Alarm not functioning properly on iPhone after iOS 17 update

Most my alarms now sound like sonar no matter what setting I change it to. I have created new alarms and it still has the sonar sound. I have the most recent updated. I’ve turned my phone on and off and I’ve done a soft reboot. How to I get my sounds back? The sonar doesn’t wake me up!


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Posted on Oct 8, 2023 8:13 PM

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Posted on Dec 22, 2023 1:36 PM

This happened to me too. I found elsewhere the suggestion that it has to do with a glitch in the alarms app in iOS 17 not properly downloading cloud-stored songs (whether Apple Music or iTunes Match).


The solution that worked for me was to go into my Music app on my iPhone, search for the song I wanted to use as an alarm, and force my iPhone to download the song thru the Music app interface. Then, when I selected the song in the Alarms app, it correctly played as my alarm tone.

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