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[HD2 General] tukibird:
Just want to check can i add more alarm setup to the stock 3 on the HD2 ?

Say i want 5 alarm can it be done ?

And can i set custom alarm sound to it say like mp3 song ?

Thanks
[HD2 General] bronx:
shameless bump... :P

so... I wonder if it's a common problem with all of leos or faulty alarm affects only some of devices? any fixes yet??
[HD2 General] Ibb1982:
FAO of Forum Moderators

Please delete this post, not sure how I submitted twice :o
[HD2 General] Ibb1982:
I've missed work once, I pulled a sicky as I was too embarassed to admit my expensive phone's alarm is crap, and I've been late to work 2 times finally owning up to it being my phone's fault.

And this has happened over a 3 day period (since 4 Jan) when my office opened.

This is not good!

I got G-Alarm 1.5.1 now, I'm abit worried it won't work. Tempted to resurrect an old phone and use it as an alarm lol! What a joke.
[HD2 General] MaskedMagi:
Similar thing happened to me so I installed galarm too which has worked well for the past two days..... Until today that is!

I installed it on my replacement hd2 which I only got yesterday and set 2 alarms, one for 7 and one for 10 ( I wanted to get up at 10 to crack on with some work but like setting an early alarm so I can momentarily wake up and appreciate my warm bed!)

the first galarm woke me up at 7 then the next thing I know, I wake up at 1pm.... I'm actually still in bed typing this as I speak!

Turns out that the hd2 must have frozen or something as when I press the hardware buttons they light up but the screen remains black... I left the galarm screen up then locked the screen but it still shouldn't really freeze like that I don't know if it's the phone or the software to blame, but probably the phone as it has seized up like that a few times before.

This is simply rediculous for such an expensive phone to be so unreliable in a feature that is so fundamental and basic, not to mention bloody important!

What if you were a businessman who sent a text to arrange a meeting (a text which never arrived) only to oversleep because the alarm didn't work!....
[HD2 General] romac:
Same thing happened to me. I agree totally with your comments.
[HD2 General] macelarul:
Mine does the same thing.
[HD2 General] Ibb1982:
Noticed a strange thing today, the alarm was not using the tones selected, was just vibrating, luckily the phone vibrates quite hard and was enough to wake me up after 10mins of non stop vibrating.

Big shame why the stock Alarm is soo dodgy, but now I'm having seconds thoughts on the G-Alarm, but atleast it woke me up which I guess is better than nothing heh?
[HD2 General] getting2old:
rubbish alarm

yes, the inbuilt alarm is a pile of dog turd, alarm has worked 4 me as it does go off at its specied set time, so far anyways this on stock 02 rom v1.43, but reminder does ring just before alarm goes off with a notification. but the alarm only rings twice, short burst, not long enough 2 wake u up from deep sleep. so what I do is set 2 alarms on 1 or 2 min after each one, so in theory get 4 alarm rings, which is sufficient.it may be poss to also set a a longer sound file to play by inserting into windows folder.
[HD2 General] jgal:
As many of you above, I also have the issue with appointments tone sounding before the real alarm tone, but that is something I can live with. The thing that was really a concern was that sometimes the alarm didnt sound at all, causing me not to wake up in time for work. But recently I think I noticed something... It seems that the problem with the alarm not sounding at all is only present if I change the phone sound volume AFTER setting the alarm. When I set the volume first and then set the alarm, it seems to work flawlessly always...
[HD2 General] Ibb1982:
I gave up and finally paid for G-Alarm v2.1.2

Now it works without a problem.
[HD2 General] stm555:
i'm thinking what right way is to collectively terrorize htc support until new fix :mad:
[HD2 General] Guzman70:
4 ROMS tried same alarm issue

+1

I tried 1.48 ITA, 1.61 WWE, Miri WWE and since yesterday I'm using AlexLor 1.0 ITA and I always got the issue of the failing alarm: the scheduled task works, I can see the pop up windows but no sound at all - just rebooting solves the issue, but is not a valid solution.

I don't think is a problem of WM 6.5 or of the cooked ROMs, I believe is Manila indeed.

