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Scott Ehrenberg

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Nov 28, 2025, 3:14:59 PM11/28/25
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The permission to overlay is greyed out, non functional. The message to change the setting is shown on the clock face blocking access to media. There is no way to turn the message off or to turn the overlay permission on.

It is destroying the night clock functionality.

Please issue bug fix.

Scott Ehrenberg
1844 Kinsmere Drive
Trinity, FL

Stefan Fruhner

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Nov 28, 2025, 3:21:52 PM11/28/25
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Hello Scott, 

it seems there are devices which do not allow to grant this permission. Meanwhile a fix should have reached the majority of users. Can you confirm that v2.11.6 or newer stopped showing the banner? 

Thanks, Stefan


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Ian Lovat

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Nov 29, 2025, 3:07:28 AM11/29/25
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Hello, 

This app has been amazing and I've used it every night for many years BUT since the last update, it now switches off during the night so has become less useful. I wake up in the night to a blank screen and have to restart the app.  I use the alarm, radio and weather functions.

I have always had the smart charging option switched on on the phone and I wonder if that has become the problem with the latest update. I intend to see if switching that option off will help but, if so, that is a work around rather than a solution.

I use a Moto G 84 with Android 15.

Thank you for such a great app but it would bring it back to it's previous perfection if there can be a fix to this recent problem.

Thank you.


Ian

Stefan Fruhner

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Nov 29, 2025, 3:14:16 AM11/29/25
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Hey Ian, 

version 2.11.7 is currently being rolled out. I identified a bug in the timeout behaviour which is addressed in this new version already. 

Stefan ;)


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Bernd Rawalski

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Nov 30, 2025, 3:42:44 AM11/30/25
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Hallo und Gruß aus Essen.
Seid dem letzten Update geht die Nachtuhr wenn sie aktiv ist nach ca. 2 Stunden aus. Sie schaltet sich selbständig aus und der Bildschirm ist schwarz.
An meinem Gerät kann es nicht liegen, da das bei dem Handy meiner Frau auch passiert.

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Stefan Fruhner

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Nov 30, 2025, 5:16:52 AM11/30/25
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Hallo, 

das Problem liegt vermutlich daran, dass in der aktuellen Version der Timeout "Nie" nicht funktioniert. Ich habe das in Version 2.11.7 behoben, die gerade verteilt wird.

Viele Grüße, 
Stefan ;)

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Bernd Rawalski

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Nov 30, 2025, 5:40:14 AM11/30/25
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Hallo Stefan, Danke für die schnelle Antwort!

Dann warte ich das Update mal ab. 

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Gagik Baghdasaryan

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Dec 1, 2025, 10:49:01 PM12/1/25
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Dear Stefan,

I am experiencing the same issue reported by other Night Clock app users: the app screen turns off at a random time during charging. This is a critical problem, as we rely on the screen to display the time when we wake up, not a blank screen. If unresolved, the app becomes unusable for its intended purpose.

From my testing, the issue seems related to Battery Protection mode on my Samsung S23 running Android 16.

  • In Basic Protection mode, the phone charges to 100%, and the screen remains on in the morning—no problem.
  • In Max Protection mode, the phone charges only to 80% and then stops charging. At that moment, the screen turns off, regardless of whether the clock is running in the background.

A temporary workaround is to use a third-party app such as Caffeine, which can keep the screen on indefinitely or for a set time. However, this requires an extra clicks every morning and is inconvenient.

Have you considered this issue? Is it possible to fix it? I can extract and send you the clock app information if that would help. What we need is for the screen to stay on and display the clock even after charging stops.

With regards,
A formerly happy user of Night Clock,
Gagik Baghdasaryan






Ah! Now I understand clearly — your S23 charges up to 80% (likely due to the battery protection feature) and then stops charging, and at that moment the screen goes off. You want the screen to stay on even after charging stops. ✅

Yes, you can do that, but it’s independent of charging — you need to keep the screen on using the system settings or apps:


Option 1: Developer Options – Stay Awake

This keeps the screen on while charging, but it might turn off when charging stops. Still worth trying:

  1. Go to Settings → About phone → Software information.
  2. Tap Build number 7 times → Developer Options enabled.
  3. Go to Settings → Developer Options → Stay awake → toggle On.

