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Did the alarm on your iPhone 4 go off this morning?
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Pencil
01-01-2011
Mine didn't. I've tested it loads of times, with no luck!
irishguy
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Pencil:
“Mine didn't. I've tested it loads of times, with no luck!”

Yeah someone else mentioned this in GD. This bug happened before when we went from BST to GMT. It usually sorts itself out in a couple of days.
gavo360
01-01-2011
Another problem with the iPhone alarm.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/31/p...ears-day-2011/
Thine Wonk
01-01-2011
goodness me, so much for "it just works". How long have they had to fix this now?
simonmoore
01-01-2011
Thought it was just mine and my other half. Set his for 7.30am and mine for 7.45 did not wake up until 9.01 lol still got him to work on time!


Ours the 3GS not iPhone 4
Last edited by simonmoore : 01-01-2011 at 11:09
Hardstyler
01-01-2011
thought.iphones were super fones? and the alarm dusnt even work?

thank god I've got my HTC desire which hands down pisses all over and eyefone...
-GONZO-
01-01-2011
My alarm went off fine this morning, though I didn't get up till 4 hours later
Paparazzo
01-01-2011
My cousins iPhone 4 didn't go off.
flagpole
01-01-2011
my mate just told me about this on his 3GS and wifi's iPhone4

it strikes me as the kind of thing that should have been tested....

apparently it will fix itself on janurary 3rd

(on a cheery note i am looking forward to hearing Vallhund explain why this is not a problem, only affects a small number of people, you shouldn't be using your phone as an alarm, the fault lies with NTP not apple etc.)
sean2003
01-01-2011
I never use the alarm on my 3GS. I don't particuloarly like the phone for a number of reasons. One being that the alarm clock is hopeless! My Nokia phone does a lovely job of waking me up!
psionic
01-01-2011
It's an unbelievably stupid bug which should have been caught in testing. Seems it effects all iOS devices.

Mind you not even Big Ben would have raised me from the dead this morning
purpletoonlink
01-01-2011
I got to work early so had a nap and my alarm didn't go off, I only just about opened the shop on time. :/
Thine Wonk
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by flagpole:
“(on a cheery note i am looking forward to hearing Vallhund explain why this is not a problem, only affects a small number of people, you shouldn't be using your phone as an alarm, the fault lies with NTP not apple etc.)”

It will certainly be interesting
whoever,hey
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by flagpole:
“my mate just told me about this on his 3GS and wifi's iPhone4

it strikes me as the kind of thing that should have been tested....

apparently it will fix itself on janurary 3rd

(on a cheery note i am looking forward to hearing Vallhund explain why this is not a problem, only affects a small number of people, you shouldn't be using your phone as an alarm, the fault lies with NTP not apple etc.)”

Apple don't have bugs and when they they affect so few people it doesn't matter anyway. Who the he'll uses their phone as an alarm?
Soundburst
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Hardstyler:
“thought.iphones were super fones? and the alarm dusnt even work?

thank god I've got my HTC desire which hands down pisses all over and eyefone...”

Oh dear God.

Worst post of 2011. . .for a whole host of separate reasons

Still, made me giggle.
Thine Wonk
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by whoever,hey:
“Apple don't have bugs and when they they affect so few people it doesn't matter anyway. Who the he'll uses their phone as an alarm?”

I hope you are joking right? just about everyone I know uses their phone as an alarm.
moox
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by flagpole:
“(on a cheery note i am looking forward to hearing Vallhund explain why this is not a problem, only affects a small number of people, you shouldn't be using your phone as an alarm, the fault lies with NTP not apple etc.)”

I am waiting to see what Consumer Reports says, and how many people (in a survey) said it isn't a problem. Or indeed what a report on 2010 alarm clock usage per platform says.

Or that we're all "haters".

I would imagine my Nexus One would have no trouble waking me up. I do know that my £15 Sony alarm clock can, and it can set its own time properly. Both of these the £500 "changes everything, again" iPhone cannot do.
whoever,hey
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“I hope you are joking right? just about everyone I know uses their phone as an alarm.”

