Hello
I got my HTC HD2 recently but I am really puzzled why and how they put such an inconvenient clock.
Is it anybody here who can solve my problem.I just want a clock which will work even when device is powered off, like any cell phone.
Thanks
Dane
If the device is powered off, then the display will be too, how will you see the clock?
I think what he means is he wants the phone to switch on the when the alarm time comes round. Sounds simple. But as it was explained to me that requires a separate device to be built into the handset that operates as a clock independant of the phone functions. Sadly the HD2 uses a software device which switches off with the rest of the phone features.
Nokias do it. But then nokias dont do the things the HD2 does. Its a trade off. Get an alarm clock from your local market for £3.99. Or a watch.
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well,no matter if the display is shut down when time is set then the display turns on and you see the desired time while alarm is snoozing.When you dismiss display turns off.
Thats how it works in all cell phones.
Is there any computer geek who could fix that missing feature?
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Ok, seems i misunderstood you. When I press my power button, the screen comes on, and a clock is on my lock screen, so I see the time. Just like that.
No way to bypass that software?Switching off everything but the clock?
nope. the clock requires winmo to be active and running to operate.
And no way to mix with winmo?
If the next winmo7 works like that I wont get it
Thanks
Why not just leave the phone on and put it on silent, you will still hear the alarm and the display will light up whilst the alarm goes off.
wow, one little feature, most of us didn't even realize that some cellphones had would turn you off of WinMo forever??? Wow...
And to think, I've been making due with a little battery powered alarm clock for the last 15 years....
i knew it was missing. i check all my phones for it. i miss it. but its not a deal breaker. actually its been some years since i had a phone that did it. still miss it though.
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Why not just leave the phone on and put it on silent, you will still hear the alarm and the display will light up whilst the alarm goes off.
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Yes I know but there is still these wave lenghts...My cell phone is not very far from me, less than one yard, when I sleep.If I let it on within a few time I'll begin to feel some dizziness....
nrfitchett4 said:
wow, one little feature, most of us didn't even realize that some cellphones had would turn you off of WinMo forever??? Wow...
And to think, I've been making due with a little battery powered alarm clock for the last 15 years....
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you see never too late
Have you thought of trying one of these? How can you be dizzy when you are asleep?
danejean said:
Yes I know but there is still these wave lenghts...My cell phone is not very far from me, less than one yard, when I sleep.If I let it on within a few time I'll begin to feel some dizziness....
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whiskey tango foxtrot? i... i... i just don't know what the... uh... seriously dude? don a damn tin foil hat. i doubt you're getting dizzy from the "wave lengths" that your cell phone is emitting.
im getting dizzy from reading some of these threads.......
Yes I know but there is still these wave lenghts...My cell phone is not very far from me, less than one yard, when I sleep.If I let it on within a few time I'll begin to feel some dizziness....
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Just put the phone in Flight Mode
I am also surprised phones do not 'wake up' with alarm when turned off..
I still use my old ****ty phones (Sony ericsson, nokias) as alarm clocks, coz they are so loud and so good and never fail to wake up.
HTC never got their clocks/alarm system working on their phones, its a real pity. I dont trust my HTC as an alarm clock
Right now, im having a clock problem, the phone keeps changing the time by itself, always adding 2 hours... its a real pain... need to find a solutioin to this.
Outstanding!
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Have you thought of trying one of these? How can you be dizzy when you are asleep?
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Hi all
Firstly, let me just say I love the Hero.
Although I really can't believe I need to keep my phone switched on for the alarm to work? Even my Nokia banana phone had a blummin' alarm that worked when the phone was off! It seems that the Hero needs to be powered on or the alarm won't sound.
Am I missing something?
This feature was very common, pre-smartphone, but I think you'll find the vast majority of what we now call smartphones (WinMo-based, iPhone, Android etc) don't actually support this any more as they are really little computers with phone functionality. It also wasn't that long ago when my phones battery used to last 10+ days on standby, but then again it didn't even do 1% of what my Hero can do - it's the price we pay for progress.
