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I remember 7 years ago following this one: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1109 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1109 (Alar

I remember 7 years ago following this one: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1109 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1109 (Alarm clock produces no sound or vibration). I was an "early adopter" of Android and, as result of this bug, got late for work two or three times. :) They marked it as "obsolete", but - to be honest - I still wouldn't trust an Android as my alarm for anything.

tremon 11y ago
I'm using Fake Dawn as my alarm app. Hasn't failed me once. But I do use the Android alarm clock occasionally on non-working days, and I've slept through that more than once. It hadn't occurred to me yet that something basic as a timer alarm could be broken.
- paulojreis 11y ago
  Oh, great, so it still happens? I really found the "obsolete" status on the issue rather strange, but (as I'm not using Android anymore) it was really just a suspicion. If it happens to you, maybe you could create a new issue on the tracker, stating that 1109 isn't really obsolete - it still happens.
  - EwanToo 11y ago
    I use the android alarm clock and it goes off every day for me - I'm not sure you can say "Slept through alarm" means that the alarm didn't go off :)
    - tremon 11y ago
      Yes, I deliberately left that option open because I can't be sure myself :) Also, my phone's still on Android 4.2 so it could have been fixed since then.
theandrewbailey 11y ago
The few times I've used it, the Android alarm app has worked right every time.
- to3m 11y ago
  I'm confident in saying the countdown timer is not 100% reliable, because several times the screen has very obviously said something like "-2'15" when the alarm has gone off. I didn't really pay this much mind this the first few times, because I mostly use it for timing food, and most food isn't sensitive to an extra 2 minutes. But then one day I was timing a bread roll (8 minutes) and after 10 minutes it was noticeably charred. If they can't get the countdown timer right I don't see why there can't also be bugs in the alarm clock too. I use it every day, and it's mostly reliable, but I'm suspicious it's failed to go off a couple of times...
  - rtkwe 11y ago
    I think that's an intentional choice to show you how long past the timer you are if you haven't cleared the timer. It could be useful in some situations especially if you didn't notice the timer and need to know how ruined your food is going to be.
    - sp332 11y ago
      t03m means that the alarm didn't start going off until the timer was 2 minutes overdue.
      - to3m 11y ago
        Yes - this is also with the phone right next to me the whole time, so it's not a case of me missing something. I assume it's possible for the phone to go into some kind of sleep mode whereby timers are checked much less frequently. Seems a bit daft to allow this if there's an active countdown timer that could expire before the next check...
        11y ago
on_and_off 11y ago
I have been using the stock android alarm clock for a couple of years (and Timely before that), both work like a charm. I would not be too surprised if they were to fail someday (IIRC it happened multiple times with the iOS clock app), software & time are both complicated..

tremon 11y ago

I'm using Fake Dawn as my alarm app. Hasn't failed me once. But I do use the Android alarm clock occasionally on non-working days, and I've slept through that more than once. It hadn't occurred to me yet that something basic as a timer alarm could be broken.

paulojreis 11y ago
Oh, great, so it still happens? I really found the "obsolete" status on the issue rather strange, but (as I'm not using Android anymore) it was really just a suspicion. If it happens to you, maybe you could create a new issue on the tracker, stating that 1109 isn't really obsolete - it still happens.
- EwanToo 11y ago
  I use the android alarm clock and it goes off every day for me - I'm not sure you can say "Slept through alarm" means that the alarm didn't go off :)
  - tremon 11y ago
    Yes, I deliberately left that option open because I can't be sure myself :) Also, my phone's still on Android 4.2 so it could have been fixed since then.

theandrewbailey 11y ago

The few times I've used it, the Android alarm app has worked right every time.

to3m 11y ago
I'm confident in saying the countdown timer is not 100% reliable, because several times the screen has very obviously said something like "-2'15" when the alarm has gone off. I didn't really pay this much mind this the first few times, because I mostly use it for timing food, and most food isn't sensitive to an extra 2 minutes. But then one day I was timing a bread roll (8 minutes) and after 10 minutes it was noticeably charred. If they can't get the countdown timer right I don't see why there can't also be bugs in the alarm clock too. I use it every day, and it's mostly reliable, but I'm suspicious it's failed to go off a couple of times...
- rtkwe 11y ago
  I think that's an intentional choice to show you how long past the timer you are if you haven't cleared the timer. It could be useful in some situations especially if you didn't notice the timer and need to know how ruined your food is going to be.
  - sp332 11y ago
    t03m means that the alarm didn't start going off until the timer was 2 minutes overdue.
    - to3m 11y ago
      Yes - this is also with the phone right next to me the whole time, so it's not a case of me missing something. I assume it's possible for the phone to go into some kind of sleep mode whereby timers are checked much less frequently. Seems a bit daft to allow this if there's an active countdown timer that could expire before the next check...
      - 11y ago

on_and_off 11y ago

I have been using the stock android alarm clock for a couple of years (and Timely before that), both work like a charm. I would not be too surprised if they were to fail someday (IIRC it happened multiple times with the iOS clock app), software & time are both complicated..