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[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Hmm..the alarm should have still rang. or at least the app should have started. The alarm can override silent mode on your phone, but you have to enable the checkbox in the "other preferences" page.

if you can replicate the problem, that would be really helpful for debugging..
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Just wanted to let everyone know: New update is out on the Market. It includes lots of localization optimizations, and (thanks to XDA forum members on crowdin) localization to German, Finnish, and Hungarian.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
thanks =)

still had a few news stories that were shorter than expected and some 'single quote' headlines - is there anything that can be improved to detect them perhaps?

(not tried this in the latest version though - will listen out tomorrow morning!)
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Hmm...strange. I guess sometimes google news is providing single word headlines...

I'm gonna discard news topics with titles that are 2 words or less. Sorry about the delay, but look for an update today..
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
do you by any chance have a lock screen on your phone? I think i may have found a bug for screens with a lockscreen
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
I'm looking forward to it :) thanks
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Hey everyone!

Yet another update. Version 2.5 includes:

- Reading of your latest emails from Gmail!

- Fixed problem with news headlines being single-word

- Fixed problem with alarm on phones with a lockscreen enabled.

I also have some exciting news to share: Smarter Alarm just pulled ahead in Verizon's Power Your App Contest! I'm hoping that in the final 2 days of voting, Smarter Alarm will be the winner of this contest.

There's 2 more days of voting left. It's still a VERY close race, so PLEASE PLEASE, if you have a Droid Incredible, Galaxy Tab, or LG Vortext (i.e. access to the VCAST app store), PLEASE vote for Smarter Alarm.

Thanks so much yall!
[Android Apps and Games] miGi_:
Hey edawerd! Smarter Alarm is the coolest alarm-software I have ever used. I really like the idea that I wake up every morning while nice women voice tells me everything I need to hear. Finnish language support is also great, thanks sonof! But new gmail support needs to be translated.

I have also one bugreport. The RSS reader don't work. It just tells me in finnish, that "next your rss-feeds" and nothing more. I have tried two feeds: "feeds.feedburner.com/ampparit-uutiset" and "hs.fi/uutiset/rss/", and eather one aren't working. Can this be fixed?

Keep up nice work! I will vote Smarter Alarm to victory!
[Android Apps and Games] Robrecht:
Hello edawerd, I just finished the Dutch translation. There's still a couple of things I'm not too sure about but I'll have to see how they work in the actual program.

As soon as you get around to adding it I'll test the app thoroughly and update my translation on crowdin.net, if that's ok with you.

Thanks for such an exciting program!
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Thanks for your bug report (and your vote!). The first feed you provided is an ATOM feed, so it wont work. Currently, RSS is only supported. The 2nd feed SHOULD work and Ive found a bug that will prevent it from working. Update will come soon!
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
I just noticed this morning that my look screen was on and as soon as I unlocked the Smarter Alarm screensaver was on. Is this because I set the alarm and went to home screen played around with angry birds then turned the screen off?

Also the new custom line field loses the information when you try to edit the text. The name field doesn't and makes it easier to edit.

Thanks for a great app!

edit: just wanted to mention no issues with random single word news stories this morning so looks good for that last fix! thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Robrecht:
I've been testing the latest version and I like the new "custom message" feature. But I was thinking, wouldn't it be possible to just read the "label" associated with an alarm? That way you could have custom messages for each individual alarm that tell you something about its function, like "time to go to work!" or "this is your weekend wake-up call'.

And the other thing I'd really love is the ability to add a music playlist. Imagine waking up to your personal newsflash, followed by some of your favourite music while you're dressing and getting ready, with the newsflash repeating every ten minutes or so (interrupting the music).

Disclaimer -- I'm really just brainstorming here, not trying to get you to write a personally tailored program for me! The app is great as it is.
[Android Apps and Games] drcrappants:
is there an option for it to read a custom made message by the user?
[Android Apps and Games] Shadomastr:
I would love to see some sort of 'quote of the day' reading implemented. This is quickly becoming my favorite app on android. By the way, excellent job on the ui. It is simple, yet intuitive and nice to look at.

Sent from my Epic 4G
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
yes it was in a recent update just under the name label
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Wow. great idea with the "reading the label" feature. Its an elegant solution to a feature that people have been asking. You are a genius. Will add this to my todo list and hopeuflly have this out in the next couple days!
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
I'm a big fan of nice quotes as well, and I'll add this in a future update. Another feed that someone suggest that I really like is the "what happened on this date" (for historical geeks) feed.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Robrecht:
Only on mondays. :-)

Looking forward to it!
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
reading the label is a good idea - I have my alarms set up as early, late, weekend - set up for my shift patterns - it'd be useful for my alarm to tell me that I am on the early shift for the day :)

also love the idea of quote of the day and the 'what happened on this day' features :) keep up the great work - this is fast becoming one of my best apps!
[Android Apps and Games] bernabap:
Edward,

amazing your work, keep going!

