Problems with alarm after 1.4 update

jbemdoc · 03/02/2010, 07:37 AM

Since updating to WebOS 1.4, my phones alarm clock only alarms briefly (similar to an event alarm)...before the update it went off continuously until I silenced it...anyone else having this problem?

Malyshka · 03/02/2010, 07:59 AM

I have always had problems with the alarm. Even before the update.

youngusaplaya · 03/02/2010, 08:01 AM

mine did not go off yesterday and after checking I had all three of my presets set for 2:00 AM

brooklyn pre · 03/03/2010, 02:46 PM

I always used to use my alarm to wake up every morning and i did it with the ringer off. since the 1.4 update it hasn't worked with the alarm off and when i go to sound preferences there are only 2 options under the "ringer switch off": vibrate & mute

Why Palm, why?!? dubs to the tee to the eff

this is a serious drawback and inexplicable, especially considering all the good things i've been waiting for

NINnerd · 03/03/2010, 05:06 PM

My alarms aren't going off either. I've even tried to erase them and add them back. Nothing. Not even a vibrate. I have them set to sound even with the ringer switched off.

I have no idea what to do. I depend on these alarms.

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Originally Posted by brooklyn pre

I always used to use my alarm to wake up every morning and i did it with the ringer off. since the 1.4 update it hasn't worked with the alarm off and when i go to sound preferences there are only 2 options under the "ringer switch off": vibrate & mute

Why Palm, why?!? dubs to the tee to the eff

this is a serious drawback and inexplicable, especially considering all the good things i've been waiting for

If you go to your alarms, then go to Preferences, that is where you select to have the sound play even when the ringer is switched off.

NINnerd · 03/03/2010, 05:07 PM

Oh, and my alarms have also been touch and go since before 1.4.

efiniti · 03/04/2010, 05:39 AM

Having the same problem. Anybody try resetting their phone?

NINnerd · 03/04/2010, 04:15 PM

Ok, my 8:30am weekdays alarm went off late today, but I think I got some calls right before that intercepted the alarm (I was still half asleep...so this info is fuzzy).

We will see if my 5pm daily alarm goes off. I set an alarm earlier (just a 'ring once' once), and it was perfect.

Btw, I have restarted my phone several times since yesterday.

NINnerd · 03/07/2010, 05:16 PM

Ok, so my alarm didn't go off at 5pm today (daily alarm). So I went to look at my alarms, and they were all gone. W T F?!

Anyone else?

oakridge outdoors · 03/08/2010, 09:10 AM

I am having the same issues with my alarms not going off.
After the OTA 1.4 update, I doctored my phone anyway to start fresh.
Recreated my alarms and nothing. I do turn my ringer switch off at night. Never stopped the alarms from working before.

I had a few issues with the alarm before 1.4, however, it could have been from other apps/patches I had on the phone. This alarm issue happens on a fresh doctored phone before any patches/other apps loaded.

blu8503 · 03/08/2010, 09:19 AM

ok guys this is what I did to fix my alarm issues.......turn off any alrms currently turned on. Swipe and delete all alarms, then re add them, if when the setup new alarm window displays the same info from a previous alarm then don't set it up cause it wont work, but what you should see is new alarm setup with default sets then setup the alarm and all works well. Hope this helps everyone out I was getting frustrated like crazy

Gilligan3816 · 03/10/2010, 07:56 AM

My alarm was turned on to wake me up at 5am this morning. I silenced the ringer, but that hasn't affected the alarm regardless. My alarm never went off this morning. When I looked at the screen, there was no alarm notification on the screen. Then after I went into the alarm, as if to edit it, and exited back out, the notification showed up. So I guess if the notification is not visible, the alarm is not REALLY on, although it shows to be on.

