No way to set volume of alarms/timers

[qwrwed]

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Affected app version

1.0.0

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14

Affected device model

Samsung Galaxy XCover6 Pro

How did you install the app?

F-Droid / IzzyOnDroid

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Go to device settings >Sounds and vibration > Volume.
2. Set all volume sliders to 50%.
3. Create a new timer to expire in 1 second.
   • When it runs, listen to the volume.
4. Create a new alarm to run in 1 minute.
   • When it runs, listen to the volume.

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5. Tap the created timer and check for a volume option.
6. Tap the created alarm and check for a volume option.
7. Go to in-app settings and check for a volume option.
8. Go to device settings >Sounds and vibration > Volume.
9. Set all volume sliders to quiet (5%)
10. Create a new timer to expire in 1 second.
    • When it runs, listen to the volume.
    • While it is playing, try changing the volume using the device's volume buttons.
11. Create a new alarm to run in 1 minute.
    • When it runs, listen to the volume.
    • While it is playing, try changing the volume using the device's volume buttons.

Expected behavior

There is a way to change the volume of the alarm (the stock Samsung alarm app has this at the bottom of the sound picker screen)

Actual behavior

Steps 5 to 7 show no in-app settings for controlling volume. Steps 9 to 11 show no out-of-app settings for controlling volume, as none of the sliders have any effect on the alarm volume. The volume buttons also do not have any effect aside from turning off the alarm or timer.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Click to expand: this app, Settings app. No alarm volume.

Click to expand: stock Samsung clock app. Alarm volume at bottom of sound picker.

Additional information

No response

[Aga-C]

Most Androids let you set globally the alarm volume, and that's what the app relies on. I don't know why Samsung phones don't have it, but while there's no way to change the volume in Fossify Clock, you can try to use some external app for changing global alarm volume, e.g. https://f-droid.org/packages/com.punksta.apps.volumecontrol/.

[sosasees]

Samsung devices don't have the Alarm volume slider in system settings because they don't want to confuse users by having the Alarm volume slider in both the system settings and the clock app.

if someone turns down the Alarm volume slider in the system settings and later turns it up in the clock app, they could be confused about why they can't turn up the volume as much as they used to. it would not occur to everyone to check both the clock app and the system settings for an Alarm volume slider

[sosasees]

Fossify Clock could have an "use own alarm volume" checkbox that overrides Fossify Clock's use of the system alarm volume with its own volume setting, changeable with the slider below

[gri38]

I think fossify clock alarm has a dedicated volume for alarms, decoupled from OS: when you choose the ring, click on the ring you want: the ring rings, while: change the volume with phone buttons.
I tested and I think it's dedicated to alarms.

But:

• it's kind of hidden: an alarm volume slider in the alarms settings would make it obvious
• it's global to all alarms: we would benefit a dedicated volume for each (the morning I don't want to wake up all the house, but at 10 for instance, I need an heavy volume alarm because of the surrounding noise).

Thanks to developpers!

[sosasees]

thank you for telling me about the hidden volume controls ❤
the perceived lack of volume controls was the only thing stopping me from using the Fossify Clock app.

for everyone's usability, the volume controls must be exposed in the Fossify Clock app

[KeyboardNinja77]

This would be nice to have on the edit alarm screen, then I could recommend this app to my friends and family who own Samsungs

[starbrights]

Mh, on Samsung I also did't find a way to change sound.