Snooze Alarm SNAFU

[paradroid]

First, I used my trusty paid alarm app Alarm Clock Plus. However, it would not work in the mornings. Testing in the middle of the day the alarm worked fine, only after several hours of no phone usage overnight did the alarm not work. I figured some type of deep sleep mode prevented the Alarm from firing.

So I switched to the stock alarm which pretty much does everything that Alarm Clock Plus did for me.

Now the alarm goes off fine in the morning, phone lights up with the snooze/turn off options showing on screen, however, if I try to snooze it the screen does not respond to touch. I have to fumble with the phone and pick it up to hit the fingerprint sensor to wake the phone so I can then snooze the alarm for 10 more minutes of glories sleep.

However, after going through all that I am wide awake and just get up anyway.

It seems overnight the phone goes into a deep sleep or something..,?

Phone is plugged in overnight so no reason for it to be in a battery saver type mode.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Almeuit]

That is weird -- so you swipe to snooze and it prompts finger print? Mine isn't doing that and I haven't really changed anything. Hmm..

 

[anon(10274434)]

Move the phone so you have to get out of bed to shut the alarm off - JMO

"10 more minutes of glorious sleep" - really ? -

 

[paradroid]

That is weird -- so you swipe to snooze and it prompts finger print? Mine isn't doing that and I haven't really changed anything. Hmm..

The screen is on, alarm going off but screen does not respond to my attempts to swipe snooze on (or turn off the alarm) until I pick it up and hit the finger print sensor. Then I see the alarm screen and can snooze or turn off the alarm.

"10 more minutes of glorious sleep" - really ? -

I like my human sleep mode state.

 

[N4Newbie]

Move the phone so you have to get out of bed to shut the alarm off - JMO

"10 more minutes of glorious sleep" - really ? -

Lol.

FWIW, Snooze length is configurable when you setup an alarm...

I, however, nearly always awaken on my own prior to my 5:00 AM weekday alarm. In my younger days, I would sleep through an alarm blaring so loudly that the neighbors would complain.

 

[nelamvr6]

Have you tried uninstalling the other alarm app you tried?

 

[nelamvr6]

Lol.

FWIW, Snooze length is configurable when you setup an alarm...

True. But I wish there was an option to not enable snooze for alarms. Just a minor quibble, I wouldn't even have mentioned it if it hadn't come up.

 

[paradroid]

Have you tried uninstalling the other alarm app you tried?

yes


This is difficult to troubleshoot because it only happens when it wakes me in the morning.

 

[paradroid]

Lol.

FWIW, Snooze length is configurable when you setup an alarm...

Snooze length is not the problem, it is snoozing the alarm without picking up the phone and hitting the fingerprint sensor to activate the alarm screen.

 

[N4Newbie]

Snooze length is not the problem, it is snoozing the alarm without picking up the phone and hitting the fingerprint sensor to activate the alarm screen.

I know; I was directing that to the other poster.

Are you using any battery-saver type apps?

Have you messed around with battery optimization defaults at all?

Do you have any Developer Options enabled? If so, which ones?

What is your general security profile?

As I said above, I normally awaken and am out of bed before my alarm triggers, so I just drag down the notification bar and dismiss it from there.

However, there was a day last week when the alarm did go off and I accidentally swiped to snooze and it worked as one would expect.

 

[nelamvr6]

I have no issues getting the screen to respond when turning my alarm off in the morning.

 

[paradroid]

I know; I was directing that to the other poster.

Are you using any battery-saver type apps?

Have you messed around with battery optimization defaults at all?

Do you have any Developer Options enabled? If so, which ones?

What is your general security profile?

As I said above, I normally awaken and am out of bed before my alarm triggers, so I just drag down the notification bar and dismiss it from there.

However, there was a day last week when the alarm did go off and I accidentally swiped to snooze and it worked as one would expect.

"Are you using any battery-saver type apps?"
-No

"Have you messed around with battery optimization defaults at all?"
-No. In Power Management, Battery Saver option is set to Off never turn on automatically. Ambian display is set to always on.

