October 11, 2011

Comments of [Missed Call Reminder]


Hi, I am Max, the author of [Missed Call Reminder].
Any comments are welcome here!

Comments on Android Market are too short to let me know what is your problem.
Though in most cases, I may not be able to solve your problem.
At least I can answer a few questions here, and maybe some kind people could answer your questions if you are using the same model of phone.

Some common problems:

Q: Why reminder keeps reminding? It is annoying.
A: In new v2.0, now you can just tap [Quick Stop].

Here, I want to explain something about “unread” message.
If you only tap “clear” to remove notification icon from status bar, the message is still remain “unread”, until you open that message and read its content.

I do not define what is “unread”. Android does.
What my app does is just asking Android system: “How many unread messages there?” If the answer is greater than zero, just keep reminding.

Please understand that is not a bug. I just follow the convention defined by Android. 
After tapping [Quick Stop], MCR will ignore all current events, but you may missed something unread.

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40 comments:

  1. ashburn1515October 22, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    Hi Max. Possible to tag the volume to Notification Volume instead of just Ringer or Media?
    When sleeping i off Notification volumes but leave Ringer on for emergency calls. So this app will continue to remind in the middle of the nite because last played game (Media Volume) or Ringer was not off. Tagging it to Notification Volume would solve this problem. Possible in the next update?

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  2. MaxOctober 23, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Thanks your comment. I will consider about it.

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  3. tajfunOctober 26, 2011 at 5:14 AM

    Hi Max, do you thinking about sleeping time? Where I set time and during this time the program will not reminde.
    thx

    Milan

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  4. MaxOctober 26, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    It would be easier than using "Notification Sound" for developer. I will consider it.

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  5. ashburn1515October 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    "Sleeping time" is a good addition and may i suggest having individual days (mon-sun) as well as "weekday" and "weekend". This will make it more customizable.

    But "sleeping time" is only good for those with regular sleeping hours e.g. those working office hours. For those like me who work rotating shifts (e.g. not fixed which day), setting a regular sleeping time would mean that alerts would not sound when i'm working nite shift or i'll have to keep editing my settings every week to match my shift and the "sleeping time" settings...

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  6. MaxOctober 31, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    Thanks your suggestion.

    You are a hard worker.
    I guess it is difficult to find an app which can meet your requirement. Even alarm-clock app, Right? :-)

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  7. AnonymousNovember 2, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    I'm using Missed Call Reminder along with Quick Profiles. I've created a "Phone Only" profile that sets the notification volume to 0%. When I get an SMS it doesn't play any sounds, but MCR plays a reminder sound 1 minute later.

    Does MCR reminder not use the notification volume? Do know of a way to make the two apps play nicely together?

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  8. MaxNovember 2, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    MCR does not use notification volume, but use ringer volume and media volume instead.
    If you don't like the MCR making noise for SMS, you can choose [disable] as reminder tone for SMS.
    Another way is to set MCR to use media volume and controlled by your quick profile.

    Hope it's helpful.

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  9. acastongNovember 16, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Hi! I have found Missed Call Reminder very useful so far, but there is one situation I stumbled upon today where it did not remind me of a missed call:

    I missed a call when I was in the underground metro (no wireless signal) and the caller left a voicemail. Since there is no voicemail reminder, I never notticed that I had missed that call and that I had a message!

    A great addition to the application would be to also support reminders for received voicemails, just like for SMS messages.

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  10. MaxNovember 16, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    Voicemail is not supported, and will not in near future. Sorry about that.

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  11. Roberto P. RubioNovember 23, 2011 at 11:28 PM

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  12. Roberto P. RubioNovember 24, 2011 at 5:17 AM

    hi,
    please, add the ability to use notification volume instead the ringtone or media volume.
    also, add the ability to set vibration only if activated in settings.
    thx

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  13. MaxNovember 25, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    Thanks for your comments.
    I will consider it for next release.
    But I don't have plan or schedule about next release so far.
    One reason is, each time I made a significant change of the app, I would receive a lot of complains from old users. :-(
    So I had to create another space to keep old version 'alive' on Market.

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  14. Craig RoxboroughNovember 28, 2011 at 4:38 AM

    hi max,

    i have a Samsung galaxy s ii X and for some reason i can't get your program to do a vibrate reminder. any thoughts?

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  15. MaxNovember 28, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    First is to make sure the "Vibration" in MCR is checked.
    I believe you have done so.

    Second, you can "uncheck" the [Volume control] option, and do your testing again.

