iPhone 4 alarm not working since 01.01.2011

Scratch the cited comments in my post. I took them from Danish news page that apparently took them from the fake twitter page of Steve Jobs.

I don't get why some here claim people depending on their iPhone alarm is somehow lame.
Its an alarm. It has ALWAYS worked multiple times in the past without issue. And for some it becomes their main alarm device.

WHAT??? A red 8" x 8" 20# alarm would be better? Or maybe a blue alarm that works on solar energy? Or perhaps a yellow alarm that your mother handed down to you in a will?

Just how many clocks and different types of clocks and alarms does one need, if not the iPhone alarm, to qualify as "alarm issue protected"?

I would rely on my iPhone alarm before I would the old wall current AC plug in type of clock, since power failures and short power glitch usually mess up your AC powered clocks MUCH more often than an battery operated iPhone clock. A battery iPhone device that BEEPS when its battery is low or about to fail.

And as to someone getting fired from work over this issue... It is very possible.
Maybe they were on the line holding down that job, and being late just once was the last straw?
Or maybe they suffered too many power outages causing their AC powered clock alarm to fail, and already had many late marks against them, so they depended on the iPhone alarm?
It could happen.

The iPhone has many uses, not just as phone. And these devices are much more dependable than other devices when it comes to clocks and phone and data services.
In todays mobile world, depending on a single all-in-one device is not that unusual.
When a feature fails due to software glitches, this can have serious impact.

I've used my iPhone alarm for years to time breaks at work so i clock back in on time. This method has worked without issue for years. Having an issue popup out of the blue like this alarm failure, can be a serious matter for some very mobile people, and average every day people.

You rely on your car to get your to work... How many have a driver in a second car following close behind, just incase your main car breaks down on the road?
Like I said... Just how many types of clocks and alarms does one need to be covered?
I think one should be enough. Especially when that one has proven more reliable than other options.

So when that long term old reliable fails because of some manufacturer stupidity flaw, people get really upset. And they should be!

Ok, so it was supposed to start working again today (3rd). How come mine didn't go off then?

"Ok, so it was supposed to start working again today (3rd). How come mine didn't go off then? "

That's what I've been saying, the issue is not clarified yet. It didn't work for me on Jan 2 with a recurring alarm, and it didn't work on Jan 3 with a normal alarm.

Yes if I set it five minutes from now the alarm will go off but overnight it doesn't seem to work in the morning.

NighstandHD works fine, by the way, and you don't have to keep the app running in the background for alarms to go off.

Sadly Apple made a mistake in saying it would work on Jan 3rd, which is not the case for some people.

Bei mir hat´s heute (03.01.2010 05.05 Uhr) nicht geklappt (3Gs)...
Da heute mein erster Arbeitstag ist, habe ich auch vorher nichts von den Problemen gemerkt. Das nervt und ist total peinlich.

Turn off phone completely and then reset alarm - worked for me

Its monday jan 3rd, an my iphone4 alarm for 6AM didnt ring.

Just delete all your alarms and make one or two (not more). Worked fine for me.

Same here, on both iphone 4 and iphone 3GS , I think I will delete all alarms and reset them and reboot , really odd maybe some crontab thing not sure, apple very quiet would help for a clear statement, very unlike apple 😟

This is ridiculous. My alarm failed this morning for the first time in 2011. Other alarms (recurring) seem to be working, but one I turned "ON" last night didn't?

Are we supposed to guess which ones will work and which won't? People cannot be expected to periodically create new alarms after mysterious dates... I've read several "solutions" ranging from just wait for 3 Jan to power off/on and create new alarm (and what is "reset" alarm? On/Off? change time? too vague).

Its a simple alarm: it just needs to work.

+You are not addressing Apple here, this is a user to user forum. Apple rarely reads comments left here.+

Well someone does - because a slightly non-Apple related question of mine was "removed' within a very short time yesterday with this below as the reason --

"Your post, copied below, has been removed from Apple Discussions. This area is intended to address technical issues about Apple products. Posts that do not conform to the Apple Discussions Use Agreement are inappropriate."

Mine wasn't working either. I had about 25 different alarm settings. I know, a little crazy.

Anyway, I deleted several of them that were close in time, so I have about 18 settings now, but the alarms now appear to work! 🙂

I have been trying to get the alarms to work since yesterday, so out of curiosity, I deleted a few just to see if I had too many alarms. I'm not sure if this is the answer, or something else has come into play.

This morning........I have an Iphone 4 and my wife has a Iphone 3GS running OS 4.2.1. This morning my alarm went off 7 minutes late on my Iphone 4 set to wake me up at 0700. On the Iphone 4 I had set the recurring alarm setting for every day. As for my wife's Iphone, her 3GS alarm was set for 0600 but it never went off. She is now late to work by over an hour. It appears that both the Iphone 4 and the Iphone 3GS are having the same alarm issues. Both our alarms were set from scratch last night prior to going to bed they were not old saved alarm settings. Can Apple provide any fixes for this issue soon? As for now I cannot rely on the this working for tomorrow's alarm!

Same problem as others. Very, very frustrating. This needs to get sorted out, Apple. I understood this was supposed to be fixed by the 3rd, but my alarm did not go off again this morning. This should not be happening.