iPhone alarm is silent randomly

I’ve had the same issues with my iPhone X.

The entire phone goes into a silent state.

Even the lock click doesn’t make a sound.

Videos don’t play noise on Facebook. The entire device is silent.

I had this issue this morning. Not for the first time. If it wasn’t for me setting my iPad as well as iPhone I’d be late for work because of a bug that needs to be fixed.

A phone should not be turning itself into a silent mode overnight.

I also noticed my iPhone asked for my passcode.

Which only happens when the phone is rebooted.

Which I didn’t do.

So comes to question... Is my iPhone restarting itself during the night as well?

This issue needs resolving. It is a major need in people’s lives.

I I am having the same problems. Alarm sound not working, randomly the phone goes into silent mode on videos on different social media platforms.

Have to resart the phone in order for it work.

This my 8th iphone I have owned and you expect the latest X-phone alarm to work, so annoying,

how can i trust it when traveling? It has already made me late for work a couple of times.

Come on apple fix this problem!!

I'm having the same issue. It happens randomly. This morning I had two alarms set and neither went off. I have confirm all the suggestions. This has happened a number of times, and once I missed a flight. Please fix this issue!

Unfortunately, I’ve been having problems with this for years, no matter how many updates and other fixes I’ve tried. I’ve even completely wiped and restored my phone and it still happens. What I ended up doing to avoid losing my job due to accidental oversleeping was get an actual alarm clock. I have a $15 digital alarm that makes a horrible sound but at least it works. I also have a sunrise alarm clock that I really love that’s much more pleasant to wake up to, but was much more expensive. After trying everything on this site, this is the only workable solution I’ve found.

This is by far not the only problem that I’ve had with this phone. The most recent updates first rendered me unable to make calls, and eventually completely crashed my phone to the point I thought I might have to replace it. My previous iPhone worked great (and also cost much less!) until I foolishly updated the system and planned obsolescence caught up with me and slowed the phone down so badly I could barely use it. Needless to say, I will not be buying Apple products again in the future. It’s completely unacceptable that a product customwers pay so much money to buy functions so poorly. Sorry to say it, but Apple is no longer worth the investment.

This is happening to me too - alarm 'goes off' at the right time but has no sound and doesn't vibrate (but it looks like it is going off from the screen)! I tested the sound of the alarm in edit mode and it wasn't switched to 'none' and had plenty of volume. Luckily I also have a cheap Android from work - a quarter of the price, but the alarm works!

Same problem here. Alarm is going off (visible on the screen) but no volume. Volume is not turned down. Happened last last with my 6+. Then again more recently with my 7+ (but my Apple watch saved me because I was getting the haptic). Happens all the time with my girlfriend's 7.

I have an iPhone 7+ and have had this problem for more than 6 months. I have listened to Apple... Restored my phone. Got rid of certain apps and realized that I am not the only one with this problem. I update at every update hoping that Apple has finally found a fix. It is driving me crazy. For the morning wake up I’ve bought an old fashioned mechanical alarm clock but have given up on counting on my iPhone for alarms during the day away from home.

FOR GOODNESS SAKES APPLE ! TAKE THIS PROBLEM SERIOUSLY AND FIND A FIX.

This is no longer a little bug, it’s a disturbing absence of a basic function of our phones.

I have the problem that the alarm or the timer in the "clock" app sometimes chrash the whole iPhone X speaker system. When i set a alarm i didnt hear anything. Only vibration is working. When that happens both speakers crash and there is no sound anymore (no music, no other alarms, no keyboard sounds etc.). Only way to fix this is to reboot the iPhone. Restoring via iTunes, hardrest etc. didnt fix that. The problem came back. Happens on iOS 11.2.5 and 11.2.6. Think its a bug in the clock app... Cant trust the iPhone anymore...

I had this problem with my old phone too but it managed to resolve itself over time. I don’t remember how or why. But my IPhone X is worthless as an alarm. I don’t understand why Apple doesn’t have the ability to separate the alarm volume from the volume and other buttons to just eliminate that variable. Most people have a consistent procedure for waking up. It doesn’t involve checking your phone every which way before bed. I have another Alarm I use to wake me up.

I am just today having this same issue with my iPhone x and iOS 11.2.6, VERY low volume on alarm, and SNOOZE is not working though it is set to work, and volume is set high. The snooze button does not appear when the alarm goes off, and the alarm SEEMS to be at lowest volume, when it is set volume high

I'm also finding I have to restart my iPhone for various issues I haven't yet specifically identified, with this iPhone X, or with this ios

I’m having the exact same issue, especially when I have multiple alarms. There’s been several tunes where I press snooze once only to jolt awake thirty minutes later, look at my phone screen, and see the alarm going off on the screen, but hear nothing (or a very, very quiet alarm). This is a real nuisance that needs to be taken care of!

This seems to be the common factor - having multiple alarms. Several posters above mention it and have the exact same symptoms that I do. I wonder if some of the other posters with soundless alarms also have several alarms on.

I have an alarm for every 15 minute interval of they day basically, setting whichever are needed for a given day. I usually set several in the hope that if I accidentally sleep through the first, the others will function as backup alarms. Sometimes they do, but oftentimes I get the “alarm” screen with no sound playing. I do wonder whether it’s because of something I do to my phone in my semi-conscious state but evidently not because it’s not just happening to me, and the lack of official explanation is baffling. Sincerely (like, this is not me being salty and moaning): It is quite comical that this $1000 pocket super computer can’t even reliably do the job that, say, a mechanical alarm clock can

angushc wrote:

This seems to be the common factor - having multiple alarms. Several posters above mention it and have the exact same symptoms that I do. I wonder if some of the other posters with soundless alarms also have several alarms on.

For what it's worth, I generally have about 6-8 alarms set on my phone. They are all recurring. Right now I have six and four of them are enabled. I've never had mine fail.

Because of the fact that this has been a persistent issue over a number of years, devices and version of iOS, I suspect there are really multiple causes. Sadly, that combined with the fact that it affects a comparatively few number of people, means it's brutal to troubleshoot. And, I'm not dismissing anyone's problem by saying it happens to a comparatively few number of people. Obviously, if you're one of those people, it's a big problem. But, if it happened to most people who had an iPhone, it would probably have gotten solved ages ago.

Things that have been implicated:

Recurring alarms

Bedtime

Not having the time settings on the phone updating automatically

The fact that the way the volume settings work on an iPhone are less clear than they might be

And, all the human error stuff.

There are more I'm not remembering

My alarm clock has done the same thing to me and I think i know why....many of you say you set multiple alarms. Do you snooze the first one? I usually set 4 or 5 alarms and eventually, after snoozing them many time, the 9 minutes intervals will eventually pair up for two or more alarms...when this happens, the alarms will “cancel out” leaving the notification on the screen and not the sound. Also happens if you get a call at the very same moment the alarm is about to go off, I’ve witnessed these myself. Try spacing your alarms out or not snoozing..or only setting one alarm. Hope this helps!

cierrakayyy wrote:

My alarm clock has done the same thing to me and I think i know why....many of you say you set multiple alarms. Do you snooze the first one? I usually set 4 or 5 alarms and eventually, after snoozing them many time, the 9 minutes intervals will eventually pair up for two or more alarms...when this happens, the alarms will “cancel out” leaving the notification on the screen and not the sound. Also happens if you get a call at the very same moment the alarm is about to go off, I’ve witnessed these myself. Try spacing your alarms out or not snoozing..or only setting one alarm. Hope this helps!

Great suggestions!