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
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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
Alarm
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.
aiewolf said:
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.
Related
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.
moose46019 said:
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.
Not only simple wake up.
Birthday,Anniversary,Credit,Rotating shifts,Medicine,Utilities,Custom,etc.
ZDclock will remind you what matters in life at the right time.
Don't have to remember what matters or check notes from time to time.
Life is too short to be in a hurry. Just make it easy
★3 Widgets (So pretty and useful)
★Wake up (Record your unique ringtones)
★Birthday (My VIP list)
★Anniversary (Special days in life)
★Credit card (Good credit is a great fortune)
★Rotating shifts (Unique feature)
★Utilities (Really easy to forget)
★Rents (To be a good tenant)
★Countdown (Green hand for cooking, exercise for good health)
★Party (Don't be late)
★Medicine (Get well soon)
★Bank loans (So many bills to pay)
★Greetings (Don't neglect family&friends even on busy days)
★Conference (Interesting coferences are too rare to miss)
★Custom alarm (Just DIY)
Plus
★Hourly chime (Chimes on the selected hour)
★Ring once, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, Interval (Varied demands)
Installing trying out....
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Really thanks. Welcome any feedback
questions
sorry if these are stupid questions. but I'm rather new to Android, so some things that maybe obvious to others I'll miss. luckily most of my questions are yes and no answers
1) this app does not tie into google calendars and your schedule and appoints there... right ?
2) this app will run all the time in the background unless i force close it.... right ?
2a) if 2 is yes then how much memory/CPU will it utilize ?
3) will this wake up my phone and set off the alarm if it is sleeping ?
4) does it repeat the alarm until i take action (like shutting the alarm off) or does it just run the alarm once
4a) if the alarm only runs once can u make it repeating ? i need repeating alarms! i often do not hear the alarm till i leave my bedroom
4b) is there a volume toggle for alarm tones ?
5) is there a snooze ?
TY for the App and hope u can answer my questions
Ric H. (a1yet)
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sorry if these are stupid questions. but I'm rather new to Android, so some things that maybe obvious to others I'll miss. luckily most of my questions are yes and no answers
1) this app does not tie into google calendars and your schedule and appoints there... right ?
2) this app will run all the time in the background unless i force close it.... right ?
2a) if 2 is yes then how much memory/CPU will it utilize ?
3) will this wake up my phone and set off the alarm if it is sleeping ?
4) does it repeat the alarm until i take action (like shutting the alarm off) or does it just run the alarm once
4a) if the alarm only runs once can u make it repeating ? i need repeating alarms! i often do not hear the alarm till i leave my bedroom
4b) is there a volume toggle for alarm tones ?
5) is there a snooze ?
TY for the App and hope u can answer my questions
Ric H. (a1yet)
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Thanks for your questions
1) ZDclock does not tie into google calendars and your schedule and appoints there.
2)It needs to run all the time in the background cause it must ring on time as the system alarm clock does.Memory 7MB to 10MB(depend on the usage condition),CPU 0%;
3) It will wake up the phone even when silent mode(There is an option to choose no wake up when silent mode).
4) It will repeat the alarm until you take action (like shutting the alarm off or choosing to repeat later). You can press the silence in the pop-up page. And set the volume and ringtone in menu.
5) yes,there is a snooze.
thank you this will work wonderfully for me then
ok nice alarm system
BUT
i just ran a custom TEST alarm
ran 2 actually
First test) ran with vibrate on, the Vibrate keep repeating till i acknowledged the alarm. BUT the alarm tone only played once. because of this i thought vibrate was making the sound only played once, so did a second test
second test) Vibrate off. alarm sound only played once then nothing for around 15 min now (seeing if i waited if it would play again), looking at the screen i see the alarm went off and asking me what i want to do (IE: turn off / delay 10 min / silence / repeat tomorrow)
BUT there is nothing to silence as the buzzer only played once
so my question is how do i make it repeat ?
