Help Alarm not sounding when phone off

[monkeechops]

Pretty much how the title sounds. My wife and I have just bought two new Samsung phones...a Galaxy GT15800 and mine is a Europa. When we set the alarm, it won't go off in the morning unless the phones are left turned on overnight. Have I missed a setting on the phone or is this an irritating overlook by Samsung?
Thanks for reading, advice needed.....Graham from Oldham, UK

 

[bjlabuk]

Why would you expect the alarm (or anything else for that matter) to work if you have switched off (powered off) your phone ???? Or have I misunderstood you ?

bjlabuk

 

[monkeechops]

Why would you expect the alarm (or anything else for that matter) to work if you have switched off (powered off) your phone ???? Or have I misunderstood you ?

bjlabuk

As with Nokia's, you can set your alarm, turn the phone off when you go to bed so no-one rings you or get disturbed by text's etc. However I need to know if its possible to set the alarm with the Samsungs and still be able to have the phone off so as not to be disturbed during the night. Any ideas

 

[bjlabuk]

I think you will find that with all Android smartphones, the phone has to be switched on as the alarm clock is just an app like any other that runs on top of the operating system. You can no more process a video in Windows while your PC is turned off than you can have your alarm clock sound an alarm on an Android phone when it is switched off.

Nokia uses a different system. The alarm clock is in hardware and can hence turn the phone on or sound an alarm even if the phone is off. However, you can't replace the alarm clock on Nokias, unlike the hundreds that are available on Android.

If you are concerned about it disturbing you with calls / emails / texts while asleep then simply put it on silent when you go to bed and plug it in, or use one of the hundreds of apps that can do this automatically. The alarm will come on just fine when its time for it to go off.

Leaving your phone on overnight has a number of advantages. Your alarm will work. Your phone will log all missed calls and messages that occur while you're asleep, and all your emails will be sat there waiting for you.

You can adjust all of the volumes individually (Ring, Alarm, Notification, Media, System, etc), but the silent mode does NOT silence the alarm - it only silences the Ringtones and Notification tones. Also when you set the alarm itself there are a bunch of options to set volume for that specific alarm.

None of the other alarm apps will switch the phone on, but if you want to have a look at what is out there search the Android Market

 

[monkeechops]

I think you will find that with all Android smartphones, the phone has to be switched on as the alarm clock is just an app like any other that runs on top of the operating system. You can no more process a video in Windows while your PC is turned off than you can have your alarm clock sound an alarm on an Android phone when it is switched off.

Nokia uses a different system. The alarm clock is in hardware and can hence turn the phone on or sound an alarm even if the phone is off. However, you can't replace the alarm clock on Nokias, unlike the hundreds that are available on Android.

If you are concerned about it disturbing you with calls / emails / texts while asleep then simply put it on silent when you go to bed and plug it in, or use one of the hundreds of apps that can do this automatically. The alarm will come on just fine when its time for it to go off.

Leaving your phone on overnight has a number of advantages. Your alarm will work. Your phone will log all missed calls and messages that occur while you're asleep, and all your emails will be sat there waiting for you.

You can adjust all of the volumes individually (Ring, Alarm, Notification, Media, System, etc), but the silent mode does NOT silence the alarm - it only silences the Ringtones and Notification tones. Also when you set the alarm itself there are a bunch of options to set volume for that specific alarm.

None of the other alarm apps will switch the phone on, but if you want to have a look at what is out there search the Android Market

Okee-dokee, great comprehensive explanation which has made it easy to understand...many thanks.

 

[bjlabuk]

Don't trust me on this ! Why not set your alarm for 10 minutes time, put your phone on Silent Mode and see if it works - before you go to sleep !

bjlabuk