PALM, PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE!!! I cannot rely on my alarm any longer!

nettyspre · 03/10/2010, 09:09 AM

mine comes up, upside down and will go to landscape but nothing not the right way

NoSyMe · 03/10/2010, 10:51 AM

I have no problems at all with my O2 Germany-Pre. I have the setting that all alarms should go off, even if the ringer is on(in terms of: just vibrate, just make noise for alarms)

debilater · 03/10/2010, 12:42 PM

I am on O² as well and facing the same problems. This morning an alarm set to fire at 06:15 ringed at 07:00.

I checked the source of com.palm.app.clock 1.0-26 (webOS 1.3.5.2) and 1.0-27 (webOS 1.4). There are only changes in HTML and languaga stuff, Javascript (assistants etc) didn't change at all. So, it's not a bug in the clock app.

Instead I think the powerd daemon is the source of the problem. If I look at the logs, I can see the following for my 06:15 alarm:

2010-03-10T06:48:53.586517Z [22476] palm-webos-device user.info powerd: {powerd}: POWERD-TIMEOUT: _power_timeout_set (com.palm.app.clock,timequakeSnooze2,wakeup) in 00:10:00

2010-03-10T06:59:24.495269Z [23107] palm-webos-device user.info powerd: {powerd}: POWERD-TIMEOUT: _power_timeout_set (com.palm.app.clock,timequake2,wakeup) at 03/11/2010 06:15:00

2010-03-10T06:59:24.531158Z [23107] palm-webos-device user.info powerd: {powerd}: POWERD-TIMEOUT: _power_timeout_clear (com.palm.app.clock,timequakeSnooze2,private)

As you can see, the powerd has the correct wakeup time registered but just thinks it would be a good idea to do it sometimes later.

debilater · 03/10/2010, 12:51 PM

I filed a bugreport

debilater · 03/11/2010, 01:35 PM

It's getting really funny.

I enabled crond and wrote a little wakeup shellscript (attached). It's got 121 lines of code (including comments and debug prints) and has more features than palms alarm clock app - so if someone ever wants a prove that the clock app on webOS is not woth the money, find it attached.

However, the funny thing is, that crond is unhappy with webOS' time system as well, as I can now see lots of messages in syslog as those:

2010-03-11T08:15:21.290100Z [20166] palm-webos-device cron.err crond[5450]: time disparity of 70 minutes detected
2010-03-11T09:15:30.641143Z [20176] palm-webos-device cron.err crond[5450]: time disparity of 60 minutes detected

And don't tell me about ntp, my palm is offline most of the time...

santosjrm · 03/11/2010, 05:19 PM

I also notice that my alrm did not go off yesterday.