I believe many Symbian based phones do still allow this, since an alarm clock is essentially built into the "BIOS" of the device itself.
Please don't take any of this as gospel though.
Regards,
Dave
Do you mean when the phone has the screen switched off (short press of power button), or completely shut down (press and hold power, then select power off)? If the latter, then as above this is effectively like shutting a computer down, it is completely asleep. If the former it should work fine.
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Do you mean when the phone has the screen switched off (short press of power button), or completely shut down (press and hold power, then select power off)? If the latter, then as above this is effectively like shutting a computer down, it is completely asleep. If the former it should work fine.
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I'm pretty sure he means completely shut down...
My girlfriend had a Siemens SL55 some years ago, and it moved with us in a box from appartment to house, and then suddenly one day it sounded an alarm!!!!
2 years earlier she had put a reminder for an anniversary in her calendar
foxmeister said:
This feature was very common, pre-smartphone, but I think you'll find the vast majority of what we now call smartphones (WinMo-based, iPhone, Android etc) don't actually support this any more as they are really little computers with phone functionality. It also wasn't that long ago when my phones battery used to last 10+ days on standby, but then again it didn't even do 1% of what my Hero can do - it's the price we pay for progress.
I believe many Symbian based phones do still allow this, since an alarm clock is essentially built into the "BIOS" of the device itself.
Please don't take any of this as gospel though.
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Dave
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So effectively when you forgot to connect Your phone to the charger before going to sleep you might be late for work in the morning? Thats not a very SMART phone, is it?
From what I know devices like the Hero also have bios and it is far much more sophisticated than old Nokias. Also the Hero doesnt turn off when the battery is completely empty so it would have some juice to sound an alarm. When You turn the phone back on, it remembers the date and time so the clock is running when its switched off. IMO this is just the developers being lazy - thats all
I would imagine that this can be a deal-breaker feature for some. Unfortunately its not included in the phone specs and most people (including me) would be 100% sure that it would wake them up when turned off. AFAIK all Nokia symbians have this.
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So effectively when you forgot to connect Your phone to the charger before going to sleep you might be late for work in the morning? Thats not a very SMART phone, is it?
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Erhhh - no, it's not a very SMART user!
Regards,
Dave
If you honestly bought an HTC Hero in order to have an alarm clock you might wanna consider selling it again...
Just put the phone in flight mode and set the alarm...
My recurring alarm didn't go off this morning, very late for work....
Prille said:
Just put the phone in flight mode and set the alarm...
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What does flight mode do exactly?
ritdaw said:
My recurring alarm didn't go off this morning, very late for work....
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Are you using a task manager to kill processes? If it kills the clock the alarm won't go off.
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What does flight mode do exactly?
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Flight mode turns off all radio receiving and transmission on the phone.
Basically when turning flight mode on your left with a PDA without the phone part.
Thanks dude.
I have to say it is a pain that the alarm will not wake even the handset! All nokia's still do this, come to think of it is only HTC handsets & iphone (i think) that will not sound the alarm when the phone is off....
Simple things like this wouldbe so easy to implement. Oh well.
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If you honestly bought an HTC Hero in order to have an alarm clock you might wanna consider selling it again...
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I expected that the Hero will sustain the basic features of traditional phones that most people treat as a given default and I just simply don't agree that it's impossible or hard to implement. Thats all.
I didnt buy the Hero for the alarm clock but it seems like I would have to consider buying a separate alarm clock just in case
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I expected that the Hero will sustain the basic features of traditional phones that most people treat as a given...
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Unfortunately, as Android is still a very young OS you can't take anything for granted....like the bluetooth!
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it seems like I would have to consider buying a separate alarm clock just in case
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maybe that would be a good idea....In my experience, most mobile phones are too darn quiet to wake me up anyway!!
