...on a side note, people actually turn off their smartphones?
Sorry, I couldn't help it; just kidding
Sorry, I couldn't help it; just kidding
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I don't know if this is a bug in ICS 4.0.4 or I am just a complete tool.
Basically when I set an alarm, it will only go off if the phone is on. If I turn off the phone, the alarm time comes and goes and the phone stays off and doesn't make a peep.
This is a terrible issue (and bug, if it's one) since many people turn off their phone before bed. I'm hoping this is a simple setting or configuration.
Please help thanks.
Hi all,
A somewhat belated addition to this thread. I just arrived directly here from googling the problem I also have, i.e. the alarm does not sound when the phone is off. Unfortunately this is my first disappointment within two days of moving to Android on Samsung Galaxy.
Whilst the point may be valid about a Blackberry only being in "standby" or "sleep" instead of truly off, I am compelled to add that on my previous phone the alarm would sound when the device was fully powered off (with battery inserted, of course). This phone being the very well-built Nokia E71. To me it seems that the technology required to do this has taken a small step backward and suggestions to leave the phone on are, albeit well-intentioned & appreciated, not the true solution.
Oh well, 12 days left of my 14 day trial. Lets' hope it's not be showstopper. Let me see...
regards,
Mark
Thanks for the reply. Glad to be able to provide amusement!The fact that the phone won't set off the alarm when it's powered off is a dealbreaker amuses me.
You have two options, buy an alarm clock, or leave the phone powered on at night. Both options aren't that difficult and the average user should be able to accomplish one of these.
If not, I guess return the phone.
The replies are true. No Android or Iphone phones have the active alarm when the phone is off. I know Blackberry's and Nokia phones do this.
I just put my phone in airplane mode when I sleep. That way the alarm still goes off and it doesn't drain the battery as much.
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And I guarantee you that any device (BlackBerry, Nokia, whatever) that will sound an alarm while "off" is not actually off.
putting the Sound Setting to Mute (which cancels the sound of the Alarm)
So if I read this thread correctly, in order to not hear all my alerts for incoming messages without putting the Sound Setting to Mute (which cancels the sound of the Alarm), I simply need to put the Galaxy on Airplane Mode. I have tried activating the Mute When setting it Face Down but apparently that's only designed to stop a sound as it occurs, such as ringing while you are in a meeting. I can sit here with my phone face down and hear all my alerts all day. The Blackberry I just tossed out did have a setting for stopping the sounds of alerts only but leaving the clock functioning. Perhaps it's because the Clock is an App, and not a feature hard-coded into the phone, that this is required on the S3.
Nope, not a bug. Probably just not something android is worried about.I have always thought that the android phones are unable to turn on when the alarms are triggered is a bug.
In fact, my old Nokia n810 (an internet tablet) is able to turn on with the alarm, even if I take the battery off and put it on again (of course, with no battery It doesn't turn on, but what I want to make clear is that It is completely off). It is buggy (the tablet tends to freeze when it is in process of turning on, so it is difficult to press the off button which doesn't responds properly), but it does turn on.
I like to turn the phone off at night so I can charge it while I'm sleeping.
Ohh, and I arrived this post looking for an application that do just that.
I guess I would need to keep relaying on my good old Samsung E1205 which turns on without any problems.
Nope, not a bug. Probably just not something android is worried about.
And you know you can still charge your phone at night when it's turned on right?
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