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how to stop siri from repeating my alarm command ten times

When I set an alarm using Siri, whe repeats that the alarm has been set between 7 and ten times. This only happens with alarms, not any other commands. It does set the alarm properly.


How can I get Siri to stop repeating the command over and over?


iPhone 5c

Up to date IOS

Turned Siri off and on again


Thanks!

iPhone 5c, iOS 10.2

Posted on Dec 20, 2016 6:53 AM

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Posted on Jan 13, 2017 9:58 PM

Here's a good workaround solution to the problem, at least until Apple finally figures their way out of this. Break the alarm command down into two steps as follows:

1. Say, "Add an alarm."

2. Siri well then ask what time to set the alarm for, and then say, "8:00 AM," or whatever.

This seems to work.

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Jan 5, 2017 3:28 AM in response to EddieiPhoneuser

I am having the same exact problem! And in addition to that problem when I try to delete all alarms Siri asks me to confirm then when I push confirm she says "there is nothing to confirm" or if I say yes, she just says something like "I thought so" and doesn't delete the alarms. It worked fine before one of latest updates, but then it just started doing these two things...

Feb 6, 2017 6:27 AM in response to azmerv

OK here's how I solved this problem. My iPhone was repeating each request to set an alarm 5 times. 1st I asked Siri to clear all alarms. 2nd instead of telling SIRI to "Set an alarm for X o'clock" use a different command such as "Siri I want to set an alarm" Siri will start that process and ask you what time. Tell Siri the time and it gets set once.

Dec 21, 2016 6:17 AM in response to azmerv

Hello azmerv,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

I understand that your iPhone is having an issue with Siri repeating the command when you set an alarm. I know how important it is to have a properly working iPhone, and I'm here to help.

I would recommend restarting the iPhone. Then test the issue again.
Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


If you are still having a problem, I would like to try to isolate the issue by having you restore your iPhone to factory settings. You can do this by making a backup of your content, then restore iOS using the latest version iTunes. If the issue is caused by the iOS software this will resolve it.
Back up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Restore your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to factory settings


Note: We’d like for you to test the iPhone before restoring the backup. Restoring from the backup may place the same issue back on the iPhone.


Please let me know if this helps.
Have a great day!

Dec 23, 2016 2:44 PM in response to Teddy_B

Same problem here. It only repeats the commands when turning on the alarm, not when I ask to turn the alarm off. I does it on both my IPad and iPhone. IT does it on both Wi-Fi and cellular for the phone, my iPad doesn't have cellular service. I toggled Siri off then rebooted but still no luck. I haven't tried restoring either device. It's really just an annoying glitch. I live in Florida if that helps.

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