It should be said that this is going to be more a function of the hardware, than the software. For those phones that do this, there is essentially a hardware timer that the overlying OS will program that switches on the device (effectively part of the system clock) when a particular time is reached. If the Hero has the necessary hardware, it should be possible to do this, but it would definitely require OS support since Android abstracts out the hardware so that applications can't reach it directly (except for NDK apps anyway).
Regards,
Dave
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Are you using a task manager to kill processes? If it kills the clock the alarm won't go off.
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Yes, but I don't close all of the apps. I close stuff manually. Perhaps I did close it on that day. Maybe I need to put it in the ignore list just incase!
Can confirm this is a bug
This is a bug, but I havent tracked down exactly what causes it.
When switched off, I mean the screen is switched off, not the whole phone.
When I go the phone on Thursday, I set the alarm for Monday through to Friday, 10.30am.
Friday morning, the phone wakes and the alarm goes off at 10.30. Fine.
Monday morning, nothing happens. Go into the settings, check alarm set for the correct time and day.
Tuesday morning, works fine, phone wakes and alarm goes off at 10.30, fine.
This morning, nothing.
My other phone alarm wakes me at 10.34. I switch on the Hero's screen, and immediately the alarm goes off, 4 minutes late!
Will try to see if it is because I wasnt in the home screen when it was switched off, or because it was a recurring alarm, or because it was charging.
Nonetheless this is a bug. Worked fine on my older phones, including several WinMo.
I will see if there is an Android alarm clock app available, and if it has the same problems.
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When switched off, I mean the screen is switched off, not the whole phone.
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This is a different issue to the one being discussed here. We are talking about when the phone is shutdown completely.
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Dave
OK, apologies. I wouldnt expect anything to happen when my phone is switched off.
Hola!
So I really really REALLY like SGS2 and would love to get one. But before I do, one question...
I like to keep my phone plugged in and turned on while I'm at work or at home at the computer. But having done some reading, I see that SGS2 is susceptible to the screen burn in issue. Is that true? Should I not get it in that case?
As I said, I REALLY like the phone, but if I need to change my usage habits just to avoid a known issue, I'd rather look for an alternative.
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Hola!
So I really really REALLY like SGS2 and would love to get one. But before I do, one question...
I like to keep my phone plugged in and turned on while I'm at work or at home at the computer. But having done some reading, I see that SGS2 is susceptible to the screen burn in issue. Is that true? Should I not get it in that case?
As I said, I REALLY like the phone, but if I need to change my usage habits just to avoid a known issue, I'd rather look for an alternative.
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It's got a SAMOLED screen. Google's your friend...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_LED#Disadvantages
^^ Ditto!
OP - SGS2 is NOT for you. Further if you like to keep a phone plugged into computer at all times, I suggest the much cheaper MagicJack.
yes, I'm aware of what type of screen it has, thank you. That's the reason I asked about the issue.
I've never had a phone with an amoled screen, so I can only go off of others' experience.
What I'm wondering about is if there are any solutions that would go along with my usage habits. I don't remember what phone I was reading about (Nexus One?), but it had a feature where it would display a moving clock screensaver when docked in. Something along those lines when plugged into USB? Or maybe there are some new technology improvements in SGS2 that I don't know about?
OP - SGS2 is NOT for you. Further if you like to keep a phone plugged into computer at all times, I suggest the much cheaper MagicJack.
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Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said I "like to keep a phone plugged into computer at all times"
If you're going to leave the screen on for a long time every day on the same screen, there will be a burn in. But I imagine with normal use (even for extended periods of time, but the screen changes screens often) there shouldn't be any problems.
So I'd probably skip on this phone if you leave the phone on for 8 hours on the same screen. Maybe the HTC Sensation? Also a VERY good phone, just not as good as the SGS2 ^^
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If you're going to leave the screen on for a long time every day on the same screen, there will be a burn in. But I imagine with normal use (even for extended periods of time, but the screen changes screens often) there shouldn't be any problems.
