yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
I'm somewhat relieved that you have experienced this, I have been second guessing whether I'm imagining it. Haha

Hopefully Samsung monitor these threads and come out with a fix (assuming it's not a hardware fault)

I have reported it to Samsung support but whether the report actually gets relayed to the devs is a different story.

At the moment I have set another alarm for 10 minutes later in the hope that at least one of them will wake me up.

I'm also keeping a log but there's no pattern developing at all, it's totally random.

If anyone else has noticed this issue please do chime in.

If not, please be aware of it. :)
[Samsung Gear S2] crustyeyez:
I've only had it a two weeks but I to have it set to do not disturb and have it on power saving mode, and it's been reliable so far.
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Failed again this morning.

First alarm didn't go (6:45) but second one worked 10 minutes later (6:55)

Definitely an issue there....
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
What firmware are you running?
[Samsung Gear S2] crustyeyez:
r720xxu2bokk
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Ok that's the new one which hasn't yet rolled out here in Australia.

Thanks. Please report back if it ever fails.

Can anyone else in this thread confirm which firmware and if the issue is evident for you. :)
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
A bit more info on this issue.....

My first alarm failed again this morning (6:45) but I happened to have my eyes open & saw the screen light up briefly at the exact alarm time, then go out again.

The second alarm 10 minutes later worked. (6:55)

I'm wondering if the watch goes into a "Deep Sleep" overnight & fails to run the alarm correctly ??

This is only an assumption.

Still no firmware update here in Australia so I remain hopeful that the new update solves it....

Anyone else, please do chime in if you're having issues, or not, and which firmware version you have please. :)
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Finally received the firmware update 2 days ago so I was hopeful, but the alarm failed again this morning. :(

So frustrated!
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Just bumping this thread in case anyone else is having trouble.

I have been keeping a log to take to a Samsung Experience store in the hope of having it replaced as I'm still having issues.
[Samsung Gear S2] jhonjey66:
Hi, from Italy

I can confirm that the alarm is faulty: randomly it don't vibrate at alarm time.

I have an alarm for all working days at 7.05 AM....

Really annoiyng...

Samsung, with this bug\lacking I surelly cannot suggest to buy your smartwatch to anyone...

Hardly disappointed.

GS

Italy

:(
[Samsung Gear S2] dwallersv:
Just a thought -- wonder if it has anything to do with the lack of speaker on the classic/sport?

I have a 3G, so alarms of course play a notification sound. I've had the watch about 6 weeks, and alarms have been flawless on mine., although I've only set single, non-repeating alarms so far. I've set a M-F =alarm in the morning to see what happens, I'll report back.

S/W version AOJ6, in the US.
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
You need to set it so it wakes you up.

If you are up and active it will work, as if your activity has already woken the watch from a deep sleep.

Have a read through the entire thread, I've seen the screen light up briefly (displays watch face) at the time the alarm is set, but the alarm doesn't work.

Autralian firmware - BOKK

Try it out for a good 2 weeks.

I might post pics of my log to show how bad it is....
[Samsung Gear S2] jhonjey66:
I'm not sure that the problem is in a deep sleep condition of the watch.

This morning I was already with the swatch in movement when the alarm started but without vibration: only screen on.

Perhaps the trouble is due to BT off: before going to sleep I connect the watch with the phone to download data and then I took it off.... perhaps...

I have submitteted the bug to the Samsung technical support...

In the meanwhile I'm temped to buy an alarm app that repeat the alarm until you don't set it off...

:(

GS

ITALY
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
When the screen came on, did it show the alarm screen or just the watch face?

When I actually see mine fail, the screen lights up and displays the watch face briefly, not the alarm screen.

Where did you submit the bug to?

Samsung have been less than helpful with me.

Quite frustrating really.
[Samsung Gear S2] jhonjey66:
The screen shows the watchface (I think for 5 seconds)...

