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Has anybody had any issues with the alarm clock not going off again after snoozing?

Not yet. But it is relatively easy to accidentally hold down the "Stop" instead of "Snooze" because they are right next to each other.

Another possibility is that the number of snooze attempts is configurable. I think 3 is the default. So after you snooze that many times, the alarm won't sound again.
 
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Are you setting you're snooze to come back on?

I don't have a captivate yet.

But the wife and son have samsung phones, and I'm assuming it behaves the same.

They both had issues with the snooze as you do.

I must say that compared to my Bberry, the samsung alarm is quite bothersome to set up. I figure the captivate would be the same.

Arent there android alarm apps to replace the samsung alarm?
 
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Not yet. But it is relatively easy to accidentally hold down the "Stop" instead of "Snooze" because they are right next to each other.

Another possibility is that the number of snooze attempts is configurable. I think 3 is the default. So after you snooze that many times, the alarm won't sound again.

Just a clarification: after you snooze the number of pre-set times, "snooze" is no longer an option on the screen and you are only able to press "stop".
 
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The stock alarm clock definitely has issues. Sometimes the snooze works and sometimes it doesn't. I've had it set to two 15-minute snoozes since I first set it. Most of the time, when I hit the snooze once, the alarm will go off again 15 minutes later, but if I hit snooze again, the alarm won't go off again. Then for like 4 days, the alarm wasn't going off at all, even the first time. I kept checking various things like what programs were running etc., and then I just decided to power the phone off and back on, which fixed it. The alarm started going off again, but yesterday I hit snooze once and the alarm didn't go off again that morning.
 
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I've had the same problem myself this week. I'm using the stock Clock application on my Samsung Galaxy S (though with a custom 2.2 ROM installed: Darky's ROM v9.3). It used to work fine but for no apparent reason this week the snooze has just switched the alarm off altogether, and it has not come back on. This is a serious issue -- earlier this week I overslept by a full hour and was 30 mins late for work!!

I have the default snooze setting (3x5mins) and am definitely dragging the right slider (snooze not dismiss).

In fact, immediately after I drag the snooze slider, the phone shows the lockscreen, which shows when the alarm will next go off. This correctly shows as 5 mins later. However, at some point thereafter (perhaps moments afterwards, or perhaps only 5mins later??) it forgets about this and reverts to the next scheduled alarm. :(

I'll try rebooting my phone as per the earlier poster's suggestion. And also getting more sleep so I am less prone to snoozing in the first place :)
 
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Arent there android alarm apps to replace the samsung alarm?

i use 'alarm clock plus' from the marketplace. free version. have never had a problem with it not working properly (either on 2.1, 2.2 or cog 4). the only thing i don't like about it is the snooze button is quite a bit smaller than the off button. but it isn't an insurmountable problem.
 
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