So I'd probably skip on this phone if you leave the phone on for 8 hours on the same screen. Maybe the HTC Sensation? Also a VERY good phone, just not as good as the SGS2 ^^
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Yeah, my main concern is when I'm at work, since I'm at my desk most of the time there. I'll probably have to settle on the Sensation after all. As you said, it's really nice, but not quite as good as SGS2. Such a shame >_<
Thanks for the suggestion!
Why do you keep the screen on all day?
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intruda119 said:
Why do you keep the screen on all day?
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I text a lot and get a bunch of emails usually. It really annoys me to have to turn on/unlock the phone every time I get a notification. It's nice to see it a glance when it's on the desk in front of you.
meshdub said:
I text a lot and get a bunch of emails usually. It really annoys me to have to turn on/unlock the phone every time I get a notification. It's nice to see it a glance when it's on the desk in front of you.
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text app like handcent allows your screen to turn on when you receive a message with a popup message, you can read it immediately and reply instantly without pressing any extra button.
androidsjonnie said:
text app like handcent allows your screen to turn on when you receive a message with a popup message, you can read it immediately and reply instantly without pressing any extra button.
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Yeah, I actually use it. But I don't always read the texts right away while working. And if the phone is unplugged, it will go back to sleep after a popup shows up.
It's just a personal preference =)
Its funny how lazy people have gotten.
I had original sgs2 for about a year and left it on bright screens with random things on with no burn in issues.
Had sgs2 for a month and have left it on overnight while on lockscreen(bright orange) and others and have no burn in issues.
I haven't personally seen any claims of burn on these forums or sgs forums. Just mostly people asking about it.
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Ha, have to admit, I'm pretty lazy
But that's interesting that there's been no reports of it happening... Hmm wonder if I should just say F it and go for it. But then again, I guess you'd have to be consistent about leaving your screen on for long periods of time. I doubt it would burn in if you leave it on for a night or two.
Why don't you go search some of the SGS and variant threads as well as the Nexus S. They use the same screen technology and have been out a lot longer. If they aren't experiencing issues you probably won't either.
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Why don't you go search some of the SGS and variant threads as well as the Nexus S. They use the same screen technology and have been out a lot longer. If they aren't experiencing issues you probably won't either.
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I did search before creating the thread. I saw some people reporting burn ins on other phones, but wasn't sure if anything has been improved lately technology-wise that could prevent the issue. I guess not...
I do realize though that it's quite early to see such reports on SGS2.
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yes, I'm aware of what type of screen it has, thank you. That's the reason I asked about the issue.
I've never had a phone with an amoled screen, so I can only go off of others' experience.
What I'm wondering about is if there are any solutions that would go along with my usage habits. I don't remember what phone I was reading about (Nexus One?), but it had a feature where it would display a moving clock screensaver when docked in. Something along those lines when plugged into USB? Or maybe there are some new technology improvements in SGS2 that I don't know about?
Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said I "like to keep a phone plugged into computer at all times"
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yes you can and will burn in your AMOLED screen if left on all the time.
my nexus one actually has in the instruction manual to not use the phone for more than 30 minutes of screen on time. that's actually written in the OFFICIAL manual. perhaps later generations of amoled from samsung got better, but burn in still will happen.
note: i use my nexus one with screen on for 3 hours at a time, but i just dont leave a static image in one spot. i'm constantly web browsing etc so no real issue of major burn in. however my status bar did get burnt into the screen after the first month of owning the nexus one. not bad, but present.
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Ha, have to admit, I'm pretty lazy
But that's interesting that there's been no reports of it happening... Hmm wonder if I should just say F it and go for it. But then again, I guess you'd have to be consistent about leaving your screen on for long periods of time. I doubt it would burn in if you leave it on for a night or two.
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there are PLENTY of threads right here at XDA complaining about burn in on samsung amoled and super amoled screens. start in the nexus one forum, then search the galaxy s forum.
