stringy
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Post by stringy on Aug 21, 2017 12:21:23 GMT -6
I have an iphone and my reminders app just never works when I want it to. Is this normal?
Does anyone use anything for this? Like I want to remember to mail the day care check. I want it to tell me that at like 9 pm when I'm home and doing things like that. I think of it in the car or at work and my work to-do list doesn't come home with me, or if it does I don't look at it at home unless working.
Need personal assistant.
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Aug 21, 2017 12:48:45 GMT -6
Use Siri. Say "remind me to mail check at 9 tonight" and it'll be done for uou
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stringy
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Post by stringy on Aug 21, 2017 13:02:06 GMT -6
Use Siri. Say "remind me to mail check at 9 tonight" and it'll be done for uou But she just uses the reminders app which never works. Like ever. Maybe its clock is wrong or something. its weird. |
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Aug 21, 2017 13:06:42 GMT -6
Even if you set a specific time? That's not right.
You can set alarms too but not for certain dates.
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Post by charlotte on Aug 21, 2017 13:08:07 GMT -6
I set these things as an event on my calendar app. (I don't really use it as a full calendar, but will use it for reminders). The thing is, you have to select the alert option and tell it when to alert you... the default setting is "never". Not sure if that's true for the reminders app, but maybe that's why it's not working for you.
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stringy
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Post by stringy on Aug 21, 2017 13:19:36 GMT -6
hmmm maybe its me  |
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Post by tj on Aug 21, 2017 13:25:30 GMT -6
Same as charlotte. I just use the calendar for reminders. |
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Aug 21, 2017 13:38:56 GMT -6
stringy, check your notifications settings. Go to the Settings app, and there's a tab for Notifications. Apps are listed alphabetically, make sure Reminders has badges, sounds and banners turned on.
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Post by mapleme on Aug 21, 2017 13:39:33 GMT -6
I totally had this problem when I tried to manually type reminders at first. Now I use Siri and have no issue. I also now have no issue typing it in, so perhaps something changed or I figured it out without noticing it?
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mapleme
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Post by mapleme on Aug 21, 2017 13:41:15 GMT -6
stringy, check your notifications settings. Go to the Settings app, and there's a tab for Notifications. Apps are listed alphabetically, make sure Reminders has badges, sounds and banners turned on. +1, I was just coming back to mention this. Especially if you go into reminders and the event is showing as overdue (after the fact). |
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Aug 21, 2017 13:43:04 GMT -6
I totally had this problem when I tried to manually type reminders at first. Now I use Siri and have no issue. I also now have no issue typing it in, so perhaps something changed or I figured it out without noticing it? When you type them in manually you have to set it to "remind me on a day" and set the date/time you want to be reminded. Otherwise it just acts as a list and doesn't send you notifications. But if you use Siri and say "at x time on x day" she will automatically do that for you. It's way easier. And once a reminder is created, you can tap the info icon next to the reminder and set it to repeat (so if it's a monthly, a weekly, a daily event) so you don't have to do a new reminder every time. This is how I pay all of my bills, or remind myself when automatic withdrawals are happening. |
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Post by ovenrack on Aug 21, 2017 16:37:28 GMT -6
I also use calendar events.
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