wave to dismiss alarms..problem

[dhc8guru]

When my morning alarm goes off, I have to wave over the screen like I am shooing away a swarm of bee's before the alarm will dismiss. Don't know why it doesn't work as smooth and effortless as waving over the sleeping screen. Anyone else notice this problem?

 

[delrey1900]

Is it completely dark when your alarm goes off? Mine has an issue too when I wake up been it's really dark in my room. I usually just use the touch/swipe to snooze it. The few times there is light in the room, it works. Not sure if it's a lighting thing or not.

 

[Curtendz]

None of my wave over the phone stuff seems to work when my phone is charging. Anyone else having this problem?

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[alphabets]

I also have this issue. The wave function works fine when I just swipe my hand over the phone to display the time..but it does not work at all to silence an alarm. I do have my phone plugged in when I'm trying to silence it, as I charge the phone at night and set my alarm. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

 

[Green_Laser]

first alarm this morning, I was able to wave over to dismiss while plugged in

second alarm, no go (also while plugged in)

 

[DC Wuff]

I've never been able to get it to work consistently.

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[Citizen Coyote]

Make sure your hand isn't too low, the Moto X is kind of farsighted. I could never get this to work until I made sure to keep my hand at least 6" above the screen (it's higher than you think). Note that I seldom use this feature myself, so it's possible I've just been lucky so far.