Q: calendar first and second alerts switch on their own

I have been having this problem since discovering it in January.  This is a program glitch and there is no permanent fix although someone suggested entering the alerts in reverse.  Have not tested this yet.  The problem has been reported to Apple's tech dept back in Feb/March.  Don't understnad why they haven't fixed it yet. You can read others' comments about this glitch under "iPhone 4s Calendar alert issue":  https://discussions.apple.com/message/18344740#18344740

One other thing, if first alert is set to "one day before", the two alerts will be cancelled out and no alerts given.

I have been having this same problem for quite awhile now and it's basically rendering my calendar alerts useless. Getting frustrated with Apple about this...it's a big problem.

i have problem in setting appointments too, but the other way round.  i set all alerts to NONE by default, everytime i set a new appointment, i am sure the alert mode is set to NONE. however, after a while, it will automatically be set to "30min before appointment"

anyone has a clue on how to fix this?

thanks!

I have tested the reverse entering of alarms in iphone calendar and it does switch them to be correct.

I have been dealing with this issue of alerts being reversed as well.

I like to set 2 alerts for every event also, and they constantly reverse.

I have also updated to IOS 7.0.3. 

I found a short term fix but I agree this is really a bug in the IOS.

     Go to the default alert times in Settings.

     Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendar.

     Scroll down to Default Alert Times.

I set Events to NONE

I also set All Day Events to NONE.

The problem seems to be resolvd for now, but not sure why this had to be done.

I have found what appears to be a resolution to this issue, when I add an event and I select the event time, the date time scroller opens up allowing me to select the time of the event.

The issue occurs when I leave this selector expanded and continue to set the event properties. When the time selector is still open and you select the alert times, it swaps the alerts every time. When you collapse the event time selectors before choosing the alert times, the alerts are not switched.

This bug appears to be an issue with the scrolling selector form item if there is more than one open it appears to error out.

If you don't know how to collapse the event time selector, once you have selected the time, click on the date/time that is in red text just above it and it will collapse the selector.

Hopefully this fixes the issue for others, and it is ridiculous that this has gone one for so long, not a good way to keep your customers Apple, my wife was so aggravated at this that she was about to cancel her iPhone.

I have this problem as well and had already tried all the suggestions

posted even before finding this page; NONE of these

"fixes" works on my iPhone 6.  The bottom line, however, is that

regardless of whether Alert 1 and Alert 2 switch the

alert times you have designated, you still get 2 alerts at the

correct times so it doesn't really matter.  It is just stupid and annoying

and should have been fixed by now.

Just tried your suggestion, Ghost.Crow, and it worked beautifully! Hopefully, it will work that well more than once. Thanks so much...it's been maddening! Wish I had googled it before.

It does matter, if I need my first alert a day before, then thats when I need it and thats what I have set it for. What I don't need is the phone switching it afterwards, This issue has gone on far to long, all the way back to the iphone 4 and still happening in the 6. Really Apple?! They, Apple, can get on a stage with all your black shirts on and untucked and try to look hip and cool and tout your next new thing telling us how great it is and how complete and easy our lives will be for it when I open my wallet to you, but either you can't fix this problem or you don't give a d@mn. So what is it? Where do you stand. All this money for these phones and they still have not resolved this issue.

Ya it sure is an annoying bug! I have to go back in and change it several times until it is correct. and you have to go out of the calendar app to make it break/bug itself.

I just tried this trick and it does NOT flip  the alert sequence to the correct times, unfortunately. 

Hey Apple!

Three **** years!!  How long does this bug take to fix??

I realize that there are always a lot of bugs to be squashed, and only so many man-hours to go around.  Even so - THREE YEARS!!  Two (three?) Operating Systems!!  Either you're a competent Technical Support service.....or you're not.  The proof is in the pudding, so...which one are you?

Calendaring programs with reminders are not new.  We've been patient.  Please get this fixed immediately.

Yeah, this is absolutely unacceptable!  I have noticed this with Apple.  They will let what they consider a "small issue" linger, while totally ignoring their customer complaints.   As a long-time, loyal customer, I am very disappointed in Apple.