Gentle Alarm - Fixed (apk and manual instructions) for 2026

The user /u/Avrution, 5 years ago, [fixed this app to work on Android 10](https://old.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/i01xh3/gentle_alarm_fixed_for_android_10/).

Now when I went to bed drunk-ish, it said "this app must be updated" and didn’t work. The horror.

After checking today that all other alarm apps are still worse for my usage (Sleep as Android comes close, but for 60€ I’d expect it to do a hell of a lot better than come close, if the devs ever stumble upon this, let me just enter "time until wakeup" instead of having to predefine them).

So I decompiled the app and checked what was up. Turned out the dev had a death date built in, for 2026-01-01.

If there are any other users of the app left (probably not? :D), I’ll give the instructions and apk.

The updated apk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1chv147xyBM2uh_8cFVBwNfZXFQ9ip0vb/view

1. **Backup your settings**, then uninstall your current version.
2. Install with `adb install --bypass-low-target-sdk-block GentleAlarm10-aligned-debugSigned.apk`
3. Remember to manually give it the "draw over other apps" permission.
4. Restore your settings.

Manual steps if you don’t trust me (why would you?):

1. Get [apktools](https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool) and [uber-apk-signer](https://github.com/patrickfav/uber-apk-signer) (there are probably other options available, but I used those)
2. Run `apktool d GentleAlarm10.apk` (depending on your system, you might need Java, get the windows wrapper bat etc.)
3. In the extracted output, search for the string `20260101`in `*.smali` files and replace it with e.g. `20560101` (I really hope this wont bite me in 30 years…). The files are App.smali and Encryption.smali, not sure if both are required, but it works.
4. Re-Compile: `apktool b GentleAlarm10`
5. Run `java -jar uber-apk-signer.jar --apks GentleAlarm10/dist/GentleAlarm10.apk`
6. Install your signed APK via ADB as above, and enjoy your restored access to the best android alarm app.

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