I submitted the trouble here (for US products)

https://contactus.samsung.com/customer/contactus/formmail/mail/MailQuestionProduct.jsp?SITE_ID=1

and here (for Italy)

http://www.samsung.com/it/support/erms1

Yesterday I tried with a payment app (I think it is the only one for alternative alarm) but it lacks of dayofweek programming feature, so I will not use it.

Today the alarm was faulty too, even if yesterday night before going to sleep I restarded the watch.

So I think that is the depp sleep condition of the watch the problem...

SAMSUNG PLEASE PATCH IT!!!!

:mad:

For next week I will try with two consequent alarms.

GRRRRR.....

:(

GS

ITALY
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Good to hear that the problem is being noticed more.

More chance of Samsung paying attention if more people are experiencing the issue.
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Well I've now submitted a service request with Samsung & it will be picked up in the next couple of days for assessment.

Fingers crossed that it gets resolved quickly as my arm feels naked without it on.
[Samsung Gear S2] jhonjey66:
Again this morning the (first) alarm didn't wake up.

Now I have tried with a second alarm 2 minutes after the first, and the second alarm was OK.

Anyway I don't like this solution.

GS

ITALY
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Yes same with me.

The first alarm failed again this morning and I was actually watching it when it happened, so I decided I've had enough and submitted a service request.
[Samsung Gear S2] dwallersv:
No -- what I was referring to was an alarm I had set to wake me up when I was out of town, and then forgot to delete it. It faithfully went off for several weeks (yes, it took me that long to finally delete it -- hey, I was waking up and groggy every time it "reminded" me to delete it :D).

I'm on different firmware (Verizon), so we're not making an apples/apples comparison.

And, of course, I'm not challenging your claim to having this problem. I'm sure you are. Just sharing my experience.

---------- Post added at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:33 PM ----------

Gang, until this is fixed, perhaps a workaround would be to create a repeating weekday appt in your calendar set to notify 0 minutes before the event... Has the added feature of being snoozable!
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Well I checked the status of my watch service/assessment yesterday and it said:

"Arrived in used condition..... waiting on parts - watch band"

Wow! No mention of what they found with the alarm fault.

I wonder if they actually read my lengthy report or even looked at the log that I included.

"Arrived in used condition" doesn't inspire confidence either.

Yes of course it has been used, however there was no scratches or other damage when I sent it to them.

What a joke!
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Well it seems that sending it in for warranty/service achieved nothing!

-----

Job Notes

* 25.01.2016 17:03:05 AMY (AMYC)

* Gear S2 alarm randomly fails to go off, 2

*

* UNIT RECEIVED IN USED CONDITION

* 27.01.2016 10:36:57 TH-01 (TH-01)

*

* JS

* WAITING ON PARTS - WATCH BAND.

* 01.02.2016 10:43:12 TH-01 (TH-01)

*

* JS

* REPLACED WATCH BAND.

*

* FINAL FUNCTIONAL TEST PERFORMED, UNIT PERFORMS TO MANUFACTURER'S

SPECIFICATIONS.

*

* PLEASE FULLY CHARGE BATTERY BEFORE USE.

----

Apparently the faulty alarm must be due to the watch band.
[Samsung Gear S2] jhonjey66:
What are they saying?!?

:-| :-| :-|

?????????
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Basically they are saying that there's nothing wrong with it.

Obviously it hasn't been tested properly.

Not impressed!
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Well, I got my watch back 2 days ago with apparently nothing wring with it.

Alarm failed again this morning.

Once again I was watching it at the time. The screen lit up briefly (displaying the watch face) but no alarm, no vibration.
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
I'm going to try to get a video of it.
[Samsung Gear S2] jhonjey66:
No need for video...

The BUG is clear.

Please SAMSUNG patch it!!!

GS

ITALY
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
And here we have it.

Fresh failure from this morning!

[YOUTUBE]6mtDUoTlZpE[/YOUTUBE]

As you can see, the screen lights up briefly (displaying the watch face) at the correct time, but no alarm, no vibration.

Here is the second alarm which I have set to wake me up because the first one often fails!

