iOS 5 Notifications settings
Set CalAlarm alarms
Quickly edit alerts and event times in List view
Navigate to another month or year
Create a new event in another year
Create new events by Long Press
Reschedule events by Drag and Drop
Use CalAlarm Settings
Snooze Overdue, Alerts and Notification Center
Customize Sounds for different calendars
Use Music on my device as alert sound (iOS 5)
Import a Ringtone Sound from iTunes (iOS 5)
Troubleshooting Checklist
Set CalAlarm Notifications and Sound
1. Settings > Notifications > CalAlarm > Alert Style > Alerts or banners.
2. Settings > Notifications > CalAlarm > View in lock screen > ON.
3. Settings > Notifications > CalAlarm > Sounds > ON.
Set the built-in Calendar app Notifications and Sounds
1. Settings > Notifications > Calendar > Alert Style > None.
2. Settings > Notifications > Calendar > View in lock screen > OFF.
3. Settings > Sounds > Calendar Alerts > None.
Notification Center switch ON or OFF does not influence the performance of CalAlarm.
Calendar Alarm ON / OFF: when ON, CalAlarm adds a notification (titled CalAlarm) and sound to all existing calendar alerts. When OFF, the alerts will remain set, CalAlarm will only remove the added notifications and sounds. Switching the button to ON brings back the sounds and notifications.
Repeat every minute: the alarms will repeat every minute till acknowledged. To be able to Snooze all your events, please set this option to ON.
Snooze: when your alarm rings a notification appears asking you to tap 'Snooze for' or 'Stop Repeat'. This brings you to the Snooze box.
Note: when Snooze and Repeat are both ON, the alarm will repeat again every minute after snoozing. When CalAlarm is in the foreground, the Repeat is automatically turned OFF.
Birthday alarms: sets the alarm time for birthdays imported from Contacts.
Customize Quick Alerts: lets you customize values for the Quick Alert screen.
Customize Snooze screen: lets you customize values for the Snooze screen.
Suppress all-day: often external calendars will set an alert at midnight (0.00) for all-day events. Not an alarm you want to hear. With this button switched ON, Cal Alarm will not set it's alarms. The built in calendar app will still set its notifications with sound however. See FAQ how to switch OFF the sound of the built in calendar app.
Week numbers: Set to US to start the week on Sunday.
All alerts set for the past 24 hours will appear in Overdue. Tap ZzZ to immediately snooze the event.
If Snooze is set to ON in the Settings, the Snooze box also appears after tapping:
1. The CalAlarm alert or banner saying: Stop Repeat (if Repeat is also ON) or Snooze for.
2. The CalAlarm event in the Notification Center.
When the By Calendar switch is OFF, the selected sound applies to all calendars.
When By Calendar is ON you can:
- select a sound by calendar.
- disable CalAlarm notifications (alarms) for that specific Calendar.
Tap Edit to add a song from the Music library on your device to My CalAlarm Sounds (iOS 5).
1. In CalAlarm tap the Sound Icon (bottom right button)
2. Tap Edit in the Sound screen (see screenshots above)
3. Tap the "+".
4. In your Music library tap on the song of your choice.
5. Tap Done.
6.Your song is now added to MyCalAlarm sounds.
1. Choose the Apps tab in the iTunes menu.
2. Scroll down to File Sharing.
3. Select CalAlarm.
4. In CalAlarm Documents click Add.
5. Select the Ringtones you want to add. Please note CalAlarm uses the file name and not the song title or artist name.
1. First of all you should have iOS4.2 (or higher) installed on your phone.
2. Then check your device sound settings: try adjusting the volume with volume buttons at the side of your phone. Be sure the iPhone is not in silent mode (the button above the volume buttons at the side ).
3. Your Time Zone settings for the built-in iPhone Calendar (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Time Zone Support) should be OFF or the same as your General iPhone Time Zone settings (Settings > General > Date & Time).
4. Always activate CalAlarm after syncing with your desktop computer, after entering new events in other apps (built-in Calendar for example) and changing the timezone, otherwise your alarms will not be set.
5. To save Quick Alarms , make sure the Quick Alarm box is closed before quitting CalAlarm.
6. Do you see any Cal Alarm Alerts ? You will always get two pop ups. One is set by the built-in iPhone Calendar app which asks to close (the popup) or to view (the event). In iOS 5 this can be switched OFF. The other Alert has CalAlarm as title.
7. Is Calendar Alarm switched ON? 1st switch in the CalAlarm settings (icon left bottom).
8. If all this does not work please reinstall the app (see iPod/iPhone manual). Downloading the app again is free of course.