"4) It will repeat the alarm until you take action (like shutting the alarm off or choosing to repeat later). You can press the silence in the pop-up page. And set the volume and ringtone in menu."
Thank you again for the program and all the help u have given me
sincerely
Ric H. (a1yet)
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ok nice alarm system
BUT
i just ran a custom TEST alarm
ran 2 actually
First test) ran with vibrate on, the Vibrate keep repeating till i acknowledged the alarm. BUT the alarm tone only played once. because of this i thought vibrate was making the sound only played once, so did a second test
second test) Vibrate off. alarm sound only played once then nothing for around 15 min now (seeing if i waited if it would play again), looking at the screen i see the alarm went off and asking me what i want to do (IE: turn off / delay 10 min / silence / repeat tomorrow)
BUT there is nothing to silence as the buzzer only played once
so my question is how do i make it repeat ?
"4) It will repeat the alarm until you take action (like shutting the alarm off or choosing to repeat later). You can press the silence in the pop-up page. And set the volume and ringtone in menu."
Thank you again for the program and all the help u have given me
sincerely
Ric H. (a1yet)
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Thanks for your enthursiasm about ZDclock
'delay 10 mins' means repeat 10 mins later. Sorry for that mistake, we will change the ring page (press to silent and then you can choose no repeat or repeat 10 mins later/30 mins later/1 hour later/3hour later)
The default ring duration is 1 minute.
The alarm tone only played once. Did you press turn off or silence in the pop-up menu? If not, it may be a bug.
Thanks for your help
Short answer is no I did not turn off or press anything in the popup menu. The alarm tone only played once even though I waited 15 minutes to make sure it was not going to play again.
Long answer:
Because this is beta software you say I may have found a bug I am going to give you more information
My current phone is the Motorola Atrix (MB860)
the steps i took to run the test alarm is as follows
in options:
select ringtone > system ringtones > Buzzer alarm
ring duration > continuous ring
in main app:
add new >
custom >
set time (set time to 3 min from now) >
repeat >
(left this alone to default) once only >
date (left alone (todays date)) >
title (test) >
Ringtone (left at default because i set it above all ready) >
no vibrate
like i said it will keep vibrating continuously BUT only play the buzzer alarm, sound once. so i have this set to no vibrate
i'll test another type of alarm and sound soon
like set a different kind of alarm and see if that fixes it
and i'll change to another sound
and get back to you
PS:
i am doing nothing on my phone when the alarm goes off. it is sitting on my home page with the active wall paper running. and nothing else and i have my phone set to never turn off screen and/or sleep.
i also forgot to mention that i also rebooted in between alarm test, to make sure there was nothing in the background interfering.
Ric H. (a1yet)
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FOUND THE PROBLEM
"Continuous Ring" plays ring sound only once NOT continuously
because 3 min alarm played the sound for 3 min (well actually tuned it off after about one minute but assume it would have played 3 min)
sincerely
Ric H. (a1yet)
Really thanks for your great help
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FOUND THE PROBLEM
"Continuous Ring" plays ring sound only once NOT continuously
because 3 min alarm played the sound for 3 min (well actually tuned it off after about one minute but assume it would have played 3 min)
sincerely
Ric H. (a1yet)
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Hi Ric H. (a1yet),
Thanks for your great help So sorry about my delayed reply.
I have tested it. It is a bug. We will try to fix the problem.
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hi! I cannot install your app on my desire running CM7.. when I try to install it gives me an error! How can I fix it?
Nikoldrini said:
hi! I cannot install your app on my desire running CM7.. when I try to install it gives me an error! How can I fix it?
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as not said.. downloaded it again and now it works
Great app, great UI. Test it and it works fine. Continue your great job.
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This is a a great countdown and timer tool. Would love to see a 12-hour clock option for the widget in a future update.
Beautiful Clock widget, keep up the good work.
looks really slick! hopefully you can keep the memory usage down as it grows. will try it out tonight.
Thanks for it -- Very very good alarm.
