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aClock - a complete time management solution |
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aClock is a complete time management solution for your mobile.
It includes the following modules and features:
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World Clock
- Built-in 2000+ cities DST information.
- Shows up to 10 city clocks on your mobile.
- Meeting planner - if it's 9am, what time is it in Paris?
- Online city database update service.
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World Alarm
- Aligned alarm time to a specified time zone.
- Multiple alarms are supported.
- Flexible alarm repeating preferences.
- Support vibration, MP3/MIDI and all system supported audio files.
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Time Map
- Shows city clocks on a fantastic world map.
- Shows day/night map.
- Customize the display with various options.
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Analog Clock
- State-of-the-art analog clocks.
- Handy calendar.
- Shows day of year, week of year.
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Stopwatch
- Not only shows lap times, but also speed per lap.
- Shows time with the big LED style digits.
- Keep on ticking even in the background.
- With accuracy up to 0.001s.
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Date Calculation
- Calculate duration between two dates.
- What date is it in X days?
- When are you 10000 days old?
- Countdown to new year or another date.
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Currency Calculation
- Currency and foreign exchange rate calculations.
- Type a formula and see the result in different currencies.
- Automatically sum currency values.
- Daily exchange rates update service.
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Supported OSs |
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- Android compatible devices.
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How to purchase and register |
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aClock is shareware. Only US$9.95
to register. This product includes:
- World Clock - show up to 10 world clocks
- World Alarm - aligned alarm time to a specified timezone
- Time Map - show city clocks on the world map
- Analog Clock - the state-of-the-art analog clock
- Stopwatch - an elegant stopwatch application
- Date Calculation - the duration between two dates, date calculator
- Currency - currency and foreign exchange rate calculations
- One-year free software upgrades and on-line data update service.
Before you place the order, please be sure that you have downloaded
and installed this application on your phone successfully. We also offer
you a aClock trial license without
any charge. Please try the application and only order it when you are
satisfied it will meet your needs as there are no refunds available once
you receive the registration code.
To purchase this application, you will be requested for Your Name
and Device No information for registration. Your Device No
can be found by executing aClock application, tapping the Register...
menu item as shown below:
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- Device No: The Device No is a 10-digit code that generated
by our software from mobile hardware configuration. It's neither
IMEI nor IMSI code, and is not also a unique identifier for your
mobile. It will only be used for the purpose of generating the
registration code.
- Your Name: Enter your name.
- Registration Code: Once we have received the order, your
registration code will be sent via email. Please enter your registration
code here, and then tap the OK button. It needs the Internet access
capabilities to complete the registration. Please be sure that
the Internet connection is enabled before you tap the OK button.
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User's Manual |
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Main Window |
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aClock provides the following modules.
You can directly invoke one of modules from this Main Window.
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- You can select and tap the module that you want to execute.
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aClock will remember the last invoked module. That means if you
tap the aClock icon from the launcher application, aClock
will automatically invoke the last running module so you may not see this
Main Window until you exit from the running
module.
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- Change the first week of year setting.
- Specify the first day of week.
- Change the time format (12-hour <-> 24-hour).
- Specify the time range for Sun icon. By default, aClock
shows the Sun icon for a city if the local time of the city is
in the range of 8am to 6pm, and shows the Moon icon for the other
time range.
- Specify the time range for Moon icon.
- If this option is on, whenever you start aClock, it will check
if the home city time zone is the same as the current system setting.
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More menu commands will be explained below:
- Update City DB: Download the latest world city database from
aClock server. This command needs the Internet access capabilities.
Please make sure that the Internet connection is enabled before you
execute this command.
- Register: Invoking the registration form. To complete the registration,
please fill in the Your Name field (it should be the same as the name
as you provided when purchasing) and the Registration Code field. This
command needs the Internet access capabilities. Please make sure that
the Internet connection is enabled before you execute this command.
- Flip Orientation: Once you open the keyboard, the orientation
is fixed to landscape. When the keyboard is closed, you can select this
command to flip the orientation. This command is only enabled when the
keyboard is closed.
