I noticed when daylight savings came in the phone had updated the time to an hour forward as it should. But this morning my alarm woke me an hour early at 5:15am instead of 6:15am. I checked the setting and it WAS set for 6:15am! Now yesterday I also updated from I think 4.0.1 to 4.1 so unsure if it was the daylight savings change or the update that has made my alarm change as this is the first working day since both.
So, any ideas or others with the same trouble?
Toshiba Satellite A100,
Windows 7,
iPhone 3G - OS 4.1
Wow.. is it that hard to simply set your recurring alarms an hour ahead so they go off at the correct time? Have a little bit of patience, there is a really simple work around, that you will only do once until its fixed.
You are acting like the Alarm has totally stopped working.
I live in Sydney and my wife and I both have an iPhone 4. I could not understand why my alarms were going off on time but my wife's were an hour early. I worked out it was the repeat function causing it. Simple solution turn off repeat until Apple fix it. Very odd error though. I was thinking what coding issue could cause it but failed to come up with one.
With all due respects PWolverine, the alarm is broken. I shouldn't have to use a work around, it should work.
Stop apologising for Apple, they have know about this issue for weeks (I believe this thread was started 26th September), it should have been fixed immediately after New Zealand users first encountered the problem.
Having patience was waiting maybe 3-5 days for Apple to fix it, not almost 3 weeks and counting.
My device is not working as advertised and the problem was caused by Apple themselves, the least they can do is fix it in a timely manner.
As usual though, the silence from the holier than thou Apple is deafening and any defense for their behavior is ridiculous.
Don't tell me that I am over-reacting to this, my device is now malfunctioning and I want it fixed. $1000 worth of phone and the **** thing won't even reliably perform the simplest of tasks like a reoccurring alarm. Give me a break.
What would you do if your car's interior light wasn't working as a result of a service performed by the dealer? You would take it back to the dealership and they would fix it immediately. The interior light is by no means essential to the main function of the car, but it comes with an interior light that should work and didn't after a maintenance. How is this any different?
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Sorry but you are totally over reacting on this one. If you can't understand that you need to set your alarm one hour ahead for repeat alarms until Apple releases a fix, then perhaps the iPhone device is too complicated for you and may I suggest a old rotary telephone with a cord attached.
A company as big as apple may need more then 3-5 days to test out and release a patch. As neither of us understand the inner workings of a large company like apple guestemating how long you would like it to be fixed it a moot point. You would be complaining even louder if they released a quick untested patch that then introduced bugs into other parts of the phone accidentally. I understand they have already said it will come out in the November update, if you don't like that tough luck really.
Its not like the alarm isn't working, this isn't a car with lights that don't turn on. That sort of example isn't equal to this issue. Perhaps an analogy such as the light work if you turn it the opposite way, or something similar. The alarm is working, with a slight adjustment.
I have set my repeat alarms ahead an hour so it goes off on time. I had to do this ONCE, until i download the next upgrade where I will revert it back to normal. If understanding or making this adjustment is too complicated for you i'd go back and suggest using a digital alarm clock - less technology in it, and you won't find any software errors as there isn't any software to muck up.
I also didn't realise apple advertise the iphone as a glorified alarm clock? I assume the phone and other features are working 'as advertised' so i really don't think you have anything to complain about.
Complain if its not taking or receiving calls, that would be something worthwhile to whinge about. Something as minute as this, that has a work around for the moment isn't worth the effort.
So with all due respect, you should have to use the work around, its simple, and a fix is on the way. Its unreasonable to assume there won't be bugs or glitches with technology.
PWolverine, I am not over-reacting. This is the straw that broke the camel's back with this device for me, and comments like it's too complicated and I should use an old rotary phone achieve nothing but cheapen your valid opinion which I am happy to read and acknowledge. Your view is your view and whilst I don't agree, you are entitled to it. Question my opinion by all means, as is your right, but do not question my intelligence.
My stance doesn't change and facts are facts. Apple broke the alarm with the last update and haven't fixed it. If anything is complicated, it is having to use a workaround for such a simple task. I don't see how anyone can defend this.
If they can't offer us reliable functions, remove them.
What has annoyed me the most is Apple knew this was a problem when New Zealand switched to daylight savings and didn't tell anyone in Australia of the impending issue. That is completely unacceptable, with a lot of users in Australia waking either an hour early or an hour later than expected on Monday morning. If Apple had told us, I for one would not be anywhere near as upset as I am. The arrogance of this behaviour to me is overpowering.
The reoccurring alarm is faulty, it doesn't kinda work - it doesn't work. If I correctly set it to go off every Monday at 6:30 am and it fails to do so, it is faulty. My iPhone cannot perform this task, and as this is a part of the iPhone feature set supplied by Apple, my phone is faulty.
As for the car analogy, we will agree to disagree.
By all means, if you are happy to accept Apple's shoddy support and poor communications, then do so. I am not, and will not accept any different. Three weeks since I and many others in Australia first made my case to Apple and nothing.
Just remember to change your alarms back when they do decide we are worthy of a fix.
I have a feeling we will have to wait for iOS 4.2 for the fix to this, which I think is a bit shabby. I'm not too bothered though. I have not had enough things build up in the negative column, I guess 🙂
I just read my previous post - the asterisks the board has replaced my words with make {the name of the place bad Christians go when they die} look so much more sinister and aggressive than it really is. It looks like I was using the F word or something. Oops. I'd like to take this opportunity to say I didn't d
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Have to weigh in on the side of PWolverine here.... like many many others, my 3GS with IOS 4.1 has an "issue" with recurring alarms. Oh well. Set it an hour forward and wait for the fix. Why so blase? Because it doesn't have any error or problems performing it's core function of making phone calls, or indeed with playing music via iPod, working seemlessly with my Exchange server, accessing maps, showing videos etc etc etc etc etc........
one small function needs a fix, which will come out in November with IOS 4.2. Big deal - so like PWolverine I set my alarm one hour later than I want it for and wait for the fix - even with the glitch it is still hands down for me the finest most intuitive and best performing handset in existence - and this from someone who had up until getting an iPhone been a solid Nokia fan. iPhone beats Nokia, Samsung, HTC - including Android - et al hands down. Yep. It has a bug. not exactly earth shattering or life threatening though is it? especially when compared to some of the other bugs that have been foisted on consumers by "other" software companies.
Maybe I am just somewhat lassex-faire about it all but I really don't see much profit in becoming hysterical about what is really a very minor bug in an otherwise absolutely superb machine.
Well, it's a non-issue for me now, as it turns out that since the old NZ DLS change-over date passed it's worked fine. I now don't care if the fix doesn't come until 4.2 does.
it may not seem a big problem but mine has totally stopped working with no backup choices it should be fixed it is the best phone on the market.
i have tried every thing there is to get it working but nothing works.
DISAPPOINTING
