Fixing a Silent Alarm on HTC Hero

OK, so I was using an alarm to remind me to do something, but it didn’t go off, only vibrated.

I went through all the settings but couldn’t get it to sound.

Eventually I found the solution on this forum: when selecting what alarm sound to play, on the multiple choice menu,

A screenshot of the Alarm Sound Menu on my HTC Hero

A screenshot of the Alarm Sound Menu on my HTC Hero

use the volume control to adjust the Alarm Volume (this is different from Ringer Volume). Turn up the alarm volume to the desired level and test the alarm again.

Adjusting the Android Alarm Volume

Adjusting the Android Alarm Volume

It should work now.

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5 Responses to “Fixing a Silent Alarm on HTC Hero”

  1. Jamie says:

    Thank you! Frustrating problem to solve, but this worked like a charm for me.

  2. chris says:

    @Jamie

    “Frustrating problem to solve”

    Tell me about it! I thought my phone was broken at first, thankfully it wasn’t

  3. Marie says:

    Thank you so much for this!

  4. Hal says:

    Thanks a lot. This was a lifesaver.

  5. Olav says:

    Thanks a lot !

    Worked for me as well on a HTC Magic, Android 1.5, HTC Sense software update.

    The very first unlogic user interface discovered so far at this Android phone. Else it´s very intuitive – I have never read a tutorial or anything else – I just started to use it and this is the first thing I didn´t found out just by using the phone. Seems like there should be an alarm sound level setpoint slider available within the alarm settings menu instead of using the button on the side of the phone. At least for me it´s not very logic to use the physical button for this.

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