- About: Shows the About form.
- City DB Info: Shows the current city database version, and
the other information.
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World Clock |
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There are three modes provided by this module,
World Clock Mode, Meeting
Planner Mode, and Delta Mode.
To switch between modes, please tapping the Mode button on the top-right
of the World Clock window.
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- This field displays the time in seconds. Tapping this to toggle
the visibility (show or hide).
- The Internet time: Tapping this to toggle the visibility
(show or hide). The Internet time is a "new" way to
tell time, invented and marketed by the Swiss watch company Swatch.
The current Internet time is the same all over the world (no time
zones or daylight saving time adjustments). The Internet time
is based on a new Meridian (as opposed to the Greenwich Meridian).
This new Meridian goes through Swatch's office in Biel, Switzerland
and is called the BMT Meridian.
Instead of dividing the virtual and real day into 24 hours and
60 minutes per hour, the Internet time system divides the day
into 1000 ".beats". Each .beat is 1 minute and 26.4
seconds.
- Change mode: Tapping this to switch between World
Clock Mode, Meeting Planner Mode,
and Delta Mode.
- Home city: The first row shows the home city name, date
and time.
- Change the time format (12-hour <-> 24-hour): Tapping
the date or time column to change the time format. By default,
it shows the date and time according to the format that is defined
in the system. For your convenience, this application also enables
you to change the time display format by directly tapping the
date or time column.
- Sun/Moon icons: By default, it shows the Sun icon if
the local time of this city is in the range of 8am to 6pm, and
shows the Moon icon for the other time range. You can customize
the time range from the Pref menu command
of Main Window.
- City name: You can change the world city by tapping the
city name, then select the Change city menu command. A
form will be invoked for you to choose a new city. If you change
the home city to a different time zone, you will be asked if you
also want to change the system time zone.
The city name will be shown in RED
if the local time zone of this city is earlier than the current
home time, and shown in BLUE if the
local time zone of this city is later than the current home time.
- DST indicator: The "*" character indicates
this city is in DST (Daylight Saving Time)
- Ledger-style coloring: You can change the color, or switch
the visibility on or off from the Pref
menu command.
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Sometimes, you may want to make an appointment or a conference call with
coworkers that are working all over the world. In this case, you can use
the Meeting Planner Mode to set the meeting time that you want to call
without affecting the system time.
For example, you would like to have a conference call at 11:30 am, 1/5
Taipei time with your coworkers who are working in San Francisco and Tokyo.
Before you send the meeting notice e-mail, you first need to know the
corresponding San Francisco and Tokyo local time. To avoid changing the
system time to 11:30 am, 1/5, you can change the Taipei time to 11:30
am, 1/5 with the functions as shown below.
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- Change date: Tapping this field to change date.
- Change time: Tapping this field to change time.
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Now, you know that the meeting time for your coworker in San Francisco
is 7:30 pm, Thursday, 1/4 and the time for your coworker in Tokyo is 12:30
PM, Friday, 1/5. Of course, you can also set the time from Tokyo's time
zone.
If you want to know the world cities delta time from the home time, the
Delta mode is exactly what you want.
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- Change mode: Tapping the date or time column will cycle
through the following information.
- Delta Time
- Current UTC
- Standard UTC
- Delta Time Mode example
- Current UTC Mode example
- Standard UTC Mode example
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Current UTC = Standard UTC + (Daylight saving time).
Tapping the home city will show the following menu commands:
- Change city: A form will be invoked for you to choose a new
city.
- City details: This command shows the detailed information about
the current selected city.
Tapping the other world cities will show the following menu commands:
- Change city: A form will be invoked for you to choose a new
city.
- City details: This command shows the detailed information about
the current selected city.
- Blank/Nonblank: If you only want to keep track of 5 world cities,
because showing many cities may distract you, you can set useless cities
as blank to help you track world city times clearly. You can also use
this function to separate different city groups. To undo the blank,
please execute this command again.
