Help!!!! Alarm is useless! It just doesn't go off!!! - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. I have a gt7100 and the stock alarm is abysmal. I have to use the stock because it is the only one that works past my lock screen.
Just to clarify - It doesn't activate itself, so It fails to come on. Hence I've gotten up very late on a couple of occasions.
It is definitely on, and is set to repeat every week....
It does work if you set it for 1 minute later and just wait, but if you leave it, something happens which makes it not go off.
Somebody was saying something about programs that could cause this, but I don't have ANY lock screen widgets..... Is that even possible? I don't have widget locker installed.
The programs/services that were running last night / shown by Wheres my droid power (app). This was a long 2 minutes.
Nexus Revamped pro
Nova Launcher
Switchpro Widget
System UI
Switfkey 3
Light Manager
HD Widgets
S Suggest
Falcon for Twitter
Facebook
Phone
Twitter
Slideshow
Youtube
TWDVfsapp
Beautiful Widgets
BadgeProvider
BatterWidget Reborn
Viber
SwipePad
Wheres my droid power
Temp+CPU PRO
com.sec.android.app.FlashBarServ
Messaging
ContextProvider
Samsung Push Service
Maps
BBC News
Poweramp
LogsProvider
Contacts
Email
Nfc Service
SysScope
Hill Climb Racing
S Note
BetterBatteryStats
Google Account Manager
Advanced Task Manager Pro
Resources Provider
SmartcardService
com.android.smspush
Enterprise VPN Services
Enterprise Syscrope Service
App Lock
SwipePad
Messenger
Wizz Widget
Stock Daemon(EUR)
MapServiceSamsung
SuperSU
Maps
Google+
Google Play Store
WhatsApp
Kaspersky Mobile Security
Clock
Exchange Services
Software update
S Voice
Package installed
Simple alarm clock
MTP Application
Google Search
Remote Controls
Allshare play
Learning Hub
Video Hub
Gallery
Package Access Helper
S Planner
Help
Titanium Backup
Samsung Backup
Settings
My Story
Factory Mode
Battery Monitor Widget Pro
Allshare play
DSMLawmo
Where's my droid
AvrcpServiceSamsung
Google play services
Calendar Storage
GlanceViewMK
Samsung Account
Google Partner Set up
Favorite Apps
MusicFX
SecPhone
SamsungAppsUNA2
Key Chain
Task Manager
Swipepad
Remote Controls
Capability Manager Service
No other alarms applications are installed either.
Please help as I just got my old iPhone 4 to use as my alarm (Airplane Mode). Really want to get this problem fixed. Can't stand using the iPhone as my alarm.
Also my phone is on stock Touch Wiz 4.1.1 - Rooted. And I use Nova Launcher Prime 2.0
It's understandable why some people just stick with basic iPhones now!

Has nobody experienced this sort of issue? Alarm has always gone off?

Related

App = Awake Time?

Are any of these apps known to cause 100% awake time? I have 100% awake time with CM6, no one else does and I have tried reinstallation. I fear it is caused by one of my dear apps.
I have:
Adobe flash 10.1
android agenda widget
awesome drop
Barcode scanner
beautiful widgets
better cut
bluetooth file transfer
bluetooth share
bookmarks to SD
Chrome to Phone
Colornote
Desktop Visualizer
Dictionary.com
Dolphin Browser HD
Drocap2
Dropbox
ES File Explorer
Facebook 2.3
Fring
Golfcard
Good Morning
Google Voice
Handcent
k-9 mail
LauncherPro
Maps
Moola
Movies
My Tracks
MyBackup Pro
Pandora
Printershare
Qik
Remote Desktop
Root Explorer
ScoreCenter
Set CPU
Shootme
SoundHound
Speed Test
Switchpro Widget
Talk (Google)
Tikl Touch to Talk
Twitter
Weatherbug Elite
Wireless Tether
XDA
By the way, using Spare parts or Android System Info apps, Partial Wake Lock is showing UID 10018 as the top one. But I can't find it to be associated with anything.
Assistance greatly appreciated.

