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Has anyone tried the alarm?

Mine woke me up perfectly fine, even slightly muffled by my otterbox. I have the otterbox defender and I use the belt holster like a dock stand with the screen facing out at night. This leaves the speaker facing the back of the holster, but is still plenty loud to wake me. The only thing I do not like about this setup is that I can't access the unlock button without taking it out of the holster.
 
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Do you guys turn your phones off? I turned my phone off and it didn't turn itself on to set off the alarm (this is something my old phone did).
Most smartphones don't turn themselves on to trigger the alarm as it would mean the phone is still on consuming battery. So these phones don't turn on by themselves to prevent complete battery drain. I don't have a problem with this as I never turn off my phones - there simply is no need to do so with todays technology. If the phone rings or alerts during the night due to typical settings, then simply switch to silent mode when you go to sleep, and back to normal mode when you wake.
 
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