I have a good one for anyone, I have a Evo3D which I am going to do all those wicked things to.. but last night or rather this am around 645. this Evo turned its self on and set off a alarm in which I had never set. when I was trying to shut off the alarm it started clicking away at the camera.. but there is no sd card in it, so it did not save them. and I had to pull the battery to shut the cell off again. the button on the top would not function the cell. this was a very strange occurrence while I was 3/4 asleep.. the cell is not activated and its banded sprint.. has anyone ever heard of this before? I have currently taken the battery out of the cell in case of ghostly occurrences.
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I have a good one for anyone, I have a Evo3D which I am going to do all those wicked things to.. but last night or rather this am around 645. this Evo turned its self on and set off a alarm in which I had never set. when I was trying to shut off the alarm it started clicking away at the camera.. but there is no sd card in it, so it did not save them. and I had to pull the battery to shut the cell off again. the button on the top would not function the cell. this was a very strange occurrence while I was 3/4 asleep.. the cell is not activated and its banded sprint.. has anyone ever heard of this before? I have currently taken the battery out of the cell in case of ghostly occurrences.
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never heard of anything like this .. if the cell isnt activated, then nobody could be remotely controlling it via the cell radio.
was it connected via wifi?
is the device internal memory write protection unlocked? rooted? are you running any type of custom ROM or software on the device?
sure sounds like a very odd occurance .. my only guess would be maybe you were a bit sleepy?
No this thing is stock.. and I'm not the only one who heard the alarm. my partner who was in bed with me heard it also.. and this morning we both said how freakin weird..
Are you sure the phone wasnt just in sleep mode. I cant see how the phone would turn on by itself. That would be the best invention ever.
ok here is the thing, I had taken the battery out and put it back in, and never turned the cell on. it was just laying there waiting for me to decide what to do to it.. IE root, rom mgr etc. When the damn thing just did this.. a self starting phone that rang the alarm at 645 am.. and when I picked it up the camera started acting wacky and I had to pull the battery to shut it back off.. weird huh.
Whatever you are smoking, you should probably share.
Weird
That does sound a little crazy......was alcohol involved
Record it!
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Are you sure the phone wasnt just in sleep mode. I cant see how the phone would turn on by itself. That would be the best invention ever.
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would be the best invention? LOL My old phone Moto ROKR E6 have that ability. You know the phone was released in 2006.
heres the follow up. HTC whom i contacted said " that the on off button and the hardware in the notifications for the alarm was in a stuck loop meaning that it needs repaired . so its still under warranty and is on its way back to them. hopefully it will be fixed and returned. that they have seen this on this model. Im glad someone knew what the world is up.
oh and also i'm sorry I was not smoking anything, isn't my style.. sorry
I just got my DNA recently - loving it so far. I haven't done any tweaking / rooting, etc... I've had 1 recurring issue which I can find NO information on.
Once a day, at seemingly random times, the DNA will just start ringing, endlessly. The volume on the ring is always very soft (whether volume is on max, silent, or vibrate), however it never ends unless I reboot. I've force killed every possible running application, but still it keeps going.
There are no alarms set, no calls coming in, no other notifications. While I reboot to stop the ringing, the ringing continues until the power completely drops (through the shutting down splash screens).
Any troubleshooting ideas? Anyone else experience this?
cant say that i have experienced this. havent heard anyone else complain of it either. But flashing a new kernel aand rom will likely solve the problem.
Sounds like the internal overheat alarm. Your phones defective go exchange it
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x4sper said:
Sounds like the internal overheat alarm. Your phones defective go exchange it
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Thanks x4sper. That was my initial guess. When it does start, it is a bit warm, but nothing more-so than a heavy gaming spree would do. Are there any apps not requiring root that would show temperature statistics?
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Thanks x4sper. That was my initial guess. When it does start, it is a bit warm, but nothing more-so than a heavy gaming spree would do. Are there any apps not requiring root that would show temperature statistics?