- As home city: This command will assign the current selected
city as home city. If you change the home city to a different time zone,
you will be asked if you also want to change the system time zone.
- Move up: This command will move the selected city up for changing
the cities sequence.
- Move down: This command will move the selected city down for
changing the cities sequence.
More menu commands will be explained below:
- Pref: Invoking the preferences form. You can change the ledger-style
color, or switch the visibility on or off.
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World Alarm |
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- Alarm List: It lists all you created alarms.
- Edit Alarm: Tapping one of alarms will invoke the Edit
Alarm form for you to change the alarm settings. You can also
delete the alarm through this command. Please refer to the Edit
Alarm section for details.
- Disable/Enable Alarm: Tapping this check box icon to
enable or disable the alarm.
- Add Alarm: Tapping this to add a new alarm. You can also
add an alarm through the Add Alarm menu
command.
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- World Alarm allows you to specify a message for each alarm.
This message will be shown on the alarm reminder form.
- Specify the time to go off
- If you want to align the alarm time to a specified time zone,
you can tap this to select the world city.
- Specify this alarm is a one-time alarm or repeat alarm. For
a repeat alarm, the alarm will continue to occur for you specified
weekdays.
- Delete this alarm.
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- This setting form enables you to use either Ringtone, Vibrate
or Silent to remind you that the alarm time is up. If you select
the Silent option, the alarm only remind you with the alarm reminder
form without any sound or vibration.
- Tapping this to select a ringtone for this alarm.
aClock also supports the ringtones that stored on the external
SD card. Please copy the audio files to SD card's /aClock
directory.
- Specify the ringtone or vibration repeat count.
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- Tapping this to close this form
- Tapping the Snooze button, the alarm will go off again after
3 minutes. You can change the snooze time via the Pref
menu command.
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- If this option is on, the alarm reminder form will be automatically
closed after the alarm has finished.
- Specify the snooze time in minutes.
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More menu commands will be explained below:
- Add Alarm: You can add a new alarm by using this command.
- Sort Alarms: This command will sort all alarms by alarm time
in ascending order.
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Time Map |
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This module shows city clocks on a fantastic
world map. It synchronizes the home city and world cities settings with
World Clock.
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- This field displays the time in Seconds, Minutes + Seconds,
or Minutes. You can tap this field to cycle through the options.
- Move the map: You can move the map left or right by dragging
the map.
- Resize the map: Tapping the map will pop up a zoom control
for you to change the map size. This zoom control can also be
invoked by executing the Zoom menu command.
- Time box: For each world city, it shows a small square
box to mark the location of city on the map, a time box that shows
the local time and city name, and a link that connects the mark
and time box.
Move time box: You can drag the time box to a new position.
To restore all time boxes position to default, please execute
the Reset Time Boxes menu command.
- Day/night map: this can be hidden through the Pref
menu command
- City location marks: They mark the location of world
cities.
Change world city: If you want to change a world city to
another world city, you can drag its mark to the place of new
city. It will show a form that lists the top 20 closest cities.
You can select a city to replace the original world city.
Please note that this function is not applicable for the home
city.
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This module provides various options for you to customize the display.
This menu command enables you to change the text and background colors
of world cities. In addition, the window background color can also be
customized by this com
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- Change city text color: To change the text color of this
world city, tapping this button will open a color picker form
for you to select a new color.
- Change city background color: To change the background
color of this world city, tapping this button will open a color
picker form for you to select a new color.
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- MENU + i: zoom in the world map.
- MENU + o: zoom out the world map.
More menu commands will be explained below:
- Zoom: Show the zoom control for you to change the map size.
- Reset Time Boxes: To restore all time boxes position to default.
- Drag: Execute this menu command will disable you to move the
map and time boxes. To enable the moving function, execute this command
again.
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Analog Clock |
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There are three modes provided by this module, One
Clock Mode, Three Clocks Mode, and Calendar
Mode. To switch between modes, please tapping the Mode button on the
top-right of the window.
