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I need some simple reminder/alarm

I find some alatm/clock but it is so complicate with many options or they dont have option that I need.
Alarm/reminder need to be simple and have options to repeat alarm (yearly,month,weekly...), and auto repeat alert when is not see and off alarm.
And need to have list of all appointments.
thanks.

ptravelalarm is the one i've been using for a few years now

Moved as not software release.

I just want a reminder thing that actually reminds me. Any suggestions? The installed calendar fails miserably in this respect. I added Calendar Event to the phone, and that doesn't fit the bill either. I downloaded COL reminder, but it seems I need to load them all into the program, instead of it reading my calendar reminders. My WM6.1 phone did just fine with this; add an appointment or reminder, even make it repeat every other day, and it actually reminded me! At the selected time! Even Palm had this figured out.
I have tried setting different ring tones, setting it to vibrate all the time, setting test reminders between 2-30 minutes from when I type in the reminder. No consistent success. I have a cyclic reminder set for 0755 every morning to show me a Bible verse. I get pretty task saturated by then, so it's a good opportunity to stop and breathe. However, I don't see the reminder until hours later, usually when a second reminder for the day has popped up. What gives? Has anyone tried Nudnik?

Annoying isn't it? It's another one of those things that any Nokia brick from ten years ago did better. Makes you wonder if we're going forward or backwards.

isn't android already have an alarm in the clock application??

What is the Default Reminders App?

Having a bit of an issue.
When I set a reminder via voice ("ok google. remind me tomorrow at 10 o clock) and I save that reminder. What app is it actually going to? I checked google keep, clock, but i can't seem to find it. Oddly enough I also said "ok google. remind me in 30 seconds" so I can see how the reminders pop up, then maybe I can figure out what app it is, but the reminder never came up. I can't tell if its a bug and my reminders arent working but yeah, any help?

IpodLover77 said:
Having a bit of an issue.
When I set a reminder via voice ("ok google. remind me tomorrow at 10 o clock) and I save that reminder. What app is it actually going to? I checked google keep, clock, but i can't seem to find it. Oddly enough I also said "ok google. remind me in 30 seconds" so I can see how the reminders pop up, then maybe I can figure out what app it is, but the reminder never came up. I can't tell if its a bug and my reminders arent working but yeah, any help?
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They're held within the Google Search app. Google Search includes all the Now functions which includes the reminders set from it.

G2 S-Voice tips and tricks

We all know that s-voice on the G2 leaves a lot to be desired. Especially if you've used "OK Google" on an Android Wear watch.
Or S-Voice on a Galaxy phone. Or even s-voice on the old Gear 1 that was running Android. Even S-Voice on the Tizen-based Gear 2 was better.
However, it's not useless. In fact, I use it a lot. I've found a few "workarounds" to some of the shortcomings and bugs, as well as some tricks to get it to do what you want it to do. Thought it would be a good idea to start a thread for people to share their discoveries.
Also, post questions too -- there may be a way to accomplish with S-Voice what you want to, and someone else has figured it out.
Post away!

TIP: The S2 seems to be using a very aggressive AGC on the microphone, so recognition is much better if you speak with a clear, loud (not yelling, more like discussion at a meeting table loud) voice, and hold the watch as close to your face as you can (but no closer than 6 inches or so). This will ensure that the AGC turns down the gain and masks out background noise.

QUESTION: Anyone find a way to select from multiple contact matches by voice only? If there are more than one match (say a Jr and a Sr, S-Voice doesn't pay attention to those) it will display both and ask to pick one, which as far as I've been able to determine, can only be done by touch.
Not good if you're sending a text via voice while driving.

Thanks good idea but I long gave up on s voice tried it with the G2 even worse

Please more tips! I used voice on android wear a ton to make reminders, alarms, and text. S voice struggles to find contacts, has no reminders, and often says it can't connect. Boo!!

rachaelwriter said:
Please more tips! I used voice on android wear a ton to make reminders, alarms, and text. S voice struggles to find contacts, has no reminders, and often says it can't connect. Boo!!
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I have a Huawei Android Wear watch. The Google App (handles the voice stuff and other good Googleness) and the InstaWeather watch faces are the only thing I just can't live without on the S2. There's no comparison between S-Voice and "OK Google". It's like comparing the intelligence of a human to a mouse.
But it is what it is. And the S2 3G has features that, in balance, win me over and make me hold my nose with S-Voice. Given that, might as well figure out as a community how to get the most out of it, and keep our fingers crossed (I'm not too hopeful) that Samsung will improve it.
Far more likely is someone creating a Tizen app to bridge over to the Google app. Or figure out a way to host the android wear version within Tizen. Or who knows. I have much more faith in the hacker community than I do in Samsung when it comes to this.

TIP: When answering affirmative to send a text message, email, etc., say, "OK" not "Yes". I've had 100% success with OK, not always with Yes in noisy environments (sometimes gets "S", sometimes nothing).

TIP: No reminders like on Google App, but you can get the same functionality for time-based reminders with alarms. Try,
"Set alarm four fourty-five pm, pick up Kris"​Works as well as, "remind me to pick up Kris at four fourty-five pm"

One question (looking for a tip or a simple answer). When I receive a message via sms or whatsapp or facebook messenger I can choose to reply with an emoticon, a premade phrase, the keyboard or svoice.
Every time I select s voice I see the mic (blue icon on the bottom of the screen) but no matter what I do it won't detect my voice and type the message.
How do I make it listen and dictate the message?