[YOUTUBE]wDQIPnCDHpw[/YOUTUBE]
[Samsung Gear S2] dwallersv:
I gotta say, I'm rather mystified at the importance you seem to be placing on this bug, amplified by the sight of that big digital clock radio in the background. I'm really not getting why it's so important to you that a device capable of no more than a weak vibration is being honestly depended upon as a wakeup alarm.

I get that this should work. Okay. It's a bug. There are numerous other bugs in the G2 software that are, I'd opine, far more significant for this device (for example, "always-on" not being so) than a flaky simple alarm.

Yes, Samsung should fix it. However, it's broken. Why are you obsessed with relying on it? I don't get it.
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Because I want it to work, that's why.

It's a feature that I paid for, and paid good money for I might add!

If you bought a brand new car and the radio only worked sometimes, would that be ok just because you can listen to an ipod instead?

When I'm away from home, be it work or pleasure, should I be lugging around a clock radio when a weak vibration on my wrist is all that I need to wake me up? (when it works)

Also, it seems that not every S2 has this bug, so I must have a faulty unit.

As for the "always on" bug, mine seems to work fine, but it wouldn't bother me if it didn't as it's not a feature that I make use of, unlike the alarm.

Each to their own!
[Samsung Gear S2] jhonjey66:
Right words, HiroboFreak...

That's a heavy bug...

A watch faulty with alarm is a nonsense...

SAMSUNG must fix this bug!

GS

ITALY
[Samsung Gear S2] hacin:
I can confirm this issue, only quick flash of display at alarm time (Watch Face), but no vibrations, no alarm screen.

Czech Republic
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
OK so my watch is now at Samsung Head Office in Sydney & they are investigating the issue.
[Samsung Gear S2] crimsondr:
Same problem with my classic s2. I had several repeating alarms set and was never sure if I just slept through them or they didn't go off. One easy way to tell is to set a non-repeating alarm. If it goes off then it will be disabled afterwards. If it doesn't go off it will remain enabled even though the alarm time has passed.

What I've also experienced is alarms going off that were not enabled. I have many preset alarms for convenience and enable them when necessary. But I've found that they randomly go off even when disabled. Quite annoying!
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Ok finally an update for this.

After months and months of jumping up and down, emails, phone calls, and 4 different assessments with Samsung, totalling of over 12 weeks of the watch being out of my hands while being "assessed" and "No Fault Found", Samsung have FINALLY given me a brand new replacement Gear S2.

My next step was a small claims court but I'm relieved that it didn't come to that.

Lesson learnt.

Next time I'll buy from a retailer with a reasonable returns/exchange policy rather than Samsung direct!
[Samsung Gear S2] vaiopeanut:
I have had 3 of these watches here in the US.

1 with tmobile

2 with Verizon.....the first one wouldn't connect to the network after working fine for about 6 months so got a replacement about 2 months ago

I can say without a doubt this Alarm bug was seen in ALL 3 of these watches. It's random....It would work fine for weeks-even months. Then suddenly it will skip an alarm. I am having to set multiple alarms within a few minutes of each other to help ensure I don't over sleep. I don't see this a few bad watches but a actual bug with the software
[Samsung Gear S2] HiroboFreak:
Yes it has happened to my replacement also.

I'm hoping the latest update woth sleep tracking solves it.

So far so good.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] protech12345:
Sorry for Ultra N@@B question ..but I really don't know how to use streaming media...and is it somekind of Radio or ..... xDDDDD
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Back in the day, my HTC One M7 GPE was one of the ones that became a soft brick with the initial update. So after Google replaced my phone, I turned off updates, and thereby wound up remaining on jellybean (4.2.2).

All was well and good until last week, when my phone wound up on a bootloop. Originally I could stop it from bootlooping by clearing the cache of certain apps like Gmail. But it would go back into a bootloop after some use like checking email or a webpage. I tried to download/ update the system, but my system was saying it didn't have enough memory. I started mass uninstalling things I don't use, in hopes that this wound work, but no luck.

So, I contacted Google who had me go into the bootloader and recovery. That gave me an android lying on his back with the red triangle/ exclamation point. From there he had me clear the cache.

