Bagsy Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 (edited) Ok, strange one this. iPhone clock set itself automatically yesterday when the clocks went back. Checked my alarm last night and it was set for 5.10 this morning. Woke up at 6.04 and the poxy alarm hadn't gone off - it then sparked into life at 6.10 when I was in the bathroom :blink: I've rechecked both the alarm and the phone times and both are correct. So why's the alarm going off an hour late? Is this a bug in the system? Edited November 1, 2010 by Bagsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcgreg1 Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Ok, strange one this. iPhone clock set itself automatically yesterday when the clocks went back. Checked my alarm last night and it was set for 5.10 this morning. Woke up at 6.04 and the poxy alarm hadn't gone off - it then sparked into life at 6.10 when I was in the bathroom :blink: I've rechecked both the alarm and the phone times and both are correct. So why's the alarm going off an hour late? Is this a bug in the system? It's a bug. Looks like there needs to be a software update for it. Here is the link I found >>Click Here<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yup, mine didn't go off this morning. Apple fixed a bug for New Zealand for DST, but nowhere else :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Further to this, Twitter is alive with complaints; http://search.twitter.com/search?q=iphone+alarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimms Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Mine worked ok did have me thinking so set travel alarm as well, check you have latest update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted November 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Cheers chaps, thought I was going mad! No doubt Apple will release an update - I'm running the latest version so there's deffo a fix required. Sounds like a lot of people will be blaming Apple for being late to work today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Mine worked ok did have me thinking so set travel alarm as well, check you have latest update Updating to the latest release would make it worse. To fix this bug, delete all alarms and set them up from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Updating to the latest release would make it worse. To fix this bug, delete all alarms and set them up from scratch. You mean "workaround" right :blink: ? Happy to say my trusty Blackberry had me up at the correct time this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 You mean "workaround" right :blink: ? Happy to say my trusty Blackberry had me up at the correct time this morning! Yes, yes, workaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dunganick Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Happy to say my trusty Blackberry had me up at the correct time this morning! I'm impressed a blackberry survived that long. They are usually broken before the alarms actually go off. But yeah this is a bit of a balls up by Apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I'm impressed a blackberry survived that long. They are usually broken before the alarms actually go off. But yeah this is a bit of a balls up by Apple. Truly amazing that this issue happened on the DST change for Aus and NZ and subsequently no bug fix for Europe, so we got hit with it and the USA is due for a DST change in 7 days... An underlying reason why they'll not release the bug fix now is because they're desperately holding off the 4.2 iOS release, as the jailbreakers have an exploit ready. Along with that, the carrier unlock will be released, meaning the masses will be able to use their jailbroken iPhone 4 cross-networks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ped Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Glad I'm not the only one who woke up a bit later than expected!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Truly amazing that this issue happened on the DST change for Aus and NZ and subsequently no bug fix for Europe, so we got hit with it and the USA is due for a DST change in 7 days... An underlying reason why they'll not release the bug fix now is because they're desperately holding off the 4.2 iOS release, as the jailbreakers have an exploit ready. Along with that, the carrier unlock will be released, meaning the masses will be able to use their jailbroken iPhone 4 cross-networks. Please don't let me be the only one who hasn't got a clue what the above means? Dippy Shippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Please don't let me be the only one who hasn't got a clue what the above means? Dippy Shippy Sorry. I got a bit carried away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Turns out the recurring alarms still don't work properly. As i found out this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Turns out the recurring alarms still don't work properly. As i found out this morning. Mine was an hour late today and I had deleted all the alarms and reset, what can I do to stop this glitch tomorrow? (Billy up! ) Regards Gixer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Mine was an hour late today and I had deleted all the alarms and reset, what can I do to stop this glitch tomorrow? (Billy up! ) Regards Gixer. Wow... That's odd. Two days in a row? Ok, you want to turn off automatic DST updating. Change the time on your iPhone to a random time, save and then change it back to the right time and save. Delete your alarms and set a new one to go off in ten minutes. If it doesn't, I will be stumped. Edited November 2, 2010 by Billy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Billy, I went in and reset the clock and deleted the alarms, then went back in set it back to the correct time and tried the alarm with no luck maybe I should go back to using phone boxes Any chance of an idiots guide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Mine was late too but my wives running OS 2 was fine!! Here's hoping it works tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 I've set the alarm an hour early so if it decides it's going back to normal time I'll be knackered! Bloody technology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 I've set the alarm an hour early so if it decides it's going back to normal time I'll be knackered! Bloody technology! I've heard that its only recurring alarms that continue to have the issue. So if you set the alarm for 1 day then it will be fine. I'm trying that this evening, if i don't report back it didn't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Did it work dunganick?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 I've set the alarm an hour early so if it decides it's going back to normal time I'll be knackered! Bloody technology! Set one an hour early and one an hour late. Get on the phone to Apple Care and start complaining. The only issue is that they may say that your phone is not something which can be relied upon to go off at a certain time, as the software may have a bug - therefore they cannot be held liable if you get sacked for being late to work because your phone failed to go off... I've heard that its only recurring alarms that continue to have the issue. So if you set the alarm for 1 day then it will be fine. I'm trying that this evening, if i don't report back it didn't work My recurring alarm was fine after I reset it all... It's strange in gixer's case. Gixer. I recommend a 'soft reset' and then delete the alarms and try again. Hold the home button (one at the bottom of the screen) and the lock button (top right) simultaneously and keep them held down until the phone forcefully turns off and you see the Apple logo. Then let go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 i've just read that apparently the alarms need to be named differently than they were previously. IOS 4.2 is not far away so im not going to loose too much sleep over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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