Alarm clock went unreliable with FPOOS 9 and still is on 10

[AnotherElk]

@hman

but you don’t use an alarm clock if it is so unreliable that it is being proposed to use backup alarm.

In fact, I do.
I just accept that a smartphone is not 100% reliable in what it does. It can’t be according to my subjective perception of nowadays software quality (or lack thereof), and then there’s still objective stuff like bitflips. I can’t find a reference even for current smartphones having ECC memory.

@hman

The backup could break as well.

That is correct.
But the probability wouldn’t be too high I guess. But not zero.

@hman

So backups for the backups? Where is the limit?

You set the limit with a personal assessment of how secure you want to feel with your alarm solution.
Your current trouble should give you a hint in that regard.

@hman

What would you do with an alarm clock purchased in a store that does not wake you up on 1 - 3 mornings PER WEEK?

I would return it. And I wouldn’t compare a probably hardwired simple alarm clock with a computer device running overly complex layers of software. It’s quite a stretch.

@hman

How would you react if the dealer then tells you “if you want reliability, just buy two of them?”

I would say that’s a sound advice, and I wouldn’t buy two identical ones (same brand + same model = could have the same flaws) .

@hman

This “reasoning” is out of this world…

I wonder which reasoning here is more rooted in visible reality.
Anyway, back to being constructive …

@hman

Most of the time it works as intended. But slightly less than once a week it does not.

With @OldRoutard’s suggestion it should be possible to find out whether it’s just the stock clock App acting up for you.

If all else fails … 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 ✏ Installing the Fairphone 2 from scratch in case of failure / Komplette Neuinstallation des Fairphone 2 im Fehlerfall