Alarm Clock not working with iOS 8.1

Brian Zigler wrote:

I am running iOS 8.1 on my iPhone 6 Plus and I have a number of alarm clocks set up on it to go off throughout the day.

Very recently I noticed that the alarms that I have set up for the morning don't go off. I triple checked all of the settings, and they should be working. I've also turned the Ringer Volume up all the way, and still nothing. When I finally wake up and check my iPhone, there is no message that an alarm had ever gone off.

However, once I hit the sleep/wake button, and begin using my iPhone, the alarms that I have set later in the day seem to go off as scheduled.

Are you talking about the built in alarm clock that came with the phone or a 3rd party alarm clock that you downloaded?

If the latter - check their support site.

if the built in one, my works perfectly.

1. Try a reset: Simultaneously hold down the Home and On buttons until the device shuts down. Ignore the off slider if it appears. Once shut down is complete, if it doesn't restart on it own, turn the device back on using the On button. In some cases it also helps to double click the Home button and close all apps BEFORE doing the reset.
2. If that fails, delete and recreate the alarms in question.

I had the same experience this morning... Almost sleep in! The alarm did not go off when the phone was not charging. After I plugged it in, then the other alarms I had set this morning worked ok.

We'll see what happens in the morning...

Mine did the same this morning. When I am using the phone (screen is on) it went off, no problem. But when I wasn't using it the alarm didn't go off.

I am also having the same issue where the alarm doesnt work when the iphone 5 is locked.

I have recreated the alarms but it still doesnt work.

I actually woke up before the alarm this morning to see what happens when its suppose to go off, and it did one really short vibrate and stopped. Its almost as if the alarm\clock app crashes in the background.

No wonder i slept in and was late to work yesterday.

Any one been able to fix it?

After I did a hard reset of my phone it was "fixed"' -- haven't had a problem since. Can't say that is the only way to fix it or that I didn't just get lucky.

Hi - i have the same problem as mentiones aboved, that the phone did one really short vibrate and stopped. Its almost as if the alarm\clock app crashes in the background... have no solution for that... you did a hard reset. How i do that to fix the problem? Is there any other solution except one full restore possible?

A Hard reset didnt fix it for me. Recreating alarms also hasnt fixed it.

still waiting for a solution, ive had to use another alarm clock app so i dont sleep in!

How does it look with an full restore... does anyone have the solution without 3rd-apps?

Havent tried that.. Dont really want too

Hey guys,

Having the same problem. Mine also does the short vibration thing. Already tried the reset and everything.

Any solutions yet? Anyone?

If you've tried resetting, and deleting and recreating the alarms, the next steps would be to restore from back up, restore as new. If you have to go the restore as new route, test the alarm before you add back any of your apps. If it works, add the apps back in small batches (2-3) and test after each addition. It is possible the probem is caused by an interaction with a particular app. This seems especially likely as most people can't replicate the issue. Best of luck.

Did you jailbreaked your device or is it a clean restore... In my optinion it is definitly a problem of interaction with a particular app...

Maybe i solved the problem through a restore... i will give you feedback the next day if my alarm will work normal... Normal behaviour today =)

I recommended restoring the phone as new. I would never recommend jailbraking even if we were allowed to discuss it here (which we're not).

Personally, I've never had any issues with the alarm clock. Mine goes off every morning at 5:40a, whether I like it or not.

I`ve tried a restore already, gonna give a try to the "Set up new iPhone" restore...

For the sake of covering all ends.