All calls answer on speakerphone.. Help !!

Any reason why all my calls are being answered on SpeakerPhone Mode ?
I have lockbot and launcherpro installed, would either of those cause it ?
Here's a list of everything installed..
Would any of these cause the problem..
I keep deafening myself when I answer the phone !
LockBot Pro
LauncherPro
Sipdroid VoIP + video calling
Barcode Scanner
Digital Clock Widget
Google Maps
Facebook for Android
Dazzle Configurable Switcher
Wheres My Droid
Angry Birds
Flash Player 10.1
Compass
Gmail
YouTube
Google Search
Mini Info
AppBrain App Market
Official eBay Android App
Tip Calculator
Voice Search
Dolphin Browser™ HD
Arti's Fancy Contacts Widget
MyBackup
Google Goggles
Laputa Reader(+Free eBooks)
AndroZip File Manager
ColorNote Notepad Notes
My Tracks
Aloqa - Always Be A Local
Nimbuzz - Call & Chat for FREE
Frozen Bubble
Voip Bandwidth Calculator
App 2 SD (move apps to SD)
Street View on Google Maps
Paper Toss
PapiJump
ASTRO File Manager
XE Currency
SwiFTP FTP Server
Proxoid
happened to me once - reboot your phone?
it fixed mine

[Q] Disable Startup Processes/Applications for Battery's-sake

Hey everyone,
A couple of inquiries...
Startup Processes/Applications
I am looking for a list of processes/applications that have descriptions so I can determine if I can disable them or not. I can't seen to find anything useful and wondered if there was anything out there. I am currently using Startup Manager (Free) to disable the apps. Any ideas?
I am sticking with the default TMo ROM for now. I don't see a big need to move. I have it configured how I was, for now, and I'd rather not do that all over again. The only option I would consider is a move to a bare bones TMo ROM or something like that with most of the bloat out of there.
Freshly Rooted... sort of
I've got my TMo Samsung Galaxy S3 w/ Android 4.3 freshly rooted yesterday. The process wasn't as smooth as I would have liked but for the most part it worked. I had downloaded CF-Auto-Root and use ODIN to transfer the CF-Auto-Root-d2tmo-d2tmo-sght999.tar.md5 file and using SuperUser.zip. I had run into KNOX issues and these were only fixed until after I allowed "Unknown Sources" (under Settings > More > Security) to install the superuser.apk manually to bypass KNOX. Rebooting, SuperUser still doesn't start with the 'stopped' message. So then I have to go through the process again to allow "Unknown Sources" and reinstall the APK. Any ideas?
Also, I've been able to allow some apps to work, whilst others don't seem to work. For instance, I've tried to use Boot Animation * Root to change the Boot Animation, that seems to have an issue changing the file(s). Also, in ES File Explorer, I can't change system\bin\gsiff_daemon to help lower the Android OS process to use less power. Any ideas?
This is an awesome community and I'm glad to start being a part of it.
Thanks,
Johnathan
Thus far I'm down to about 1% drain an hour, what I've done...
Hey guys,
So, I've been continuing to research and change things to get the battery drain lessened. I am about down to 1% drain per hour if left alone. This is what I've done, any further suggestions would be appreciated:
Turned down the display to the lowest setting unless I needed it higher.
Turned off any Live Wallpapers... just using a black background.
With all the stuff on the screen, I can't see it anyway.
CPU Tuner Profiles
Screen On
Governor = Full Speed
Max Freq = 1512
Min Freq = 594 (Now my phone is more responsive when using it.)
All other settings = leave unchanged​
Screen Off
Governor = Save Battery
Max Freq = 486
Min Freq = 486 (One option higher than the lowest setting (384) so it wakes up quicker.)
All other settings = leave unchanged​
WifiScheduler
Power On Daily = 0100
Power Off Daily = 0700
This allows radio comms drain to be lessened since it is using local WiFi. Plus any updates are downloaded.​
Disabled Background Wifi Scanning
Settings > Connection > WiFi > Menu > Advanced > Always allow scanning = unchecked​
Startup Manager (Free)
Disabled User Apps
Aldiko
Amazon MP3
Authenticator
Carbon
Dolphin Browser
Dropbox
Dropsync
Evernote
Facebook
Groupon
HeyZap
iHeartRadio
MortPlayer Audio Books
Pandora
Pry-Fi
Skype
T-Mobile My Account​
Disabled System Apps via Startup Manager Free and Turned Off via Application Manager
(Some are duplicated names so I figured they all could go under the same list.)
Basic Daydreams
Best Face
Bluetooth Share
Bubbles
CapabilityManagerService
ChatOn
Clock(All Widgets)
com.sec.android.allshare.framework
Deep Sea
DirectShareManager
Dual Clock (All Widgets)
EpsonPrintService
Face Unlock
Favorite Apps
Favorite Contacts
Flipboard
Google Partner Setup
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Search
Google Search (Widget)
Google+
Group Play
Hangouts
HP Print Service Plugin
KNOX
Knox Notification Manager
Luninous dots
Mobile print
MobileLife
MobileLife Contacts
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend
Nearby devices
Network Location
News Daemon
PageBuddyNotiSvc
Paper Artist
Phase Beam
Photo Screensavers
Photo Wall
Picasa Uploader
