I’m stoked that I figured this out and I’m blogging about it so it’ll show up on search engines and hopefully help others like myself!

The android calendar doesn’t give you an option to create an automatic notification for any events on any android device. Different devices/carriers will allow you different options on how to set alarms, but none gives you the option to make them automatic. I’ve found a simple way to make it happen:

1. Make sure your phone’s calendar is syncing with your google calendar account. This is important and it’s a nice back up, too.

2. Log in to your google calendar account. Once you’re in there head to settings > calendar settings and finally click the “calendars” tab in the settings page.

3. Select your calendars. If this is your first time setting up your google calendar, you can create different calendars with which to share and add shared calendars from someone else. Once you’ve got those added you’ll want to select which calendars are visible and being used by clicking the check box next to each respective calendar’s name. If you want to set the default reminders the calendars must be visible.

4. Set the notifications. Next to each calendar name and check box there is a “notifications” link. Click on that and it will prompt you to add a default notification. It brings up “email” at first, but you can select “pop-up” from the drop down menu. If you would rather receive emails, go for it, but the pop-up will add a default alarm to your phone instead. I think it’s safer just in case you’re outside of your coverage area (AT&T users :P). You can then put in whatever amount you want and select minutes/hours/days/weeks from the drop down menu.

Viola! You should have automatic alarms set on your phone next time it syncs with your google calendar. I know it works on my Samsung Galaxy S, but let me know if it doesn’t work on yours and we’ll try something else out (@boejucci)!