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How do I change the DEFAULT sound for my iPhone alarm clock. I know how to edit the alarm sound but I would like to change the default. Help please Apple gurus!

When I ask Siri to wake me in 30 minutes I want to have the alarm default set to a different tone. How do I do this? I know how to edit alarm sounds but I want to set the default sound.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 3, 2013 7:20 PM

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Posted on Nov 14, 2013 3:32 AM

That's true, but in my case it seems that only works if I keep setting the alarm manually. As soon as I ask Siri to set the alarm, it reverts back to the old default sound. Any ideas? This is my first time having Siri (I just upgraded from an iPhone 4) so I'd really like to take advantage of it.

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Nov 14, 2013 3:32 AM in response to jai_d81

That's true, but in my case it seems that only works if I keep setting the alarm manually. As soon as I ask Siri to set the alarm, it reverts back to the old default sound. Any ideas? This is my first time having Siri (I just upgraded from an iPhone 4) so I'd really like to take advantage of it.

Oct 3, 2013 7:30 PM in response to terrya7

I am not aware of a default tone for the alarm. It seems when I attempted to add a new alarm it used Opening, so I'm not if that is what one would call default, but it does not show any settings area for changing that, except within the individual alarm.


EDIT: It seems the other poster is correct. I set an alarm, changed the tone, then asked Siri to set another one, and the tone I changed to was what Siri used.


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Nov 2, 2016 9:14 PM in response to terrya7

The simplest way on my iPhone to do this is to first set a single alarm to say 6:30 and choose the alarm I want by using edit. Then I simply create a whole series of alarms one at 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30 etc. For all the times I want. It will use the alarm sound I initially choose. When I asked Siri to set the alarm it uses one of my preset alarm times and uses the alarm sound I chose.

How do I change the DEFAULT sound for my iPhone alarm clock. I know how to edit the alarm sound but I would like to change the default. Help please Apple gurus!

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