07-21-2003, 03:00 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Alarm Problems with Pocket PC 2003?
I received an email from someone this week that got me wondering:
"There is a definite problem with the way alarms fire off in PPC2003 (Windows Mobile). I've seen both my 2215 and another 1940 exhibit the same behavior. I have an alarm set to go off at 5:15am every day. Yesterday it worked fine. Today it did NOT go off until I MANUALLY turned the device on. Not good."
We know there were some strange quirks with the Pocket PC 2002 OS and alarms, and Microsoft never really admitted them. The question is, do we still have this problem? Or does this only affect 2215 users?
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07-21-2003, 03:16 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 31
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Yup. There seems to be a problem with the alarm. This morning my alarm did not go off at the intended time. It's only when I switch on my iPaq that I am greeted with a solid blast of the alarm in my face.
This problem doesn't seem to plague the appointment reminders though.
BTW, my 3970 is upgraded to WM2003.
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07-21-2003, 03:21 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 899
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I have Spb Pocket+ installed and have same prob, and just figured it's an Spb issue (w/ the repeating alarm component) that they will fix soon, guess I was wrong?
A few times when I'd turned on the 2210 it would immediately do the clock repeating alarm at max vol (per Spb), in those cases I don't believe it turned on when it was supposed to earlier (since I never heard it). A couple times I think hitting dismiss might've locked up or something (I'd just reset then). What's weirdest, afterward when I'd go back to the Clock -> Alarms settings to make changes, upon exiting it would warn that Notifications under Sounds & N. settings is turned off (which it is) so somehow it keeps getting turned off.
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07-21-2003, 03:41 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Originally Posted by bitequator
A few times when I'd turned on the 2210 it would immediately do the clock repeating alarm at max vol (per Spb), in those cases I don't believe it turned on when it was supposed to earlier (since I never heard it). A couple times I think hitting dismiss might've locked up or something (I'd just reset then). What's weirdest, afterward when I'd go back to the Clock -> Alarms settings to make changes, upon exiting it would warn that Notifications under Sounds & N. settings is turned off (which it is) so somehow it keeps getting turned off.
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Same problem as me and I also have Spb Pocket Plus installed. I also noticed that my 2210 would sometimes just freeze when an Alarm go off (I'm referring to the Alarm clock features not the calendar/task reminders)
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07-21-2003, 03:43 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 309
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One thing known to cause messups with the alarms is the (built-in) iPaq Backup software, if you set it to scheduled backups. Turning off the scheduled backups may fix the problems some of you are having...
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07-21-2003, 03:50 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I was having the alarm problem. A few days ago, I turned off my battery moniter and scheduled back-ups. Since then my alarms have been working without missing a beat!! 
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07-21-2003, 03:53 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 899
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Hmm I don't have any backups scheduled, but I do have both Omega Battery Pack and Spb Pocket+ (Today plugin) installed, I'll try disabling them...
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07-21-2003, 03:54 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I never schedule anything. :zzz:
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07-21-2003, 04:17 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I think you have to uninstall Pocket Plus. I disabled the repeating alarm feature and my 2215 still locked up. Uninstalling did the trick. I suspect the rest of the problems are the battery monitor/scheduler in the iPAQ Backup software.
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07-21-2003, 04:31 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 11
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There are alarm/job scheduling problems in PPC2003. When the scheduled time arrives, if the PPC is on battery power and "off" it can run whatever program is supposed to run, but it only seems to get a very small amount of time before power management stops things again.
If the unit is AC powered or is already "on" then you will not see a problem.
This problem has been fixed in Burr Oak's alarm software and Sprite Software are fixing it Pocket Backup too. The fix seems to be for the software to turn on the display in the small amount of processing time that it gets.
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