After that, my phone would go into a bootloop no matter what!!

Out of desperation, I saved whatever I could on my computer, and then factory reset.

However, still with the factory reset I am getting bootloops!!

I was able to re-turn on usb debugging, and I have the file (now) to unlock my bootloader.

However, before I go ahead and do so, I am hoping there is a way to re-load on the OEM ROM and replace whatever has gone bad.... and hope the phone can then do its natural updates??

I've downloaded the 2.14.1700.15 files from the HTCdev website, and I tried to flash the zip files, but I get the "12 signature verify fail" error.

I have confirmed that my cid is still GOOGL001 . I thought that as long as it was a matching ROM that it would flash without unlocking the bootloader?

There are also Framework support files on the HTCdev website - I may need to replace/ flash those also??

If anyone has ideas before I go ahead and unlock the bootloader, that would be great!!

And if i do unlock the bootloader, given that I have never performed an update on the system, what version of the software (file) would you recommend that I flash the system with? I have no need for a custom ROM. The GPE ROMs are fine for me.

Thank you so much for your help!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidcore:
Wrong section thread, should be here http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/help
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Oooops, sorry.

Now that the thread has been moved - can anyone assist me with this??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Post the output of "fastboot getvar all" (remove your imei/sn)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
ok, here it is!

C:\Users\Owner\sdk>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.17.3250.14

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 2.14.1700.15

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: *removed*

(bootloader) imei: *removed*

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000

(bootloader) cidnum: GOOGL001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4311mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-21fde4b846

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.521s
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
You could flash the 5.11.1700.3 GPE RUU and update to the latest version from there using ota

http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/general/lollipop-ruu-zip-small-collection-t3053944

File and instructions at post 1 of this thread. Don't forget that flashing a RUU will wipe the phone so backup your important files before.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Thanks for the reply!

Do I have to unlock the bootloader to flash this RUU?

Also it looks like on the webpage that it is a Lollipop Sense RUU? Is that right? I was hoping to stay with the GPE ROMs. And i was guessing that I needed to load on the jellybean original first prior to updating to Lollipop.... but maybe that isn't necessary??

Thanks for all of your assistance!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
The bootloader must be locked to flash the ruu since your phone is S-ON.

.1700 is the GPE version not Sense
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Ok, sounds good! And this is Lollipop I presume?

Unfortunately, it looks like the link to download is broken? Says file does not exist. Is there another download link I can use?

Thanks a lot!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
5.0.1 GPE RUU:

http://www.graffixnyc.com/download.php

4.4 GPE RUU:

http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu-zip-m7_google-edition_4-4_3-58-1700-5-zip/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Thanks for the new links!

Do I need to flash the 4.4 first? And then will my phone automatically OTA update?

Or do I need to flash the original 4.2.2 first?

Or does none of it matter, and I can flash the latest version right away??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Actually neither of those links are working either.

If someone could let me know the best options, it would be appreciated!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
I'm wondering if the files you are sending are the same as that on the HTCdev website:

http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads ?

By going into the One Google Play Edition, a bunch of ROMs and Frameworks come up. I'm currently on 2.14.1700.15 . I originally tried to flash that UI, but that's when i got the signature errors.

Do I need to flash the Frameworks first? And, if so, what is the line code to do that?

Or is the reason it failed is because I used the android fastboot, instead of HTC fastboot??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
The link for 4.4 is still good. Flash this one then install ota updates.

fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
fastboot reboot

---------- Post added at 09:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 PM ----------

No these are kernel source files, not useful for you, flash the ruu and you should be fine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Ok, unfortunately it did not work.

Can any one detect what I may be doing wrong?

I tried 3 times to get the flash of the file to work, but no luck. The RUU file I tried to flash was "RUU Zip M7_Google Edition_4.4_3.58.1700.5.zip"

C:\Users\Owner\sdk>htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU

... (bootloader) Start Verify: 3

OKAY

Execution time is 53(ms)

C:\Users\Owner\sdk>htc_fastboot flash zip RUU.zip

sending 'zip'... (506183 KB) OKAY

sending time = 21.749 secs

writing 'zip'... (bootloader) signature checking...