"Do you have any Developer Options enabled? If so, which ones?"
-No

"What is your general security profile?"
-In security settings I think mostly default stuff. I have Screen Lock pattern, Smart lock on and finger print on. Any other security settings to check?

"As I said above, I normally awaken and am out of bed before my alarm triggers, so I just drag down the notification bar and dismiss it from there."

Now in my 50's, many of my buddies have the same problem. They tell me they can't sleep late anymore. Old man's curse I think. I kind of wish I had that problem because I still sleep like a teenager in the morning.


One thing I will troubleshoot tonight... I use a program called Sound Profile, it puts the phone to silent between 11 PM and 7 AM (only a few family members can get calls through during these hours). My alarm goes off at 8 AM after the silent profile turns itself off. I will turn off this app tonight and see if the alarm screen responds.

 

[anon(10274434)]

I have no issues getting the screen to respond when turning my alarm off in the morning.

Me neither

 

[N4Newbie]

"Are you using any battery-saver type apps?"
-No

"Have you messed around with battery optimization defaults at all?"
-No. In Power Management, Battery Saver option is set to Off never turn on automatically. Ambian display is set to always on.

"Do you have any Developer Options enabled? If so, which ones?"
-No

"What is your general security profile?"
-In security settings I think mostly default stuff. I have Screen Lock pattern, Smart lock on and finger print on. Any other security settings to check?

"As I said above, I normally awaken and am out of bed before my alarm triggers, so I just drag down the notification bar and dismiss it from there."

Now in my 50's, many of my buddies have the same problem. They tell me they can't sleep late anymore. Old man's curse I think. I kind of wish I had that problem because I still sleep like a teenager in the morning.


One thing I will troubleshoot tonight... I use a program called Sound Profile, it puts the phone to silent between 11 PM and 7 AM (only a few family members can get calls through during these hours). My alarm goes off at 8 AM after the silent profile turns itself off. I will turn off this app tonight and see if the alarm screen responds.

FWIW, you don't need Sound Profile to do that any longer. Go to Settings -> Sound -> Do Not Disturb Preferences and +Add more. My "Quiet Nights" rule looks like this:

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With "Priority Only", only people in my contacts that I have "Starred" (at top right of contact info page) can break through the Do Not Disturb when active.

 

[nelamvr6]

"Are you using any battery-saver type apps?"
-No

"Have you messed around with battery optimization defaults at all?"
-No. In Power Management, Battery Saver option is set to Off never turn on automatically. Ambian display is set to always on.

"Do you have any Developer Options enabled? If so, which ones?"
-No

"What is your general security profile?"
-In security settings I think mostly default stuff. I have Screen Lock pattern, Smart lock on and finger print on. Any other security settings to check?

"As I said above, I normally awaken and am out of bed before my alarm triggers, so I just drag down the notification bar and dismiss it from there."

Now in my 50's, many of my buddies have the same problem. They tell me they can't sleep late anymore. Old man's curse I think. I kind of wish I had that problem because I still sleep like a teenager in the morning.


One thing I will troubleshoot tonight... I use a program called Sound Profile, it puts the phone to silent between 11 PM and 7 AM (only a few family members can get calls through during these hours). My alarm goes off at 8 AM after the silent profile turns itself off. I will turn off this app tonight and see if the alarm screen responds.

Why would you use a 3rd party app when the built-in "Do Not Disturb" function works perfectly well?

It seems to me, as a disinterested observer, that you have a pattern of consistently using 3rd party apps when Android Oreo has built-in functions that work perfectly well.

You use this Sound Profile app, you use Alarm Clock Plus, I'm curious why you don't at least try the default functions.

It's none of my business, of course, but I'm curious.

I hope you post back with your findings, I'm curious if disabling this 3rd party do not disturb app fixes your issue.

 

[myriad46]

I had a problem my first night because auto-rotate was disabled and I was trying to 'swipe up' to dismiss, but I sleep with my phone in landscape. My night clock app was rotating, but the alarm screen was showing up in portrait and my swipes weren't dismissing the alarm. I also can't see crap with my glasses which added to the confusion.

