Months Later, Apple Still Hasn't Fixed iPhone's Pesky Alarm Problem

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Your iPhone did not ring at the time you set the alarm ? You are far from being the only one to whom this happens. This bug, which has been going on for (very) long months, is seriously starting to annoy users of the Apple brand.

A bug that also affects the latest iOS update

Concretely, l' Some iPhone alarms don't go off, or go off at a very low volume. And this is not an isolated case: testimonies are piling up on Reddit. “ My morning alarm was displayed as going off even though it was not making any sound or producing any vibration for 40 minutes “, reports, for example, one Internet user. Another publication reports that the smartphone's alarm rang at 5 p.m. when it was supposed to go off at 7 a.m.

This malfunction, already noticed last year by many Internet users, was the subject of a patch by Apple. It was apparently unsuccessful, as some of the users reporting their experience have iPhones updated to the latest version of the operating system, iOS 18.2.1.

Similarly, disabling the Attention Awareness feature does not seem to fix the issue as initially explained. The latter consists of ” checking whether attention is on the device before dimming the screen, expanding a notification in lock mode, or lowering the volume of certain alerts “.

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My 10.30am sleep alarm rang at 12.42am instead.
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Potentially dramatic consequences

While it may seem minor, such a bug can be very damaging to affected users. One person reported missing an important exam, a mishap that prompted them to switch to a traditional alarm clock to prevent it from happening again. And that's not all, some people missed tasks scheduled in their Reminders app, which suggests that the problem is not limited to alarms.

For its part, the Cupertino firm has not given an explanation for the origin of this failure. If you are a victim of it, do not hesitate to go to the iPhone settings to make sure that the volume slider for the ringtone and alarms is set to maximum. If that's the case, then unfortunately you'll have to wait for Apple to find a solution… and potentially dig out your old alarm clock to make sure you get up on time.

• Many Internet users explain that the alarm on their iPhone did not go off, or did not make any sound.
• This is a bug that has been known since last year, but which does not seem to have been resolved by the Apple brand despite numerous updates.
• Some affected users have missed important events such as exams. Similarly, this bug also seems to affect the Reminders app.

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