(Note: “Stay awake” works only while charging, so this alone won’t help once charging stops.)


Option 2: Keep Screen On Using Display Settings

  1. Go to Settings → Display → Screen timeout.
  2. Set the timeout to the maximum (usually 10 minutes).

(This will keep the screen on after charging stops, for that duration.)


Option 3: Use a Third-Party App

Apps like Caffeine or Stay Alive! can force the screen to stay on indefinitely, even after charging stops.

  • Download one from the Play Store.
  • Enable the “keep screen on” feature.
  • You can optionally set it to work only after charging completes.

💡 Summary:
The system doesn’t automatically keep the screen on when charging stops — you need to use a third-party app or max screen timeout to achieve this.

If you want, I can give you a step-by-step setup using Caffeine to keep your S23 screen on after charging stops. Do you want me to do that?


Stefan Fruhner

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Dec 3, 2025, 1:35:47 AM12/3/25
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Dear Gagik, 

thanks for letting me know. I already have identified two issues which were responsible for turning off the screen too early. I am trying to bring it live as soon as possible. Since the app has more than three users I will have to roll out new versions in stages- This procedure takes a few days until all users are able to download the update. 

Looking forward to see you as a happy user again,
Bye Stefan ;)

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Ian Lovat

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Dec 5, 2025, 3:05:32 AM12/5/25
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Hello Stefan

Once again, thank you for a great app. The update a few days ago solved the problem of the clock switching off during the night and restored it back to perfection. 

However, yesterday's update has broken the radio streaming and I now get 'radio stream failure' for any of my saved stations. All was working perfectly before the update.

Thank you. 

Ian

Stefan Fruhner

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Dec 5, 2025, 12:56:48 PM12/5/25
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Hey Ian!

I am afraid that was another change I made with this update. In order to improve data security I have restricted cleartext http traffic. Clear text communication is restricted by default on Android. My app had an older setting to allow cleartext traffic in general which is a security risk which I'd like to avoid. 

Chances are good your radio stations offer an https version of the stream. Can you please have a look here 

https://www.radio-browser.info/search?page=1&order=clicktrend&reverse=true&hidebroken=true

radio-brower.info is actually the API which I am using in the app. You can search for your radio stations. Sometimes there are several entries for the same station but the urls might be different. If you find a version starting with http:// then we're good and you can use this one. 

Hope it works for you, 
bye Stefan

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Ian Lovat

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Dec 5, 2025, 2:11:12 PM12/5/25
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Dear Stefan,

Thank you for your message.

Oh dear, that's terrible news. The radio station I use all the time is (UK) BBC Radio 4. There's no HTTPS stream and the URL from the link you sent is http and the same as the one I already used. I also use (UK) Classic FM and as far as I can see, the same applies.

Any idea what I can do to rescue the situation?

Best wishes,

Ian


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Stefan Fruhner

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Dec 5, 2025, 4:24:23 PM12/5/25
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Hi Ian. 

Alright I see that I cannot easily enforce encryption when I want to allow playing radio streams in the same app. I will reactivate cleartext traffic for radio streams then with the next update. 

Bye, Stefan 😉



Jules M

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Dec 9, 2025, 2:07:36 PM12/9/25
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Hello
When the clock is running in auto mode and you double tap the screen and look at your phone. Then after the screen times out or when pressing the power button, the clock would resume if still in the auto on period. 
However, now the clock does not re-auto start unless you disconnect the power cable and reconnect it. 

Thanks

Julian

Gabriel Z.

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Dec 10, 2025, 5:06:55 AM12/10/25
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Hola! Cambié de teléfono celular y ya no puedo activar el reloj. 
Antes al enchufarlo por la noche se activaba, ya no. Los seteos están idénticos qué en mi celular anterior... 

Pasé a un:
Galaxy S25 Ultra
SM-S938B/DS 
• Versión de One UI: 8.0
• Versión de Android: 16


Saludos,

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Paul Mowrey

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Dec 13, 2025, 11:21:05 PM12/13/25
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I love your Night Clock on my T-Mobile S25 but it has suddenly started to randomly switch to portrait mode with no dimming. I have selected landscape for the orientation in the app. 

