Alarm Clock

[rohanlady4]

The stock alarm clock is driving me batty. First off, to reach it, you must go through about 4 steps. But what drives me batty is that it consistently will play for just a few seconds and stop. Several times last week it went off only for a fraction of a second. I caught it the second morning it did this because I was already awake waiting for my alarm to go of. Settings were all fine. Deleted that alarm and redid it. Worked fine a few mornings and now, for 2 mornings in a row, it goes off for approximately 3 seconds before stopping. This is the first thing I've seen about the N2 that I definitely don't like. Recommendations for a decent easy to use alarm appreciated.

 

[DroidXcon]

Wow that's crazy. I was telling my wife just the other day that this was the best alarm I've had. I def have had a different experience
What 4 steps are you taking about

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[rohanlady4]

1. Swipe down the top bar.
2. Tap the clock.
3. Tap the City.
4. Tap Alarm.

Silly! And I can't find a way to manage multiple times. On my old T-bolt I had 3 different alarms listed with a checkbox next to each. On that, I just tapped the clock on the home screen, tapped the alarm icon and managed the alarms. This morning I added a second alarm for 30 minutes past my usual. First one went off instead. That was OK cause hubby woke up about 5 minutes earlier.

 

[DroidXcon]

1. Swipe down the top bar.
2. Tap the clock.
3. Tap the City.
4. Tap Alarm.

Silly! And I can't find a way to manage multiple times. On my old T-bolt I had 3 different alarms listed with a checkbox next to each. On that, I just tapped the clock on the home screen, tapped the alarm icon and managed the alarms. This morning I added a second alarm for 30 minutes past my usual. First one went off instead. That was OK cause hubby woke up about 5 minutes earlier.

Open the app drawer , go to clock, long press and put it on your home screen , then it is just one click away.
Or long press on home screen , select widgets, then place the alarm widget on home screen.
I have 6 alarms set for different functions at work and they all go off properly.

 

[rohanlady4]

Clock widgets are weird. Modern clock, dual clocks? No plain old large clock widget like on my old T-bolt? I could do the weather widget with clock, but I used My-Cast Weather instead.

All said, that doesn't solve my initial problem that the alarm goes off for just a few seconds. Maybe it's just my phone being strange, but I will find a decent alarm app instead.

 

[bvitale]

I really liked Gentle Alarm on my Thunderbolt.

 

[OffSpot2]

I tried several alarm clocks but stayed with Alarm Clock Xtreme. It has never failed me and has lots of great options.

 

[karsdroid]

use the alarm Clock widget...works great.

 

[Dr. Droidberg]

I really liked Gentle Alarm on my Thunderbolt.

I used Gentle Alarm on my Droid Incredible & loved it because I could set a silent alarm with just the vibrate that would wake me up & not my wife. It doesn't work now that I've upgraded to the Note 2 because the vibrate is so quiet. I actually have instances where I don't feel it in my pocket @ work.

 

[myotherbrotherdarrell]

UniqLo wakeUp is the app I've been using