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mtbsoft
28th December 2004, 10:45 AM
Most readers here will be familiar with the notorious unreliability of the alarms/notifications in WM2003 - we've all seen the various fixes, from reg. tweaks to software patches, which deliver solutions which vary in success. What I haven't managed to find is a conclusive answer to the question "Have MS finally fixed the alarms in WM2003SE?".

Of all the reasons for upgrading my device to SE, this is really the only one which matters to me. I don't need Landscape, the BT changes don't help me either and since I'm still on the more stable 1.60 ROM (as opposed to the 1.66/1.72), I am happily using all the PP2 features without a care in the world... but I'd like reliable alarms!

I currently use a three minute time-period for the housekeeping process which works most of the time, but as my appointments database climbs towards the 500 record mark, I'm still missing some first alarms.

So, does anyone have a conclusive answer? Do the alarms work more reliably in SE than they did in WM2003? Please tell...

Rabia
28th December 2004, 06:20 PM
depends on what problem you face, my problem wit halarm was its long duration between ring & the short duration for total rings, well get SPB pocket plus & those 2 problems are fixed imediatly it rings accendingly & keeps ringing untill your brain burst

mtbsoft
30th December 2004, 12:39 PM
depends on what problem you face
The bug I'm talking about is the failure of the first alarm to go off in a day, due to the housekeeping task not completing properly. If the first alarm doesn't wake the device and go off, none of those after it can go off either - until the user turns on the device manually and then gets them all in one go.

Oh, and I have Pocket Plus for the alarm duration/repeat issue, among others - while it does tidy the notifications database of duplicates it still doesn't fix this problem!

Rabia
30th December 2004, 12:49 PM
oh now i understand but this was fixed in the 1.72 rom, not even the se rom but anyhow if you are asking its is not present on the se rom too

mtbsoft
31st December 2004, 11:09 AM
this was fixed in the 1.72 rom
I hadn't heard that, but then I've only got the 1.60 ROM on my device - that's the latest that O2 Asia released.

calvin42
31st December 2004, 01:58 PM
AFAIK it is NOT fixed in the XDA 2003SE ROM!

I have tried it several times with the 2.06 ROM and the first alarm on a day did not wake up the device.

I would recommend SPB Time or something similar for wake up ;)