Please advise how to fix this. 

Thank You

Boatload O'Crap

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Dec 14, 2025, 10:08:04 AM12/14/25
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Every since the most recent Android software update on December 13, 2025, the clock will reset itself after about 3 minutes. It does this while while being charged. I've attached three pictures: one showing the software update details, one showing the clock at 9:38 AM in landscape mode operating normally, and one at 9:41 AM after error in portrait mode.

Details: I set my clock as usual, displaying the time in landscape mode while attached to my wireless charger. It charges normally. About 3 minutes in, the screen briefly flashes to my home screen and then back to the app, but the app is now displaying in portrait mode with the transport controls and menu brightly lit. The display is small and sideways, since the phone is in landscape and the app is displaying in portrait.

I've tried locking the phone in landscape but that doesn't change the results. Please fix this new bug.

Thank you,

Sumner Weymouth

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Arnold Ragsdale

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Dec 14, 2025, 11:38:33 AM12/14/25
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I'll add another issue I've observed since the recent updates.  If I use auto start, it interferes with adaptive charging, and the phone charges to 100% instead of the 80% it's set for.  If I turn off auto start and manually start Night clock, adaptive charging works as expected.

Pixel 8
Night clock 2.11.12

Thanks,
Arnold

Rene Jansen

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Dec 15, 2025, 12:51:12 AM12/15/25
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Goeden dag,

Sinds een week werkt de app niet optimaal.
Na het opstarten schakel het scherm over naar een heldere versie.
Dit gebeurt ongeveer na minder dan een minuut. 
Wat kan ik hier aan doen?

ponsi

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Dec 19, 2025, 1:35:31 AM12/19/25
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Hallo, seit kurzem habe ich festgestellt, dass das Display sich erst in der Farbe reduziert, wenn ich das Licht zum Schlafen ausschaltet und nach kurzer Zeit geht es automatisch wieder an, was natürlich stört. 
Zu meinen Einstellungen.
Ich starte meine Routine Schlafen auf meinem Samsung S 24 Untra, der Bildschirm ändert sich auf schwarz weiß,  dann schaltet ich die Nachtuhr an und stelle das Smartphone auf das Ladegerät. Die Nachtuhr ist auch schwarz weiß aber hell. Ich schalte das Licht im Schlafzimmer aus, die der Bilschirm verdunkelt sich, angenehm und ich kann die Uhr noch lesen, wie es sein soll, doch nach kurzer Zeit, wird der Bildchirm automatisch wieder hell, so wie es war, bevor ich das Licht in Schlafzimmer ausgeschaltet hatte. Es stört ungemein beimb Schlafen. Ich hatte nichts verstellt, die Nachtuhr habe ich seit Jahren und funktionierte immer super, bis vor kurzem. Was kann ich tun oder hat sich ein Buck eingeschlichen?
Bitte um Hilfe
Gruß Dirk Pontius 



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Shell Aay

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Dec 19, 2025, 2:09:53 AM12/19/25
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My phone updated. Now when I turn my clock side ways so the the font is bigger. It will no longer stay. It turns and goes back as if the phone was turned upright. Which is to small to read without glasses at night. Is there an option to fix this in the settings?

Christopher Laurent

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Dec 19, 2025, 10:30:38 AM12/19/25
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When the night clock comes on after about 1 minute the notification screen becomes placed within the night clock. This was never happening before the most recent Samsung upgrade. It's very annoying, that's my screen is no longer black with just the selected times displayed. This happens with a flash of my home screen and then the upper and lower navigation bars appear in the night clock. In addition it reverts from landscape back to portrait mode. 

Not sure of the issue but if it can't be resolved I will have to find another clock.   I hope that is not the case because I feel I have used this clock for probably 10 years.


Thank you,

Chris Laurent 

Stefan Fruhner

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Dec 19, 2025, 1:02:23 PM12/19/25
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Hey Chris, 

This issue seems to be device specific. On my local devices I cannot reproduce this issue. I have researched the code and I see that recently I have used a more modern approach for enabling the immersive mode. The best idea I have is to revert this change. I will do it with the next update, probably version 2.11.16.

