Separate volume control for alarm and ringer

That's fine! That's why I posted that comment.

I guess that it hasn't worked for anyone else on this forum but it HAS for me, and the guy who posted the original comment on reedit. I have an iPhone 6 on iOS 8.3 (I think! Lol) and I tried it out yesterday evening with the alarm function several times. The alarm rang at a lower volume than my ringer each time. In fact, I left my ringer on maximum and had the alarm tone set a much lower volume - 3 bars, and the alarm went off at a lower volume this morning, unfortunately with the vibration as I had left that on(!)

If it doesn't work for you guys then I'm sorry but the fact remains that it has for me and at least one other person. Apologies that it doesn't seem to have worked for others but it does beg the question of whether anyone has tried to adjust the ringer higher than the alarm volume after unticking the option, 'change with buttons', through the volume buttons. I just don't understand how mine could be so different.

If they have then I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Hi SiPhone6,

Really glad for you that you've got the two sounds (phone ring volume and alarm clock volume) to be separate 🙂

I couldn't get this to work for me 😟 would you mind writing out the steps that you took?

Was it

1. tick option 'change with buttons'

2. set volume with slider to low

3. untick option 'change with buttons'

4. set volume to high with volume buttons

Probably not, but i'd love to try the steps that got it working for you!

Cheers

Hi there slaterk,

I'm really sorry - I've just got home and the comments got me thinking so I tried out my landline, I apologise most profusely uri66 and MattjamesB - I would've edited my reply but the browser just won't let me for some reason!

What they've said is correct: the volume buttons, when independent, only control the audio - not the ringer or alerts (definitely not the alarm). I guess I should've phoned myself a couple of times before!

I also realised that I had left my ringer on 'low', that's why it was low.

Many apologies again, slaterk, uri66, MattjamesB and anyone else!

No problem SiPhone6, the thought that you'd found a trick to make it work, was lovely while it lasted 😁

Cheers and all the best

No problems, I just wish I had been right...it would've been lovely for everyone. Maybe ioS 8.4? 9.0? lol

Best wishes everyone - I'll keep up-to-date with this forum and hopefully someone will have the answer

SiPhone6 wrote:

and hopefully someone will have the answer

I think that person will have to be either Tim Cook or Johny Ive!!

(Curse their butlers - who do the volume adjustments for them, morning and night!)

WOw! So none of you actually figured this out yet.. Ok, let me tell you how, step by step...

1- Go to Alarm

2- Choose an alam to Edit.

3- Once in the Edit alarm, go to sound.

4- Click on whichever sound or song you want to wake up too.

5- While that sound is playing, use your Volume buttons to turn it either up or down.

And that's all, it's pretty simple but it works for me... Good luck..

LOL @lanicaanvenice - all this does is adjust the ringer volume...which is EXACTLY THE PROBLEM. I suggest you read the thread, starting at the top.

In Android, for example, you can adjust the RINGER volume and the ALARM volume separately. iOS should have this so I don't (1) have an extremely loud alarm or (2) have an extremely quiet ringer. Make sense?

Ok,

well err it works for me. I just tried it. Alarm and ringer volume are separated by the steps I just posted previous to this. I read from the top and that's why I was so surprised. I think you are not reading my post properly. It DOES NOT seperate the volume of each alarm, only the alarm from the ringer... You really should try it... Unless I'm the only one with the magic iphone ...

You can mock but I am right!

It is impossible to set low alarm volume and have it remain at that level after using the phone for other things. After you set your wake up alarm to a low volume with your process (something I've done about 1,000 times) please go back and watch a movie at high volume, and turn your ringer up.

Warn your spouse before you go to bed.

Or, do you go in every night and adjust the volume like this? That works. Having to set the alarm volume every night is not what we're after.

Cheers,

@lanicaanvenice What version of iOS are you using? On 8.3 I confirm that it is all set to 1 volume, "Ringer". I'm not mocking, just stating fact. I really meant for you to read the thread...there really is no way to set alarm and ringer volume separately at different levels in iOS.

****, you are so right... I am so wrong... Oh well, maybe iphone 12 will have it figured out!!

<Edited by Host>

I realised the first post is form 2013 but here is my answer anyway.

I have an iPhone 5c with iOS 8.4.1 software

If you disable the option 'Change with Buttons' on the volume menu, the volume for the ringer and alerts will be separate than the one for the alarm, which can be set with the side buttons.

Ringer and alerts (text tone, new voice mail, new mail, set mail, tweet, calendar alerts and so on)

Settings --> Sounds --> Ringer and alerts volume option: just slide it to the volume you want.

**Important, unable the 'change with buttons' options. When you do, the extra info text reads: 'the volume of the ringer and alerts will not be affected by the volume buttons'.

Alarm

Just adjust the volume to the level you want by using the side buttons. That's it.

Result

Ringer and alerts will sound at volume level set through Settings --> Sounds menu, regardless of the volume set through the side buttons.

(Morning wake up) Alam will go off at the volume set with the side buttons.

Tips

a) You can silence the in calls and alerts by using the 'silent' side slider. The alarm will still go off normally (and soundly).

b) By turing the silent side slider on and off you can check on your screen the volume the ringer is set up at.

I've tried all the above and it worked for me. Hope it works for you too.

Nop, I've tested this, but alarm volume is still tied to the ringer volume. No cigar.

Very, very annoying.