Alarm Clock when powered off

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Hi all

Firstly, let me just say I love the Hero.

Although I really can't believe I need to keep my phone switched on for the alarm to work? Even my Nokia banana phone had a blummin' alarm that worked when the phone was off! It seems that the Hero needs to be powered on or the alarm won't sound.

Am I missing something?

This feature was very common, pre-smartphone, but I think you'll find the vast majority of what we now call smartphones (WinMo-based, iPhone, Android etc) don't actually support this any more as they are really little computers with phone functionality. It also wasn't that long ago when my phones battery used to last 10+ days on standby, but then again it didn't even do 1% of what my Hero can do - it's the price we pay for progress.

I believe many Symbian based phones do still allow this, since an alarm clock is essentially built into the "BIOS" of the device itself.

Please don't take any of this as gospel though.

Regards,

Dave

Do you mean when the phone has the screen switched off (short press of power button), or completely shut down (press and hold power, then select power off)? If the latter, then as above this is effectively like shutting a computer down, it is completely asleep. If the former it should work fine.

Originally Posted by ewans

Do you mean when the phone has the screen switched off (short press of power button), or completely shut down (press and hold power, then select power off)? If the latter, then as above this is effectively like shutting a computer down, it is completely asleep. If the former it should work fine.

I'm pretty sure he means completely shut down...

My girlfriend had a Siemens SL55 some years ago, and it moved with us in a box from appartment to house, and then suddenly one day it sounded an alarm!!!!

2 years earlier she had put a reminder for an anniversary in her calendar

Originally Posted by foxmeister

This feature was very common, pre-smartphone, but I think you'll find the vast majority of what we now call smartphones (WinMo-based, iPhone, Android etc) don't actually support this any more as they are really little computers with phone functionality. It also wasn't that long ago when my phones battery used to last 10+ days on standby, but then again it didn't even do 1% of what my Hero can do - it's the price we pay for progress.

I believe many Symbian based phones do still allow this, since an alarm clock is essentially built into the "BIOS" of the device itself.

Please don't take any of this as gospel though.

Regards,

Dave

So effectively when you forgot to connect Your phone to the charger before going to sleep you might be late for work in the morning? Thats not a very SMART phone, is it?

From what I know devices like the Hero also have bios and it is far much more sophisticated than old Nokias. Also the Hero doesnt turn off when the battery is completely empty so it would have some juice to sound an alarm. When You turn the phone back on, it remembers the date and time so the clock is running when its switched off. IMO this is just the developers being lazy - thats all

I would imagine that this can be a deal-breaker feature for some. Unfortunately its not included in the phone specs and most people (including me) would be 100% sure that it would wake them up when turned off. AFAIK all Nokia symbians have this.

Originally Posted by stingerpl

So effectively when you forgot to connect Your phone to the charger before going to sleep you might be late for work in the morning? Thats not a very SMART phone, is it?

Erhhh - no, it's not a very SMART user!

Regards,

Dave

If you honestly bought an HTC Hero in order to have an alarm clock you might wanna consider selling it again...

Just put the phone in flight mode and set the alarm...

My recurring alarm didn't go off this morning, very late for work....

Originally Posted by Prille

Just put the phone in flight mode and set the alarm...

What does flight mode do exactly?

Originally Posted by ritdaw

My recurring alarm didn't go off this morning, very late for work....

Are you using a task manager to kill processes? If it kills the clock the alarm won't go off.