Timer makes no sound

My wife experienced the Timer in the Clock app making no sound when the time elapsed. This was an iPhone7 running iOS 15.8. I finally realized that the problem involved Auto-Lock in Settings->Display & Brightness having the same duration as the Timer. Both were 5 minutes. This is a bug, easily reproduced.


Work-arounds include

  • set Auto-Lock to a duration unlikely to be the same as the Timer;
  • establish a habit of locking the display manually after starting the Timer; or
  • use Siri to start the Timer without unlocking the display.

Earlier iPhone models

Posted on Feb 25, 2024 7:30 AM

Reply

Similar questions

1 reply

Feb 25, 2024 7:58 AM in response to LWarshawsky

LWarshawsky wrote:

• My wife experienced the Timer in the Clock app making no sound when the time elapsed. This was an iPhone7 running iOS 15.8. I finally realized that the problem involved Auto-Lock in Settings->Display & Brightness having the same duration as the Timer. Both were 5 minutes. This is a bug, easily reproduced.

Interesting, reproducible for me on iOS 16.6.1 too. While there's no feedback topic for the Clock app, you can submit feedback for iPhone here - Feedback - iPhone - Apple

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Timer makes no sound

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.