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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NLS:
Keep up the good work people!

But...

Why is storing the alarms in the registry an improvement???

It is definitely a step back from using XML.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] turt:
Hi,

I see the option "Ask a quiz" next to Maze and Calculation, what does it consist in?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kilrah:
It was suggested as a potential way to speed up the app that was dreadfully slow when adding/editing a standard alarm. It might have been faster to access the registry than to read/write/parse XML files. But another way was finally found, and used from what I could just see in V1.0 :) Loading each screen on first access is definitely better :)

A little bug in V1.0:

It seems the Today plugin doesn't refresh correctly. Each time I change something in GAlarm it won't refresh until I deactivate / reactivate it in the Today settings.

Would it be possible to have multiple alarms to appear in the Today plugin, so one can just deactivate one and activate another without even starting the program for example?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
you are somehow annoying. expo7 and I have already told you three times, that 320x320 devices are already supported. they just look a little bit stretched!

Talk to us if you want to hear more but don't ask the same question 3 times.

I'm soooo sorry! We really wanted to release a bug-free version but this is what we haven't tested...

it's fixed with v1.0.1

thank you very much! I'll contact you via email!

... lol

well, I thought this is better... the calculation tasks are just like a messagebox with 4 buttons. I think this is enough, isn't it?

why is this a step back? using the registry is faster.

quiz = mazes/calculation tasks

this is strange

can you try if it refreshes when you open an app (like the file explorer) and close it again? it should then redraw itself. but I think I have to do the today plugin again...

@multiple alarms: there are already all alarms displayed in the plugin. you can cycle the alarms by clicking on the alarm title (center of the today plugin)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
New version: v1.0.1

I'm so sorry for the playlist bug in v1.0

it's fixed now...

Changelog: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=galarm/changelog

Download: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zlebandit:
Hi ageye,

It bugs for me (HTC Touch HD) when I add a new alarm :

NullReferenceException

and a big list :

Galarm.AlarmWriter.SetAlReg()

Galarm.AlarmWriter.AddAlarm()

When I installed it, it lost all my previous alarms from the previous build.

Hope this helps you !

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NLS:
Keep up the GREAT work guys.

Just some comments after testing it for a few minutes (1.0).

0) VERY well polished program. Congratulations.

1) It crashed after I added a full folder of MP3 (about 130 files). You say this is fixed in 1.0.1 so I'll test again.

2) Cursor up/down does move your alarm selection, very nice. But "action" button should also edit the alarm, left could (just an idea) be the same as clicking delete (with "are you sure" dialog of course) and right could be a test play of the alarm (or maybe right to edit and action to test).

3) Why not test play of the alarm sound(s) even when creating the alarm? Now we have to finish the whole alarm setup and THEN click to "test" the sound (from main screen). Counter intuitive.

4) Alarm screen just closed on me (now that I am writing this). Is this a feature? (close after a time out)

5) Please add unit of measure in all the fields that unit of measure is missing. (for example in the fourth alarm setting tab, "max. time" is in what... seconds? minutes?)

6) What is "number of quiz"?

7) To be honest a "dead space" period is missing. For very short alarm sounds (like 1-2 second wav), just defining the repeats is not enough, you also need to define some "empty" seconds between repeats. Think about it.

8) Again for very short alarms, 120 maximum repeats is not enough. BTW even this 120 number is not enforced (which is a bug). The program allows you to enter for example 200 and you think you entered 200, but only 120 is stored (or even a random number? please test). Of course using 0 (repeat forever) is a good solution, but if you want to be perfect... :)

9) One of the first times I tested an alarm, the math quiz popped up, but it did not allow me to click anything... I had to soft reset. No I don't use any screen locking mechanism.

10) After you edit let say alarm #2 and finish editing, the main screen selection should be this alarm, now it just reverts to the first alarm.

11) I still believe, scrapping XML for registry is a step back. Consider this a personal opinion.

(and yes I beta test software for many devs)

Keep up! :)

So when 1.1 coming? Tomorrow? :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sylvia:
The same here :confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] arifhanid:
Same issue on my HD also
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] raptuz:
Hi

Thank you for your hard work on this application, I just switched from Klaxon 2 days ago. So today I was very excited to find you have released v1.0. Congratulations!

I really like the new clean ui, but unfortunately I will have to stick with v0.9.8.3 because of the power saving options. I find it most useful to be able to keep the screen visible during the snooze periods, to keep track of both the time, and remaining snooze time.

I would also appreciate some larger numbers for both the time and snooze time on the alarm screen, for easy reading with your eyes half closed in the morning...