I'm going to open a case with HTC, but a "class action" would be definitely better :)

Cheers!
[HD2 General] bronx:
I wouldn't be so sure if it's manila's problem. I've switched off sense and have the same problem on "bare" windows 6.5. :(
[HD2 General] MaskedMagi:
Think I'll be heading the same way....
[HD2 General] wookashpyka:
Hey guys. Just browsing through HD2 issues as I'm currently working on trading in my Omnia 2 for it :)

FYI, I've also had many alarm issues on the O2 as well. The standard windows alarm and Klaxxon only turned on backlight - no sound. SPB Time and G-Alarm would only turn on for a single beep and would never wake the phone up again after snooze. The only alarm that worked was (surprisingly) the standard samsung alarm.
[HD2 General] :
if anyone could get the Samsung alarm .cab file out will be great enough. but I can "sense" that the HTC Sense is not application-friendly. most applications that run well on native windows mobile 6.5 won't run under HTC Sense.
[HD2 General] zaharakis:
i use pocket clock pro 1.03 and works perfect!!:)
[HD2 General] Guzman70:
Smashing info!

Interesting... but how could it be if the same WM 6.5 works perfectly when installed on a 2 years hold Samsung SGH-i780?

I've installed 5 different cooked ROMs for that device between November and December and none of them has showed this silly issue.

Do you think there is something wrong at driver level or even below?

I've opened a case with the HTC support, let's see what happens...

Cheers!
[HD2 General] _ads_:
I get the same problem. I set my custom alarm tone and when the alarm kicks in only the small notification tone plays and the phone vibrates then nothing happens. It doesn't play the wake tone. Very annoying. This is the original ROM too.

I have since downloaded and installed a third party app that runs as a service so even if I close it using task manager it's still there to kick in and make sure I wake up for work! LOL!

Very disappointing though for such a basic feature not to work considering this freakin handset cost me about 500 smackers.
[HD2 General] thegios:
Any news on this alarm problem?
[HD2 General] dandan13:
the damn thing does not work, all I get is a short beep and then the alarm tone will not play. I sometimes have an important report to send before 7:30 in the morning and I missed it once because of this issue. And tomorrow morning it's the same deal that's why I'm trying now to figure out how to make it work... :confused: and it's freaking late
[HD2 General] dandan13:
and a few minutes later... problem sol.. workaround found

since the reminder tone plays first anyways, I copied a good loud mp3 to the device memory in my documents and set it as reminder tone and it works :)
[HD2 General] Guzman70:
A new official HTC ITA ROM by the end of January

Just to let you know that HTC support services wrote that I need to wait for the next ITA ROM version, scheduled for issue by the end of January.

No idea about the #, just suggested to wait for it...

Mates, I'm more and more convinced that we are just doing free beta testing for the USA Leo issue, at this point I think that only by the end of February we'll get a full functional and stable official ROM...
[HD2 General] prpmlp:
I had the same problem, although not a fix I find that if I enable vibrate then the alarm sounds. If I turn of vibrate then I just get a flashing light. HTC developers must be LIGHT sleepers
[HD2 General] mooooooa:
Now we have to check the outbox everytime we turn the alarm on.
[HD2 General] TheGodfather-GF:
Is this alarm bug still present in rom 1.6x or later ?
[HD2 General] bronx:
yes, it is present in 1.61 tur wwe unfortunately... :(
[HD2 General] freedirk:
the stock alarm has let me down once on my hd2, and g alarm on my tytn 2 was abysmal. a complete lottery that occasionally paid off with a noise.

nope, its no good. am off to tescos to buy a £5 alarm clock.
[HD2 General] archvile77:
same problem here.

first day it went off with only one single tone.

second day it didnt go off at all. i was late at work. thanks! :mad:

htc support contacted.

can someone please confirm, that a 3rd party software works reliably? (like galarm?)
[HD2 General] FrankCastle:
i just tested my alarm on the new 1.66 rom

i still get the same issue... notification sound and then the alarm sound once (doesnt repeat over and over)

:(
[HD2 General] optimus-bucho:
ARGH! Until now the workaround of setting a longer reminder tone was working ok for me but this morning there was nothing.... and then when I did wake up my password was rejected 5 times and all data on my phone deleted!
[HD2 General] arxx:
With 1.66 ROM it's been working fine for me. I use the standard tone, and it repeats (plays once, and is still for 10-15 seconds, and plays again. So if you are testing it, be patient and wait for it to repeat)

Anyway, I still use my old phone, set 15 minutes later, just in case :)
[HD2 General] bronx:
ok chaps. just to clarify - notification sound before alarm is not normal winmo behaviour, nor alarm ringing just twice. 1.66 haven't fixed anything and we need to let htc know about this problem. as many of us as possible should let them know. hot fix for that please... :mad:
[HD2 General] thegios:
not rue :-)

it is a wm issue: disable manila and try again: u'll get the same problem.

