iPhone alarm is silent randomly

It’s not only my alarm clock, but the timer, too. Volume up. Nothing is muted. No sound. The timer goes off, the alarm goes off but there is no sound at all. I’m apparently far from alone. Non digital alarms and timers always worked. This is progress?

I haven't read the complete thread but I've just registred to let you know that the exact same thing happened to me now as well.

I ran late for an important appointment because my $1000 iPhone X is not able to reliably activate an alarm. This has happened before, however I thought it was my bad -- it just didn't come to my mind that such an expensive phone could have such a ridiculous flaw.

Any support from Apple so far?

I have Iphone 11...This has happened to me too, I thought I finally fixed the problem 2 days ago when I updated my phone then alarm worked the next day (I did also set 5 other alarms 1 minute apart to MAKE SURE it would work). I assumed the problem fixed itself. I set a later alarm for this morning because it wasn’t important to be up, just important to me. I was half awake and the alarm NEVER made a sound in the last 30 minutes that it was “going off”. I have tried all your “solutions” but nothing works as you say it will. I think Apple should be replacing phones at this point if you have so many people with the same issue not being properly solved.

I assume your new phone has the bug because I have iphone 11 and it just starting doing this 1-2 weeks ago, but nothing helps except setting 5 alarms a minute apart, but I’ve only tried that once so far so we will see if that actually is a “long-term” solution.

I just figured out that each time I set another alarm time it defaults to a quiet level and I have to manually set the ringer level each time. So if I ask Siri to do it the alarm is too quiet. Seems weird. I have no idea how to set a default alarm level. If anyone knows,,,

IOS 13.4.1 my timer randomly works and then does not work. I use it for 20min reminders and not changing anything on the phone inbetween setting the reminders. Sometimes the timer works, other times it does not. I make a point of checking that I have actually set the timer and that it has begun counting down. When I get a sense of 'has 20mins not yet passed?', I pick up phone and what is showing is the starting display of the 20min duration. I'm manually setting my timer for 20mins two to three times/hour for 5hrs/day (20mins study periods). It happens several times per day, for no reason at all (meaning I've not touched/changed anything inbetween starting a new 20mins period). I've seen that this problem is ongoing over years...and Apple have not fixed it. WHY?

Yes, this discussion thread was started long ago. It is about an actual, random, "silent alarm" problem with the iPhone that goes back a long ways. It has nothing to do with the attention aware feature that will quiet the alarm sound if it sees your face looking at the phone when an alarm goes off. That is a separate, more recent issue.

The following suggestion "Attention Aware Features" was turned on. When I turned the feature off, alarm started working as normal. To turn it off go to Settings-->Face ID and Passcode--> Attention Aware Features = off" is not available on my iphone 8, IOS 13.4.1, thus I still have the problem of intermittent correct working of the alarm.

what Mi_LDN_M SAID FIXED IT!!!!!!!!! DO THIS!!!!!

I’m having the same problem with my alarm. It will make a sound for like a second then go silent. The screen shows that it should be alarming. Also when mine is doing this certain video apps like tik tok, Joyce Meyer, they do the same thing. They place for second or two then stop. I’ve called Apple and they were getting with their specialists and nothing ever happened. I’ve even been given a new iPhone and just recently bought the newest phone on market.

This problem on my iphone 7 plus began right after I installed 13.4.1. This is why I generally avoid iphone installs!! Apple if you want us to install your updates, please don't fix what ain't broken!

KGE33 wrote:

This problem on my iphone 7 plus began right after I installed 13.4.1. This is why I generally avoid iphone installs!! Apple if you want us to install your updates, please don't fix what ain't broken!

As this thread is two years old, the problems are probably not related to updates. It's unfortunate that this is a relatively rare symptom of what appears to be a number of different problems. This makes it very hard to determine all of the causes. If you go through the thread, you'll find that some people were able to resolve their issues. You should try the various solutions listed throughout the thread and see if any of them work for you.

APPLE PLEASE FIX THIS! This has been going on for years! I have a $1000 iPhone XS and I should be able to depend on it. This is a very important feature for so many people, especially those who travel. Who does wake up calls anymore anyway? I was late for work today. This isn’t the first time the alarm didn’t sound but yet shows that it’s working on the screen. What is happening here??!!!!!!! THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE!!! Please respond to this! The original post was in 2017 and here we are still replying to the same question in another decade!!!!!

TDSN2014 wrote:

APPLE PLEASE FIX THIS! This has been going on for years! I have a $1000 iPhone XS and I should be able to depend on it. This is a very important feature for so many people, especially those who travel. Who does wake up calls anymore anyway? I was late for work today. This isn’t the first time the alarm didn’t sound but yet shows that it’s working on the screen. What is happening here??!!!!!!! THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE!!! Please respond to this! The original post was in 2017 and here we are still replying to the same question in another decade!!!!!

Apple is not reading here and they are not going to respond here.

If you've read the thread, you'll come to understand that the alarms not going off is a symptom of several different identified problems and probably some unidentified ones. It also isn't a very common problem. Both of those things mean it's very difficult to troubleshoot.

If you want to discuss the matter with Apple, use the Contact Support link at the top right of every page of these forums. Note that wait times are longer than usual.

I am having the same issue and for the longest I was misled into thinking that I might just be an extremely deep sleeper smh. I find it very frustrating that I cannot rely on my iPhone alarm app to carryout the simple function of emitting a sound to alert me while the active alarm notification displays on my screen. This has resulted in me having to purchase an actual alarm clock which has sort of been a hassle of its own. From the earlier posts in this forum, I see that this is a prevailing issue dating back to 2017 and Apple is still having the same exact complaints three years later. My day consistently revolves around alarms between work, projects, etc. I have always championed Apple as a company and, therefore, would appreciate if they would start to live up to the standards that they advertise and fix this issue immediately....

Hi there! 👋 I can’t believe a lot of people like me have problems with the alarm. I have an iPhone Max Xs and I have the same problem with other iPhone users. I have checked everything, volume, setting and all but to no avail. Sooo so very unreliable. My husband teases me all the time about it.

Please help?