Also I would love to have the remaining snooze time displayed as mm:ss as I use a 15min. snooze period, and get a little overwhelmed by 789 sec. to next alarm…

So, the main issue for me is the power saving options (or just the possibility to keep the screen turned on during snooze period), to get this implemented in v1.0.x would definitely be worth a donation for me :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bobzero:
G-Alarm 1.01, HTC Vogue.

I created a quick alarm, and then i pressed some buttons to test the alarm, eventually the alarm did go off, but it was partially obscured by the Galarm UI and more in the background than foreground. I then managed to click the snooze button i think (hard to tell what I was clicking) and then the phone would not stop vibrating (had to soft reset).

Also, I happened to notice that the time was displayed as 19:40AM in one of the screens of GA.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chamallow:
Nice job, thanks.

Work with no error on my Trinity. Exept the maze witch is hard to resolve at the morning. :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] athome93:
Maybe the same problem, the alarm don't repeat my exemple : 300 second
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] solidfield:
treo 750

Please treo 750.

240 x 240.

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
uncheck in the options screen: save power during snooze
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Meuterich:
This Problem have my HTC Herald WM6 too, at 180 sec. or what ever. The hint with deaktivate the Powersavefunktion is a way, but better is to kill this bug or dissolve the problem from the programmer ageye. I think the tool works simply not correct. Schade.

M.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] choggaduub:
More Bugs

When i'm Uninstall G-alarm.

if i did'nt delete the alarm shedule.

it will show error because the alarm sheldule still alive but did'nt have the program

So i must re install G-Alarm and delete it to fix this problem.

Could you fix it ?:)

PS. sorry for my poor ENG
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aqtrans:
I upgraded to 0.2.2 to see if it fixes the "Show On Top" option with Sunscape, but now whenever I try to add an alarm, upon clicking OK I recieve

Any solutions?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] [germany]merlot:
Damn, I overslept again. The S2U2 blocked gAlarm again. First when I wake up my Omnia manually the alarm came to the top.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Balrog82:
ok I tried out the app.

But somehow, it doesn't work properly. I have mostly two cases:

If I disable the maze for an alarm, the device will not wake up and alarm me. Only if I push the button to light up the display, I then get the alarm.

And with the maze enabled, it either doesn't wake up, or it wakes up, but doesn't play the mp3 files. This is very strange.

I thought this app would wake me in the morning, but as it looks now, I cannot rely on that.

Using Kaiser with M-Diamond ROM 1.0. Got S2U2 running as well. Could this be the reason?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] athome93:
i think is good

thank
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Madremiha:
I can't do work it :(

In the morning Galarm doesn't wake up my Htc touch, when i wake up it galarm start...

Force volume and fade in are cliked

Show maze and confirm closing aren't

And the 3 general options aren't cliked
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] the0ne:
Got a feature request , is it possible to get a custom text pop up once the maze is finished ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
Post like this make me kind of sad...

If you had read the whole thread you would know folloing points:

1. G-Alarm is far away from the final state...

2. G-Alarm is free! I make this in my free time and don't want to sell it. I somehow would be glad about donations. But the donations I received so far are ridiculous compared to the emails/posts/message I receive how many people like G-Alarm and compared to the hours I already spent developing the program...

3. I'm on vacations right now! Few hours before I left, I uploaded a new version with some bugfixes. Some bugs I couldn't fix that fast that's why I implemented the temporary solution with the "power save" checkbox so that it works at least better...

4. If you want to help the development of G-Alarm, tell me NEW bugs, donate or wait. Don't complain about my programming skills or about anything else!

Please wait for an uninstall programm or use SKTools to remove wrong notifications...

Please read the whole thread! It has already asked a lot of times! Wait until monday!

I'm sorry - damn that it still doesn't work! I am nearly at the end of my ideas ;-)

I'm using Diamond + S2U2 as well and have no problems... I will look at it again after my vacations...

Same as above... I try to optimize the wake up mechanism of windows mobile...

@mp3 playback: try "alternative playback mode" under options...

of course this is possible but compared to the bugs mentioned above not that important...

I'll include this feature as soon as the other problems are solved...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] [germany]merlot:
No problem. Since this happend the first time I set the WM alarm as an SOS alarm. So the situation was not as bad as the first time.:D

I hope you get new ideas to fix this I won't delete yout programm because of some little error bits.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Meuterich:
Hei,

i think you do not be sad, i do not mean that so hard how it apparently you understand. This is the problem when i write in english :o . My english is so bad, that i not to have the ability to write in a style of fine adjusted feelings, sorry. I know that the software is free, in a early stage and that the software is not you one content of your life. It is great that you share this little app with us, realy. And I do not complain you coding skills. The opinion of my post was that you hear from the problems with G-Alarm and i think that bugs they have many people become more priority.