Polaris Viewer
S Memo
S Suggest
Samsung Account
Samsung Apps
Samsung Books
Samsung Browser SyncAdapter
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Quota
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Games
Samsung Keyboard
Samsung Link
Samsung Link (Yes, this shows up twice.)
Samsung Music
Samsung Print Service
Samsung Push Service
Samsung SMemo SyncAdapter
Samsung Syncadapoters
Samsung Video
SamsungAppsUNA2
SmartcardManager
Smartcard Service
Stock Daemon(EUR)
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile Name ID
T-Mobile TV
TalkBack
Weather Daemon (EUR)
Weather Widget
Weather Widget Main
WFDS Print Service Plugin
Wifi Direct
Wifi Direct Share
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! News​
As an added benefit, it also charges faster.
My next step is to see if I can reduce the power used by the attenae to reduce consumption there as well.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Thanks,
Johnathan
Perhaps you should go through De-Bloating. De-Bloat is a process where you remove manufacturer added unnecessory programs and recover space and Battery life.
Here's one of several Guides on programs that you don't need to keep.
Once the un-needed programs are removed, you can remove from startup among those remaining.
johnathanamber said:
Anyone else have any ideas?
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Greenify works wonders for me, both on my S3 and my Xoom. It's not your average battery saving app, it "hibernates" apps that you choose when they're not active, instead of keeping them in memory, which helps keep your phone fast over time, as well as saving battery. After just a couple hours, my Xoom used to be bogged down and it would turn into a battery hog, and I thought it was just because of how old it is. But since I installed Greenify, it's almost as fast as the day I got it, and the battery life is even better than that. Also, I use the BootManager Xposed mod to disable start-up apps, dunno how it compares to the app you're using, but you might wanna check it out. Good luck.
Edit: Also, as far as root goes, I believe there's 5 or 6 different apps you have to remove/freeze to stop Knox. You might try flashing a de-Knoxed stock ROM, that'd almost surely get rid of your root problems.
Doing Better.
Hey everyone,
As a continual work to improve battery life on my SGS3, I've decided to uninstall as many apps can I can on my rooted stock rom. Who knew that by removing extra Google apps would improve battery life!
Recently uninstalled:
Google Goggles
Google Text-to-Speech
Google Translate
Google Voice
SCouldStarter
(Others but I don't remember what they were.)
Turned off:
Basic Daydreams
Best Face
Bubbles
CapabilityManagerService
ChatOn
Clock(All Widgets)
com.sec.android.allshare.framework
Deep Sea
DirectShareManager
Dual Clock (All Widgets)
EpsonPrintService
Face Unlock
Favorite Apps
Favorite Contacts
Flipboard
Google Partner Setup
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Search
Google Search (Widget)
Google+
Group Play
Hangouts
HP Print Service Plugin
Luninous dots
Mobile print
MobileLife
MobileLife Contacts
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS
MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend
Network Location
PageBuddyNotiSvc
Paper Artist
Phase Beam
Photo Screensavers
Photo Wall
Picasa Uploader
Polaris Viewer
S Suggest
Samsung Account
Samsung Apps
Samsung Books
Samsung Browser SyncAdapter
Samsung Calendar SyncAdapter
Samsung Cloud Data Relay
Samsung Cloud Quota
Samsung Contact SyncAdapter
Samsung Games
Samsung Link
Samsung Music
Samsung Print Service
Samsung Push Service
Samsung SMemo SyncAdapter
Samsung Syncadapoters
Samsung Video
SamsungAppsUNA2
Stock Daemon(EUR)
T-Mobile My Account
T-Mobile Name ID
T-Mobile TV
TalkBack
Weather Widget
Weather Widget Main
WFDS Print Service Plugin
Wifi Direct
Wifi Direct Share
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! News
I also have an app that will auto-kill apps when I turn the phone screen on. Don't remember which one it is though, I think it is Android Tuner Free... I also use Startup Manager Free to disable apps during startup.
About that application reference, where are the APKs stored and if you simply remove them using a file explorer, does that stop it from running and 'uninstall' it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35103966&postcount=2
With the above done, my phone boots from start to finish in 58 seconds (According to Startup Manager Free and that's down by about 28 seconds from previous reboots using the same app.) and it is much more responsive as one would expect with less running in the background.
Updated my 2nd post list of Turned Off apps.
Could anyone let me know which of the below items are safe to disable. The below are the pre-installed applications:
Calender
Calender Storage
ConfigUpdater
Contacts Storage
Gallery
Google Contacts Sync
Google One Time Init.
Google Partner Setup
Google Play services
Google Services Framework
Media Storage
MusicFX
Omcap
Android System
Atci_service
Cell Broadcasts
SIM Toolkit

