iOS 11 enable alarms in silent mode

Had the same problem, iPhone 6, using iOS 11.0.1 which seems more stable than iOS 11.0.2 in my experience. Turning the phone OFF and ON solved the issue for me.

I’m scared to update to 11.0.3; it seems like new updates focus on newer models and not us iPhone 6 users. If my phone becomes obsolete because of software, I’ll demand that Apple either reverts my phone to iOS 10.3.3 or give me hardware that supports the software they force upon us.

That seems like an unnecessary and expensive solution, but hey suit yourself. If you think Apple support cares that you switched to Samsung...hah!

Anyways, for me, after the iOS 11 update on my iPhone 8, i noticed all my alarms were silent. After two days if no alarms, I went into edit an alarm and noticed that the alarm ringer was changed to none! Which means it would ring but it wouldn’t make sound. Go figure iOS 11! It was like that for ALL of my alarms so i just changed the ringers back to whatever tone i had before. Problem solved...and i didn't have to spend $700!

I had this problem too after I updated to iOS 11. I restarted my phone and that seemed to fix the problem. I wish it was a more sophisticated solution than "turning off and then turning it back on" but if you haven't tried that yet, it's definitely a good place to start. Hope this helps!

Understandable. I fortunately got my 8 half off because of a promo. That was the only reason i stayed with Apple. Wanted to wait for the Pixel II but I was impatient 😢. Now I have to wait 10 months to switch. Let's hope the next iPhone is an improvement, or I'll sadly be jumping ship to Google.

Flenix wrote:

For what it's worth, I've now bought a Samsung S8+.

Not only does the alarm ring on silent mode, it also tells me the time and reads me news and weather.

Mine rings, too. iPhone-7 with IOS-11.03.

I am frustrated by alarms going off when I put everything on silent [vibrate, lowered volume], Airplane Mode, Do Not Disturb - short of deleting all my alarms or turning off the iPhone - there doesn't seem to be a way to turn these things OFF when I am in church, theatre, meetings, on the phone, etc.
Turning off the iPhone doesn't allow me to use the phone in these instances so that doesn't work for me.

Not only are the sounding alarms embarrassing, it is infuriating that any silent mode isn't really silent at all. Even at lowered volume the alarms blare full blast. What?? Why??
I am frustrated at this lack of control over my device. Who the heck thought up this characteristic??

I don't WANT my alarms / reminders to ring when I am in silent mode, vibrate, or lowered volume. Why can't there just be an 'always on' switch for alarms/reminders that need to blare no matter what?
I do not need my reminder to take my Vitamin C going off in the theatre, doctors' offices, church, meetings, etc.I

What happened to silent mode???

I have an iPhone 6 plus and my alarms buzz when they are supposed to. Have you tried setting the do not disturb times to end right before your alarm? I too keep my phone on silent continuously.

I would get into all your settings and go through each one to see what may be switched that wasn't. It will take some time but you may find the culprit.

This worked for me too! A bit annoying that you have to do this before bed... and it doesn’t seem to work everytime!

I just experimented with the Mute/Silent switch on and my alarm rang with my selected sound. You might consider a trip to an Apple Store for evaluation and resolution.

I just did the turn off/turn on “trick,” and it worked fine. Doesn’t give me much faith about the other changes the new iOS made to my 6S plus.