February 22, 2012

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Hacked version of AlarmDroid with Malware

May 18th, 2011 | By fabian

Dear users, there is a hacked version of AlarmDroid published in the Android Market (as “Advanced Alarm” with package name com.splunchy.android.super.alarmclock). This application is illegally distributed and contains malware. So be careful! I already informed Google about that, but it might take some days. Keep clean! - F. ... continue reading



Missing the status bar notification? [AlarmDroid 1.7.1]

Feb 11th, 2011 | By fabian

If you are one of the few people who miss the status bar notification icon, download the latest beta from my webpage. It should be fixed there! http://www.netzpurist.de/download/alarmdroid-1.7.2-beta1.apk Thanks Fabian. ... continue reading



AlarmDroid goes Italy

Nov 27th, 2010 | By fabian

AlarmDroid now support Italian language support. ... continue reading



Samsung GT-I5500 with Android 2.1-update1: AlarmManager not suitable

Nov 13th, 2010 | By fabian
Samsung GT-I5500 with Android 2.1-update1: AlarmManager not suitable

In case of the device Samsung GT-I5500 with Android 2.1-update1, Samsung avoids waking up the CPU from standby mode in general. The alarm events are not fired up until the user turns on the screen. This may save battery power in an efficient way, but... ... continue reading



HTC Wildfire – openRawResourceFd() fails

Nov 12th, 2010 | By fabian

As I figured out when evaluating the Crash Reports, the FileDescriptor of "raw resource files" does noto work properly on many of those devices. ... continue reading



Samsung i9000 Galaxy S – Critical firmware bug regarding time events

Nov 8th, 2010 | By fabian
Samsung i9000 Galaxy S – Critical firmware bug regarding time events

In the past, many Samsung i9000 Galaxy S users reported a critical bug. Sometimes, the alarm just does not go off until they activate the display. This missbehaviour appears on every i9000 phone with Android 2.1 and is caused by a critical firmware bug, as I state. ... continue reading