(Q) Uninstalling Default Apps. What is the risk?

Hi..I just rooting my grand duos. I want to uninstall default system apps like LINE, S Suggest etc...
So what is the risk? Can it bricked my phone? Because I using "root uninstall" app in goole play before I confirm to remove it give me warning the posibilites.
Thank you
uzell said:
Hi..I just rooting my grand duos. I want to uninstall default system apps like LINE, S Suggest etc...
So what is the risk? Can it bricked my phone? Because I using "root uninstall" app in goole play before I confirm to remove it give me warning the posibilites.
Thank you
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There is no risk in rooting if you do the process properly or it may brick your phone.Also,Rooting may risk you to lose your warranty. Have a research on how to root, see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294734
and this is must : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160671
See this list of bloatwares and use your brains to decide which can be removed and not : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315904
Also here is a list of apps can be removed.. But Understand what you are doing:
Active applications
AllShare Play
AllShare Service
Best Face
Bluetooth Test 1.0
Bubbles 1.0
ChatON
Chrome
Clock (Digital)
Clock (Modern)
Deep Sea 1.0
DirectConnectManager
Dual Clock (Analogue)
Dual Clock (Digital)
Email 4.0
Exchange Service
Face Unlock
Favorite Apps
Flash Annotate
Flash AnnotateSvc
Game Hub
Google Play Magazine
Google Play Music
Google+
Group Play
Help 1.0
Kies Via Wi-Fi
Live Wallpaper
Luminous dots 1.0
Mobile Print
Mobile Tracker
Music FX 1.4
Nearby Devices
PageBuddyNotiSvc 1.0
Phase Beam 1.0
Photo wall
Picasa Uploader
Pickup Tutorial
Polaris Viewer
S Memo
S Note Provider
S Planner Widget
S Suggest
S Voice
Samsung account
Samsung Apps
Samsung Browser
Samsung Calendar
Samsung Cloud
Samsung Contact
Samsung Push Services
Samsung Setup Wizard
Samsung Snote SyncAdapter
Samsung Syncadapters
Samsung TTS
SamsungAppsUNA2
SASlideShow 1.0
Simple Alarm Clock
SNS
Talk
Talkback
Task provider
Trim 38.6
User manual
Weather Daemon
Weather Widget
Weather Widget Main
Windy Weather
Wlan Test
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo News