    The meaning of the second step, is to ignore the settings in system "Settings". That means MCR will always vibrate even you set "silent" or "don't vibrate" in system settings.

    If it vibrates now, you can make it to work by change system "Settings".
    If it still doesn't work, my code is probably not compatible to your device.

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  16. JarekNovember 29, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    Hi!
    First, thank you for your Missed Call Reminder.
    It's great app and it's perfect for my needs.
    I have problem with LED notification only.
    I have Google Nexus S with stock Android 2.3.6. I unlocked bootloader, installed CWM Recovery and applied patch for BLN support (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13362707&postcount=32).
    I installed ScriptManager (https://market.android.com/details?id=os.tools.scriptmanager) to do some tests.
    This script works good:
    sleep 10
    echo 1 > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/backlightnotification/notification_led
    sleep 10
    echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/backlightnotification/notification_led

    Could you include support of this solution in your app? I think, that this solution is useful only for Nexus S, but If you could do it, it would be great.
    Thanks for your time.
    Jarek

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  17. MaxNovember 29, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Do you mean if I can write "1" "0" directly into "/sys/devices/virtual/misc/backlightnotification/notification_led" ?

    If you mean that, I have to say sorry to you.
    For most unrooted devices, it is in read-only partition.
    I use only official standard API.

    Now MCR is calling Android's "Notification Manager" to fire LED notification.
    It works good on my own phone. (SE Arc 2.3.4)
    It confuses me why Google's standard API can not work on Google's own brand.

    If you have any idea, it will be welcome.

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  18. JarekNovember 29, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    Hi Max,
    I understand your opinion.
    The problem is, that your phone has notification LED, but there is a lot of phones, that notification LED hasn't.
    That's why users of phones have to root android and use kernel with BLN.
    I hope there's another way how to work with touchkey backlights, but I haven't found it.
    If you don't like solution like writing into /sys/devices/virtual/misc/backlightnotification/notification_led, please contact neldar (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8917392).
    I hope we can find a good solution together.
    Thanks for your time.
    Jarek

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  19. MaxNovember 29, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    Sorry for misunderstanding.
    Now I know you mean the backlight LED of touchkey, not the standard notification LED.
    Could you give me your email, I have few more questions for you. Please send to

    maxwang.dev@gmail.com

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  20. ikkeDecember 10, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    On Samsung i9001 the phone vibrates much less than during a call. It's almost unnoticable. Can that be improved?

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  21. MaxDecember 11, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    Have you tried to increase [Duration]?

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  22. the_kidDecember 24, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    I really like this app and all the controls you offer. My the Droid Bionic's SMS notification doesn't seem to be triggering. The missed call feature works great! I want to make sure I have the settings correct. The SMS and MMS check boxes are both checked and a tone, light and vibrate settings are saved. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you in advance for your time!

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  23. MaxDecember 26, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    It is probably not your problem,
    because few people had already reported the same problem.
    I have no idea how to fix so far.

    You can still try the following testing to make sure.

    At main preference screen:
    1. Make sure "Unread SMS" is checked.
    2. Under [Individual Preferences] / [SMS/MMS reminder settings] / [Reminder tone], choose a Reminder tone you like.
    3. Make sure "Vibration" is checked too. Just to get rid of volume issue.
    4. Press [Back] key on your phone, back to main screen.
    Look downward, Select [Reminder Duration] as 10 seconds. (Just make sure the reminder is long enough to get your notice)
    5. Select [Reminder interval] as 1 minute. This will let you know the test result faster.
    6. Scroll to bottom, make sure [Volume Control] is checked. When checked, the reminder volume will be as loud as your ringtone.

    After above preference checking,
    7. Send a text message to your Android phone.
    8. Don't touch your Android phone, wait for 1 minute, and you should hear the reminder tone and feel the vibration.
    If yes, the app functions normally.

    To stop the reminder, just open Android's call log screen. (not by clearing the notification)

    Regards,

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  24. RGApril 11, 2012 at 3:22 AM

    Hi Max,

    Love your App. Tried 4-5 different ones. Your is the best.

    1 - Please, add Reminder Interval of 30 sec.

    2 - Also, add ability to stop ALL reminders after button CLEAR notifications has been clicked. I realize that the number of 'missed' calls or 'unread' sms/mms would still be > 0.
    You can capture CLEAR button press by creating your own Task Bar Notification with deleteIntent. So when user clicks on CLEAR in tastbar - your app is notified.