Hope it helps, 
Stefan ;)

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Steff Jay

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Dec 20, 2025, 12:41:36 PM12/20/25
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Since my Samsung S25 Ultra had a major update a few days ago, the clock screen (when turned on) dissapeares to the phone stand by screen after five minutes and i have to tap the screen twice for it reappear.
Any suggestion how to solve this problem? I have yried every setting there is in the app and the phone to solve it to no avail. Very annoying!

Steff.

Tim McNeil

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Dec 20, 2025, 9:49:22 PM12/20/25
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App switches out of landscape mode without any interaction. 



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Matt Gauch

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Dec 21, 2025, 3:42:00 AM12/21/25
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I have the clock set to show the time and date WITH weather, but after a few hours, it stops showing the weather, and shows only time and date! This behavior started only a few weeks ago.

 
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ponsi

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Dec 22, 2025, 12:56:29 AM12/22/25
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Hallo, ich hatte schon vor Tagen geschrieben, aber immer noch keine Antwort erhalten. 
Vor einigen Wochen war noch Alles ok, jetzt ist es so, dass sich  beim Schlafen die Nachtuhr kurz verdunkelt, wenn das Licht im Schlafzimmer abgeschaltet wird und dann geht es wieder an oder der Bildschirm mit der großen Nachtuhr schaltet sich ab auf Sperrbildschirm. Ich bitte um Hilfe oder Update.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen 

Stefan Fruhner

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Dec 22, 2025, 3:32:27 AM12/22/25
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Hallo, 

im Moment gibt es eine Häufung von Meldungen, die Samsung Galaxy Geräte mit Android 16 betreffen. Ich habe meine App auf das neue API Level aktualisiert. Gleichzeitig scheint Samsung zur Zeit eine größere Zahl von Usern mit einem Update zu versorgen. Bisher kann ich die Probleme nicht reproduzieren und kann deshalb keine Prognose geben, wann ich sie lösen kann. Ich suche zur Zeit nach Anhaltspunkten, es kann aber noch etwas dauern :-/

Viele Grüße, 
Stefan 

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David Hinton

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Dec 22, 2025, 2:44:58 PM12/22/25
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Since last phone software update 2 days ago clock will not remain in landscape mode. Starts off ok but then after a couple of minutes switches to portrait mode

Michael Picknik

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Dec 23, 2025, 1:36:46 AM12/23/25
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Neuerdings gehen nach Staet der App ein paar Minuten die Anzeigen wie Akku, WLAN, Home an und lassen sich nicht ausschalten, so daß sie die ganze Nacht hell leuchten.
Was kann ich tun?

Ellen Leigh

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Dec 24, 2025, 1:42:48 PM12/24/25
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I am having an issue with my night clock. I have it set to landscape mode, but it changes to portrait mode after 5 minutes.

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Martyn Charron

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Dec 25, 2025, 2:26:16 AM12/25/25
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My display is changing to portrait mode by it self during the night.  It starts in landscape and the changes and I will have to exit the app to get it to go back to landscape.  I am on an Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, running Android 16.  This just started after all the updates over the past few days.  Can you please check into this?
Thank you,
Martyn Charron 

J Kousaie

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Dec 25, 2025, 8:11:36 AM (14 days ago) 12/25/25
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Recently, your app will not stay in landscape mode.  After running for approx. 5 minutes it switches back to portrait mode, despite my phone still being on its side on my nightstand.

J Kousaie

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Dec 25, 2025, 8:24:30 AM (14 days ago) 12/25/25
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Sorry, it's after approx. 10 minutes when the app switches itself from landscape to portrait mode.

Gabi Jordan

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Dec 25, 2025, 11:46:00 PM (13 days ago) 12/25/25
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Hallo Team, 

 Die Nachtuhr dreht sich von alleine ins Hochformat und die Leisten oben und unten öffnen sich.  

