Since upgrading to iOS 17 (now on 17.03) when the scheduled sleep / wake alarm goes off the focus modes doesn’t change. Sleep focus schedule in health app is set to the same time but this feature is broken. iPhone 15 Pro Max. I’ve seen 100s of similar issues raised in iOS 16 as well but I only had it when I got my new iPhone.
iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17
I have had this problem for about a week. Sleep Focus never turns off in the morning. Updating the phone did not help. Even if I delete the Sleep Focus and create it again, it automatically shows the same schedules created previously and turns on (even at a time when it's not supposed to be on).
A couple of things that might be related to this:
I had a phone call with Apple, and after deleting the Sleep Focus (which did not help), they suggested resetting all configurations on the phone, which I was not willing to do.
Since it seemed to be related to the time schedules, I tried to delete them. I have one for weekdays and a different one for weekends. However, I couldn't find how to delete any of them. So, I edited the weekdays one (which was actually the one that wasn't working) so that it would only be on ON SUNDAYS. This automatically made the weekend one change, and it now only turns on on Saturdays.
Then I created a new one for the weekdays. After that, I changed the weekend one to also include Sundays, which made the 'offending' schedule disappear.
Now it seems to be working well. Sorry for my non-native English; I hope this is understandable and can help somebody.
I am having this problem after changing to a new apple watch 9, had no problem even with iOS update with apple watch 5. Using iPhone 13.
Tried to remove all my sleep schedule and set up new ones again. Let’s see if this work.
Just upgraded from 16.xx and now having this problem on 17.4 on my 13 Pro Max. (No Apple Watch) Sleep focus stayed on but displayed “On until [tomorrow’s wake time]”
Also noticed that Low Power Mode doesn’t switch off, even though it’s turned on by Sleep Focus -> Focus Filters. (Battery was 100% but Low Power mode needed to be switched off manually)
Same problem here with iPhone 12 Pro and Watch 9. Alarm goes off, I tap stop on my watch, when I pick up my phone the alarm is not going off but the screen still says "alarm" and has a stop button. If I tap stop, that screen goes away, but the phone remains in sleep focus. I'm just updating to iOS 17.4.1 now...
All phones from iPhone 12 and up are all doing this because it is not the iPhone individually. It is the iOS 17.4.1 that is doing this.
apple needs to fix this so we can get alarm and not have to crawl out of bed to turn it off on the phone.
or have the phone next to us to turn it off.
It is very annoying to all of us.
I’ve noticed three seemingly related issues.
SLEEP FOCUS no longer works, in that it fails to turn off even though a schedule is enabled or the alarm is set. The only solution appears to be to delete the feature altogether.
DO NOT DISTURB does not work with certain features. For instance, my watch suggests it’s time to stand at 2AM every night even though DND is activated.
SLEEP SCHEDULE no longer works with certain features. In combination with DND it should suppress alerts but it does not. The only part that still works is the notice that bedtime is approaching.
I suspect that the schedules for sleep and for do not disturb are interfering with each other or are being used inconsistently by other apps.
You can still use the clock app from what I can gather. I’ve been scheduling my alarm through the health app since 2020 so I don’t think that is it.
Sleep focus would shut off after the I stopped the alarm but turned back on automatically after a few minutes… I’d manually turn it off. Super annoying but then it started turning on after I manually turned it off and I deleted the focus and schedule do not disturb for the same hours as my alarm.
The other thing I have noticed is my alarm went from a low volume to gradually increasing and now it blares which I hate so much, I may just buy an alarm.
The same problem here. iPhone 15ProMax, AW 9. Tried to solve it with support. Solution - wait for fix 🤷🏻♀️ So seems like the only thing we can do is to wait until they repair it 😴💤
This is quite annoying.
My phone is doing the same thing since the update!! I’m just going to remove the sleep schedule and focus until I see it’s fixed
Having the exact same issue as yours. I turn off the alarm on my watch, but the alarm screen stays on the phone but is silent. Happened after paring my watch 8 with my new 15pro. Didn't this issue with my watch 8 and iPhone 12.
Hi Scubadam1,
If you've set up a general focus, an alarm would not cause that Focus to end. If you've got a specific time you want the focus to end, you'll need to set that up as outlined in Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad
Cheers.
Thanks jmarse1, however I'm not sure you're familiar with this feature. Check out the health app and sleep schedule to see what we are discussing. It was a neat feature but there is a bug effecting many users.
Hi Scubadam1 - I can’t offer a solution but commenting to bump this thread.
I have exact same issue, only since upgrading to iOS 17. The schedule & focus worked just fine on my iPhone 13 Pro Max and watch 7 before upgrading. Swapping devices hasn’t resolved the issue either as I now have this with a 15 Pro Max and Watch 9. Hoping someone comes along with a proper fix soon or it’s recognised as a bug by Apple.
I have same problem, tried out various methods, already got on my nerves to the point where I'm just considering to stop using it. It's an absurd from Apple, to not even react to this problem, and leave it not working.. same as with Siri, absolute garbage. YoY it's so dumb that you can't ask it anything, it's like 10years behind all other smart assistance in the market, and Apple just pretends it's new and great. Don't know a single person using it, because it can't do what they need as a bear minimum.
Same attitude can be seen with such simple feature like Focus, lot of people complaining about it, no fix..
p.s. a bit of frustration let go.
I too have this exact same issue. Cannot seem to find a fix for it. Deleted sleep mode reset. All my devices stay in sleep as well until I tell them to wake on one or the other.
This all started on iOS 17……and I waited until 17.1 to update to avoid the quirks…….. 🤦
I have the same issues.
iPhone 15 Pro, and Apple Watch Ultra 2.
Alarm at 08:15 that used to turn off my sleep focus mode on my previous iPhone. But now it continues to stay in Sleep mode until I recognize it and manually turn it over to Personal focus mode.
Very annoying.
Sleep focus mode doesn’t turn off with Sleep/wake alarm iOS 17