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Elixer 2 try that app
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Don't check m8, GO exchange it, take advantage of your warranty while you can. Maybe you install one "wrong" app and they send you an invoice or something. Seriously, I don't know what kind of insurance you're on, around here lately they started the "no-matter-what" so even stolen, you broke it, they broke it, it broke by itself you're covered. If you don't have something like that don't take any chances.
And yes, it's most probably the temperature alarm.
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Not battery temp alarm
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Don't check m8, GO exchange it, take advantage of your warranty while you can. Maybe you install one "wrong" app and they send you an invoice or something. Seriously, I don't know what kind of insurance you're on, around here lately they started the "no-matter-what" so even stolen, you broke it, they broke it, it broke by itself you're covered. If you don't have something like that don't take any chances.
And yes, it's most probably the temperature alarm.
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This just happened to me yesterday. First I thought it was the battery temp alarm too, but my battery was only about 85 degrees. After searching the phone, and the services and the apps running, nothing would stop it. Even when I turned it off and back on, it still did it. It took a battery sim-pull for me to get it to stop.
I have a Droid DNA, and after searching, it does seem to affect other phones (at least other Droid phones)
I then did a little searching ... here are two links that helped (I think)-- I can't post links yet but i'll try to mal-form them and you can put them back together
A site: rootzwiki.com / topic / 38658-droid-dna-constantly-ringing
A site: w w w. droidxforums.com / forum / droid-x-help / 26013-droid-x-constantly-ringing.html
So, (at least in my case) the 'roaming alarm' seems to be the cause of it. I was down in my work's basement in the lab-- very poor reception. I'm pretty sure my phone switched to roaming (it's usually 1x with barely 1 bar down there). I do have the 'roam alarm' checked on in the settings.
However, what I don't get, is why it would not stop-- even after I was a full 5 bars (3g-- work repeaters don't repeat lte).
Anyway, I hope this helps...
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This just happened to me yesterday. First I thought it was the battery temp alarm too, but my battery was only about 85 degrees. After searching the phone, and the services and the apps running, nothing would stop it. Even when I turned it off and back on, it still did it. It took a battery sim-pull for me to get it to stop.
I have a Droid DNA, and after searching, it does seem to affect other phones (at least other Droid phones)
I then did a little searching ... here are two links that helped (I think)-- I can't post links yet but i'll try to mal-form them and you can put them back together
A site: rootzwiki.com / topic / 38658-droid-dna-constantly-ringing
A site: w w w. droidxforums.com / forum / droid-x-help / 26013-droid-x-constantly-ringing.html
So, (at least in my case) the 'roaming alarm' seems to be the cause of it. I was down in my work's basement in the lab-- very poor reception. I'm pretty sure my phone switched to roaming (it's usually 1x with barely 1 bar down there). I do have the 'roam alarm' checked on in the settings.
However, what I don't get, is why it would not stop-- even after I was a full 5 bars (3g-- work repeaters don't repeat lte).
Anyway, I hope this helps...
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Mine did that the other day while on the charger. It started before I woke up and continued until I made a call some 20 minutes later. One thing I discovered was all the sound options were grayed out. While it was making the noise I put it on vibrate. I also had a Verizon tech on another phone, he had no clue. He also contacted HTC, they never heard of such a thing. Go figure. For what it's worth This unit is rooted s-off and on .stock 204. This is my 2nd unit, the first one also did it when on Viper. I have seen of several instances of this happening as noted in other forums. My guess is a software programming issue in the base rom.
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I contacted HTC there is NO overheat alarm in the unit. If it overheats it will shut down!!!
RLGL said:
Mine did that the other day while on the charger. It started before I woke up and continued until I made a call some 20 minutes later. One thing I discovered was all the sound options were grayed out. While it was making the noise I put it on vibrate. I also had a Verizon tech on another phone, he had no clue. He also contacted HTC, they never heard of such a thing. Go figure. For what it's worth This unit is rooted s-off and on .stock 204. This is my 2nd unit, the first one also did it when on Viper. I have seen of several instances of this happening as noted in other forums. My guess is a software programming issue in the base rom.
