Apple’s iPhone alarm clock experienced a strange glitch with the new year and failed to wake users on New Year’s Day and January 2. This is caused by a bug that Apple still hasn’t fully explained, but the company did make a statement yesterday saying that the failure of its clock app only happens when you set a one-time alarm, and that it will somehow fix itself on January 3. However despite that, the problem still apparently exists.
So if you want to make sure that you wake up on time and don’t piss off your boss, here’s how to work around the problem until we get a proper fix.
Open the clock app. Hit Edit. There will be a red minus sign next to each of your saved alarms. Delete each of them. Then create a new alarm each day. Don’t save it again for the next day until there’s a fix from Apple. That should keep you on time.
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Alarm, fix, glitch, iPhone, New Year, workaround
wish i had seen this last night .. and not at my desk this morning, after i was 2 hours late, haha.
in the short term, when you go to bed, if you need 8 hours…..set the timer for 8 hours.
If 11 am, and you need to be up at 6:30, set it for 7 hrs, 30 min.
less complicated than setting alarms daily…..
Why did he just tell everyone they were holding it wrong? Remember i is the first letter in idiot, steve you’re such a meagdouch..
best way is to get rid of the faulty ifashion and get an android phone
@Mike +1
I use the same alarm every day without fail so not sure what the problem is. (iPhone 4, iOS 4.2.1).
So maybe Mike & others should actually own and use the products instead of believing everything he reads. Perhaps he can use his Android to send text messages to the wrong users??
I know how to get around the new glitch… get a different phone. This is the 3rd and last iPhone I will own. Congratulations Apple, you now have more bugs than Microsoft. You’ve made it to the major leagues.
Here is an idea. Don’t buy I-toys that have basic software flaws that are not fixed in the first year. The I-am-a-poor-phone has been out for how many years? Apple should put as much effort into making their products work, and to include basic features like cut and paste, as they do in how pretty they are. But that flies into the face of their marketing plan…..find a bunch of i-people that will buy the same phone over and over, once a year, to get the features you left our of last years release. God Bless Apple.
Yeah, supposed to be fixed January 2nd my butt. Luckily we only woke up 1 hour late.
This bit me this morning (Jan 3). Wish I’d known earlier. Still, I love the gadget.
No wonder my iPhone alarm hasn’t been going off in the mornings. It works fine for my night-time alarms, though.