With the iOS 11 update, Alarm volume extremely low.

I had this same issue and just figured out how to fix it. Go to “Settings” and then “Sounds and Haptics” and from there, you’ll see “Ringer and Alerts” where you can adjust your alert volume. Mine was really low, now I can hear it. Hope this helps!

You can still adjust the alarm/alert volume!

Since the uptdate to IOS 11 the "Change with Buttons" toggle in settings is OFF!

And that's the problem.

You may want to turn this on again, to have volume control using the two buttons on the left hand side of your iPhone.

Go to SETTINGS-> Sounds & Haptics and turn the toggle ON.

If you don't want the buttons control your volume, you can still adjust the volume of your ringtone and your ALERTS:

Go to: Settings-> Sounds & Haptics and move the slider "Ringer and Alerts" to the left or to the right to adjust the volume of your ringtone and your ALERTS tone at the same time.

I hope this fixed your problem. Happy to hear back from you.

Kind Regards

Anette

(iPhone 7)

In settings go to sounds. There you can adjust the ringer and alerts volume or turn on “change with buttons”

In settings go to sounds. There you can adjust the ringer and alerts volume or turn on “change with buttons”

If you do hear sound, use these steps and check the sound after each step:

Check your sound settings

If your device has a Ring/Silent switch, move the switch so that you don't see orange by the switch.

Next, open Settings > Do Not Disturb and check that Do Not Disturb is off.

Check sound with an app

Open an app that has music or sound effects. To test for sound, adjust the volume with your volume buttons or the slider in Control Center.

Plug headphones into your device

If you can hear sound through the headset, remove it and clear dust or debris from the headset port on your device.

Turn off Bluetooth

To make sure that your device isn't connected to a Bluetooth accessory, go to Settings > Bluetooth and turn off Bluetooth.

Restart your device

Turn off your device, then turn it back on. Check the sound again. If you still don't hear any sound, contact Apple Support.

I had the same problem on iphone 5 ios 10.3.3

none of the suggestions worked.

what did fix it, go to clock, alarms, edit, choose the alarm, turn OFF the snooze switch.

this restored the alarm to full volume for me.

FWIW, I actually had to restart my phone before it would get loud again.

I have had this problem too since the update, was late to work a few days as I rely on my phone for an alarm. I found the volume for my ringer/alerts in settings was all the way down, and my “change volume with buttons” was turned off, because who would think they needed to go into settings to switch a button to be able to turn the volume up or down on their phone using the volume buttons? Thanks for the tips!

I've got an iPhone X (10) and thought the alarm was very quiet (compared to ringer and alert volume). I'd been through all the options (ringer and alert volume slider, change with buttons, turning my device off and on again, hard reboot, reset all settings), but nothing changed it. Eventually I discovered that it's a new feature of the iPhone X. If you're looking at the phone the alarm is quiet, if you don't look it's as loud as other ringers and alerts. (Once it's gone quieter, it stays at that volume).

My volwas extremely high and I couldn’t control it.

With your help I found the “change with button” was turned off. I switch it on and now I can adjust the volume through the buttons.

Thank you.

I recall the “Change with button”-setting was reset to default off state the last time there was a major upgrade. Annoying the same thing happens twice tampering with user settings.

Same exact problem as 4frank2 and panda, thank you, that is exactly it. I couldn't figure out why I kept missing the countdown timer I set, but the problem is exactly what they said. If you are on your phone or look at your phone (with the iphone X) when the alarm is going or is about to go off, the volume is automatically cut to a fraction of the normal alarm volume. It makes it very easy to miss or forget about an alarm, as once the volume reduces it stays at that lower volume. And at that lower volume it's easy to swipe away the notification out of habit (for us long time apple users), especially while you are in the middle of something else like talking with speakerphone on or sending a text, and not even realize what you've done.

So for the X, it's not a settings issue, it's appears it is some new feature with the face id that tries to make the alarm or timer smarter, but i don't like it. Where's the ability to disable this feature?!

How about “Sounds” in your Settings?

Just set “change with buttons” on in settings

(Only have to do this once.)

and then used the side buttons to lower the volume.

Under “settings” “sounds and haptic” turn on “adjust with buttons” then you can control the volume with the volume buttons.