Hm, i hope you understand now what i would be sayed. When you understand german, than i can write in german, thats easier for me and i can better adjust the style of my writing. :D

I hope the missunderstand is now deleted. :)

greetings,

M.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aqtrans:
Do'h. Can't believe I missed that bit. Sorry, should have read a page prior.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
I might found a solution to the problem that the device doesn't wake up when the alarm should start...

Please try following registry change (only advanced users please!), restart the device and tell me if it works now

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts]

Change ACResumingSuspendTimeout and BattResumingSuspendTimeout to 60 (Decimal) which is 0x5A in hex.

Restart the device. Try it again!

Thank you for testing!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] [germany]merlot:
I've changed the values like you said but the hex isn't 0x5A it's 0x3C (3x16+12).

I first can give you tomorrow a result. This issue only happens when the device isn't touched for more than minimum 5hours (I think so). Going to try now.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] deuzeff:
Hi,

ok I did some testing about the snooze issue:

Fresh install of G-Alarm, soft reset

Try a 10 minute snooze > does not switch on. When I switch on the screen manually via power button, it shows ~335 seconds remaining (whatever the moment I switch on the screen, I think, that would mean that it gives us an interesting time line)

Try a 10 minute snooze once more. I switch on the screen after something like 25 minutes (I forgot about my testing :D), and I saw again these approx. 335 seconds remaining

Once more: just looked it up once more 22 minutes after hitting the 10 minute snooze, it was apparently stuck around 340 seconds, meaning that after 260 seconds (4 minutes 20 seconds) it stopped. I'll go on trying later on ;).

EDIT: now I tried again with 5 minutes: stuck at 40 second, so exactly 260 seconds after I hit the snooze, like in the case of 10 minute snooze. I have now to understand why these 260 seconds :D.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
you are right of course!I first had 90 and then thought 60 might be enough and changed only the decimal to 60 but not the hex.

@deuzeff: this tweak is only for the wake up problem not the snooze bug. this bug I try to fix until monday.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] platinix:
I have the same problem. I just installed the newest version 1.0.1 and I can't set the alarm properly. It works when I try to add a quick alarm but if I try to edit the quick alarm or I try to add standard alarm with my options and I press the OK button it stops and gives the exception written above...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syst3mD:
Hi and thank you for this great app.

V1.0 or 1.01 dont work for me, i have an error when i try to create a new alarm. This app always worked for me before v1.

here is the bug report :

GAlarm.exe

NullReferenceException

à GAlarm.AlarmWriter.SetAlReg(Int64 id, String val, String value)

à GAlarm.AlarmWriter.AddAlarm(Alarm nAlarm, Int64 EditId, Boolean Remove)

à GAlarm.frmAddAlarm.SaveAlarm()

à GAlarm.frmAddAlarm.frmAddAlarm_Closing(Object sender, CancelEventArgs e)

à System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnClosing(CancelEventArgs e)

à System.Windows.Forms.Form._FCanClose()

à System.Windows.Forms.Form._CloseModal()

à System.Windows.Forms.Form.Close()

à GAlarm.frmAddAlarm.pictOK_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

à System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

à System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

à System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

à Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterModalDialog(IntPtr hwnModal)

à System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()

à GAlarm.frmStart.lblStandardAlarm_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

à System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

à System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wPar

am, Int32 lParam)

à System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

à Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain)

à System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)

à GAlarm.Program.Main(String[] args)

Is it possible to download previous version ?

thank you.

Edit: problem appears when i try to add song from internal storage on my diamond with french ROM. Hope it can help you.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
released v1.0.2

please try this - it should work now! sorry for the bug...

2) I can implement this

3) I will see

4) have you set a timeout?

5) you're right

6) how many mazes/calculations you have to do

7) difficult to implemnt... i will see what i can do

8) repeat does not mean that the sound file is repeated 120 times but you can press 120 times the snooze button -> i think 120 is enough

9) grkmasldjasdlkfjsadf

10) should be possible

11) no, xml sucks for my purpose ;-)

I think I can add an option to let the screen turned on during snooze period

@789 sec. you right

can you please try to reproduce this? I don't know what you have done.

try v1.0.2

try v1.0.2

Download v1.0.2: http://www.ageye.de/?s=download
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hanackin:
hey my friend :D

you're the boss of the update LOL

thanks again for the support :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ageye:
sorry! I know you hanackin, you have probably downloaded G-Alarm 3 times in the last 2 hours because of me :-(

these bugs are so annoying. I really test my programs before I release them and they work fine on my device.

I think everything should work now

sorry again for the trouble
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hanackin:
you are right but it doesn"t matter my friend because I really love your apps!! :D

you're the boss! ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syst3mD:
v1.0.2 seems to work fine.