I completed the PT-BRA translation on crowdin and changed some others to get better!

Suggestion1:

I also liked the reading label idea and I was thinking if you could add a option to set different languages for each label. So I could set my first alarm to be spoken in portuguese with all my brasilians feeds/news and then other alarm to spoke in english my international feeds/news. That would be cool. :)

Suggestion2:

When Smarter Alarm is speaking my time in portuguese is reading '0' as 'o'. Like 18 : o2. I know that in english this is normal but in portugues is not. Also would be better if you could add "and" ("e" in portuguese) between hour and minutes and add "minutes" ("minutos" in portuguese) word after spoke the minutes. That way will sound much better for brasilians. :o

I just bought the full version! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Hey guys,

last plea for votes... Well it doesnt look like Smarter Alarm is gonna make it as the winner, but my other app (Car Locator) is also in the final rounds. Unfortunately, its behind by 9 votes.

Contest ends in 4 hours, and I need to pick up 10 votes quickly.

SO: If you have a DROID INCREDIBLE, GALAXY TAB, or LG VORTEX, please open up the VCAST app store and vote for "CAR LOCATOR".

Thanks and sorry for asking so many times!!
[Android Apps and Games] Phateless:
Does car locator work for all devices or only Verizon? It seriously bugs me that Google Maps doesn't have a pin drop feature so I can mark where I parked.
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
It works for all devices, not just Verizon.

However, voting for this particular Verizon contest can only be done in the VCAST app store for Verizon phones. So if you have a phone with access to the vcast store, I'd strongly prefer if you get the app through there and rate it :)
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
It's a shame Smarter Alarm doesn't have some way to import settings from Smarter Alarm Free... :D
[Android Apps and Games] Robrecht:
@edawerd: I have some kind of bug where an existing alarm starts playing everytime I open the app, even after I've dismissed it (and even after I've deleted it!). Other than that, all is working fine. Good luck on the contest, shame I can't vote.

@bernabap: I think your second issue is related to the text-to-speech software you're using. If I'm not mistaken, Smarter Alarm just sends a string to the TTS interpreter that contains the time in the format "18:02", and it's up to the interpreter to read it correctly. My Dutch SVOX voice, for example, reads it exactly like it should ("18 uur 2").

So the problem is in the way the Portuguese voice is programmed to read time. Maybe you could try a different TTS program?
[Android Apps and Games] Phateless:
I'm running a MT4G on T-mobile, sorry. :(
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
interesting.... if possible, can you send me a set of steps so I can try to reproduce the bug on my phone
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
edawerd, is the 'skipping bad news headlines' feature purely just skipping the headlines completely? i.e. if two of three headlines are less than three words will I just get one headline for that category?

I found that I was getting a lot less headlines in a morning than I expected and wondered if this was the cause... would it be possible to skip and read the next headline perhaps instead of skip all together? :)

Many thanks
[Android Apps and Games] natious:
Very nice, i bought uk victoria, but her voice still sucks lol.

have you though about pre-recorded voices? the att labs text to speech is pretty damn good
[Android Apps and Games] steevo92123@yahoo.com:
Reinstalled Numerous times

I've tried reinstalling it numerous times on my Unrooted Captivate, but still no luck. The first time it worked 2 times then stopped working. The second and third time, the screen displays, but the wake-up sound and voice never come on.

When I press the, "Hear Alarm", it does work as advertised, but not when the scheduled alarm is suppose to wake.

Yes, it would be nice to have all the features mentioned in this thread, but at moment, I would just like for it to work.

Specs:

Samsung Captivate

Svox and Loquendo

Un-rooted

Froyo

Screen Lock
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
do you have a task killer killing it perhaps?
[Android Apps and Games] Robrecht:
Silly question, perhaps, but is the alarm switched on? Is the indicator to the left of the entry for your alarm green (on) or grey?

Hope there'll be a new version soon, lots of cool things announced.
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Hey guys,

I'm going on vacation in Vietnam. Will be back in a week on the 21st of February. Just wanted to let everyone know because I probably won't have access to much internet there. Feel free to post any issues/feature requests and I'll take a look at them all when I get back.

Thanks everyone for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] sonof:
I translated the new Gmail feature. Wait for edawerd to update the strings.

Also, please let me know if you think something should be translated some other way. A couple of shortcuts had to be made due to the differences in English and Finnish word order. There's also this annoyance that minus degrees in weather report are told as plus degrees (i.e. -28 degrees is told as 28 degrees) because the TTS engine says nothing with - that is pulled from the weather service. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about it.

