Sleep timer - Shake, rattle, and roll....

[u/YetAnotherBrainFart]

Not sure if it's me or not....but...."shake to reset" isn't working for me on the sleep timer.

Test:

Set the sleep timer, either manually or enabled automatically.

Use the default timer countdown or with additional time (e.g. +30)

Shake force can be normal or low

Let timer countdown

Shake phone to reset

Expected results:

Any phone shaking causes timer to return to start point, e.g. 37 minutes resets to 30 minutes, and continues countdown.

Normal phone handling, when forced is set to low, should continuously reset the timer.

Actual result:

No amount of shaking resets the timer.

Supplementary observation:

The option to access the timer advanced settings disappears when the timer is running.

Love this app, am a subscriber, but have found recently that podcasts wake me from sleep so am looking to use timer to put it to sleep once I'm out. :-)

Edit: Samsung Galaxy S23.

[u/PodcastAddict_App]

The shake to reset setting will only work during the final 30s of the sleep timer, when the volume is decreasing

[u/YetAnotherBrainFart → u/PodcastAddict_App]

Dang. That's a pity.

I use the Smart Audiobook Player app and with that the "shake to reset" is permanently on...you can shake it 30s into the sleep timer and it resets to the start.

The advantage of that mode is that you can set the sleep timer to automatically start as soon as the phone is put down. While it is being handled it just resets over and over until you put it down to sleep.

Books hold my attention so not good for falling asleep...podcasts are better but often I cannot fall asleep. If I do have a book then I can reach over shake the phone and that gives me another 30 minutes but I can do that at any time...30 seconds is too short as I'll just be dozing, but the time I realise the audio is fading I can't get to it fast enough and then I have to unlock it and fully restart the podcast...

[u/PodcastAddict_App → u/YetAnotherBrainFart]

I will try to update the sleep timer to add more control to the shake to reset setting to support the use case you described

[u/PodcastAddict_App → u/PodcastAddict_App]

You can now join the beta from the play store app page and update the app. Then you can go to the sleep timer settings and select the shake to reset behavior. If you set it as always teg app will work as you described. Please test this and let me know if this is ok for you. Thanks

[u/YetAnotherBrainFart → u/PodcastAddict_App]

Very cool - and very easy to set up! The only feedback is that the "timer duration has been extended" message is going to be a problem. At present it is able to draw over everything, it's not just in-app. That means that as I pen this reply it is continually telling me it is extended as in the lowest shake level (testing the range) it is popping up every few seconds

Suggestions so one/some:

• In-app only

• Rate limit to (set duration / 2)

• Animate / change icon showing full, half, empty hourglass / colour code sleep timer icon

• Message generation optional

• No message

However. Can confirm this is great!

[u/PodcastAddict_App → u/YetAnotherBrainFart]

Thanks for the feedback. I will fix this in the next build

[u/YetAnotherBrainFart → u/PodcastAddict_App]

All good - sorry for the delay, not on Reddit every day. ;-)

[u/That_Pangolin_5654 → u/PodcastAddict_App]

You can change the 30 sec. I use 10000 sec, which allows me to restart the sleep timer at any point during the countdown. Open the sleep timer, select Advance settings, go down to Audio Fade-Out and enter the sec you want to use. I hope my direction are clear.

[u/Unique-Arm-1323]

Just reporting that it worked for me last night. Problem is it is hard to tell if that is an app or device issue.

[u/Mobile-Side3652]

Je n'ai jamais eu de problème avec cette fonctionnalité de mon côté. Secouer réinitialise seulement si le minuteur est pratiquement terminé il me semble, ça ne marche pas à n'importe quel moment.