    Contact me if you need more info or help.
    callrem.10.tut at mamber dot net

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    1. MaxMay 6, 2012 at 7:39 AM

      Thanks a lot. You point out the right direction to me.

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  25. Trey BentleyMay 5, 2012 at 4:49 AM

    I love this app and it seems extremely efficient and convenient. Is there any possibility of implementing or integrating a reminder notification for Google Voice SMS?

    Rock on.

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    1. MaxMay 6, 2012 at 7:41 AM

      No. At least not now. I can't find the official released Google Voice Api.

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  26. drdMay 13, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    I changed to an Android Razor Maxx yesterday (had been using a Blackberry Storm 2). I need a "reminder" application to replace the BerryBuzz program I had installed on the Storm. Your program has many good reviews, so I downloaded-it. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get-it to work - at all. Reviewed many of the comments above and tried to make several adjustments to the reminder interval, duration, time, tone etc. Any suggestions?

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    1. MaxMay 15, 2012 at 7:14 AM

      For text reminder, there is no official API to detect "unread". What I used the undocumented way does not guaranteed to work. Sorry about that.

      For call reminder, I believe it should work.
      You can follow the steps to do a simple test:
      1. Make sure "Missed call" is checked.
      2. Under [Individual Preferences] / [Call reminder settings] / [Reminder tone], choose a Reminder tone you like.
      3. Make sure "Vibration" is checked too. Just to get rid of volume issue.
      4. Press [Back] key on your phone, back to main screen.
      Look downward, Select [Reminder Duration] as 10 seconds.
      5. Select [Reminder interval] as 1 minute. This will let you know the test result faster.
      6. Scroll to bottom, make sure [Volume Control] is checked. When checked, the reminder volume will be as loud as your ringtone.

      After preference checking,
      7. Make a phone call to your Android phone. Don't answer. Hang up from caller side. Now you have a "missed call".
      8. Don't touch your Android phone, wait for 1 minute, and you should hear the reminder tone and feel the vibration.
      If yes, the app functions normally.

      To stop the reminder, just open Android's call log screen. (not by clearing the notification)

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  27. drdMay 13, 2012 at 9:56 PM

    As a sidenote - may be of some help... The Flashlight application from your same company isn't working either.

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    1. MaxMay 15, 2012 at 7:29 AM

      Thanks.
      There are too many different Android devices on the market. Unfortunately, they are not 100% compatible to Android official document.
      I like Android's open and free, but the open and free does suffer the developers. Sorry again.

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  28. UnknownJuly 11, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    can you make it work on galaxy s2 running android 4? thanks

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  29. UnknownAugust 3, 2012 at 3:36 PM

    Hi Max... Thanks for this wonderful apps. It works fine on my Galaxy Wonder.

    Would you able to accommodate [Max Time] of 5 minutes in your next release? Or, it would be better if you could provide option to allow user to enter the desired time rather than restricting it to the list.

    Cheers.

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  30. UnknownSeptember 5, 2012 at 3:24 PM

    Can you add a night mode so that it doesn't keep on reminding you between certain hours?

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  31. MarkOctober 10, 2012 at 2:21 PM

    Any plans to make this work with Jellybean?

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  32. UnknownOctober 31, 2012 at 9:43 PM

    Hi max. Please consider the use of the proximity sensor as option to stop the reminder. This way if i touch the phone the app can assume i read the message. (That's the way i would like it)
    Thanx for great app.

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  33. UnknownNovember 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM

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  34. UnknownJanuary 5, 2013 at 12:49 AM

    Hey Max.

    i love your app and being a IT guy its important i get woken up for system pages. However last night i missed a system page, luckily it was not critical because for some reason MCR is not reminding me on MMS messages. I have not changed anything with the settings. upon my testing for SMS it performs as it should but when i get a MMS i get the first DING and vibration but nothing after.

    any ideas, i really have to have this working.

    i am on a Samsung S3 with icecream sammich

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  35. xxxFebruary 23, 2013 at 6:56 AM

    Hi Max
    I´m new at this virtual world. Just one question: once the app has been downloaded, does it need an internet connection to work?
    Thanks!

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  36. ThomabeeMay 17, 2013 at 10:23 PM

    Hello Max.
    Been using Missed Call Reminder for quite some time, and its worked great! Now, after my Droid Razr Max updated to V4.1.2 (Jellybean?) the reminder app will not work. Is there anything, like sys logs or something, I could send you, or possibly you already know of Jellybean issues, if any.

    Thank you for your help.

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