Edit: The RSS is working fine for me. Try this feed for example: http://yle.fi/uutiset/rss/paauutiset.rss
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
I noticed that the people/contacts birthdays that you add in don't hit the calender - is it possible to get these read too?

Else I'll have to go put them in the google calender...

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Lothaen:
Saw the update today - welcome back
[Android Apps and Games] Robrecht:
Yeah, saw it too. Great! Congrats on winning that contest with Car Locator, by the way!

I haven't been able to check yet: does the new update include all the latest language files? I made some very small improvements to my Dutch translation a long time ago (shortly after the previous version was released).
[Android Apps and Games] edawerd:
Yup I'm back! Car Locator took first place, and Smarter Alarm took a finalist spot, thanks to you. Thank you everyone for your support.

I included Italian in the latest update, but didnt update the Dutch translations (I forgot about that, sorry!). I'll put in the latest dutch translation files right now and have it ready for the next update.

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] BigDaemon:
Hi Guys,

i am thinking of buying a DesireZ at the end of the month. The so called "Hinge-Problem" is none for me (tried the phone in some stores), BUT:

I fount a topic on a german forum, where many users report of color-changes near the metal-parts on the plastic of their phone - some think it is caused by some bags, others say it is the plastic itself which changes color perhaps because of water or sweating....

Here is a link to some pictures a guy posted there to show you what i mean: http://img19.imageshack.us/g/pc0343121024x768.jpg/

On the Pic 2 and 3 you see some red/purple spots....

Can anyone here confirm this??

If this is a material-problem (and this is what it looks like, because users say they tried everything to remove the color without succes....) this would be a no-go for me to buy this phone :confused:

Pls help me :confused::confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] T.C.P:
that kinda looks like a pen exploded in his pocket :D ive had my phone since launch and i dont have any of these color changings, maybe defective unit???
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] BigDaemon:
The point is, that this guy is not the only one.... there are many concerning about this problem which confuses me a little (maybe i should pick another phone....) :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
probably from rubbing in my opinion
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ReganH22:
This is a known issue. Someone brought this up in a thread on here not too long ago. Some people said their phone changed color without the bag. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the oil from your hands when you old the phone or the acid. I had a pair of glasses do the same thing, and the eye doctor said it was due to the acid in my skin or something along those lines. I put a case on my phone and have had no problems so far.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
That's to bad :(

Go buy a cheap g1 oem slip case thing. I love mine. I got 4 sitting right here next to my bed since I loose them all the time they r like 3 bucks a piece
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] BigDaemon:
Hmmm too bad :( had many phones but never had any problems like this - and in my opinion a phone for more than 500€ should have better material than THIS :eek:

I guess i will have a closer look on the DHD since i never heared about big problems there :(
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] gbarayah:
I've been using one of these slip cases on my phone since I got it. Its a great fit and protects my phone from the innards of my pockets =)

Needless to say, I don't have any discoloration issues here.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Zen_mystic:
ah yes.. I have this problem too.. I brought it to the service center and they change the housing for me.. and the back feels sticky too i feel that this is due to charging the phone and the back of the phone gets too hot..
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] arimus:
I bought a cheap holster for my Nexus One and now it has similar markings as those pictures, now for my Z I bought a OEM HTC Leather holster, yes it was a bit expenssive but so far nothing the Z is like new. moral of my story ? spend a little extra get a better case or holster etc, stay away from chepos.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eneka:
i have some discoloration on the gray plastic on the sides of the keyboard. The demo unit at our t-mobile also has it too.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] wm2485:
I have no discoloration on my phone what so ever. But I keep mine in a sleeve style case. I have had out since launch. In my opinion, u won't get much better build quality then this phone. At least not on an android.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ihateusernames:
My wife has red discoloration on the corners of her G2. Hers is from a new red purse she got. It has a little pocket that her phone fits in and I believe the dye leached into the plastic.

My G2 has no color issues but the film is coming off my battery case as seen in other threads.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] FrenicX:
LIGHTBULB!!!

Dye your G2 any color you want!! Just buy a cheap chinese napsac in the color of your choice.. use it.. wait a couple months and the cheap dye will be on your phone!

Aswell as a healthy dose of lead and melamine..!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rukia06:
desire z

iv had mine since it was released and i dont have it in any kind of case, im pretty carefull with my stuff.

i use it every day and have dropped it a couple of times. i have no discoloration or scratches.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] a66fm:
same thing with my "z" but its not a " carring case" issue
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] aka_gk:
I have red coloration on the corners near the track pad

I did contacted clove.co.uk where I bought it and they said that they contacted the HTC and they said that there is no red base plastic used and it's not the coating coming off and that was caused by some external contact. Well, I carried it in the jeans pocket made of dark red fabric, but is that really extreme conditions to dye the coating that easy? I don't think so.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Smartenup:
No issues with mine, I luv it.