best solution: install klaxon or g-alarm and install 12aon patch to launch either one from manila

klaxon is lighter but has an issue with hd2: when alarm goes off u have to unlock to be able to snooze

g-alarm is a lot better but not for free, although very cheap (5€)
[HD2 General] bronx:
ok... I'll make it even more clear - it is not winmo problem in general, but winmo on leo. I haven't got this issue with any of my 4 previous winmo devices.

g-alarm would be perfect, but sometimes it crashes and it seems to drain battery. w/o it I lost about 4-5% of batt overnight, with it about 10%. in normal day use batt seems to be drained quicker as well.
[HD2 General] thegios:
Found this on the web

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Looping Alarm

Want the Alarm to loop indefinitely? (watch yer battery tho)

Use a registry editor, go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>ControlPanel>Sounds>Clock

Select 'Values'

Then select Menu>New Value>String

Value Name: Script

Value Data (for no vibrate): apr

or

Value Data (with vibrate): av0pr

If you want to add a delay between each ring add 'w(delay)' before the r(repeat), for example:

av0pw3r would have a vibrating alarm with a 3 second wait before looping the ringtone (both wav or midi)

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Tried but not working... :-(
[HD2 General] bdacier:
I'm having problems with the alarm to. When I set reminders to silent it does not ring a alarm. However when I set reminders to on it plays the reminder tone just once (no alarm and no repeat). Also I'm finding that the normal popup to snooze isn't showing, there's no popup at all. Only on the top status bar it shows a reminder and when clicked it lookes the same as a normal calendar reminder.

This leads me to the conclusion that somehow the calendar en alarm reminders get fused, though this should not happen. That's why I think the alarm does'nt repeat or let's u choose a different ring. So someone any ideas? Seems HTC is silent on the matter.
[HD2 General] bronx:
I gave them a call yesterday, describing the whole problem. let's hope for a hot fix for that silly issue... :rolleyes:
[HD2 General] Metroid Prime:
I call to HTC this morning but no one pick up the phone ... fell asleep by that his alarm did not work?

LOL

HTC FAIL!
[HD2 General] deserted:
same here.
[HD2 General] seseso:
+1 that is tired of this problem and have reported to HTC. I'll keep posted the answers as soon as they arrive.
[HD2 General] Archer:
BsB Tweaks enables the snooze functionality - it's not default behaviour. Make sure you've enabled "Windows Notifications - Enable dismiss X time in notification".
[HD2 General] bronx:
up up up! make it loud. let them know about it. with this bug sorted hd2 is going to be complete.

we need more people reporting this bug. ... and battery draining g-alarm is not a solution.
[HD2 General] Pappagallo:
In fact it's the other way around....

Enabling the Dismiss X time will make the alarm react like an old school Windows 6.x reminder, offering Dismiss on the left softkey and Menu on the right softkey where you can choose to Snooze for X time.

Disabling the Dismiss X time in BsB Tweaks, will make the alarm react like an alarm again, offering only Snooze and Dismiss softkeys.

So, in short, if you want the alarm to offer only the Snooze and Dismiss option, make sure to Disable the Dismiss X time option.

I also had the problem of receiving only the Reminder tone, not the Alarm tone, where it had been working before. Then I remembered that I had turned on the Dismiss X time option in BsB tweaks. So I turned it off again, did a soft reset and now it's giving me both tones, but more important, it's repeating automatically again every minute or so, untill I choose to Snooze or Dismiss!

Funny thing is, I wanted to check if this was causing the Alarm tone not going off, so I turned the Dismiss X time option back on, did another soft reset, but it kept giving me both tones. Confusion :D

Anyway, this morning I only had an alarm giving me the reminder tone, and now after switching the BsB Tweaks option and soft resetting I get both tones again and it's repeating, so chances of me not waking up are a bit slimmer now :D

Maybe some of you who are only getting the Reminder tone can try if this solves the problem (temporarily?).
[HD2 General] ramthor:
I have this problem too. I am very disappointed. It's so basic. How could they overlook something like that? :mad:
[HD2 General] commando0:
i am happy that now this thread is alive again ....

otherwise no body liked to discuss this issue and they just recommend a third party alarm application ......

