Alarm clock fails as of Jan 1

Still didn't work. I deleted all my existing alarms last night, turned my phone off, then back on.. then created a new recurring alarm (mon-fri, 6:15am)... this morning - no alarm.

My alarm clock has failed again today 4th Jan, even though it was set as a recurring alarm. I now have to buy an alarm clock! Very annoyed. I could do without the spend! When will bug be fixed or do Apple not know?

It seems a company as large as Apple would take responsibility for this issue. There has been no communication and it seems they are replying on the issue to fix itself. Well we have waited till the 3rd as stated in all the information on the internet but, today is the 4th and the alarms failed today.

You should not rely on your iphone as your primary alarm if so use some type of backup app on your phone.

So what does Steve and Apple propose to fix this issue. Is there going to be a software update ?

I'm 'whining' because I never heard of every car by one maker breaking down on the same day, because a date change is not unpredictable like freak weather and because when a road's closed someone puts a sign up.

And you'll continue to use excuses to blame everyone and everything else on your misfortunes in life instead of taking responsibility for your own actions and creating your desired results. You'll always feel dependent on the actions of others. The entitlement generation lives on.

Delete the alarm entry you have been using and create a new one and it will work.

I would imagine in the next update the code for the alarm will be changed.

This works! Thanks. So simple.

"The entitlement generation lives on."

But I'm not one of the entitlement generation; I have 100% attendance working full time in a unit for mentally-disordered offenders, run a charitable company in my spare time, nurse one sick relative part-time and share my home with another, clean the street outside my own house and help out with recycling and green transport schemes while paying all my taxes.

Having contributed to Apple's billion-dollar-a-month net profits I want better service from them than this. Prevention, communication and support regarding this fault has been inadequate for what I paid. This is a consumer issue, not a technology one.

You obviously don't have any expectations in life. Companies sell brands build on reputation and charge accordingly which is what Apple do. I can't believe the comments saying don't rely on the device their must be a generation of expect nothing get nothing.

I have many expectations. When something doesn't meet those, I sometimes contact the manufacturer but often make another choice. In any case, I always have a work around and a choice. What I don't do is blame my problems on the manufacturer.

In this case, if the alarm were a big issue for me, I would be just as frustrated as everyone else, I just wouldn't come here whining about it. I would send feedback, apply the fix and move on with my life... simple and logical.

Having contributed to Apple's billion-dollar-a-month net profits I want better service from them than this. Prevention, communication and support regarding this fault has been inadequate for what I paid. This is a consumer issue, not a technology one.

Then tell Apple ( http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html) and buy another phone... you have plenty to choose from. That being said, you're living in a dream world if you think other phones don't have worse issues (read their forums). Personally, I don't think I'll find a better phone for me so I'm sticking with the iPhone, warts and all.

" What I don't do is blame my problems on the manufacturer."

So if your brakes failed and you hit someone that would be your fault?

We all rely on technology and for most of us the more we pay for it the more we expect it to work.

I have sent my complaints to Apple and the forum heading is Apple Discussions not fix it and move on with your life which is not a bad name for a forum!

So if your brakes failed and you hit someone that would be your fault?

Wow, comparing waking up late to hitting someone with a car... that's an irrelevant, absurd and ignorant comparison to the iPhone alarm issue and you know it (or maybe you don't). Nice chatting with you.

Nice chatting with you to 🙂

“Wow, comparing waking up late to hitting someone with a car...”

See earlier posts for alternative comparisons to 'waking up late':
'I ... get up in the night and administer medications to my terminally ill partner. . so the end result was late meds and great pain.'
'People had to wait to have their surgery'
'I use the alarm on my iPhone every night so I can check on my young son. He has Type 1 diabetes and it is essential I check his blood sugar levels in the night ...'
'… because of the fault a front line ambulance was unmanned until we got there.'

Approx ratios of posts in this thread to date:
Broadly sympathetic to Apple 23%,
Broadly critical of Apple 50%,
Broadly neutral 27%.