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iPhone 8 Alarm/Timer will not work

Hello, I have an iPhone 8 with iOS 11.4.1 and no alarms or timers I set will go off. I have already tried a number of online troubleshooting suggestions but none of them have worked.


It is not a volume issue, the volume on the phone is turned on.

Deleting all the timers and creating new ones does not work.

Updating to the newest operating system did not fix the problem.

I have made sure to uninstall all third-party alarm apps, the alarms still do not work.

I have tried reset all settings.


An important note: This problem existed on my iPhone 6, but I thought it was an issue related to being an old phone. After I upgraded to iPhone 8, however, (and restored my new phone to a backup) the alarm issue persisted even on the brand new phone! This leads me to believe the problem is due to some calibrations of setting on my phone. But I reset my setting on the new phone and tried all the troubleshooting above and I have still had no progress.


I would prefer not to have to entirely reset my phone to scratch to resolve this issue.

iPhone 8, iOS 11.4.1, same problem on old iPhone 6

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 5:39 PM

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Posted on Aug 28, 2018 5:43 PM

Restore iOS and set the phone up as a new device. If it works, you will know the problem is corruption that's contained in the backup you used previously. If it doesn't work, you can always restore the backup to get it back to where you were, and make an appointment at the genius bar.


I'm willing to bet money that setting it up as new without restoring the backup will fix the problem.

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Aug 28, 2018 5:43 PM in response to tflan33

Restore iOS and set the phone up as a new device. If it works, you will know the problem is corruption that's contained in the backup you used previously. If it doesn't work, you can always restore the backup to get it back to where you were, and make an appointment at the genius bar.


I'm willing to bet money that setting it up as new without restoring the backup will fix the problem.

iPhone 8 Alarm/Timer will not work

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