i hope we are moving in right direction and we all should bombard HTC support for this ignored issue of alarm so that they come up with a solution soon ....
[HD2 General] Parre:
Same problem here.. Initiated a support ticket yesterday.
[HD2 General] ramthor:
I've made a longer wav file for alarm clock from a mp3 file. Where should I put it now for the device to see it?
[HD2 General] deserted:
Windows dir, but file can't be bigger than ~5mb
[HD2 General] optimus-bucho:
Since my password was rejected 5 times after my alarm didn't go off (erasing all data on the phone), I upgraded to 1.66 and my alarm has worked perfectly since. I also went into Settings -> Menu -> All Settings -> Clock & Alarms then tapped the bell for each alarm and checked the repeat sound and vibrate boxes.
[HD2 General] bdacier:
Can some more people indeed confirm that its solved in 1.66? I'm still on 1.48 so please would that be the solution?
[HD2 General] bronx:
well... 1.66 haven't solved anything for me I'm afraid... :( ... but I've managed to solve battery drain in g-alarm. :) installed without gfx acceleration and turned of midnight wakeup in registry, so far after two days of testing batt life seems to be good. we shall see... :rolleyes:
[HD2 General] Reignzone:
It's strange... this issue seems to have lost a majority of its rightfully deserved attention.

Anyway, despite it fading from the limelight, here's a refresher course:

I haven't had any problems with the alarm actually sounding, or providing the on-screen notification... but for some strange reason... the entire TONE doesn't play (anymore) and the I receive 3-4 of the alarm-related notifications.

See, the alarm used to work flawlessly... and I've been trying to retrace my steps that I took whilst making modifications to my device over the last few days to solve this issue. I figure that one of the tweaks or applications that I've installed is "conflicting" with the alarm settings.

Does anyone have insight on this issue?
[HD2 General] airwater9:
I too have just discovered this issue as I missed a few appointments over the last few days and all I can say is what a song and dance people are making of this. I looped one of the alarms from the HD2, leveled the volume at a higher volume level and looped it to 54 seconds and placed it back in the Windows directoy. End of.
[HD2 General] cytoh83:
hd2 alarm sucks. sad case.
[HD2 General] mali4:
Same here. Alarm tone and reminder tone are ringing at the same, when the alarm should ring. I a'm getting borred of this Win Mobile, there is so many stupid tiny features.

I set off reminder tone, so only alarm rings, but that way i dont have reminder tone :(

edit: This morning alarm didnt ring. I have to get some alarm program.

HTC comany wake up!!!!
[HD2 General] L22EEW:
Im having the same problem. My Alarm is set to go off @ 3,40am Mon-Fri. last night before bed, I turnt ALL alarms off, but at 3,40am this morning, the alarm went off... grr!
[HD2 General] atagrump:
Still problems with alarm and popup window.

Hello.

Is there something new with this problem?

I also get one tone before the alarm, but more frustrating is, that i have to unlock the phone, and then there is not those two buttons on display, so I have to click on that small bell on top of the screen (which is hard, if just woke up ;)) and then I can click dismiss all.

I read a lot of threads, and tried every thing with BsB Tweaks, but no luck.

Am I the only one left with this problem? :o

I hope someone can help me.

I am using stock ROM (still on 1.48, because I couldn't upgrade it, and there is written that on 1.66 this problem still exists).

Thank you for any help someone can give me.
[HD2 General] Archer:
Upgrade your ROM to 3.14. You may need to look at HSPL if there isn't an official upgrade for your provider & location.

Check the HTC website to see.
[HD2 General] ivempet:
same problem with ROM 3.14, alarm only goes twice and that is.. It was the same with 1.48 and 1.66...
[HD2 General] Archer:
Really??? I'm very suprised by that, as I assumed MS would have sorted that by now. What a stupid bug to leave in!

Either get an alarm app from the MarketPlace, or go Android - you won't look back ;)
[HD2 General] atagrump:
Tried to upgrade

Hello.

I tried to upgrade to 3.14, and it says that that software is not sutable for my my device.

So I tried first to upgrade to 1.66, but I got the same message.

I have:

OS version 5.2.21869 (21869.5.0.82)

Mania version 2.5.19211619.0

ROM version 1.48.479.1 (71294) WWE

ROM date 11/18/09

Radio version 2.05.51.05_2

Protocol version 15.28.50.07U

The only thing I have besides that original things is BsB Tweaks

Any idea?

