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Flenix Author

Level 1

6 points

iOS 11 enable alarms in silent mode

Hello everyone.

I always have my phone in silent mode. There’s a number of reasons for this, which goes beyond the scope of my question.

However, I imagine one common reason for people using silent mode is so they don’t get woken up by alerts in their sleep - especially alerts which aren’t muted by Do Not Disturb.

However, in iOS 11 Apple have, in all their wisdom, decided to mute alarms if your phone is in silent mode. Genius!

Does anyone know a way to override this brilliant new feature?

Posted on Sep 25, 2017 5:10 PM

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mladmon

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Oct 13, 2017 9:09 AM

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.

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Jan 11, 2018 3:59 PM in response to Flenix

Hold down the screen recorder button until a dialogue appears where can turn the mic on.

asitrin

Level 1

13 points

Jan 15, 2018 10:05 PM in response to Flenix

okay. we asked for help. that doesn’t help anything... just recommending getting a new phone isn’t always available for a lot of people...

iOS 11 enable alarms in silent mode