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iPhone alarm now working again as predicted
For those of you blighted by the iPhone’s second alarm failure, you can breathe a sigh of relief… for now. I just tried a non-repeating alarm and as per the predictions from 9to5 Mac, this is now working again. What made the alarm fail for the first two days of the year is somewhat of a mystery right now, but we’ve contacted Apple for comment and will let you know if we receive a response. Interestingly, this doesn’t seem to be restricted to just the iPhone: I set my iMac to boot-up at 6am every morning via System Preferences, however this didn’t work on the 1st or 2nd either, but did today so it would seem that this glitch goes deeper than just iOS.
One thing is for certain: Apple need to sort this out. It’s astounding to me that with all the innovation and powerful, game-changing features built into iOS, the real core features of a smartphone such as alarms and calendar entries continue to either evade Cupertino’s mastery or appear to be unimportant to them. Bugs that cause alarms to go off early or not at all and birthdays to appear a day late in calendars are all things that, given the maturity of iOS, need to be stamped out right now.…
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iPhone alarm not working yet again?!?… welcome to 2011
It would seem many of you that had an alarm set for this morning found themselves still sleeping when they should have been awoken by the wonderful sound of Marimba (though I’m not sure who wants to set an alarm for New Years Day) and it would therefore appear that the Great iPhone Alarm Debacle has reared it’s ugly head again but this time with a slight difference.…
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Apple aware of NZ’s alarm clock plight, software update on the way
For those of you still frustrated with the alarm clock situation, don’t panic. We already know that iOS 4.2 will fix the issue when it lands in November, but today we received word from an Apple spokesperson that they’re aware of the situation and that a software update is forthcoming. Unfortunately, however, they couldn’t confirm whether this software update was iOS 4.2 itself or an interim bug-fix update for 4.1. New confusion arose when the issue appeared to have fixed itself over the weekend, but then mysteriously stopped working again this morning. It’s great to know that Apple are aware of the situation and are open to talking to us about it, but let’s hope this gets fixed sooner rather than later as changing time zones in Time Zone Support isn’t ideal.…
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Alarm clock glitch fixed in iOS 4.2 beta 2
If your body clock is still reeling from this week’s unwelcome surprise, you’ll be as glad as I was to learn that the issue is fixed in iOS 4.2 beta 2 which hit the internets just hours ago. The final release isn’t set to go live until November, so you’ll need to get creative in the meantime but it’s good to know that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.…
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iPhone alarm borked by daylight savings?
I am tired and I am grumpy. And it’s my iPhone’s fault! Yes, folks, as if losing an hour’s sleep due to daylight savings isn’t bad enough, how about losing another hour just for good measure? It seems that Apple have borked something with the alarm clock and despite the clock on my iPhone being correctly set, the alarm I had scheduled for 5:55am went off at 4:55am this morning, which is basically 3:55am until my body clock adjusts. Unfortunately my tired brain didn’t spot the critical flaw in the Matrix and now I’m seriously hacked off. But the plot thickens upon further investigation……
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