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- Change mode: Tapping this to switch between One
Clock Mode, Three Clocks Mode, and
Calendar Mode.
- Switch date information: To tap the date area, it cycles
the information of "current date", "current day
of year" and "current week of year".
- Change the time format: You can tap the time area to
change the time format between 12-hour and 24-hour. By default,
it gets your favorite time format from the system settings.
- Switch city/country information: Tap the city name area,
it cycles the information of "city name" and "country
and state name".
- Change clock face: To change the clock face, tap the
clock.
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- This mode not only shows the home city time but also shows two
world cities time. The two world cities information are got from
World Clock top two world cities. So,
if you want to change the world cities, please return to World
Clock to do that.
- As the One Clock Mode, you can tap
the date, time and city name area to change the display format.
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- Calendar: In this mode, it shows an additional calendar
for you to browse.
Slide your finger up/down on the calendar to change year.
Slide your finger left/right on the calendar to change month.
- Today: It's Today.
- Previous month: Tapping the left arrow to show the previous
month.
- Next month: Tapping the right arrow to show the next
month.
- Choose a month: Tapping this to select the month that
you want to see.
- The calendar follows the "first day of week" and "first
week of year" settings. You can change them through the Pref
menu command of Main Window.
- As the One Clock Mode, you can tap
the date, time and city name area to change the display format.
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This module provides various options for you to customize the display.
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- Disable the mobile's auto-off function when this module is running.
If you check this option, please be sure that your phone is charging
via power adapter or USB.
- Show the week number on the calendar
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Stopwatch |
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- Tap the Start button to start stopwatch.
- Tap the Lap button to record the current time and without
stopping the counting.
- Tap the Pause button to pause the counting.
- To stop the stopwatch, you can tap the Stop button.
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StopWatch not only shows you the time per lap but also the speed
per lap and recod time.
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- Tap this box to switch display modes between Lap Time,
Speed per Lap, and Record Time.
You can customize the speed format via the Preferences form.
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- Enter the length of a lap.
- Specify the lap length unit. It can be meter, mile, km, or any
string.
- Specify the time unit. It can be hour, minute, second, or centisecond.
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More menu commands will be explained below:
- Export Logs: Export the elapsed and lap time logs to SD card,
clipboard, or email to someone. If you export the logs to the SD card,
it will be saved to /aClock/Stopwatch directory of the SD card.
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Date Calculation |
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There are two modes provided by this module,
Duration Between Two Dates Mode and Date
Calculator Mode. To switch between modes, please tapping the Mode
button on the top-right of the window.
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This mode enable you to calculate the duration between any two dates.
this mode enables you to add or subtract days to or from a given date.
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- Start date: Choose the start date.
- Start time: Choose the start time.
- Add or subtract function: Tapping this to toggle the
functions.
- Specify the weeks, days, hours or minutes
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Currency Calculation |
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With this module provided currency functions
you can calculate the sum of values in up to 3~4 (it depends on the size
of screen width) different currencies at the same time, receive updated
foreign exchange rates online.
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- Change currency: Tapping this to invoke a form that list
50+ currencies sorted by currency code. You can choose the desired
currencies from the list.
- Input currency values: Tapping this to enter a value
to convert. You can also input a formula for the value. For example,
11.5 + 4.5 * 3 or 2 * (3 + 4).
- Auto sum the values: Show the sum of the values for each
currency.
- The last update time of currency database.
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- Change the base currency.
- Tap this to enter the exchange rates relative to the base currency.
- Reset the manual edited currency exchange rates to default values.
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Please note that the manual edited currency exchange rates will be reset
if you download a new currency database.
More menu commands will be explained below:
- Update Currency DB: Download the latest currency database from
aClock server. This command needs the Internet access capabilities.
Please make sure that the Internet connection is enabled before you
execute this command.
- Clear All: Clear all values to zero.
