What to do if the alarm does not work on the iPhone?

Few of us keep a separate alarm device in the house. The task to raise us in time for work, study or an important meeting we have long entrusted to our smartphones. And suddenly you are faced with such a nuisance: the alarm does not work on the iPhone. What to do in this case, we will prompt further.

Reason for the problem

The alarm does not work on the iPhone. What is the reason for this annoying misunderstanding? Most users agree that this may be one of the consequences of a recent OS update. In particular, the freshly installed iOS 10 "pleased" some iPhone owners with poor reception of network signals, frequent crashes from standard programs and the systematic failure of an alarm signal. Such problems were observed when upgrading to the 11th version of the OS. You can, of course, wait for the release of the new iOS, in which developers will deal with this bug. But we want to offer you faster effective ways.

The alarm does not work on the iPhone 5s or another? We recommend that you check the volume of the signals installed on your device. If it’s minimal, it’s possible the alarm went off, but you just didn’t hear it. An incorrect synchronization with the time zone server may occur on the iPhone, which is also the cause of this problem.

Method number 1

Having figured out why the alarm does not work on the iPhone, let's immediately proceed to resolve this misunderstanding:

1. Go to the "Clock", and from there to the "Alarm Clock".
2. Click "Edit."
3. Now delete all alarms stored on the device.
4. After that, turn off your gadget.
5. As soon as you turn on the iPhone again, set the alarm to the right time in the Clock, and set the alarm if necessary.
6. That's all! In most cases, these simple actions are enough for the alarm to work stably.

Method number 2

If the alarm does not work on the iPhone, you can “fix” this function by another method similar to the previous one. Imagine an action algorithm:

1. Go to the application and delete absolutely all your installed alarms.
2. Now double-click on the "Home" button and close all running programs with upward swipe.
3. Now we need to do a “hard reset”: to do this, simultaneously hold down the shutdown / lock button and “Home”. Keep them like this for 10 seconds - until the screen goes blank.
4. As soon as the device restarts, set a trial alarm. It worked? So, the problem is solved - you can set signals and not be afraid to oversleep.
   

If the alarm does not work on the iPhone even after these steps, then pay attention to a few more instructions.

Method number 3

If the standard alarm clock refuses to sound, and you don’t have time for “dancing with tambourines” at all, we can advise you one thing - download an application with similar functions from the App Store. In most cases, the causes of malfunctions in the preinstalled program are not the source of problems for such software.

The application is easy to find - enter the word "alarm" in the search bar "App Store". You will see a large assortment of paid and free, Russian and English-speaking, simple and complemented by advanced functions of the programs. However, before you go to bed, we recommend that you test your new alarm clock for serviceability.

Method number 4

Suppose you do not have an alarm on iPhone 6. If you have enough free time, then we can offer another way to solve the problem - restore the device via iTunes.

So let's get started:

1. Download and install "iTunes" on your computer if you have never used it.
2. An important point: turn off the Find iPhone feature. If you do not, the program will not restore your device, but simply install the latest firmware on it.
3. Connect the smartphone to the computer via a USB cable.
4. Launch iTunes.
5. And then everything is simple - on the main screen of the program, click on the "Restore" button. Note that this process is rather slow (especially if the Internet speed is low), but at the same time it passes completely independently, without your participation.
6. Upon completion of the recovery procedure, disconnect the device from the computer and try to set the signal again.

If the alarm suddenly stopped working on your iPhone, then the most common cause of the trouble will be a bug caused by a recent OS update. You now know 4 ways to solve such a problem. We also advise you to check the volume of the signal on the device and make sure that the time zone is set correctly.