Marcel Lenstra

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Dec 26, 2025, 4:00:56 AM (13 days ago) 12/26/25
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Screen turns after time out periode of the Phone. Does not matter if landscape option is active, screen turns after time out anyway

tsavko

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Dec 27, 2025, 12:44:23 AM (12 days ago) 12/27/25
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Clock will change orientation when set to automatic. If I have phone on it's side or landscape clock changes to portrait. Even if I set clock settings to landscape 



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Michael Figge

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Dec 27, 2025, 2:21:04 AM (12 days ago) 12/27/25
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Recently the system has started changing through screen settings from only the clock details (set to a dim red) to bright red, with status bar and menu buttons showing in white after anout 1 min of normal use. The whole reason for getting this app was to use as a night clock whilst on a charging stand.
It was working well until about 3 weeks ago when the display started to go bright on its own.

Mick

juljan z

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Dec 27, 2025, 5:55:01 AM (12 days ago) 12/27/25
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Привет, пользуюсь вашей программой очень давно, но последнее время столкнулся с тем что вылетает погода. И ещё вопрос, о возможности установки на андроид 6.0

Robert Lichtenstein

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Dec 27, 2025, 9:34:48 PM (11 days ago) 12/27/25
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Landscape mode is not available anymore. How do you activate it?





Stefan Fruhner

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Dec 28, 2025, 3:33:46 AM (11 days ago) 12/28/25
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Currently we are facing an bug which reverts landscape mode back to portrait on Samsung devices with Android 16 installed. Allowing automatic screen rotation from the Android system should still work. Setting the orientation from within the night clock preferences does not work properly at the moment. Sorry for this inconvenience. This issue seems to be device specific. I haven't heard of other manufacturers yet which have the same issue. 

Stefan 


Robert Lichtenstein <rob...@bsdnetworks.com> schrieb am So., 28. Dez. 2025, 03:34:
Landscape mode is not available anymore. How do you activate it?





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Steve Brooks

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Dec 28, 2025, 8:03:36 AM (11 days ago) 12/28/25
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After about 30 seconds it drops out of landscape mode to portrait and full brightness

Armin Daubmann

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Dec 29, 2025, 1:31:08 AM (10 days ago) 12/29/25
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Die Bildschirmausrichtung wechselt ungewollt von Querformat auf Hochformat, obwohl Querformat fest eingestellt ist.
Das passiert, sobald das Laden abgeschlossen ist. Mein S24+ lädt nachts induktiv im Querformat.
Viele Grüße Armin Daubmann 




Billy Ward

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Dec 29, 2025, 7:00:23 AM (10 days ago) 12/29/25
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Just recently it started doing this. After it's been on for a while the top notification and bottom bar come on. I'm afraid it will cause burn in on the screen. Not sure if your update did it or Samsungs did. I have a Galaxy S22 ultra

Ingo Hahn

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Dec 29, 2025, 5:14:51 PM (10 days ago) 12/29/25
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Hallo,
Seit einigen Tagen wechselt die Nachtuhr in einen Sperrbildschirm, anstatt im Vollbild (Quer) zu bleiben. Wie kann ich das ändern?


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Andrew Philip Walker

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Dec 29, 2025, 6:48:15 PM (9 days ago) 12/29/25
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Hi Nightclockers

With the latest update of Android operating system on my Samsung S23 Ultra, my night clock runs for about 2 minutes in landscape, then switches to portrait full brightness, even though I've set settings to landscape only, and turned the brightness right down. Updating the app has made no difference. It has become unuseable.
Please help.
Phil Walker

Pet Pix2

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Dec 30, 2025, 6:06:09 AM (9 days ago) 12/30/25
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Alarm goes randomly. Sounds when no alarm is set. Then when I turn the alarm off, it goes into snooze and sounds again. 

The alarm will play in the middle of the night/early morning hours. It has sounded at random times during the day, as well. 

The times it starts are not times programmed or ever used. This bug wakes me up at times like midnight, 2am, 4am, etc. It frequently happens at these random times when I have disabled my usual alarms, so I can sleep in. When these random alarms go off, I don't/can't go back to sleep. So now I'm up at extremely early hours on days I don't need to be awake at all. 

Please fix this! Thank you!
Otherwise this alarm is pretty good.