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I contacted HTC there is NO overheat alarm in the unit. If it overheats it will shut down!!!
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FWIW, mine is stock rom -- not rooted.
Just had this happen to me. Full battery, full 4g reception, and not running anything! I did a restart and gone for now.
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I have the same problem and posted in another thread, but this ringing sound is not related to overheating, roaming or anything else as far as I can tell. It's happened at least 6 or more times over the last several months. I do know that if you have your buds in and it starts chirping it is a full volume blast even though the media volume is turned way down. I had that experience yesterday while at work. While listening to music I still need to hear the paging system so my music is faint, but the ringing went straight through my head from ear to ear. Battery temperature was 86 F degrees, wasn't roaming, didn't have any alarms or alerts set, nothing on the notification bar and the ring sound is not one I can pick from any list. The only way to stop it is to restart the phone. Damned annoying!
I'm hoping that the future Verizon update for my DNA (Sense 5 and a more current Android version) will fix the problem. Someday the handset manufacturers will be able to incorporate an adaptive radio that can cover a range of say 400 Mhz to 5 Ghz and we'll just work with one radio to cover all our needs and connect with any friendly source. If we had that today I'd have a HTC One in my pocket.
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cant say that i have experienced this. havent heard anyone else complain of it either. But flashing a new kernel aand rom will likely solve the problem.
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It will do this no mater what ROM or stock
x4sper said:
Sounds like the internal overheat alarm. Your phones defective go exchange it
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Phone not defective, neither Verizon or HTC have a clue what is happening. There is no overheat alarm on the unit, it will shut down when too hot.
I've had my gear S for 3 weeks now and really enjoy the device. I'm a everyday watch guy, so my biggest gripe about the gear s when it came in was the screen going black. I hated the motion activation or pressing the screen/button to wake up the device. I found that under settings-style-clock there is a clock always on setting. Once I turned this on, and turned off motion wakeup, very happy with being able to see time at an glance.
So this brings me to my question, why only do the first couple included watch faces have a nice analog always on black and white faces, every other one I've tried is just a simple, boring, and small digital time? Do people not use this feature, can you create this black and white always on face in watch styler and other watch face creation tools? Anyone know if a downloadable watchface in the gear store that has a nice always on black and white face?
New to the tizen camp and have been reading for days on the forums, having come across anything that addresses what I'm looking for. Thanks for reading
I purchased something called big watch and arranged for the screen to have an always on future. Battery life was nominal but you can also use the minimal watch face black and white. There's also some very light colored white dot matrix clocks as well. Just look through the Samsung store and you will find something.
Biggest problem with Clock Always On is the fact that the screen will be responsive to touch all the time. That results in random operation by the gear. The other day i was wearing long sleeves and ended up calling 2 people randomly.
Try it yourself, put it on always on and touch the screen, device will wake up, and you can end up calling people or any other random operation. Definitely not great.
hmm, I'm 3 weeks into always on mode, and yes the screen does respond to touch. Yet I havent had any real issues with unit being activated by my sleeves. I've been wearing a jacket everyday since owning the unit. Without Always ON Clock, I would not have kept the watch. I'm just disappointing with the the always on options from other watch faces.... looks like I'm sticking with stock faces for now.
I will try again and see if my sleeves will operate the watch on their own. Maybe that day my sleeves were full of static or something. It just freaked me out immensely because it ended up calling a business contact at a very late hour.
However, my second biggest problem with always on (even with the fancy samsung analog dials) is that you don't see anything except time. No pedometer, no notifications, no weather, nothing but time. You would still need to tap the screen to get any of that information. Even with the motion gesture you don't get to see anything more than time until you click, even though it gives the impression that the whole dial is lit up (this part is especially annoying).
ozaghloul said:
Biggest problem with Clock Always On is the fact that the screen will be responsive to touch all the time. That results in random operation by the gear. The other day i was wearing long sleeves and ended up calling 2 people randomly.
