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Help Alarm doesn't work when phone is off?

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torontokid said:
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.
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Check this
MIUI Official English Site

scroll to the bottom:
'Alarm Clock Always On'

'Just because you turned off your phone, does not mean your alarm clock will be disabled. The scheduled alarm on your MIUI phone will still go off'

As far as I know Galaxy S3 is supported by MIUI.
 
As far as I know Galaxy S3 is supported by MIUI.
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Well ... you should have checked your own link to the website. Only specific variants of the S3 are supported -- one of the most popular ones, the SCH-I535 (for US, Verizon) is NOT in the list.
 
torontokid said:
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.
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I guess people aren't sure way they are talking about...my HTC butterfly used to turn itself when the alarm times reaches...but after updating to 4.4 krait it can't do that anymore..so I find it still off and am late for work
 
I guess people aren't sure way they are talking about...my HTC butterfly used to it turn itself when the alarm times reaches...but after updating to 4.4 krait 2 weeks ago it can't do that anymore..so I find it still off..I guess there's a bug torontokid
 
instead of turning off your phone, put it into airplane mode -- no phone calls or texts to interrupt your sleep, but the alarm will go off. just a thought.
 
Or just slide down the top panal and put the phone on mute. The alarm still goes off nice and loud and you'll still be able yo see who calls without being disrupted.
 
Rolo42 said:
Actually, it will so long as its plugged in; the BIOS will wake the PC at the alarm time. You can use CMOS Setup to wake the PC or use Windows' Task Scheduler.

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Androids were meant to be powered on all the time. Unless your device isn't configured properly, standby should barely use any power (<=1.5%/hr).
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I know this for a fact. I had 1% battery life when i went to sleep and in the morning my alarm still went off. I was surprised to see i still had that 1% left when I turned off the alarm and still had time to plug in the charger as i don't have an outlet in my bedroom.
 
Covart said:
No need,to put it in airplane mode. Just set the phone face down on a flat surface. It will automatically go into silent mode. Alarm should still sound though.
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Exactly, thats what I do. Because if you leave the phone upright, that blue light is hella bright.
 
torontokid said:
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.
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I could never get the installed Alarm clock to work in my Galaxy S Relay.
So, I went to Play Store and found a whole bunch of alarm clocks. I decided to try
one at a time; as it turned out, after I uninstalled the pre-installed one,I tried
the AlarmDroid (listed as #12). With the phone OFF, Alarm does not work; however,
with phone in Standby or Sleep Mode the Alarm does work. I think I'll stay with
this one for the time being anyhow. I like the option to have it speak to me!
 
I have an zopo zp980 and I power off every night, it will turn back on when the alarm is set.
Now I bought myself an opo find 7a, the first thing I did was to be late at work. (If there is something important they will use my home phone). I do not need it at night so why should it be powered on.
I wish the alarm would work if it is power off. So you are not the only one.
 
Covart said:
No need,to put it in airplane mode. Just set the phone face down on a flat surface. It will automatically go into silent mode. Alarm should still sound though.
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Is there a setting to enable this? That doesn't seem to work for me, and I do have motions enabled.
 
I have been using Samsung android phones and micromax android phones and alarms do work when the phone is off. I have a Nexus 5 now. I have a habit of playing games and sinking into sleep while the game keeps running which drains out the battery and my phone goes off. With my old android phones, the alarm would still work even if the phone was off but this functionality not available in Nexus 5 is heartbreaking for me.
 
I've withdrawn my original posting 'cus I just found the other 2 pages of this thread and realised that my 2 penneth was redundant.

I was pretty amazed that there was a whole page about this; but three pages!!!
 
Alarm - YouTube
Here you can see I set the alarm and turn the zopo zp980 off (Dutch=Uitschakelen) and like a miracle the alarm turns it on again.... its alive....
Sadly my new oppo find 7a does not wakeup
 
If my phone woke from being powered off by a simple alarm, I would be very worried. That means any app with an alarm permission can turn your phone on. Wow, I would never want a phone that could do that.
 
Madbat you should be much more worried if you knew that any phone app can make a call... and, any message app can send a message, ohh man now I am worried to!
So tell me what apps do you have installed that set an alarm time by itself or wake up the phone or make a call or send a message, by itself?
I am so glad that I am powering off the phone at knight, maybe I should take out the battery too!

I am sorry, just joking!

Maybe the alarm is the only one that can wake up the phone, and maybe, you are the one setting the alarm time. Every phone I owned the last 10-15 years had this so I am used to it and missing it on my new opp find 7a.
 
This is a different time than 10 years ago bro. We put a lot more on our phones now. When I turn my phone off I want it off. Grumble, grumble, ... Gubmint..., grumble, grumble...nsa, grumble. Lol.
But seriously there is a reason a newer phone doesn't do that anymore. Security leaks like that are being closed all the time. Call it what you want, but I check permissions on apps.
 
You are probably wright. But because it is android and android is Google I gave up on that when I bought my first android. It is impossible for me to check what Google really is doing with my data.
 
People who wants the alarm to sound when their Android smartphone is powered OFF should go for one of the Chinese brands. Most of them have enabled this most useful feature in their Android offerings. My Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3 will happily wake up from a totally powered-off state, sound the alarm at the preset time and then power off again immediately.

That's how it worked with ALL Symbian phones, whether dumb phones or smartphones, that's how Blackberry used to work and that's how modern smartphones should work! Hear Samsung and Apple!
 
this is an odd subject..
I have not read through all the posts.

but for a phone to be fully powered off.. and expect it to come on by itself.
I don't know if I want that..

that means something else other than ME.. can turn it on.

and even if I turn it off..
there is something still running. still monitoring.. still tracking.. still computing... still consuming.
 
It's you who decide! The feature works for wake-up alarms only, not notifications, emails etc. If you don't wont it, don't set an alarm and power off your phone then!

But if you really want the alarm to sound 6AM because you have a flight to catch 8AM, you would hate it if your smartphone turned itself off during the night because you forgot to put it on a charger!

With this most useful feature there is still enough juice left for the real-time clock (RTC) to trigger the alarm app and save your ass.
 
Well, I used to carry a Nokia dumb phone together with my Galaxy Note 3 for the past two years. The Nokia for backup, but mainly as a reliable alarm clock.

Now I only carry my Onetouch Idol 3 because I can rely on it completely.;)
 
I carry a small travel alarm when I have to and I still use the same old fashioned wind up clock that I've been using since high school lol
I leave my phone on at night but I've only used the alarm a couple times.
 
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