Thanks for helping, because phone is excellent, but that alarm and popup things really bother me.
[HD2 General] atagrump:
Pop up for alarm came bac

Hello again.

I have found the answer for alarm not poping up any more thanks to rp-x1 in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=727862&highlight=alarm

Thanks for helping and have a nice sunday.
[HD2 General] Benz-Driver:
Is there a possibility to apply a lock/unlock sound to the HD2? I want to keep the original Slider design, not iPhone style, therefore S2U2 isn't a solution.

Also it would be nice if it were possible to have a docking sound.

Any ideas?
[Android Software Development] TurasPl:
Hi

I know its HTC dedicated forum, but since there is lots of hi skilled chefs I would like to ask a question. Will it be hard to port HTC Sense from Android to Meamo?

N900 seems to be a very nice piece of hardware but Maemo lacks the polishness of HTS Sence ....

Best

M
[Android Software Development] reidar.ostrem:
+1 .... :)
[Android Software Development] iridium21:
I doubt it'll happen. It hasn't even been ported to the Touch Pro 2 nevermind Maemo phones. :(
[Android Software Development] style1:
lacks the polish? how so? Meamo might just be the strongest standalone OS on a phone. Its almost a down grade to go to android, give it some time, that maemo community is almost as stong as the XDA community.
[Android Software Development] TurasPl:
Well

I do not want to say bad world on maemo. Just i am missing a few things ...

like

Vertical menu

Dialer which looks directly into phone book - like on WinMo device

Nice clock app

Maybe this all will come with updates. And also - I do not talk about moving to Android - I am talking about portin Sense app to maemo. Secne is just the app like TouchFlo ...

M
[Android Software Development] style1:
sorry I must i just misunderstood, I thought u said u wanted HTC sense from andriod ported to maemo (edit, it is what u asked). What you're really asking for you would more likely find over in the Maemo.org forum. I would figure it being pretty tough being as though the n900 has no softkeys or hardkeys other than the keyboard. The only reason I didn't opt for a n900 was because of the landscape orientation of the phone, otherwise it was everything i've ever wanted in a phone. I wish windows could multitask so efficiently. Hope u find what u want heres a good place to start
[Android Software Development] dnanj:
N900 running android(Dual-Boot)

It's somewhat old news, but it appears that someone managed to get android running on the N900.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/

Edit:

Check out the blog of the person responsible for this.

http://blog.broberts.com/nokia-n900-with-maemo-and-android-yes-please
[HD2 General] rickgillyon:
I've searched for this for bloody ages, but can't find it... :mad:

I used to have a bit of software on an old unit, really simple, just installed and gave a few program shortcuts like Lock, Lock and Turn Off (suspend) etc. Anyone know where I can find it? Everything I find seems to be really complicated with auto-locks etc., not what I need.

If not, anyone know how I can do a Lock and Off (suspend) with MortScript?
[HD2 General] rickgillyon:
Come on, someone must remember this software!! :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
I've read a lot about the HTC_IME keyboard on this forum and really want to install it on the G1, but I've read conflicting reports about it causing conflicts with the G1's physical keyboard. Is that true, or can some G1 owners confirm that the HTC virtual keyboard works without conflict?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
NO i use it on cyanogen rom, first get the files needed onto your sd.Turn off android input in local, then use astro to install ime then the clicker.apk, finally goto settings->locale turn on new input setting, reboot.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtrplr71:
I use it sometimes can be tricky to get in but it is some much better than stock.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmfc187:
it CAN cause conflicts, but they do work together well. i have an unthemed version of HTC_IME and i have them both turned on so that when the keyboard pops up, you see the android VK instead of the HTC_IME keyboard, and it still uses all the functions of the HTC_IME. (honestly i dont like the way the HTC_IME's keys look so cluttered with numbers and symbols, but i love the user-dictionary functions and such. )

Anyway right when i made the switch to donut i had a problem with it when i tried to calibrate the HTC_IME keyboard without having the clicker.apk installed, continuous loop of FC's of the HTC_IME and i had to go all the way back to cm-4.1.11.1 and then flash back to 4.1.99 THEN back to the latest to get everything back to normal again. but since then i havent had a single problem with it, and they both work perfectly together...

-BMFC
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandomegabosses:
the only "conflict" i've had with HTC_IME and the physical keyboard was when i was typing on the physical keyboard, it made the sound it makes when i type on the VK. not sure that's really a conflict though.