03/02/2010, 07:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
jbemdoc Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 13 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Problems with alarm after 1.4 update Since updating to WebOS 1.4, my phones alarm clock only alarms briefly (similar to an event alarm)...before the update it went off continuously until I silenced it...anyone else having this problem?
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03/02/2010, 07:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Malyshka Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 90 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 51 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I have always had problems with the alarm. Even before the update.
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03/02/2010, 08:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
youngusaplaya Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 29 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	mine did not go off yesterday and after checking I had all three of my presets set for 2:00 AM
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03/03/2010, 02:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
brooklyn pre Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I always used to use my alarm to wake up every morning and i did it with the ringer off. since the 1.4 update it hasn't worked with the alarm off and when i go to sound preferences there are only 2 options under the "ringer switch off": vibrate & mute Why Palm, why?!? dubs to the tee to the eff this is a serious drawback and inexplicable, especially considering all the good things i've been waiting for
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03/03/2010, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
NINnerd Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Texas, USA Posts: 376 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 100 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Oh, and my alarms have also been touch and go since before 1.4. __________________ What if this whole crusade's a charade? -Trent Reznor
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03/04/2010, 05:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
efiniti Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Having the same problem. Anybody try resetting their phone?
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03/04/2010, 04:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
NINnerd Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Texas, USA Posts: 376 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 100 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Ok, my 8:30am weekdays alarm went off late today, but I think I got some calls right before that intercepted the alarm (I was still half asleep...so this info is fuzzy). We will see if my 5pm daily alarm goes off. I set an alarm earlier (just a 'ring once' once), and it was perfect. Btw, I have restarted my phone several times since yesterday. __________________ What if this whole crusade's a charade? -Trent Reznor
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03/07/2010, 05:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
NINnerd Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Texas, USA Posts: 376 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 100 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Ok, so my alarm didn't go off at 5pm today (daily alarm). So I went to look at my alarms, and they were all gone. W T F?! Anyone else? __________________ What if this whole crusade's a charade? -Trent Reznor
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03/08/2010, 09:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
oakridge outdoors Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,156 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 261 Thanked 177 Times in 157 Posts	I am having the same issues with my alarms not going off. After the OTA 1.4 update, I doctored my phone anyway to start fresh. Recreated my alarms and nothing. I do turn my ringer switch off at night. Never stopped the alarms from working before. I had a few issues with the alarm before 1.4, however, it could have been from other apps/patches I had on the phone. This alarm issue happens on a fresh doctored phone before any patches/other apps loaded.
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03/08/2010, 09:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
blu8503 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 130 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 14 Thanked 19 Times in 13 Posts	ok guys this is what I did to fix my alarm issues.......turn off any alrms currently turned on. Swipe and delete all alarms, then re add them, if when the setup new alarm window displays the same info from a previous alarm then don't set it up cause it wont work, but what you should see is new alarm setup with default sets then setup the alarm and all works well. Hope this helps everyone out I was getting frustrated like crazy
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03/10/2010, 07:56 AM	#12 (permalink)
Gilligan3816 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 170 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 26 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	My alarm was turned on to wake me up at 5am this morning. I silenced the ringer, but that hasn't affected the alarm regardless. My alarm never went off this morning. When I looked at the screen, there was no alarm notification on the screen. Then after I went into the alarm, as if to edit it, and exited back out, the notification showed up. So I guess if the notification is not visible, the alarm is not REALLY on, although it shows to be on. PALM, PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE!!! I cannot rely on my alarm any longer!
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03/10/2010, 09:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
nettyspre Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 24 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 27 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	mine comes up, upside down and will go to landscape but nothing not the right way
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03/10/2010, 10:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
NoSyMe Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 27 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have no problems at all with my O2 Germany-Pre. I have the setting that all alarms should go off, even if the ringer is on(in terms of: just vibrate, just make noise for alarms)
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03/10/2010, 12:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
debilater Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 145 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 9 Thanked 59 Times in 23 Posts	I am on O² as well and facing the same problems. This morning an alarm set to fire at 06:15 ringed at 07:00. I checked the source of com.palm.app.clock 1.0-26 (webOS 1.3.5.2) and 1.0-27 (webOS 1.4). There are only changes in HTML and languaga stuff, Javascript (assistants etc) didn't change at all. So, it's not a bug in the clock app. Instead I think the powerd daemon is the source of the problem. If I look at the logs, I can see the following for my 06:15 alarm: 2010-03-10T06:48:53.586517Z [22476] palm-webos-device user.info powerd: {powerd}: POWERD-TIMEOUT: _power_timeout_set (com.palm.app.clock,timequakeSnooze2,wakeup) in 00:10:00 2010-03-10T06:59:24.495269Z [23107] palm-webos-device user.info powerd: {powerd}: POWERD-TIMEOUT: _power_timeout_set (com.palm.app.clock,timequake2,wakeup) at 03/11/2010 06:15:00 2010-03-10T06:59:24.531158Z [23107] palm-webos-device user.info powerd: {powerd}: POWERD-TIMEOUT: _power_timeout_clear (com.palm.app.clock,timequakeSnooze2,private) As you can see, the powerd has the correct wakeup time registered but just thinks it would be a good idea to do it sometimes later.
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03/10/2010, 12:51 PM	#16 (permalink)
debilater Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 145 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 9 Thanked 59 Times in 23 Posts	I filed a bugreport
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03/11/2010, 05:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
santosjrm Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I also notice that my alrm did not go off yesterday.
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