It only appears occasionally. I have no alarms set, no timers, stopwatch etc. running.

Android phone. Searching got no joy.

Update: it was a scheduled message in signal. Didn’t want to send my bestie memes too late at night. It does use the actual alarm icon though, weirdly.

Thanks everyone for your help!

  • MrNesser@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 months ago

    Alarm is set

    I know you say you don’t but you must have for the icon to appear

    Check your alarms and the days of the week they are set to

        • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          Nice idea. I checked and (unusually) I’ve nothing in calendar for today. Everything coming up after that is normal looking but the nearest thing is tomorrow afternoon.

          Edit: I’m gonna reboot and see if it’s still there. Maybe it’s a bug in the alarm app. Brb.

          Edit 2: stupid thing is back again. :/ I rechecked alarms after the reboot in case there was some weird bug where one wasn’t showing and there are still none set.

          • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 months ago

            You could maybe try clearing the cache of the clock app? Long shot, but you never know.

            Or start the phone in safe mode, and see if it’s there. If not, then try opening one app at a time to see if it appears.

            • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              Great idea. Off to do that and hard kill the app. Will report back.

              Edit: cleared cache and data and forced stop. No joy :(

  • gigachad@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    9 months ago

    Just wanted to say scheduled signal message. Had this some weeks ago and it drove me crazy. Glad you found out by yourself!

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    4·
    9 months ago

    Ah you figured it out,

    Was going to say if you’ve not got any alarms set, an application will be (ab)using the system alarm functionality to do something at a scheduled time

    Seems a little odd for signal to use it for scheduled messages, but that’s what’s going on regardless

  • Clear@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    9 months ago

    In the notification section of my settings i can see whitch apps sent me notification in chronological order, can you do that?

    • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      OK now we’re getting somewhere. I don’t have that chronological order thing but I do have an icons section and in there is alarm. When I disable that it disappears. It must be an alarm of some sort that’s not in the clock app.

      There is no upcoming alarm in my drop down either.

      I’ll dig further.

      Edit: Found that history. I went back 5 days and nothing that is alarm related. I did eventually check if I had any scheduled messages and I had one in signal. Sent it and the icon disappeared so thanks very much!

      Weird thing for signal to do IMO but at least it’s solved.

      • nadram@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        Not sure it applies but maybe it’s a reminder from another app, Google Assistant or other? Clear the cache on your clock app just in case and reboot

        • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          Just updated the comment above yours. It was a scheduled message in signal. Thanks!

  • fulcrummed@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 months ago

    Do you have an app that does anything at a specific time or a fixed interval eg weekly? Eg. Remind you to go for a run, or prompts you to log an activity like timesheets?

    Particularly any new apps or ones that need to access system time and/or date?

    • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      No, nothing like that. I don’t generally use my phone in complex ways. Like I’m a geek but the phone is mostly texting, calls, movies and Lemmy.

      I’ll update the thread if some reminder does come up later but I’ve had this icon before and no “oh that’s what it is” moment after I notice it’s gone.

    • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      That’s my experience from seeing it before. It eventually just went away and I couldn’t figure out why it was there or what would have caused it to go.

      At least I’m not alone.

  • HC4L@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    I noticed this too on my Pixel but only when I open the “drag-down” menu. When I close it the clock’s gone…

  • proti@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    You probably checked, but the stopper or the countdown timer could be running?
    Or maybe it’s another app that has alarms set with a similar icon. You can check the running apps in settings -> developer settings -> running services

    • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      This was going to be my next port of call but another comment caused me to figure out that if was a scheduled signal message.

    • khannie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      No. Double checked. No timers either. Rebooted the phone to see if it’s still there and it is.