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Release
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- 1.53 - released on Feb. 26, 2010 Download
fixed the failed to
download currency data problem.
add more flags for some currencies.
- 1.52 - released on Nov. 24, 2009
support OS v1.6(HTC Tattoo, QVGA),
v2.0 (Moto Droid).
enable users to create clock
from pictures or captured photo.
add country flag for XPF currency.
update city/country database.
- 1.50 - released on Jul. 12, 2009
support OS v1.5
new Stopwatch module.
enable users to change clock
face.
Slide your finger up/down/left/right
on the calendar to change year/month.
fixed the bug of "still
alarm if cancelling the last alarm"
the show week setting
will be changed if you tap the "This Month" button.
removed the "Flip
Orientation" menu.
- 1.40 - released on Apr. 6, 2009
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settings of Time Map, Analog Clock, Date Calc and Currency modules
will be reset if you upgrade to this version.
reorganized World Clock menu
items.
added [*] button to select city
form, tap it to list all candidates.
changed default alarm repeat
time to 10 from forever.
added [Disable] button to alarm
edit form.
added [Set To Home City] button
to alarm edit form.
use system alarm icon if alarm
is set.
show notification icon for auto
close alarms.
always show time map in landscape
mode.
added a software digital keypad
for you to enter the currency value more easily.
automatically download the newest
exchange rates on startup.
enhanced currency selection dialog,
show country flag in the list.
support 160+ currencies.
find a currency by typing in
the currency selection dialog.
changed Currency icon.
man minor enhancements are added.
won't auto close form
for vibration alarm.
remove "Alarm
Reminder" from recently list.
fixed some minor bugs.
- 1.30 - released on Nov. 25, 2008
replaced the old color picker
dialog with a new true color picker dialog.
vibrate when you select the Vibrate
option in World Alarm module.
vibrate when you start to move
the time box or city location marker in Time Map module.
supported alarm ringtones that
stored on SD card (put the audio files under the /aClock directory
of SD card).
show alarm icon on the status
bar if alarm is set.
larger calendar for portrait
mode.
follow system's date
format settings.
fixed some untouchable
issues (larger calendar left/right buttons).
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fixed the settings
lost (or restored) problems when you open/close the keyboard.
fixed the crash problem
if you open/close the keyboard when aClock is connecting with server.
changed the background
color for Mode button.
- 1.20 - released on Nov. 14, 2008
fixed the problem
of "registered successfully, but still cannot run".
fixed some bugs if
you open/close the keyboard when running.
need
to uninstall the old version first if you upgrade to this version.
added a software digital keyboard
for Date Calculation module and Edit Currency form.
added a new "Flip Orientation"
menu command for Main Window.
added shortcut keys for all menu
commands.
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added MENU-i ( zoom-in) and
MENU-o (zoom-out) shortcut keys for Time Map module.
- 1.10 - released on Nov. 11, 2008
added a software digital keyboard
for you to enter the currency value or formula more easily.
supported 150 currencies.
some minor bugs fixed.
- 1.00 - released on Oct. 28, 2008
the first new release.
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- What security permissions does aClock need?
aClock needs the following security permissions:
- Network communication
- full Internet access: Need this to download the updated
city, country and currency data from our server.
- Phone calls
- read phone state: Needs this to generate the Device
No for registration. The real phone device ID, SIM card serial
no,...,etc. privacy information won't be sent out by aClock.
- System tools
- prevent phone from sleeping: Needs this to prevent
phone from sleeping when accessing the Internet, or Analog Clock
module is running.
- set time zone: Needs this to change phone system time
zone when you change the home city in aClock.
- modify global system settings: Needs this to set system
next alarm time information.
- automatically start at boot: Needs this to automatically
start aClock's alarm service at boot.
- disable keylock: Needs this to temporarily unlock the
keylock when alarm goes off.
- Hardware controls
- control vibrator: Needs this to vibrate the phone when
alarm goes off.
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Appendix |
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To get the latest version, please visit http://android.a0soft.com. If you find any incorrect information,
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