FAIL12 signature verify fail

FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)

Execution time is 72(s)

C:\Users\Owner\sdk>htc_fastboot flash zip RUU.zip

sending 'zip'... (506183 KB) OKAY

sending time = 21.767 secs

writing 'zip'... (bootloader) signature checking...

FAIL12 signature verify fail

FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)

Execution time is 71(s)

C:\Users\Owner\sdk>htc_fastboot flash zip RUU.zip

sending 'zip'... (506183 KB) OKAY

sending time = 21.576 secs

writing 'zip'... (bootloader) signature checking...

FAIL12 signature verify fail

FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)

Execution time is 72(s)

C:\Users\Owner\sdk>htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader

rebooting into bootloader... OKAY

Execution time is 42(ms)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
12 signature verify fail = Your bootloader is unlocked. It must be locked or re-locked (fastboot oem lock) to flash a RUU.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
no, my bootloader is locked. i never unlocked it.

i also tried both the htc fastboot, and regular fastboot. both have the signature fail error.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Ok then it might be caused by the RUU not being signed with HTC's signature. Unsigned RUU can only be flashed on S-OFF phone. So you'll need either to find a signed RUU or S-OFF your phone and use that one.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisaw99:
Before I unlock my bootloader and attempt to install something else, could someone let me know if they have an RUU.zip that would work with my phone?!? I have tried just about anything that looked like an RUU.zip that I could find for GPE, and all give me the signature fail. I'm getting horribly frustrated and want a phone again!!

PLEASE HELP!!
[Fire General] dureaux32:
Hey gang,

New to the XDA community, and wanted to show my appreciation for all of the hard-work and dev that has gone into allowing people like myself to experiment and tinker with the new fire tablet (and for 50 bucks who wouldn’t?)

I've been having a lot of fun these last few weeks troubleshooting, rooting, flashing and everything in between (even bricking and bringing back to life)- its been a great exercise as i haven’t done any heavy modification in the hardware/software realm since my days doing Nintendo DS homebrew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_homebrew ; and rooting that beast required shorting out the mobo with tinfoil, so this was a less painful process all around.

so after spending the last few days running CM12.1 ; im absolutely thrilled to see how zippy this little device is. Amazons flavor of android was "okay" at best, but this is outstanding and dare I say, lean.

looking forward to future developments and seeing where i may be able to chime in, and what i may be able to flash in the future!

thanks guys,

D
[Fire General] naruto.ninjakid:
Nice post bought 3 of them one for myself and 2 more for my siblings. Have mine rooted and running SlimLP. Planning on blowing away fireos and have them all on Android seeing Amazon is complicating the process if you get the update.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d-trip:
I flashed cyanogenmod 13 and gapps for marshmallow (from 6.12.2015) and it boots fine. All apps are installed, as before the update.

BUT

When I start any of these apps they seem to be reset to default as if they are newly installed. For example Threema starts setup process after start.

App data is still present on internal storage (did not wipe), but apps do not seem to have access to any of this data.

Can anyone help what I can try to get the apps back to work with previous data?

Thankful for any help!

Greets

Daniel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Primokorn:
At first, try flashing CM13 after a full wipe or try using another rom since CM13 could be buggy.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d-trip:
Thanks for the reply! But well, the phone is working, just the apps are behaving as if they are newly installed ... So a full wipe would not really help as is only deletes more data. The question is why do the apps "think" they are not already set up?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Primokorn:
That's why we "always" backup user data before flashing a new rom :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d-trip:
Full ACK, but data is still available on the internal storage, but the apps do not notice this?

AND this one here (not allowed ot post links... so a missing w at the beginning ww.cyanogenmod.org/blog/a-marshmallowy-cm) says dirty flash from 12.1 to 13 is okay and if the cyanogenmod updater shows cm13 as availabe for update ...

EDIT: Maybe this was a missing info, but it was "just" a normal update via cyanogenmod updater, not a real flash of a new rom!