"Wake up" Alarm does not wake up phone???????

JethroUK

I have a Blackberry which automatically goes to sleep at 1.am every night and wakes up at 7.0, charges up thro the night (bonus) but also wakes me up every morning for work (later at the weekend) whether its on or off

I'm trying to buy a new phone - quite fancy HTC but struggling

Struggling to believe there a mobiles out there that alarm doesn't work unless mobile is left switched on?????????

Last two i've looked at dont work??? and I've had phones since 90's (LG's and Sonys) and they all sounded wake up alarm when switched off

Anyone know whether HTC Desire C has 'wake up' alarm???

Also, Are there any other phones out there that can be set to shut down/start up daily automatically (again my old Sonys did) or will i need to buy another Blackberry?

Rusty!

This is quite normal now I'm afraid. Older phones wouldn't completely power off, thus were able to be woken by the alarm.

Modern Andoid phones & iPhones power down completely and will not wake for an alarm.

If this is essential to you (don't know why it would be though, if you're charging it through the night, why does it matter if it's off? If it's to guarantee silence, you can use airplane mode) then it's either a Blackberry or a basic Nokia type phone.

buscape

The alarms on Symbian phones work with the phone turned off.

You can set them to automatically go offline (turn the signal off) overnight if you want.