Darren Groves

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Dec 30, 2025, 6:41:28 PM (8 days ago) 12/30/25
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Since the last phone update on 26th Dec my Night Clock goes back to the phones home screen after 1 minute, this obviously makes the app unusable. I've had the app for many years now without any problems & would like to carry on using it. I've tried everything in settings but unfortunately this not fixed the issue.  Is there a problem your end that you could possibly fix this issue?  
      Yours hopefully 
       Darren 

Stefan Fruhner

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Dec 30, 2025, 6:52:40 PM (8 days ago) 12/30/25
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Hey Darren.

I assume you're using a Samsung phone and have received Android 16 already. It seems that Samsung introduced a bug which causes the issue. Unfortunately this is out of my control. I will try to circumvent the issue but I cannot solve it entirely. I hope with the next update I can make the app usable again 🤞

Thanks for your understanding, 
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Martyn Charron

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Dec 31, 2025, 2:00:37 AM (8 days ago) 12/31/25
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Please fix the issue of the clock changing from Landscape to Portrait on its own when it is in Landscape!!  It does this all the time now since all the recent updates.
Thanks

Gabriel Schouten

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Dec 31, 2025, 2:21:54 AM (8 days ago) 12/31/25
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Dear NightClock 

The last days the app turns into locked screen with all unwanted behavior...
Is this a bug on Samsung phones?
Like to proceed using this one, but not possible in this state ..

Regards,
Gabriël.

Doug Bye

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Jan 1, 2026, 7:09:33 AM (7 days ago) Jan 1
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I set night clock on landscape, but it reverts back to portrait in 5-10 minutes. It has been good for years, but only recently (was there an update?) has started doing that



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Stefan Fruhner

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Jan 1, 2026, 7:29:37 AM (7 days ago) Jan 1
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Hello Doug,

I assume you're using a Samsung device running Android 16. Unfortunately there seems to be a bug in their system. Only Samsung users have reported those issues. I am trying to find a solution but it seems to be difficult. Just yesterday I released a new version of my app but I don't have enough feedback in order to know whether it solves the issue. Do you want to give it a try maybe?

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Doug Bye <do...@byenbye.com> schrieb am Do., 1. Jan. 2026, 13:09:
I set night clock on landscape, but it reverts back to portrait in 5-10 minutes. It has been good for years, but only recently (was there an update?) has started doing that



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Doug Bye

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Jan 1, 2026, 10:24:06 AM (7 days ago) Jan 1
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Stephan,

You are correct about the Samsung Android.  I went to the play store and updated my app.  It seems to be working fine now.  Thanks!



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M Ogden

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Jan 2, 2026, 9:05:15 AM (6 days ago) Jan 2
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The clock time stays blue, I can't change the color. I want white. 



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Latino Mic odorici

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Jan 2, 2026, 5:55:18 PM (5 days ago) Jan 2
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Con l'ultimo aggiornamento se in modalità notte attivo l'opzione "spegni schermo" lo schermo si spegne per un secondo, ma subito dopo si riaccendere e continua in questo loop fino a che non chiudo l'app. La versione precedente non aveva questo bug

Stefan Fruhner

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Jan 3, 2026, 6:33:12 AM (5 days ago) Jan 3
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It seems that you're right. There's currently no proper handling of the night mode. As a workaround I suggest disabling the autostart during the night. You can set the time window when the autostart should be active. Meanwhile, I will look into finding a better solution. 

Stefan

Am Fr., 2. Jan. 2026 um 23:55 Uhr schrieb Latino Mic odorici <odo...@hotmail.it>:
Con l'ultimo aggiornamento se in modalità notte attivo l'opzione "spegni schermo" lo schermo si spegne per un secondo, ma subito dopo si riaccendere e continua in questo loop fino a che non chiudo l'app. La versione precedente non aveva questo bug

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Gary Coppola

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Jan 3, 2026, 7:30:56 AM (5 days ago) Jan 3
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Just recently, when autostart is active, the clock correctly turns to horizontal as phone is turned that way, but during the night, the clock switches to vertical on its own making the clock tiny during the night. 

Simon Maddox

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Jan 7, 2026, 12:47:30 AM (yesterday) Jan 7
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Hi

I've been using this app for years and am a big fan.

Over the last couple of weeks its been crashing a exiting randomly. I've tried restarting my phone (Samsung S22+) but its still happening. 

Any ideas?


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