My iPhone 12's alarm won't play any songs!

Okay, so I figured it out, and simply deleting and downloading won’t help. First you have to go to “Music” in the “Settings” app. Once there scroll down to the “Audio” and “Downloads” sections. In the “Audio” section in the Music setting you can leave “Dolby Atmos” on or off, but in “Audio Quality” if you prefer “Lossless Audio” on, then make sure that “Downloads” is set to “High Quality”. Second, in the “Downloads” section in the Music setting, make sure “Download in Dolby Atmos” is set off. After all this is done, the songs you love should play and help wake you from your slumber. Hope this helps. ✌️

I had this issue and I fixed it. Go into the “Music” app and go to the desired song and download the song itself to your phone. Hope this works.

The advice doesn’t help. I’ve done all things suggested and it doesn’t work.

I found a solution!

https://www.tuneskit.com/ios-repair/iphone-alarm-not-playing-song.html

Issue is with alarm not able to play a song downloaded as Dolby Atmos/Lossless.

Turning off Dolby Atmos and redownloading the song worked.

Thank you to Brian Davis for the solution.

I have the song Centuries by Fallout Boy set as my alarm sound, but it doesn’t play the song it plays the default alarm sound. We tried it on my husbands iPhone and it worked just fine. We have the same exact iPhone (15 pro max), but for some reason mine isn’t working. I tried a different song and it worked, but this specific one won’t work. Yes, I have it downloaded, and yes I deleted the song and redownloaded it. I don’t have lossless turned on nothing works still.

I got a way around on this one. Instead of using alarm, I created a shortcut automation where in a time of day, play this specific music. You can even specify which days this automation will apply. It even plays the entire song.

the only cons with this method is theres no snooze button.

Hello SmacksWallWithFace,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. You've done a great job in troubleshooting this unexpected behavior. Restarting your device, recreating alarms and redownloading your music were all great steps to attempt. If you have any pending updates, it would be a good idea to install them on your iPhone.

This can usually help with unique issues, since updates include fixes. Just in case, this link can guide you through the update process: Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

1.)Back up your device using iCloud or your computer.

2.)Plug your device into power and connect to the internet with Wi-Fi.

3.)Go to Settings > General, then tap Software Update.

4.) If you see more than one software update option available, choose the one that you want to install.

5.) Tap Install Now. If you see Download and Install instead, tap it to download the update, enter your passcode, then tap Install Now. If you don't know your passcode, learn what to do: If you forgot your iPhone passcode - Apple Support

If your issue continues, please reach out to Apple Support. They might need to investigate this issue further with you. Use the following link to reach them: Get Support

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. Take care.

My fix was to go into settings/music/quality/lossless, turn it off, and then turn it back on again. After that it worked :-)

iPhone, 14 Pro Max, 17.3

Replace, then turn it back on

I signed in to this apple support site just to say this freaking worked for me thank you man so much!!

It worked! Thank you for sharing this information. I thought I was losing my mind after a song I had used as an alarm tone for several years suddenly switched to a default tone.

When you turned off the lossless, theres a popup that lets you choose to replace lossless or to keep it. What did you choose? Thanks.

This worked for me!!

Read the OP again. You shouldn’t respond if you’re an idiot.

I signed in to this just to confirm this freaking worked for me thank you man!!