Question Must have apps

I know we have a few threads about battery-saving apps or theme managers. Just wanted to know, outside of those what are your must-have apps/Wigets. I am always looking to try new products and services but always like to hear real-world experiences.
Some of mine,
Pandora
Spotify
Slack
Outlook
K9-mail
WeatherBug
Relay
Kiwi Browser
Twitter
Adguard
Liv Dark
Nova
Walli
YouTube Vanced
Viper4Android
CLZ apps
Tasks
QNAP stuff
Swift Backup
Magisk
EV apps
Tasker
HEOS
Just to name a few. I'm an app hoarder though. I had like over 350 apps installed before getting this phone. For the first time ever, chose to only reinstall about half for my restore.
I use my phone for a lot of crap. LOL
EDIT: forgot Nova. Definitely always have Nova! Oh and Textra for SMS.
I do like textra as well. Trying to compare to pixel messenger. Its been a long time since I've used the native app. Ive only started to scratch the surface of nova with all the options it gives.
scottb908 said:
I do like textra as well. Trying to compare to pixel messenger. Its been a long time since I've used the native app. Ive only started to scratch the surface of nova with all the options it gives.
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Hold down the send button on the native messenger app .
That was the 1 feature that kept me on Textra forever.
mkhcb said:
Hold down the send button on the native messenger app .
That was the 1 feature that kept me on Textra forever.
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Please elaborate. I just tried holding down the send button and nothing happens.
Signal
Photo Pills
Poweramp
Todays Weather
Simple Gallery Pro
Plane Finder
Nova Launcher
Nova launcher
AdAway
Swiftly side launcher
Vance Youtube
Swift backup
Simple photo gallery
Signal
Root Explorer
Button Mapper
For this particular phone, "Button Mapper". Lets me double tap volume up to activate the flashlight, even w screen off
scottb908 said:
I know we have a few threads about battery-saving apps or theme managers. Just wanted to know, outside of those what are your must-have apps/Wigets. I am always looking to try new products and services but always like to hear real-world experiences.
Some of mine,
Pandora
Spotify
Slack
Outlook
K9-mail
WeatherBug
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Lose k9. I used to use it, but its unreliable. Switched to fairemail, which works a LOT better.
Must haves are... All the nextcloud parts mostly, andotp, and obviously fairemail.
Fairmail
Chrome
Adaway
Vanced Youtube
Telegram
Nova Launcher
KeePass2Android
Fairemail
Calengoo
Wavelet
Nekogram + Signal + Whatsapp
Nova Launcher
Adaway
Vanced Youtube + Arktube
Swiftbackup
Collabora Office
F-Stop Gallery
Vivaldi & Opera Browser
True Phone Keepass2Android
Locus Maps & Osmand
Vesselfinder
Windy Weather
Windfinder
Chrome beta
Adaway
Titanium oldies
Nova Launcher
Weawow weather
Elixir
SD Maid
Franco Kernel mgr
Magisk
Uber
Pandora
Adguard
Mixplorer
Home Assistant
The stock Android pulldown bar will interact with it directly. This was a pleasant surprise compared to my other android devices.
Currently on Pixel 3, will update to 6 soon:
Chrome
Tasker
Musicolet
Today Weather
AdAway
Vanced YouTube
Root Explorer
Titanium Backup
Podcast Republic
Call Recorder
XpirvacyLua
Telgram
GravityBox
Mx Player
Terminal Emulator
Some of my favorite apps:
Boost (for reddit)
Nine (for MS Exchange)
Bandsintown
Citymapper
TomTom GO
Aegis (like Google Authenticator, but nicer)
Deliveries
FlashScore
JuiceSSH
Keepass2Android
Root Explorer
DailyPic
Syncthing
Adaway
Linphone ;-)

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