Alarm Clock not working with iOS 8.1

Yes, that's what I mean by "restore as new".

I've tried several things, including "back up and restore" and "restore as new" but the alarms with iOS 8.1 just plain don't work on my iPhone 6. I just burned another dinner while waiting for the alarm to go off. Ironically, my gut feeling is that the phone doesn't wake from sleep and "sleeps" though the alarm without making any noise.

Then you may have a hardware problem. Make an appointment at the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store.

How can it be a hardware issue when it occurs on different types of iPhone's and worked perfectly in iOS 7.

Mine is an iPhone 5 and SFLefty has an iPhone 6.

Whats the same between the two iPhones? iOS 8.1

I haven't used anything but my iPhone for an alarm clock for years. My iPhone 5S on iOS 8.1.1 never failed me. My iPhone 6 has never failed me. So, from my perspective, it certainly can't be an issue wtih iOS 8.x.

I'm not trying to say you're not having an issue. Obviously, you are. However, given that so few people are having this problem, it's unlikely that it's simply a bug in iOS 8.x. Hardware issues can happen to any model phone. At any time. Sometimes, they happen when you're updating your software. Interactions between third party software and the OS could be another possible culprit. In all likelihood, even though the symptom is the same, there is probably more than one cause. So, I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all solution. If you've done all the user troubleshooting steps, the next step is to take it to Apple for evaluation.

Hello

Got same problem.

restore done, reset phone done, delete allalarms done, change ringtone done.

alarm dont go off. but when i touch screen and wake up phone, alarm goes off!!

same here!!

whats going on??

Me too - exact same problem. Doesn't work until I wake the phone up. And it was working a week ago! Started not working three days ago . . . you'd think by now I'd learn that it didn't work properly and I'd have a backup for getting my kids to school on time!

I found a solution:

i sleep with curtains opened. now I wake up! 8-)

same here...

same problem as above. Iphone 6 ios 8.1.2

set new phone: fail

set 4 alarm with each new ringtones: fail

deleted all alarms and set new ones: fail

restore from back up: fail

rebooted, respring: fail

Apple: fail

Yeah, this problem blows... Here's what's fixed this on multiple phones at this point. before you do your hard reset (home button and side on/off button, hold till you see the apple), close the alarm app (double press the home button, flick the alarm app upwards). After you're back up with your phone, open the alarm app and set your time... Make sure it's on, because for some reason sometimes you go back and it's magically switched it self off. I also set a redundant alarm, just incase this somehow fails with the next brilliant update. Good luck!

Yeah, this problem blows... Here's what's fixed this on multiple phones at this point. before you do your hard reset (home button and side on/off button, hold till you see the apple), close the alarm app (double press the home button, flick the alarm app upwards). After you're back up with your phone, open the alarm app and set your time... Make sure it's on, because for some reason sometimes you go back and it's magically switched it self off. I also set a redundant alarm, just incase this somehow fails with the next brilliant update.

MOST RECENT UPDATE TO THE PROBLEM...

A lot of people were figuring out that you had to wake up your phone before the alarm app would wake you up.. Yeah! How's that supposed to work?! Well here's the way without using a 3rd party app:

use se your Reminder app.. Set an alarm on your Reminder app to go off a minute or two before your alarm is supposed to go off... That'll be sufficient for waking you phone up.

§ There is a glitch with the alarm app software for a lot of people. So until Apple fixes this... The method up top or the recent update, will do the trick.

Good luck!

L

Will give it a try... until now i wasn't able to fix or workaround the problem... will give you a feedback 🙂