I have been looking alarm for a long time, on the same concept, and you developed it. Thanks for it.
One minor feature will be great, if you could display day of the week with date will be wonderful.
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as not said.. downloaded it again and now it works
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Ok，Thanks for your support
jdhas said:
This is a a great countdown and timer tool. Would love to see a 12-hour clock option for the widget in a future update.
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We have recorded your advice——12-hour clock option for the widget. Really thanks for your help
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'm test driving a G2x for a few days, considering an upgrade from the Vibrant S. One thing I find that is kind of annoying is the "battery fully charged" window stays at the forefront when my alarm goes off, which doesn't allow me to use the screen swipe to mute or snooze my alarm. Since I stick my phone on the charger on my nightstand each evening, and use the phone alarm every morning, the alarm is always going off when the phone is fully charged.
If I press the volume down button on the side it quiets the alarm, but I'd prefer to use the screen if possible. Any setting or fix for this?
Thanks for any guidance you can offer.
What? When does the battery fully charged use a popup window? I know the Galaxy S 2 does this, which is one of the current bugs.
But I've never seen this on the LG G2x unless you are using a special Alarm app.
Every morning my alarm goes off and I choose Snooze or Dismiss from the Alarm Popup. Never have I seen a battery popup, that would be stupid.
My stock G2x pops up a window that says "Fully charged, please disconnect your charger from the wall to save power" which has nothing to do with the alarm, and which must be dismissed first to interact with the alarm!
Exactly! Makes for a fumbling start to my day as I first unplug the phone to dismiss the alarm.
On the plus side there's no "alarming" notification when the phone is fully charged, like the Vibrant belches out. Talk about a ridonkulous "feature".
Weird.
I never experienced it. I don't think my battery ever reaches 100. Always says 99. Of course I'm on CM7 so maybe that was their "fix".
I think I always forget about the niggles I have with the CN version of Xiaomi phones and then still buy another. Currently got the EU firmware, and still the same issue.
Common problem for me anyway is the Google Clock app. The alarm fails to go off and the widget still displays the alarm time of the missed alarm, e.g. it says Tue 6am when I do finally wake up, and not display Wed 6am as expected.
I've turned off battery optimisation, and it still fails to go off. If I test it by setting an alarm for a few mins time it works every time.
Similar to Gmail notifications and other apps. When the phone is not used for a while, notifications don't come through until the phone is used.
Any idea how I get the alarm clock to wake up and then wake me up?
Have you tried to lock the app using the recents menu? Open recents using the 3 lined or menu button and then hold the clock app, then select the padlock.
Might keep it active for you
Thanks. Will report back tomorrow if I wake up in time
On top of the memory-lock mentioned above, I'd also recommend turning on autostart for the app
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On top of the memory-lock mentioned above, I'd also recommend turning on Autostart for the Google Clock app
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Thanks. I can now see it's tried to autostart several times and been denied so set that to allow. Cheers.
Sadly I didn't wake up this morning (until my iPhone alarm went off.)
The phone just seems fast asleep until I wake it, then it starts receiving all the overnight notifications that my old phone would have just got silently and be there waiting when I look.
I will set an alarm for the morning and report back.
Thanks! I'll try the pre-installed clock app and see if that works.
The Xiaomi clock app works, so seems to be just the Google apps that fall asleep.
Mine went off as planned. Attached screenshot shows it being set off from notifications. Maybe check your notification settings?
Thanks. It goes off if I test it and set it to say 5 mins time, it seems to only be when the phone has not been used for some time, say midnight to 6am, then it seems to have gone to sleep itself. If I wake up early and check the phone, the alarm goes off, so notifications should be ok in that case?
Mine was set night before and in the screenshot you can see that I checked it after 6 and then the phone was left on charge with the screen off as it would normally be over night.
I think I may have fixed it. My alarm has gone off the last two days at least.
I turned off "sleep mode" in battery settings, hidden away under smart scenes.