Try it yourself, put it on always on and touch the screen, device will wake up, and you can end up calling people or any other random operation. Definitely not great.
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I've been using clock always on for the last two weeks and have had no issue with my sleeves waking the device accidentally. as the above poster alluded to, it really does make it a better experience.
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And this brings me back to, are there any other watch faces that have a analog style, always on face? Even the low power faces on gear store, when you go to the always on clock face, its a crappy little digital clock... frustrating. If you make a watchface in watch styler, can you dictate what the always on clock face is??
I suppose that I will have to try the time on option and see if there are any accidental operations performed.
What is battery life with clock always on? Right now I get two days.
NinjaMom said:
What is battery life with clock always on? Right now I get two days.
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How do you get 2 days? Got mine 2 days ago and I'm barely past 14 hours and I only have 12% left and I just enabled Power Save mode. Please help. Thanks.
NeoAndroid said:
How do you get 2 days? Got mine 2 days ago and I'm barely past 14 hours and I only have 12% left and I just enabled Power Save mode. Please help. Thanks.
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(1) The more time you spend with the watch's cellular radio on while not being connected to your phone via bluetooth, the less battery life.
(2) The more you stream music via the watch, the less battery life.
(3) The weaker cellular zone you live in (or pass through), the more battery drain. If cellular is on and your device has a weak connection or is searching for connection, the more battery drain.
(4) What network is your watch on? What network is your phone on? How good is your signal where you live? What phone are you using with the device? Is it running stock 4.3 or higher? Is it running a ROM?
I usually get 1.5 days with the always on clock. Typically 30-50% battery left when I charge at night with moderate to heavy use throughout day. I'm connected via BT to my phone 99% of the time.
WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE/CHANGE SOME ALWAYS ON CLOCK FACES, ESPECIALLY IN WATCH STYLER!!!!!
NeoAndroid said:
How do you get 2 days? Got mine 2 days ago and I'm barely past 14 hours and I only have 12% left and I just enabled Power Save mode. Please help. Thanks.
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I do not have any motions turned on. WiFi off. Only remote connect for an hour run and when I have to at the barn. I don't get a ton of emails.
At first it i didn't get 2 days. After several cycles the battery broke in and getting 2 days just sort of happened.
Sampson0420 said:
WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE/CHANGE SOME ALWAYS ON CLOCK FACES, ESPECIALLY IN WATCH STYLER!!!!!
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I suspect that it's something more complex than Watch Styler is likely to support, at least in the near future.
I was having a quick look round online the other day and even on a Tizen Developers forum, nobody seems to know how to make use of the 'Always On' feature.
I am a watchface developer and Iam trying to figure out how to make watchfaces like the first 2 native watchfaces.
I could not find the info yet.
If anyone has any idea, please share here...
mrmrmrmr said:
I am a watchface developer and Iam trying to figure out how to make watchfaces like the first 2 native watchfaces.
I could not find the info yet.
If anyone has any idea, please share here...
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Good thinking. Please do. We all would love to see nice looking watchfaceses in "clock always on" mode.
eclipse05x said:
Good thinking. Please do. We all would love to see nice looking watchfaceses in "clock always on" mode.
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Good idea as long as the power drain is not that much more.
ronaldheld said:
Good idea as long as the power drain is not that much more.
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According to my test it's about 13% of battery more consumed during 10h so it's not that bad I think...
NeoAndroid said:
How do you get 2 days? Got mine 2 days ago and I'm barely past 14 hours and I only have 12% left and I just enabled Power Save mode. Please help. Thanks.
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Also try turning off the location setting on your gear S when you don't need to use it. Should help the battery last longer.
I'm using the motion to wake feature.