I know, but that's what the excuse will be. Flagpole knew I was being sarky

Edit: stupid spellcheck on phone
Soundburst
01-01-2011
Are people really busting their balls trying to make an issue out of this? Including people who don't own the phone?

I thought this was a light hearted thread that a mobile telephone failed to set of an alarm one day out of the year.

I should have known. . . .it's an Apple product so it's equalled to a giant spaceship coming down and ripping out our organs via our throats.

Looks like 2011 on DS is going to be very similar to 2010.
Thine Wonk
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Soundburst:
“Are people really busting their balls trying to make an issue out of this? Including people who don't own the phone?

I thought this was a light hearted thread that a mobile telephone failed to set of an alarm one day out of the year.

I should have known. . . .it's an Apple product so it's equalled to a giant spaceship coming down and ripping out our organs via our throats.

Looks like 2011 on DS is going to be very similar to 2010.”

That was exactly word for word what I was expecting from soundburst lol.

You do know that this has happened before, that millions of people rely on their phones for their alarm and that alarms are important. It's something simple that a £10 Casio could have done in the 1980's but that Apple somehow seem to have big issues with, and it's not the first time.

A dropped call pales in to insignificance with being let down by the device and being late for work / appointments, and for it not to be the first time and Apple knowing about it too.
Soundburst
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“That was exactly word for word what I was expecting from soundburst lol.

You do know that this has happened before, that millions of people rely on their phones for their alarm and that alarms are important. It's something simple that a £10 Casio could have done in the 1980's but that Apple somehow seem to have big issues with, and it's not the first time.

A dropped call pales in to insignificance with being let down by the device and being late for work / appointments, and for it not to be the first time and Apple knowing about it too.”

Uh-oh. . you mean. . because of Apple. . .millions of people are still asleep and have missed new years day

Such a shame - it's such a lovely day to enjoy.

I wonder if they'll ever wake up
Thine Wonk
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Soundburst:
“Uh-oh. . you mean. . because of Apple. . .millions of people are still asleep and have missed new years day

Such a shame - it's such a lovely day to enjoy.

I wonder if they'll ever wake up ”

You know this is going to happen until the 3rd right? and that a lot of people don't check tech forums and won't know.
Soundburst
01-01-2011
They'll look and see they set their alarm and realise it didn't go off and make alternate plans, that is if people who need these New Years Day early morning briefings (the heads of massive organisations I assume) don't use a dedicated alarm clock / radio in the mornings.

I have an iPhone 3GS. . . I'm surprised I got up today.
Thine Wonk
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Soundburst:
“They'll look and see they set their alarm and realise it didn't go off and make alternate plans, that is if people who need these New Years Day early morning briefings (the heads of massive organisations I assume) don't use a dedicated alarm clock / radio in the mornings.

I have an iPhone 3GS. . . I'm surprised I got up today.”

right so what if they don't and they don't and they are already in trouble for being late for work and through no fault of their own they are late.

Or what if they miss their plane, or if they work shifts and needed to work over the new year period.

A 1980s £10 Casio can do it, why can't Apple even get a simple alarm clock to work without bugs? and this has been known about as it's happened multiple times before.

Will you just defend Apple to the death on any matter just for the sake of it? - yes.
Soundburst
01-01-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“right so what if they don't and they don't and they are already in trouble for being late for work and through no fault of their own they are late.

Or what if they miss their plane, or if they work shifts and needed to work over the new year period.

A 1980s £10 Casio can do it, why can't Apple even get a simple alarm clock to work without bugs? and this has been known about as it's happened multiple times before.

Will you just defend Apple to the death on any matter just for the sake of it? - yes.”

If they look at their alarm, notice they've set it, yet it hasn't went off. . . .and they keep doing it, and keep doing it for several days then they have some problems.

If my alarm device (not that I use my iPhone as my alarm) failed to work - I'd have a back up set up to avoid further mistakes.

It's a small error - you talking about missing planes, important meetings etc just continues to hilariously demonstrate the hyperbole that surrounds Apple devices.

If you have a plane, important meeting to catch - you don't have one single alarm - a phone - waking you up.
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