Will the alarm sound with the iPhone turned off?

OK, so this thread has a long discussion about what is meant by "powered off". If you mean you press down on the Sleep/Wake button until the Slide to Power Off comes up on the Home screen, and then you slide it, then in that state the alarm didn't go off in 2013, and it still doesn't.

The alarm will go off when the device is in Sleep Mode (i.e., you press the Sleep/Wake button to shut off the screen.

The device cannot be overcharged, so you don't need to set any alarm for that reason. I have iPhones that stay on a charger for several days. My iPad pretty much is always hooked up to the charger. They absolutely cannot be overcharged.

And powering the device off to charge it is totally unnecessary. Not sure where you heard it was the best way to charge a mobile, but that is simply not accurate.

Best of luck,

GB

No there is no setting for that. The alarm will not sound if the phone is off. What you could do is use Do Not Disturb and have the alarm on. The Alarm will sound if DND is on

Hi. It doesn't anymore - on iPhone7 Plus. :( I just tried it. I've known that the alarm doesn't go off when it's powered off since I bought this because I tried to do that when I charged it. I set an alarm so that it wouldn't be overcharged and I powered it off because it was the best way to charge a mobile, I was told. But the alarm didn't go off. I just thought I'd check on the web about this to make sure I was right that's why I had to try it again. And it's confirmed. It doesn't go off when it's powered off. At least, not on the new iPhone. Bummer.

Hi Crforsyth,

Yes, the alarm will go off regardless of whether the phone is off or not (with all due respect to my friend Ocean). For an alarm clock, I use my iPhone exclusively. I normally don't actually turn it "off" using the Power button, but I just tested it, and whether you let it go to sleep on its own, or you turn it off via the Power button, it will go off.

Just making sure - you are talking about the Alarm in the clock app that comes with the phone, right?

Cheers,

GB

Hi buddy,

It does go off even when you have turned the phone off....that's what I just tested. I wasn't sure because I don't normally turn it off. But I just did, and it went off...

And for you, it is officially Bastille day - I have 2 minutes to go before it is here! My brother in France said they were doing a lot of celebrating on Saturday even though it was the day before. Guess they wanted to make sure the got a full weekend of celebrations in! So, they have officially jailbroken in France (and in Austrailia), as we will do momentarily in the Eastern US!!!

GB

That is the one I did get! Unless I was supposed to get Bornona Blue Day. Is Bornona a place?

I'm looking forward to reading it - it looks like a fascinating read.

And, apparently, even though I can test alarm clock functions, it appears that I cannot tell time. It's been Bastille Day for an hour here....jailbreaking!!!!

GB

Ohhhhhhhhhh! I thought I was looking for numbers! OK, I'll take a closer look now. So we are seeing it through Daniel's eyes! Cool.....

I read the little bit just before and after - amazing to "see" numbers as a landscape! Really looking forward to reading it now!

GB

So after jailbreaking the day (not quite by accident I am in France today), I can confirm that the alarm sound does not work when the iPhone is OFF (you know, not just in sleep, but really off with the slider, thanks to Steve).

But you can put it asleep by a short press of the sleep/wake button, and it wil practically use no power and will sound the alarm for you. The Nokia phones are never off really: take the battery out and it is off, and will not sound the alarm.

Gail, are you referring to when the phone is in sleep mode, or completely powered down? I think the OP is referring to it being completely powered down. Maybe I'm wrong...

To turn DND on go to settings/notifications/Do Not Disturb then turn it on,choose a schedule and then in ALLOW CALLS FROm choose who you want calls from

I typed too fast it was supposed to say Born on a Blue Day. Have a look at what pi to 100 places looks like on page 225 in the digital version of the book from Amazon

Gail I thought the OP meant OFF as in off and not just asleep. If the phone is completely off the alarm doesnt sound but in sleep mode it does of course......Did you realise that today we can talk about jailbreaking on this forum? Jailbreaking as in Bastille Day and as in the ACDC song?

I will try that. I will turn the phone off and see if my Beatles "rooster crowing" Good Morning Alarm sounds.

If you get the Daniel Tammet book get Born on a Blue Day. Thinking in Numbers is not that good. Sunday is a shiny and bright day according to Daniel

I just set the alarm for 3:05 pm and turned the phone off using the power button and the off slider at 3:04 pm waited until 3:07 pm and the alarm didn't sound. When I turned my phone on at 3:08 pm as it came on the alarm sounded then. hmmmmmm