Why won’t the alarm on this iPad sound?
June 12, 2021 9:18 PM Subscribe
My son’s iPhone (an 11 I think) won’t sound an alarm under certain conditions.
My son is trying to use his phone as an alarm using the bedtime feature. If he decides to get up at a different time and changes his wake up time the phone won’t go off in the morning.
We have already checked the sounds and haptics settings and they are all set.
My son is trying to use his phone as an alarm using the bedtime feature. If he decides to get up at a different time and changes his wake up time the phone won’t go off in the morning.
We have already checked the sounds and haptics settings and they are all set.
It's definitely the bedtime feature. It has happened in our household and I feel like every other day I hear someone screaming about this among my friends on FB.
posted by BlahLaLa at 10:15 AM on June 13, 2021
posted by BlahLaLa at 10:15 AM on June 13, 2021
Is he setting more than one alarm or is he changing the wake up time on the bedtime alarm, do you know? I reset my bedtime wake up pretty frequently and have never had this problem, for what it’s worth.
posted by mskyle at 5:58 PM on June 13, 2021
posted by mskyle at 5:58 PM on June 13, 2021
Even before the bedtime feature, I had this problem with my iPhone at least 10% of the time. I never could pin down what was going wrong. Sometimes I would find it “ringing” silently or very quietly. Sometimes I’d wake up an hour after the set time and there would be no indication whether it had sounded at all. I actually think that it’s gotten better since the bedtime feature was released, but this has always been a huge pain point for me. I feel like the intention of a user setting an alarm is very clear and very important.
posted by lostburner at 8:54 PM on June 13, 2021
posted by lostburner at 8:54 PM on June 13, 2021
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posted by ancient star at 12:27 AM on June 13, 2021