Photo shows that an iPhone alarm set for 1
0 am didn’t go off until
2 pm. | Image credit-bryanlolwut, Reddit subscriber
“I thought I was losing my mind. These damn things either go off late, go off silently (despite every setting showing max volume for ringer, alarm, and otherwise), or the alarms TURN THEMSELVES OFF OVERNIGHT?? On that last point, I thought maybe I turned it off overnight while half asleep the first time it happened and then forgot about [it]. The second, third, and fourth times I knew something was up.”-stallion 64, Reddit subscriber
This might not sound like a serious problem but it is as serious as the consequences that oversleeping might cause. As one Redditor wrote today, “I use my iPhone alarm along with an alarm I got from Amazon. One morning it just didn’t go off and almost got fired.”
Back in 2023 when a similar issue took place, Apple told iPhone users to go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode, and type in your passcode. On the next page, toggle off Attention Aware. This is the feature that keeps an iPhone display from getting dim, and will lower the volume of some alerts if it detects that you are staring at your iPhone screen. The thought is that alarms are not going off because the device mistakenly is detecting your face looking at the display on your phone.
Obviously, this is still a problem for too many iPhone users who rely on the alarm clock on their iPhone to get up at a certain time. If you are having this problem you can always turn to the alarm clock on your Apple Watch or iPad. If you have an old phone lying around in a drawer, charge it up, connect it to your Wi-Fi network, and set the alarm on that device. Hopefully we really will see Apple release an update that will fix the problem causing too many iPhone users to get fired from work, flunk out of school, or remain undiagnosed with a serious ailment.
