iPhone alarm is silent randomly

And what I'm saying is that's not a possible solution as the proximity sensor does not affect the alarm. What is more likely is that something else he did at or around the same time resolved the problem.

douglas2010 wrote:

No RCBalon had suggested the "closing all apps", I was not commenting on the sensor suggestion.

Ah, I get it. But, they still addressed it to me, despite the fact that I've never said I had the problem. Didn't make sense.

I have 30 alarms set and not a single one goes off any day except the weekend and I have all of them put on alarm and set to go off every day and it’s so stupid that I’m about to break my phone over it because I have to wake up early to shower but my phone never lets me

1) Yes, the "Attention Aware" setting will drastically lower the sound volume level of a currently ringing alarm, simply by looking at the display and having your face recognized. This can be annoying, or it can be convenient, depending on your needs.

2) Yes, the "Attention Aware" feature has nothing to do with the silent-alarm problem, which has been around for years.

I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max currently on ios13.2.2 and I noticed that my alarm is not effected by the volume settings at all. All of my volume settings are set to max and whenever the alarm goes off it can’t be heard. I’ve been playing around with it for about 20min now, resetting it over and over and each alarm it is still almost silent. I went to the do not disturb and silents options but non have any effect on how loud my alarm sounds.

I’ve done that. Definitely not a volume issue. It happens with certain apps too. If I’m relaxing with my Pluto app open (for some background noise) with an alarm set, the alarm only sounds once and it’s very quiet, almost as if I’m looking at the phone, but I’ve turned off the “look for face” thing (where the alarm sounds quietly if you’re looking at the phone) and I always have the screen turned away from me anyway.

ive also noticed the phone won’t go to screen lock if I’m in particular apps as well (my Roku remote control app, fb, etc) no matter how much time has passed.

I did this. Still having issues. If I’m in an app (Pluto, for example) and have it running for background noise and an alarm set, the phone does the single quiet alert and then turns itself off. I’ve turned off the attention aware and have the screen faced away from me. Any other suggestions?

Lol sorry I know I got a little excited and thought you might have another idea of how to fix it. I often use the alarm on my lunch break, and I like using video apps bc the sound creates white noise while I’m relaxing at lunch. A few times, though, I missed the alarm and went over on my break, and I don’t have a physical/dedicated alarm at work. But I shouldn’t have to have one - when you spend $700 on something you just want it to work lol. Especially something as simple as an alarm. Very frustrating.

It's definitely frustrating. I am not familiar with Pluto, but I wonder if it is worth telling Pluto (by way of some sort of contact method) about the silent iPhone alarm problem. They may unintentionally play a role in not allowing the alarm to sound. Not all of my streaming video apps have this problem, just some do.

My alarm doesn’t make a sound. The notification comes up on the screen but nothing vibrates or goes off. This just started happening about a week ago. I’ve checked online forums and ran through all Apples troubleshooting. I hate using apple but rn I’m stuck with the iPhone unfortunately because I don’t have a choice. Why won’t my alarm work? Please fix your sh** apple it’s almost 2020.

I don’t have a real alarm clock and now I can’t take naps before I go to work. I blame my iPhone for making me late to work and risking my job. This is very inconvenient. I highly recommend against iPhones. For those of you that have all these problems... androids don’t do this. Get an android.

I have no problem with using my iPhone as an alarm clock. Most people don't. I haven't owned an actual alarm clock in at least a decade. But, if it's going to cost you your job while you try to figure out why your phone has a problem, it seems pretty stupid not to adopt a temporary solution that will get you to work on time.

This setting solution can help some people who notice that the alarm volume gets much quieter if they accidentally look at their phone.

However, this is a separate problem, and it does not relate to the main problem which has been around much longer than attention-aware face recognition.

Im glad (but not really because it sucks) to see other people having this issue, I thought I was going crazy! I switched from a 6s to an Xr a while back, and the alarm on my new phone would go off, and then after I pressed snooze it wouldn’t make sound again. When I woke up, an hour after I was supposed to be up, I could see the alarm on my screen, but no sound. I started using my old phone as an alarm clock, having to keep two phones plugged in and charging, but it has now updated to the new iOS and this morning it did the same thing! Apple needs to fix this!! It should be so easy!! I shouldn’t have to go buy a new alarm clock just to make sure I can make it to school and work on time!!!

christianmeyer wrote:

Wish you guys would consider this a priority though - seems to me that the user is clearly not to blame here.

We are your fellow users. Us making it a priority doesn't do anything. Tell Apple.