Bestimer(Frog reminders)
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Bestimer Quick Guide

Due to iOS system restrictions, Bestimer cannot run in the background. There are two ring modes, one is notification mode and the other is background mode.

1.1 In the notification mode, Bestimer can only send a maximum of 64 notifications. After the number is exceeded, the bell will not ring again. Please clear the notifications that have been sent in the notification center in time. The number of notifications for each reminder is the number of repetitions in the reminder setting. The number of repetitions of each reminder is accumulated in the order of the ringing time. After more than 64, it will be displayed in the waiting state on the reminder list page.

1.2 In the background mode, Bestimer is active. When the reminder comes, it can play sound, ringtone, time, remaining times and vibration. You can achieve it in the following ways:

1.2.1 Turn on the background mode switch in the settings, and set the duration of background activation, which starts from when the switch is turned on. Turning on the background mode will increase battery consumption. The background mode on state will not be saved, it will be automatically set to off state after the set time is reached or after restarting Bestimer.

1.2.2 Play music through Bestimer. During the continuous music playback, Bestimer is always active, and it will automatically switch to notification mode when you stop the music playback.

1.2.3 Combination of the above two methods.

You can choose to use three types: ringtone, sound, and sound + ringtone. After you change the recording, ringtone, or repetition times of a reminder, please re-select the reminder sound type and generate the corresponding reminder sound. Please wait patiently for the reminder sound to be completed before returning to the reminder list page. The reminder will start working when you return to the reminder list page.

Try not to set the target time interval of each reminder too short, such as triggering multiple reminders within a few seconds of difference. In rare cases, due to insufficient system resources, individual reminders will not ring in the background mode.

There are three parameters in the ring mode on the reminder setting page: ring duration, pause duration, and number of repetitions. The ringing duration is used in the background play mode and is fixed at 30 seconds in the notification mode. The combination of the pause duration and the number of repetitions can achieve the super snooze function, please set it as you like. In addition to the snooze function, you can also manually click the snooze button in the bell pop-up window to snooze unlimited times.

You can click the silent mode shortcut button on the reminder list page, or turn it on in the settings. After the mute is turned on, the notification sound is changed to the system default reminder sound. If you want to completely mute, please turn on the mute switch of your phone.

Extra working days only work with weekly reminders, as long as the target time is within a extra working days day, the bell will ring. This function is used to adjust the working day, for example, work occasionally on Sundays. Please set a one-month or even one-year time schedule in combination with holidays and your own working date rules to prevent any reminders from being missed.

7.1 Bestimer has a super custom function, you can set almost any type of reminders, including regular and irregular reminders, such as a three-day shift and a two-day shift, a day off, Pomodoro Technique, daily commuting, hourly chime, etc., please use the custom function settings, and then use Top300 to check whether the settings are correct.

7.2 Parameter description

T0, T1, T2, …, Tn are the ringing time points, and T0 is the starting point of time calculation. d1 is the time interval between T0 and T1, d2 is the time interval between T1 and T2, and so on, dn is the time interval between Tn-1 and Tn. b is the time interval between returning from Tn to the starting point T0. Cycle sequence: T0, T1, T2, …, Tn, T0,…

7.3 Example

7.3.1 Time for go to work and off work: go to work at 2020-6-8 8:00:00, off work at 12 o'clock, go to work at 14 o'clock, and off work at 18 o'clock. This cycle is repeated every day. Set parameters:
T0 = 2020-6-8 8:00:00, d1 = 4 hours, d2 = 2 hours, d3 = 4 hours, b = 14 hours ( from this day 18 o'clock to the next day 8 o'clock ).

7.3.2 Four shifts and three operations: For example, two consecutive morning shifts (0-8 o'clock ), 2 middle shifts (8-16 o'clock ), 2 evening shifts (16-0 o'clock ), and then rest 2 days. The setting parameters are:
T0=2020-6-8 0:00:00, morning shift 1 goes to work
d1=8 hours, T1=2020-6-8 8:00:00, morning shift 1 is off
d2=16 hours, T2=2020-6-9 0:00:00, morning shift 2 goes to work
d3=8 hours, T3=2020-6-9 8:00:00, morning shift 2 is off
d4=24 hours, T4=2020-6-10 8:00:00, mid-shift 1 goes to work
d5=8 hours, T5=2020-6-10 16:00:00, middle shift 1 is off
d6=16 hours, T6=2020-6-11 8:00:00, mid-shift 2 goes to work
d7=8 hours, T7=2020-6-11 16:00:00, middle shift 2 is off
d8=24 hours, T8=2020-6-12 16:00:00, night shift 1 goes to work
d9=8 hours, T9=2020-6-13 0:00:00, night shift 1 is off
d10=16 hours, T10=2020-6-13 16:00:00, night shift 2 goes to work
d11=8 hours, T11=2020-6-14 0:00:00, night shift 2 is off
b=3 days, T0=2020-6-17 0:00:00, return, and the next cycle begins.
After you finish the setting, please use Top300 to check whether the setting is correct.

Bestimer currently supports Gregorian calendar and Lunar calendar reminder settings, and other calendar types will be added in the future.

Please use the new once reminder to set the time, title, sound, picture, etc., and then return to the reminder list page to export the completed reminder to Notes.

Due to iOS system restrictions: the maximum ringtone duration is limited.

10.1 Custom Bestimer ringtone: The longest duration is 30 seconds.

10.2 Custom mobile phone ringtone: The longest duration is 40 seconds. After you convert to a ringtone, you need to use iTunes to manually import into the device: Open iTunes -> open Bestimer file-sharing directories -> drag the ringtone to the computer in a file folder -> then from the folder drag it back to iTunes Ringtones folder -> sync.

10.3 The custom ringtone source file needs a stero audio file, otherwise the conversion may fail.

You can import audio and movie files in the following ways:

11.1 airDrop.

11.2 Use iTunes from Bestimer's shared folder: Open iTunes -> Open Bestimer's shared folder -> Drag audio or movie files from the computer to the root of the shared folder -> Sync. Bestimer will automatically load playable files from there. For movie files, only audio tracks can be played.

For media library files, you can only delete references. For shared files, you can delete references or delete them completely from the disk.

Bestimer supports multiple languages and regions, and more languages will be updated in the future. Speech recognition and synthesized speech functions need to be selected according to your language and region. Some languages of Bestimer use Google for machine translation. There may be many errors. If you can't bear it, please switch to English. If you are willing to help me with the translation, please contact me, thank you very much.

14.1 Whether the notification function in the phone settings is turned on. Please turn on all the switches in the settings.

14.2 Is the volume of the phone turned to the minimum?

14.3 Whether the mute button of the mobile phone is turned on.

You can enter the advance or postpone time on the edit reminder page. Positive values are delayed, and negative values are advanced.

You can set the start date and end date of the reminder validity period on the edit reminder page. The set time must be within the validity period before the bell can ring.

You can click the button at the top of the edit reminder page and use Top300 to check whether the set time is correct. Note that the time in Top300 is the actual ringing time, which is calculated based on the set type, advance and postpone time, validity period, and time zone.

Thank you very much for using Bestimer. If you have any comments and suggestions, you are welcome to contact me. Bestimer strives to do my best and cannot do without your strong support.