Many thanks !!! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sylvia:
It works fine now, thank you!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] expo7:
You are egoistic :( i test your versions too :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bobzero:
apptodate shows 1.0.2 but it doesn't recognize it as a new version even though i only have 1.0.1 installed. Looks like I'll have to do it manually
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] peterkef:
Hi Ageye,

It works great on my HTC HD but is it possible that the skins are not working? I cannot select it in the settings menu. Only the default skin works.

Furhter a perfect app.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] johanromijn:
Nice work ageye!!

Just made you another small donation for the new version.

It looks really nice!

I have only one problem, I can't add an alarm.

After going trough all options, when I click finish, it gives me an error.

Currently I'm reinstalling G-Alarm, then I'll try again.

I'll post the errror message if it's not solved after a reinstall.

---

I was using version 1.01, will try the new version now.

[EDIT] Great, version 1.02 seems to work!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] platinix:
Thanks very much, version 1.0.2 is working fine! I'm impressed by the quick reaction time ;) And I must also say that the new look is really good, I like it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] johanromijn:
Unfortunately the old skins won't work anymore with v1.0!

Above is a quote from the website.

There are no skins for the new version yet.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bobzero:
GA 1.0.2, HTC Vogue.

Created a quick alarm

viewed properties of quick alarm

time showed as 21:00 AM

should be no AM there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zlebandit:
It works fine now, thank you ageye !!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NLS:
hey why?

maybe you are on a 48 hour day :p:p:p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] orlandojumpoff:
wow version 1! where have i been? ageye, you might want to consider starting a new thread? this thread has so many pages and posts and deals with the old version, which seems to be completely different... people that haven't been keeping up with development might be confused if they read through the previous pages... just a thought.

thanks for the update and cant wait to try it!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hanackin:
this new version really rocks Ageye!! :D

I will now have to make some skins for this new version ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NLS:
2) thanks, please do

3) thanks, please do :p

4) ??? is there a way to make the main screen time out?

7) thanks, please do :D

8) still this is very buggy... for example when I had big numbers, the system didn't store 0 (one alarm showed 122 and the other 48!), until I set it to 100... Maybe it happened only when I entered a number using the keyboard (not the buttons on screen)... Can you make some tests? Also... erm are you sure this is what this setting does? So how do small samples replay? Automatically forever? Because when I had this number small (10 for example), I didn't hear the wav at all (because it seemed to time out before the 20 seconds the volume was getting louder)... something is strange in this functionality.

9) I agree. :(

10) thanks, please do :eek:

11) fair enough - forgive my everlasting fight against one of MS stupidest inventions

...now I am going to test 1.0.2
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vangrieg:
You can't be seriously saying this was done on purpose, not just in error!

Of course it's not enough. Beside the fact that giving myself quizes to close programs is something I consider, uhm, stupid (don't want to offend anyone, but look, I have enough of this intrusive stuff all over, so I disable quizzes, mazes and all other toys in G-Alarm right after installing), this is also incredibly annoying because the only reason for me to want the confirmation is to avoid accidental closing. Now, sometimes I just forget to turn alarm off in advance, and I just want to close it without waking up! Like tomorrow, for example, which is a Friday and a day off. Last thing I want to do when alarm sounds in error is solving quizzes!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TheBeO:
Hi,

first of all, thanks for this great soft! Very nice and usefull (even if I don't use alarm too much).

I've just seen that in v1, settings are saved in registry. Is it possible to have one parameter to use registry or file?

Because I really prefer having a file for settings, in that case when I backup my phone, I save all the directory and the settings (I know I can export the registry, but it's more difficult and not easy to do).

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gundalbert:
+1 for a normal alarm closing.

I'm missing it, too.

By the way, thank you for this piece of software, like it a lot.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] footswitch:
ageye, expo7, this is close to perfection :cool:

Now from my experience over 1.0.2:

0) still no input from HTC Touch Pro's keyboard (sorry if you knew this already);

1) everytime you open an alarm's settings, the music playlist's order is reversed;

2) because now the alarm is also a media player (great idea!), I believe there should be a button to avoid stopping the alarm (while g-alarm is waiting for us to answer the quiz) and go back to the player (and YES, I like the quiz for stopping the alarm :P maybe the solution would be implementing BOTH options?);

3) still on the player... i suggest the volume could be controlled with a touch-sensitive slider - up and down buttons are small and change the volume too slowly in my opinion;

4) does G-Alarm wake up my device if it's turned off (i mean really turned off)? If so, in what conditions (configuration options)? "Show on TF3D / Manila2D and others"?

5) I suggest you provide some info on post #1 about the new alarm settings' location, for backup/restore purposes - a user just posted a similar suggestion;

6) is there a way to silently install it (i.e. if there are already registry settings in place)?

7) I agree that there should be a new thread for v1

Last but not least, thank you again and keep up the good work :)