it goes into standby.
The issue is this: Activesync no longer requires the pin to connect to the device and without pin can read ALL files from its memory, even if the phone is locked at the time. Setting AEFrequencyType back to 1 forces Activesync to require the pin even if it is not locked when it is plugged in to the computer. Does anyone know a way to force Activesync to require the pin... of course, I am looking for a setting on the device, not the PC, as I want to make it hard for anyone who might steal the phone (or if I lose it!) to read the data on the device.
In case anyone is wondering, I also found another workaround. Having set the pin timeout to some large time, like 30 minutes, I can then use a pin locking program, Zenyee's 'Pin Lock.exe', and create a wakeup event notification with Dotfred's Task Manager (seems very useful app for free!). This works, until I run FlexMail, which seems to intercept these notifications and prevent it from locking!! So, I have to override a soft key on the home screen to run the pin lock, then hit the power button to put the device into standby. Not too bad, but there must be a better way...!
Thanks in advance,
Martin
Just a quick follow up for anyone who may be interested. FlexMail DOES NOT intercept the wakeup events... however, because it causes a little processing to be done, it seems it can delay the device from sleeping for a while (a minute or two) whenever a full synchronisation is performed. So, the wakeup event, whilst normally quick to activate, can sometimes take a minute before becoming effective.
However, I now have a workable solution for me. Just as I said above, I set my Pin Lock timeout to something large, like 30 minutes. However, instead of relying solely on wakeup events, I have now installed Gyrator 2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427805) which is an excellent application for many reasons... I particularly like being able to identify the window class/title using the stylus-in event to identify the in-focus window! More importantly, for this issue, it has the option to both Pin Lock and Suspend the device whenever a certain criteria is met. For me, this is when it is held face down for a second. So, now I just do this instead of hitting the power button and I'm guaranteed to have the device Pin Locked on next wakeup. ActiveSync also requires the Pin as AEFrequencyType is the default value of 1. A perfectly workable solution.
All the best,
Martin
I strongly suggest you take this towards the Diamond section as knowledge about specific problems in specific devices are usually conversed over at that specific section.. more than here.
Thanks, but I think this is WM6/WM6.1 specific, not Diamond specific. The problem with AEFrequencyType set to 1 giving a timeout even with zero minutes is known and seems to be device independent. I just found that setting it to 2 to fix this timeout issue, as many people do, seems to prevent ActiveSync from requiring the PIN as well! Not a good result.
That said, my workaround solution is probably Diamond specific, sorry! Perhaps I should post in the original thread that I found out about the AEFrequencyType registry tweak?
All the best,
Martin
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.
I am a total noob, with no prior knowledge or experience with android developing or hacking, so when providing solutions, please try to avoid technical jargon.
Previously, all apps that provide notifications used to fail, like WhatsApp and GMail, because of the phone's in-built battery saving algorithms. However, I fixed that by accessing the secret menu (*#*#46360000*#*#) and disabling "Background Resource Control".
But there is still another problem that hasn't been fixed. I have an alarm app called "I Can't Wake Up". It's an additional app that I installed because it has features that the in-built alarm does not. However, the alarm does not ring unless I keep the app active. The moment I exit the app and end it's process, there's no way it will ring. That means I have to turn on the app before going to bed, and let the process run overnight before the alarm finally rings. I am sure this cannot be the norm.
I have already double-checked to see if "Do Not Disturb" mode was active, and it is not. I have also enabled auto-launch permissions. None of this has helped.