 

[N4Newbie]

Why would you use a 3rd party app when the built-in "Do Not Disturb" function works perfectly well?

It seems to me, as a disinterested observer, that you have a pattern of consistently using 3rd party apps when Android Oreo has built-in functions that work perfectly well.

You use this Sound Profile app, you use Alarm Clock Plus, I'm curious why you don't at least try the default functions.

It's none of my business, of course, but I'm curious.

I hope you post back with your findings, I'm curious if disabling this 3rd party do not disturb app fixes your issue.

To be fair, these Do Not Disturb functions are relatively new and easily missed if you are not the type of user who really tears into a new phone/OS to learn all the neat, new, stuff that's in it.

 

[paradroid]

FWIW, you don't need Sound Profile to do that any longer. Go to Settings -> Sound -> Do Not Disturb Preferences and +Add more. My "Quiet Nights" rule looks like this:

With "Priority Only", only people in my contacts that I have "Starred" (at top right of contact info page) can break through the Do Not Disturb when active.

You know, when I first got phone I discovered my app called "Profile Manager" that carried over from my Samsung was not turning on and off properly. After much trouble shooting I uninstalled that and I tried the built in Do Not Disturb but wanted to control more settings like wifi, bluetooth, data overnight than just sound. The first few days I did not have a compatible USB-C plug at my nightstand so I left phone on battery overnight. I wanted minimal overnight battery drain.

So I installed and set up Sound Profile and it seem to do the job.

Now I have a power source at my nightstand and phone is plugged in so I guess no reason to shut everything down overnight. Plus I think the Pixel has minimal battery drain overnight when not in use so Sound Profile is probably overkill.

I just disabled Sound Profile and turned on the Do Not Disturb built in feature.

I'll report back but I bet Sound Profile is the culprit. Fingers crossed.

Everyone loves a good mystery.

 

[paradroid]

I had a problem my first night because auto-rotate was disabled and I was trying to 'swipe up' to dismiss, but I sleep with my phone in landscape. My night clock app was rotating, but the alarm screen was showing up in portrait and my swipes weren't dismissing the alarm. I also can't see crap with my glasses which added to the confusion.

Haha, I am with you on not being able to see crap without glasses, but I put on my glasses so I could see what the heck I needed to swipe and which way.

 

[paradroid]

Why would you use a 3rd party app when the built-in "Do Not Disturb" function works perfectly well?

It seems to me, as a disinterested observer, that you have a pattern of consistently using 3rd party apps when Android Oreo has built-in functions that work perfectly well.

You use this Sound Profile app, you use Alarm Clock Plus, I'm curious why you don't at least try the default functions.

It's none of my business, of course, but I'm curious.

I hope you post back with your findings, I'm curious if disabling this 3rd party do not disturb app fixes your issue.

I loved Alarm Clock Plus because I could set the alarm to open Pandora an start playing my morning music station. Pleasant soft rock and country. Just like and old fashioned clock radio, wake up to a different songs each day. When I snoozed that alarm, it would put the phone on silent for x minutes and then turn up the sound again when the snooze ended. If it could not connect to Pandora for some reason, it would do a default alarm.

It was great, however, about a year ago Pandora changed their app so if the sound was off for more than a few minutes the station would pause, so when the snooze ended Pandora came back on but did not play music because it was on pause and I had a few over-sleep adventures.

As a creature of habit, I turned off the open Pandora option and had it do a standard ring tone alarm and never looked back until it started acting wonky on the pixel.

I am now using the built in Alarm but sure wish someone would come up with an alarm app that would play music instead of the same ring tone. There are apps that will play a song but the best way to ruin a song for life is to have it wake you up every morning. I think there may be some that will do a play list but IIRC they always start with song number 1.

Pandora app now has an alarm clock built in, but if it can't connect, no default ringtone alarm possible and whether it actually works at all is hit and miss which is not good for an alarm clock.


My flawed login in using the Sound Profile app is detailed above.

I would like to get rid of Nova launcher because it seems to always be at the top of my battery usage apps, but it has so many great features that I can't get myself to turn it off.