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All posts tagged "alarm"


Monday, March 14, 2011

Did The Daylight Savings Time iPhone Bug Hit You?

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)" @ 10:21 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/14/...-woes-continue/

"If a broken clock is right twice a day, Apple's is off twice a year these days -- once each time Daylight Savings Time needs to be calculated in territories that depend on it."

I had this happen to me last year, where my alarms never went off, however this year they worked perfectly. And I always use recurring alarm. How about you? Anyone have problems with the alarm this year?


Saturday, January 1, 2011

Don't Count on Your iPhone Alarm Until January 3rd, Maybe...

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)" @ 09:36 AM

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/arti...lls_ios_alarms/

"iPhone owners cheering in the new year may be in for a surprise Saturday morning thanks to an iOS bug that seems to prevent one-time alarms from sounding once their clock rolls over into 2011. The bug apparently impacts devices running iOS 4.0.2 and higher, and alarms that were set both before and after the new year transition."

Hmmm, ran into this myself this morning when my alarm didn't go off at 4am like it was supposed to do. No matter since the party was still going on at a neighbor's house so I was awake anyway. But this is good to know for tomorrow and Monday, so the fix is a simple change to your alarm. All you have to do is make is a recurring alarm by going into edit mode and selecting every day of the week for the alarm. It will then display as "Every Day Alarm" on the screen above instead of simply "Alarm." This is supposed to be corrected on January 3rd so to be safe, set yourself one alarm as recurring and one as normal and see what happens. If both go off I'd say you can discontinue your recurring alarms.


Monday, October 25, 2010

Tired of Your iPhone Alarm? Here Are Five Options...

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)" @ 10:00 AM

http://lifehacker.com/5672351/five-.../full+(Gizmodo)

"Smartphone-based alarm clocks have become increasingly sophisticated and featured-packed, and more and more people are ditching their old-school alarms for alarms of the app variety. Here are five of the most popular mobile alarm apps."

I do ok with the iOS Clock application with the built-in alarm function, but if you are looking for some other options LifeHacker has picked five of the most popular for you.


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