Clock & Alarms¶
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Using this app, you can check and change the current time, the time zones, and set alarms.
Open the applications list
Open the Clock application
You will be greeted with the following interface:
The following options will be available:
- Date and time display (Adjust the local date and hour)
- New alarm (Set a new alarm)
- Alarms (See and edit existing alarms)
- World clocks (See and edit World clocks)
Options in the app menu
Date and time display¶
- Tap on the current hour & date display.
This is the same as Date and time in Settings.
New alarm¶
Tap on New alarm
A menu will appear, from which you can set a new alarm:
The following options will be available:
Title¶
Type in a title (descriptive name) for your new alarm.
Note
Check out Input and keyboard about ways to do this.
Time¶
A menu will appear, from which you can select the desired time when the alarm should run.
Date¶
If you want the alarm to run only once, on a specific date, you can select it here.
If you want it to be recurring, check out the Repeat option below.
Repeat¶
If you want the alarm to be recurring, you can select here which days the alarm should be repeated.
The default option, Never, means that the alarm will run only once.
If you need it to run on a specific date, and not the first occurring time, check out the Date option above.
Note
Styling bug. Black text on black background. Text is visible only when selected. See Known bugs.
You can select one or more weekdays, when the alarm should recur.
To repeat the alarm every day, select the option Every day, which is the last one in the list, after all weekdays.
All weekdays will be then selected.
Tap on OK to confirm the selection, otherwise tap on Cancel.
Alarm tone (read-only)¶
The alarm tone option is read-only here, so it cannot be modified.
To change the alarm tone, go to Alarm settings in the In-app menu.
Tap on Save to save the alarm.
Note
Check out UI Navigation on how to exit a menu without a cancel button.
Alarms¶
Tap on New alarm
The following options will be available:
New alarm (the same as the option New alarm)
New alarm (the same as the option in the main screen)¶
This is the same as New alarm, so check there on how to use the options here.
List of existing alarms (or no alarms)¶
If you already have alarms set up, they will appear here.
Otherwise, the list here will be empty.
Note
Styling bug. Black text on black background. Text is visible only when selected. See Known bugs.
The alarms which are checked are enabled. Uncheck an alarm to disable it.
To change an alarm, tap on it.
You will have the same options as when setting up a New alarm.
Stopping or snoozing a running alarm¶
When the alarm will run, you will see the following pop-up:
Tap on Snooze to postpone the alarm.
The amount of time the alarm will be postponed by is defined by the Snooze time option.
Tap on Stop to end the alarm.
World clocks¶
Tap on World clocks
You will be greeted with the following screen:
The following options will be available:
New World clock (You can select the city from the world map, or from a list)
List of existing world clocks (Or just the Local time clock)
New World clock¶
You can scroll through the cities list.
Note
Finger scrolling doesn’t work. Use the keyboard keys to navigate through the list. See Known bugs.
To search through the list, start typing the name of the place you’re looking for.
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Check out Input and keyboard about ways to do this.
As you start typing, the results will be narrowed down, and then you will be able to easier select the desired city.
List of existing world clocks¶
When you have World clocks set up, they will appear in the list:
Seconds¶
Tap on Seconds in the In-app menu.
Tapping on it toggles showing seconds in the time display.
Regional settings¶
Tap on Regional settings in the In-app menu.
This option is the same as Language & region.
Adjust date and time¶
Tap on Adjust date and time in the In-app menu.
This is the same as Date and time in Settings.
Alarm settings¶
Tap on Alarm settings in the In-app menu.
You will be greeted with the following screen:
A menu with the following options will be available:
Alarm tone (set the tone for the alarm)
Snooze time (snooze time for the alarm)
Alarm tone¶
You can pick your desired alarm sounding tone, from a list of predefined alarm sounds.
Note
Styling bug. Black text on black background. Text is visible only when selected. See Known bugs.
You can also choose your own audio file by tapping on More, and then picking an audio file from the file system.
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Check out File management to know more about this.
Snooze time¶
Here you can pick the snooze time of alarms.
Note
Styling bug. Black text on black background. Text is visible only when selected. See Known bugs.
