Will the alarm ever stop?

If you set the alarm for a certain time, and then leave the iPhone unattended, will the alarm sound forever? Isn't there a setting to limit how long the alarm will sound?...


Thanks.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Nov 1, 2013 9:02 AM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2016 4:29 AM

Is there a way to program the alarm to go off after 2 or 3

Minutes ???

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Nov 1, 2013 9:41 AM in response to razmee209

Thanks... I've come to the conclusion that Apple is expecting iPhone users to be attached to their phone 24/7/365, and keep it active all the time...


...Same with missed-calls reminder... Someone calls me while I'm away from my phone, and there's no audible signal to alert me to this missed call, somethimng that my "stupid" flip phone used to do regularly... Apple is expecting us to have our iPhone in front of our eyes all the time.

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Jun 29, 2016 1:45 AM in response to mynameismyname

God it's like being in a cult. I can't get an answer to this either. There is only one right way to think and you and I don't have it. Like you I want an alarm that turns itself off once it realizes that nobody is going to do anything about it. A minute is way long enough. Forever is too long.

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Feb 15, 2016 7:07 AM in response to mynameismyname

I agree with Super too, I left my iPhone at workplace a couple of times with a 7.30 am alarm set .When i reached my desk at 9 am the alarm was not ringing.The alarm appeared on the lock screen waiting for me to snooze.So i would say it rings for may be between 10-20 mins and then goes silent.

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Feb 12, 2017 6:18 AM in response to mynameismyname

I too wrestled with this and came up with these solutions. Firstly, I used a song as my alarm (just want to be precise as to what I did, not what needs to be done). On my iPhone 6+ I set a second alarm 10 minutes later using "no sound" as the sound. This resulted in the first alarm getting silenced! Problem was this did not work on my iPad Pro! The fix there was to "purchase" a $1.29 "Silent" ringtone from iTunes and using this ringtone for my second alarm sound. This may change as Apple fiddles with IOS updates but as of 10.2.1 this works for me!

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Sep 9, 2016 4:15 PM in response to mynameismyname

My iPhone's alarm is limited to 15 minutes before it turns itself off. (If I know it's going to be a short night I set it out of my reach, so for the times I've been too exhausted to get up and hit the snooze or turn it off, it has gone on for a full 15 minutes before stopping.)

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Nov 1, 2013 9:47 AM in response to mynameismyname

Sorry, but I don't have my phone on me all the time. But I do check for miss calls/text etc... I don't need an audible signal to alert me... If I check my phone I'll see a red one on my phone app indicating a miss call.


If you set an alarm, wouldn't you already be near your phone to snooze or turn it off?

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