Help Calendar question

[PattiCakeUS]

My previous phone was an HTC EVO 4G LTE. With that phone I used the stock calendar, & so far I'm using the stock calendar on the LG G2. But my question is - with my old phone, as I was creating an appt on my calendar, right on the screen there was a button that said something like "check for conflicting appts" so I could easily see if I had that date & time available. I don't see anything similar in the stock calendar on this phone.

I get my hair cut every 5 weeks, & yesterday at the salon to make my next appt - I pulled up today's appt, changed the date & saved it, then went out to my calendar to look at that future date to see if there was anything else that time & date conflicted with. (Kind of cumbersome)

This is a pretty basic calendar function, is the "check for conflicts" or whatever just hidden & I haven't found it, or doesn't exist in the stock calendar on this phone?

 

[creator69]

When you say stock do you mean the LG calendar app or the Google calendar app?

 

[PattiCakeUS]

Hmm good question. It's the only calendar app that came on the phone, & I'm on Verizon. I have it sync to my Google calendar but I have no idea who owns the app that came on the phone.

Also attached is a screenshot from my old phone's calendar, so you can see the big "check calendar" button; pushing it takes you to the next screenshot, where you can see if there's a conflict. Pushing "cancel" takes you back to the appt you're scheduling so you can easily change the parameters if you have a conflict.

**not sure why my screenshots rotated themselves...

 

[Simple_fear85]

Hmm good question. It's the only calendar app that came on the phone, & I'm on Verizon. I have it sync to my Google calendar but I have no idea who owns the app that came on the phone.

Also attached is a screenshot from my old phone's calendar, so you can see the big "check calendar" button; pushing it takes you to the next screenshot, where you can see if there's a conflict. Pushing "cancel" takes you back to the appt you're scheduling so you can easily change the parameters if you have a conflict.

**not sure why my screenshots rotated themselves...

Lg I believe owns that app.

 

[creator69]

Yes that is the LG app. I Personally use the google calendar app which you can get on the play store. I then disabled the LG app. I like it better.

 

[PattiCakeUS]

Well, in any case, it doesn't seem to have the feature I asked about, so I guess if I really want it I need to look for alternatives. Thanks.

ETA: I just checked a few other calendar apps & so far, haven't found that feature in any of them?

 

[Simple_fear85]

did u try the google calender app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.calendar

This is what comes built in cyanogenmod and I absolutely love it.

 

[PattiCakeUS]

did u try the google calender app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.calendar

This is what comes built in cyanogenmod and I absolutely love it.

I did take a brief look at it, when I was scheduling a new appt I didn't see any way to check my schedule for conflicts right from that screen, like my old HTC phone's stock calendar used to have. I actually downloaded & looked at 2 or 3 calendars last night & didn't find that functionality in any of them

I feel like HTC had me spoiled

 

[Simple_fear85]

I did take a brief look at it, when I was scheduling a new appt I didn't see any way to check my schedule for conflicts right from that screen, like my old HTC phone's stock calendar used to have. I actually downloaded & looked at 2 or 3 calendars last night & didn't find that functionality in any of them

I feel like HTC had me spoiled

This one shows on a daily, weekly, or monthly widget about items coming up for the day. So idk IMHO i love this one for what it is. Never tried the HTC. I heard great things from their phones.

 

[PattiCakeUS]

Yeah the LG stock calendar has that widget too, which I use. It's just the functionality within modifying or scheduling a new appt that I really miss.

I think my old HTC is an awesome phone, I do like new phones & this LG is really nice but even after 2 yrs with it, I'd still be using my old phone if I hadn't finally given up on Sprint. There's very little that's really "better" about this phone, for me.

 

[Rukbat]

I use the free version of Cozi. When you're scheduling something, you're at that date, so you can easily see if you have anything else going on then, and everything for a given date is in order of the time. So if you want to schedule a haircut for 2:30 in then afternoon, and you have something across town at 2:15, you know you have a problem.

We actually use it to keep 3 households in sync - for instance, my great nephew has a couple of soccer practices coming up that I have to take him to. They're on the calendar for that day, so if I go to schedule something for that day, I know I have to be finished and at his house in time to get him to practice.

The app has other functions - contacts, shopping, a to-do list, etc., but we only use it for the calendar function and it's easy to spot potential conflicts. And there's plenty of space for the reason for the appointment and the location.

 

[PattiCakeUS]

Cozi looks nice, but I already have apps for the other stuff it includes that I care about. I just want to be able to see, while I'm in the midst of scheduling or updating an appt, if there's a conflict. I guess HTC was ahead of it's time with their stock calendar & nobody else has caught up yet.

It really seems funny nobody else has this feature. I don't know about all of you guys, but I don't usually go out to the future date on my calendar when setting an appt, I just hit the + button and create the appt from the widget - which is where the functionality is super handy to look ahead & see if there's a conflict.