MasterTB said:
One question (looking for a tip or a simple answer). When I receive a message via sms or whatsapp or facebook messenger I can choose to reply with an emoticon, a premade phrase, the keyboard or svoice.
Every time I select s voice I see the mic (blue icon on the bottom of the screen) but no matter what I do it won't detect my voice and type the message.
How do I make it listen and dictate the message?
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Hmmmm... that's not the way mine works. I get the microphone on the blue arc background, and a two-tone prompt to start talking (I suppose you don't hear this on the classic and sport). After a brief pause (a second or so) I start speaking and it picks up my voice and transcribes it. While listening, there is one of those wiggling "volume lines" horizontally across the arc, and the mike is gone.

dwallersv said:
TIP: No reminders like on Google App, but you can get the same functionality for time-based reminders with alarms. Try,
"Set alarm four fourty-five pm, pick up Kris"​Works as well as, "remind me to pick up Kris at four fourty-five pm"
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I tried this today and discovered a bug in the S Voice alarms. I said "Set alarm for seven o'clock pm" and it showed an alarm, set for today, at 7:00 pm. All is well, or so I thought. The alarm never went off. When I went into alarms, it was set for tomorrow, not today. Tried many more times with different commands, like "set alarm for TODAY" or "set alarm for Thursday" and each time the alarm looked correct in S Voice, but when I go to the alarm app, it is set for one day later.

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I tried this today and discovered a bug in the S Voice alarms. I said "Set alarm for seven o'clock pm" and it showed an alarm, set for today, at 7:00 pm. All is well, or so I thought. The alarm never went off. When I went into alarms, it was set for tomorrow, not today. Tried many more times with different commands, like "set alarm for TODAY" or "set alarm for Thursday" and each time the alarm looked correct in S Voice, but when I go to the alarm app, it is set for one day later.
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Just checked it, same here. Even stranger, if you press the little active/inactive green button for the alarm to disable it, then again to re-enable it, it corrects itself to the right day and works.
A workaround, but not really. The whole point is to be completely hands-free.

Outlook Reminders - EVERY MINUTE!

Hi, owned my Gear S3 for about 5 months now and it is awesome.
Just one issue though;
I have Outlook installed on my phone for work purposes and meeting reminders come up on the watch, usually 15 minutes before the meeting (obviously to give me time to prepare / get to the meeting room etc), which is great, but even if I dismiss it and clear all notifications from the watch, it still comes up every single minute. So that's 15 reminders before the meeting, which is becoming very irritating.
The only way to get rid of it, is to select "Open on phone", which works, but then my phone screen is on and whilst it is in my pocket (as I am driving a lot), becomes very hot!
If I dismiss it from my phone, then it's fine, but very often I am out and about in my car so the phone cannot be used.
Is there anyone else who has this and has a potential workaround?
Many thanks in advance
Mark

Hi Mark,
I have the same issue using a Redmi 4x and a Gear S3 watch. Its very annoying and I have not found a workaround yet.
However, when I get the Outlook notification on my watch, I click the 3 dots on the right hand side of its screen and select the trash can. This deletes the Outlook notification and the phone stops nagging every minute.
Hope this works for you.
MCrid said:
Hi, owned my Gear S3 for about 5 months now and it is awesome.
Just one issue though;
I have Outlook installed on my phone for work purposes and meeting reminders come up on the watch, usually 15 minutes before the meeting (obviously to give me time to prepare / get to the meeting room etc), which is great, but even if I dismiss it and clear all notifications from the watch, it still comes up every single minute. So that's 15 reminders before the meeting, which is becoming very irritating.
The only way to get rid of it, is to select "Open on phone", which works, but then my phone screen is on and whilst it is in my pocket (as I am driving a lot), becomes very hot!
If I dismiss it from my phone, then it's fine, but very often I am out and about in my car so the phone cannot be used.
Is there anyone else who has this and has a potential workaround?
Many thanks in advance
Mark
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Hi... I think this is an Outlook app issue and not a watch issue. I have had the same issue with a Garmin as well as a Huawei and now the S3.

I've noticed that, when I pick reminders on some programs, sometimes it chooses 2 options. So check your reminder and make sure you only have 15 mins selected. Maybe it's firing off on some button you missed when you set it up. Since I retired I don't use Outlook at all so I'm not that familiar anymore.

Google assistant reminders problems

From what I understand, reports of google assistant problems related to reminders are not uncommon. I've had reminder issues in S8, and now S10e, but now, more symptoms.
I can schedule a reminder by voice, it will be added to the reminder list, but I get no notifications.
One thing I haven't seen other complaints about is, directly after I set a reminder, and go to the list, the reminder says "overdue". All new. reminders do this.
Yesterday, I tried to set a manual reminder. I selected the "+" button in the assistant app, and I received a written and verbal message saying something to the effect that "your voice could not be recognized. Check your voice settings" (as I said, I'm trying to set a reminder "manually", not by voice")
I tried to retrain the voice, and all I got was that little round, spinning icon indicating that the app was trying to get to the voice training page, but never loaded. Now, all google voice recognition ceased altogether. That's how things remained for the rest of yesterday, and today until for what ever reason I was able to get through and retrain the voice, after which voice recognition resumed.
Regardless, when I try to set a manual reminder I still get the message that my voice can't be recognized.
I've tried all the troubleshooting tips I could find, but like I said, I haven't run across anyone with the common problem of this "overdue" reminder designation, or the issue with setting manual reminders.
I was hoping these unusual circumstances would be a clue to what's going on.
thanks