Have 3 different cases and no issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steadilyshine:
is there any possible way to be able to touch the screen and return its from the timed out backlight insted of the power button then the actual unlocking....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApplCobbler:
Not sure about touching screen, but there's an app called NoLock that will make it so there's no lockscreen and hitting the power button unlocks it. Eats battery though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guardian_Bob:
Is there any way? Probably. Is it a good idea? Probably not. Just having the screen up to your thigh in your pocket would be enough to turn the screen on and thus drain your battery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tysj:
Not just drain your battery, but imagine calling people unexpectedly, random texting, somehow enabling options and selecting factory reset :P. There's a reason why there's a lock/unlock button.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
Being a lefty, I wish you could turn the screen on using the volume buttons instead.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guardian_Bob:
I can. Hold them for a second and the screen should turn on when you release them. If it doesn't let me know I'd like to investigate further.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThisWasATriumph:
Nope, not working. It turns it on using NoLock but then that just changes the volume too.

Im running Darkys 7 btw.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saint168:
Holding the volume button does not turn on the screen, you probably touched the power button with you middle finger which holding the volume button with your thumb.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] candymann:
Widget Locker

Try the app WidgetLocker--it's a couple bucks but lets you turn on the screen with the volume buttons if you want (any hardware button). It will also let you customize your lockscreen with widgets and unlock the screen using the soft keys at the bottom if you so desire.

Mentioned this app in previous threads, should really start getting a cut from the developer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guardian_Bob:
You really should believe people when they say something works. Just because your rom works one way doesn't mean anything about everyone else.

[YOUTUBE]qY2dA9H30qs[/YOUTUBE]

Now if someone would give me a link to the roms which don't unlock due to the volume buttons, I might be able to fix that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topiratiko:
lmao love the music
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saint168:
I am not using a custom ROM. Maybe some custom ROM has that feature added but it definitely does not work on stock AT&T ROM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avs420:
Works on stock 2.2 Froyo leak ROM
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
That's not a stock ROM by any means.

I wish the volume buttons were lower on the case. I have a tendency to squeeze them with my finger when pressing the power button one-handed.:mad:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] broknindarkagain:
Hey guys,

I was using andriod for awhile via SD, then I switched over to a NAND install of it.

On any install of Android I've used, I've been having problems sending / receiving MMS.

I have the following APN settings plugged into my phone, but obviously something is not right with them.

Can someone who has Android running on their T-Mobile US phone that has MMS working please chime in and let me know what settings you have used.

I've search and found several variations of the settings, and I've tried every one I can find but nothing is working so far.

Here is what I currently have :

NAME : T-Mobile US

APN : epc.tmobile.com

PROXY : 216.155.165.050

PORT : 8080

USERNAME : none

PASSWORD : none

SERVER : none

MMSC : http://mms.msg.english.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc

MMS PROXY : 206.155.165.50

MMS PORT : 8080

MMS PROTOCOL : WAP 2.0

MCC : 310

MNC : 260

AUTHENTICATION TYPE : none

APN TYPE : none

Like I said above, I've tried others settings that are simular to my current ones but nothing has worked so far. I as well tried calling T-Mobile to get the APN settings from them, but they will not release them to me over the phone for whatever reason.

My 3G is working great, and I can send/recieve normal text messages. Just the MMS is not working correctly (pics, video, sounds, etc).

Thanks for any help

edit :

on a side note, it would be nice to know what each setting is for. where can I find that info at?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pyrorob:
well first of all, this should be:

MMSC : http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc (not .english.)

MMS PROXY : 216.155.165.50 (not 206.)

and on my data connection at least, i dont need to set the proxy or port for the apn (the two above mms, i just leave them blank)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] broknindarkagain:
proxy is 216 on my phone. typo in my OP sorry.

However, the mmsc was wrong I guess. Changed it and things are working now.

Realy blurry mms pics though....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TyrantTru:
MMS

This is due to tmobile not being able to identify the phone and because of such is limiting MMS size to 2kb or something? I am currently looking for a fix to this..have not seen anything. Thankfuly the pics you send are recieved in full resolution
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pyrorob:
i belive you edit: root\system\etc\mm_property.conf and change: "wapprofile=(whatever its set as)" to: wapprofile=http://www.htcmms.com.tw/Android/Common/NexusOne/ua-profile.xml

the wap profile is what your provider uses to identify what device your using and resize the images correctly for your device while in transit.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] .BetaBoy:
How or where do I edit that? :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Pivo99:
I cant find the file your talking about...I can get to /etc/ but there is no mm_property.conf in there

Any help?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mdpgc:
Thank you for this info

I was having the same problem, I entered the info you provided and now I'm able to send and receive mms.

thanks again
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] redman3170:
Ok I have found where to put this info but how do you pu the info there?